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Leaked NHS documents controversy is nonsense, says Corbyn Labour leader declines to reveal source of documents but says PM has questions to answer on Russian donationsGeneral election latest - live newsJeremy Corbyn declined to disclose the source of documents used as evidence that the NHS would be “on the table” in a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal, after Reddit told of a link to a Russian interference campaign.The Labour leader brandished the unredacted documents at a press conference last week, saying they revealed the US was seeking “total market access” after the UK left the European Union and therefore undermined Boris Johnson’s claims that the NHS would not be part of any trade talks. Continue reading... Go to Source

Father of London Bridge attack victim calls Johnson a fraud David Merritt says prime minister made political capital out of his son Jack’s deathGeneral election: Russia link to NHS documents ‘nonsense’, says Corbyn – live newsThe father of a man killed in the London Bridge attack has accused Boris Johnson of lying and making “political capital” from his son’s death during the BBC leaders’ debate.David Merritt – whose son Jack was stabbed to death by convicted terrorist Usman Khan – called the prime minister a fraud following his appearance on Friday night’s TV debate, six days before polling day. Continue reading... Go to Source

‘I will die if I have to’: hunger striker leads fight against rape crisis in India Government inaction drives Swati Maliwal of Delhi Women’s Commission to take a stand“Stop rape. Stop rape.” The chants rang out over the Samta Sthal memorial as hundreds of women from Delhi and beyond raised their fists in a show of collective rage. Among them sat Leena, 35. “I was six years old when I was raped and I could never speak about it,” she said. “This is India’s worst disease and we need to fix it before even more women are hurt.”The outrage that engulfed India last week began with a brutal rape case in Hyderabad, where a 27-year-old vet was gang-raped by four men on her way home from work and then killed, her body burned in a motorway underpass. But each day since, horrific cases have emerge...

Revealed: how the Caribbean became a haven for Jews fleeing Nazi tyranny Thousands of refugees rebuilt their lives on Trinidad and other islands. Their little-known story is now told in a new bookAll cemeteries have stories to tell, and the one on Mucurapo Road in Port of Spain, Trinidad, is no exception. Among the names carved on headstones are Irene and Oscar Huth, Erna Marx, Karl Falkenstein, Willi Schwarz and Otto Gumprich. Hebrew inscriptions are adorned with a Star of David.Five years ago, Hans Stecher joined his mother, father and aunt in the Jewish section of Mucurapo cemetery. Aged 90 when he died, he was the last of about 600 Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who ended up in Trinidad as they sought sanctuary from persecution and violence. Continue reading... Go to Source

North Korea says denuclearization off the table in US talks Country’s ambassador to the UN said dialogue sought by US was a ‘time-saving trick’ to suit domestic political agendaNorth Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Saturday denuclearization is already off the negotiating table with the US and lengthy talks with Washington are not needed. Related: I shall taunt you a second time: North Korea threatens Trump ‘dotard’ insults Continue reading... Go to Source