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LONDON 鈥?A lobbying scandal swirling around former British Prime Minister David Cameron has deepened with claims that a senior civil servant held down a part-time job with a now-bankrupt financial firm that was awarded lucrative g stanley cup overnment contracts.The main opposition Labour Party called a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday to demand a full parliamentary in stanley france quiry into the relationship between government ministers, civil servants and Greensill Capital, a financial services firm that collapsed last month, threatening thousands of jobs at a British steelmaker it helped finance.The Conservative government has launched an investigation led by a lawyer, but opponents doubt it will get to the truth. Opposition parties are calling for tougher rules on contacts between business repres stanley termohrnek entatives and government officials, saying Britains laxly enforced lobbying regulations leave the door open to corruption.Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said the revelations showed the sleaze and cronyism thats at the heart of this Conservative government. We need to overhaul this whole broken system, he said.A series of news reports over the last month revealed that Cameron lobbied senior government officials on behalf of a finance firm founded by Australian banker Lex Greensill, a former adviser to Camerons 2010-2016 Conservative-led government.Greensill Capital was given a lucrative role in supply chain finance arrangements that saw it pay contractors on behalf of the governmen Vtph Workers clear out of Russian consulate in San Francisco
JERUSALEM 鈥?The Israeli military raided a Palestinian radio station in the West Bank on Tuesday and confiscated equipment it said was being used to broadcast calls to attack Israelis.The military said it shut down the Al Hurria radio station in the city of Hebron overnight, accusing it of inciting violence.Israel says the current spate of violence that started in mid-September has been set off by a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement surrounding a sensitive Jerusalem holy site. The Palestinians counter by saying it is a result of frustration from nearly a half-century of occupation.Eleven Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings. Sixty-nine Palestinians have died by Israeli fire, including 43 who Israel says were involved in attacks or attempted attacks.The violence shows no signs of abating. On Monday, a Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded a 70- stanley quencher year-old man in central Israel just hours after another Palestinian knifed several people, including an 80-year-old woman, in a stabbing spree near Tel Aviv. stanley cup Hebron, the largest West Bank city, has been a particular flashpoint. Several hundred Jewish settlers live in fortified enclaves in the city, amid tens of thousands of Palestinians.The military says over the past month Palestinians have carried out 29 attacks in the city, including 22 stabbings, four ve stanley cup hicular assaults and three shooting attacks.It says the Al Hurria station has been encouraging stabbing attacks and glorifying the attackers. |
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