Stories for April 9th 2018

Monday, April 9th 2018 - 12:19 UTC
Falkland Islands joins RAF centenary celebrations

The Falkland Islands also joined Royal Air Force centenary celebrations. Despite poor weather the hangar event held at Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, to celebrate RAF 100 the Royal Air Force Centenary (April 1) “went off perfectly,” according to spokesperson for the event.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 09:21 UTC
Facebook suspends Canadian company allegedly linked to UK Leave campaign

Facebook has suspended a Canadian data firm that played a key role in the campaign for the UK to leave the EU. The social media giant said AggregateIQ (AIQ) may have improperly received users' data. It cites reported links with the parent company of Cambridge Analytica (CA), the consultancy accused of improperly accessing the data of millions.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Italy's right wing parties say they are ready to form a new government

Italy’s three main rightist parties on Sunday vowed to present a united front in a fresh round of talks on forming a new government next week, defying attempts by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to divide them in coalition negotiations.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Re-elected thorn for the European Union: landslide victory for Hungary's Orban

Hungary's all-powerful premier Viktor Orban, his party victorious in elections Sunday, is the self-styled defender of Christian Europe against the “poison” of immigration, an admirer of “illiberal democracy” and a thorn in the European Union's side.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
UK fishermen day of fury over Brexit “abject betrayal”: UK waters control delayed from 2019 to 2021

English fishermen are taking part in a day of protests against what they say is an “abject betrayal” over Brexit. Protesters gathered in Plymouth, Whitstable, Hastings, Portsmouth, Milford Haven and Newcastle. Fishermen say promises of immediate control over UK waters on leaving the EU next year have been dropped.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Lula's defense hopes for an early retrieve if Supreme Court changes a key law

Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began a 12-year jail sentence on Saturday in Curitiba, could win an early reprieve if the country's top court decides to change a key law. Marco Aurelio Mello, a judge at the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), said he would petition the divided court next Wednesday to revisit the current law on incarceration during appeals.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Only Russia could have committed this crime

by Boris Johnson - Sometimes it seems as if running a good cover-up is the main job of the Kremlin. No other government devotes as much time and effort to the business of trying to sabotage or discredit international inquiries.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:22 UTC
Deutsche Bank sacks Brit CEO amid continued losses

Deutsche Bank has dismissed its British-born chief executive John Cryan amid continued losses at Germany's biggest lender. Co-deputy chief executive Christian Sewing will take over the role with immediate effect. Since Mr. Cryan began the job in 2015, there have been a series of scandals as well as three years of reported losses.