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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Saturday’s Champions League final between Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid and Gianluigi Buffon’s Juventus will take place amid taut security following last week’s fatal terror attack in Manchester. The suicide attack at Manchester Arena, which left 22 dead and scores injured, means vigilance will be heightened, but unprecedented security measures were already in place for the game. “The security operation for the four-day period covering June 1-4 will be the biggest ever seen for a sporting event in the UK,” says the Football Association of Wales (FAW). Most noticeably, the retractable roof of the Principality Stadium will be closed, making it the first Champions League final to be played in indoor conditions. The FAW said security was the “primary factor” in the decision to close the roof, although there is no evidence of a security threat against the final. Fans will not be allowed to bring bags into the stadium, which will have a reduced capacity of 66,000...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Wednesday said he would not talk to Muslim rebels who are fighting the military and occupying parts of a southern city. He also said that he was determined to keep the Islamic State group out of Philippines. Duterte’s latest remarks on the crisis in Marawi City are a change in stance, when he urged Maute militants to talk with him. “I will not talk to the terrorists,” he said in a speech to the military in Davao City. Duterte was outraged by what he believed is insincerity towards a peace process he has started with communist rebels fighting a separate, long-running conflict. He said the rebels leadership would be arrested if they came back to the Philippines. The president has previously invited them to return home and even offered them government posts. In another development,  the military said a week-long assault by Islamist rebels in a southern Philippine city is being fuelled with stolen weapons and ammu...

http://ift.tt/2qH1u6X Anietie Okon A former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Anietie Okon, says those dumping the party in Akwa Ibom are selfish. “Those who switched camp did that for selfish interest, they lack commitment to the party. “By their very act, they give politics a bad name, they are doing so for their selfish interest, they are not working for people but themselves,” Okon told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Uyo. Okon who was reacting to recent defection from PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) by some prominent politicians in the state, described the action of such politicians as regrettable. According to him, many politicians place their personal interest above the common good of all. He noted that politicians had shown very little concern about collective interest of the people and the vision of building the state for the wellbeing of future generations. “Akwa Ibom politics runs on two clear lines, wh...