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Over 350 UK mosques urge May to probe Islamophobic views in her party
Jun 06, 2018 03:37More than 350 mosques and Muslim organizations across Britain have called on the ruling Conservative Party to launch a formal inquiry into increasing instances of Islamophobia within its ranks, according to a new report.
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UK’s largest Muslim group urges May, Tories to address Islamophobia
May 31, 2018 09:09Britain's largest Muslim group has called on Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party to take action against Islamophobic views among some members.
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Child refugees going missing in UK: Report
May 29, 2018 07:07More than 120 child refugees trafficked to the UK from northern parts of France have gone missing, a new report has revealed, raising concerns about the British government’s lack of action.
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UK must 'fully' leave EU customs union: Johnson
May 29, 2018 02:47Britain must be "fully out" of the EU customs union after Brexit in order to be a global trading nation, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Russia’s Lavrov says ‘no facts’ support accusations on MH17
May 25, 2018 10:18Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Netherlands has provided "no facts" to support its allegation that Moscow was responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014.
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Moscow says no Russian missile involved in MH17 plane crash over Ukraine
May 24, 2018 14:46Russia’s Defense Ministry has strongly rejected fresh claims by an international investigation team that the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed by a missile launched from a Russian unit, stressing Moscow has nothing to do with the tragic event in which some 300 people lost their lives after the plane was downed over eastern Ukraine.
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UK’s £850mn missile system enters service
May 24, 2018 07:35The UK says its new £850 million missile defense system has completed all trials and is ready to be deployed across the world onboard the Royal Navy warships.
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Britons dash to become German before Brexit
May 24, 2018 02:47Driven by the prospect of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union next year, the number of British passport holders who became German citizens jumped by 162 percent last year, Germany’s Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday.
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BP halts work on gas field over US sanctions on Iran
May 23, 2018 08:46British oil company BP says it has halted work on a gas field which it co-owns with National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in the North Sea, citing US plans to reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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British MPs want Myanmar govt. referred to ICC
May 23, 2018 00:59A British parliamentary committee says the government must support efforts to refer Myanmar’s government to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over evidence of state-sanctioned "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.