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Trans rights campaigner defends BBC show on gender neutrality, while many criticize its potentially harmful effects on children


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:03 UTC
gender neutral bathroom
© Mike Segar / Reuters
A prominent campaigner for transgender rights has defended a new BBC program exploring gender neutrality, arguing it teaches children that gender is not a "limiting factor." Critics, however, argue the show could be harmful to children.

The BBC2 documentary, 'No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?' explores the impact of breaking down gender stereotypes in a class of seven-year-olds at Lanesend Primary School on the Isle of Wight.

The show, which will be aired next week, examines the effect of getting primary school children to use same-sex bathrooms, and listen to stories in which the princess saves the knight, rather than the other way around.

The two-part documentary has attracted widespread criticism amid claims it will cause pupils psychological distress.
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Watch first broadcast from Trump Tower of 'Real News' by reporter who quit CNN (VIDEO)


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:41 UTC
Kayleigh McEnany
© Donald J. Trump / FacebookKayleigh McEnany
A CNN commentator has gone from working for what Donald Trump describes as "fake news" to appearing on the president's "real news" segment broadcast from inside Trump Tower.

Conservative commentator Kayleigh McEnany appeared on Trump's Facebook page to give a news segment on Sunday, one day after leaving CNN, where she was a regular defender of the president.

"Thank you for joining us as we provide the news of the week from Trump Tower here in New York," she said, before reading the "News of the Week" which included unemployment and jobs statistics.

"President Trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction," McEnany said after reporting Trump has created more than 1 million jobs, a claim that is disputed.
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Red Flag

Seriously? L'Oreal executive thinks male make-up counters could hit stores within five years

Katie Morley
The Telegraph
Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:33 UTC
male make up
Male make-up counters could become a reality within five years, the UK boss of L'Oreal has said, as it is no longer a taboo for the "selfie generation".

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Vismay Sharma, the cosmetics giant's UK managing director, said that demand for make-up among men was growing fast.

Speaking about the industry as a whole, he said male-targeted counters in department stores and drug stores could be a reality in "five to seven years".

According to Mr Sharma taboos are changing and make-up is becoming more accepted for men among what he describes as the "selfie generation".
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French jihadist de-radicalization center costing millions labeled a 'fiasco' by locals after being shut down


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:26 UTC
jihadist deradicalization center
© Charlotte Dubenskij / RT
Inappropriate and a waste of money - these are just two of the concerns listed by locals in a French commune that hosted the country's first de-radicalization center. While this very "experimental" facility got shut, other "small structures" could be opened.

The first - and so far the only - center was opened almost a year ago. It was aimed at solving the issue of radicalization, and was set to give therapy sessions and so-called 'citizenship classes' to assist marginalized youths with reintegration to French society.

The Pontourny center, in the commune of Beuamont-en-Veron, central France, was set to accommodate 25-30 people for 10 months at a time.

At the time of its opening, officials were enthusiastic, with local deputy Jean-Patrick Gille announcing that the center could be "an answer to parents who are in doubt," adding it would be an institution where "one could accompany their youths."
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Majority Americans support attacking N. Korea if it strikes South but are against preemptive attack


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:55 UTC
kim jong un
© KCNA / Reuters
The majority of Americans support using US troops to defend South Korea in the event of an attack by the North - for the first time in 27 years of polling on the issue, according to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Americans' support for military action against North Korea grew from 47 percent two years ago to 62 percent in the council's latest poll.

However, the survey found that a preemptive attack against North Korea's nuclear program does not have wide support. Overall, 28 percent of Americans favor sending US troops to destroy North Korea's nuclear facilities and 40 percent favor conducting airstrikes against its nuclear production facilities, according to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

"Military action carries with it the very real risk of retaliation and escalation, and as in past surveys, lacks public support," the group wrote.


Comment: As has often been the case in the US, preemptive attacks against another nation is rarely what the people want. This is why the Deep State has to resort to so many false flags - to get the public in line with what they want to do. See: False Flags: An American Tradition

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Director of CAGE Dr Adnan Siddiqui: 'Toxic' Prevent strategy fueling radicalization in Britain


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:10 UTC
UK policemen
© Peter Nicholls / Reuters
Prevent, the British government's counter-radicalization strategy, is fueling extremism rather than tackling it, according to the director of CAGE, speaking after a top anti-terrorism officer said criticism of the policy is the result of "ignorance."

Dr Adnan Siddiqui told RT the policy is "toxic" and "overwhelmingly" targets Muslims and their beliefs.

"Across the board Prevent is acknowledged as a deeply toxic policy. This has been echoed by hundreds of academics, politicians who've called for the policy to be scrapped, trade unions and student bodies.

"Additionally, the policy has been accused of fueling extremism by the former UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association."
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Shocking video of Russian freestyle wrestler Yuri Vlasko's murder appears online


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:38 UTC
Shocking video of Russian wrestler Yuri Vlasko
© Издательский дом Информ Полис / YouTube
Yuri Vlasko, murdered at the end of June in the Russian Republic of Buryatia, has appeared online.

The footage shows one of the attackers stabbing Vlasko, who was wearing a red track suit, in the chest among a group of people standing on the shore of Lake Baikal.
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'Shocking' experience: Utah mayor goes undercover for three days as homeless man


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 17:28 UTC
homeless person
© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
The mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah went undercover as a homeless person with just the clothes on his back before deciding where to place a new shelter. He has now spoken out about his experience, saying he "didn't feel safe" due to drug abuse and violence.

Mayor Ben McAdams can generally be found wearing a suit as he governs Utah's most populous county.

However, he broke that rule on March 24, when he left his office wearing jeans, sneakers, and a hoodie, and embarked on his new adventure as a homeless person.

He and an unnamed colleague left the comfort of their homes, their IDs, and their money behind. For three days and two nights, they immersed themselves with the city's homeless population, spending one night in a shelter and one on the streets.

The experiment, according to McAdams, was aimed at "deepening" his understanding of the current homeless system before he was forced to make a decision on where to place the county's third homeless resource center - a decision he knew would anger residents of whichever town he picked.
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First time for everything: Israel revokes Arab-Israeli terrorist's citizenship


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 03:31 UTC
Zayoud
© The Times of IsraelAlaa Raed Ahmad Zayoud, decitizenized
Israel has for the first time in its history stripped an Arab-Israeli of his citizenship. The move is in response to a car-ramming and stabbing attack that left four people injured two years ago. Human rights groups were quick to criticize the measure as setting a dangerous precedent.

Alaa Raed Ahmad Zayoud's Israeli citizenship was revoked Sunday by the Haifa Magistrate's Court. The man had been convicted on four counts of attempted murder and sentenced to a 25 year prison term in June last year. In October 2015, Zayoud drove his vehicle into an IDF soldier before getting out and stabbing three civilians near the Gan Shmuel Kibbutz.

"For every citizen, alongside his rights, there are commitments," Deputy President of the Haifa Magistrate's Court, Avraham Elyakim, said in his ruling. "One of them is the significant and important commitment to maintaining loyalty to the state, which is given expression also in the commitment to not carry out terror acts to harm its residents and their security."

Describing the sentencing as "suitable and proportional" given the crimes committed by Zayoud, the judge expressed hope that the measure will dissuade potential future attacks on Israelis.

Comment: With reports out of Israel, it is difficult to ascertain when facts are facts or the narrative is altered, through coercion, to serve a purpose.

Times of Israel also reported:
"The court decision strengthens the deterrent and strengthens our campaign to protect the security of the country," Deri said in a statement. "The decision states unequivocally that anyone who harms the state or its citizens can't be a part of it."

Zayoud had admitted to investigators that his attack was "nationalistically motivated," a police term indicating a terror attack. His confession marks a retraction from his initial claim that the attack was an accidental car collision, and the stabbings an act of self-defense after he was attacked by onlookers.

In his testimony, Zayoud told investigators he wished to kill himself by killing Jews.
There may be two very different stories of Zayoud's attack.

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British jihadists in Syria trained by secretive ISIS unit to launch UK suicide attacks


RT
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:56 UTC
Armed jihadists with ISIS flag
© AFPArmed jihadists with ISIS flag
British extremists in Syria are being trained to carry out suicide attacks on their return to the UK, an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighter captured by Kurdish forces claims.

The fighter told his captors that many European extremists were sent to the shadowy al-Kharsa Brigade upon arrival in Syria, where they would undertake months of arduous training in preparation for attacks, according to a report by the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times newspaper.

"It takes seven months to be trained in al-Kharsa brigade," the fighter reportedly said under interrogation.

"It is very hard. Every European who crosses the border to Syria, they are offered [the opportunity] to join. If 20 start the training, only five finish it. Then after that they go back to Europe and attack."

Comment: See also: Be very afraid: Report claims Interpol fears ISIS trained 173 bomb attackers for Europe

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