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EU referendum: Football icon David Beckham backs Remain with Brexit isolation warning

By Ian Silvera Embed Feed In a related video, a video mashup of the great British Brexit debate IBTimes UK England football legend David Beckham has revealed that he wants Remain to win at the EU referendum, with a last ditch plea to the British public ahead of the 23 June vote. The multi-millionaire sports icon stressed that he would be passionate about the UK whatever the result of the historic ballot, but argued he was backing Remain to avoid isolating Britain. "I grew up with a core group of young British players that included Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and the Neville Brothers. Added to that was an experienced group of older British players such as Gary Pallister, Steve Bruce and Paul Ince," Beckham said. "Now that team might have gone on to win trophies but we were a better and more successful team because of a Danish goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel, the leadership of an Irishman Roy Keane and the skill of a Frenchman in Eric Cantona...

Lebanon is broken – is Hezbollah to blame?

By Orlando Crowcroft in Beirut  Hezbollah members at the funeral of a Shia fighter killed in Syria in Qnarit village, southern Lebanon.REUTERS/Ali Hashisho When news broke of a bombing in Verdun district on 12 June, many Beirutis feared the worse. It had been only six months since Islamic State (IS) hit the Shia suburb of Bourj el-Barajneh and killed 43 people, and just a few hours since an IS-inspired killer murdered 50 in Orlando, Florida. But it soon became clear that the attack in Beirut's al-Hamra district did not have the hallmarks of IS. The attack took place when most Beirutis were at home breaking their Ramadan fast, and so nobody was killed - although two security guards were injured. The target, a Lebanese bank, did not fit the IS profile: the terrorist group prefers to inflict mass casualties by hitting markets or mosques. Focus soon shifted to a group on the other side of the scale from IS, Hezbollah, which controls swathes of Lebanon and has ...

Sheikh Abri:The society must help people who are in need

Across-section Muslims believers sitting around iftar during the exercise of offering iftar to the fasting Muslims in Iringa region. (Photo by Friday Simbaya) Executive Chairman of the Dhi Nureyn Islamic Foundation of Iringa Tanzania Sheikh Said Abri (left) giving ifatr to an old man during the exercise of offering iftari to the fasting Muslims in Iringa region. (Photo by Friday Simbaya) An old man sitting behind his iftari. By Friday Simbaya, Iringa The society has been urged to come forward to help people in need especially in this holy month of Ramadan where by some believers who do not have ability to run their own lives particularly in access to necessities of Iftar. The call was made yesterday by the Executive Chairman of the Dhi Nureyn Islamic Foundation of Iringa Tanzania Sheikh Said Abri during the ceremony of distributing food stuffs to various groups of Muslims in Iringa region who are fasting but they cannot afford to buy iftar. S...