White Magic
>the white Christmas we imagine, where there are layers of snow covering the ground, is much rarer; Ladbrokes have reduced the odds from 10/1 to 5/1 that the mild temperatures will smash the 15°C record set in 1920
>according to the Met Office, Christmas Eve will see cloudy with patchy rain conditions
>it will be mostly dry and cloudy on Christmas Day itself, with some showers expected for Boxing Day
(23rd December 2018)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7683870/white-christmas-2018-odds-uk/
Resurgent al Qaeda plotting attacks on airports, planes, UK minister warns
>the UK’s security minister has warned that a resurgent al Qaeda is seeking to carrying out fresh terror attacks on airplanes, using drone technology and jihadist sleeper agents working at airports
>Ben Wallace MP told The Sunday Times that with Islamic State on the decline, al Qaeda was regrouping and had already made grounds in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Libya under the organisaton’s spiritual leader and Osama bin Laden’s inheritor Ayman al Zawahiri
>the minister said that an additional £25 million has been put into threat detection and counter-terror activities to “protect our planes even more from new chemicals,” miniature bombs, and the “insider threat” of al Qaeda operatives working in airports
(23rd December 2018)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/23/resurgent-al-qaeda-plotting-terror-attacks-airports-planes/
Ukrainian official invites British warship to cross Kerch Strait & see how Russia reacts
>a deputy minister in Kiev suggested that the British Navy should send its warship to the Sea of Azov to test Russia’s response; Moscow descPost too long. Click here to view the full text.