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Policing chief drops diversity guide telling officers not to say ‘black sheep’

A policing chief has torn up a diversity guide that told officers not to use the term “black sheep” saying the public want crime solved not “virtue signalling”.

In a statement to The Telegraph, Jonathan Ash-Edwards, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, said he had ordered a review of all such documents that “damage public trust and confidence in policing”.

It comes after The Telegraph revealed the nine-page diversity guide for staff at Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire forces that told police not to use the terms “black sheep” and “blacklisted” in case they offended someone.

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Inside an Islamic State camp shaken by US aid cuts

Reverberations are being felt around the world after it emerged that US President Donald Trump was pausing American foreign aid. Among the countries in an uncertain position is Syria, where authorities face an uphill struggle to secure camps and prisons after conflict.

From a distance, al-Hol camp looks like a tent city.

In 2019, after the defeat of Islamic State (IS) militants, about 40,000 IS family members were housed in this camp in the Kurdish-controlled region of north-eastern Syria.

They say this like it’s a bad thing.

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Welsh woman fined, hit with restraining order for sending ‘malicious’ fart videos to partner’s ex: ‘She was smirking throughout’

A Welsh woman was fined and hit with a restraining order for sending her boyfriend’s ex-partner a series of videos of herself farting as part of a bizarre harassment campaign, according to a report.

Rhiannon Evans, 25, pestered her beau’s ex, Deborah Prytherch, with multiple videos of herself laughing while cutting the cheese directly into the camera, according to the Daily Post.

h/t Patti Jo

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No survivors from D.C. plane crash, officials believe, as recovery operations begin

Officials believe that all passengers and crew onboard American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided midair Wednesday evening with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, were killed, and are pivoting search-and-rescue teams to recovery operations. “At this point, we don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident,” D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly said Thursday at a news conference, adding that rescue teams have recovered 27 bodies from the plane and one body from the helicopter. The PSA Airlines-operated American Airlines aircraft was flying from Wichita to National Airport with 60 passengers and four crew members, and the helicopter was on a training flight with three service members on board.

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Newly discovered ‘Christmas asteroid’ could collide with Earth

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is possible

An asteroid the width of a full-size football pitch could hit Earth in seven years, astronomers have warned.

A space rock between 40 and 100 metres wide was spotted on Christmas Day by a telescope in Chile, in South America, which specialises in identifying objects in space that could collide with our planet.

Analysis of the rock and its flight revealed it is moving away from Earth at around 38,000mph but its orbit will bring it into close proximity around Christmas 2032.

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Meet the ‘Black Sheep’ of the Trudeau clan: Why Justin’s MAGA brother who crashed RFK’s Senate hearing is NOT even the most cringeworthy in the Canadian first family

One seemingly unlikely supporter sat dead center in the audience of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

In a shaggy beard, wire-rimmed glasses and a forest green ‘Make America Healthy Again’ hat, the man could have been mistaken for an ordinary member of the public – but he, too, is linked to a political dynasty.

Meet the least-known member of uber-progressive, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s extended family – Justin’s half-brother, Kyle Kemper.

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American Airlines plane crashes with helicopter near Reagan National Airport

An American Airlines passenger plane that departed from Wichita, Kansas, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening and crashed into the Potomac River, according to law enforcement, a statement from the airline and people familiar with the incident.

Talk of 60 dead. Twitter – Helicopter

NEW

h/t Canucklehead, Hermes and DS

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Sunny Hostin Scoffs at Woman Burned to Death By Illegal Immigrant

There was a disturbing display of heartlessness on Tuesday’s episode of The View as ABC News co-host Sunny Hostin scoffed at the story of Debrina Kawam, the 57-year-old who was burned to death on a New York City subway on New Year’s Eve by a criminal illegal immigrant. She demanded Americans ignore such instances of illegal immigrants killing people and “care and the stats and the facts” that supposedly show they’re peaceful. She proclaimed this after saying America “lacks empathy” for illegals.

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