Lee Rigby murderer fighting for life after Covid-19 diagnosis

January 25, 2021 Article

One of Lee Rigby’s killers is reportedly fighting for life after catching coronavirus. Michael Adebowale is serving a life sentence for murdering Fusilier Rigby in May 2013 on the streets of Woolwich, south-east London. The Sun reported that the 29-year-old Islamic terrorist was removed from Broadmoor last week following a deterioration in his condition after […]

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Terror watchdog launches inquiry into radicalisation in jails

January 25, 2021 Article

An inquiry into the way prisons deal with convicted terrorists is being launched by the independent terror watchdog amid concerns of growing radicalisation behind bars. Jonathan Hall QC said there had been a “steady drumbeat” of terror attacks on prison officers while other inmates were coming under the influence of “high status” terrorist prisoners. Mr […]

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Schoolboys in court on ‘terror charges’ linked to far-right extremism

January 24, 2021 Article

Two schoolboys accused of being part of an online far-right extremist group have appeared in court on terror charges. It is alleged the teenagers were part of a Telegram chat group which was found to contain images of Adolf Hitler and the white extremist involved in the 2019 Christchurch massacre. One of the boys, a […]

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Full text of Joe Biden’s inauguration speech

January 23, 2021 Article

Full text of US President Joe Biden’s full inaugural address: “Chief justice Roberts, vice president Harris. Speaker Pelosi, leader Schumer, leader McConnell, vice president Pence, and my distinguished guests, my fellow Americans, this is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the […]

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‘Disproportionate rates’ of premature Covid-19 death in black and Asian patients

January 22, 2021 Article

There have been disproportionate rates of premature death from Covid-19 among patients of Asian and black ethnicity, a large cohort study has found. The research, published in the journal BMJ Open, is based on nearly 1,800 patients admitted to five acute hospitals within Barts Health NHS Trust between January 1 and May 13 2020. The […]

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Twitter account of Chinese embassy in US locked after Uighurs post

January 21, 2021 Article

Twitter has locked the account belonging to China’s embassy in the US after a tweet stated that Uighur women in Xinjiang have been emancipated and are no longer “baby making machines”. One of the final acts of the Trump administration this week was declaring that China’s policies and actions in regard to Muslims and ethnic […]

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Man charged with assault as worshippers subjected to racist abuse and gun gestures outside mosque

January 21, 2021 Article

Merseyside Police today (January 21) named a 45-year-old man charged in connection with an assault...

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Donald Trump pardons former strategist Steve Bannon

January 20, 2021 Article

US President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people. The pardons and commutations for 143 people, including Bannon, were announced after midnight on Wednesday in the final hours of Trump’s White House term. A statement from the White House said: […]

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Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims in Xinjiang amount to ‘genocide’

January 20, 2021 Article

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has imposed new sanctions on China and said its policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in Xinjiang constitute a “genocide”. Mr Pompeo made the determination just 24 hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. There was no immediate response from the incoming Biden team, although several members have been […]

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Britain’s youngest terrorist can be freed from jail, says Parole Board

January 18, 2021 Article

Britain’s youngest terrorist – who plotted to murder police officers in Australia on Anzac Day – can be freed from jail, the Parole Board has ruled. The 20-year-old, from Blackburn, Lancashire, who can only be identified as RXG, sent encrypted messages instructing an Australian jihadist to launch attacks during a 2015 parade. He was jailed […]

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