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Russian soldiers face ban on selfies and blog posts - BBC News - 0 views

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The Russian defence ministry has drafted a law to ban social media posts by professional soldiers and other military personnel on security grounds
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Italy could still get populist government as Five Star leader hints at compromise | The... - 0 views

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Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, indicated on Wednesday that he was willing to compromise on his choice of finance minister – previously the main roadblock to agreeing an administration
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Theresa May condemned for 'business as usual' after Conservatives accept £100... - 0 views

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The Labour Party has accused Theresa May of breaking her promises and continuing “business as usual” with Russia after the Conservative Party accepted another £100,000 donation from the wife of a former minister in Vladimir Putin’s government
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British political system - 0 views

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To understand fully any country's political system, one needs to understand something of its history. This is especially true of the United Kingdom because its history has been very different from most other nations and, as a result, its political system is very different from most other nations too.
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From Here to Brexiternity: The Crisis in British Politics - 0 views

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ritish politics in early March has been a tale of four prime ministers—two former ones, the present holder of the office, and one who would like to take over. Never in British history has there been such discordance between the past, present, and possibly future occupants of Downing Street.
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Nick Clegg on political anger and the need to be a patriotic liberal - Open Future - 0 views

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He remains one of the few liberal voices in British politics today. On May 24th Mr Clegg discussed the threat to open societies with The Economist. The interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
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George Soros delves back into British politics by backing 2nd Brexit referendum bid - R... - 0 views

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US-Hungarian Billionaire philanthropist George Soros faces new accusations of interfering in British politics after announcing he’s supporting a bid to push for a second Brexit referendum within a year.
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Leo Varadkar: Adoption registrations 'a dark chapter' - BBC News - 0 views

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Every adoption agency in Ireland has been involved in illegal child registrations, according to the head of children's charity Barnardos.
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Japanese whale hunters kill 122 pregnant minke - BBC News - 0 views

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Japanese hunters caught and killed 122 pregnant minke whales as part of its Antarctic summer "field survey"
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The mystery of Russia's missing IS brides - BBC News - 0 views

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More than 2,000 Russian women who lived under the Islamic State group have disappeared.
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US preacher asks followers to help buy fourth private jet - BBC News - 0 views

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White House comes out fighting on Roseanne racism row - BBC News - 0 views

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Its press secretary suggested liberal TV stars suffered no consequences for saying "the most horrible things" about President Donald Trump.
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Key North Korea official meets Pompeo in New York - BBC News - 0 views

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Kim Jong-un's right hand man Controversial Olympics delegate What does Kim Jong-un really want?
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Roxana Hernandez: Anger over transgender migrant's death in US - BBC News - 0 views

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According to ICE, Ms Hernandez was "processed as an expedited removal" when she applied for admission at the San Ysidro port of entry in California on 9 May.
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Kim Kardashian asks Trump to pardon jailed grandmother - BBC News - 0 views

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Kim Kardashian West has met President Donald Trump to discuss a potential pardon for a 63-year-old great grandmother who is serving life in prison.
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RMT union will 'align' itself with Labour but not reaffiliate - BBC News - 0 views

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While it would remain unaffiliated, Mr Cash - who succeeded the late Bob Crow in 2014 - said the union strongly backed Labour's stance on rail nationalisation and employment rights.
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Chris Grayling says rail industry 'has failed passengers' - BBC News - 0 views

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Chris Grayling wrote to MPs over the "wholly unsatisfactory" service on Govia Thameslink Railway and Northern.
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Brexit could deprive British law firms of business in two ways - Due diligence - 0 views

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English-qualified solicitors could find it harder to work on deals in Europe—and may find that is where their clients have gone
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The Common Law and Civil Law Traditions - 0 views

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, that sought to reform their legal systems in order to gain economic and political power comparable to that of Western European nation-states
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England - Cultural life | Britannica.com - 0 views

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Many writers also found a new audience in children, giving rise to work such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and generating later classics such as Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit stories, A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and even, it can be argued, the late 20th-century work of J.K. Rowling.
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