Ruth Davidson urges Theresa May to pursue 'open Brexit'
Labour also won a series of unexpected gains, including Glasgow North East, as the surge in support for Jeremy Corbyn spread north of the border. Ms Sturgeon's party ended the night with 35 MPs and just under 37 per cent of the vote - a result substantially down on the 50 per cent they secured in 2015, which gave them 56 MPs.
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Trump's lawyer to file complaint about Comey leaking memos
Comey told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee that he had hoped to prod the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to oversee the Russian Federation investigation, which occurred last month . "Admiral Rogers testified today that the president never, quote, directed him to do anything illegal, immoral, unethical, or inappropriate, close quote, and never, never, quote pressured him to do so, close quote".
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Police release 12 people held after London atrocity
The assailants killed eight people and wounded 48 others. Nearly 50 were injured. He is thought to be 45-year-old Xavier Thomas , who was in London for the weekend with his girlfriend. Italy's intelligence services had reported Zaghba and his frequent movements to Moroccan and British authorities, Corriere reported. When Zaghba was stopped at the city's Marconi airport in March 2016, he had told his mother he was going to Rome .
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Japan's Parliament Passes Bill for Emperor's Abdication
According to legend, Japan's monarchy originated 2,700 years ago with the goddess Amaterasu, a female deity said to be the nation's first emperor. That's because issues of abdication and succession within the royal family are at the center of a debate over imperial traditions and how sustainable they are in modern Japan.
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Modi for joint efforts against terror
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Pakistan is an important partner for Russia in South Asia. "The sense of the meeting was that the two countries have great benefit, great interest in working with each other and we will have differences".
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Trump says USA is committed to mutual support of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies
The leaders will face the White House press corps at a news conference in the Rose Garden after their talks. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he backs the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation charter's demand that all members be prepared to defend each other, weeks after jarring allies by not restating U.S.
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Trump says Qatar funds 'high level' terror
Al Jazeera is the flagship broadcaster for Qatar, which is in a stand-off with neighbouring Arab states over alleged ties to terrorism, a row which is endangering stability in the region. "The blockage is hindering US military action in the region, and the campaign against ISIS ", Tillerson said, using an acronym for the extremist group.
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Comey hearing: 5 revelations from Federal Bureau of Investigation ex-director's testimony on Trump
At the hearing Comey gave testimony in which he accused Trump of trying to quash an investigation and lying about him and the FBI . He said that he'd carefully documented his interactions with Trump because he anxious Trump would misrepresent them, and accused the administration of spreading "lies, plain and simple" about the reasons for his firing.
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Youseff Zaghba named as third London terrorist - Everything we know about him
After leaving the vehicle, the terrorists used 12-inch ceramic knives with pink blades in a stabbing spree. "When I come back to Butt trying to get hold of a 7.5 tonne lorry - the effect could have been even worse". Police have discovered equipment for making petrol bombs, plastic bottles and duct tape for constructing fake suicide bomb belts, and an ID card for Redouane.
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Inter Milan appoint ex-Roma boss Luciano Spalletti
We must bring results into line with the history of the club". "I was made aware of the ownership's enthusiasm". Spalletti left Roma last month and has now committed to Inter until 2019 after meeting with the club's owners in China earlier this week.
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Third attacker identified after London Bridge terrorist attack
Corriere wrote that Zaghba was stopped at Bologna airport in 2016 when he was trying to fly to Syria and that Italian authorities had tipped off Britain about his movements. He also used the name Rachid Elkhdar , with a different date of birth of July 31, 1991. Thirty-year-old Rachid Redouane claimed to be Moroccan-Libyan, and Irish security forces confirmed he had married a British woman in 2012.
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Russia's Lavrov calls for talks to ease Qatar stand-off
Saudi efforts to force Qatar to abandon support for terror groups is driven by Riyadh's fear of the Muslim Brotherhood , former adviser to the US Senate Republican leadership Jim Jatras told Sputnik. UAE-based newspaper Gulf News and pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya reported the crackdown on expressions of sympathy towards Qatar. The measures, in countries where civil rights are already sharply restricted, came as Al Jazeera, the state-funded Qatari media organization, said its website and ...




