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Trudeau bans ‘military-grade’ guns in Canada following largest mass shooting in country's history Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has announced that his government will be banning assault-style weapons, in response to last week's Nova Scotia rampage that saw 22 killed. The disturbing April 18-19 attack saw a 51-year-old denturist go on a wild killing spree, in which he shot his victims with two semi-automatic rifles and pistols, and also torched homes – to be later killed in a confrontation with police. Canadian police said it wasn't immediately clear why the suspect, identified as Gabriel Wortman, went on his 13-hour rampage, while reports have tied his violent breakdown to a property dispute and to alcohol abuse during the lockdown. Notably, the guns fou...

'Project Restart': Premier League set for JUNE RETURN if UK government approves ambitious plans Premier League action could return to action as soon as June with matches played behind closed doors at neutral venue if ambitious measures designed to complete the 2019-20 season are signed-off by the UK government. At a near four-hour meeting between representatives of all twenty Premier League clubs on Friday it was agreed that there is a commitment to conclude the current season, which has been curtailed since March 13 by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  Each of the top flight teams was briefed on "Project Restart", an ambitious plan to finish the current season in June by holding games at a handful of neutral venues across England. ...

‘Illegitimate presence’: Iran says Persian Gulf confrontation was sparked by US Navy encroaching on planned drills A US-Iran confrontation in the Persian Gulf earlier this month kicked off due to the US Navy’s unauthorised presence during Iran's planned military drills, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official has said. IRGC naval commander Alireza Tangsiri told local media that the US forces were an “illegitimate presence” at the planned military maneuvers, “so they were ordered to leave.” Also on rt.com ‘Dangerous & harassing’? WATCH Iranian boats buzz US Navy vessels ‘patrolling’ Persian Gulf Responding to US accusations that the IRGC fleet provoked the confrontation by acting in a “...

‘Trying every trick in the book’: UK government changes rules to hit 100k coronavirus tests target – report In its scramble to hit the target of 100,000 Covid-19 tests a day by the end of April, the UK government has revised the way it counts them, the Health Service Journal (HSJ) reports. UK health officials deny the claim. A test would previously only have been counted in its tally once the sample had been processed in a laboratory, but that’s changed in the past few days, a senior source told the HSJ. Also on rt.com ‘Thanking the Daily Mail for doing his job?’ UK health minister roasted after congratulating paper for £1m Chinese PPE haul It’s alleged that the Department of Health and Social Care is now als...

Macron warns life ‘won’t be back to normal’ as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of ‘social distance’ protest France’s president has said that the national recovery would need to be ‘organized,’ in a speech at the Elysee Palace as the country celebrated a subdued Labor Day, while movement in the country remains tightly restricted. Emmanuel Macron said that the end of the nationwide lockdown in 10 days would just be a tentative first step on the road to recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. The president said life “wouldn’t be back to normal” and there will be “several phases” in lifting the restrictions, with May 11 just being “one of them.” He added that a “recovery [period] has to be organized”; his comments followed a meeting with French horticul...

Mayor of Nice calls for Covid-19 ‘health passports’ to enter or leave France The mayor of Nice has urged French PM Edouard Philippe to introduce new travel controls during the Covid-19 pandemic through “health passports” in the parts of France which border other countries. Christian Estrosi posted the details of his letter on Facebook a day after PM Philippe unveiled plans to ease France’s lockdown in May, including finally increasing the strict one-kilometer movement limit to 100km of a person’s home. Philippe warned that people would need to “learn to live with the virus” while also starting to increase their movement and return to work if the country is to avert economic disaster. Also on rt.com ‘We must learn to...

Staring down the barrel: NFL star Bashaud Breeland comes within seconds of getting SHOT during dramatic arrest (VIDEO) Harrowing video has emerged showing the moment Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland resisted arrest before a police officer drew his gun and held it inches from the Super Bowl winner's face. Twenty-eight-year-old Breeland was one of three people witnesses saw smoking marijuana before police swooped to arrest him at a gas station in South Carolina on Thursday. Also on rt.com Super Bowl winner Breeland facing weed & alcohol charges after South Carolina arrest Newly-released video captured by an onlooker shows that initially, the arrest seemed to be fairly peaceful. But when the ar...

Caring Conor: UFC superstar Conor McGregor shows his kind side as he delivers PPE to kids' hospital Former UFC champion's gesture follows his huge $1.1 million donation to medical workers in Ireland to enable them to buy essential supplies while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. He may usually be "Notorious," but UFC superstar Conor McGregor has really stepped up and put his money where his mouth is to get help to those who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Also on rt.com Political heavyweight? Conor McGregor’s coronavirus proclamations could betray much bigger ambitions The 31-year-old Dubliner retweeted a photo of his visit to Crumlin Children’s Hospital in his hometown, where he arrived armed with ...