Friday, September 25

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Why US officials fear North Korea could launch missile today
10Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Why US officials fear North Korea could launch missile today

    US Government officials say they fear North Korea could launch a missile today as the rogue nation celebrates a public holiday. October 10 in North Korea is celebrated as Party Foundation Day, the day the ruling party of North Korea - now known as the Workers' Party of Korea was formed in 1945. An official spoke to Reuters, on the condition of anonymity, saying there had been indications a missile launch could be scheduled, but couldn't reveal any further intelligence. That comes after a Russian lawmaker, who has just return from Pyongyang last week, said preparations were underway. They are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile, Anton Morozov told Russian media. They even gave us mathematical calculations that they believe prove that their missile can hit the we...
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Russia accused US of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
10Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Russia accused US of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria and Iraq

    Spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov speaks during a news conference, dedicated to the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane operating flight MH17, in Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2016. Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its air strikes in Iraq to allow the group’s militants to stream into Syria to slow the Russian-backed advance of the Syrian army. In the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the US-led coalition had sharply reduced its air strikes in Iraq in September when Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, had started to retake Deir al-Zor Province. Everyone sees...
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Brexit Backup threatens to clog this crucial artery to 17 Mile
10Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Brexit Backup threatens to clog this crucial artery to 17 Mile

    Every day as many as 10,000 trucks rumble through the Port of Dover, whose towering white cliffs face continental Europe across the narrowest stretch of the English Channel. Rigs loaded with French cheese, German car parts, and other European goods roll off ferries and onto British highways, while trucks hauling Scotch whisky and Welsh lamb bound for the Continent glide through passport checks in two minutes on average. Traffic through the facility amounts to almost a fifth of all the U.K.’s trade in goods, worth about £122 billion ($165 billion) annually. Brexit threatens to clog this crucial artery. Port officials warn that increasing the average time it takes trucks to clear customs by as little as two minutes could lead to 17-mile (27-kilometer) traffic jams. And with ...
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British PM urged the public to prepare for no deal Brexit
10Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

British PM urged the public to prepare for no deal Brexit

    Theresa May has warned the British public to prepare for crashing out of the EU with no deal, setting out emergency plans to avoid border meltdown for businesses and travellers. As hopes of an agreement appeared to fade at home and abroad, the Prime Minister for the first time set out detailed steps to minimise disruption on Brexit day in 2019. They included plans for huge inland lorry parks to cope with the lengthy new customs checks that will be needed to avoid ports becoming traffic-choked. The move came as Ms May admitted she expected the deadlocked negotiations to drag on for another year before any possible breakthrough. At Westminster, Brexiteer Tories exploited the Prime Minister’s weakness after last week’s attempted coup to demand that Chancellor Philip Hammond, ...
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Zahid Hussain who Isis supporter jailed for life after trying to make fairy lights bomb in Birmingham
9Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Zahid Hussain who Isis supporter jailed for life after trying to make fairy lights bomb in Birmingham

    An Isis supporter who tried to make a bomb in his parents house after being bedroom radicalised by propaganda has been jailed for life. Zahid Hussain’s device was intended to cause a significant explosion and could have killed dozens of people, a judge told Winchester Crown Court. If detonated in a crowded area it would have been potentially fatal to those within metres of it and would have potentially caused serious injury among those up to 10 metres away, Mr Justice Sweeney said. Hussain’s pressure cooker device was would not have worked but the jury heard he was strongly committed to launching a deadly attack, packing the bomb with 1.6kg of shrapnel. The 29-year-old, from Birmingham, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years for preparing for acts of terrorism...
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UK prepares for war with North Korea
9Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK prepares for war with North Korea

    North Korea is being closely watched amid fears it could launch another long-range missile test on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the founding of its ruling party. Bellicose rhetoric from Donald Trump has heightened tensions in the region in recent months, prompting British officials to draw up military plans for a response to a break out of hostilities, it was reported. Among the plans disclosed by the Daily Mail is the deployment of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, before it has undergone flight trials. We have plenty of ships to send… the Type-45 destroyers, the Type-23 frigates. Britain’s new aircraft carrier could be pressed into service early if things turn south, a senior Whitehall source told the newspaper. HMS Queen Elizabeth, which arr...
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Boris Johnson fed up with media stories about Tory conference scandal
9Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Boris Johnson fed up with media stories about Tory conference scandal

    The Foreign Secretary reacted to articles in the Daily Telegraph and The Sun claiming Mr Johnson was calling for Chancellor Philip Hammond to be sacked and would refuse to leave his post if he was demoted by Theresa May. In a WhatsApp message to Conservative MPs, he wrote: "I am frankly fed up to the back teeth with all this. Heseltine: I would put Boris in Mongolia I do not know who these people are. I do not know if they are really my friends and allies or if they represent some sinister band of imposters. I heartily disagree with the sense, tone and spirit of what they are quoted as saying. Whoever they are they do not speak for me. The Prime Minister has come under pressure to sack both Mr Johnson and Mr Hammond as she tries to reassert her authority over the Tory part...
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Theresa May will tell MPs to put the ball is in the EU’s court
9Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Theresa May will tell MPs to put the ball is in the EU’s court

    The Prime Minister will tell MPs that the ball is in the EU's court when she updates them on the progress of Brexit negotiations. Theresa May will call for the European Union to be flexible in its approach and will promise the UK can get a deal that will prove the anti-Brexit "doomsayers" wrong. It comes as the fifth round of Brexit talks between UK and EU negotiators are due to start today. Mrs May will say: "By approaching these negotiations in a constructive way - in a spirit of friendship and co-operation and with our sights firmly set on the future - I believe we can prove the doomsayers wrong. I believe we can seize the opportunities of this defining moment in the history of our nation. A new, deep and special partnership between a sovereign United Kingdom and a stro...
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Most of shops to ignore deadline to stop accepting old £1 coins
9Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Most of shops to ignore deadline to stop accepting old £1 coins

    Thousands of shops are likely to ignore the Royal Mint’s deadline next Sunday to stop accepting the old £1 coins. A trade organisation, which represents 170,000 firms, has advised its members to continue taking the coin as the changeover period with the new coins has been so short. Mike Cherry, the national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses , said small businesses had embraced the new £1 coin as an invaluable way to reduce counterfeits. Many had modified coin-operated equipment while others have separated out millions of old coins to be melted down. “But the changeover period has been fairly short,” he said. “While no business is obliged to accept the old coins beyond the deadline, it would help if small firms knew they were allowed a short transition period t...
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Parliament could stop Brexit: Calls for Theresa May to reveal legal advice
8Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Parliament could stop Brexit: Calls for Theresa May to reveal legal advice

    Theresa May is facing calls to publish legal advice she received that is believed to state that parliament could stop Brexit. The country’s top legal experts apparently gave the Prime Minister advice saying that leaving the European Union could be halted if MPs judge that a change of mind is in the national interest. Prominent lawyer Jessica Simor QC, from Matrix chambers, has written to Ms May asking her to release any legal advice she received. Ms Simor claims she has been informed about the discussions by two good sources and that there is no time to waste, according to The Guardian. Such advice would also accord with the view of Lord Kerr, who was involved in drafting article 50, of Jean-Claude Piris, former director general of the EU council’s legal service, and of Ma...
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