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Windrush scandal: Is it the tipping point for Amber Rudd?
Home Secretary Amber Rudd is facing more pressure over her claim that she didn’t know anything about immigration removal targets, after a leaked internal memo which she was apparently sent in June last year referring to specific targets.
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Russia hit by more expulsions as Putin deals with deadly shopping mall fire
There have been more diplomatic expulsions in response to the Salisbury nerve agent attack. NATO announced it was expelling seven Russian staff from its headquarters. President Putin, at the same time, is dealing with the political aftermath of the Siberian shopping mall fire which has left at least 64 dead, most of them children who…
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Will Florida school killings be a tipping point?
Even the usually pro-gun New York Post tabloid newspaper pleaded with President Trump today to do something to stop the slaughter. But will he when he gets to Florida later today? Could this massacre of mainly 14 year old school kids be a tipping point in the debate on gun control? Even Florida’s Republican Governor…
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Poppi Worthington sexually abused before she died
The toddler Poppi Worthington was sexually abused before she died, according to a coroner. In proceedings which were so distressing that Poppi’s mother had to leave the courtroom, Cumbria’s senior coroner ruled the little girl had died from asphyxia due to an “unsafe” sleeping environment. Poppi’s father Paul Worthington refused to answer questions at the…
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Estimated 200 dead after storm hits the Philippines
Emergency workers in the Philippines are searching for survivors of a tropical storm that has killed an estimated 200 people. Storm Tembin caused flooding and landslides when it hit the island of Mindanao and has now been upgraded to a typhoon. It is feared its windspeeds may increase and it could could hit southern Vietnam…
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Poppi Worthington inquest – father breaks down in tears
The father of Poppi Worthington broke down in tears during the inquest into her death when he was asked if he had sexually abused her. The 49-year-old who has always denied any wrongdoing refused to answer the question – or more than 250 other questions that were put to him. He has maintained his right…
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FactCheck: Is the UK lagging behind on stopping the ivory trade?
The government’s trying to crack down on the ivory trade. But how does the UK compare to the rest of the world?
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‘New depths of barbarity’ and creeping authoritarianism in Duterte’s Philippines
It was the deadliest night in a deadly war on drugs, as Philippine police killed 32 people alleged of involvement in the drugs trade, the highest death toll in a single day of police operations since President Duterte took office. Amnesty International declared the shootings in Bulacan province had plumbed “new depths of barbarity”. A warning:…
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Arundhati Roy on the ‘Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
It has been twenty years since the Indian writer Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize for her debut novel “The God of Small Things”.
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Google exec seeks the equation for happiness
This Google executive was desperately unhappy despite his success, so he decided to find the equation for happiness.
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John Woodcock on Poppi’s death
John Woodcock, Poppi’s family’s local MP.
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Police failures over Poppi Worthington’s death
Evidence was thrown away. Claims of abuse were not followed up. No real investigation was carried out for months. The litany of police failures revealed by a report into the death of toddler Poppi Worthington, just 13 months old when she collapsed at her family’s home just over four years ago.
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Philippines opposition leader arrested
Donald Trump might want his opponents to shut up, but in the Philippines they risk getting locked up.This morning President Duterte’s highest profile critic, opposition leader Leila de Lima, was arrested on drug trafficking charges after an all-night vigil at her office.
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Fake news: trolling in the Philippines
Now to the Philippines, where foul-mouthed online trolling isn’t just legal, it’s openly courted to aid political campaigns or denigrate opponents. In fact , armies of them have been credited with helping President Duterte get into power, while his rivals have been accused of similar dirty tricks.
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NHS managers warn the service has reached a tipping point
Patients waiting more than four hours in A&E: a target missed by almost every major emergency department in England according to new figures.
