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Trump travel ban goes into effect
30Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump travel ban goes into effect

    A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. The new rules, the product of months of legal wrangling, aren’t so much an outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. Refugees are covered, too. Administration officials promised that implementation this time, which started at 8 p.m., would be orderly. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Dan Hetlage said his agency expected ‘‘business as usual at our ports of entry,’’ with all valid visa holders still being able to travel. Still, immigration and refugee advocates ar...
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Theresa May survives Queen’s Speech vote in first test
30Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May survives Queen’s Speech vote in first test

    Theresa May has secured a majority for her Queen's Speech in her first Commons test of the new Parliament. The House voted 323 to 309 to support the Government's legislative agenda for the next two years, with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) giving the Conservatives their backing following the confidence and supply deal struck earlier this week. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faced a rebellion as 49 Labour MPs defied the party leadership to back an amendment by former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna on Brexit. Related news: Flailing Theresa May secretly agrees triple u-turn on plan to scrap public sector pay cap Shadow ministers Andy Slaughter, Catherine West and Ruth Cadbury were sacked by the Labour leader after rebelling on the vote, while Daniel Zeichner reveal...
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Driver arrested after trying to ram a car into crowd of people outside Paris mosque
30Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Driver arrested after trying to ram a car into crowd of people outside Paris mosque

    A man has been arrested after trying to ram a car into a crowd of people in front of a mosque in Paris, police have said. No one was injured in the attack in the Parisian suburb of Creteil. According to Le Parisien newspaper, the man - understood to have been of Armenian origin - said he had wanted to avenge attacks linked to the Islamic State. Paris police said he tried to flee the scene on foot, but was arrested. Test showed he was neither under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The man cited the November 2015 attack on the Bataclan nightclub in which 90 people died and an incident earlier this month when a heavily armed driver died in a botched suicide attack at the Champs-Elysées roundabout A statement released by police said: "An individual driving a 4x4 vehicle hit ...
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Jeremy Corbyn sacks shadow ministers who defied him on Brexit vote
30Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Jeremy Corbyn sacks shadow ministers who defied him on Brexit vote

    Jeremy Corbyn has sacked several of his front bench team after they defied his orders not to back a soft Brexit in the Commons. Thursday afternoon’s debate on the Queen’s speech opened up fresh divisions in the Labour Party, as three shadow ministers were sacked and at least one more resigned after they joined 49 MPs in supporting a rebel amendment calling for Britain to stay in the single market and customs union. Shadow ministers Andy Slaughter, Ruth Cadbury and Catherine West were fired after defying the leadership to vote for an amendment calling to Britain to remain in the single market and the customs union. A fourth frontbencher, shadow transport minister Daniel Zeichner, quit voluntarily after supporting the amendment. In all, 49 Labour MPs voted for the amendment ...
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A old man arrested as fake Grenfell victim for fake claim
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

A old man arrested as fake Grenfell victim for fake claim

    A 52-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently claiming to have lost family members in the Grenfell Tower disaster. He is alleged to have attempted to gain money and housing by pretending relatives had died in the blaze. It is alleged he came forward in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy and family liaison officers were assigned to him after he claimed he had lost his wife and son in the fire. Scotland Yard said he attempted to claim financial support after stating he had lost all his property. Police launched an investigation after there were inconsistencies in the man's stories. They also spoke to residents of the flat within Grenfell Tower where he claimed to live who said he did not live at the address. :: Grenfell judge: Inquiry into tower fire w...
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The U-turn on a U-turn on public service pay caps: Disagreement between Theresa May and Philip Hammond
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

The U-turn on a U-turn on public service pay caps: Disagreement between Theresa May and Philip Hammond

    Theresa May The Government’s austerity policy descended into chaos Wednesday as Downing Street suggested it was ready to abandon a 1 per cent cap on public sector pay rises, only to insist hours later that the cap remained in place. The U-turn on a U-turn was blamed on the ongoing war between Theresa May and Philip Hammond, after the Treasury reportedly demanded a retraction of the announcement. It led to speculation that the Chancellor had been intending to claim credit for the policy change at his next budget. Three Cabinet ministers appeared to have been briefed that the pay cap was coming to an end as they openly talked about the need to consider lifting it, and Sir Oliver Letwin, the influential backbench MP, even went into detail about how taxes would have to be incr...
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Theresa May will be gone in a few months: City bank tells to clients
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May will be gone in a few months: City bank tells to clients

    American financial services giant Citigroup, which bases its London office in Canary Wharf, sent out a note to its clients urging them to prepare for the PM's fall from the leadership and another general election within a year. According to the Times, the bank said Mrs May’s current position was unsustainable as she faced attack from both hardline Brexit supporters and Remainers. It comes after Mrs May agreed a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party to prop up the Conservative Government after the Tories failed to win a majority in the General Election. Mrs May promised an extra £1 billion for Northern Ireland in exchange for the DUP’s backing on key Parliament votes which, if lost, could see the Government brought down. In the note to clients, Citigroup sa...
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Albanian gangs control UK cocaine market
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Albanian gangs control UK cocaine market

    The National Crime Agency has said it is increasingly concerned about violent Albanian criminal gangs, which have considerable control over the illegal cocaine market. In its annual assessment of organised crime, the NCA warns that Albanian gangs have established a high-profile influence within UK organised crime. Their main focus is the often violent trade in trafficking cocaine to London, the report warned. It said: Criminals from the Balkans are increasingly expanding their network of influence, forming direct relationships with cocaine suppliers in Latin America. The threat faced from Albanian crime groups is significant. London is their primary hub, but they are established across the UK. The report says that Albanians make up just 0.8% of organised criminals in the U...
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Labor wants to exploit the tourism department on Brexit
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Labor wants to exploit the tourism department on Brexit

    Labour will seek to exploit government division on Brexit today in the final round of House of Commons votes on the Queen's Speech. Jeremy Corbyn will call for MPs to back a jobs first Brexit that delivers the exact same benefits as the single market and customs union. He will hope his amendment to the Government's legislative programme can exploit apparent Tory divisions on whether to prioritise the economy or immigration in the Brexit negotiations. Labour's wide-ranging amendment also reproduces many of the policies in its manifesto and Mr Corbyn urged MPs of all sides to support it, claiming Mrs May had no mandate for continued austerity. Mr Corbyn said: I'm hoping that some Conservatives would recognise that the writing is on the wall for the economics of austerity and...
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Followup Grenfell Tower tragedy: Husna and her mother body allocate also a baby girl was found in her mother’s arms in stairwell
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Followup Grenfell Tower tragedy: Husna and her mother body allocate also a baby girl was found in her mother’s arms in stairwell

    A six-month-old baby was found dead in her mother’s arms after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which at least 80 people died or are missing presumed dead, an inquest has heard. Leena Belkadi’s body was found in a stairwell between the 19th and 20th floors of the 24-storey high-rise block, Westminster coroner’s court was told. The coroner’s officer, Eric Sword, said she was “found in her mother’s arms. Leena’s sister, Malak, aged eight, who was recovered from the 20th floor, where the family lived, and taken to St Mary’s hospital, also later died. The cause of death for both sisters was given as inhalation of fire fumes. The girls’ parents, Farah Hamdan and Omar Belkadi, also died in the blaze and inquests into their deaths have already been opened and adjourned. Another da...
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