simon larmour said it was jack merritt who rebooked usman khan onto a different train. was on the train that usman khan attached a convincing but fake suicide belt to himself. simon larmour was asked whether he knew of usman khan's previous convictions, whether he had been told that usman khan was a convicted terrorist and he said he had not been told that that he had found out himself on google. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has insisted that it's the right time to withdraw american troops from afghanistan. it's 20 years after they first went in following the 9—11 attacks. the uk is now expected to withdraw 750 british soldiers stationed in afghanistan by september, with nato likely to pull its forces out collectively. but the speaker of the afghan parliament has warned the withdrawal could lead to civil war. the united states has spent around two trillion dollars and lost more than 2,000 service members since 2001 in what has been its longest war. at its height, there were more than 100,000 us troops stationed in afghanistan. today, there are around 2,500

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a research assistant, simon larmour, told the inquest that khan was neurotic yet positive but that hected of and then khan called that morning to say his train had been cancelled, it was another assistant who stepped in to sort things out, jack merit. police officers told to —— police officer told the jury how they are thought is like using cpr and a defibrillator, but within minutes it was clear nothing could be done. tom symonds, bbc news, at the fishmongers hall inquest. northern ireland's first minister arlene foster has said she felt "humiliated" after a celebrity doctor tweeted a false rumour that she was having an extra—marital affair. the high court in belfast heard that the tweet — by dr christianjessen — was retweeted more than 500 times. arlene foster is suing drjessen for defamation. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is outside the high court. stop in that way, dr christian jessen reference those rumours and in relation to the dup's opposition to same—sex marriage he wrote that arlene foster had been preaching the sanctity of marriage and also put in the post that it al

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