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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police chief apologises for bomb response failings
(BBC) A police chief has apologised “unreservedly” for failings by his force in the emergency service response to the Manchester Arena bombing. Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling said Greater Manchester Police’s failure to establish effective inter-service communications was “unacceptable.” He was giving […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim convert planned mosque attack, trial hears
(BBC) A Muslim convert threatened to “flatten” a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard. Jason Savage, 35, from Small Heath, Birmingham, denies a single […]
Citizenship
Counterterrorism review calls for Shamima Begum and other British-linked people in Syria to be repatriated The review warns that the current policy of leaving such women, men and children in limbo is 'unsustainable' and risks turning the detention camps in northeastern Syria into 'Britain's Guantanamo.'
(Sky News) Shamima Begum, the former east London schoolgirl who joined Islamic State, and other British-linked people who are detained in camps in Syria should be repatriated, a major review of UK counterterrorism policy has said. The report, by an independent commission, […]