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By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor British armed forces are training the Bahrain military to use sniper rifles. This news will worry human rights groups who have already accused the regime of targeting protestors during the Arab Spring. Elite Royal Navy commandos are running a training course for Bahraini army personnel, who were accused of using snipers to target protesters during protests back in 2011. Labour’s shadow Defence Secretary, Emily Thornberry said: “People will be rightly concerned to discover that our...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Footage from the BBC news channel has shown someone jump out of the plane's cockpit window, then jump to the floor, before running as fast as possible away from the hijacked plane in Cyprus. See video below

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The global stock markets have had a tough time of late and the largest corporations in the world dwarf some countries stock market valuation. For example Google and Amazon have a combined worth of $747bn, Netflix is $40bn and McDonald’s is around $109bn. These figures are pretty hard to get your head around, so Bank of America Merrill Lynch has created a map to help illustrate the size of these companies compared to stock markets...

The United Nations has ruled that the Falkland Islands are in Argentinian waters, giving the country fresh impetus to continue its claims to the British overseas territory. The decision by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf was welcomed by Argentina, but concern has been expressed elsewhere over control of natural resources in the surrounding waters. Mike Summers, chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, said: "Our understanding has always been that the UN would not...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Conservative Party sneakily announced their plans to sell-off the Land Registry just before Parliament shut down for the Easter Holidays, at 5pm last Thursday. The Chancellor has been trying to off load the agency for several years. The Land Registry is responsible for controlling all property transactions in England and Wales. During the coalition years a plan to privatise the agency was blocked by the Liberal Democrats. However, George Osborne resurrected the idea in...

Almost two-thirds of Brits don't use their university degree, according to new research. A study of 2,000 graduates found 64 per cent felt their degree was not relevant to their current role, with a quarter of respondents in job roles that are completely different to the degree they completed. With the average graduate leaving university with £13,292 in debt overall, the astronomical sum can be estimated at 65 billion squandered on degrees not used! Barinder Hothi, Co-founder of The Knowledge Academy – one...

Cyprus state TV has released new information on the EgyptAir hijack, claiming the hijacker could be a deluded romantic. Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, was hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport in Cyprus this morning. The man who hijacked the plane claimed to be wearing an explosives belt, but allowed all passengers to leave the aircraft when it landed in Larnaca. According to local sources, the hijacker could just be looking to deliver a...

An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked by a man claiming to be wearing an explosives belt. According to local sources Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, was hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport in Cyprus. BREAKING Airbus A320-20 flight #MS181 from Cairo has been hijacked https://t.co/tqFPgUKUbI pic.twitter.com/1vcw3qpSMX — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) March 29, 2016 No demands have been made by those in control of the plane and negotiations have resulted in the release of...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor 2015 was a record year for renewables, which also saw investment by developing countries overtake that of the developed world. It was the first time that renewable energy made up a majority of all the new electricity generation capacity under construction around the globe. This can only bring hope that we can begin to successfully tackle the dangers of climate change. $286bn (£200bn) was invested globally in renewable energy in 2015, more than the previous...