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Peta claimed victory when fashion stopped using fur - so why are they back hijacking catwalks?

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The animal welfare group has revived their runway-storming tactics from the naughts, now targeting the use of wool Her walk was poised, her outfit – crop top, tailored trousers, high heels – so on point that when Josie Knowles strutted down a London Fashion Week catwalk last month she could have passed for a model. That is, had it not been for the sign the Peta protester held saying “H&M: Wool is Bloody Cruel.” Still, as one social media commentator put it when praising her strut: “you cant tell me Peta didn’t know what they were doing when they hired…

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Trump dismisses low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ in Time interview

President also doesn’t rule out declaring state of emergency before midterms and deflects responsibility for Iran war Donald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as “fake numbers” and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine. When confronted with questions about the length of the Iran war, the US president blamed the media for reporting his remarks in which he said the conflict…