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• Manchester attack: Take That praise city’s ‘spirit’ on live return

  26-05-2017 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pop group say profits from their first live show since Monday’s bombing will go to charity.
  
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• Elderly couple murdered in a "brutal attack" at their Portadown home

  26-05-2017 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 40-year-old man has been arrested after the incident in County Armagh.
  
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• The British Invasion

  26-05-2017 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The little-known tale of when the British inspired sports entrepreneurs to launch a football league in America.
  
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• Manchester City confirm signing of Monaco star Bernardo Silva - Daily Star

  26-05-2017 23:40 via dailystar.co.uk
  
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  Manchester City confirm signing of Monaco star Bernardo Silva
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  The Portuguese midfielder passed a medical before agreeing a five-year-deal worth £175,000-a-week. Silva was also a target of Manchester United, but admitted he couldn't turn down the chance to work with Pep Guardiola. He said: “If not the best coach ...
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• Conte tribute to Wenger ahead of FA Cup final clash

  26-05-2017 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsene Wenger will go down as "one of the best managers in history" even if his Arsenal side lose the FA Cup final, says Chelsea boss Antonio Conte.
  
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• Per Mertesacker insists he is ready for FA Cup final despite making first Arsenal start in 13 months - The Independent

  26-05-2017 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Per Mertesacker insists he is ready for FA Cup final despite making first Arsenal start in 13 months
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  The last time Per Mertesacker started any football match, for anyone, it was April 2016. Arsenal were facing Norwich City and even then it felt as if Arsene Wenger was starting to phase the German veteran out. Now, almost 13 months on from that last ...
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• Just sit back and enjoy watching Barack Obama having a round of golf in Scotland

  26-05-2017 23:29
  
  It’s the former president’s first trip to Scotland.
  
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• British fighter warned UK police of jihadi threat

  26-05-2017 23:20
  
  British fighter warned UK police of jihadi threat
  
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• UK Govt 'was warned about danger of British extremists returning home'

  26-05-2017 23:16
  Experienced fighters who volunteered to battle against dictators say they have been warning the British government about the dangers that young men radicalised in combat posed to national security.Housam Najjair, originally from Dublin, now lives in Libya.As fighting raged on the streets of Tripoli, Mr Najjair said: "I think my warnings began ever since 2012 when I went to Syria.
  
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• May puts Manchester bombing at heart of election with attack on Corbyn - The Guardian

  26-05-2017 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
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  Theresa May has launched an extraordinary attack on Jeremy Corbyn, accusing him of saying Britain is to blame for the Manchester terror attack in a war of words that places the atrocity at the heart of the election campaign. The prime minister used a ...
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• Rex Tillerson breaks 18 year tradition, declines to host Ramadan event at the State Department - Business Insider

  26-05-2017 23:14 via businessinsider.com
  
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  Rex Tillerson breaks 18 year tradition, declines to host Ramadan event at the State Department
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  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two US officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years. Since 1999 ...
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• May puts Manchester bombing at heart of election with attack on Corbyn

  26-05-2017 23:14
  
  Theresa May has launched an extraordinary attack on Jeremy Corbyn, accusing him of saying the Manchester terror attack had been caused by British foreign policy as she sought to place the atrocity at the heart of the election campaign.The prime minister used a press conference at the end of her first G7 summit to resume her election campaign by directly targeting the Labour leader after he had said the war on terror was not working.
  
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• How is the police investigation into the Manchester attack going?

  26-05-2017 23:01
  
  And how are the police mounting their investigation?
  
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• G7 leaders back Theresa May's call for a crackdown on extremist content online

  26-05-2017 22:48
  Theresa May secured support from fellow G7 leaders on tackle extremists online and stop foreign fighters returning to the UK and Europe, as the Prime Minister put counter-terrorism centre stage of the annual summit of leading industrial states.Mrs May warned the threat from Islamic state was moving "from the battlefield to the internet" as she led sessions on counter-terrorism in Taormina in Italy.In the wake of the Manchester bombing the PM and her counterparts agreed a series of measures to st
  
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• The public felt rather sorry for Jeremy Corbyn being grilled by Andrew Neil on his birthday

  26-05-2017 22:08
  
  Happy 68th Jeremy…
  
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• Egypt hits 'jihadist camps' after attack on Coptic Christians - BBC News

  26-05-2017 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Egypt hits 'jihadist camps' after attack on Coptic Christians
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  Egyptian forces have struck "terrorist training camps" in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said. State media say six strikes hit the town of Derna in neighbouring Libya. Gunmen earlier attacked a bus ...
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• Ariana Grande says she will return to Manchester for benefit gig

  26-05-2017 22:04
  Ariana Grande says she will return to Manchester to hold a benefit gig for victims of the suicide bombing at her concert.Twenty-two people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowd leaving her show at the Manchester Arena on Monday."I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honor of and to raise funds for the victims and their families," the star wrote on Twitter.
  
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• Police say they've arrested some key players behind Manchester bombing

  26-05-2017 22:01
  
  By Michael Holden and Costas PitasLONDON (Reuters) - British police have arrested a "large part of the network" behind this week's Manchester suicide bombing but more arrests are likely, the country's top counter-terrorism officer said on Friday.Mark Rowley said "immense" progress had been made in the investigation into Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people, seven of them children, at a pop concert in Manchester on Monday.Interior minister Amber Rudd said the official threat risk remained at its hi
  
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• Manchester attack: Hate crime 'doubles' after incident

  26-05-2017 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police saw a spike in reports of hate crime after the bombing, its chief constable says.
  
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• Rudd says threat remains critical as police hunt Manchester attacker's network

  26-05-2017 21:36
  Britain's threat level will remain at its highest level while police hunt down the suspected network of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Friday.The Manchester bombing was the deadliest attack in Britain since July 2005, when four British Muslim suicide bombers killed 52 people in coordinated attacks on London's transport network.
  
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• Ariana Grande to hold concert in Manchester for bombing victims

  26-05-2017 21:27
  U.S. pop star Ariana Grande said on Friday that she will hold a benefit concert in Manchester for the victims of Monday's suicide bombing at her show in the English city.Grande, 23, said in a message on her Instagram account that a date for the concert had not yet been worked out.Monday's suicide bombing, which killed 22 people and injured more than 100, many of them young people, took place just after Grande had finished performing.
  
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• General election 2017: Corbyn quizzed on Trident and IRA

  26-05-2017 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader tells the BBC he wants a nuclear-free world and "has never met the IRA".
  
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• G7 demand action on extremist net content at summit - BBC News

  26-05-2017 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Leaders from the group of leading industrial nations, the G7, have called on internet giants to crack down on extremist content. They warned internet service providers and social media companies to "substantially increase" their efforts. But the summit ...
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  Hopes for refugee crisis plan fall into chasm between G7 and TrumpThe Guardian
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• Teacher disciplined over 'most likely to become a terrorist' award - BBC News

  26-05-2017 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Teacher disciplined over 'most likely to become a terrorist' award
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  Teachers at a school in Texas are being disciplined after handing out an "award" declaring one student "most likely to become a terrorist". Lizeth Villanueva, 13, was handed the award by her teacher during a mock ceremony at the school near Houston.
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• Salman Abedi: from hot-headed party lover to suicide bomber

  26-05-2017 20:19
  
  Salman Abedi was just the sort of individual vulnerable to radicalisation, according to security services.Salman Abedi seemed, on the face of it, an unlikely jihadi: a quiet lad from a well-known family, a “fun guy”, according to friends at school, who loved football and was good at it, supported Manchester United and enjoyed a game of cricket.
  
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• Manchester attack

  26-05-2017 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schoolgirls, parents waiting to pick up children, and an off-duty police officer are among the dead.
  
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• Manchester attack victim 'helped me to enjoy life'

  26-05-2017 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother of Manchester attack victim Martyn Hett says all her memories of him are of smiling.
  
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• Corbyn refuses to back Trident but says he will respect Labour position

  26-05-2017 20:01
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has declined to say he is in favour of keeping Trident, despite a commitment to renewing the nuclear deterrent in the Labour manifesto.In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil, Corbyn said he respected the party’s decision to commit to the weapons system, but there would be a defence review to “look at the role of nuclear weapons” if Labour wins power.“I want to achieve a nuclear-free world through multilateral disarmament, through the nuclear non-pr
  
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• Man arrested over murder of two pensioners in Co Armagh home - Belfast Telegraph

  26-05-2017 19:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  Man arrested over murder of two pensioners in Co Armagh home
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  A man has been arrested after two pensioners were found murdered in their home in Co Armagh. The couple, understood to both be in their 80s, were discovered in the property in Ramone Park in the Craigavon area by a relative. It is understood the man ...
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• Police say they have some key players behind Manchester bombing

  26-05-2017 19:53
  
  By Michael Holden and Costas PitasLONDON (Reuters) - British police have arrested a "large part of the network" behind this week's Manchester suicide bombing but more arrests are likely, the country's top counter-terrorism officer said on Friday.Mark Rowley said "immense" progress had been made in the investigation into Salman Abedi who killed 22 people, many of them children, at a concert in Manchester on Monday.Interior minister Amber Rudd said the threat level remained at its highest level, "
  
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• After 2016 Assault, A Coptic Christian Grandmother In Egypt Fights For Justice - NPR

  26-05-2017 19:52 via npr.org
  
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  After 2016 Assault, A Coptic Christian Grandmother In Egypt Fights For Justice
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  Across a field from the unfinished concrete house where she lives, Suad Thabet can see the spires of the Abu Qarqas monastery. The 70-year-old Coptic Christian grandmother has had trouble sleeping since she was attacked in her nearby village of Karm a ...
  At least 28 dead after gunman opens fire on bus in EgyptSTV News
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• Terrorism, Manchester and the west’s foreign policy | Letters

  26-05-2017 19:46
  
  On 19 May 2015, as home secretary, Theresa May, was openly criticised at the Police Federation conference by a former Manchester police officer, Inspector Damian O’Reilly, who had been named community officer of the year in 2010, but had subsequently resigned in frustration over policing cuts.Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right to identify British foreign policy as a proximate cause of – not a justification for – terrorist threats (Report, 26 May).Six weeks ago, the PM led a trad
  
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• Breaking down can be the best way to deal with despair | Letters

  26-05-2017 19:44
  
  Morrissey performing in Monterrey Nuevo Leon. ‘Morrissey managed to articulate a feeling that I’ve often struggled to express,’ writes Holly Brader.Morrissey managed to articulate a feeling that I’ve often struggled to express (Suzanne Moore, G2, 25 May).Little wonder that the mental health of this country is in such dire straits, with millions of people grappling with anxiety and depression.
  
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• Large part of Manchester attack network detained, police say

  26-05-2017 19:37
  
  Detectives investigating the Manchester Arena bombing say they have “got hold of a large part of the network” and made “immense” progress in arresting people suspected of assisting Salman Abedi, who killed 22 concertgoers on Monday night.Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer, Mark Rowley, said on Friday that while there were still important lines of inquiry to pursue and further arrests were likely, the public should “go out as you planned and enjoy yourselv
  
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• Britain's real-life 'Iron Man' has high hopes for jet suit

  26-05-2017 19:30
  By Mark HanrahanSOMERSET, England (Reuters) - The British inventor of an "Iron Man"-style jet suit has lofty hopes that his project, which started out as fun experiment, could become a practical tool for industries ranging from entertainment to the military.Richard Browning, a 38-year-old former commodities trader with little experience of engineering, developed his jet suit with the help of friends over the last 18 months."We didn’t set out to build an "Iron Man" suit – it’s j
  
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• Ramadan 2017: Donald Trump issues statement mentioning terrorism in almost every sentence - The Independent

  26-05-2017 19:26 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Ramadan 2017: Donald Trump issues statement mentioning terrorism in almost every sentence
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  Donald Trump has issued his first statement commemorating Ramadan as president, and fit mentions of terrorism into nearly half of it. Mr Trump, who started his first foreign trip in a Muslim country, wished “all Muslims a joyful Ramadan,” and said that ...
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• General Election: Does Jeremy Corbyn back his own party's Trident stance?

  26-05-2017 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Renewing nuclear weapons is in Labour's manifesto, but their leader will not say he supports it.
  
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• 'Significant arrests' in hunt for bomber Salman Abedi's network

  26-05-2017 19:17
  
  Police say they have "got our hands around" a large part of the network connected to Manchester Arena bombing Salman Abedi.Britain's senior counter-terror officer Mark Rowley said "immense progress" had been made in the investigation, but further arrests were likely."They are very significant, these arrests," Assistant Commissioner Rowley said.
  
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• Corbyn faces backlash over bid to exploit Manchester bomb - Daily Mail

  26-05-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Corbyn faces backlash over bid to exploit Manchester bomb
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  Theresa May lashed out at Jeremy Corbyn tonight for making 'excuses' for terrorists after he linked UK foreign policy to the Manchester bombing. The Prime Minister accused the Labour leader of saying terror attacks are 'our own fault' and condemned him ...
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• Prison officer risks endangering lives of inmates, says coroner

  26-05-2017 18:58
  
  A coroner has taken the unusual step of writing to a prison governor to warn that a prison officer who gave evidence at an inquest risked endangering the lives of current prisoners.The senior coroner for Derbyshire, Dr Robert Hunter, issued a prevention of future deaths report – usually sent after an inquest has concluded – during an inquest into the death of a female prisoner.The coroner issued the report after hearing evidence from the prison officer.
  
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• Terror victim Martyn Hett's mum: 'He'd love the attention'

  26-05-2017 18:53
  
  Figen Murray suggested Martyn Hett, 29, would "absolutely laugh and think it's amazing" his life was being so widely remembered in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing.Mr Hett, a PR manager from Stockport, was one of 22 victims killed by attacker Salman Abedi at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.Since his death, Mr Hett's status as a 'super-fan' of Coronation Street - including his tattoo of soap character Deidre Barlow - and his appearances on TV reality shows have been fo
  
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• Paramedic: Devastating to hear of fatalities

  26-05-2017 18:50
  
  Consultant paramedic Dan Smith tells Sky News what he first saw when he entered the Arena.
  
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• Manchester bombing paramedic: Real heroes still in hospital

  26-05-2017 18:41
  One of the first paramedics to attend the Manchester bombing has insisted the "real heroes are still laying in hospital".Dan Smith was the second emergency worker to be confronted with the carnage of the Manchester Arena terror attack on Monday night, which left 22 dead and 66 people injured.The consultant paramedic described to Sky News the scale of the "devastation" he found at the Ariana Grande concert targeted by suicide bomber Salman Abedi.
  
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• G7 summit agrees on countering terrorism but not climate change - BBC News

  26-05-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Leaders of the world's leading industrial nations, the G7, have agreed on new action to counter terrorism at a summit in Taormina, Sicily. However, differences over climate change remain between US President Donald Trump and the others, said the host, ...
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• Dividing lines

  26-05-2017 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader has made a significant intervention on foreign policy and terrorism, says Iain Watson.
  
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• Welcome to the most extravagant summer of spending yet: Bernardo Silva is just the start - Telegraph.co.uk

  26-05-2017 18:17 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Welcome to the most extravagant summer of spending yet: Bernardo Silva is just the start
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  Manchester City have fired the golden starting gun on what is expected to be the biggest-ever summer of spending in the transfer market. Not just in the Premier League but across Europe. The £43million acquisition of midfield play-maker Bernardo Silva ...
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• Sir Cliff Richard settles case with South Yorkshire Police over home raid

  26-05-2017 18:16
  South Yorkshire Police have paid substantial damages to Sir Cliff Richard, who sued the force and the BBC after he was named in reports as a suspected sex offender.Lawyers told Mr Justice Mann at a High Court hearing in London that Sir Cliff and the force had now agreed a settlement.South Yorkshire Police have apologised "wholeheartedly for the additional anxiety caused" by the force's "initial handling of the media interest".
  
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• Obama tees off in Scotland

  26-05-2017 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All eyes were on the former US president as he enjoyed a round of golf at St Andrews.
  
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• May gets support from G7 on fight against terrorism

  26-05-2017 18:03
  
  By Elizabeth Piper and John IrishTAORMINA, Italy (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May won support from the world's major industrialised nations on Friday for measures to tackle terrorism such as pushing technology companies on internet controls and for the better tracking of militants.At her first G7 meeting since becoming prime minister, May was keen to avoid Britain's soon-to-be-launched talks to leave the European Union and focused instead on the fight against terrorism, days after
  
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• Theresa May calls on G7 leaders to help prosecute 'foreign fighters'

  26-05-2017 18:00
  
  Theresa May has urged world leaders to help ensure that British people who travel to the Middle East to become “foreign fighters” are prosecuted in the region.Leading a discussion on counter-terrorism with G7 leaders at their summit in Taormina, Italy, the prime minister said more had to be done to tackle the threat posed by people returning from countries such as Syria, Iraq and Libya.May argued that one way to help reduce the risk was to share the identities of foreign fighters who
  
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