Labour reshuffle: Diane Abbott made shadow home secretary

Image copyright PA Image caption The appointments of Diane Abbott, Shami Chakrabarti, Nick Brown and Keir Starmer were announced on Thursday Diane Abbott has been promoted to shadow home secretary in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn"s front bench reshuffle.
Ex-Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti is shadow attorney general and Keir Starmer, who left the team in June amid a wave of resignations, returns as shadow Brexit secretary.
But Dame Rosie Winterton, who had tried to negotiate between Mr Corbyn and many of his MPs, is out as chief whip.
Mr Corbyn"s critics have suggested the reshuffle will fail to unify the party.
One senior figure said the reshuffle so far looked “vengeful and cack-handed”, and Middlesbrough South MP Tom Blenkinsop accused Mr Corbyn of “seeking submission not unity”.
Another MP, Neil Coyle, told BBC Radio 5 live that Dame Rosie"s work during a difficult period for Labour had been “underestimated”.
He said that, despite everything, “the parliamentary vot..

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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling knocks cyclist off bike

The transport secretary knocked cyclist Jaiqi Liu off his bike as he opened the door of his ministerial car in October.

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Donald Trump chooses Rex Tillerson as secretary of state

“A DIPLOMAT that happens to be able to drill oil.” That is how Reince Priebus, Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff, described Rex Tillerson, the boss of ExxonMobil, who was nominated this week as America’s secretary of state. In fact, Mr Tillerson, 64, is an oil driller through and through, has spent 41 years furthering the ambitions of one of the world’s..

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Trump picks "Mad Dog" Mattis as defence secretary

Image Caption: General Mattis has an admirable service record but there are fears about his diplomatic ability Controversial retired general James Mattis has been named by Donald Trump as his choice for defence secretary.
The 66-year-old retired from the Marine Corps in 2013, having served as the commander of the US Central Command.
Nicknamed “Mad Dog”, he ..

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Fifa should "see sense" over poppy ban - culture secretary

Image copyright PA Image caption Fifa says the poppy is a “political” symbol that goes against its rules A cabinet minister has urged Fifa to “see sense” and drop disciplinary action against England and Scotland for wearing poppies on armbands during a match on Armistice Day.
The FAs of both countries were charged by world football"s governing body after their teams wore the armbands for a World Cup qualifier at Wembley.
Fifa said teams were not allowed to wear “political” symbols when playing.
But Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said the action should be withdrawn.
Fifa made its position clear in the build-up to the game on 11 November, saying it was applying its rule 4.4 concerning political, religious or commercial messages.
England and Scotland chose to defy the sport"s governing body, wearing black armbands with poppies on for the game, which England won 3-0.
Is the poppy a political symbol? Five reasons people don"t wear poppies Conservative MP Mrs Bradley, wh..

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"Mad dog" general tipped for Trump cabinet

Video: Donald Trump continues cabinet talks Donald Trump and Mike Pence are having further discussions at the President-elect"s New Jersey golf club over who should be in their cabinet.
Several senior posts in the administration have already been filled including US attorney general, CIA director, national security adviser, White House chief of staff and chief strategist.
But there are a number of top jobs still up for grabs and among those seeing Mr Trump have been former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
“Numerous patriots will be coming to Bedminster,” Mr Trump tweeted, adding that he is continuing to “fill out the various positions necessary to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Speaking to Fox News, Vice President-elect Mr Pence refused to be drawn on whether retired Marine Corps General James Mattis would become defence secretary.
Mr Trump had earlier tweeted that the four-star General had been shortlisted for the job of leading the Pentagon, ref..

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz

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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Former Secretary General Of NATO, Talks Russia And Syria

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Former Home Secretary David Blunkett on Labour"s Approach to Syria

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New emails released from Clinton"s time as Secretary of State

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