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• Theresa May calls on tech firms to lead fight against online extremism

  25-05-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  G7 leaders urged to put pressure on companies such as Facebook and Google, as PM says fight against Isis is shifting from the ‘battlefield to the internet’
  • Manchester attack - latest updatesTheresa May will urge G7 leaders to tell technology firms that they should do more to suppress extremist content online, arguing that fight against Islamic State is shifting from the “battlefield to the internet”. The prime minister will tell fellow leaders at the summit in Sici
  
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• Social media, extremism and fears we are losing the online war | Nick Hopkins

  25-05-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Manchester attack has again raised questions over whether tech firms are doing enough Theresa May’s initiative to put more pressure on tech companies over online extremism is born of a frustration that can only have been heightened by this week’s attack in Manchester.For all the harsh words and threatened fines that have been thrown at social media companies over recent months, in the UK and across Europe, there is a feeling that they are not doing nearly enough, quickly enough,
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Vows To Tackle Causes Of Terrorism In Wake Of Manchester Attack

  25-05-2017 23:00
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to tackle the causes of terrorism in the wake of the attack on Manchester.
  The Labour leader will resume his election campaign with a speech in central London on Friday morning, where he will say Britain ‘must be brave enough to admit the war on terror is not working’ and find ‘a smarter way’ to tackle the threat.
  In his first intervention since the suicide bomb attack which left 22 dead, Corbyn will talk about security, British values and call fo
  
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• Theresa May plans G7 push to purge internet of extremist material

  25-05-2017 22:59
  UK PM seeks to put pressure on social media groups in wake of Manchester attack
  
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• Zuckerberg sets out political battle agenda

  25-05-2017 22:53
  Facebook founder’s Harvard commencement speech against authoritarianism and nationalism
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg sets out political battle agenda

  25-05-2017 22:53
  Facebook founder gives Harvard speech decrying authoritarianism and nationalism
  
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• Labour Expels Jeremy Corbyn Supporter Who Called Theresa May 'A Terrorist' After Manchester Attack

  25-05-2017 22:40
  
  And she has now been led away. pic.twitter.com/cQVF0j4flt— Theo Usherwood (@theousherwood) May 24, 2017
  A Jeremy Corbyn supporter who called Theresa May “a terrorist” in the wake of the Manchester suicide bombing has been expelled from the Labour party, HuffPost UK has learned.
  Tina Buckley hit the headlines on Wednesday when she shouted abuse at the Prime Minister through the security gates at Downing Street.
  Buckley was captured on video as she attacked May’s decision
  
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• Treasury fears post-election break-up

  25-05-2017 22:23
  Officials in UK’s finance ministry fret that Theresa May is planning an overhaul
  
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• Donald Trump Shoves Fellow Nato Leader To Steal The Limelight

  25-05-2017 22:00
  
  Donald Trump appears to have gone full Donald Trump during his trip to Europe for his first major international summit.
  The US President was in Brussels to meet fellow Nato leaders amid a global sojourn that has included the Middle East and Rome.
  While Trump pledged a crackdown on US leaks of UK intelligence following unauthorised disclosures concerning the Manchester bombing, and delivered a confused attack on Nato colleagues, he also seemed anxious to be seen as the big man on campus.
  First, w
  
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• Steve Bell on UK-US intelligence sharing – cartoon

  25-05-2017 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
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• Manchester bomb raises questions over Prevent programme

  25-05-2017 20:27
  UK counter-terror measures criticised after claims Abedi was reported
  
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• Trump vows to punish source of Manchester attack probe leak

  25-05-2017 19:13
  UK enraged by release to media of details of police investigation into bombing
  
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• Donald Trump's NATO Speech Had One Major Flaw

  25-05-2017 19:09
  
  Donald Trump brazenly chastised NATO leaders to their faces for not paying their fair share to protect the alliance, adding that the current situation is “not fair”.
  Speaking from the organisation’s new headquarters in Brussels (a city he once called a hellhole), his speech garnered a mix of stony faces and suppressed laughter from the heads of state assembled to listen.
  Unfortunately for Trump, he did nothing to change the opinion of many that he fundamentally misunderstands h
  
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• Ukip notches up own goals in attempt to play blame game | John Crace

  25-05-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Paul Nuttall couldn’t put a foot right amid the mayhem of party’s acrimonious manifesto launchThe heckles from Ukip supporters began even before the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg had finished asking her question. “Fake BBC news!”, “Get back down your hole!” and “Learn to speak English!” Talking with a Scottish accent is now a proscribed act of liberal multiculturalism for some Kippers. Keep English for the English. Related: Ukip’s nonsense man
  
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• Manifesto guide: which party will do the most for cycling?

  25-05-2017 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  We compare the manifesto pledges of the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ukip and the Greens to see who comes top on cycling policyAmid fevered discussions of Brexit, the NHS and social care, not to mention the suddenly renewed importance of security and tackling terrorism, it might seem a bit niche – almost frivolous – to ask what the party manifestos are saying about cycling.But I’d argue it’s interesting and worthwhile for a couple of reasons. To begin with, a
  
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• Brexit Briefing: Plucky Brits Take Migration Target Into Their Own Hands

  25-05-2017 18:05
  
  All you need to know from the world of Brexit this week.
  You can sign up for this briefing by clicking here, and you’ll receive it straight to your inbox every Thursday afternoon.
  If you like what you read, make sure you subscribe to our Commons People podcast here for even more analysis about what goes on in Westminster.1) Brits Are So Keen To Get Net Migration Down They Are Leaving The Country To Help Out.Pop open the English sparkling wine and celebrate, all you Brexiteers! Ne
  
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• General election 2017: Ukip says May must bear 'some responsibility' for Manchester attack – as it happened

  25-05-2017 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Election campaign restarts following Manchester terror attack as PM heads to Nato summitThe Snap: sign up for our daily election email and read today’s hereManchester attack: latest updatesUkip says May must bear ‘some responsibility’ for Manchester attackUkip manifesto launch - SummaryAfternoon summary 5.04pm BSTToday’s migration figures underline the importance of immigration to the UK workforce and are a warning of the damage a significant reduction could do. Alarmingl
  
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• Theresa May plans anti-extremism drive if Tories win election

  25-05-2017 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister is expected to revive ideas set out when she was home secretary in wake of Manchester attackTheresa May is expected to launch a major offensive to “drive extremism out” of the public sector and civil society in the wake of the Manchester terrorist attack if the Conservatives win the general election on 8 June.A new commission charged with identifying and exposing examples of extremism is to be set up, and support will be given to the public sector and civil society in
  
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• Conservative and Labour manifestos fail to grasp economic reality

  25-05-2017 17:29
  Both parties display the politics of hope, whim and anecdote in the face of evidence
  
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• 'Ban burqas to promote vitamin D' and other odd ideas in Ukip's manifesto

  25-05-2017 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukip has launched its election manifesto, and it certainly has some eye-catching bits. Here are nine of the strangestUkip broke ranks with the other major parties on Thursday by resuming national campaigning with the launch of its manifesto. The event was somewhat chaotic, with reporters heckled, and Suzanne Evans saying she thought Theresa May must bear some responsibility for the Manchester Arena bombing, then denying she had said it about a minute later.But it was bits of the manifesto itself
  
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• EU adds English teachers’ pay in Brussels to Brexit bill

  25-05-2017 16:40
  Detailed demands set to be sent to UK in June ahead of start of formal talks
  
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• Manchester attack and Libyan links to violence

  25-05-2017 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Salman Abedi's family were part of a large Libyan community in Manchester.
  
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• Conservatives raise £1.6m in second week of election campaign

  25-05-2017 16:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour and Lib Dems raised £383,000 and £160,000 respectively in week leading up to 16 May, Electoral Commission data showsThe Conservatives have raised more than £1.6m during the second week of the general election campaign, more than doubling the combined donations to all the other political parties over the same period, figures show.Donors to Theresa May’s party include a firm controlled by the founders of Betfred, the bookmakers, and Doug Ellis, the former chairman of
  
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• Washington must plug the intelligence leaks

  25-05-2017 15:30
  The US risks undermining a crucial five-nation alliance, writes Philip Stephens
  
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• Trump 'worried about Brexit impact on US jobs'

  25-05-2017 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Source reveals apparent U-turn by US president in talks with EU leaders, having previously said Brexit is ‘wonderful thing’
  Donald Trump is said to have told European Union leaders he is worried Americans may lose jobs as a result of Britain leaving the EU, in what would amount to an extraordinary U-turn by the US president.
  An EU source said Trump spoke of the risks to the global economy posed by Brexit during a 45-minute meeting in Brussels with Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker,
  
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• Ukip uses Manchester bombing to attack Theresa May

  25-05-2017 14:57
  Party says politicians should have acted ‘long ago’ on radical Islam
  
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• Brexit and the resurgence of terror

  25-05-2017 14:33
  UK and Europe still need to maintain a high level of intelligence co-operation
  
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• City Bankers Help Tory Party Pull In £1.6m In Election Donations - Four Times As Much As Labour

  25-05-2017 13:56
  
  City bankers and hedge fund bosses have helped the Tories pull in more than four times as much general election funding as Labour, new figures reveal.
  The Conservatives reported £1.6m in donations for the second week of the campaign, compared to just £382,925 for Jeremy Corbyn’s party.
  The Liberal Democrats received just £160,000, UKIP £35,000, the Women’s Equality Party £18,936 and the Greens £18,500.
  The dramatic difference in funding is even mo
  
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• General election 2017: Manifesto guide on where the parties stand

  25-05-2017 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Issue by issue, what the parties are pledging, presented in easy-to-scan bullet points.
  
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• Migration And Economic Growth Down As Election Campaign Restarts

  25-05-2017 13:38
  
  Net migration is down and economic growth has been revised down as election campaigning is set to resume. 
  Latest ONS figures show thousands of Europeans have left the UK since the referendum last year and the number of EU migrants entering the country for work has also fallen.
  UK GDP growth for the first three months of the year has been revised down from the preliminary projection of 0.3% in April to 0.2%.
  The total net migration figure for 2016 was 248,000 - down 84,000 on the previous y
  
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• Young lives destroyed by Manchester bombing

  25-05-2017 13:34
  Many victims yet to be named but death toll includes several schoolchildren
  
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• Theresa May 'Must Bear Some Responsibility' For Manchester Attack, Says Ukip's Suzanne Evans At Manifesto Launch

  25-05-2017 13:27
  
  Ukip’s Deputy Chairman today claimed Theresa May “must bear some responsibility” for the Manchester terrorist attack as her party launched its election manifesto.
  In an at times chaotic press conference, Suzanne Evans hit out at May’s record as Home Secretary as she called for a crackdown on law on order in wake of Monday’s tragic incident.
  Evans also said the European Union “is equally culpable” for not allowing a “serious rethink about immigratio
  
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• Manchester attack: Police 'not sharing information with US'

  25-05-2017 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will tell Donald Trump shared intelligence "must be secure" after US leaks about the Manchester bomb - as the Queen visits victims.
  
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• Brexit economy: workers face squeeze but firms remain upbeat

  25-05-2017 13:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The latest monthly Guardian analysis finds consumers facing Brexit-related inflation pressures as the general election loomsThe Brexit squeeze on household budgets has intensified over the past month, but companies and investors remain cautiously optimistic about the economic outlook in the run-up to the election, a Guardian analysis shows.With a fortnight to go until the general election, the Guardian’s monthly tracker of economic news paints a mixed picture. Living standards are again fa
  
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• General election: UKIP pledges to tackle radical Islam

  25-05-2017 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Launching the UKIP manifesto, Paul Nuttall says the "cancer" of radical Islam must be "cut out".
  
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• Donald Trump Loses Handshake Battle With President Of Tajikistan, Bigly

  25-05-2017 13:09
  
  Donald Trump’s handshake has gained a reputation for being, well... a bit rude to say the least.
  Remember what it did to Japanese PM Shinzō Abe’s face in February? Trump and Japanese PM Shinzō Abe’s EPIC handshake. pic.twitter.com/NdFY2qFhqr— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 10, 2017
  Such was the reaction to the brutal encounter, someone felt the need to turn into this brilliant animation.And then there was this rather rude interaction just this week
  
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• UK economic growth estimate revised down

  25-05-2017 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The economy expanded by just 0.2% in the first three months of the year, the ONS says.
  
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• Net migration to the UK falls to 248,000 in 2016

  25-05-2017 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More EU citizens left the UK, and fewer came, after the Brexit vote, new figures show.
  
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• Net migration falls by a quarter as EU citizens leave UK

  25-05-2017 11:40
  Figures show rise in emigration and reduction in immigration from eastern Europe
  
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• Labour's poll bounce is too little too late

  25-05-2017 10:50
  
  Labour is relying on younger voters who are less likely to turn out
  
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• The Waugh Zone May 25, 2017

  25-05-2017 10:38
  
  The five things you need to know on Thursday, May 25…
  1) SILENCE PLEASE
  There will be a minute’s silence at 11am in memory of the 22 children and adults killed in the Manchester bombing. And this morning Theresa May and our security services are hoping for a little more silence from the Americans who have so far leaked key details of the investigation into the terrorist attack.
  Home Secretary Amber Rudd yesterday said she was “irritated” by the US leaks of the suicide bo
  
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• Cost of Tories' free breakfasts 'could treble'

  25-05-2017 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Tory pledge to offer free breakfasts to primary school pupils could go beyond a £60m costing.
  
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• 'Fake claims' and £350m: Is this the first post-truth election?

  25-05-2017 10:09
  
  The fightback against 'fake news' has started but there's still a long way to go
  
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• Greg Gianforte Charged Over Allegedly Body-Slamming Guardian Journalist Ben Jacobs

  25-05-2017 09:52
  
  A Republican congressional candidate has been charged after an astonishing audio clip emerged in which he allegedly body-slams a Guardian journalist.
  In the clip, Ben Jacobs, a US reporter for the publication, could be heard questioning Greg Gianforte on the recently released Congressional Budget Office report on the Republican health care replacement bill.
  There then follows a series of crashing sounds and the GOP candidate in the Montana special election can be heard saying: “I’m s
  
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• UKIP: We are the 'guard dogs of Brexit'

  25-05-2017 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leader of UKIP Paul Nuttall is to launch the party's manifesto today.
  
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• Election 2017: A big Conservative win could see fewer women in parliament

  25-05-2017 09:26
  
  For the first time in 20 years women's representation in parliament could go backwards
  
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• Rufus Hound Twitter Apology After Suggesting Manchester Bombing Was Inside Job By Theresa May

  25-05-2017 09:23
  
  Rufus Hound has been forced to apologise for suggesting Theresa May let the Manchester bombing happen to boost her poll ratings.
  The comedian had picked up on a now-deleted tweet from someone else which said:“Given that the attacker was known to MI5, the timing seems fortunate for May that an attack ‘slips through’ as Labour are making progress...”Hound then added his own commentary with the hashtag #reichstagFire in reference to the arson attack on the German Parliament
  
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• Steve Bell’s If ... Theresa May acts the prime minister

  25-05-2017 07:10 via theguardian.com
  
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• The UK election explained

  25-05-2017 06:02
  Henry Mance on why the UK is having a general election and how it works
  
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• How my years as a City trader helped me beat the polls in 2015

  25-05-2017 06:01
  The FT’s election analyst explains why the results can confound predictions
  
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