India monsoons: Collapse of four-storey building leaves more than 40 trapped in Mumbai Monsoon rains have displaced millions of people in recent weeks and killed scores across India, Nepal and Bangladesh Adam WithnallDelhi @adamwithnall A four-story building has collapsed in a densely populated neighbourhood of Mumbai amid monsoon rains in India, trapping more than 40 people in the rubble. …
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Jul 15 2019
Six In The Morning Monday 15 July 2019
Trump tweets racist attacks at progressive Democratic congresswomen By Devan Cole, CNN Updated 0032 GMT (0832 HKT) July 15, 2019 President Donald Trump used racist language on Sunday to attack progressive Democratic congresswomen, falsely implying they weren’t natural-born American citizens. Trump did not name who he was attacking in Sunday’s tirade but earlier this week he referenced …
Jul 14 2019
Six In The Morning Sunday 14 July 2019
New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal ‘to spite Obama’ Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador to the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. The paper …
Jul 13 2019
Six In The Morning Saturday 13 July 2019
Facebook ‘to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal’ US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been investigating allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data of up to 87 …
Jul 12 2019
Six In The Morning Friday 12 July 2019
US census 2020: Trump retreats on citizenship question President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said officials would obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census. The retreat follows a long …
Jul 11 2019
Six In The Morning Thursday 11 July 2019
Iranian boats ‘tried to intercept British tanker’ Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf – before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Montrose moved between the three boats and the tanker British Heritage before issuing verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, a …
Jul 10 2019
Six in The Morning Wednesday 10 July 2019
Hong Kong families are feuding as China extradition bill exposes generational fall in living standards By Jessie Yeung, CNN Updated 0352 GMT (1152 HKT) July 10, 2019 In the now widely-shared Facebook video, a young man in a Hong Kong restaurant stands up at his table and glares down at his family members. “You’re criticizing my friends, saying …
Jul 09 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 9 July 2019
Hong Kong extradition bill ‘is dead’ says Carrie Lam Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland “is dead”. In a press conference on Tuesday, Ms Lam said the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. But she stopped short of saying …
Jul 08 2019
Six In The Morning Monday 7 July 2019
Trump warns Iran ‘better be careful’ on nuclear enrichment US warning comes after Iran announces it will begin enriching uranium beyond a cap set in the 2015 nuclear deal. Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has warned Iran it “better be careful” after Tehran announced it would begin enriching uranium beyond a limit set in …
Jul 07 2019
Six In The Morning Sunday 7 July 2019
Iran nuclear deal: Government announces enrichment breach Iran has announced it will break a limit set on uranium enrichment, in breach of the landmark 2015 deal designed to curb its nuclear ambitions. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran still wanted to salvage the deal but blamed European countries for failing to live up to …
Jul 06 2019
Six In The Morning 6 July 2019
Another, stronger quake in Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE, ROSANNA XIA, RUBEN VIVES and KAREN KAPLAN JUL 06, 2019 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Southern California on Friday night, the second major temblor in less than two days and one that rocked buildings across Southern California, adding more jitters to an already nervous region. The …
Jul 05 2019
Six In The Morning Friday 5 July 2019
China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families By John SudworthBBC News, Xinjiang China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research. At the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant camps, a …