The latest issue (Picture: AP)The latest issue of Charlie Hebdo shows a decapitated Theresa May carrying her own head.
Captioned ‘English multiculturalism,’ the prime minister proclaims
‘Too much is too much’ in what seems a reference to her ‘Enough is
enough’ speech.
The ‘horrific’ magazine also mocks the victims of the London Bridge
terror attacks, with many readers saying the satirical publication went
too far with both drawings and their message.
‘Slimming advice from Isis,’ the caption reads alongside a picture of
people running with Big Ben in the background, one of them still carrying his pint of beer.
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‘I remember supporting Charlie Hebdo during their attacks, only to be mocked by them for ours,’ Liam Connell wrote on Twitter.
The drawing of Theresa May was finished on the eve of the election, before the damaging result for the prime minister was known.
Charlie Hebdo has become notorious for posting racist and
inflammatory cartoons, including one mocking the image of drowned Alan
Kurdi.
It asked if he would have become a ‘groper’ if he had lived.
Disgusting cartoon in Charlie Hebdo ("what would've become of Aylan had he grown up? A groper") via @faizazpic.twitter.com/iB4myFb1ke
Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei,
whom Uber hired this week, is expected to help facilitate these changes
as the company’s first senior vice president of leadership and
strategy.
At Harvard, she leads the executive education program and teaches management. In 2011, she pushed an experiment to change its curriculum, rules and social rituals to foster female success. At
the end of two years, HBS had become a much better place for female
students, according to dozens of professors, administrators, and
students interviewed by The New York Times.
‘Frei strongly believes in women’s leadership’
Frei is known as an advocate for female empowerment.
“The
first question she asked to the classroom was, “When [do] you feel you
are at your best?” My answer is ‘When I do something for someone else’.
And she told me ‘You are a woman,’” Giovanna Della Posta, who attended
the General Management Program at HBS in 2016, told Yahoo Finance. “Frei
strongly believes in women’s leadership. The school even changed the
rules to give more opportunities to females.”
As a leader who made one environment better for women, Frei may be particularly qualified to help transform a workplace at Uber that’s been described as sexist.
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
In a statement
on Monday, Uber said Frei’s “expertise will be invaluable to the
company as we take on the next chapter.” Meanwhile, Uber Board member
Arianna Huffington tweeted to welcome the appointment and call Frei “a real force for transformation.”
“I
know she is excited to engage with, contribute to, and learn from the
company as it continues the job of managing its growth and resources,”
Cullen Schmitt, Senior Communications Coordinator at HBS, told Yahoo
Finance. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for both her and the company, and
one that extends the legacy of HBS faculty members keeping close to
practice throughout the School’s history.”
It’s
not Frei’s first time taking a leadership role outside of academia. She
served on the Board of Directors at Advance Auto Parts (APP)
from 2009 to 2013, a time when the automotive parts retailer’s stock
price soared more than 300%. Now, she serves as a board member at Blue Buffalo Pet Products and Viewpost,
a New York-based fintech providing electronic invoicing. She’s taking a
leave of absence from Harvard and plans to commute to the West Coast
from her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Frei
joins the Uber team at a tough time for the company. She will report to
CEO Travis Kalanick, who admitted in February, “I need leadership help
and I intend to get it,” in an apology posted hours after a leaked video showing him in a heated argument with an Uber driver.
Could
this be the comeback for Uber? Frei has her work cut out for her, but
her positive track record at HBS may bode well for Uber.
If
you’re an Uber customer, you may notice Frei’s influence on the
company. She continuously emphasizes the need to identify customer
behavior and what the customer values. Within a Forbes article, that she co-authored with Anne Morriss, she said, “Excellence is being great at the things your customers value most.”
The Federal Government has deployed 44 career ambassadors-designate to their respective countries of accreditation.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olusola Enikaolaye, however, added that the
envoys were yet to resume in their countries of assignment because of
the delay in the memorandum from one country to another agreeing to the
appointment of an ambassador.
The Permanent Secretary explained
yesterday, in Abuja, that the ambassadors-designate would resume when
agreements have been obtained from the prospective countries.
He said: “There are three categories of
ambassadors that President Muhammadu Buhari has already approved. The
first set was announced publicly and those are the ones going to
International organisations in New York, Geneva, and the Africa Union in
Addis Ababa.
“The New Permanent Representative in New
York, Prof. Mohammed Tijani, has already assumed duty. Ambassador A.A
Kadir, an ambassador and Permanent Representative in Geneva has
submitted his letter of credence and assumed duty.
“The third one is Bankole Adeoye,
ambassador to the African Union at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Adeoye is
awaiting his agreement to proceed to Addis Ababa,” Enikaolaye explained.
According to him, the second category is
the career ambassadors who have all been deployed in their respective
countries of accreditation.
“However, they cannot proceed until we
receive agreements for all of them; they are about 44 in this category,”
he clarified and noted that agreements were trickling in.
The permanent secretary also disclosed
that non-career ambassadors had yet to be deployed because they have not
been assigned to countries.
“That work is in progress; as soon as
that is completed, the countries to which they have been deployed will
be the first to know.
“And once the agreement is received for
each of them, we will make the announcement, but we will not make an
announcement until the countries have given consent, which is
agreement,” he stated, noting that this would be completed in a few
weeks.
He said the ministry was taking necessary
steps to fast-track the process to ensure the deployment of the envoys
without further delay.
There have been arrests in Barking this morning (Picture: PA)
Two addresses in east London are being searched by police in connection with Saturday’s deadly terror attack in the capital.
The Metropolitan Police said officers entered properties in Newham
and Barking at 4.15am on Monday and ‘a number’ of people have been
detained. Victim of London Bridge attack died in fiance's arms
Searches were continuing at both addresses, police added.
Residents reported hearing ‘loud flash bangs and gunshots’ in the early hours of Monday morning.
Twitter user BatemanLDN said: ‘It woke me up along with the whole street. Extremely loud bangs followed by gunshot bangs.
‘All ok – very shaken residents nearby though. All quietened down now.’
Simon Tucker wrote: ‘Heard this in the Dagenham area at around 4:15
am. Started with loud explosion sound. Followed by about 20 shots, Some
sounded distant.’
Seven people were killed int he terror attack (Picture: Barcroft)
Terrorists brought carnage to the streets of Britain for the second
time in as many weeks, killing seven and leaving 21 fighting for their
lives.
Pedestrians were mowed down by a van on London Bridge before
attackers stabbed a police officer and revellers around Borough Market
with 12-inch knives.
One of the attackers shouted ‘this is for Allah’ as he knifed a man
near a pub – while the Islamic State militant group claimed its fighters
carried out the attack.
The three men, wearing fake suicide bomb vests, were shot dead by
eight officers outside a pub after police opened fire with an
‘unprecedented’ hail of 50 bullets, while a bystander was also shot.
Officers say they know the identities of the men who carried out the
attack and will release the names ‘as soon as operationally possible’.
Scotland Yard said seven women and five men aged between 19 and 60
were arrested under the Terrorism Act in Barking on Sunday. A
55-year-old man was later released without charge.
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A vigil will be held on Monday evening near London Bridge in honour
of the victims of the attack, which took place at around 10pm, while a
minute’s silence will take place at 11am on Tuesday.
The first victim of the attack has been named as Canadian national
Christine Archibald, who worked in a homeless shelter until she moved to
Europe to be with her fiance.
Her family said in a statement: ‘We grieve the loss of our beautiful,
loving daughter and sister. She had room in her heart for everyone and
believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected.
‘She would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty that caused her death.’
Network Rail said London Bridge rail and London Underground stations reopened at 5am but the rail station will be exit only.
People from around the world were caught up as hundreds cowered in
pubs and restaurants, barricading themselves inside as the attackers
stalked the streets.
Tales of heroism emerged in the aftermath, with one British Transport
Police officer taking on the trio armed only with his baton before
being stabbed in the head, face and leg.
An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer was also injured after he tackled the men.
Forty-eight people were left in hospital, 21 critically injured.
As counter-terrorism police units and security services launched a
huge investigation for the third time in a matter of weeks, officers
arrested a dozen people in raids on flats in Barking, east London, where
residents said they believed one of the terrorists may have lived.
One neighbour said one of the attackers had recently asked him how he could hire a van.
A friend of one of the attackers also told the BBC Asian Network he
had reported him to the anti-terror hotline after he began expressing
increasingly radical views and justifying terror attacks, but the man
said he was never arrested.
Two suspects were also detained in East Ham.
Witnesses to Saturday’s attack said the terrorists deliberately drove
into pedestrians on London Bridge shortly after 10pm – in the same way
as Westminster Bridge attacker Khalid Masood.
Attacking people after abandoning the van, they headed to Borough
Market where the pubs and restaurants were packed with Saturday night
crowds, many watching the Champions League final between Juventus and
Real Madrid in Cardiff.
One woman, Elizabeth O’Neill, said her son Daniel was approached by
one of the men who said, ‘this is for my family, this is for Islam’,
before sticking a knife in him.
The 23-year-old was left with a seven-inch wound from his stomach to
his back and was saved by a friend who applied a tourniquet and took him
downstairs in a pub.
With her son being treated in King’s College Hospital, Mrs O’Neill
condemned the terrorists as ‘callous and barbaric’, saying: ‘These
people say they are doing it in the name of God, which is an absolute
joke.’
Giving an update on the investigation outside New Scotland Yard, the
Met’s assistant commissioner Mark Rowley said ‘significant progress’ had
been made in identifying the attackers.
He said that as well as more armed police across the capital in
coming days, ‘the public will also see increased physical measures in
order to keep public safe on London’s bridges’.
The Government’s emergency Cobra committee gathered on Sunday afternoon, for the second time that day, to discuss the attack.
Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a stark assessment of the threat
facing the UK, saying that although there was no direct link between
the three incidents, ‘terrorism breeds terrorism’.
She warned Britain is in the grip of a spate of copycat terror plots
and stated her determination to stamp out ‘safe spaces’ that exist in
the real world, saying: ‘There is – to be frank – far too much tolerance
of extremism in our country.’
Mrs May set out a four-pronged strategy to tackle terror by
countering radical ideology; clamping down on online extremism;
preventing the growth of segregated communities; and giving extra powers
to police, security agencies and courts.
But Labour complained she was getting involved in political debate on
a day when the parties had agreed to halt election campaigning until
the evening – before leader Jeremy Corbyn denounced her record on
dealing with the terror threat, accusing her of denying resources to the
police and security services.
After Mrs May delivered her bleak appraisal of the risk facing the
UK, US president Donald Trump, in a series of early morning tweets,
lashed out at London mayor Sadiq Khan for his response to the attack,
saying it is time to ‘stop being politically correct’ about terrorism.
However, the president’s criticism of Mr Khan for suggesting
Londoners should not be ‘alarmed’ was based on a clear misinterpretation
of some of the mayor’s comments.
In a withering riposte, a spokesman for the mayor said: ‘He has more
important things to do than respond to Donald Trump’s ill-informed
tweet.’
And Lew Lukens, the acting US ambassador to the UK, said: ‘I commend
the strong leadership of the @MayorofLondon as he leads the city forward
after this heinous attack.’
Meanwhile, Ariana Grande returned to Manchester less than a fortnight
after bomber Salma Abedi detonated a bomb in the foyer of the
Manchester Arena, killing 22.
Take That, Niall Horan and Miley Cyrus kicked off the One Love
Manchester benefit concert at Old Trafford to remember the those killed
and the survivors of the suicide bomb attack at before Grande herself
took to the stage to the delight of her thousands of fans in the
audience.
Everything we know about the London Bridge terror attack so far
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A van ploughed into pedestrians enjoying a night out in London
Bridge, before attackers went from bar to bar stabbing people around
Borough Market.
The horrific, brutal attack has been officially declared a terrorist incident.
Since the attack was first reported last night, police officers,
paramedics and doctors have been working through the early hours of the
morning to help those injured in the attacks.
Here is everything we know so far.
What happened
Seven people were killed and 48 seriously injured in the attack. Out of those, 21 are in a critical condition.
The emergency services were first called to reports of a white van
driving into several people on London Bridge at 10.08pm on Saturday.
The entire area and nearby railway stations were closed, including London Bridge.
Witnesses reported seeing the van driving at around 50mph, mounting the pavement and sweving into a number of people.
Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time, said:
‘A white van driver came speeding – probably about 50mph – veered off
into the crowds of people who were walking along the pavement.
‘He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people.’
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The van, which had been driving from north of the river, then drove
towards Borough Market – which was especially busy because it was
Saturday night.
When it arrived, the suspects stabbed several people in a crowded
area. They then went from bar to bar, attacking people with 12-inch
hunting knives.
Shots were then heard in the area, which was later confirmed to have been police officers shooting the suspects dead.
(Picture: PA)
Met Police later confirmed that seven people had died and at least 48
hospitalised. In addition, the three suspected attackers were shot dead
– within eight minutes of first responders arriving on the scene.
Two police officers were seriously injured in the attack – one Met
officer, and another from the British Transport Police. One of the
officers, who was first on the scene of the attack, took on the three
armed terrorists with nothing but his baton.
A third police unit was sent to the Vauxhall area after reports of a
stabbing, but this was later confirmed to not be connected to the
attacks in London Bridge and Borough Market.
Victims
Seven people died in the attack.
London Ambulance Service said it had taken at least 48 injured people
to five different London hospitals, while those described as ‘walking
wounded’ were treated at the Andaz Hotel near Liverpool Street, where
there were paramedics and more armed officers. Later, it was confirmed
that 21 people were in a critical condition.
A British Transport Police officer who was left ‘seriously injured’ was reportedly stabbed in the face, head, and leg.
Police boats searched the River Thames for anyone who may have fallen from the bridge during the attack.
Canadian national Chrissy Archibald was confirmed as having
tragically passed away in the attack. A French national, who has not
been named, also died on Saturday night.
Who can you call if you’re concerned about loved ones
Anyone concerned about friends or relatives can call the Met Police’s Casualty Bureau, which remains open.
Call 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197.
The attackers
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Three men, believed to be the attackers, have been shot by police.
Police said the men were shot within eight minutes of officers receiving the first reports of the attack.
Witnesses described seeing between two and four men getting out of the van after it crashed just south of London Bridge.
A photographer at the scene, outside the Wheatsheaf pub, took a photo
of one of the suspects wearing a vest with canisters strapped to
themselves. The vests later turned out to be fake.
The person who took the photo said he then saw the attackers being shot by police.
On Sunday afternoon, police raided a property in Barking. They made
12 arrests in connection to Saturday night’s attack – six men and six
women.
What’s happening now
(Picture: Getty Images)THE INVESTIGATION
The ongoing investigation is being led by the Counter Terrorism Command.
Police say they believe they’ve caught all of the attackers, which is
why the country’s terrorism threat level was not raised to ‘critical’,
as it was in the wake of the Manchester atrocity.
The Met and BTP said cordons put in place on Saturday night would ‘remain well into Monday’. MET POLICE’S FULL STATEMENT
In a statement released on Sunday night at 10pm, the Met Police’s
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said: ‘We would like to thank the
media for their continued support, restraint and understanding in not
speculating as to who the suspects are in this fast moving
investigation.
‘I would like to assure them and the public that this is directly
assisting the progression of the investigation and confirm we will
release the identities of the three men directly responsible for the
attacks yesterday, Saturday, 3 June, as soon as operationally possible.
‘Officers have been working tirelessly to process the crime scenes
and release the cordons. We are hopeful that some of the cordons around
London Bridge station will be released during the course of tomorrow
morning but consult TFL website before you set out on your journey’s
into and around London tomorrow.
‘The public can expect to see additional police – both armed and
unarmed officers – across the Capital as you would expect in these
circumstances. And our security and policing plans for events are being
reviewed, the public will also see increased physical measures on
London’s bridges to keep the public safe.’ TRANSPORT
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After the attack London Bridge, Borough, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street stations were all completely closed.
However, Borough station reopened on Sunday evening, and all other stations reopened on Monday morning.
The Thames was briefly closed, but reopened to boats on Sunday morning. HOSPITALS
Guy’s Hospital, which is in the London Bridge area, was placed on
lockdown as a precaution to keep staff and patients safe. St Thomas’ and
the Evelina Children’s Hospital a mile away were also put on lockdown.
This has however now been lifted.
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