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FACTS OF THE DAY

25 February 2017

Sweden has granted asylum to 143,000 Syrian refugees since 2011.

dailybeast.com

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deports so many people it has its own airline.

qz.com

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Once the world’s richest bank, RBS has posted a loss for the ninth year running. In 2016, they lost just under £7 billion.

reuters.com

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Last week, lawyers at the US State Department drafted a memo for the Secretary of State warning employees not to leak. It promptly leaked.

washingtonpost.com

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An Elvis impersonator has appeared at Leicester Crown Court accused of stealing the church collection after singing ‘The Wonder of You’ at his mother-in-law’s funeral.

telegraph.co.uk

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Armed police at Leverhulme station in Greater Manchester tasered a blind man with a 50,000-volt stun gun after mistaking his folding white stick for a firearm.

telegraph.co.uk


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