'Donald Trump has won presidential primaries in all five US states that voted on Tuesday, while Hillary Clinton triumphed in four out of five.'
'In a statement, Ms Shah said: "This post from two years ago was made before I was an MP, does not reflect my views and I apologise for any offence it has caused."'So did it reflect her views then? What made her change her views between then and now? Other than being exposed by Guido Fawkes of course.
Out, out, out. If people express these views, full stop they’re out.. People might be able to reform their views and the rest of it. On this? I can’t see it. I’m not having it. People might say ‘I’ve changed my views’ – well, do something in another organisation.’Did he mean it? Does Jeremy Corbyn stand by such zero tolerance attitudes towards expressions of anti-Semitism or is he happy to lead a party where holding such sentiments is tolerated?
'Barack Obama's intervention to encourage Britons to vote to stay in the EU appears to have been counterproductive, a Sky Data Snap Poll reveals.Prior to his visit to the UK, the US President's support for Britain's EU membership appeared to be a positive for the Remain campaign.More people were attracted to vote Remain as a result of his support than were put off (25% to 17%, with 57% saying he made no difference).However, Mr Obama's hard-hitting intervention, in which he suggested that Britain would be sent "to the back of the queue" in negotiating trade deals with the US, appears to have turned him from an asset to a drag.Almost one in three (29%) now say they are less likely to vote Remain as a result of the US President's support for Britain's EU membership, up 12 percentage points since last Thursday – and now a higher proportion than the 22% who say Mr Obama makes them more likely to vote Remain.And he appears to have both put off sympathetic younger people and incurred the wrath of sceptical older people.'
'A South Sudanese high school student faces possible deportation from Canada after lying about his age.Jonathan Nicola said he was 16 when he came to Canada late last year on a student visa - but the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board says he is, in fact, 29.Nicola's real age was discovered when he applied for a US visa.A fingerprint scan found he had given 1986 as his year of birth in a previous application.'
'Labour's candidate for Mayor of London took part with an activist who has threatened "fire throughout the world", a supporter of terror group Hamas, a preacher who backs an Islamic state and a Muslim leader accused of advocating attacks on the Royal Navy if it stopped arms being smuggled into Gaza.Invitations said "all welcome" but made clear that women would be segregated at the door, stating: "Ladies' entrance on Lessingham Avenue next to the snooker club."Also on the platform was a controversial Surrey vicar and conspiracy theorist who has claimed Israel could have been responsible for the terrorist attack on New York's Twin Towers.Mr Khan was billed on the list of speakers as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Tooting, despite his insistence that he attended "as a human rights lawyer".'
'... Khan has been sustained, indulged and encouraged by the Labour party. They winked at his questionable attitudes because he belongs to what is, for many of them, an untouchable victim group. If he becomes Mayor, it will be the Labour party beyond Corbyn that is to blame.'
'... it was revealed ISIS is planning terror attacks across Europe this summer, targeting holidaying tourists by posing as ice cream and T-shirt sellers.German media reports that ISIS is sending jihadists to pretend to sell refreshments before detonating suicide vests and bombs buried under sun loungers at Spanish, French and Italian resorts. '
'Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in New York while Hillary Clinton has triumphed in the Democratic race....With almost 95% of the results in, Mr Trump is leading with just over 60% of the vote while Mrs Clinton has just under 58%.'
'Air France has resumed flights to Iran after ignoring pleas gay crew who feared they could be executed.A petition launched last week complained that it was 'inconceivable' gay cabin staff should have to travel to a country where homosexuality is illegal.But on Sunday, the airline recommenced flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Tehran - the first since 2008 - having taken no action over the protest.A week earlier female employees of the company were told they would be allowed to opt out of working on the resumed flights so that they can avoid having to wear a headscarf.Air France has resumed flights to Iran after ignoring pleas gay crew who feared they could be executed.'
'Britain is "obliged" to accept European Union laws and judgments, according to an official report slipped out by ministers ahead of the formal start of the referendum campaign.The 96-page paper, which was published without fanfare, was described by Brexit campaigners as the "Government report No.10 does not want you to read".The document highlights the fact that Britain has to adopt EU law and accept the rulings of the European Court of Justice.'
'Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of "rewriting history" after deleting hundreds of outspoken articles and speeches from his website including a number of pieces critical of the EU.One of the articles sets out the Labour leader's true feelings on the European Union in a damning attack about the influence the bloc has over the British Government.Mr Corbyn has wiped his entire archive of writing from his personal blog meaning that none of the articles can be accessed.'
'Tom Watson, now Labour's deputy leader, cautioned Sunday People against publishing Whittingdale-affair story'
Shouting 'Islamophobia' to close down legitimate questions is dangerous and wrong. My words last night to Sadiq Khan
https://t.co/W3ewKyVMQv
(https://twitter.com/ZacGoldsmith/status/720283824911810560?s=03)
'The intelligence chief made another surprising admission – that some 70 percent of refugees entering Germany did not arrive with a valid passport and have been registered based solely on the information they provided."I am concerned that we (the BfV) and our partner agencies may, in fact, have information about dangerous individuals saved in our databases. However, we might fail to notice that they are here because they enter with false identities," he said.'
'The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency said in an interview published Sunday that security officials had misjudged the Islamic State group's ambition to sneak terrorists into Germany under the guise of asylum seekers.In an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Hans-Georg Maassen, head of Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, admitted there had been a "misjudgment" regarding the Islamist group's strategy.'
Jeremy Corbyn has been branded 'chaotic' and 'sloppy' after it emerged he failed to include thousands of pounds of income on his tax return.
Aides to the Labour leader have confirmed he was receiving a pension from his time in local government worth thousands of pounds in 2014-15.
Mr Corbyn, who turned 65 in May 2014, was also getting the state pension of around £6,000 a year.
However, neither streams of income appeared on the return he published yesterday.
Asked whether the veteran left-winger had filled out the form wrongly, his spokesman told MailOnline: 'That is between him and HM Revenue & Customs,'
First we discovered that Jeremy Corbyn submitted his last tax return late, now we learn that it may have been incorrect as well.
'Jeremy Corbyn has been branded 'chaotic' and 'sloppy' after it emerged he failed to include thousands of pounds of income on his tax return.
Aides to the Labour leader have confirmed he was receiving a pension from his time in local government worth thousands of pounds in 2014-15.
Mr Corbyn, who turned 65 in May 2014, was also getting the state pension of around £6,000 a year.
However, neither streams of income appeared on the return he published yesterday.
Asked whether the veteran left-winger had filled out the form wrongly, his spokesman told MailOnline: 'That is between him and HM Revenue & Customs,''
More here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3535462/Jeremy-Corbyn-facing-questions-failed-declare-thousands-pounds-pension-income-tax-return.html but not on the' Vote Labour' BBC.
'James Quarmby, a specialist in tax planning and wealth structuring at Stephenson Harwood, challenged on the Today programme the use of the word trust, rather than fund:"Can you do me a big favour and not ever use the term offshore trust again in relation to this investment," he said to John Humphrys.'
'Teachers working in the predominantly Muslim districts of Molenbeek and Schaerbeek in Brussels have reported that "90 percent of their students, 17, 18 years old" called the Islamist terrorists who attacked Paris and Brussels "heroes".The revelation came in an article in theNew York Times, wherein Steven Erlanger spoke to a Belgian policymaker who relayed the information from Belgium.'
'Leaflets calling for the killing of a sect of Muslims have been found in a south London mosque.Piles of the flyers, which say Ahmadis should face death if they refuse to convert to mainstream Islam, were displayed in Stockwell Green mosque.'
'A child rapist jailed for 19 years for his role in a Rochdale paedophile gang has been on the run for more than four months and is feared to have fled to Pakistan.Choudry Ikhalaq Hussain, 38, was sentenced to imprisonment in his absence on Friday for rape, sexual activity with a child and conspiracy to rape.But Hussain, who was part of a 10-strong child abuse ring all of whom were of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage, absconded during his trial last November and police believe he is now in hiding abroad.During the trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court Hussain claimed a family member had died.He was given permission by the judge to attend the funeral - which he had said was due to be held in Britain.However, Hussain never returned to court.'
' "Belgian Suspect Ameroud Said to Have Carried Potentially Toxic Material," By Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2016:BRUSSELS—Belgian police sent an internal note around in recent days warning that a terror suspect arrested three days after the Brussels attacks was carrying material that could be used to infect people with fatal illnesses like typhoid and cholera, a police official confirmed. But prosecutors separately dismissed the threat that the material posed.The note was earlier reported by the website of Belgian newspaper Derniere Heure earlier this week. On Saturday, the website published the communication, which the police official confirmed to The Wall Street Journal was an "official internal note."Belgian federal prosecutors said in a statement Friday there was no threat from the material found on Abderrahmane America... '
"Global Judaism, which controls the world's financial markets, constitutes a virus and a plague which strikes at the entire world," said Dr. Fouad Bseiso, the former governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority, according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute.'
'The claim: Less than 8% of EU exports come to the UK while 44% of UK exports go to the EU.
Reality Check verdict: That's true, although looking in percentage terms makes UK trade look less important to the EU. In cash terms, the UK in 2014 exported £227bn worth of goods and services to other EU countries and imported £288bn from them, which makes the UK look like a much more important customer for the rest of the EU.'
'Labour's John McDonnell in anti-Semitism row over website that has carried 'tributes to suicide bombers'EXCLUSIVE: In 2014 Mr McDonnell linked from his own web page to a site that has carried "tributes" to suicide bombers.Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was today caught in his party's growing anti-Semitism storm after directing people to a website that has carried "tributes" to suicide bombers.Labour MPs reacted with fury after learning that in 2014 Mr McDonnell linked from his own web page to the site, which once carried sympathetic articles about at least two bombers.One of the pieces focused on a man who murdered 19 Israelis outside a nightclub.Among other archived articles carried on the site was one posted in 2002 claiming Israel has no right to exist and should be "dismantled".When the Standard asked the Shadow Chancellor's office for a comment, his spokesman said the link from Mr McDonnell's site would be removed immediately.Just days ago Mr McDonnell said Labour had to "sit up and listen" to claims of anti-Semitism in the party, adding that anyone with offensive views should be banned.A spokesman told the Standard: "John was supporting a peaceful campaign against the bombing in Gaza at the time in 2014. The campaign suggested using the link to this website in order to take part."He was obviously not aware of the views this website historically expressed 10 years previously but John's office has subsequently removed the link in question immediately."John has a zero tolerance approach to anti-Semitism and has a record of campaigning against all forms of racism."Mr McDonnell wrote a post on his MP website in 2014 promoting a boycott against Israeli goods but then directed readers to another website called Innovative Minds.Among articles it has carried are one from 2001 entitled Why The Road To Paradise? An Interview With The Family Of A Martyr, about Saeed Hotary, who blew himself up outside a Tel Aviv disco, killing 19 party-goers.The piece quotes the bomber's father saying: "The only way the Palestinians can be stronger is through these bombings. When martyrs blow themselves up, the Jews and Americans listen."A piece thought to be from 2002 entitled A Bride In The Dress Of Martyrdom told the story of Aayaat al-Akhras, who killed two Israelis when she blew herself by a Jerusalem supermarket.Calling the attack a "successful heroic operation", the article went on to say the bomber will "remain an example for every Palestinian woman".A third piece from 2002 argued that "even if the Zionist State is the size of a postage stamp it has no right to exist."Labour MP Michael Dugher said material the website previously published was "extreme and deeply offensive", adding: "The Labour Party must take anti-Semitism seriously and tackle it in the strongest possible way."Sadly these efforts are undermined when things like this are once again exposed."
Tory MP Sir Eric Pickles, chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel, said the articles amounted to "tributes to suicide bombers".
'Massively amplifying even Hamas's own figures, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders suggested Israel had killed "over 10,000 innocent" Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the war there in the summer of 2014, and said the high casualties were the result of an "indiscriminate" Israeli military offensive. Hamas health authorities in Gaza put the civilian death toll at about a seventh of the figure cited by Sanders; Israel puts it lower still.'
'GP surgeries are reaching 'saturation point' and cannot cope with the rapidly rising population, a major study warns today.Family doctors are already stretched as far as they can go – and things are set to get worse, according to Oxford University analysis.The crisis has been caused by dramatic rises in numbers of pregnant women and young children – fuelled by migration – as well as in the elderly.'
'Britain's biggest Islamic sect allowed a militant linked to al-Qaeda to tour dozens of mosques on a jihadist recruitment drive that spawned terror plots and murders.Senior representatives of the Deobandi sect, a supposedly moderate movement that controls almost half of Britain's 1,600 mosques, hosted the extremist cleric Masood Azhar during a 30-day visit in which hundreds of young Muslims were urged to seek weapons training at terrorist camps in Pakistan.'
'BRIGHTON TERROR PLOT: Teen ISIS jihadis 'planned' gun and knife attack on seaside townA GANG of nearly 30 young people from seaside town Brighton have been unmasked as budding jihadis who were feared to be plotting a terrorist attack.Counter-terrorism officials identified the large group, of which roughly half are teenagers, as highly likely to flee to the Islamic State (ISIS) strongholds of Iraq and Syria.The 28 strong gang, which includes five teenage girls who converted to Islam, were thought to be planning a terror attack in Brighton using knives or a pistol.But it transpired five people, including three brothers, already slipped the clutches of UK security and managed to travel to war-torn Syria, joining up with Jabhat al-Nusra, an affiliate of al-Qaeda.A further three, including one girl, have court orders preventing them from leaving for Syria. '
'... in the words of Jeremy Newmark, head of the Jewish Labour Movement, Corbyn's election has sparked a 'resurgence of the acceptance of anti-Semitism' in the party.As Newmark and others see it, world views that have for years been confined to what one might call the party's 'lunatic fringe' are now, thanks to his leadership, creeping into the mainstream. One such world view revolves around unquestioning support for the Palestinian lobby, and equally intransigent opposition to Israel. As the Labour Herald showed all those years ago, it often manifests itself in knee-jerk anti-Semitism. Another revolves around the idea that a sinister group of capitalists, led by Jewish bankers, is seeking to control the world's media and economy.To see how ugly its adherents can look in practice, one need only venture into such internet chat-rooms as the Labour Forum, a prominent, invitation-only Facebook group which has around 25,000 members.Earlier this week, a blogger called Daniel Sugarman did just that, and within a few seconds stumbled across posts by Joanne Parkin, a Labour activist from Darlington, claiming (falsely) that the media mogul Rupert Murdoch is a 'Zionist Jew' at the centre of a sinister plot to control the media. She also called George Osborne (who is actually Anglican) a 'Zionist pig Jew'.'
'Police at Brussels airport have claimed at least 50 Islamic State supporters are working there as baggage handlers, cleaners and catering staff.In an astonishing open letter, the officers said they have warned about the terrorist sympathisers whose security badges give them access to planes, but they remain employed.The airport police, who are threatening to go on strike because of security deficiencies, also said they have raised the issue of terrorists scouting the airport to plan possible attacks.'
"He just shrugged OK so I stood by him and smiled for the camera while a stewardess did the snap. It has to be the best selfie ever."
A selfie is a photo taken by oneself or someone else in the photo. This was just a snapped photo.
'Turkey has absorbed close to three million refugees and there is strong evidence that several members of the Paris and Brussels cell, who have European origins, had travelled to Syria for training and then been smuggled back, hidden in the waves of refugees seeking safety in Europe.'
'"We claim responsibility for the attack on Christians as they were celebrating Easter," spokesperson Ehansullah Ehsan told Pakistan's Express Tribune.'
'A BBC department that produced a radio drama giving practical tips to would-be migrants on how to cross from Somalia to Europe received nearly £90 million of British tax payers' money.The drama, broadcast to Somalia and Kenya at the height of the migrant crisis, featured one character advising a woman to travel only with small luggage to make the illegal crossing easier.Another character is later advised that "this current time is the best opportunity to reach Europe".The drama is produced by BBC Media Action, the broadcaster's charitable arm, which is funded by the British government's foreign aid budget.Titled 'A Better Life than Today', it follows the fortunes of a group of Somali youths and has more than two million listeners on BBC Radio Somali.'
"The word Jew itself is dirty. If I were in Israel, frankly, I would do to the Jews what they do with the Palestinians — slaughter each and every one of them," wrote the officer... '
'The EU should comply with the law. It should not be meddling in the Middle East, then hiding behind some dodgy use of diplomatic immunity,'.'This is a gross waste of taxpayers' money. It's another example of money given to the EU over which Parliament has no real oversight.'The British electorate is contributing to this but we are completely unaware of how it's being spent. We don't know who is spending this, and we can't vote them out.'He added: 'No wonder the EU think they're above the law. They are untouchable.'Mr Percy also expressed serious concerns that the EU is 'undermining the Oslo Accords' and 'damaging attempts at peace' in the Middle East. 'Not only is it a waste of taxpayers' money, it is morally questionable,'
'In January, The Herald reported that Glasgow Central Mosque had donated money to the orthodox group Tablighi Jamaat, which some argue promotes an extreme brand of Islam.'
'He (Mr De Backer) said member states must now move on from the "old concept of sovereignty" towards a "shared sovereignty where we understand that we are better off when we share information and pool resources".'
Honesty at last from an EU supporter. Odd that the BBC reported it...
'I spoke to Trump for 40 minutes. He was, as you'd expect, bombastic, defiant and self-congratulatory. Why wouldn't he be? He's ripped up every political rulebook to take this presidential race by storm, a scenario that is hardly going to deflate the ego of New York's most cock-sure billionaire tycoon.But he also spoke in more detail about his plans to combat ISIS and I found myself nodding more than I expected.Trump told me countries must tighten their borders in light of these terror attacks, especially to anyone related to an ISIS fighter in Syria.Is he so wrong?He told me he wants law-abiding Muslims to root out the extremists in their midst, expressing his bafflement and anger that someone like Abdeslam was able to hide for so long in the very part of Brussels he had previously lived.Is he so wrong?He told me America must make it far harder for illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. and thinks European countries should follow suit.Is he so wrong?He told me he believes there are now areas of many major European cities which have become poisonous breeding grounds for radicalized Islamic terror.Is he so wrong?I didn't feel I was talking to a lunatic, as many seem to view Trump.I saw a guy, a non-politician unfettered by PC language restraints, who is genuinely furious at the devastation which ISIS is wreaking, and seriously concerned for the security of his fellow Americans and indeed, the citizens of Europe.:
'A Labour councillor who was suspended for writing that "Jews" were behind 9/11 and ISIS has been reinstated to the party. In October, Beinazir Lasharie, a Corbynista Labour councillor in Kensington, was suspended pending investigation after Guido exposed her extreme conspiracy theories. Lasharie had posted a video on Facebook titled "ISIS: Israeli Secret Intelligence Service", and commented:
"Many people know about who was behind 9/11 and also who is behind ISIS. I've nothing against Jews… just sharing it!"'
'Speaking at a press conference, French President Francois Hollande condemned what he called the "heinous" attacks in Brussels today.He said attacks had been directed at Belgium, but it was Europe that had been targeted and the whole world that should be concerned about the attacks. He said there was a "global threat which necessitates a global response".'
'Churchill: The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.I also found this on a website... Bukovsky: Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialism is the project of the European Union, which was born in Maastricht in 1992. The intent was to save socialism in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the predictable bankruptcy of the welfare state in the West as well.I had never previously considered that the creation of the EU was specifically to replace the USSR (despite its similarity). But it makes perfect sense.'The EU's future seems to be that of a bastardised marriage of socialism and Islam, are you happy? Will your children and grandchildren be?
'BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says it is "not a surprise" that this attack has taken place but says it is "shocking it was so successful".He said since the Since Charlie Hebo attacks in Paris in January last year, which killed 12 people, there had been a number of terror cells "on the loose" that had been inspired by so-called Islamic State and had access to weapons and explosives.He said Belgian intelligence services had been playing "catch-up" since then and did not have a "very good system" of sharing information across the various authorities.He said attacks in Britain had been prevented by Muslim communities reporting suspicious behaviour to police but this was not yet happening in Belgium.'
'Hillary and Bill Clinton earned more than $30 million in the past 16 months, with $25 million coming from the delivery of 104 paid speeches and more than $5 million coming from Mrs. Clinton's book, "Hard Choices."'
"It pains me to have to admit this but anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace.Any Muslims reading this article – if they are honest with themselves – will know instantly what I am referring to. It's our dirty little secret. You could call it the banality of Muslim anti-Semitism."
'On 4 June last year the European Court of Justice upheld a complaint against UK tax policy brought by the EU Commission. They argued successfully that the UK is not allowed to tax "energy saving materials" at just 5% but has to impose a full 20% VAT on them. A long list of green or energy saving products, including insulation, draught strip, central heating controls, hot water system controls, solar panels, wind and water turbines, ground and air source heat pumps, micro combined heat and power units and biomass boilers are all subject to our reduced rate and were all adjudged illegal.'
'My revolutionary Trotskyist views were taken into account by those who granted the appeal and all my political positions were available to them."
'A Labour parliamentary candidate who was suspended for suggesting ISIS should attack Israel has been readmitted to the party.In 2014 Vicki Kirby, then Labour's candidate in Woking, was exposed by the Sunday Times for writing that Hitler was the "Zionist God" in a string of insane tweets, even asking why ISIS isn't attacking Israel, who she described as "the real oppressors"'
'Chris Evans has apologised for a Top Gear stunt which was filmed near a London war memorial over the weekend.Fellow show host Matt LeBlanc and a professional driver performed "donuts" near to the Cenotaph on Whitehall.'
'Al-Qaeda-linked militants have killed at least 14 civilians and two soldiers in a gun attack on a beach resort in south-eastern Ivory Coast.The attackers fired on beach-goers in Grand Bassam, about 40km (25 miles) from the commercial capital Abidjan.'
'The true scale of immigration to Britain by EU citizens is being kept secret by Government officials, it emerged last night.Top civil servants, led by HMRC boss Lin Homer, are refusing to publish figures that could reveal up to 1.3million extra migrants living in the UK. If revealed, the data could have an explosive impact on the EU debate.MPs said the public were at risk of being 'misled' ahead of the 'once-in-a-lifetime decision' over whether Britain should re-take control of its borders. Requests to get to the truth have been thwarted for more than three months, with time now running out before the June 23 vote. '
'A Swedish bus driver has found himself out of work and the subject of an investigation after he was discovered to have shared news articles from right-leaning news sites.Expressing concern about the equal treatment of passengers, the transport authority of Dalarna, Sweden suspended one of their bus drivers on Monday after they were alerted to his on-line activities the same day. Although the driver has not been named, local news Dalarnas Tidningar reports the man had shared posts critical of mass migration on Facebook.Among his postings were articles from right leaning news site Avpixlat — literally 'without pixels' — part of the new media movement in Sweden. The website takes its name from the habitual censorship in Sweden's mainstream media which sees photographs of migrant criminal suspects pixelated, and even their skin tone changed to hide the extent of migrant crime.In addition to the Avpixlat articles, the driver was also reportedly observed to have shared jokes, and posts "critical" of migration.Despite the action against him, the driver stood by his views. He said: "This country is being drained of resources, with certain groups getting priority over others. Previously, we had an idea of the general welfare, that we have abandoned."It's not fair. I am at heart sad about what is happening in Sweden".Regional director Tiina Ohlsson said of the decision to suspend the man: "We see a risk that passengers might not be treated equally, and are now making an investigation". The company expressed a concern there may be "consequences" for travellers if they attempted to board a bus and already knew about his views.The company also cited a worry there may be a xenophobic atmosphere aboard the bus, and said the driver had acted inappropriately. Yet the bus company CEO Conny Strand admitted there has been no indication whatsoever that anyone who rode the buses were aware of the drivers views, or that he ever made them public.Although Mr. Strand admitted the posts had been made in the driver's spare time and in general people were entitled to their opinions, the investigation would be assessing whether bus drivers should have certain standards to be able to do their jobs, reports Avpixlat.Speaking to the website, the driver himself said he was being backed up by his colleagues to return to work, and said he'd never had any complaints or trouble in his time as a driver. The hearing will be this week.'
'Famed actor Dustin Hoffman was reduced to tears on Tuesday after learning that his great-grandmother had escaped a Soviet concentration camp before starting a life for herself in America, People magazine reported.The Oscar-winning star, who is Jewish, found out about his great-grandmother, Libba, on the season finale of Finding Your Roots, a PBS show in which celebrities scour ancestral records to learn about their family's history.The show revealed that Libba had been taken from her home in Ukraine to a Russian camp when the Bolsheviks targeted Jews after the outbreak of the Russian civil war in 1917. She was 53 when she entered the camp, where she remained for five years.Both her husband and son were killed by the Soviet state security force, the Cheka.Along with many other Jews fleeing Eastern Europe, she made her way to Argentina, and ultimately to America'
'West London Synagogue has installed a bulletproof entrance amid security concerns.The entrance will now allow only one door to be open at a time, allowing security to identity and investigate visitors more thoroughly. Shabbat locks were also installed.The steel-reinforced entrance was installed by a security company which said: "With the increasing threat of terror from around the world, synagogues need to take security more seriously than before."'
'Britain has little or no say over decisions made in a European Union increasingly dominated by German interests, Iceland's prime minister has said.
A leader of non-EU member state, Iceland's Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson warned larger member states like the UK wield "diminishing power" in institutions still under the sway of the Franco-German alliance. '
