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Cuadrilla fracking site in Lancashire hit by tremors
Over the last week there has been a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which, a 2.9 magnitude event, came yesterday.
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Hong Kong: Violent clashes paralyse airport for second day
Hong Kong airport is once again paralysed by protesters who want to see their freedoms protected.
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Kashmir clampdown continues during Eid
Troops in Indian administered Kashmir have allowed some Muslims to go to local mosques to take part in prayers for the Eid festival – although there’s still a ban on any large gatherings – while communications and internet links remain cut off.
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Politics and pop music: Folk singer Karine Polwart celebrates crashing the UK top ten charts
Karine Polwart is one of Scotland’s most celebrated folk singers, but it’s her album of famous pop hits ‘Scottish Songbook’ which has finally made it into the UK top ten.
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Modi promises bright future for Kashmir amid state’s lockdown
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised a bright new future for the state of Kashmir that he’s had in total lockdown for the past four days.
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BJP supporter Kuldeep Shekhawat on Kashmir: ‘India is democratically doing what it should have done long back’
Kuldeep Shekhawat is a supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist BJP.
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Pakistan accuses India of ‘playing dangerous game’ after Kashmir’s special status revoked
Opposition politicians have been arrested, thousands of troops have been deployed and internet and phone services cut off.
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Feminists clash over strip club industry – as dancers protest to save jobs
Around the UK there’s a heated debate going on about the place of strip clubs in modern society.
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Johnson clashes with Welsh government over no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson blew into Wales today, just after an opinion poll suggested the Conservatives under his leadership are now more popular than Labour.
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Police and protesters clash on seventh weekend of Hong Kong demonstrations
Riot police have fired tear gas at pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.
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Seventeen hurt in ‘car cruise’ crash
Two of the people were seriously injured in the collision, which happened at about a quarter to ten last night.
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Billy Porter: ‘Look at the history of fashion. Men were in dresses.’
The main act at today’s London Pride was the Broadway sensation and television star Billy Porter.
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Prisons Minister Robert Buckland: ‘Duty of government to avoid chaos of crash-out Brexit’
Prisons Minister Robert Buckland is a Boris Johnson backer.
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‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing
It was an “a deliberate, premeditated execution… for which the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible”. That’s the conclusion of a report into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October by UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard.
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UN’s Agnes Callamard on recording of Khashoggi killing: ‘I was able to feel the increasing fear Mr Khashoggi was experiencing’
We spoke to Agnes Callamard, the author of the report on Jamal Khashoggi.