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Boris Johnson is urged to end the UK's belated crackdown on social media abuse following the murder of David Amess by finally enforcing the Online Harms Bill.  The legislation aims to target tech companies that fail to remove illegal and harmful content with hefty fines. promised already in 2019, but there is still no date for its launch.  At a special council session devoted to the assassinated Southend West congressman on Monday, Conservative colleague Mark Francois said the bill should now be placed "in the law book" - and offered to call it "law of David".  China, saying Britain will not "reject" the East Asian nation's investments despite ongoing feuds with Beijing over human rights violations and Hong Kong.  London Investment Summit, the prime minister said in an interview with Bloomberg that China would continue to play a role "in the UK economy, but insisted the government would not be" naive.

Tory MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times during surgery in his constituency of Essex.  Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested for murder after the attack on a church in LeighonSea. They have recovered a knife and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.  An anti-terrorism team will investigate. Boris Johnson has expressed his shock and sadness at the loss of "one of the nicest people" in politics.  Interior Minister Priti Patel called on all police forces to review security arrangements for parliamentarians "with immediate effect", a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said.  Sir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children. She is the second sitting assistant to be killed in the past five years, following the murder of Labor MP Jo Cox in 2016. She was killed outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was scheduled to undergo a surgical intervention. The investigation

The annual Climate Transparency Report has been released, displaying the bloc's according to capita emissions are better than the G20 average (7.nine to 7.5).  It is the world’s maximum complete annual overview of G20 countries’ weather motion and their transition to a net-0 emissions economy. Developed via way of means of professionals from sixteen accomplice organizations from the bulk of the G20 countries, the record informs policymakers and stimulates country wide debates. They noted:  “The EU’s weather regulations and commitments want sizable upgrades to be regular with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature limit. "The EU isn't assembly its ‘honest proportion contributions to weather motion.” It is produced to function a beneficial reference for decision-makers and actors, and additionally for the ones crucial for weather for whom weather isn't crucial. The overview is primarily based totally on a hundred signs for adaptation, mitigation and finance and goals to

Most public schools on Long Island are working to inform parents of COVID19 infections at a time when the number cases increased by more than 60%, according to the latest state data.  More than 6,400 school-aged residents in Nassau and Suffolk counties had tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, according to the latest lab reports compiled by the state Department of Health.  Those numbers were up 64% from the 3,920 517-year-old residents reported infected between September 11. September 1 and 29. National and local authorities have said in recent weeks that infection rates remain manageable in an area with a school population of more than 400,000 students.  Authorities at both levels have stepped up efforts to inform the public of the numbers of affected students, teachers and other school staff.  However, the District of Hempstead, which is Nassau's largest K12 system, was recently targeted for failing to report cases in Albany, as required by the state. District Superintenden

Los Angeles City Councilor Mark Ridley Thomas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of accepting bribes from a dean of USC in exchange for millions of dollars in public funding directed to the university while he was in the Los Departmental Supervisory Board.  Ridley Thomas is accused of conspiring with Marilyn Louise Flynn, then dean of USC's School of Social Work, to channel money from the county to the university in exchange for her son Sebastian's admission to the university. university with a scholarship and a paid teaching position.  Ridley Thomas, 66, one of Los Angeles' most powerful figures in politics, is the third member of Los City's city council to face federal corruption charges in the past two years. In a 20-count indictment, he and Flynn face allegations of conspiracy, bribery, and mail and telematics fraud.  The alleged bribe scheme is the latest in a string of scandals that have tainted USC's reputation in recent years.  The former head of a me