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Middle-class cocaine users will be targeted as part of a crackdown on the causes of violent crime

Middle-class drug users will be targeted as part of a crackdown on the causes of violent crime, Home Secretary Sajid Javid will announce. He will use his Tory conference speech…

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Post Brexit Immigration Policy announced

Britain will end preferential access for European Union workers after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Tuesday, saying she wanted to attract high-skilled immigrants wherever they were from. In…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Malta's newspapers lead with statements delivered by the Chief Justice and Chamber of Advocates President, during the opening of the forensic year. In the world, the news of…

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Appeals for unity dominate UK Conservative Party on eve of speech by Boris Johnson

The UK will listen to “alternative ways” of delivering Brexit, Dominic Raab has said, amid increasing doubts about the viability of Theresa May’s Chequers plan. The Brexit Secretary warned the EU…

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UK: Restaurants can’t keep tips from staff

Restaurants will be legally barred from keeping tips from staff under plans to be announced by Theresa May on Monday. High street chains including Prezzo, Strada and Zizzi will be…

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Jeremy Hunt’s likening EU membership to USSR attracts ire and criticism

Two former leaders of the Foreign Office and a former president of Estonia were among those who condemned the speech, in which Hunt described the EU as a prison. Peter…

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Johnson would lose to Corbyn in a general election – Polls

Boris Johnson is less popular than Jeremy Corbyn and would lose a general election to Labour if he were Conservative leader, according to a new poll. The poll, carried out…

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The Brexit Update News RoundUp

Deep divisions over Brexit overshadowed the opening day of the Conservative party conference on Sunday as Theresa May attempted to wrestle back the focus on to her domestic agenda. The bitter infighting…

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Labour is no longer a broad church. It is intolerant of those who speak their minds – The Observer

It has become increasingly apparent that differing views are not tolerated in the Labour party and every opinion is judged on whether it is acceptable to the party leadership. This…

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Why Theresa May should go? The Telegraph

Tory MPs should have ended her leadership of the Conservative Party in the immediate aftermath of the election disaster. She hasn’t survived because her parliamentary colleagues believe her promise to…

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Tory leaks ….. somehow sorted

A major flaw in the Conservative party’s official conference phone application made the private data of senior party members including abinet ministers accessible to anyone that logged in as a…

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Theresa May would back a joint UK and Ireland bid for 2030 World Cup

A joint bid from the UK and Ireland to host the 2030 World Cup would receive the "full support" of government, Theresa May has announced. The Football Associations of England,…

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Boris Johnson urges May to abandon Chequers plan

Boris Johnson has urged the prime minister to abandon her Chequers plan and “change the course of the negotiation” on Brexit, in a 4,000-word intervention aiming to recapture the narrative…

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Friday Morning Review

Good morning Your morning briefing brings you the latest news as reported by the main news outlets from Malta, Europe and the World. The Latest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

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Brussels name square for murdered British MP Jo Cox

A square in Brussels was renamed on Thursday after murdered British MP Jo Cox, who lived in the city when she worked at the European Parliament and for Oxfam. Brussels…

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Britain will not let the matter of detained British-Iranian worker rest

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday he had had a frank discussion with his Iranian counterpart about detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and that he would not…

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Diplomatique.Expert – Brexit News Review

Jeremy Corbyn will tell the EU’s chief negotiator that a “no-deal” Brexit is not acceptable as he seeks to break the impasse in negotiations. The Labour leader is travelling to…

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Thursday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Our morning briefing brings you the latest and most important news which happened in the past news cycle, based on the review of major news outlets, agencies and…

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Corbyn addresses Labour Conference with important key note speech

Jeremy Corbyn closed the Labour conference on Wednesday with a plea to his party to end its bitter internal divisions and focus instead on a “radical” transformation of Britain’s “broken”…

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EU ambassadors hold emergency meeting after Labour’s position on Brexit

The Telegraph reports that EU ambassadors have held an emergency meeting with the European Commission in Brussels amid concerns that Labour will vote down any Brexit deal. During this week’s party…

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Brexit Update – Understanding the impact of Labour’s motion

Britain’s main opposition Labour party on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of its Brexit motion, which keeps open the option of a second referendum. Only a few members of the…

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Labour to vote against May’s Brexit deal

Sky News reports that the UK Labour Party will vote against Theresa May's Brexit deal, the party has confirmed ahead of its conference debate on a "People's Vote". The shadow Brexit…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning Your morning briefing with the latest news from around the globe, a newspaper review from Malta and a headline digest of the main news chosen in the past…

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Airlines, Water, Pets and Driving amongst the latest elements the UK government issued notices in case of No-Deal Brexit

Flights could cease between the UK and the rest of the EU if Britain crashes out of the bloc without a deal, the government has said. In its latest set…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing brings you the latest headlines, a review of today's Maltese newspaper front pages and an over-all round up of what happened in the past hours.…

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Reports that Theresa May is planning a November election – Jeremy Corbyn would back second referendum but prefers election

British Prime Minister Theresa May is planning an early general election in November to save her leadership and to prevent the collapse of talks with European leaders over Britain's exit…

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Corbyn prepared to back second referendum on Brexit if party activists forced change in Labour policy

Jeremy Corbyn would be prepared to back a second referendum on the European Union if activists at his party conference forced a change in Labour policy. But the Labour leader insisted he was not…

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UK labour have ’emergency leadership plans” amid fears that Corbyn could be suspended over a series of alleged undeclared trips

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn have drawn up “emergency leadership plans” amid fears that the Labour leader could be suspended over a series of alleged undeclared trips he took overseas, The Telegraph reports. Senior…

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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt urges EU not to mistake British politeness for weakness after Brexit negotiations reached an impasse

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged the EU not to mistake British politeness for weakness after Brexit negotiations reached an impasse. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday demanded new…

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Different aims lead to different points of view on Brexit negotiations, and no one should be surprised

"Minutes before holding a blistering Salzburg press conference on Thursday, Donald Tusk met Theresa May. Yet somehow the British prime minister was still blindsided by the European Council president’s takedown…

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Saturday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing with the latest news developments, a review of Malta's newspapers' front pages and the headline digest of the past hours to make sure you start…

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No Deal is Better than a Bad Deal – Read here Theresa May’s full statement

"Yesterday, I was in Salzburg for talks with European leaders. I have always said that these negotiations would be tough — and they were always bound to be toughest in…

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I expect EU to be more respectful – Theresa May

The EU should be clear, I will not overturn the result of the referendum nor will I break up my country. We need serious engagement in resolving the two big…

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Barnier indicates revised proposal on border issues as May visits Salzburg for two-day Brexit summit

Theresa May is travelling to Salzburg, in a bid to find some much-needed harmony on Brexit at a two-day summit of European leaders. Speaking in Brussels, Mr Barnier said he…

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Post-Brexit Migration Policy recommendations published

There is no way to change the migration system without creating winners and losers. But we believe the UK should focus on enabling higher-skilled migration coupled with a more restrictive…

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Theresa May suggests EU nationals will not get special treatment after Brexit

EU nationals will not get special treatment after Brexit, Theresa May has suggested, ahead of the launch of a major report into immigration on Tuesday. The Prime Minister said…

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Theresa May says that the only alternative to the Chequers plan is a no-deal Brexit, as she quashes calls for second referendum

British Prime Minister Theresa May was reported saying that the only alternative to the government’s Chequers plan is to leave the EU without a deal. May is facing a lot…

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Kremlin reiterates there’s no link between two charged with Salisbury poisoning and President Putin

The two suspects in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal have nothing to do with Russian President Vladimir Putin or the government, a Kremlin spokesman was quoted by the…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Malta's newspapers present a number of issues, with The Times carrying the position of the Malta Employers' Association Director General on the way the property market is causing…

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Two people, reportedly Russians, taken ill not far from where Skripals were poisoned

Update: Wiltshire Police said the pair have been assessed at Salisbury District Hospital following concerns they had been "exposed to an unknown substance". "We can now confirm that there is…

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Gove claims May is right one for now – May speak about her ‘irritation’ to ongoing leadership speculation

MPs could undo the Chequers deal once the UK has left the EU, Michael Gove has claimed, saying the prime minister’s proposal was the “right one for now”. The environment secretary,…

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London Mayor calls for second Brexit Referendum

London Mayor Sadiq Khan called for a second referendum on Brexit because of the government’s “abject failure” to negotiate a deal with Brussels. In an opinion piece published in the Observer on…

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Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who are wanted for the Skripal novichok attack, are linked to Russian defence ministry – Documents

Documents uncovered by investigative journalists have provided the first public evidence that the suspects in the Salisbury novichok attack have formal ties to the Russian ministry of defence. British authorities have charged…

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UK Labour finance spokesman expected to accuse bankers of profiting from speculation at the expense of ordinary people

London’s vast financial services industry must never again be the “master of the economy”, the opposition Labour finance spokesman will say on Saturday in a speech accusing bankers of profiting…

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Theresa May accuses Moscow of ‘insulting public’s intelligence’

Theresa May has accused Moscow of "insulting the public's intelligence" after the two Russian agents suspected carrying out of the Salisbury poisonings claimed they were merely tourists. In an extraordinary interview with…

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Two accused with poisoning of Sergei Skripal deny any involvement in attack

The two Russians accused by the UK of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent in Salisbury took to state television on Thursday to deny any involvement in…

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Government will ‘limit’ reintroduction of roaming charges in the event of ‘no-deal’ Brexit

The government would put a "limit" on the reintroduction of roaming charges in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Dominic Raab has said amid conflicting reports over whether British consumers will continue to enjoy the…

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Britain need not be afraid of a no-deal Brexit – we stand ready to rise to the challenges ahead – Dominic Raab

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has said Britain will not pay its £39bn EU divorce bill if Brussels refuses to strike a deal. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Raab insisted the…

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A new bill to deal with increasing hate-speech in Britain

An MP in the UK is introducing a bill in parliament aimed to educate people to be more resilient and better able to spot fake news and recognise hate. At…

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In the UK, Middle aged drinkers are advised to reduce their beer intake

Middle-aged drinkers will be advised to have more alcohol-free days a week in a bid to cut its related health risks, as part of a new campaign by UK health…

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Leaked document shows concern that police could be forced to call on the military to tackle civil disorder in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit

Police chiefs could be forced to call on the military to tackle civil disorder in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit, according to a leaked document. Contingency plans drawn up…

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