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While you were sleeping: 19 June 2017

London vehicle ramming injures mosque goers, Mali attackers kill two, and Brexit negotiations to start today.
John Stupart
By John Stupart
19 Jun





Monday, 19 June 2017


“Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.”
Holly Black




 



 















Three weeks after the Guptas’ private email correspondence began cascading into the public domain, revealing the depth of the capture of the South African state, we are yet to see outrage and a fightback from the ANC. The party elected to govern by South African people, but now essentially cuckolded by the Guptas, has shown it is powerless against the family. The Guptas appear to be still pushing buttons behind the scenes and their main focus is to ensure that they stack the deck at the ANC’s 54th national conference, mostly to secure their new Number One. 





 



 



 









Vehicle ramming kills one in London



One person was arrested following a vehicle ramming outside a mosque in Finsbury Park overnight. One person has died and several have been injured in the attack, being targeted deliberately as they left the local mosque. A local human rights NGO noted that there had been a sharp rise recently in anti-Muslim hate crimes.





 





Brexit talks begin



Britain and the EU are set to begin the long process of Brexit negotiations today. Britain, now reeling from post-election disunity, could not be in a weaker negotiating position if it tried. Brexit minister David Davis noted that he was looking to secure "a deal like no other in history". His counterparts in Brussels, meanwhile, might think otherwise.





 









Mali terrorist attack kills two



Two people were killed when gunmen stormed a popular tourist resort in Mali. Attackers shouting "Allahu ackbar" entered the Le Campement Kangaba, east of the capital Bamako. Shooting wildly and ultimately taking over 30 people hostage, the attackers were eventually killed by French and Malian forces.





 





Pressure too much for India - Kohli



India's captain Virat Kohli has acknowledged that the pressure created by Pakistan's bowlers were just too much, resulting in a stunning Champion's Trophy result for the latter. Pakistan stunned the world with an impressive 180-run victory over India, showing a stellar performance in batting and bowling. Kohli conceded that: "In the end ... you have to accept and admire sometimes the skill of the opposition."





 









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IN NUMBERS


7



The percentage of Americans who believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.





 









FACTS OF THE DAY



Today in 1974 Garfield makes his debut.


A groundhog is actually a type of squirrel.





 









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