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New report links South African government to commercial lion body part trade

A new report has revealed shocking insights into the development of South Africa’s controversial captive lion breeding industry. Despite widespread international condemnation, South Africa’s controversial lion breeding industry has grown year-on-year and has links to wildlife trafficking, according to a new report Cash Before Conservation: An Overview of the Breeding of Lions for Hunting and Bone Trade, published today by international wildlife charity Born Free. Born Free’s President and Co-Founder, Will Travers OBE, said: “As many as 8,000 lions languish in...

Watch – Boris Johnson says Putin is “overwhelmingly likely” to have sanctioned Skripal attack

Vladimir Putin is "overwhelmingly likely" to have ordered the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal according to Boris Johnson. The foreign secretary said "our quarrel is with Putin's Kremlin, and with his decision" over the nerve agent attack. Russia denies ordering the attack and has said that the accusations against Putin are "shocking and unforgivable". Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia Skripal, 33, remain critically ill in hospital. Speaking alongside the Polish foreign minister, Mr Johnson said...

Refugee children a step closer to being reunited with families as MPs vote for “the right thing to do”

Children who have fled persecution, trafficking and torture to come to the UK are one step closer to being reunited with their close families abroad after MPs from across the political spectrum expressed their assent to the second reading of SNP's Angus MacNeil's Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill. The Refugee Council hailed the vote a "huge step forward towards refugees in the UK being able to be reunited with their families." However as this is a Private Member's Bill, without Theresa...

Corbyn wants to avoid “new cold war” with Russia

Jeremy Corbyn has been coming under fire from the Conservative Party, and his own party, for his stance over Russia in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. The Labour leader said that, although Russia is probably culpable of the attack, he wanted proof and a calm response to the Russian state. Responding to the backlash, he wrote in the Guardian  that "to rush way ahead of the evidence being gathered by the police, in a fevered parliamentary atmosphere,...

Anger as beggars will be fined £100 in Dorset town

From April 16th beggars will be slapped with a £100 fine in the Dorset town of Poole, which has drawn criticism for being “cruel and pointless.” Under the rules, fines could also be given to those found sleeping in car parks and doorways. Labour MP David Lammy labelled the fines as “cruel and pointless.” He Tweeted: “Fining people who are homeless and sleeping on the street is one of the most cruel and pointless policies I have ever seen,” he...

Mueller subpoenas Trump organisation for documents in Russia investigation

For the first time in his probe into Russian interference in the US election, special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organisation for documents. The move brings the net of the investigation ever closer to the President who had warned his FBI chief that meddling in his financial affairs would be crossing a red line. The report that Robert Mueller has asked Donald Trump’s business organisation for documents relating to Russia emerged in teh New York Times. According to...

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