The Guardian reports that Britain is set to reopen its Tehran embassy four years after it was closed. Britain’s foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, will formally reopen the UK embassy in Tehran this weekend, nearly four years after it was shut down as a result of a mob attack. The Iranian embassy in London will be reopened at the same time, as part of a rapid warming of relations between Iran and the west following the agreement reached on 14 July on the future of the Iranian nuclear programme. Hammond’s Tehran trip, the first by a British foreign secretary in nearly 14 years, comes soon after visits from the French and Italian foreign ministers, Germany’s vice-chancellor, and the EU’s foreign policy chief. Hammond will be accompanied on his visit by a handful of British business leaders as well as the foreign office political director, Sir Simon Gass, who represented British in
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There Are ‘Killer Crazy Ants’ In Birmingham Which are ‘Addicted’ to Electricity
Apparently there are killer, crazy ants in Birmingham which are addicted to electricity, and can bite, sting, and spread salmonella. This, according to the Birmingham Mail, is a new development in the West Midlands’ pest problems, and they hail from one of Britain’s worst enemies: Argentina. The Mail reports: They bite, they sting and they spread salmonenlla. Pest control experts have now issued an alert over two extremely unwelcome species – “crazy” and “Argentinian” ants. They say multi-occupancy buildings, such as hotels and guest houses, are particularly at risk. Crazy ants – given the name because of their jerky movement – are covered in red hair and get a real buzz from electricity, chewing through insulation for a light lunch. The Argentinian variety is particularly vicious, attacking crops and animals. Almost black and 3mm long, they form large colonies in cracks in walls and between timbers. The alert has been
Cristiano Ronaldo Buys $18.5m Luxury Apartment in Trump Tower, NYC
International football star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly stumped up $18.5m for a luxury apartment in U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Trump Tower in New York City. The Fifth Avenue apartment is likely to rouse speculation over Ronaldo’s future at his current club Real Madrid. A number of high profile, near-retirement footballers have made the leap across the pond in recent years, helping U.S. soccer to attract a larger fanbase. The likes of David Beckham, Thierry Henry, and Steven Gerrard have shifted their game from Europe to the United States. The New York Post reports: The Post has learned that the Real Madrid soccer superstar paid $18.5 million for a 2,509 square foot loft in the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. The deal was completed Wednesday, making the 30-year-old Portuguese soccer star officially a New Yorker. Now the question is whether he just lives here, or plays here. It’s been widely
Head Of BBC Religion Equates Calais Migrants’ Plight With Joseph, Mary and Jesus
Illegal migrants trying to sneak into Britain should be compared to the “Holy Family” of Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus according to BBC religious chief Aaqil Ahmed. Mr Ahmed, the first Muslim to head religion and ethics at the BBC, also claims the Biblical flight from King Herod to Bethlehem resembles that of refugees massing at Calais in a bid to infiltrate the Channel Tunnel. He made the comments in a BBC blog defending the decision to film an episode of Songs of Praise from the Calais refugee camp “The Jungle” which screens tomorrow at 17:00 BST on BBC One. The controversial move has been defended by the broadcaster with the claim filming a Songs of Praise episode at Calais is “reflecting conversations going on in Christian households”. Mr Ahmed wrote: “For centuries Christians have related to the vivid image of the Holy family becoming refugees themselves when Joseph, Mary and their baby son had
Food Shortage May Cause Spike in UK Migration, Govt Report Claims
Food production “shocks” that push up prices and can spark unrest, migration and even terrorism are set to become more common with climate change, experts have warned. The global food system, already under pressure from rising demand from a growing, increasingly wealthy population, is vulnerable to sudden shocks from extreme weather such as drought or floods, a Government-commissioned report said. Such extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as global temperatures rise, making “rare” food production shocks more common in the coming decades, the study by a UK and US taskforce of academics, industry and policy experts warned. Preliminary analysis suggests the risk of a once-in-a-century food production shock, in which harvests of key crops such as wheat, maize, rice and soy bean could fall by around 5% to 7%, could become three times as likely by 2040. More extreme reductions in production, which would be expected to occur once
Bizarre EU Promo Vid Compares Europe to United States, Mocks America for Having Only One Language
A bizarre new European Union (EU) promo video has revealed the real aspirations of the organisation: to be a super-state comparable to the United States of America. The 3 minute clip boasts about how the European Union spends millions in tax payer money from across the continent translating documents into “all the EU’s 24 official languages”. At the end, the narrater’s tone becomes mocking as he says, “In Washington, its only one official language”. The video was released on Tuesday 11 August to highlight the “similarities and differences between the United States and European Union legislatures” and has been promoted through the Facebook page of the European Parliament in Washington DC. “As for powers, things are very different across the pond.” The video states. “Congress sets the federal budget and tax collection. Foreign policy, senior appointments, and it can impeach the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the
Tinder Allows Straight People to ‘Behave Like Gay Men’ says BBC Presenter
Gay BBC presenter Evan Davis shocked Newsnight audiences last night as he described social media dating app Tinder as a platform that allows straight people to “behave like gay men”, going on to state that the app is an “easy hook up service”. Davis’s comments drew the ire of gay Twitter users who said, “I hate to be THAT guy, but you do a segment about Tinder, and you choose THIS as the intro. What the HELL”? The presenter’s politically incorrect comments tally up with some of his family’s other dark humour about his homosexuality. When he came out, his older brother apparently replied, “Thank God you’re not black!” Davis is also on the record as claiming that gay people are more likely to engage in drug taking. He told Attitude magazine: “The gay community has less discipline because it doesn’t have kids to go home to, and slightly more disposable income,
WATCH: Toyota Prius Bursts into Flames on Euston Road, London
The video below shows the dramatic moment when an “eco-friendly” Toyota Prius burst into flames on the Euston Road in London last night. The London Ambulance Service told the Evening Standard: “We were called at 11.52pm yesterday to reports of a car on fire on Euston Road. We sent a number of resources to the scene including the hazardous area response team. There were no patients.” The website reports that the car was a private hire minicab, but although Toyota Prius’s form the backbone of Uber’s UberX network, the company said the car was not one of theirs. WATCH:
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WATCH: Toyota Prius Bursts into Flames on Euston Road, London
The video below shows the dramatic moment when an “eco-friendly” Toyota Prius burst into flames on the Euston Road in London last night. The London Ambulance Service told the Evening Standard: “We were called at 11.52pm yesterday to reports of a car on fire on Euston Road. We sent a number of resources to the scene including the hazardous area response team. There were no patients.” The website reports that the car was a private hire minicab, but although Toyota Prius’s form the backbone of Uber’s UberX network, the company said the car was not one of theirs. WATCH:
FLASH: Five Family Members Arrested in East London, Terrorism Suspicion…
Two adults and three teenagers have been arrested in East London, as police swooped on a family who they say are being are questioned on “suspicion of possessing information which could help terrorists”. The BBC reports: Five members of one family have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences in east London. Scotland Yard arrested a 51-year-old man, a woman aged 53 and three females aged 16, 17 and 19. All were arrested on suspicion of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. They are in police custody. The man was also arrested on suspicion of possessing false identity documents. Police said the 16-year-old girl had previously been arrested in July on suspicion of preparation of terrorism and had been bailed until September. The Metropolitan Police said: “Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command attended an address in east London on Wednesday,
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