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A grooming gang, whose court hearings were protested by EDL-founder Tommy Robinson, have been given jail terms totaling 221 years after launching a "campaign of rape and other sexual abuse" against teenage girls in Huddersfield.
- ‘Facebook really is finished’: Tech giant hires Nick Clegg as head of global affairs
Facebook has hired the former UK deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, as its head of global affairs and communications, as the company faces increased pressure over the handling of data and fake news on its platform. - ‘I won’t let us go down without a serious s**t fight,’ says Tory MP in foul-mouthed anti-May rant
A Tory MP has labeled Theresa May’s Conservatives a “s**t show,” declaring that if he wasn’t a politician, he wouldn’t vote for his own party. He added that, if offered, he wouldn’t accept a ministerial post in the cabinet. - EU’s chief Brexit negotiator says Irish border issue could sink whole deal
The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, has claimed on French radio, that the contentious issue of the Irish border could sink any chance of a Brexit deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union. - ‘Genuinely dangerous’: Islamic State supporter Anjem Choudary released from prison
Convicted hate-preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from prison, two years into his five-and-a-half-year sentence. The preacher had been convicted of inviting support for the so-called Islamic State.
- Grooming gang, whose court cases were protested by Tommy Robinson, jailed for 221 yearsA grooming gang, whose court hearings were protested by EDL-founder Tommy Robinson, have been given jail terms totaling 221 years after launching a "campaign of rape and other sexual abuse" against teenage girls in Huddersfield.
- ‘I won’t let us go down without a serious s**t fight,’ says Tory MP in foul-mouthed anti-May rantA Tory MP has labeled Theresa May’s Conservatives a “s**t show,” declaring that if he wasn’t a politician, he wouldn’t vote for his own party. He added that, if offered, he wouldn’t accept a ministerial post in the cabinet.
- ‘Facebook really is finished’: Tech giant hires Nick Clegg as head of global affairsFacebook has hired the former UK deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, as its head of global affairs and communications, as the company faces increased pressure over the handling of data and fake news on its platform.
- ‘Genuinely dangerous’: Islamic State supporter Anjem Choudary released from prisonConvicted hate-preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from prison, two years into his five-and-a-half-year sentence. The preacher had been convicted of inviting support for the so-called Islamic State.
- EU’s chief Brexit negotiator says Irish border issue could sink whole dealThe EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, has claimed on French radio, that the contentious issue of the Irish border could sink any chance of a Brexit deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
- UK researchers link consumption of junk memes to teen obesity & other ‘unhealthy’ habits
Hopping on the “blame the memes” bandwagon, UK researchers have sent a letter to Parliament warning that kids are learning poor health habits from the memes they share on social media. - Millions of porn videos will still be available for child consumption in new UK rules
New UK age verification rules will still allow children access to millions of pornographic videos, due to a “commercial basis” clause that will exempt image-sharing websites and social media. - ‘I’d rather be poor and master of my own fate’: Multimillionaire actor Michael Caine on Brexit
Multimillionaire actor Michael Caine has claimed he would rather be poor and in control of his own fate, than the current 'fascist’ alternative by which people he doesn’t know and no one has elected make him rich by running it. - Liam Fox 'pulls out' of Saudi conference, while UK arms company holds firm
The UK’s largest defence contractor, BAE, will attend Saudi Arabia’s investment conference, amid criticism over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The news came before the UK Trade Minister, Liam Fox, reportedly pulled out. - Calls for May to quit as furious Tories blast her for considering ‘humiliating’ Brexit delay
Fuming Tory MPs have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Theresa May’s admission that the UK could stay under EU rules “months” after Brexit – with some even telling her she needs to quit as leader over her handling of negotiations. - Rape victim data gathering by police is unlawful - London victims’ commissioner
The gathering of intrusive data from possible rape victims, by police, is unlawful and could prevent them from reporting the crime, London’s victims’ commissioner has stated. A complainant told RT the process is ‘violating.’ - Police carry out controlled explosion on package near British parliament
Police have closed roads around the British Parliament carrying out a controlled explosion on a suspect package. Officers have shut streets around Portcullis House, opposite the Houses of Parliament.
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RT News - October 19, 2018 (17:00 MSK)
Crimea in mourning - the first funerals are held for some of the 20 killed in Wednesday's college massacre, as survivors recall the tragic day. There's outrage in the UK after the release of a notorious radical Islamist cleric, who's served...
RT News - October 19, 2018 (12:00 MSK)
Crimea in mourning - the first funerals are being held for some of the 20 killed in Wednesday's college massacre, as survivors recall the tragic day. As Facebook and Twitter take different approaches over an alleged anti-Semitic video, we look...
RT News - October 18, 2018 (17:00 MSK)
We speak to survivors of the tragic attack in the Crimean city of Kerch and those who lost their loved ones. That, as people mourn - after over 20 people are killed and many more injured, in a shooting and bomb attack at a college. A warning - you...
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