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Head of UK’s refugee detention center quits over abuse
Sep 24, 2017 01:58Director of a private refugee detention center in the United Kingdom has resigned after footage emerged showing officers were abusing and bullying refugees and asylum seekers being held there.
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Saudi used US-made bomb in August airstrike on Sana'a: Amnesty
Sep 22, 2017 12:00Amnesty International says a bomb used by the Saudi regime in a fatal airstrike on an apartment building in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in August was made in the United States.
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EU steps up pressure on UK before May’s Brexit speech
Sep 22, 2017 03:22The European Union’s Chief Negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier has increased pressure on UK Prime Minister Theresa May on the eve of her major Brexit speech, warning that stalled exit talks would only move forward if she offered some "clear commitments."
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May urges UN reform, threatens to withhold UK funding
Sep 21, 2017 08:33UK Prime Minister Theresa May has threatened to withhold one-third of her country’s annual funding for the United Nations if the world body fails to “win our trust.”
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Part of London evacuated amid security alert over 'suspicious package'
Sep 20, 2017 07:41British police have evacuated part of the City of London with bomb squads rushing to the area amid a security alert.
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UK’s Quercus seals Iran’s €500 million solar deal
Sep 20, 2017 07:39UK renewables investor Quercus has signed a deal worth over half a billion euros to build and operate a 600-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Iran, the company said on Wednesday.
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Boris Johnson opens up about quitting UK cabinet over Brexit
Sep 20, 2017 04:23British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has announced that he will not resign from the cabinet over Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategies, putting an end to earlier speculations that he would step down over the issue following rifts with the premier.
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Boris Johnson reiterates Britain's firm support for nuclear deal with Iran
Sep 19, 2017 11:08British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson underlined his country's support for the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and the necessity for its maintenance and full implementation.
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UK weapons companies earned over £6bn from Yemen war: Charity
Sep 19, 2017 07:46British weapons manufacturers have earned more than £6 billion from their deals with Saudi Arabia ever since the beginning of the kingdom’s ruthless war on its southern neighbor Yemen, a campaign group says.
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UK to lose 10,000 finance jobs after Brexit: Survey
Sep 18, 2017 13:04About 10,000 finance jobs will be shifted out of the UK or created overseas in the next few years if Britain is denied access to the European Union’s single market, according to a survey of international firms.