Church limited Clapham attacker’s attendance

3 hours ago About sharing Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, seen on CCTV at a Tesco Express in north London about 70 minutes after the attack By Claire Ellison & Judith Burns BBC News A church which supported the asylum claim of the Clapham alkali attacker limited his rights to attend services after a sexual assault conviction,…

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Israel says UN resolution damaged Gaza truce talks

1 hour ago About sharing Displaced Palestinians were reportedly killed in an overnight Israeli air strike on a building in Rafah By David Gritten BBC News Israel says Hamas’s rejection of a current proposal for a Gaza truce deal with Israel shows the “damage” done by the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire….

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UK approach to China is ‘robust’, Sunak says

21 minutes ago About sharing The UK’s approach to China is “more robust” than most of its allies, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. It comes after some MPs criticised the response to cyber-attacks against the Electoral Commission and UK politicians, which the government has blamed on Beijing-linked hackers. Ministers are facing growing calls to…

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North Korea censors Alan Titchmarsh’s trousers

2 hours ago About sharing By Alistair Coleman BBC Monitoring North Korea’s state television channel has censored a BBC gardening programme – by blurring out presenter Alan Titchmarsh’s trousers. Central TV aired a 2010 edition of Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets for its morning audience, but made sure that viewers could not see his jeans. Jeans…

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