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Thomas was walking with his girlfriend over the bridge when the attack began. 'They have been taken into custody at a south London police station and are detained under the Terrorism Act'. London Mayor Sadiq Khan had earlier said that cuts in the number of police officers had had an impact on the ability to prevent attacks. The Renault van used to stage the attack was hired just before the attack, police said.

His identity was confirmed as counter-terror agencies faced intense scrutiny after it emerged another member of the terror gang, Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, had been known to authorities. Police and the security agencies are facing questions about whether they missed chances to thwart the attack. "I want to say sorry to the families that lost their loved ones".

During the funeral, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called the USA the "international" version of the Islamic State group and said Washington had exchanged democracy for money, a reference to a recent huge arms deal between the US and Saudi Arabia.

Cameron, gambling that Britons wouldn't want to sever their network of ties with the continent, had promised the Brexit referendum during a 2015 election campaign that gave Conservatives a surprise Parliamentary majority. I said at the start this election was wrong. "So I can't see them holding together". With less room for manoeuvre, she may be forced to reject compromises proposed by Brussels and drive a harder bargain.

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Larijani also criticized a Wednesday decision by the U.S. Senate to move forward on a new set of sanctions against Iran, including its elite Revolutionary Guards, a move that came on the same day as the Tehran attacks. The Intelligence Ministry said its forces stormed several "safe houses" linked to the group in the country's northwest, according to state television.

President Donald Trump has temporarily waived a law requiring the U.S.to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. All of Trump's predecessors impacted by this law have signed six-month waivers to delay the move, the last of which expired June 1.

Two of the attackers had already been identified. Saturday night's rampage, in which the three men drove into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in the bustling Borough Market area, was Britain's third Islamist attack in as many months.

However some senior Tories said it would be unwise to change leadership with the new government in such a precarious position - risking a new election and undermining Brexit talks which are due to begin in just ten days. The Tories remain the biggest party with 318 seats so far and Labour now have 261 - with 326 required for a majority and just one seat left to be called.

Among the institutions in the Chinese mainland, Tsinghua University ranks the highest, at the world's Top 25. The university said the scores for global students and employer reputation showed the highest improvement for UJ between 2016-2017.

The West Bank and Gaza Strip became "administered territories", a temporary solution that is still in place 50 years later. Statements of the latter kind bemoan Israel's " occupation " of the Palestinians and describe it as a disaster that has to end - fast.