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 …
Read More »Heathrow chaos as BA scrambles to recover from IT crash
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Thousands of travellers faced further chaos on Sunday as British Airways cancelled around 60 flights from London’s Heathrow Airport following an IT system failure. Around one quarter of Sunday’s flights set to depart from London’s major hub before 4.00 pm (1500 GMT) were cancelled …
Read More »Libya, the new breeding and training ground for jihadists
Tripoli, Libya | AFP | Feeding on the chaos that has gripped Libya since the overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, jihadists have used the country to recruit and export militants. Salman Abedi, the man suspected of carrying out the attack on a pop concert in …
Read More »Manchester terror attack: What we know
Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Britain has raised its terror alert to the maximum level and ordered troops to protect strategic sites after 22 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Manchester pop concert. Here is what we know so far about Monday’s attack, the deadliest …
Read More »Libya arrests brother, father of Manchester bombing suspect
Tripoli, Libya | AFP | Libya has arrested a brother and the father of the man suspected of carrying out the bombing in the British city of Manchester, a relative and security sources said Wednesday. The family source, asking not to be identified, said intelligence services had arrested Hashem Abedi, …
Read More »City star Toure to donate Sh467 million to Manchester attack victims
City star Toure to donate six-figure sum to Manchester attack victims Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City’s Ivory Coast football great Yaya Toure is to donate along with his agent £100,000 to the victims and their families of Monday’s suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester …
Read More »Football: Amsterdam on ‘high alert’ for Ajax vs Man Utd
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Police in Amsterdam are on high alert after the Manchester attack with large crowds set to gather outdoors to watch Wednesday’s Europa League final between Ajax and Manchester United. The match will be screened live from the Stockholm Friends Arena on a giant screen …
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