1 dead, 10 injured after van strikes crowd outside London mosque
He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
After being seized, the man said he had wanted to kill "many Muslim people", one witness told journalists. The van struck a crowd of worshippers leaving a mosque early Monday morning, killing one person and injuring several others. An official said Monday that counterterrorism officials were closely monitoring terror activity linked to far-right groups but most of the recent attacks have been traced back to individuals rather than groups.
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Remains found in a Sterling pond; Suspect charged with murder
Police said Monday that the murder was not now being investigated as a hate crime . The teens told police they'd been walking from a McDonalds to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society ( ADAMS) Center for Ramadan prayer when they ended up in a dispute with a man driving in a auto, Wright told CNN.
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Britain still questions Brexit payment idea
Speaking at a joint news conference with May, the Republic of Ireland's new Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that the border should be "invisible". An early election this month, in which British Prime Minister Theresa May lost her Conservative majority in parliament, only added to the problems.
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Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel face off in Georgia special election
Republican Karen Handel had pulled in over $4.5 million. The babbling president whined about Democrats, lied about Obamacare, then had no room to endorse Handel in the Georgia special House election. Handel has handled Trump gingerly. Donald Trump gave Karen Handel such a awful endorsement that he didn't leave enough room in his tweet to include her full name.
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Dems fear slow walking of Russia sanctions bill in House
On Thursday, June 15, 2017, by a vote of 98-2, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would potentially impose additional sanctions against Russian Federation and give Congress the power to delay and/or prevent any action by President Trump to lift or relax sanctions against Russian Federation.
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Grenfell Tower Deaths Rise to 79, London Police Say
The government has said it is carrying out an "urgent inspection" of roughly 2,500 similar tower blocks across the country to assess their safety. It was reportedly flammable , and it might have been banned on buildings above a specific height.
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Merkel says U.S. 'most welcome' at G20 summit in Germany
Addressing a crowd of high-ranking business officials in the grandiose surroundings of Berlin's concert hall on the historic Gendarmenmarkt Square, Merkel also said she would push for talks over a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States to be resumed.
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Shiv Sena attacks BJP over Kashmir and West Bengal situation
BJP continued its efforts to reach out to various political parties to widen its support base for the presidential election , with the three-member panel of Union ministers talking to the ruling NDA members Shiv Sena and LJP , as well as other parties such as the SP, TMC and BJD, which may back the ruling party candidate.
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Labor to vote against citizenship shake-up
The proposed changes would introduce a mandatory English proficiency test, increase the time between becoming a permanent resident and becoming a citizen, and would query candidates on Australian values and how they integrate into the community.
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United Kingdom to Tackle Uncertainties Amid Brexit Negotiations Process
Reflecting on Britain's longtime European Union membership, Davis says that "there is more that unites us than divides us" despite the June 23, 2016 referendum in which Britain made a decision to break away from the 27 other member nations.
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Wisconsin gerrymandering case heads to United States supreme court
There could be changes coming to how Illinois' legislative maps are drawn every ten years with the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to take up a Wisconsin case on the very issue. Elbridge Gerry. "The highest court in America could establish clear constitutional limits on partisan map-drawing that could have applicability to IL and other states".
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Will seek support of all major political parties: Ram Nath Kovind
Modi pointed out that Kovind, a farmer's son, comes from a humble background. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that Kovind would "make an exceptional president" and "continue to be a strong voice for the poor, downtrodden and marginalised".