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North Korea: Large quake detected close to nuclear test site 9 September 2016 From the section Asia A magnitude five earthquake has been detected in North Korea, amid reports the country had been preparing for its fifth nuclear test. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said it had been an "artificial quake". The US Geological Survey said the tremor had been detected in the north-east of North Korea, close to a known nuclear test site. There has been no confirmation from the North as yet that a nuclear test has been carried out. Recent satellite imagery and intelligence has indicated increased activi…

Theresa May 'not turning clock back on grammar schools' 8 September 2016 From the section UK Politics Theresa May has told Conservative MPs she will not "turn the clock back" on grammar schools in England, but did not rule out some expansion. The prime minister was addressing the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers on Wednesday evening. It comes after a document outlining proposals to open new grammar schools was caught by a photographer outside…

Theresa May to relax faith schools admissions rules 8 September 2016 From the section UK Politics The government is set to relax rules on how faith schools select pupils, to allow new Catholic schools to open in England, according to a No 10 source. A source said the admissions cap, which limits oversubscribed new faith schools to only selecting half of their intake by reference to faith, had failed. It comes as the education secretary said ministers wi…

Brexit: Donald Tusk tells Theresa May 'ball's in UK's court' 8 September 2016 From the section UK Politics European Council president Donald Tusk told Theresa May "the ball is now in your court" as the pair discussed the next steps on Brexit. Meeting the prime minister at Downing Street, Mr Tusk said the other 27 member states were waiting to see when the UK would formally trigger its departure from the EU. It is "in everyone's interest" for this to sta…

Trump showers praise on Putin during security forum 8 September 2016 From the section US Election 2016 Image copyright AP Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the NBC forum the Russian president "has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been". It came on the…

Trump pledges big US military expansion 7 September 2016 From the section US & Canada Image copyright Reuters Image caption Both candidates are courting military members, ahead of a televised national security forum Donald Trump has said he will expand all areas of the US military if he wins the presidency in November. The Republican ca…

Theresa May: UK will lead world in free trade 7 September 2016 From the section UK Politics Image copyright AFP Image caption Australian politicians are keen to strike a trade deal with the UK once it leaves the EU Theresa May said the UK could become "the global leader in free trade" as she faced calls to clarify the government's post-Brexi…

Islamic State: Turkey and US 'ready to invade capital' 7 September 2016 From the section Middle East Image copyright AP Image caption Raqqa is considered the IS militants' de facto capital and its loss would be a huge blow Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from…

Calais migrants: Work to start on UK-funded wall 7 September 2016 From the section UK Politics comments Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fences have already been built along much of the main road to the port Construction of a UK-funded wall near Calais' so-called Jungle migrant camp will begin very soon, a minister says. Du…

Sports Direct faces shareholder revolt at annual meeting 7 September 2016 From the section Business Image copyright PA Sports Direct faces a shareholder revolt at its annual meeting with investors dissatisfied despite the firm's pledge to improve working conditions for its staff. Investors are concerned that founder Mike Ashley, who owns 55% of the firm, wields too much control at the company. Some sharehold…

Southern Health: New job for ex-boss Katrina Percy 'did not exist' 7 September 2016 From the section England Media captionTim Smart said no other candidates were considered for the postThe chief executive who resigned as the head of a troubled mental health trust had a new £240,000-a-year job created for her, the BBC has learned. Katrina Percy faced sustained calls to resign over Southern Health's failure to investigate hundreds of deaths. The BBC has now discovered her new job did not e…

Rise in lone children seeking asylum in England By Daniel Wainwright BBC News 7 September 2016 From the section England Image copyright AFP Image caption There has been a rise in unaccompanied asylum seeking children cared for by English councils The number of asylum seeking children in the care of English counc…

Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal 6 September 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright AP Image caption Paolo Macchiarini is a renowned stem cell scientist and has denied all allegations made against him Two judges have been asked to leave a panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal surrounding a d…

Radical cleric Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting IS support 16 August 2016 From the section UK Image copyright PA Anjem Choudary, one of the most controversial radical clerics in the UK, has been convicted of inviting others to support the so-called Islamic State group, it can now be reported. In a landmark trial, Choudary was convicted along with his close confidant, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman. The pair face …

Veteran Labour MP Keith Vaz last night stood down from chairmanship of the Home Affairs Select Committee after he was exposed for paying young men for sex. Married Labour statesman Keith Vaz 'met male prostitutes in his London flat https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3772784/amp/Let-s-party-started-Married-Labour-statesman-Keith-Vaz-met-male-prostitutes-London-flat-wanted-man-drugs.html?client=ms-android-orange-gb I may detest the man, but I do feel sorry for him and his family, very foolish behaviour from a man in his position.