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British imams are planning to set up their first national council to issue religious rulings and form a united voice on issues such as terrorism, Islamophobia, gay rights and climate change.
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- US general pledges to defend Japan from N. Korean attack
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- Israel freezes controversial settlement law
- US Navy awards contract for future Marine base on Guam
- Facial recognition tech turns people into ‘waking ID cards,’ warn privacy activists
Police force use of facial recognition technology in public spaces risks turning people into “walking ID cards,” a civil rights group has told RT. - Corbyn’s handling of ‘Pakistani grooming’ scandal compared to Trump’s Charlottesville response
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been compared to US President Donald Trump for his response to shadow minister Sarah Champion’s resignation. - Terrorist threat pushes British cities well down global livability rankings
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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani-born Nobel Prize-winning activist who narrowly avoided death after being shot by the Taliban, has gained a place at Oxford University.
- Facial recognition tech turns people into ‘waking ID cards,’ warn privacy activistsPolice force use of facial recognition technology in public spaces risks turning people into “walking ID cards,” a civil rights group has told RT.
- Corbyn’s handling of ‘Pakistani grooming’ scandal compared to Trump’s Charlottesville responseLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been compared to US President Donald Trump for his response to shadow minister Sarah Champion’s resignation.
- Muslim imams to form national council for more progressive British IslamBritish imams are planning to set up their first national council to issue religious rulings and form a united voice on issues such as terrorism, Islamophobia, gay rights and climate change.
- Terrorist threat pushes British cities well down global livability rankingsThe rising threat of terrorism has pushed down a number of British cities in the annual ranking of the world’s most desirable and attractive places.
- Chloe Ayling: Brother of topless model’s alleged kidnapper to fight Italy extradition
The brother of the chief suspect in the alleged kidnapping of British glamor model Chloe Ayling will fight an extradition order to Italy. - Eye spy: Facial recognition tech gets govt cash boost despite claims it’s illegal
Britain’s Home Office is ready to invest more in facial recognition technology for police forces despite claims it infringes civil liberties. - Malala Yousafzai accepts place at Oxford University 5yrs after Taliban shootingMalala Yousafzai, the Pakistani-born Nobel Prize-winning activist who narrowly avoided death after being shot by the Taliban, has gained a place at Oxford University.
- Hindu & Jew wed in UK’s first-ever lesbian interfaith marriage
A Hindu and a Jew tied the knot on Saturday in Britain’s first-ever lesbian interfaith marriage. - ‘Appallingly bad’ F-35 fighter jets to cost taxpayers even more as pound falls
The price tag attached to Britain’s next generation F-35 fighter jets is expected to rise dramatically. The controversial aircraft is in urgent need of an upgrade at a time when the British pound continues to fall in value. - Brits fighting ISIS with Kurdish forces pose domestic terrorism threat – neocon think tank
British volunteers fighting with Kurdish forces against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria pose a domestic security threat to the UK, a neoconservative think tank claims. - Fracked off? Level of Britain’s shale gas reserves has been ‘hyped,’ says geology professor
Britain was thought to have potentially “very large” reserves of shale gas for the fracking industry to extract. However, according to a geology professor, the supply has been grossly overestimated. - Was Labour right to 'sack' Sarah Champion for saying Pakistani men ‘rape, exploit white girls’?
Sarah Champion was reportedly forced out of the Labour shadow cabinet after writing a controversial piece for the Sun claiming authorities must examine possible cultural reasons why British Pakistani men are “raping and exploiting white girls.”
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