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India clamps down on citizenship law protests

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India clamps down on citizenship law protests Critics say Narendra Modi’s Citizenship Amendment Act ‘has declared war on Muslims’Authorities have imposed an emergency law banning large gatherings in parts of India’s capital, Delhi, as nationwide protests escalated, injuring police and demonstrators.A week after a controversial new citizenship law was passed by parliament, which has been accused of openly discriminating against Muslims, protests across the country showed no sign of abating. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Ayoub Majdouline jailed for murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie

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Ayoub Majdouline jailed for murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie Nineteen-year-old imprisoned for life with minimum term of 21 yearsAyoub Majdouline, 19, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the “barbaric” gang murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie.Jaden became the year’s youngest gang victim when he was knocked off a scooter and stabbed nine times in Leyton, east London, on 8 January. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Trump Impeachment Vote Live Updates: ‘He Gave Us No Choice.’ House Opens Debate on Charges Against Trump

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Trump Impeachment Vote Live Updates: ‘He Gave Us No Choice.’ House Opens Debate on Charges Against Trump Speaker Nancy Pelosi, opening a historic debate on impeaching President Trump, said he had left the Congress “no choice” but to proceed. Final votes on two articles — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — are expected this evening. Go to Source
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Starmer implicitly criticises Labour leadership for sidelining him during election campaign – live news

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Starmer implicitly criticises Labour leadership for sidelining him during election campaign - live news Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Tony Blair’s speech on the lessons from Labour’s defeat.Keir Starmer’s Today interview - SummaryYvette Cooper’s Today interview - Summary 11.49am GMTSally Gimson, who was selected and then deselected as Labour’s candidate for Bassetlaw in the election, has strongly rejected John Mann’s claim that Sir Keir Starmer did not support her. (See 11.10am.) She is backing Starmer for leader.John - this is totally unfair and untrue. Keir did stand up for me, and did all he could to help me behind the scenes, and gave me his support publicly. I back him whole heartedly and t...
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Three generations of Windrush family struggling to prove they are British

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Three generations of Windrush family struggling to prove they are British Courtney Lawrence and two-year old son face homelessness in fight over documentationThree generations of one Windrush-descended family are struggling to prove that they are British in a protracted fight for documentation which has left a London-born woman facing homelessness with her two-year-old son.Courtney Lawrence, 25, was denied emergency housing in May because officials said she needed to show a passport to prove she was eligible for council support, despite the fact that she was born in the UK and has never left the country. As a result of this refusal she was forced to sofa-surf with her son for five months; she has subsequently been given emergency accommodation in a Travelodge hotel. Continue reading.....
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Donald Trump writes blistering letter accusing House leaders of ‘war on democracy’

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Donald Trump writes blistering letter accusing House leaders of 'war on democracy' Letter is a thinly veiled attempt to redirect back impeachment inquiry’s findings he abused power and obstructed CongressDonald Trump has accused Democratic leaders in the House of declaring “open war on American democracy”, on the eve of a historic vote that is likely to make him only the third president in US history to be impeached.Trump issued the incendiary accusation in an intemperately-worded letter sent to the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, on Tuesday. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Australia experiences hottest day on record and its worst ever spring bushfire danger

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Australia experiences hottest day on record and its worst ever spring bushfire danger Tuesday’s average maximum 0f 40.9C was Australia’s hottest ever and follows the driest and second warmest spring on record Australia has just experienced its hottest day on record and its worst spring on record for dangerous bushfire weather, according to data released by the Bureau of Meteorology.Preliminary analysis suggested that Tuesday was the hottest day on record for Australia, with an average maximum across the country of 40.9C. The temperature beat the previous 40.3C set on 7 January 2013, in a record going back to 1910. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Two teenagers charged over antisemitic attack on rabbi in London

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Two teenagers charged over antisemitic attack on rabbi in London Police say boys handed themselves in after CCTV images released of suspectsTwo teenagers have been charged after an antisemitic attack on a senior rabbi.Two attackers shouted antisemitic abuse as the man walked through Amhurst Park in Clapton, north London, at around 9.45pm on 29 November. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Keir Starmer lays out case for ‘radical Labour government’

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Keir Starmer lays out case for 'radical Labour government' Exclusive: shadow Brexit secretary calls for end to party infighting and return to being a ‘broad church’Keir Starmer has set out his pitch for the Labour leadership with a call for his party not to lurch to the right as a result of last week’s devastating election result.While the leadership race has not yet formally been launched, the shadow Brexit secretary confirmed to the Guardian that, as widely expected in Westminster, he was “seriously considering” running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Violence in Paris amid nationwide pension reform protests

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Violence in Paris amid nationwide pension reform protests As prelude to day of action, power to thousands of homes deliberately cut by workers Police fired teargas and charged at demonstrators in central Paris as hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country staged a show of force against the government’s controversial pension reform plans.The violence erupted at Place de la Nation, one of Paris’s biggest squares, as riot police attempted to disperse protesters. Police said they had charged after coming under a hail of paving stones and missiles. There were 27 arrests by late afternoon. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Trump writes blistering letter to House accusing leaders of ‘war on democracy’

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Trump writes blistering letter to House accusing leaders of 'war on democracy' Letter is a thinly veiled attempt to redirect back impeachment inquiry’s findings he abused power and obstructed CongressTrump impeachment – live newsDonald Trump has accused Democratic leaders in the House of declaring “open war on American democracy”, on the eve of a historic vote that is likely to make him only the third president in US history to be impeached.Trump issued the incendiary accusation in an intemperately-worded letter sent to the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, on Tuesday. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Fallon Sherrock becomes first woman to beat a man at PDC world darts

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Fallon Sherrock becomes first woman to beat a man at PDC world darts Sherrock defeats Ted Evetts 3-2 at Alexandra Palace‘I’ve proved women can beat the men,’ says 25-year-old Fallon Sherrock has made darts history, beating Ted Evetts 3-2 to become the first woman to beat a man at the PDC world championship. The 25-year-old hit six 180s and landed a 91.12 average on her way to her first-round win, sealed with a nerveless double 18 that sent Alexandra Palace into raptures.“I’m speechless, I don’t know what to say,” an emotional Sherrock said on stage afterwards. “I feel really happy because I have proven something for women’s darts, that women can play the men and beat them, so fingers crossed this is a move in the right direction. I...
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Calls to reform bail terms after lawyer stabbed to death

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Calls to reform bail terms after lawyer stabbed to death Ewan Ireland, 17, had been released under investigation over an affray offence when he attacked Peter DuncanThe case of a teenager jailed for life after stabbing a lawyer to death has raised fresh alarm about the practice of releasing violent suspects without strict bail conditions.Ewan Ireland was 17 when he attacked Peter Duncan in August. The sentencing judge said on Tuesday that it was the 52-year-old’s bad luck to accidentally bump into Ireland while trying to get home after work in Newcastle city centre. Continue reading... Go to Source
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John Worboys jailed for life over attacks on four more victims

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John Worboys jailed for life over attacks on four more victims Old Bailey told black-cab rapist remains as dangerous as everThe black-cab rapist John Worboys has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more victims, as the court heard he remained as dangerous as ever.Worboys had “fantasised” about attacking women since 1986, the court was told. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Windrush victim rejects ‘insulting’ offer of £22,000 payout

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Windrush victim rejects 'insulting' offer of £22,000 payout Glenda Caesar, who was out of work for a decade, says Home Office is offering ‘crumbs’ The recipient of one of the first Windrush compensation offers has said she plans to turn it down, describing the government’s offer as insultingly low because it covers only a year’s loss of earnings even though she was out of work for a decade.Glenda Caesar, 58, came to Britain legally as a three-month-old child in 1961 from Dominica, and has lived in the UK ever since. She was sacked from her job as an administrator in a GP’s practice in 2009 and was subsequently denied unemployment benefits. Continue reading... Go to Source
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