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• Corbyn accuses May of underestimating Labour

  06-06-2017 23:50
  
  Jeremy Corbyn accuses Theresa May of underestimating Labour at a campaign rally in Birmingham.
  
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• Horrified commuters watch two teens with machetes being chased by police at London station

  06-06-2017 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SHOCKING footage has revealed the moment police swooped on two men armed with a machete at a London station.
  
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• Theresa May on terror threat: 'Human rights laws could be changed'

  06-06-2017 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May says she will change human rights laws if they "get in the way" of tackling suspected terrorists.
  
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• Steve Coogan lays into PM at buoyant Corbyn rally

  06-06-2017 23:43
  Labour is "going all-out" to win the election and prove to doubters that the party is "real, serious and here", Jeremy Corbyn has told a rally.The Labour leader was addressing a crowd of around 6,000 people in Birmingham, alongside the likes of comedian Steve Coogan and the band Clean Bandit in a music festival-style event.Mr Corbyn was also joined by Saffiyah Khan - whose photograph went viral when she confronted an English Defence League protester in the city - at the rally which was beamed to
  
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• FA toughens its stance on hooligans by issuing first ever life bans

  06-06-2017 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  • Previously unseen footage shows England fans making Nazi gestures
  • Concern over Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland in GlasgowThe Football Association has issued its first life bans after being shown previously unseen footage of England supporters making Nazi salutes and slit-throat gestures amid growing fears among security officials that the national team have become a focal point for a new generation of troublemakers.Other footage showed an England follower hold
  
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• Jack Butland back from ‘rock bottom’ into Southgate’s England reckoning

  06-06-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Stoke goalkeeper returns to national fold after lengthy spell out injured• 24-year-old is in England squad for Scotland and France matchesJack Butland has admitted there were moments when he feared he might never play again during his lengthy rehabilitation from a fractured ankle as the goalkeeper, now restored to full fitness, targets a fifth cap in England’s forthcoming games against Scotland and France.The Stoke City player last represented his country in the friendly win ag
  
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• Andy Murray feels confidence bubbling up before Kei Nishikori quarter-final

  06-06-2017 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  • World No1 feels fitter before Paris quarter-final than a year ago
  • Scot says tax-exile status is not something that appeals to himWhatever Andy Murray decides to do when he stops playing tennis, queueing up for a job with either of the major parties going toe to toe for the keys to 10 Downing Street this week might not be high on his list of options. Nevertheless, the Scot – who favoured independence in the 2014 referendum and probably would do so again, if given the chance &n
  
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• Spain gripped by furious protests against ‘undemocratic’ EU-Canada trade deal

  06-06-2017 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HUNDREDS of activists took to the streets in protest in Madrid calling on the Spanish government to block a free trade deal between the European Union and Canada.
  
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• Hero Express journalist Geoff Ho’s message: London stay strong, let the healing begin

  06-06-2017 23:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LONDON Bridge terror hero Geoff Ho, who was stabbed in the throat as he fought with the trio of attackers, sent a message of defiance and reconciliation from his hospital bed last night.
  
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• Scottish referendum BOMBSHELL: Sturgeon claims Dugdale wanted to DROP opposition to vote

  06-06-2017 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KEZIA Dugdale’s Unionist credentials were dealt a massive blow tonight after Nicola Sturgeon revealed she wanted to drop Scottish Labour’s opposition to another referendum.
  
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• Theresa May: Human rights laws could change for terror fight

  06-06-2017 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prime minister says the law could be changed to make it easier to tackle terror suspects.
  
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• Manchester attack detectives uncover 'significant evidence'

  06-06-2017 23:11
  
  Greater Manchester Police say they have uncovered "significant evidence" in a car linked to Manchester bomber Salman Abedi.A white Nissan Micra has been seized by investigators from a property in Rusholme, and investigators say the terrorist had made "repeated trips" to the car in the days before his deadly attack.Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson said: "Forensic examination has uncovered significant evidence inside.
  
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• London Bridge terror: Police fear eight dead as Frenchman may have been thrown in Thames

  06-06-2017 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE fear an eighth victim of the London Bridge terror attacks may have been thrown into the River Thames during Saturday night’s rampage.
  
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• Robert Kubica tests Renault F1 car six years after partial amputation

  06-06-2017 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  • Polish driver takes part in private session in Valencia using 2012 car
  • Kubica suffered multiple injuries in 2011 rallying accidentThe former Formula One driver Robert Kubica has completed a test with the Renault team in Spain, suggesting he may return to the sport he left in 2011. Related: Was Kimi Raikkonen sacrificed for Sebastian Vettel by Ferrari in Monaco? | Giles RichardsContinue reading...
  
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• London Bridge killer Khuram Butt 'arrested for attacking Islamic scholar - but let off'

  06-06-2017 23:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE of the London Bridge terrorists was arrested earlier this year for attacking a Muslim academic opposed to extremism, it has emerged.
  
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• Saudi billionaire Khashoggi dies in London

  06-06-2017 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The arms dealer known for his lavish lifestyle had been suffering from Parkinson's disease.
  
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• What the first paramedic at London terror attack saw

  06-06-2017 22:50
  
  Gary Edwards was the first paramedic on the scene at London Bridge and had to assess the situation quickly.
  
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• If this is Jeremy Corbyn's farewell tour, his politics are certainly drawing the crowds | John Crace

  06-06-2017 22:47 via theguardian.com
  
  While the Supreme Leader goes into full Maybot meltdown when asked to speak off the cuff, the Labour leader draws rock’n’roll crowds enjoying his greatest hits If this is to be Jeremy Corbyn’s farewell tour, he’s playing to sellout crowds. While the Supreme Leader struggles to attract more than a handful of reluctant Tory activists to her events and goes into Maybot meltdown if called to speak off the cuff for more than a couple of minutes, the Labour leader managed to pu
  
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• First responder describes arriving at London Bridge attack scene

  06-06-2017 22:44
  
  The first paramedic to arrive at the scene of the London Bridge attack feared he might he under attack as gunfire rang out yards from where he was treating critically injured victims.Gary Edwards was the first responder from London Ambulance Service, pulling up in his car just six minutes after the terrorists struck their first victims in a hired van.Within moments of arriving, he heard gunshots about 15m (50ft) from his location as police shot the attackers in Borough Market.
  
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• Team New Zealand boat capsizes in America’s Cup challenger semi-final

  06-06-2017 22:36 via theguardian.com
  
  • Crew all accounted for and unhurt following dramatic incident near start line
  • Sir Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR now trail opponents 3-1Team New Zealand capsized during the run-in to the second race of their America’s Cup challenger semi-final against Great Britain’s Land Rover BAR in Bermuda. All crew members were later reported safe. Related: Great Britain’s Land Rover BAR fall 2-0 behind in America’s Cup pursuitContinue reading...
  
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• Wrestlers visit Manchester terror victim

  06-06-2017 22:35
  
  Booby Roode presents Lily Harrison, who is recovering from the Manchester terror bombing, with a WWE NXT championship belt.
  
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• London attack: Third attacker named as Youssef Zaghba

  06-06-2017 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moroccan-Italian Youssef Zaghba is named as the third London Bridge attacker.
  
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• A third and fourth victim of the London Bridge attack have been named

  06-06-2017 22:31
  
  Dozens of others were injured, including four police officers.
  
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• 'Independence has to step back!' Nicola Sturgeon SHREDDED over Brexit significance

  06-06-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA STURGEON was told that independence needed to take a step back because of the implication of Brexit in an interview with Jon Snow.
  
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• Hate cleric Abu Haleema's videos still available on YouTube

  06-06-2017 22:24
  Hate-filled videos made by an associate of one of the London Bridge terrorists are freely available on YouTube, Sky News has found.Some 115 videos from self-styled cleric Abu Haleema - who appeared in the same Channel 4 documentary as killer Khuram Butt and was also part of Anjem Choudary's network - are available to view despite the fact that he has been banned on other social media platforms, including Twitter.Haleema has called for gay men to be executed and said that the black flag of sharia
  
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• WWE NXT stars surprise Manchester Arena attack victim with championship belt

  06-06-2017 22:21
  
  Stars from the world of international wrestling have made a surprise visit to an eight-year-old fan injured in the Manchester bombing.Lily Harrison was treated in hospital for serious shrapnel wounds after the attack and while recovering at home in Manchester a group of WWE NXT celebrities called in to say hello.Lily, who shares her dad's love of wrestling, beamed as one of the sport's champions, Bobby Roode, led fellow stars into her living room.
  
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• Theresa May says she will rip up human rights laws to fight terror

  06-06-2017 22:20
  
  Theresa May has said she will rip up some human rights laws if they "stop us" from tackling terrorism.Mrs May used one of her final speeches of the General Election campaign to step up her rhetoric against Islamist extremism in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack that left seven people dead and more than 40 injured.
  
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• MI5 to scrutinise counter-terrorism operations after May calls for review

  06-06-2017 22:14
  
  Questions have been raised over how much MI5 and the police knew about the attackers.The British domestic intelligence agency MI5 is to take a hard look at its counter-terrorism operations in the wake of the London Bridge attack after Theresa May took the unusual step of calling publicly for a review.The prime minister’s decision to go public adds to the pressure MI5 is under as further questions emerge over whether it did enough to stop the attack.
  
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• Corbyn refuses to say Abbott will keep job if Labour wins

  06-06-2017 22:13
  Jeremy Corbyn has said Diane Abbott has done a "good job" in the shadow cabinet, but has refused to commit to appointing her as home secretary if Labour wins.Ms Abbott pulled out of two election events on Tuesday due to illness, hours after a difficult interview on Sky News with Dermot Murnaghan.In a series of vague answers after long pauses, it became clear Ms Abbott was unable to recall details of the review by Labour's Lord Harris.
  
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• Mark Wood ends England’s long search for game-changing bowler | Ali Martin

  06-06-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Durham quick’s dismissal of Kane Williamson turned the match, just as the New Zealand captain looked ready to take it away from EnglandEngland have long searched for a game-breaking bowler in one-day cricket and the hope coming into the Champions Trophy was that the fast but physically fragile Mark Wood would be Eoin Morgan’s trump card in this regard.In keeping with his career to date figures of nine overs, one for 32 may not leap off the page but the 87-run win over New Zealand
  
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• Eoin Morgan praises ‘outstanding’ England bowlers after New Zealand win

  06-06-2017 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  • Liam Plunkett takes four for 55 after ‘pretty average’ batting performance
  • Credit to the way England bowled, says Kane Williamson after hitting 87Eoin Morgan heaped praise on his bowlers after England’s 87-run victory over New Zealand sealed a Champions Trophy semi-final berth and a chance to knock rivals Australia out of the tournament in their final group game at Edgbaston on Saturday.Morgan saw the wickets shared among his attack as New Zealand were bowled out
  
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• Manchester attack: police release images of bomber’s car

  06-06-2017 21:40
  
  The white Nissan Micra that Salman Abedi bought on 13 April.Police have released images of a car in which the Manchester Arena bomber, Salman Abedi, may have stored his bomb-making components.The white Nissan Micra was seized in an armed swoop last week.
  
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• On Facebook, even Harvard students can’t be too paranoid | Tim Dowling

  06-06-2017 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Now computers spy on us and typing speeds betray emotions, it’s touching that the smartest students in the land still think they can offend in privateThe other day I noticed that the little green light next to the camera built into my computer screen was on. It’s perfectly possible that I had recently used some app that required the camera, and forgotten about it; but I couldn’t find a way to turn it off. It’s unlikely anyone was really watching me pretend to work, but my
  
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• May: I’ll rip up human rights laws that impede new terror legislation

  06-06-2017 21:35
  
  Theresa May has declared she is prepared to rip up human rights laws to impose new restrictions on terror suspects, as she sought to gain control over the security agenda just 36 hours before the polls open.The prime minister said she was looking at how to make it easier to deport foreign terror suspects and how to increase controls on extremists where it is thought they present a threat but there is not enough evidence to prosecute them.The last-ditch intervention comes after days of pressure o
  
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• Jelena Ostapenko sets up birthday treat with Timea Bacsinszky in Paris

  06-06-2017 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  • Ostapenko beats Caroline Wozniacki in three sets on rain-affected day
  • Latvian and Bacsinszky will meet on shared birthday for place in finalRain and wind scudded through Paris on day 10 of the 2017 French Open, punching a three-hour hole in the schedule, but it was worth the wait for the combustible but talented teenager Jelena Ostapenko, and the Swiss outsider, Timea Bacsinszky, who will meet in the semi-finals on Thursday. As it happens they share a birthday that day, which is ta
  
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• May: Tough conversations required over terrorism

  06-06-2017 21:30
  
  Theresa May has said police and intelligence services need to launch a review after three terrorists slipped through the net to launch the London Bridge attacks.
  
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• London attackers' links to hate preacher

  06-06-2017 21:25
  
  Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane continued their association with hate preacher Anjem Choudary after his network was outlawed by UK authorities.
  
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• Mozambique police warn that bald people could be targets of ritual killings

  06-06-2017 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Warning comes after two men killed in brutal attacks, with body parts thought to have been used in witchcraft because of belief that bald people are richPolice in Mozambique has warned that bald people could be the targets of ritual attacks, after the brutal killing of two men whose body parts were thought to have been used in witchcraft.The two bald men, one of whom was found with his head cut off and organs removed, were killed in a part of the country already notorious for the persecution of
  
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• Steve Bell on Boris Johnson's election campaigning – cartoon

  06-06-2017 21:22 via theguardian.com
  
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• Man held in Ireland after papers in name of London attacker found

  06-06-2017 21:22
  
  A man has been arrested in the Republic of Ireland on suspicion of using forged documents, after papers in the name of one of the London Bridge attackers were discovered at a flat in Limerick.The Moroccan national was detained at a property in Limerick after Irish police received a tip from colleagues in London.Barking-based Redouane, 30, claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan, the Met police said, and also went by the name Rachid Elkhdar, claiming to be six years younger.
  
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• Theresa May calls on tech firms to tackle terror

  06-06-2017 21:20
  
  Theresa May's called on big tech firms to do more to tackle extremism, accusing them of providing terrorist ideology "the safe space it needs to breed".
  
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• Terrorism reminds us all why Europe must stick together | Rafael Behr

  06-06-2017 21:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May once understood that the EU made Britain more secure. Now she pretends we can safely break freeIt is hard to keep a sense of perspective in the final days of a campaign, amid the cacophony of closing arguments. The background scene is blurred in the sprint to the finish line. Tension and uncertainty have been amplified by a savage terrorist attack. It is impossible to know exactly how the monstrosity perpetrated around London Bridge on Saturday will weigh upon the decisions voters ma
  
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• Facebook blocks Chechnya activist page in latest case of wrongful censorship

  06-06-2017 21:18 via theguardian.com
  
  The barring of a non-terrorist group for ‘terrorist activity’ sparks debate – again – about how overloaded moderators can handle content fairly and accuratelyFacebook censored a group of supporters of Chechen independence for violating its community standards barring “organizations engaged in terrorist activity or organized criminal activity”, the latest example of the social network mistakenly censoring government dissidents.The Facebook group, Independence f
  
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• What we know about the London Bridge killers

  06-06-2017 21:11
  
  More details are emerging about the third London attacker, who has been named by Scotland Yard as a Moroccan-Italian man Youssef Zaghba.The 22-year-old, who had been living in east London and reportedly worked in a restaurant, was one of three men who drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday night, before stabbing others in nearby Borough Market in an attack that killed seven people and injured 48.Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported that he was born in Fez in January
  
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• The Guardian view on the economy: invest for growth | Editorial

  06-06-2017 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  If re-elected, the Tories will bring more austerity and no guarantee of investment-led growth. Labour’s plans could mean escape from stagnationOn the day that former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin escaped explaining in court how he crashed the business and lost billions of pounds during the 2008 financial crash, it is timely to consider Britain’s post-election economic fortunes. It is a future still defined by the banking crash that Fred “the Shred” Goodwin was
  
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• Airline bosses: we must apologise immediately for BA-style crises

  06-06-2017 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  United Airlines chief says industry has to be ‘more communicative’ as other CEOs say they must react within 15 minutesAirline bosses should apologise instantly, roll up their sleeves and join the passengers next time they suffer a British Airways-style PR crisis, executives have advised.Speaking at the International Air Transport Association’s annual summit, Oscar Munoz, the chief executive of United Airlines, who was lambasted for his non-apology to a passenger who was injured
  
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• The Guardian view on Northern Ireland’s election: Not just border country | Editorial

  06-06-2017 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Elections over the sea always dance to a different tune from Britain. But, because of its Brexit implications, this one matters to the whole of the UKIn recent UK general elections, Northern Ireland has struggled to get a look-in. The reasons are familiar. The election in the 18 constituencies of Northern Ireland dances to a different tune from those in Britain. The issues are different. So are the parties. And in a parliament of 650 MPs, the results rarely affect the final arithmetic in bi
  
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• Schools cancel trips in the wake of London and Manchester terror attacks

  06-06-2017 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  The attacks at London Bridge, the Manchester Arena and Westminster have prompted some schools and parents to rethink plans and procedures Schools across the country are cancelling trips to visit museums, theatres and other central London attractions as a result of the recent terrorist attacks in the capital and Manchester.
  Both primary and secondary school pupils have been affected by the clampdown, with trips to attractions including the Science Museum, Tower of London, British Museum and Natio
  
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• Jake Ball and England pick New Zealand apart to reach semi-finals

  06-06-2017 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  • England 310; New Zealand 223
  • Jake Ball gets two wickets and is man of the matchEngland became the first side to secure a semi-final berth in the Champions Trophy by defeating New Zealand in conditions that would have had gnarled old yachtsmen scrambling for the shore and abandoned umbrellas flying off to the next county. That semi-final will take place in Cardiff on 14 June. Before that there is the small matter of a group game against Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday. Another vi
  
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• British Cycling asks Team Sky to quit their shared Manchester velodrome

  06-06-2017 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  • Board members hope split will help restore British Cycling’s reputation
  • Move would mark removal of last physical tie between two organisationsBritish Cycling is poised to sever its last remaining physical ties with Team Sky by asking the professional squad to move out of the Manchester velodrome which they have used as a shared home for the past seven years.Board members at British Cycling are understood to have pushed for a discernible split between the two organisations whi
  
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