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Monday, June 20, 2016

Trump Says US Should Consider Racial Profiling


Republican White House candidate Donald Trump has said the US should consider more racial profiling in law enforcement, after last week's mass shooting in Florida.
"I think profiling is something that we're going to have to start thinking about as a country," Mr Trump said when asked on CBS whether he supported more profiling of Muslims in America.
"You look at Israel and you look at others, and they do it and they do it successfully. And you know, I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense," he added.
Following the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Mr Trump has been criticised by leaders of his own party after repeating his calls for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.
He has also called for a suspension of immigration from countries with "a proven history of terrorism".
On Sunday he reiterated his support for more scrutiny of mosques, citing a controversial New York City surveillance programme that has been shut down.
"If you go to France right now, they're doing it in France," Mr Trump told CBS' Face the Nation programme.
"In fact, in some instances they're closing down mosques."

Police in France shut some mosques after Islamic State-aligned gunmen killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic White House candidate, has said Mr Trump's comments show he is unfit to be president.
America's most powerful elected Republican, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, has said a Muslim ban is not in US interests.
In excerpts of an NBC interview released on Friday, Mr Ryan - who has endorsed Mr Trump - said Republicans must follow their "conscience" in deciding whether to vote for the tycoon.
Mr Trump said on Saturday that an "insurgent group" of key Republicans is plotting a last-ditch bid to stop him from becoming the party's presidential nominee.

Anti-EU Poster Sees Warsi Shift To Remain Camp


A leading Conservative has switched sides to the Remain camp, citing Nigel Farage's controversial anti-migrant poster as the final straw.
Baroness Warsi, a former Foreign Office minister, had been a Brexit supporter but said she had been turned off by what she described as their spreading of "hate and xenophobia".
The UKIP poster she said was the final straw showed non-white migrants queuing to get into Europe under the slogan "Breaking Point".
She said: "That 'breaking point' poster really was, for me, the breaking point to say: 'I can't go on supporting this'.
"Are we prepared to tell lies, to spread hate and xenophobia just to win a campaign? For me, that's a step too far."
But Bernard Jenkin, a senior figure in the Leave camp, tweeted that he had not seen Baroness Warsi at a single meeting - suggesting she was not part of the campaign.
Mr Farage said on Twitter: "Baroness Warsi 'defection' is a typical Number 10 put-up job. She never wanted to leave the EU."
However, former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said he knew that Lady Warsi was in the Leave campaign, adding:
"I've been in lots of different debates with her over the last few years and she's no fan of the EU, but I think for her the poster unveiled by UKIP stepped over the line last week."
Lady Warsi is not the first politician to criticise the poster.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described it as "vile and racist", while Chancellor George Osborne said it was "disgusting" and had "echoes of literature used in the 1930s".
Campaigners on the Leave side were equally as scathing, with Justice Secretary Michael Gove saying he "shuddered" when he saw the poster and Chris Grayling calling it "wrong".
Mr Farage told Sky's Dermot Murnaghan the poster - which has been reported to police for alleged racism - would not be appearing again as it was the first in a series of five planned for the referendum campaign's final days.
He said the campaign would not have attracted so much attention had it not been for the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox hours after the poster was launched last Thursday.
He said: "That poster reflects the truth of what's going on. There's a new poster coming out tomorrow morning.
"I wish an innocent Member of Parliament had not been gunned down in the street and frankly, had that not happened, I don't think we'd have had the kind of row we have had."
Mr Farage risked a row with his fellow Leave campaigners as he responded to criticism from Mr Gove.
He said: "Michael Gove better take a look at his own posters - pictures of Abu Hamza, warnings about terrorists and murderers coming into Britain at free will."
The former London mayor said he made the remarks in 2013 after the Prime Minister had promised "we would have fundamental and far-reaching reform" of the European Union.
Remain-supporting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also told the BBC's Andrew Marr that limiting immigration would be impossible under EU rules.
Asked if an upper limit could be put on the numbers of EU immigrants to the UK, he said: "I don’t think you can have one while you have free movement of labour.
"The very principle of a single market across Europe is the free movement of people."

How Brexit Will Affect Your Money And Savings

Are you still trying to work out how much you'll lose if we leave? Or do you wonder what we'll gain if we go?
What would a Brexit mean for your bank account, your budget, your savings, your retirement plans? 
In the run up to the referendum, there have warnings about the FTSE100 falling, the pound plunging, and investors abandoning UK assets.
But financial markets are meant to move around, and they move most when the future is uncertain.
So if we wake up to a Leave win on 24 June, expect financial markets to do just that - move dramatically for a few days, maybe even a few weeks.
Those of us that could avoid big financial transactions in the month immediately after a Brexit result - should.
Frank Brehany, a consumer champion from Holiday Travel Watch, says: "What we are going to experience on the 24th of June will be a bit of a phoney war.
"If we do vote to exit it is probably going to be perhaps six months, or 12 months before we start to see the repercussions."
The lesson? Wait out any market wobbles for a few weeks.
But after that? Well, for most people (certainly I know this is true for me) planning household budgets, savings pots or retirement provisions - are all longer term projects.
It's the slow and steady saving, the savvy shopping, the patient investing that makes for a financially secure future.
A vote for Brexit cannot and will not undo a lifetime of responsible choices on that front.
Consumers should be more prepared for potential curbs on travel to the continent - and what it could cost to phone home once they get there.
Budget airlines have ballooned over the past 20 years.
That's partly due to an EU push to remove restrictions on air service agreements and improve competition on routes between countries.
This travel boom has cut ticket prices for consumers in the UK and across Europe.
But if no-frills operators face new charges and costs once outside the club, they will undoubtedly pas these on to customers.
And as holidaymakers are well aware, many mobile phone companies charge extra to use your device abroad.
But, after long clampdown on excessive charges, the European Union brokered a deal to finally scrap roaming fees across the 28 member states from July next year.
If the UK were to leave the Union, there's no reason it would share in those savings.
Finally, my worst fear when I am on holiday abroad is falling ill.
Currently, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) affords UK citizens free or cheaper treatment in other EU countries because those countries can claim back the cost from the government here.
In the event of a Brexit, this type of reciprocal deal would have to be renegotiated.
It would be one of millions in the deal queue, and consumers should expect to foot the bill in the meantime.
Pack accordingly...
:: Time To Decide: A special programme on the eve of the EU Referendum with Dermot Murnaghan on Wednesday from 10pm
:: In or Out: Get all the results and reaction from the EU Referendum from 9.30pm on Thursday

EU In Or Out: The Key Claims Of Both Camps

Here are the key claims made by the Remain and Leave campaigns.
:: ECONOMY
REMAIN says the EU accounts for 44% of British exports. World's largest trading block. We don't know what trade agreement would be put in place if the UK leaves.
LEAVE says the UK spends £350m a week on payments to the EU and the UK could shift focus to emerging economies and the Commonwealth.
IMMIGRATION
REMAIN says EU immigrants pay more in taxes than they take out, immigration provides a boost to the economy and the UK has to accept free movement for access to the single market.
LEAVE says immigration is uncontrollable and public services are strained. Internal EU migration is running at near record levels, meanwhile countries such as Turkey could join and create more pressure.
:: SOVEREIGNTY
REMAIN says the UK can veto laws in important areas and has influence in drawing up EU-wide legislation. They say the trade-off is having influence in the modern world.
LEAVE says the EU now makes the majority of British laws and regulations. Other EU members can force through laws the UK doesn't want, often over-ruling the will of Parliament.
:: SECURITY
REMAIN says the EU promotes "peace and stability", shares security intelligence and we can use the European Arrest Warrant to remove individuals who have committed crimes.
LEAVE says EU citizens have the right to free movement and so it is easier for terrorists and weapons to reach the UK as part of the EU.
:: JOBS
REMAIN says leaving the European Union would cause a serious shock to the UK economy that could lead to 950,000 job losses.
LEAVE says there could be some initial job losses but, longer term, Brexit will help create jobs as it will remove red tape on businesses from Brussels.
:: COST OF LIVING
REMAIN says families would be £4,300 worse off after exit, and the prices of goods and services - from food to the cost of airline travel - would increase as the pound would slump.
LEAVE says the cost of living would fall in a Brexit as we would import goods at "world prices" rather than inflated "EU prices".
:: NHS
REMAIN says future funding for the NHS is dependent on a growing economy. Downturn in the event of a Brexit would mean cuts to public spending, which would affect the NHS.
LEAVE says a British exit from the EU would free-up an extra £100m per week to spend on the NHS by 2020.
:: Time To Decide: A special programme on the eve of the EU Referendum with Dermot Murnaghan on Wednesday from 10pm
:: In or Out: Get all the results and reaction from the EU Referendum from 9.30pm on Thursday

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Four Dead After Teachers Clash With Police

Four people are dead in southern Mexico after protesting teachers clashed with police over education reforms.
Reports say that police fired on protesters who had blockaded roads and burned vehicles in the municipality of Nochixtlan in southern Oaxaca state.
Federal police described the protests as the most aggressive seen in the region, saying that protesters even took a police officer hostage.
In the municipality of San Pablo Huitzo, authorities said the violence lasted for hours, and in the western state of Michoacan, shopping malls and train lines were blocked and bus services had to be cancelled.
Protesters burned federal police buildings in Oaxaca City and police had to remove people who were blocking a major road in Tehuantepec.
The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) union is fighting the imposition of mandatory teacher testing, which is part of a series of government reforms.
It is also angry about the arrest of union leaders.
Federal prosecutors say they set up an illegal financial network to pay for protests and line their own pockets, using this between 2013 and 2015, as they effectively controlled the payroll of Oaxaca's teachers.
According to Isabel Garcia, a member of the union's political commission, three people supporting the protests were killed. She did not confirm whether they were teachers.
A state official said a police officer died in the clashes.
Mexico's federal government said on Sunday evening that 21 federal agents had been injured, three of them by gunfire. It said the federal police officers involved in the operation were not carrying guns.
"The attacks with guns came from people outside the blockades who fired on the population and federal police," it said.

Crashed EgyptAir Jet's Black Boxes 'Damaged'

Investigators have started to examine the two badly damaged black boxes from an EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month.
Officials are warning it will take "lots of time and effort" to fix the flight recorders as they try to determine what caused Flight MS804 to crash, killing all 66 people on board.
Memory units from inside the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder have been dried out in a military facility for eight hours.
Electrical tests are now being performed to see whether data can be extracted from the units safely, which could reveal vital information about what happened prior to the crash.
Depending on the extent of the damage, the memory units may need to be sent abroad for repairs - delaying answers for the victims' families.
Representatives from France and the US are helping Egyptian officials with the investigation into the Airbus A320, which crashed en route from Paris to Cairo on 19 May.
A terror attack has not been ruled out, but many aviation officials are starting to believe a technical fault may have caused the incident rather than deliberate sabotage.
The crash was the third blow to Egypt's troubled travel sector in recent months.
Last October, a Russian plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, and Islamic State claimed it was responsible.
And in March, an EgyptAir jet was hijacked by a man who turned out to be wearing a fake suicide belt. No one was harmed.

'High Risk' Of Violence At Wales-Russia Match

The Euro 2016 match between Wales and Russia in Toulouse on Monday has been designated "high risk" for fan violence by French authorities.
More than 600 extra police have been drafted in and around the Stade de Toulouse in addition to the 1,500 officers who were already placed on duty.
It follows widespread violence ahead of, during and after England's first group match against Russia on 11 June.
Russia was handed a suspended disqualification after the match, with tournament officials telling the team they will be kicked out if their fans repeat their behaviour.
A group of Russian fans was seen rushing at England supporters inside Marseille's Stade Velodrome near the end of the 1-1 draw.
There were also disturbances in Lille when Russia played Slovakia last Wednesday.
Three Russian fans have been jailed and a number of others barred from France amid allegations the country's official supporters group was linked to the clashes.
The designation prompted Russia striker Fyodor Smolov to accuse England and Wales fans of provoking Russians.
"I'm not really going to make any statement (over Russia fans), but I'd like the supporters to go on backing us," the 26-year-old said.
"As for everything that goes on around us, there's a number of videos that have been uploaded on the web and clearly the English really did provoke them, and indeed the Welsh fans."
He urged fans to fight outside the stadium, rather than inside.
"If people want to go out with the intention of fighting, they should fight elsewhere. They shouldn't do it in the stadium," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned an attack by 200 hardcore Russian fans on English fans in Marseille, but questioned why 1,000 English fans ran away from his compatriots.
England supporter, Andrew Bache, 51, remains in a serious condition in hospital after apparently being beaten with an iron bar. He has regained consciousness.
Wales need to win the match to be certain of qualifying for the second round of the tournament.
England take on Slovakia at 8pm on Monday night, the exact same time as Wales's kick-off, but hundreds of miles away in Saint-Etienne.
Bars in the city stacked away furniture on Sunday as thousands of England soccer fans headed there.
Local authorities in Saint-Etienne have cut opening hours and banned glasses and takeaway alcohol sales.
Sky's Paul Kelso said that some bars were open and selling beer to England fans watching France's game against Switzerland on big screens.