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US tax bill passes the Home and heads to Senate

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Authorities condemned over its ‘abject failure’ to tackle homelessness

The Government has been condemned for taking an “unacceptably complacent” attitude towards tackling homelessness, as soaring numbers of people are forced to live on the streets or in temporary accommodation.  A damning report by the cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said ministerial attempts to solve the “national crisis” had ended in “abject failure”.  Figures show more than 9,000…

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Final votes loom on Republican tax invoice

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUS tax bill: the winners and losersThe Republican-controlled Congress is expected to confirm the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax system in more than three decades. The House of Representatives approved the legislation comfortably on Tuesday, but the vote is likely to be closer in the…

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EU plans to limit export of ‘twin-use’ ogle tech

The European Union is working to adopt new regulation that will introduce tougher export controls for technologies which can be used to spy on citizens.    The new rules, which were proposed last year, are up for a plenary vote early next month in the European Parliament, where they are expected to pass. Proponents say the…

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Philippines: Indigenous folks perceive peace after attacks

Davao Del Norte, Philippines – Up on the verdant mountains of Talaingod, a young swine squeals as four men grab its legs and a freshly sharpened bolo readies to slash its throat. Dahosay Ansam-on, 77, utters a prayer to the magbabaya, or the « supreme being » in Ata Manobo language. As they return to their homes, the villagers…

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Arthur Collins jailed for twenty years over nightclub acid attack

Collins in his police mugshot (Picture: PA)Arthur Collins has been jailed for 20 years after he threw acid into a crowd of people at a nightclub. Collins, 25, who is the father of Towie star Ferne McCann’s newborn baby, was found guilty of GBH last month. His trial heard clubbers screamed and ran in panic as…

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When the UK sells spying tools to repressive states

In early 2015, Uranija Pirovska, the then director of Macedonia’s Helsinki Committee, found out that her government had been spying on her since at least 2011. Like many others in her position, Pirovska is adamant that plenty of red flags existed back then to indicate that the Macedonian government was an authoritarian one: the 2011…

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Mutmaßlichen Vergewaltiger bewusstlos gewürgt und erstochen – Paar soll aus Rache getötet haben

Köln – Mordprozess vor dem Kölner Landgericht: Einer Frau (33) und einem Mann (29) wird vorgeworfen, gemeinsam den Ex-Partner (37) der Frau aus Rache getötet zu haben. Angeblich soll das Opfer wenige Tage zuvor die Angeklagte sexuell missbraucht haben. Als der Richter mit dem Prozess beginnt, fängt die Angeklagte Melanie K. an zu weinen. Im Gegensatz zum Mitangeklagten…