Armoured & Luxury
Chauffeur Driven Cars

Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has claimed that the crisis in Rakhine state is being distorted by a «huge iceberg of misinformation».

In her first comments on the latest Rohingya crisis, she said tensions were being fanned by fake news promoting the interests of terrorists. Ms Suu Kyi made the comments in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her office said.

More than 123,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in two weeks. The latest outbreak of violence has sent waves of refugees fleeing the country, which is also called Burma.

The latest government statement, carried by local media, said Ms Suu Kyi told Mr Erdogan that her government had «already started defending all the people in Rakhine in the best way possible». Ms Suu Kyi is quoted as saying: «We know very well, more than most, what it means to be deprived of human rights and democratic protection. «So we make sure that all the people in our country are entitled to protection of their rights as well as, the right to, and not just political but social and humanitarian defence.»

Read More

A 14-year-old boy who was shot in a double shooting in east London has died.

The Metropolitan Police said Corey Junior Davis, from Forest Gate, died in hospital at 22:01 BST on Tuesday.

A murder investigation has been launched. The Met said there were «serious concerns» of retaliation and has put extra officers on the streets.

Corey and a 17-year-old boy were found with gunshot wounds in Moore Walk, Forest Gate, on Monday afternoon.

The 17-year-old suffered «life-changing» injuries and remains in hospital in a stable condition. Det Ch Supt Dave Whellams said: «This is a very tragic incident, a teenage boy’s life has been taken in an extreme act of violence leaving his family utterly devastated. «We are pursuing all lines of inquiry to catch the person responsible for Corey’s murder and are keen to hear from anyone who believes they might have information to come forward as it could prove vital to our investigation. «Our thoughts are with Corey’s family at this very difficult time.»

Specially-trained officers are supporting Corey’s family. There have been no arrests.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said pursuing further sanctions against North Korea is «useless», saying «they’d rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme».

The US said on Monday it would table a new UN resolution on tougher sanctions in the wake of the latest test of a nuclear bomb by the North on Sunday.

Mr Putin also said that the ramping up of «military hysteria» could lead to global catastrophe. He said diplomacy was the only answer.

China, the North’s main ally, has also called for a return to negotiations.

Meanwhile, North Korea’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Han Tae-song, said his country’s recent «self-defence measures» were a «gift package addressed to the US». «The US will receive more gift packages from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea),» Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.

Read More

Alleged members of a banned neo-Nazi group arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terror are serving members of the Army, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The men are a 22-year-old from Birmingham, a 32-year-old from Powys, a 24-year-old from Ipswich and a 24-year-old from Northampton.

West Midlands Police is holding them on suspicion of being members of British far-right group, National Action.

All four are being held at a police station in the West Midlands. Police said the arrests had been pre-planned and intelligence-led, and there had been no threat to the public’s safety.

The men are being held on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000; namely on suspicion of being members of a proscribed organisation.

Read More

South Korea says it has seen indications that the North is preparing more missile launches, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile.

It said it was strengthening its controversial US-made Thaad missile defence system after the North’s test of a nuclear bomb at the weekend. The South has carried out live-fire exercises in response to the test.

The US has warned that any threat to itself or its allies will be met with a «massive military response».

The North says it tested a hydrogen bomb that can fit on to a long-range missile.

Pyongyang has repeatedly defied UN sanctions and international pressure by developing nuclear weapons and testing missiles, and the provocations have only intensified.

In the past two months it has conducted intercontinental ballistic missile tests, sending one over mainland Japan into the Pacific Ocean. It has also threatened to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam.

Read More