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Reporter who worked at the Cambridge News in 1963 says the JFK call claims are false
A reporter who worked at the Cambridge News in 1963 says the JFK claims are false. Rodney Tibbs, 83, who was working as a reporter at the time, said the call "could never have happened". "The proof is that no story of that nature was ever published at the time," he said. "No such call was received as far as I'm concerned. "You wouldn't just sit on a story like that. "If we were onto something it would have been...
Michael Fallon is “putting arms sales ahead of human rights,democracy & international humanitarian law”
This afternoon the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, told the House of Commons Defence Committee that criticism of the Saudi Arabian regime and its brutal bombardment of Yemen is a hindrance to arms sales. This was part of an update he gave on negotiations to sell a further batch of Eurofighter jets to the Saudi Royal Air Force. UK has licensed £3.8 billion worth of arms to Saudi forces since the bombing of Yemen began in 2015 and...
Hillary Clinton says “won’t run again” in 2020 Presidential race against Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton in the UK on a tour to promote her autobiography What Happened, today revealed that she will not be running for President against Donald Trump in 2020. “No, I won’t run again,” the former Democrat candidate told BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Clinton vowed to “continue to speak out” against Donald Trump, adding she would still be “raising money and support for candidates and causes that I believe in… and I will be supporting the Democratic Party in the...
The grandmother who used to perform FGM & is now fighting against it
Martha Daub, a 59-year-old grandmother from Northern Tanzania, is campaigning to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a harmful cultural practise that involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. Martha is well placed to talk about FGM, having been cut at the age of 14 in preparation for her early marriage, and later working as ‘cutter’ performing FGM on many girls in her community. Sunday, October 15th is International Day of Rural Women and...
Cobra rescued after spending four days with it’s head stuck in a beer can
Vets saved a cobra which had been stuck inside a can of beer for four days. The highly venomous reptile had been crashing around the inside of an abandoned water tank with its head stuck inside an empty can of Budweiser. The terrified snake had almost slit its own throat and vets painstakingly cut away the metal and performed a two-hour op to stitch it back to health. The thirsty cobra found in the tank in Bhubaneshwar city in the...
Watch Welsh woman tell Hillary Clinton “Bernie would have won” as she collects Swansea University honour
Hillary Clinton in Wales to receive an Honorary Doctorate by Swansea University was told today “Bernie would have won,” by a local woman. Watch the footage below as the ex Democrat Presidential candidate left the Swansea University campus where she had just been given the honour on a meet and greet, but turned and darted back inside as one of the protestors who had also gathered outside told her that Bernie Sanders would have beaten Trump in the Presidential race...
Clooney slams Trump in response to his “coastal elites” comment
A-list star George Clooney hit back at Donald Trump and his claims that "coastal elites" look down upon the rest of the US. Clooney, being a Hollywood actor, would fall under Trump's catch all phrase. However, in an interview with the Daily Beast recently, while promoting his new film "Suburbicon" he didn't pull any punches as he replied to the President's incendiary comments. He said... "Here’s the thing: I grew up in Kentucky. I sold insurance door-to-door. I sold ladies’...
Global Justice Now hold anti-Trump protest outside SNP Autumn Conference
Global Justice Now member Bob Gillespie tries out a custom built Trump mask as the group hold a protest outside the SEC at the Scottish National Party (SNP) Autumn conference to highlight the dangers of post-Brexit trade deals with the US. Members of Global Justice Now hold a protest outside the SEC at the Scottish National Party (SNP) Autumn conference to highlight the dangers of post-Brexit trade deals with the US. October 9, 2017. Campaigners are concerned that a free...
Anxious Parents Speak Out Over Worry For Son Who Faces Three Years In UAE Jail For Accidentally Touching Man’s Hip
The parents of a Brit arrested in Dubai for accidentally touching another man's hip to avoid bumping into him have warned others to stay away from the country. Jamie Harron is facing three years in a UAE jail for "public indecency" after he placed his hand on a man so they did not bump and spill their drinks. And as his trial approaches Jamie's mother Patricia says she cannot even sleep out of worry for her son - and his...