Tuesday, September 29

Tag: Featured

Self confessed acid attacker says nine times out of 10 he will target women
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Self confessed acid attacker says nine times out of 10 he will target women

    A self-confessed acid attacker has claimed that victims deserve to be targeted, saying, If I can get acid, I’ll use it. Gangs someti mes dipped knives in acid and even targeted rivals’ girlfriends because they love their beauty, said the man who spoke to a Vice documentary on the condition of anonymity. He said that he and his friend picked on the partner of a rival gang member and that nine times out of 10 he would attack women. [We] went to a rave, met some ops (enemy) there, he said. We were just fighting in the club. A couple of days later I just randomly see the ops and his baby mum. They’re there at Tesco, just shopping so I was like, cool. I ran to my boy who was in the car. My boy bought a bottle, like a Lucozade bottle. I was like, what’s that?. He was like don’t ...
Theresa May tells plotting Conservative MPs: It’s me or Jeremy Corbyn
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May tells plotting Conservative MPs: It’s me or Jeremy Corbyn

    Prime Minister tries to head off a summer leadership challenge by insisting it would trigger a general election - and a Labour victory Theresa May urged Conservative MPs to end their 'backbiting' or pay the price AFP Theresa May has told plotting Conservative MPs it’s me or Jeremy Corbyn, her clearest admission yet that she is fighting to save her job. The Prime Minister tried to head off a summer leadership challenge by insisting it would inevitably trigger a general election and the Labour leader reaching Downing Street. The warning came amid suggestions that the first letter of no confidence is in circulation among Tory MPs, although only a small number have signed it so far. At a summer party, Ms May pleaded with her MPs to go away and have a proper break and come back...
Students could have voted twice in the general election
ENGLISH, United Nation

Students could have voted twice in the general election

    The Electoral Commission has warned of a troubling rise in alleged voter fraud amid suggestions that Labour in particular could have been boosted at the general election by students voting for them twice. Students are legally allowed to register at both their university address and their home address, but must only vote in one location. However, some have reportedly admitted that they voted twice for Labour in order to boost the party’s chances at the election. The Electoral Commission has received over 1,000 complaints and letters from 38 MPs alleging that voters cast duplicate ballots. It is working with police to determine how best to investigate the claims. The current system, which relies largely on paper lists being distributed to polling stations, makes it ...
Russia demands return of property from US
ENGLISH, Europe

Russia demands return of property from US

    Russia is demanding the immediate return of diplomatic properties seized by the Obama administration after claims Moscow hacked the US election. The Kremlin has accused the United States of setting conditions on the return of the compounds in New York and Maryland. Former president Barack Obama ordered their seizure in December as well as the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats. Russia has vehemently denied any involvement in election hacking. Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov will meet US undersecretary of state Thomas Shannon to try to thrash out a solution on Monday. His boss, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, was also reported as saying on a visit to Belarus that anti-Russian feeling in the United States meant it was not certain that Moscow and Washington coul...
A 16 year old German schoolgirl who ran away from home to join Islamic State
Arab world, ENGLISH

A 16 year old German schoolgirl who ran away from home to join Islamic State

    A 16-year-old German schoolgirl who ran away from home to join Islamic State has been captured in the ruins of the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to reports. Identified only as Linda W from the town of Pulsnitz near Dresden, she fled a year ago after flying from Frankfurt to Turkey before making her way to Syria. She fell in with Isis offshoot groups before being smuggled into Iraq. Radicalised in Germany, she changed her name to Mariam and sometimes posted photos of herself on her Facebook page wearing a headscarf. Authorities in Germany, who listed her as a potential terror suspect after her disappearance, confirmed they are examining the photos of her captured in newly liberated Mosul to determine it is actually her. She was among 20 Islamic State followers seized after...
13 years of marriage, 5 kids, and 3 affairs
ENGLISH, Life Style

13 years of marriage, 5 kids, and 3 affairs

    Newly wed couple's hands with wedding rings. I met you in May 2000 when my friend and your coworker invited us both to a restaurant grand opening. We had no idea she was setting us up to meet and we both talked about how we had thought about backing out and not going that night. Had we not gone where would our lives be now? We did meet and we fell in love. We couldn’t wait to talk each day, touch each other, or just laugh together. A few months after meeting we moved in together. Having five children between us and a dog, was it too much? Maybe we should have waited a year to get to know each other. I was struggling financially and your need to help me learn to budget what little money I had, allowing us two incomes and a roof over our head was the blessing I needed. Never...
Police smash moped gang that carried out 103 crimes in 18 days in London
ENGLISH, London

Police smash moped gang that carried out 103 crimes in 18 days in London

    One of London’s most prolific moped gangs responsible for an extraordinary crimewave of 103 offences in 18 days has been smashed by police. The teenage offenders – aged 15, 16 and 17 – grabbed phones from pedestrians in Westminster, Camden, Islington, and Kensington and Chelsea during their crime spree. In one horrifying incident, captured on film by an Evening Standard photographer, the boys took part in a raid in which two moped riders carrying pillion passengers mounted the pavement outside the BBC’s headquarters near Oxford Circus. One was wielding a hammer and another used a crowbar to intimidate terrified passers-by as they rode at high speed along footpaths to snatch phones from their owners. The trio, who are all from Islington, are now in custody awaiting sentence...
A Muslim woman’s hijab attack in Tube investigated as hate crime
ENGLISH, London

A Muslim woman’s hijab attack in Tube investigated as hate crime

    Muslim hijab-wearing women are the silent victims A suspected hate crime is being investigated by police after a man tried to pull off a Muslim woman's hijab. The man also spat at the woman's friend as they waited for a Tube at Baker Street, central London, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The woman, who tweets under the name Aniso Abdulkadir, posted a picture of the man who allegedly attacked her on the social media site. This man at Baker Street station forcefully attempted to pull my hijab off and when I instinctively grabbed ahold of my scarf he hit me, she tweeted. He proceeded to verbally abuse my friends and I, pinning one of them against the wall and spitting in her face. By Sunday afternoon, her post was retweeted 24,000 times after she encouraged people to...
Theme park rollercoaster crash injures 26 people in Spain
ENGLISH, Europe

Theme park rollercoaster crash injures 26 people in Spain

    At least 26 people have been injured at a theme park in Spain after two train cars collided on a rollercoaster. The accident occurred when a car completed a loop and failed to stop, crashing into the back of another car. An emergency services spokesman said: There are 26 injured as of now, all of them lightly, mostly bruises. The patients are being taken to hospital to be examined more thoroughly. The accident took place on the TNT Tren de la Mina rollercoaster at the Parque de Atracciones in Madrid, one of Spain's oldest theme parks. The rollercoaster reaches a height of 17.5 meters and travels through waterfalls at a maximum speed of 35mph, according to the theme park's website. The Parque de Atracciones opened in 1969 in Casa de Campo, the largest park in the Spanish ca...
Boris Johnson’s love life could ruin chances of becoming Prime Minister
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Boris Johnson’s love life could ruin chances of becoming Prime Minister

    Boris Johnson’s chances of becoming the next Prime Minister could be ruined by his love life, it has been claimed. Frazer Nelson, the editor of generally Tory supporting magazine the Spectator, said any leadership bid by the foreign secretary would struggle to survive his various romantic dealings. He made the comments after he hosted champagne party in Westminster on Thursday, which he claimed turned into a shadow leadership campaign as senior Conservatives eyed up Number 10. It comes amid reports numerous senior Tories are plotting to oust embattled Prime Minister Theresa May and trigger a leadership contest. Mr Johnson is among the favourites to be the next leader of the party, but Mr Nelson questioned whether he would survive the contest. He told the Mail on Sunday: It...