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Climate Protesters Stretch Met Police Force
Police are being diverted from "core local duties" that keep London safe by the Extinction Rebellion protesters, Scotland Yard has said.
More than 460 people have been arrested since Monday, including three charged with gluing themselves to a train.
Police rest days have been cancelled over the bank holiday, as more than 1,000 officers are deployed in London.
Sajid Javid said the climate activists had "no right to cause misery" and the Met Police "must take a firm stance". Officers have also been asked to work 12-hour shifts, while the Violent Crime Task Force has had leave cancelled.
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Former President Of Peru Kills Himself
Former Peruvian President Alan García has died after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations.
Mr García was rushed to hospital in the capital, Lima. His death was confirmed by current President Martín Vizcarra. A crowd of supporters gathered outside the hospital and were held back by a line of police.
Mr García was accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht - claims he denied. Officers had been sent to arrest him in connection with the allegations.
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Specialist Prison Officers Deployed To Troublesome Prisons On The Rise
The number of times specialist prison officers were deployed to prisons in England and Wales in 2018 increased by nearly 60% since 2014.
The National Tactical Response Group handles potentially serious incidents.
The Prison Officers' Association blamed the rise on a lack of staff, increasing violence, drugs, access to mobile phones and overcrowding. However, the Ministry of Justice said the majority of deployments were for non-violent incidents.
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Appeal Launched On The Anniversary Of Man Shot At Traffic Lights
A reward of up to £10,000 has been offered in a bid to catch the killer of a man who was shot in the head at a set of traffic lights in Glasgow.
Kenny Reilly, 29, was targeted as he sat in the passenger seat of a silver BMW at a junction in Maryhill. He died in the city's Royal Infirmary two days later but, despite a series of appeals, the murder remains unsolved.
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Former Soldier To Be Charged With 1972 Murder
A former soldier is to be charged with murdering a teenager, who was shot twice in the head in Londonderry during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Hegarty was killed in an Army operation near his home in the Creggan in July 1972. Last year, the High Court ruled a decision not to prosecute, taken in 2016, was based on "flawed" reasoning.
The Army veteran, known as Soldier B, will also face a second charge of wounding the teenager's cousin. The move has been welcomed by the Hegarty family.
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A&E Data Suggests Violence On Decline
Overall levels of violence in England and Wales are on the decline, in spite of an increase in knife crime, a study of A&E data suggests.
Analysis by Cardiff University found admissions of patients injured in violent attacks dropped 1.7% in 2018. It indicates a rise in knife crime, gun crime and homicide recorded by police is not part of a wider upsurge.
The study's authors said the rise of "high harm" crimes amid falling overall violence was "difficult to explain".
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Julian Assange Arrested At Ecuadorian Embassy
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
The Met Police said he was arrested for failing to surrender to the court and following a US extradition request.
Ecuador's president said it withdrew his asylum after repeated violations of international conventions. But Wikileaks tweeted that Ecuador had acted illegally in terminating Mr Assange's political asylum "in violation of international law".
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Dramatic Raid At Albania Airport Leaves Gang Member Shot Dead
A suspected gang leader was shot dead after a dramatic raid on an Austrian airlines plane on the runway at Tirana airport in Albania.
Passengers waiting for the Airbus plane to leave Mother Teresa airport near the capital saw the gang approach security police wielding AK-47 rifles. They are then thought to have entered the plane to steal as much as €10m (£8.5m; $11m) in cash. The gang fled but then ran into a police patrol and opened fire.
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Officers Retraining After Stalker Murdered Woman
Police staff have been retrained on stalking cases after a review of how they dealt with a woman murdered by her estranged husband.
Michelle Savage alerted Sussex Police about Craig Savage's behaviour several times in the three weeks before he shot her dead in St Leonard's.
A call handler who failed to record her final calls has been given "management advice" following a misconduct hearing. Officers are also being retrained on the police watchdog's recommendation.
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Man Remanded In Custody After Admitting Planned Bomb Attack
A man has admitted planning a bomb attack on a south London mosque.
Steven Bishop, 41, admitted buying fireworks and possessing instructions on how to make an explosive.
Bishop, of Thornton Heath, was believed to have been targeting Morden Mosque when his home was raided by police on 29 October last year. He will be sentenced on Wednesday after changing his plea on the opening day of his trial at Kingston Crown Court.
He initially denied one count of possession of an explosive substance with intent to endanger life or cause damage to property.
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