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Boris Johnson loses Brexit votes

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The opposition MP’s and Tory rebels have attempted to pass a law designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit, and they have defeated the government in its first stage.

Commons votes have been reported as 328 to 301 to take control of the agenda. This allows them to put forward a bill asking to delay the exit date of the US.

At this stage, Boris Johnson said that he would put forward a movement for an early general election.

Before the occurrence of any election, the bill should be passed, said Jeremy Corbyn in a statement.

Referring to the next European Union summit, Boris Johnson said, “I don’t want an election, the public don’t want an election, but if the House votes for this bill tomorrow, the public will have to choose who goes to Brussels on Oct. 17 to sort this out and take this country forward”.

21 Tory MPs, including some of the ex-cabinet ministers have stood with the opposition parties to defeat the government.

Ken Clarke, ex-chancellor told bbc that he was still “a mainstream Conservative” but he didn’t recognise his party any more. He added that the PM’s “knockabout character” had “the most right-wing cabinet a conservative government has ever produced”.

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Spanish Festival : Spectator gored to death by bull

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A 62 year old man has been gored to death by a bull during the famous Spanish festival. The tragic incident happened in central Spain.

The man was killed in s bull run in the town of Cuellar, 155 kilometres north of Madrid, on Thursday.

The town mayor, Carlos Frailesaid said to local media that the man who had suffered severe and deadly horn blows in his chest and neck could not be saved.

The man was just a viewer of the bull run, as per reports. It is reported that he was rammed into a field and gored. Another spectator, who was afraid of being gored climbed onto a wall, and was saved.

In Pamplona festival, which was made famous worldwide by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”, eight people were gored and 35 were injured this year.

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Skeleton of Napoleon’s favourite general believed to be found in Russia

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Archaeologists have discovered a one-legged skeleton under a Russian dance floor, which is believed to be that of Napoleon’s favourite general.

It is believed that this would be a key to the centuries-old mystery, related to Charles-Étienne Gudin.

Charles-Étienne Gudin, the favourite general of Napoleon died at the age of 44, after he was hit by a cannonball during the French invasion of Russia in 1812.

Charles-Étienne Gudin

Though everything seems to be matching, it will be necessary to await the results of DNA analysis to confirm the discovery.

Gudin had to have his leg amputated and he died three days later from gangrene.

The discovery took place in Smolensk, 400 kilometers west of Moscow. The samples for DNA testing have been sent to France.

Marina Nesterova, the head of the archaeological team told AFP news agency, “As soon as I saw the skeleton with just one leg, I knew that we had our man”.

A press conference has been held in Moscow on Thursday, and the team of Russian and French archaeologists said that they are not able to provide a specific conclusion until the result from a laboratory in Marseille is obtained.

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Facebook comes with new rules ahead of 2020 US election fears

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The social media giant, Facebook tightens the rules ahead of the next US presidential election, reports BBC.

The company has introduced new political advertising rules, in a bid to halt exploitation in the US elections.

Now, for the political advertisers, to obtain a “confirmed organisation” label, they have to verify their identity.

This is marked as an attempt, to stop creating misleading or inaccurate ads to influence voters.

These new rules of Facebook will also be applicable to Instagram, which is a property of Facebook.

The political parties are using the ‘paid-for’ Facebook ads, as a tool for their campaigns to target voters.

A recent survey revealed that, over $70m (£57.3m) had been spent on Facebook ads by the 2016 Trump campaign, during the election period.

Political advertisers has been required in the US by the social media giant put a “paid for” disclaimer on their ads since 2018, but the changes have not completely stamped out improper use.

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Man and child rescued by school girls with the help of an air-bed

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A man and a child, who were drowning off the Aberdeenshire coast, have been rescued by two teenage sisters named Isla Noble (15) and Eilidh (14), reports BBC.

The girls, who were swimming near Fraserburgh on Monday afternoon, heard cries for help.

The toddler was on the man’s shoulders while drowning, and the girls understood that the man and the child were in trouble. With the help of a lilo airbed, Isla swam out and helped them to shore.

Isla could put the child on the airbed and help him lie across the inflatable. meanwhile, her sister Eilidh went back to fetch her phone.

The man became unconscious and the girls phoned 999 to alert the Coastguard.

The girls were the students of Fraserburgh Academy and were having a little time in the water after their school at the Waters of Philorth nature reserve.

“The toddler started screaming – we thought the dad was just dunking him under as a laugh and he was getting cold, but then the dad started shouting help”.

“I went out with the lilo to try to take him back in while Eilidh went to get the phone from the beach”. said Isla to BBC’s Good Morning Scotland program.

Irene Sharp, the rector of Fraserburgh Academy said on Twitter, “Well done to two of our heroic pupils Isla and Eilidh Noble in their fast thinking and quick actions last night. All of us at Fraserburgh Academy are immensely proud of you both”.

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Job-search tool of Google being investigated by EU

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The job search tool of Google is being investigated by the European Union as they got several claims, saying the competitors has been driven out of the market.

Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner has raised a question whether it was fair the Google had “such control over the success or failure” of its rivals.

At the top of searches, the tech giant places a widget, circumventing the need to click through to job sites.

Brussels has been asked by Twenty-three job-search sites, to take necessary action last month.

Google is not charging any fee for this facility now. The competitors fears that this is a plan to gain market share before monetising its business model.

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Flouting of privacy law using facial recognition – School fined in Sweden

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A school in Sweden, which used facial recognition for tracking student’s attendance has been fined 200,000 Swedish Krona (£16,800, $20,700) by the Swedish Data Protection Authority (DPA).

The fine has been issued on the school for for flouting a privacy law.

The school used a trial session which included 22 high school students being detected when each of them entered the classroom.

It is for the first time that a GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) fine has been issued in Sweden.

The GDPR came into force last year and it has issued some restrictions in using facial images and other bio-metric information.

If the school had carried out a longer period trial, the fine would have been bigger, said the DPA.

To a Swedish state broadcaster, the local authorities said that when calculated the time spent by teachers for taking attendance, they got an average of 17,000 hours a year. The authorities explained that they were just trying find out a way to speed up the attendance reporting.

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Serial killer who preyed on gay men executed

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Gary Ray Bowles (57) a serial killer who killed gay men along the US east coast has reportedly been executed in Florida.

The Supreme court has rejected a last-ditch appeal an he was executed by lethal injection.

Bowles admitted in killing 6 men from Florida to Maryland in 1994. He was only convicted for three deaths.

He was known as “I-95 killer” and the bodies of most of his preys were found near interstate corridor that spans the entire eastern seaboard of the US.

Reports said that Bowles had left his home when he was a child and worked as a prostitute to gay men for a few years. After that he started his killing spree.

He had also been jailed for grand theft, robbery, assault and rape and then moved to Daytona Beach in 1993.

Reports said that he was living with his girl friend during this time and she left him after finding out about his sex work.

Daytona Beach News-Journal said that since 1976 when the death penalty was restored by the Supreme Court, Bowles is the 99th inmate to be put to death in Florida.

The Death Penalty Information Center says that Bowles is the 13th person to be executed in the US so far this year.

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Russian Doctors on fear of radioactive patients

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The Russian medical team, who treated the patients who were victims of a military explosion in the Arctic is now afraid of their own physical conditions, since they had not taken any protection while treatment.

Two among the medical team in Arkhangelsk spoke about the victims’ evacuation, on condition of anonymity, reports BBC.

Authorities said that the blown up of “isotope-fuel” engine at the Nyonoksa test range on 8th of August have killed five nuclear engineers and 6 others were injured.

A new weapon system had been used in the test, said the president Vladimir Putin.

The medical team were present at the the civilian Arkhangelsk regional hospital, where three among the injured were treated. Reports said that three other casualties were taken to an Arkhangelsk hospital called Semashko, which is equipped for radiation emergencies.

These medical team are now afraid of their own health and are saying that no such “[safety] violations” should occur again.

One among the medics said, “We don’t want them to bring us next time not three, but ten people, God forbid, and hide the information from us again”.

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Prove the non-existence of this city and you will be rewarded €1M !!

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A German city named Bielefeld had been the subject of a long-running online conspiracy theory claiming it doesn’t really exist. The city is now offering €1m (£914,000) prize as to anyone in Germany who proves that this city doesn’t exist.

The authorities of the city of Bielefeld said on Wednesday that they will give this huge amount to the who submits solid proof of its non-existence.

The competition is being run by the city marketing group, who wants to disprove a 25-year-old conspiracy theory.

Achim Held – Supporting the competition

The conspiracy started back in 1993 when a college student named Achim Held light-heartedly posted the message “Bielefeld? There’s no such thing” on the Usenet system.

This message of Achim Held became a long-running joke in Germany, after it had created a big internet boom.

So.. Why waiting? Try your luck for €1M !

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