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UK to Deploy Third Warship to Gulf Over Iran Tensions, Navy Announces New Anti-Ship Missile Rollout

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/17/uk-to-deploy-third-warship-to-gulf-over-iran-tensions-navy-announces-new-anti-ship-missile-rollout/

Britain’s Royal Navy is increasing the size of its deployment in the Persian Gulf, with preparations underway to send another warship and an auxiliary support vessel to the region following the attempted hijacking of a British merchantman by Iranian gunboats.

>The Royal Navy announced the pending deployment of the recently overhauled HMS Kent, due to arrive in theatre in September, and fleet tanker RFA Wave Knight in August in a statement this week which described operation Kipion as “part of the UK’s commitment to promoting peace, stability, and the free flow of trade through some of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.”

>The deployment will likely focus on the Strait of Hormuz, a key strategic pinch point in the waters between the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and beyond, which is bordered by a belligerent Iran to the north. The Royal Navy describes the bottleneck, easily attacked by Iran’s large fleet of fast gunboats, as one of the most vital waterways in the world for trade and that one-third of all the world’s oil flows through it in tankers every day.

>Earlier this month, HMS Montrose positioned itself between a British tanker and three Iranian gunboats after the tanker was ordered to sail into Iranian waters. The ship was credited with having prevented a hijacking, or worse. The Iranian government denies the failed ambush took place.

Manchester Arena bomber’s brother held in UK after extradition

Hashem Abedi, 22, to face multiple murder charges after being sent back from Libya

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Farage: Labour Has ‘Signed Its Own Death Warrant’ with Pledge to Re-run Brexit Referendum

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage believes that the Labour Party has “signed its own death warrant” by finally declaring its support for another Brexit referendum in which it would campaign for Remain, in defiance of the predominantly Leave-voting working class which was once the party’s base.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/15/farage-labour-signed-its-own-death-warrant-pledge-re-run-brexit-referendum/

>“This betrayal of Brexit confirms that Corbyn’s Labour is now the party of north London – not the North of England, the Midlands or Wales,” Farage wrote in an article for the Sunday Express.

>“Labour has failed the people of the regions. It has taken their votes for granted in the contemptuous belief they would ‘elect a donkey if it wore a red rosette’,” he said — referring to the long-standing received opinion that in Labour’s working-class heartlands in the North of England and Scotland the seats were so safe that the voters would vote for literally any candidate they put forward.

>Such political “donkeys”, the veteran campaigner predicted, would now become an “endangered species”, citing polling which shows that almost 40 per cent of voters are now less likely to back Jeremy Corbyn’s party in an election with the figure even higher in the English regions — “In other words, more than four out of 10 voters in the regions feel let down by the Remainer Labour Party.”

UK risks 'catastrophic' climate change impact if farming doesn't change - report

Suggestions include increasing production of British fruit and vegetables and a national nature service for young people.

https://news.sky.com/story/make-uk-farming-sustainable-to-help-save-the-planet-report-11763956

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UK to send a second warship to the Gulf amid crisis with Iran

MoD says destroyer will be deployed within days to protect British commercial oil tankers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/12/iran-warns-western-powers-to-leave-region-amid-gulf-crisis

Tourists heading to Birmingham Primark from across UK

Travel companies from across the UK are laying on buses to take shoppers to a Primark store.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-48950868

Huawei 'confident' UK will choose to include it within 5G infrastructure

Despite warnings from the US about the company's trustworthiness, Huawei expects to contribute towards UK 5G infrastructure.

https://news.sky.com/story/huawei-confident-uk-will-choose-to-include-it-within-5g-infrastructure-11761604

Trump 'wishes Sir Kim Darroch well' after suggesting UK ambassador never actually criticised him

President claims outgoing envoy actually said ‘some very good things’ about him

Tommy RoThe Poster Formerly Known As Binson Reportedly Transferred to Prison Described as ‘Jihadi Training Camp’

Tommy RoThe Poster Formerly Known As Binson has reportedly been transferred to Belmarsh prison, a maximum security facility in south London once described in Britain’s mainstream media as “a jihadi training camp”.

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TOMMEH JAILED FOR 9 MONTHS

The ex-English Defence League leader was found guilty last week of interfering with the trial of a sexual grooming gang at Leeds Crown Court in May 2018.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48950672

UK and France to send further forces to Syria in aid of US withdrawal

Move has been described as ‘major victory’ for Donald Trump’s national security team

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/09/uk-and-france-to-send-further-forces-to-syria-in-aid-of-us-withdrawal

Trump 'disrespectful' to PM and UK, says Jeremy Hunt

Donald Trump has been "disrespectful" towards the prime minister and the UK, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48921243

Electric Mini production in Cowley to boost UK car industry

BMW has given a boost to the UK car industry by confirming that the production of its new electric Mini will start in Cowley in November.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48921455

BMW moves some engine production out of UK over Brexit fears

Manufacturing of engines destined for South Africa plant is switched to Germany

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/09/bmw-engine-production-uk-brexit-fears

Brexit Party Chairman: UK Ambassador ‘Should Have Offered His Resignation’

Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice MEP has said that the UK’s ambassador to the U.S. Sir Kim Darroch “should have offered his resignation” as soon as leaked diplomatic cables revealed his insulting remarks about President Donald Trump.

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1099 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on

Judges Use EU Law to Block Deportation of Criminal Migrant

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/07/judges-use-eu-law-to-block-deportation-of-criminal-migrant/

Judges have blocked the deportation of a Romanian criminal convicted of a string of offences including burglary, robbery, and possession of a knife, citing European Union law.

>20-year-old Denis Viscu has racked up 14 convictions for 20 offences since his arrival in the United Kingdom in 2007, perpetrated between July 2014 and March 2017.

>EU supporters often claim that the bloc’s Free Movement migration regime only applies to people travelling for labour, and that Britain and other member-states can deport EU migrants who commit crimes and avoid work — but in reality migration rights are much more general and deportation powers much more limited, as the Home Office found when it attempted to deport Viscu as a “persistent offender”.

>Citing Chapter IV of the EU’s Citizens’ Directive, which states that “[European] Union citizens who have resided legally for a continuous period of five years in the host Member State shall have the right of permanent residence there”, judges at the Court of Appeal ordered the migrant’s case must be reheard, the Telegraph reports.

Church of England Will Not Challenge ‘Same-Sex’ Marriage if Spouse Becomes Trans

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/07/church-england-will-not-challenge-same-sex-marriage-spouse-changes-gender/

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7214397/6-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Southern-California-July-4-celebrations.html

6.4 magnitude EARTHQUAKE hits Southern California: Biggest quake in 20 YEARS rattles thousands - including celebrities - from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, causes fires, damages buildings and sparks rock slides

>The 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California at 10.33am Thursday

>Four large aftershocks were recorded, measuring 4.7, 3.5, 3.8 and 4.2 magnitude

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7212481/British-marines-Gibraltar-police-intercept-tanker-carrying-crude-oil-Syria.html

Iran accuses the UK of 'illegally seizing' oil tanker in the Mediterranean after British marines boarded the ship 'as it headed to Syria in breach of US sanctions'

>Raid was carried out by Gibraltar police and customs, alongside Royal Marines

>Vessel is suspected of carrying crude oil from Iran to Syria in breach of sanctions

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Tory leadership: Boris Johnson promises review on 'sin taxes'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48847952

Boris Johnson has promised to review so-called "sin taxes" to see if they unfairly target those on lower incomes.

>The Tory leadership contender wants to examine whether levies on foods high in salt, fat and sugar are effective, and has vowed not to introduce any new ones until the review is complete.

>Both leadership candidates were asked at a hustings about a proposed new tax on milkshakes.

>It comes as a charity says millions are at risk of cancer due to their weight.

World’s most powerful passports are revealed – with the UK slipping to joint SIXTH with the US

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9424577/most-powerful-passports-japan-singapore-uk-us/

THE most powerful passports in the world have been revealed – with tiny Singapore and Japan topping the list.

>But the UK has slid down the rankings amid uncertainty over Brexit and is now in joint sixth place with the US.

>The list was compiled by the Henley Passport Index, which analyses how many countries a passport holder can enter visa-free or on a visa-on-arrival basis.

>Japan and Singapore have held onto their joint top spot, with each country offering visa-free access to 189 destinations.

Obesity rivals smoking as cause of cancer, UK charity warns

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/03/obesity-rivals-smoking-as-cause-of-cancer-uk-charity-warns

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Boris: UK Must Leave EU on Oct 31st to ‘Prove Putin Wrong’ About Liberalism

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/01/boris-uk-must-leave-eu-oct-31st-prove-putin-wrong-about-liberalism/

Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has said Britain must leave the European Union on the new October 31st Brexit deadline to prove Russia’s Vladimir Putin wrong about liberalism.

>Speaking at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, the Russian leader had told the press that “The liberal idea has started eating itself,” and that the “those who propagate those ideas are separate from [the people]” who live under them.

>He argued that the recent migrant influx encouraged by Germany’s Angela Merkel and other European liberals, in particular, amounted to an infringement of their citizens’ rights, saying: “People [want to] live in their own country, according to their own traditions, why should [this] happen to them?”

>He also took potshots at the British government over the way it is replacing Theresa May as prime minister, sniping that the Russian system “is different from what you have in Great Britain. We are a democratic country.”

UK weather: Heatwave shock end as icy Greenland winds send temperatures plummeting

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1147668/uk-weather-forecast-latest-heatwave-end-temperature-met-office-forecast-this-week

BRITAIN’S heatwave will come to a shocking end as temperatures as low as 13C in many parts of the UK this week following a short-lived burst of scorching weather.

>Britain’s summer burst of heat appears to have been short-lived following a sweltering 34C in London on Saturday. The Met Office has predicted cloud and outbreaks of rain currently in the northwest will work its way southPost too long. Click here to view the full text.