UK opposition leader Corbyn: "difficult" talks needed with Saudis after London attack

Record ID: 878115

  • Title: UK opposition leader Corbyn: "difficult" talks needed with Saudis after London attack
  • Date: 4th June 2017
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (JUNE 4, 2017) (REUTERS PICTURES) (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FLOWERS AND MESSAGES BEHIND POLICE CORDON TAPE NEAR BOROUGH MARKET STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FLOWERS LEFT ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER THAMES, WITH LONDON BRIDGE AND 'THE SHARD' TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND
  • Embargoed: 18th June 2017 19:41
  • Keywords: attack Gulf extremism Britain difficult conversations Jeremy Corbyn London Islamist Saudi Arabia
  • Location: CARLISLE AND LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • City: CARLISLE AND LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026JV57IF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Britain needs to have "difficult conversations" with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states about the funding of Islamist extremism, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday (June 4), resuming his election campaign after a deadly attack in London.
    The Labour party leader, who is hoping to win Thursday's (June 8) national election, said the vote should go ahead to show democracy would not be halted by the London Bridge attack that left seven dead and 48 injured.
    Earlier, Prime Minister Theresa May called for a stronger response to Islamist extremism after three knife-wielding assailants drove a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbed others nearby.
    Corbyn said Britain's democratic values must be maintained.
    He attacked May for cutting police numbers during her tenure as interior minister and repeated his pledge to recruit 10,000 new police officers, including armed officers.
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