London, United Kingdom | AFP | An exit poll following Britain’s general election on Thursday suggested the country could be heading for a “hung parliament”, in which no party has an overall majority. Here is what would happen next if the forecast is confirmed by the full results, most likely …
Read More »May ahead but set to lose majority in UK election: exit poll
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives are set to lose their overall majority after Britain’s general election, an exit poll showed on Thursday after voting closed. The Conservatives were set to win 314 seats, followed by Labour on 266, the Scottish National Party on 34 …
Read More »Khuram Butt: A London extremist with a friendly family image
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Khuram Shazad Butt, named Monday as one of the three London attackers, was known to Britain’s MI5 intelligence service and even featured in a documentary entitled “The Jihadis Next Door”. Butt had sparked alarm for his extremist views and allegedly had links to a …
Read More »Outrage as Trump targets London mayor Khan over attacks
Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at London’s mayor Sadiq Khan, accusing him of downplaying the threat of terrorism a day after knife-wielding men mowed down and stabbed revelers in the British capital. London’s mayor swiftly shot down the US president’s remarks, made in a …
Read More »A summer’s night out in London turns to horror
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Just minutes before Saturday’s terror attack in London, pubs were crammed with revellers enjoying a balmy summer night out in a trendy part of the city, many of them watching the Champions League final on big screens. And then terror struck yet again at …
Read More »At least 20 casualties in London ‘terrorist’ attack
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A van ploughed into pedestrians and several people were stabbed in central London on Saturday, leaving at least 20 casualties in what police called a “terrorist” attack days before a general election. Armed police opened fire during two “terrorist incidents” at London Bridge and …
Read More »LONDON BRIDGE: Van ploughs into pedestrians, several people stabbed
LIVE UPDATES 21 critical after London terror attack: health service 12 arrests in connection with last night’s attacks CONFIRMED: Seven people have died in addition to the three attackers shot dead by police Forty-eight people have been taken to hospital after a terror attack in central London in which seven …
Read More »Police dealing with ‘major incident’ on London Bridge
In Turin, 200 injured in Juve fan panic after bomb scare – police London, United Kingdom | AFP | Police are dealing with a “major incident” on London Bridge, Transport for London said on Saturday, after witnesses reported seeing a van mounting the pavement and hitting pedestrians. “Police are dealing with …
Read More »British PM boycotts TV debate as election looms
London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May boycotted a primetime television debate Wednesday, just days before the June 8 general election, prompting accusations of a floundering campaign as polls slashed her ruling Conservative party’s lead. The pound wobbled overnight after a shock projection forecast that May …
Read More »Massive truck bomb kills over 80 in Kabul
BBC says driver killed, four journalists injured in Kabul attack London, United Kingdom | AFP | The BBC’s Afghan driver was killed and four of its journalists were injured on Wednesday in a massive truck bomb blast that ripped through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, the British broadcaster said. “It is with …
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