The party quickly and publicly disavowed the post and rejected the calls for shaft his removal saying it was bigotry by a few members and that intolerance has no place in the tearing County g.o.p. The party says it wants Dan for religious bigotry and the chairman has refused to entertain the calls from a minority of Republicans in tearing County since the election of President Trump who called for a Muslim ban during the campaign and has implemented some travel restrictions there s been a record number of Muslim candidates running for office across the country. N.p.r. News this is n.p.r. News 2 reporters for Reuters are facing 7 years in prison in May and more they were convicted today of violating the Official Secrets Act by possessing confidential documents or reporting on the violence against Rohingya Muslims the 2 men claim they were framed by the police plan to the documents on them to punish them for their work. The u.s. Census Bureau is running out of time to fix software and o
I m nor rom a judge in me m.r. Today convicted to Reuters reporter years of possessing confidential documents and sentence them to serve 7 years in prison the men say they were framed by police and are being punished for reporting on the government crackdown on writing the Muslims Iraq s newly elected parliament held its 1st session today the B.B.C. s Tom Bateman reports the 2 big party alliances are vying for the right to form a new government Iraqi politics has been deeply contested since May s election 2 rival political alliances have emerged one which includes the Shia cleric. And incumbent Prime Minister. Who largely enjoys u.s. Support from the other his leadership includes former Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki a prominent ally of Iran with a parliamentary session on the way both blokes believe they have enough votes to form a government the uncertainty comes at a time of public impatience save on employment and poor basic services in many parts of Iraq the B.B.C. s Tom Bateman
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And midday times the news with Barbara Simpson investigating serious sexual offenses and child abuse cases is being undermined in Lincolnshire because officers can t keep up with demand that s one of the findings of a new report by the police in watchdog is rated the force is good overall but says more needs to be done to improve how victims of crime are protected Assistant Chief Constable Sean West says action is being taken we have them all to do what we clearly not complacent it talks about protecting of all of all this was a inspection regime that occurred back in May The good thing about the hate you I see F.R.S. Is that I gave it was a hot day brief then and there so we re in a position of actively to start making some progress before this result comes out the government insists that the process for choosing where the new blue British passport will be made has been carried out in a fair and open way the current Burgundy version is produced by a British company who is chief execu
Prizes one word begin with the letter are in the next hour the show look at the cross bail Rossa discussing following people. Doreen Ling Lindegaard has more on mining on the top 10 features of a church. On am 60. P.c. Some of. The time is 1 o clock at the newsdesk it s Keith good hope Secretary Amber Rudd has described the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter as a brazen and outrageous act in a statement to M.P. s Ms Rudd said a very rare nerve agent was used in the attack against Sir Guy and a unique scrip hour in Salzburg the On Sunday they remain in a critical condition Political Correspondent Vicki Young says Amber Rudd was keen to avoid speculation about who was behind the attempted murders I think when it comes to attributing blame again being much more careful than Boris Johnson the phone sex she was back in one choose day when he immediately made connections with the previous mode of Alexander Litvinenko talked very openly about Russia something that on