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LONDON (Reuters) - A teenager appeared in court on Tuesday charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old French boy was reportedly thrown from a 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in central London.

The 17-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on Sunday shortly after the boy, who was visiting London with his family, was found on a fifth floor roof.

Bromley Youth Court was told the boy had sustained a bleed on the brain and fractures to his spine, legs and arms, Sky News reported. He is in a stable but critical condition in hospital.

Police said it was being treated as an isolated incident and that there was no link between the boy and the 17-year-old.

The teenager was remanded in custody until Thursday when he is due to appear before London’s Old Bailey court.

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Meanwhile, in Germany:

"This morning, a mother and her 8-year old son were pushed onto the rails in front of an incoming train at Frankfurt Central Station. The woman was able to escape, but the boy was run over by the train and died on the spot.
Multiple bystanders overpowered the suspect and held him in place until the police arrived and took the 40-year old man of Eritrean descent into custody. Eyewitnesses said the man had tried to push even more people onto the rails."

https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/mann-festgenommen-bericht-kind-in-frankfurt-vor-zug-gestossen_id_10973060.html

Thanks, Merkel.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-mosque-shooting-attack-latest-oslo-injured-al-noor-islamic-centre-gunman-a9051436.html

Could have been another Utoya here.

But the twerp got overpowered by a 75-year old. :rofl:

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My no deal planning: Increased stakes in Shell, BAT, Astrazenica, Compass. Transferred money from domestic UK funds to global funds with <=5% UK exposure. Keeping a good level of cash in the bank to take advantage of low house prices if they drop significantly. What are you doing Irv?

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Got enough liquid assets to make merry of it all should no deal actually happen. If my job remains stable (which it more than likely will since we're back-logged for the next millennium) then I could end up with a pretty decent nest egg of properties tbf. All depends on whether BoE decide to go full retard.

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If you own the properties now that's a bad thing. Holding a lot of cash is good to buy things domestically but you'll lose out if you go abroad.

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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump wants to see a successful British exit from the European Union that Washington will support with a U.S.-UK free trade agreement, national security adviser John Bolton told British officials on Monday.

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U.S. adviser Bolton courts Brexit Britain with a trade deal talk

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-britain/u-s-adviser-bolton-courts-brexit-britain-with-a-trade-deal-talk-idUSKCN1V20W7





Had a feeling the US would do this... way back when this Brexit idea first popped up. Good for both countries.