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  • Mail: ISIS kidnaps 127 children in Mosul intending to turn them into blood-thirsty killers
    September 9th, 2015
    Islamic State militants have kidnapped 127 children from the Iraqi city of Mosul and intend to turn them into blood-thirsty killers, it has been claimed.
     
    The 11 to 15-year-olds were snatched with the intention of taking them to camps where they will be indoctrinated with the terror group's sick ideology, according to Saeed Mamouzini, an official from the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul.
     
    In these camps, the child recruits are taught how to fire weapons, wrestle and perform close combat moves, and are known as the 'cubs of the caliphate'.
  • Reuters: In Britain, teachers learn how to tackle extremists
    September 9th, 2015
    As teachers in Britain return to school this month, they have a new legal obligation to keep an eye out for potential extremists. Kamal Hanif has been touring the country to share his experiences. His story shows how the new law could help, but could also prove counter-productive.
  • Guardian: Labour to back calls for gay marriage referendum in Northern Ireland
    September 9th, 2015

    Labour will back demands for a Northern Ireland-wide referendum on gay marriage on Wednesday, when Ivan Lewis, shadow Northern Ireland secretary, will say he wants a public vote to overturn the ban on same-sex marriages.

  • Mail: ISIS is using rape as 'the centrepoint of their terror', Angelina Jolie tells Parliament
    September 8th, 2015
    Hollywood star Angelina Jolie today told the Houses of Parliament that ISIS is using rape as the 'centrepoint of their terror' as she warned of the destruction caused by sexual violence in conflict zones. 
     
    The actress and human rights activist spoke of the harrowing moment she met girls as young as seven who had been brutally raped in war zones. 
     
    Jolie, who is giving evidence to a Lords committee, said jihadist fanatics in the 'most aggressive terrorist group in the world' were using sex attacks as a 'very effective weapon'.
  • BBC: Kim Davis released from jail in dispute over gay marriage
    September 8th, 2015
    A US judge has released a Kentucky official from jail so long as she does not interfere with her deputies when they issue marriage licences to gay couples.
     
    Kim Davis, an elected official, has said that her Christian faith should exempt her from signing the licences.
  • Independent: The Tory plan to scrap the Human Rights Act confirmed in Parliament
    September 8th, 2015
    The Government will publish its plans to replace the Human Rights Act in the autumn of this year, ministers have confirmed.
     
    Asked in the House of Commons when the detailed plan for the Government’s “British Bill of Rights” would be made public, Dominic Raab said it would be available soon.
     
    “We will bring forward proposals on a bill of rights this autumn, they will be subject to full consultation. The preparation is going well,” the justice minister said.
     
    Mr Raab said the bill would give the UK Supreme Court supremacy over the European Court of Human Rights and give “a greater respect for the legislative role for honourable members in this place” – referring to MPs.
  • BuzzFeed: Here’s how anti-abortion protesters are targeting GP clinics
    September 8th, 2015
    A leaflet passed to BuzzFeed News shows they’re encouraging members of the public to email and write to surgery directors....

    A spokesperson for Abort67 said: “Abortion providers want to destigmatise abortion by working at genuine healthcare centres. We want to raise awareness of their presence. It’s outrageous that a GP surgery or medical centre would house Marie Stopes [a charity that provides abortion services] or BPAS.
     
    “To deceive their clients about the humanity of the unborn child and the inhumanity of abortion as a ‘treatment for pregnancy’ is cruel and manipulative…"
  • Telegraph: Michael Fallon defends drone strikes in Syria that killed Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin
    September 8th, 2015
    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon insists that the RAF drone attack against Isil members was "perfectly legal".
     
    Mr Fallon used Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations to justify the strikes, stating that the right to self-defence allows for British involvement in Syria.

    He went on to say: "There are groups of terrorists out there in Syria, working with Isil, to try and carry out armed attacks here in Britain, on our streets, at major public events, involving significant loss of life."
  • BBC: Pope Francis to simplify remarriage rules
    September 8th, 2015
    Pope Francis is going to simplify the process that allows married couples to split and remarry within the Catholic church.
     
    Until now, so-called "annulments" have been slow and expensive - but they are being reformed.
     
    It is the only way couples who want to divorce can remain within the church and take communion.
  • Mail: Up to 1,750 Britons 'will use assisted suicide every year'
    September 8th, 2015
    Up to 1,750 British people could die by assisted suicide every year, MPs will be told when they vote on historic right-to-die laws on Friday.
     
    Dozens of MPs are expected to back a Bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives in the first Commons vote on the issue for 18 years.
     
    Labour MP Rob Marris, who proposed the measure, said a shift in attitudes since the rise of the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland and more acceptance of individual choice meant it has a chance of success.
     
    The issue is deeply controversial with critics warning that assisted suicide would be open to abuse by relatives of vulnerable elderly and disabled people.