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BBC's Andrew Neil lays down gauntlet to Boris Johnson over interview Presenter issues challenge to prime minister, saying matter is ‘question of trust’ Latest election news – live updatesAndrew Neil has laid down the gauntlet to Boris Johnson by challenging him to the BBC interview he has so far refused to commit to, saying it was “a question of trust” for the prime minister.Gazing directly down the camera to an audience of millions, Neil said Johnson was the only leader of a main party not to have faced a prime-time grilling by him. Continue reading... Go to Source

Brexit is one of most spectacular mistakes in EU history, says Tusk Exclusive: Donald Tusk says it would still be better for both sides if UK stayed in EUBrexit has been “one of the most spectacular mistakes” in the history of the EU and followed a campaign marked by “an unprecedented readiness to lie”, Donald Tusk has said.In his first interview since standing down as European council president last week, Tusk said Brexit was “the most painful and saddest experience” of his five years in office, a tumultuous period marked by the Greek eurozone crisis, bitter rows over migration and the election of Donald Trump. Continue reading... Go to Source

Man charged with murder of 12-year-old Harley Watson Terence Glover, 51, also faces attempted murder charges over collision in Loughton, EssexA 51-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 12-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run outside an Essex school.Harley Watson died in hospital after a vehicle ploughed into children who were leaving Debden Park high school, in Loughton, shortly before 3.20pm on 2 December. Continue reading... Go to Source

Amazon pulls Chile dictatorship 'death flights' T-shirts after backlash Leftwing opponents were dropped from helicopters into seaRange of shirts with mocking allusions to practice were on saleAmazon has come under fire for selling T-shirts glorifying the “death flights” of Chile’s military dictatorship in which leftwing opponents of the regime were dropped from helicopters in an attempt to hide their murders.More than 3,000 people were killed or forcibly disappeared during Pinochet’s 1973-1990 dictatorship, and in 2001, the then president, Ricardo Lagos, revealed that at least 120 of them were later thrown to their deaths from helicopters into “Chile’s ocean, lakes and rivers”. Continue reading... Go to Source

142,000 died from measles last year, WHO estimates Number of cases reported so far this year is three times higher than at same stage in 2018The worldwide surge in deadly measles outbreaks is showing no sign of abating, with nearly 10 million cases and 142,000 deaths last year, according to new estimates, and three times more cases reported so far this year than at the same stage in 2018.Most of those dying are small children, and thousands more suffer harm including pneumonia and brain damage. New scientific evidence shows survivors are at greater risk soon afterwards because their immune system is impaired. Continue reading... Go to Source

Pelosi asks committee to proceed with articles of impeachment against Trump House speaker said inquiry revealed a failure by president to uphold the law and his actions are a ‘violation of the public trust’Today’s developments in US politics – latest updatesQuoting from the Declaration of Independence and the founding fathers about the danger of a president one day betraying the country’s trust to foreign powers, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced on Thursday that she was directing the judiciary committee to draft articles of impeachment against Donald Trump.“The president leaves us no choice but to act,” Pelosi said. “Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and a heart full of love for America, today I am asking our chairman to proceed with ar...

Nearly 500,000 people march against Macron as strikes grip France Transport workers bring country to standstill amid anger over pension changesMore than 450,000 people have marched in cities across France as railway workers, teachers and hospital staff held one of the biggest public sector strikes in decades against Emmanuel Macron’s plans to overhaul the pension system.A nationwide transport strike brought much of France to a standstill and was expected to continue for the next few days as unions dug in, saying the president’s pension changes would force millions of people to work longer or receive lower payments. Continue reading... Go to Source

Uncovered: reality of how smartphones turned election news into chaos Groundbreaking research gives snapshot of world in which politics coverage is warped by social media algorithms and friendship groupsSecrets of their smartphones: see how voters follow the news in memesAsk the average 2019 voter where the problems with political news lie, and you might hear a few familiar claims: fake news. Russian interference. The biased BBC.But take a look at their smartphones, and you might discover a different, more chaotic world – in which news is being shaped less by publishers or foreign agents but by social media algorithms and friendship groups. Continue reading... Go to Source