The Daily Populous

Monday June 5th, 2017 evening edition

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Theresa May’s pledge to regulate the internet to clamp down on the “safe space” for radical jihadis risks turning the web into a tool for surveillance and censorship, the Liberal Democrats’ leader has said.

“These issues are not going be solved with political gimmicks or by banning particular technologies,” Farron wrote in an article for the Guardian.

Theresa May can’t be trusted to get it right on counter-terrorism policy | Tim Farron Read more.

“The alternative is a government that monitors and controls the internet in the way that China or North Korea does.

If we turn the internet into a tool for censorship and surveillance, the terrorists will have won.

Farron said politicians did the intelligence agencies “a great disservice” where the only response was tough rhetoric.

Farron said reversing the cuts to the police service would have a bigger effect on the prevention of terror attacks than banning certain technologies. »

Qatar row: Saudi and Egypt among countries to cut Doha links

Authored by bbc.com

A number of Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

The Saudi statement accused Qatar of collaborating with "Iranian-backed terrorist groups" in its restive eastern region of Qatif and in Bahrain.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have given all Qatari visitors and residents two weeks to leave their territory. »

Days before election, British PM accused of using attacks to push for wider surveillance

Authored by zdnet.com
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Yet, that is precisely what the internet and the big companies that provide internet-based services provide," said May.

The British premier has been accused of "foolish political grandstanding" and using the attack to push a political promise, days before the public is set to vote for their new lawmakers and prime minister.

May did confirm that five plots have been disrupted since March, an indication that intelligence agencies are at least catching some potential attacks with its vast surveillance apparatus. »

Study: Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world

Authored by abc13.com
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"Certainly, as we develop in medicine, we can do better to take care of women in today's society versus past societies.

Then last summer, the University of Maryland study found that Texas had the highest maternal mortality rate in the U.S.

The study also found that the U.S. rate was higher than all other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries reporting maternal mortality data, except for Mexico. »