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Social Media Must Censor ‘Hate’, Says Senior Labour MP

Yvette Cooper has announced that MPs will look into how social media companies can censor a “tide of hate”, and strongly implied that freedom of speech should mean freedom from criticism in remarks ahead of a new inquiry into “hate crime”.

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Britain to Tell Trump: Forget Islamic State, Depose Assad Instead

Britain’s Foreign Office will spend the next three months trying to convince senior figures in Donald Trump’s team not to prioritise fighting Islamic terrorists in Syria. Since becoming president-elect Trump has reaffirmed his intention to cut support to Islamist rebels and instead

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Le Pen: Trump’s Win ‘Victory of the People Against the Elites’

Asserting that a “global revolution” is underway,  Marine Le Pen has said Donald Trump’s victory at the polls marks the rejection of “unfettered globalisation”, in an interview with the BBC. Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Le Pen said the

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Migrant who Kayaked to UK Accused of Raping Aid Worker

Immigration officers will question a migrant who paddled to Britain in a kayak over claims he raped a British aid worker in the Calais “Jungle” camp. The attack, which is said to be common knowledge among aid workers, reportedly took

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India Demands Bonfire of Migration Laws in Return for Trade Deal

Theresa May has been told Britain must ditch its border controls in return for a trade deal with India, with the UK warned by officials that it “needs Indians”. Ahead of the Prime Minister’s two-day visit to India, figures have blasted

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Pro-‘Refugee’ Tory Rebel Quits Parliament Over Govt. Brexit Stance

Backbench Tory rebel Stephen Phillips has resigned from parliament, citing “significant policy differences” between himself and the government. The former Tory MP, who represented the strongly Euroskeptic constituency of Sleaford and North Hyekham in Lincolnshire, has been very vocal in his

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Norway Mulling Ankle Tags for Migrants Awaiting Deportation

Norway’s Immigration and Integration Minister has asked police to look into ankle tags as a solution to migrants going underground to avoid deportation. Announcing that the country “must constantly seek new ways to safeguard Norwegian citizens” Sylvi Listhaug has outlined

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France Demands UK Take Further 1,500 Calais ‘Children’

France has demanded that Britain take in nearly 1,500 “child migrants” staying in Calais, who councils say will cost taxpayers £133,000 per head. The diplomatic row that has broken out over the fate of the alleged minors comes after a

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We Want Armani and Hugo Boss: Migrants Demand Designer Clothes

African migrants who took the streets in protest and blocked traffic in Venice this week have been demanding designer clothes, the president of the Cooperativa Sociale Onlus has revealed. Lorenzo Chinalleto, whose cooperative hosts migrants at the Hotel Byron in

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Top Moroccan Pop Star Arrested for Violent Rape in Paris

A record-breaking Moroccan pop star already wanted in the United States for sexual assault was brought before a judge in France this morning to face charges of sexual assault with violence. Saad Lamjarredwas arrested at the Marriott Champs Elysées in Paris

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