World leaders WILL meet face to face at Britain’s COP26 climate conference
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WORLD leaders will meet face to face at Britain’s COP26 climate conference, it will be announced tomorrow.
The decision not to opt for a virtual gathering will be confirmed in a speech by summit president Alok Sharma.
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Alok Sharma is to confirm that world leaders will meet face to face at Britain’s COP26 climate conferenceCredit: PA
It will be recognition of Britain’s successful vaccine rollout and a boost for Boris Johnson who was determined to keep it an in-person event.
It will, however, upset critics who said it would set a bad example by forcing delegates to fly in on polluting planes pumping out tons of carbon.
Madeleine McCann cops given dramatic new evidence against prime suspect Christian B
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Updated: May 12 2021, 17:44 ET
MADELEINE McCann cops have been given dramatic new evidence strengthening the case against prime suspect Christian B.
Convicted rapist Christian B, 44, in jail in Germany, was identified by authorities there last June as being the man responsible for her abduction.
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Christian B is serving seven years for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz in 2005 two years before Madeleine vanishedCredit: Rex
Speaking to The Sun last night, German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said of the breakthrough: “We have gathered new evidence that adds further to the case we are building against our main suspect.
What was the 2009 Al-Sweady Inquiry?
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Updated: May 12 2021, 14:26 ET
IN 2009, a controversial inquiry was ordered in response to damning accusations about British soldiers in Iraq.
The costly Al-Sweady Inquiry investigated what turned out to be false allegations of unlawful killing and ill treatment of Iraqi nationals by British soldiers.
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What was the 2009 Al-Sweady Inquiry?
The Al-Sweady inquiry was set up in 2009 under a former high court judge, Sir Thayne Forbes.
It concerned questions surrounding one of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war, the Battle of Danny Boy in 2004.
The battle saw members of the Prince of Wales Regiment attempt to rescue a patrol of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders who had been ambushed by around 100 Iraqi insurgents.