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Maajid Nawaz points out inconsistencies in big tech censorship
Maajid Nawaz suggests that tech companies should not have the final say on whether the US President has a platform or not."Nobody can deny the disproportionate power that these tech platforms have," Maajid Nawaz argued, speaking amid the furore surrounding the banning of .He posed the question: "Does anyone deserve to have that much power?" Arguing that inconsistencies in how big tech discipline their users must be addressed.Maajid pointed out that laws around free speech in the US Constitution disallowed him from blocking people in the past and wondered how the opposite is...…Maajid Nawaz suggests that tech companies should not have the final say on whether the US President has a platform or not."Nobody can deny the disproportionate power that these tech platforms have," Maajid Nawaz argued, speaking amid the furore surrounding the banning of .He posed the question: "Does anyone deserve to have that much power?" Arguing that inconsistencies in how big tech discipline their users must be addressed.Maajid pointed out that laws around free speech in the US Constitution disallowed him from blocking people in the past and wondered how the opposite is...WW…
Fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp
The blaze broke out early on Thursday in Nayapara Camp in the Cox’s Bazar district.A fire has raced through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying hundreds of homes, officials said.No casualties were reported, but the UNHCR said more than 550 homes sheltering about 3,500 people as well as 150 shops were totally or partially destroyed in the fire.The fire broke out early on Thursday in Nayapara Camp in the Cox’s Bazar district, where more than a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are staying. Nayapara is an old camp that was started decades ago.Mohammed...…The blaze broke out early on Thursday in Nayapara Camp in the Cox’s Bazar district.A fire has raced through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying hundreds of homes, officials said.No casualties were reported, but the UNHCR said more than 550 homes sheltering about 3,500 people as well as 150 shops were totally or partially destroyed in the fire.The fire broke out early on Thursday in Nayapara Camp in the Cox’s Bazar district, where more than a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are staying. Nayapara is an old camp that was started decades ago.Mohammed...WW…
'I thought I was going to die': Woman's terror during horror attack by XL Bullies in south London park
ExclusiveA woman has revealed she thought she was going to die when she was attacked by three dangerous dogs in south London.Loading audio...Lakaydia Reynolds, 24, was mauled by the dogs - two XL Bullies and an American Pitbull - in Tulse Hill on June 6.Two of the dogs came up to her off their lead as she was walking down the road. She asked the owner to take them away from her, but they did not react to his instructions.The dogs then jumped up and began attacking her, biting and scratching her skin, before the man came over. But he had another dog on a lead, which then also joined in the...…ExclusiveA woman has revealed she thought she was going to die when she was attacked by three dangerous dogs in south London.Loading audio...Lakaydia Reynolds, 24, was mauled by the dogs - two XL Bullies and an American Pitbull - in Tulse Hill on June 6.Two of the dogs came up to her off their lead as she was walking down the road. She asked the owner to take them away from her, but they did not react to his instructions.The dogs then jumped up and began attacking her, biting and scratching her skin, before the man came over. But he had another dog on a lead, which then also joined in the...WW…
Council worker Ashley Dale killed with Cold War sub-machine gun over feud 'reignited at Glastonbury festival'
A council worker was shot dead in her home in a revenge attack against her boyfriend after a rival gangster was "humiliated" at Glastonbury.Loading audio...Ashley Dale, 28, was blasted "deliberately and mercilessly" with a Skorpion sub-machine gun after James Witham burst into her home in Liverpool, a court was told.The 28-year-old was hit in the abdomen by a bullet fired from the weapon at her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, on August 21 last year.Read More: Man denies murder of Ashley Dale, 28, after she was shot dead at homeShe managed to stagger to her back garden where she collapsed to...…A council worker was shot dead in her home in a revenge attack against her boyfriend after a rival gangster was "humiliated" at Glastonbury.Loading audio...Ashley Dale, 28, was blasted "deliberately and mercilessly" with a Skorpion sub-machine gun after James Witham burst into her home in Liverpool, a court was told.The 28-year-old was hit in the abdomen by a bullet fired from the weapon at her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, on August 21 last year.Read More: Man denies murder of Ashley Dale, 28, after she was shot dead at homeShe managed to stagger to her back garden where she collapsed to...WW…
Russian attack kills at least 51 people, including child, as bombs target eastern Ukrainian village
At least 51 people have died in a Russian attack on an eastern Ukrainian village, officials have said.Loading audio...A six-year-old boy is one of those to be killed in the Russian attack in the village of Hroza, near Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine. Several more have been injured, including a six-year-old girl.Presidential Chief of Staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Synyehubov said Russian forces shelled a cafe in the village in the Kharkiv region, at 1:15 pm local time (10:15 GMT)Ukraine's interior minister, Ihor Klymenko said 300 people were at the cafe attending a wake for a...…At least 51 people have died in a Russian attack on an eastern Ukrainian village, officials have said.Loading audio...A six-year-old boy is one of those to be killed in the Russian attack in the village of Hroza, near Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine. Several more have been injured, including a six-year-old girl.Presidential Chief of Staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Synyehubov said Russian forces shelled a cafe in the village in the Kharkiv region, at 1:15 pm local time (10:15 GMT)Ukraine's interior minister, Ihor Klymenko said 300 people were at the cafe attending a wake for a...WW…
Driver suffered 'event' at wheel before bus crash on M53 which killed him and 15-year-old schoolgirl
A driver suffered an "event at the wheel" before a bus crash on the M53 in Wirral, in which both him and a 15-year-old girl were killed, an inquest has heard.Loading audio...Jessica Baker, 15, suffered "instantaneous" death from "catastrophic" injuries in the school-run coach crash on the northbound M53 near junction five at Hooton on the Wirral last Friday, September 29. Stephen Shrimpton, 40, who was also killed in the accident, was driving the coach taking pupils to two local schools, West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School. Andre Rebello, senior coroner for Liverpool...…A driver suffered an "event at the wheel" before a bus crash on the M53 in Wirral, in which both him and a 15-year-old girl were killed, an inquest has heard.Loading audio...Jessica Baker, 15, suffered "instantaneous" death from "catastrophic" injuries in the school-run coach crash on the northbound M53 near junction five at Hooton on the Wirral last Friday, September 29. Stephen Shrimpton, 40, who was also killed in the accident, was driving the coach taking pupils to two local schools, West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School. Andre Rebello, senior coroner for Liverpool...WW…
1 in 5 UK adults have now received Covid vaccine, Matt Hancock says
One in five adults in the UK have now received a Covid vaccine, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.The Cabinet minister said Britain remained on track to hit its target of inoculating the top four priority groups against by 15 February.With the country topping 10 million jabs on Wednesday, plus today's figures, one-fifth of all the UK's adult population has now received a dose of the vaccine."We are on track to deliver the commitment we have made of offering the jab to all of the top four priority groups by 15 February," Mr Hancock told reporters while visiting the Royal Marsden...…One in five adults in the UK have now received a Covid vaccine, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.The Cabinet minister said Britain remained on track to hit its target of inoculating the top four priority groups against by 15 February.With the country topping 10 million jabs on Wednesday, plus today's figures, one-fifth of all the UK's adult population has now received a dose of the vaccine."We are on track to deliver the commitment we have made of offering the jab to all of the top four priority groups by 15 February," Mr Hancock told reporters while visiting the Royal Marsden...WW…
Bank of England tells banks to start preparing for negative interest rates
The Bank of England has given lenders six months to prepare for negative interest rates being implemented for the first time in its history.A review by the central bank's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) found that introducing the measure sooner "would attract increased operational risks". A move to negative interest would impact savings accounts and people's pensions.More than 160 banks and building societies responded to the survey on whether negative lending rates would work in practice.It comes as the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep the...…The Bank of England has given lenders six months to prepare for negative interest rates being implemented for the first time in its history.A review by the central bank's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) found that introducing the measure sooner "would attract increased operational risks". A move to negative interest would impact savings accounts and people's pensions.More than 160 banks and building societies responded to the survey on whether negative lending rates would work in practice.It comes as the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep the...WW…
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