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A man is being sought by police for directing anti-Semitic abuse towards Jewish children on the #London Underground. He was filmed reading anti-Jewish Bible passages to two boys in skullcaps traveling with family on the Northern Line at about midday on Friday. "He was just screaming at these children," said Chris Atkins, who filmed the incident. "It was the children that really got me and everyone else, he was just screaming at these children. It was horrific in every sense," he said. British Transport Police is looking for the man and appealing for witnesses. British Transport Police said: "A video circulating online showed passengers being harassed and being targeted with anti-Semitic abuse. #racism

Qatar had prior knowledge of Iran attack on four oil vessels in the Gulf of #Oman and it failed to inform it's western allies, an intelligence report obtained exclusively by Fox News says, this further confirms the allegations against #Qatar that they support & fund #terrorism. A U.S. Department of Defense spokesman reached for comment by Fox News said: “We do not discuss matters of intelligence.” Lawmakers from two European NATO powers told Fox News that it would demand answers to the report from their respective governments. Nathalie Goulet, a member of the French senate and a major figure in European counterterrorism, told Fox News via email that she was “very concerned” after seeing the intelligence report. https://www.foxnews.com/world/qatar-iran-attack-vessels-intelligence-allies

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to life with a minimum jail term of 26 years for the murder of Jodie Chesney. Drug dealer Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and his runner, a 17-year-old boy, were found guilty of killing the girl scout following a trial at the Old Bailey earlier this month. Judge Wendy Joseph sentenced the 17-year-old Arron Isaacs to life with a minimum sentence of at least 18 years. Explaining the sentences, Judge Wendy Joseph QC told the court she was "satisfied" Ong-a-Kwie had stabbed Jodie while Isaacs was a "willing supporter".

A half-brother and sister from Sheffield, engaged in an incestuous relationship, have been given life sentences for murdering their two teenage sons, and a plot to kill their four other children. They both received minimum 35-year sentences. Sarah Barrass, 35, and Brandon Machin, 39, pleaded guilty to murdering Blake Barrass, 14, and Tristan Barrass, 13, as well as conspiracy to murder four other children under 13. In a police interview, Barrass said she had planned to kill herself afterward. A visitor to the house told police they had heard Barrass tell her children: "I gave you life, I can take it away." Prosecutor Kama Melly said: "None of the children wanted to take the tablets but were forced to do so. https://news.sky.com/story/sarah-barrass-evil-mother-jailed-for-murdering-two-teenage-sons-11859749

The UK has escaped a recession despite seeing the biggest year-on-year slowdown in nearly a decade. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the 0.3% growth for the latest quarter signaled the economy "slowing" as UK GDP had grown at 1% since the same period in 2018. This represents the weakest annual rate since 2010. However, the expansion meant the UK avoided a recession, defined by two successive quarters of economic decline. It shrank by 0.2% in three months to June 2019, as businesses dealt with the fallout of stockpiling after Brexit was delayed from its first deadline in March.

people are being evacuated from their homes and there is chaos on the roads and trains after torrential rain flooded South Yorkshire. Five severe warnings meaning a danger to life are in place along the River Don in Doncaster with some residents being told to leave their homes. More than 100 flood warnings are in place across England Fran Lowe, from the Environment Agency (EA), said urged people to take them seriously "as they represent a threat to life". The average monthly rainfall total for Yorkshire at this time of year is 89mm (3.5in). The north of England and the Midlands were hit by flooding chaos on Thursday night, with the highest rainfall recorded at Swineshaw in the Peak District, which had 112mm (4.4in) in 24 hours. Parts of Sheffield experienced 85mm (3.4in) during the same period.

Twitter pic: @KBGDunn Several people have been injured after part of a ceiling collapsed at a theatre in #London's West End. Emergency services were called just before 8pm following the incident during a performance of Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre. A picture from the scene showed a large hole in the ceiling about three or four metres wide, with wires protruding in the middle of it. Witnesses reported there had been a "slight dripping sound" and "running water" followed by "lots of screams" from audience members.