Sunday, September 27

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Blair urges new immigration rules to stop Brexit
10Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Blair urges new immigration rules to stop Brexit

    Tony Blair is calling for tougher immigration policies to take back control of Britain's borders without the UK having to leave the European Union. The former prime minister has put his name to a report calling for tighter domestic controls and the negotiation of modified free movement rules with the EU. He said the policy change would fulfil the will of the people expressed in last year's Brexit vote, while allowing Britain to stay in the EU. Mr Blair's intervention appears designed to provoke a fundamental shift in the Brexit debate and solve the seemingly intractable trade-off between the economy and immigration. In an article for The Sunday Times's website, Mr Blair said: There is no diversion possible from Brexit without addressing the grievances which gave rise to it...
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Theresa May was warned not to grimace over Donald Trump’s groping comments
10Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May was warned not to grimace over Donald Trump’s groping comments

    Theresa May was warned not to grimace when asked about Donald Trump’s groping comments, it was revealed today. The Prime Minister was given the instruction by Number 10 communications director Katie Perrior ahead of her first interview of the New Year. There were fears that Sky News host Sophy Ridge could hit the PM pull a stunt by asking a question about the recently unearthed video of the then-President elect boasting his celebrity status allowed him to sexually assault women. A new book about the election campaign, Betting the House, by Tim Ross & Tom McTague, reveals the conversation that took place to prepare the PM for the moment. In the car taking the Prime Minister from her Sunday church service to the Sky News studios, Perrior reminded her of the quote and of ...
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New blue style British passports hailed as a symbol of independence could be made in France or Germany
10Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

New blue style British passports hailed as a symbol of independence could be made in France or Germany

    Hailed by Brexiteers as a triumphant symbol of a return to the days of independence from the EU, the new-style blue British passports could be made in France or Germany, it has been claimed. Two foreign firms have reportedly been shortlisted alongside British company De La Rou by the Home Office to manufacture the new passports ahead of the UK’s departure from the EU in March 2019. The £450 million contract was tendered out by the Government immediately after Article 50 was triggered in March, with the winner expected to be announced by this Christmas. Navy blue British passports were first produced in 1920, and for many from the older generations, the true British passport will always be blue. Younger people, however, have no memory of the blue-style ones, as the burgundy...
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Wales and Scotland to launch challenge against Theresa May’s bid for sweeping new powers
10Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Wales and Scotland to launch challenge against Theresa May’s bid for sweeping new powers

    Wales and Scotland will formally lay down a challenge to Theresa May’s Brexit plans this week, warning she risks a constitutional crisis if changes are not made. Governments in both nations are expected to officially submit documents confirming their intention to withhold consent for the Prime Minister’s approach to EU withdrawal unless it radically alters. Conservative ministers have admitted to The Independent that pushing on without their backing could hold up Brexit, while politicians outside England warn it will strain the UK at the seams. The devolved governments claim Ms May’s key piece of Brexit legislation will see London snatch authority over key policy areas and give Conservative ministers unacceptably-strong powers to meddle with other laws. It comes as MPs are...
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Amir Khan has filed for divorce from his wife Faryal Makhdoom
9Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Amir Khan has filed for divorce from his wife Faryal Makhdoom

    Amir Khan files for divorc. The boxer and his wife of four years recently had an acrimonious split and although she recently announced she is pregnant with her husband's baby, Amir says he is going ahead with a divorce. Speaking in a new Snapchat video, he said: So me and Faryal are not together. I have filed for a divorce. I hear that she has just announced that she is pregnant. She didn't tell me. I had to read it on social media. I'm always going to be there for my kids [if] we're not married. We're not together but my kids are everything to me. I don't know if it's true that she is pregnant or not, time will tell, but in the meantime I'm there for Lamaisah. She's everything to me. If there is another kid then I am going to be there to show my support and be there for F...
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YouTube has shut down two North Korean propaganda channels
9Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

YouTube has shut down two North Korean propaganda channels

    YouTube terminated the channels for violating its community standards not the first time it has targeted North Korean propaganda. YouTube has shut down two North Korean propaganda channels that academics use to monitor and assess the regime’s missile programs. Stimmekoreas, the number one YouTube channel on North Korea with more than 20,000 subscribers, and Uriminzokkiri, which had more than 18,000 subscribers, regularly posted of videos of state TV news clips and other footage, attracting millions of views. On Friday they were terminated for violating YouTube’s community guidelines. Arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis uses these channels to analyze videos of missile launches and tours of factories, to better understand the regime’s nuclear capabilities. He urged YouTube to ...
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Police chief defends using rapist as informant
9Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Police chief defends using rapist as informant

    A police chief who took the controversial decision to use a child rapist as an informant against a grooming gang says he has received hundreds and hundreds of supportive messages from the public. Northumbria Police's decision to pay the unnamed convict almost £10,000 had made headlines when the details emerged last month. But after all but one member of the grooming gang was sentenced for their roles in recruiting vulnerable young women, giving them drugs and then persuading or forcing them into sex, Chief Constable Steve Ashman described the outpouring of public support for his force's decisions. Carolann Gallon Mr Ashman said: When reflecting upon the morality of the decision, I think it's important to take account of public opinion. If the moral compass was spinning whe...
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FBI probing Utah cop who arrested nurse for refusing to draw blood
9Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

FBI probing Utah cop who arrested nurse for refusing to draw blood

    The FBI said on Friday it is examining whether federal laws were violated by a Utah police detective who is shown on video assaulting and arresting a nurse after she refused to allow taking a blood sample from an unconscious patient. The July 26 incident involving Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne is already being investigated by state authorities, who requested the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Thursday. Sandra Yi Barker, a spokeswoman at the FBI's Salt Lake City field office, said agents already opened a review of the matter after videos of Payne forcefully arresting University of Utah Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels emerged last week. We are there to support and assist them as needed, but we also have our own review going on at the same time, Bark...
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Still time to have your say
9Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Still time to have your say

Local people have two weeks left to share their views on proposed changes to several council services. Four consultations were launched last month, following the 'Your Borough, Your Future' survey which ran last Autumn. After getting initial feedback then, the council agreed a three year budget in February, which set out how it planned to make £58m of savings. And now it is seeking local people's views on more detailed proposals, with two weeks left until the consultations close. Mayor John Biggs said: "Government cuts and pressures on services mean we have had to save £58m, from our budget by 2020 – the equivalent of £1 in every £6 we spend. "We are making significant internal changes to how the council works to achieve these savings and listened to people's views about the services they ...
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Russia Is Preparing for a Massive War: Ukrainian President
9Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Russia Is Preparing for a Massive War: Ukrainian President

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed Thursday that the upcoming Russian military drill in Belarus shows Moscow is preparing its forces for a much bigger conflict. The comments came during his annual address to parliament. Russia’s backing of separatists in the eastern region of Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea show no sign of being reversed, Poroshenko added according to Ukrainian news site Ukrainska Pravda. On the contrary, Ukraine thinks the Kremlin’s military ambitions are only going to grow. There are no signs at the moment that Moscow would be ready to pull back from Donbas or leave Crimea, Poroshenko said. In fact, there is more and more evidence for its preparations for an offensive war of continental proportions. Trending: Trump Sends DACA Tweet After R...
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