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Army called in as floods continue to devastate northern England
The army and emergency services were deployed in towns and cities across the north of England on Sunday to lead recovery efforts as devastating floods continued to bring chaos to thousands of homes and businesses. Three major cities were hit, as well as scores of towns and villages, forcing the evacuation of thousands in what David Cameron described as an unprecedented situation.
The Guardian
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Two killed after Chicago police called to domestic disturbance
In a city already troubled by allegations of police misuse of force, a Chicago police officer shot and killed a male college student and a mother of five, both black, on Saturday morning following a report of a domestic disturbance.
The police department of the nation’s third-largest city is under a federal civil rights investigation for its use of deadly force and officer discipline. A recently released video of the shooting death of a black teenager by a white officer in 2014 has led to multiple protests, with activists calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation.
Aljazeera
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Camp Speicher massacre trial begins in Iraq
The trial has begun in Iraq of 36 men accused of involvement in one of the worst atrocities carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
Human rights groups have accused the Iraqi government of cutting corners in the run-up to Sunday’s hearings, but families of the 1,500 soldiers who were captured and killed are demanding justice.
ISIL killed the men after taking them prisoner at Camp Speicher, a former US base outside the city of Tikrit, during its June 2014 offensive in western Iraq.
Their remains were buried in mass graves and only discovered after Iraqi government forces recaptured the area in April this year.
The group posted pictures of the men being led away by its fighters and shot dead in ditches shortly after the massacre.
Of the 1,500 victims, only 400 have been found and many of those killed are still missing and families are still waiting to bury their loved ones.
Al Jazeera spoke to Tamkeen al-Moussawi, whose son Karar was killed during the massacre.
“The government keeps saying it will capture those who killed our sons. But I still have not received the remains of my dead son and the perpetrators have not been brought to justice,” Moussawi said.
“We want justice to be served quickly.”
Aljazeera
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Sanders Would Dominate Money Race With Small Donor Matching Funds
Bernie Sanders would now have raised almost $100 million more than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton if the U.S. electoral system provided public matching funds for small donors, according to a report by U.S. PIRG, a federation of the state-level, activist groups founded by Ralph Nader in the 1970s.
The report examines how 2016 presidential candidates would fare under a campaign financing system similar to that of New York City, which matches small donations to local candidates with additional public money at a six-to-one ratio. For example, if someone gives $10 to a candidate for the New York City Council, the city provides an additional $60, so the candidate receives $70 total.
Sanders’ presidential campaign has raised $40.0 million through the third quarter of 2015. However, with a six-to-one match of public funds for small donations, Sanders would receive an additional $203.7 million, for a total of $243.7 million. Clinton has raised $76.1 million under the current system — but because a far larger percentage of her contributions has been from large donors, she would receive only $73.1 million in matching funds, for a total of $149.2 million.
The Intercept
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Meet Auckland’s would-be mayors
Victoria Crone, Phil Goff and Mark Thomas have all launched bids for the Auckland mayoralty, and in a video interview for RNZ’s Outspoken, Auckland reporter Todd Niall asks them about their vision of the future.
RNZ
