News story: Royal Navy and Royal Marines train alongside partner naval forces
UK maritime forces have trained alongside partner nations’ navies during deployment on board a French warship. read more
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75,000 people relocated in rain-ravaged NE China county
Over 7,500 houses have collapsed or suffered damage and 75,000 residents have been relocated since rainstorms starting hitting Yongji County in northeast China’s Jilin Province on Thursday. Torrential rain started to fall in Yongji at around 9 a.m. Th… read more
HK high court disqualifies 4 legislators over invalid oaths
The High Court of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Friday disqualified legislators Law Kwun-Chung, Leung Kwok-hung, Lau Siu-lai and Yiu Chung-yim from office for their invalid oaths. The court ruled that the oaths the four took… read more
Several detained after child suffocates on school bus
Several people have been detained in connection with the death of a 3-year-old on a school bus in north China, police said Friday. The accident happened Thursday in Tang’erli Township of Bazhou City, Hebei Province. According to police, the girl was l… read more
Warm words won’t tackle the drugs crisis – Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the launch of the Government’s new drugs strategy, said:
“Rising drug-related fatalities, drug crime and a cocktail of new drugs means that a new effective strategy is overdue. But this isn’t it.
“Commitments to treat addiction and tackle the social ills that accompany it are meaningless from a Government which has cut drug treatment services and centres. There is no new money now.
“At the same time, this Tory Government expects law enforcement agencies to deal with multiple new drugs and sources of supply, but has spent seven years slashing funding to the police and border force with further cuts in the pipeline.
“Warm words won’t tackle the drugs crisis. Resources are needed, and mustn’t be diverted from other hard-pressed budgets. Labour in government will tackle the drugs crisis and review the priorities to ensure they are appropriate.”
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