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A woman in her 30s has been stabbed to death in Brixton, south London. Police arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of murder after they were called to the incident in Sudbourne Road at 6.36pm on Sunday.:: London victims in the first 14 weeks of 2018A Met Police spokesman told Sky News: “Officers attended, along with London’s Air Ambulance.”A female, believed to be aged in her 30s, was found suffering from stab wounds.”Despite the efforts of paramedics she was pronounced dead at the scene.”Next of kin are aware. Formal identification awaits.”A male aged in his 20s has been…

Donald Trump still wants American troops in Syria to return home as soon as possible, the White House says, after Emmanuel Macron said he had convinced the US President to keep a US presence there for “the long term”. “The US mission has not changed – the President has been clear that he wants US forces to come home as quickly as possible,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.There are estimated to be around 2,000 US troops in Syria.Ms Sanders added: “We are determined to completely crush ISIS and create the conditions that will prevent its return. In addition…

Russia was not spoiling for a fight in Syria. Not with the US. That much was clear in the Kremlin’s muted reaction to an incident back in February, curiously brought back to the fore in recent remarks by CIA Director Mike Pompeo.”In Syria, now a handful of weeks ago, the Russians met their match. A couple hundred Russians were killed,” he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last Thursday.On 7 February, pro-regime forces backed by Russian mercenaries had launched an attack on a Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters near Deir Ezzor.The US coalition which backs the SDF responded with air and…

The Foreign Secretary has defended the case for the UK’s action in Syria, saying Britain had a duty to show Syria had not “got away” with using chemical weapons. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Boris Johnson insisted the airstrikes were intended to send a message that the use of such weapons will not be tolerated.Mr Johnson added that the “carefully targeted and calibrated strikes” were not intended to “frustrate Russian strategic objectives”.He wrote: “This does not represent any major escalation of UK or Western involvement in Syria – and we should have the courage to be honest about that.”:: Airstrikes…

The chief executive of WPP, the world’s biggest advertising agency, has confirmed he is resigning from his post. Sir Martin Sorrell, who has been with the company for 32 years, is quitting following allegations of personal misconduct through the misuse of company assets, as revealed by Sky News on Saturday.In a statement released on Saturday, the 73-year-old told staff he was stepping aside following an internal investigation by the company.”As I look ahead, I see that the current disruption we are experiencing is simply putting too much unnecessary pressure on the business,” he said.”That is why I have decided that…

The UK, US and France have presented plans for a ceasefire in Syria in the wake of their joint airstrikes on the war-torn country. The three allies have produced a draft UN resolution which also includes proposals for an independent investigation into alleged toxic gas attacks to identify perpetrators.The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would be instructed to report within 30 days whether President Bashar al Assad’s government has fully disclosed its chemical weapons stockpile.:: LIVE: Boris Johnson defends UK’s role in strikes on Syria Video: Missiles launched from US submarine The draft document also calls for medical…

Starbucks has apologised after two black men were arrested while waiting in one of its coffee shops in the US. Footage showed officers in Philadelphia taking the men away in handcuffs, as onlookers insisted the pair had done nothing wrong.The video, which has been viewed more than six million times on Twitter, shows a white man telling officers he had arrived to meet the two men and questioning why they had been arrested.Melissa DePino, who posted the footage on Twitter, said: “All the other white (people) are wondering why it’s never happened to us when we do the same thing.”…

The roar of the Tornado engines cut through the warm evening air around the bay at Limasos in Cyprus. It was 3am local time.  The sound of the after-burners marked the beginning of Britain’s involvement in a US-led military strike against the Syrian regime.An attack, in the dead of night, by US, UK and French forces.The Tornado bomber jets are nearing retirement after nearly 40 years in the skies above Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. But this ageing fleet is busier than ever.:: LIVE: Trump says strikes ‘perfectly executed’ Video: British warplanes head for Syria The payload under the wings is…

Russia should take airstrikes on Syria as a warning over its use of chemical weapons, Theresa May has said. Speaking in Downing Street after Friday night’s military action against Bashar al Assad’s regime, the Prime Minister said the strikes had been limited in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma last weekend.Mrs May drew a link with the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, telling a news conference: “We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised – either within Syria, on the streets of the UK…

US Defence Secretary James Mattis says the US, along with the UK and France, have taken “decisive action” against the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons infrastructure. Mr Mattis and General Joe Dunford briefed reporters at the Pentagon an hour after President Donald Trump announced the strikes.Airstrikes by the US, UK and France were launched at 2am UK time and destroyed infrastructure at three sites connected to Syria’s chemical weapons programme near Damascus.:: LIVE – for live updates on the strikes on SyriaMr Mattis said double the number of weapons were used in the strikes compared with similar attacks on Syria carried out…