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Morning top 5: Essex arrests; Brexit extension uncertainty; and US restricts Cuban flights

British police are continuing to question four suspects over the deaths of 39 people in the back ...
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

08.26 26 Oct 2019


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Morning top 5: Essex arrests;...

Morning top 5: Essex arrests; Brexit extension uncertainty; and US restricts Cuban flights

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

08.26 26 Oct 2019


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British police are continuing to question four suspects over the deaths of 39 people in the back of a lorry in Essex, England.

A group that represents Vietnamese people in the UK says they have been given photos of nearly 20 people who have been reported missing by their families.

Viethome says they are aged between 15 and 45 years old.

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It is understood EU leaders are "very unlikely" to make a final decision on a Brexit extension before Tuesday.

They have agreed, in principle, to grant the UK an extension - but have not agreed how long it will be.

British MPs are expected to vote on Monday on whether to call a general election in December.

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Speed camera staff will start a 72-hour strike at 9.00am this morning.

Several GoSafe employees will down tools in a row over working conditions and union recognition.

But the company says safety cameras will be working over the entire Bank Holiday weekend.

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The US is restricting flights to Cuba, in what is seen as a row-back in relations between the two countries.

The US State Department says flights will only operate to Havana's Jose Marti International Airport.

It claims this is to prevent Cuba from "profiting" from US air travel.

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Democratic Unionists meet for their annual convention in Belfast today.

Last year's meeting saw cheers welcoming the attendance of the then Conservative back-bencher Boris Johnson.

But DUP relations with the now British Prime Minister have changed radically in the past year.


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