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International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has dismissed a claim the UK will be able to continue trading with the EU tariff-free for 10 years. Boris Johnson has been slapped down by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox over his claim Britain could use international trade rules to continue tariff-free trade with the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Mr Johnson has argued that a provision under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade – known as Gatt 24 –...

BREAKING: In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France's minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday. O, whose father is South Korean, is one of French President Emmanuel Macron's earliest followers, and has been influential in shaping the president's thinking on Big Tech as an advisor at the Elysee palace in the first two years of Macron's presidency. Reuters are...

The husband of an aid worker jailed in Tehran has joined her on a hunger strike for twelve days now to demand her release by the Iranian authorities

The former foreign secretary also said he rarely loses his temper, despite police being called after row with girlfriend Carrie Symonds

Nine of the top 10 areas for homeless deaths have seen three times the average cutbacks. Deaths of homeless people have been highest in areas with the biggest council cuts, Labour analysis shows. Nine of the 10 areas with the most homeless deaths have had at least three times the average cuts to council budgets. The highest number of estimated deaths, 90, was in Birmingham, where council cuts per household have hit £939.80 – more than three times the national average...

Boris Johnson, the frontrunner in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, has met hedge fund and private equity executives to raise donations for his leadership campaign, according to sources familiar with the matter.     Johnson, who on Tuesday reaffirmed his determination to take Britain out of the European Union on Oct 31, is seeking to build up a war chest for his campaign and rebuild ties with executives, which were strained last year by his expletive four-letter-word attack on...

The vice-governor of China's Xinjiang region responded to international condemnation of state-run detention camps on Tuesday by saying they were vocational centres which had helped "save" people from extremist influences. China had now effectively contained terrorism and religious extremism in Xinjiang, Vice-Governor Erkin Tuniyaz told the U.N. Human Rights Council in an appearance that was criticised by the United States. U.N. experts and activists say at least 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in the detention centres...

Disposable plastic cutlery, plates and bowls, straws and PVC packaging are among the eight items that should be eliminated, Wrap said. Disposable plastic cutlery, polystyrene packaging and plastic cotton buds and stirrers are among eight items that should be eliminated by the end of 2020, according to a report. Eight problem plastics to be eliminated by #UKPlasticsPact members before the end of 2020. And that’s just the beginning. We are investigating many more plastics changing how we avoid, make, use,...

“I hugely admire the Queen, but the royal family should lead by example and they are not doing so in the case of their own state-funded spending", he said.