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PM accepts Australia must fight wildfire danger of climate change
Australian firefighters turn from defence to offence, risking lives in wildfire battle.
London commuters strip down to their pants for No Trousers Tube Ride
The annual event began in New York City in 2002 and has since grown into “an international celebration of silliness” according to Improv Everywhere, the group behind the tradition.
Brexit campaigners used racism to divide our country says Clive Lewis
The shadow treasury minister and Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis says the campaign to leave the EU was used as a mechanism to divide communities, though he added that doesn’t mean people who voted Brexit are racist.
Iran arrests British ambassador as protests sweep nation over flight downed by mistake
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Iran faces being a pariah state
Corbyn warns of ’spiral of violence,’ saying there’s no excuse for Iran downing plane
There were peace rallies on Saturday in London, Liverpool, Chesterfield, Warrington, Canterbury, Swansea, Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol.
Aboriginals call for indigenous fire controls as Australian wildfires merge into one big inferno
‘Good fire breeds good fire’: fundraiser to empower aboriginal return to cultural burning in Australia
20 years on: veterans who fought to lift the ban on gays in armed forces
The restriction on lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers was lifted on January 12 2000.
Iran admits it shot down Ukrainian passenger plane ‘by mistake’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani blamed the tragedy on ‘threats and bullying’ by the US.
Jeremy Corbyn addresses ‘No War on Iran’ rally as people demonstrate against war around UK
Protesters say the situation in the Middle East remains ‘critical’ following the killing of Iran’s General Soleimani by a US drone.