UK Local elections - Main parties hit by Brexit backlash in polls - Smaller parties win big - "The Liberal Democrats are back" bbc.com #

Deadly year for journalists bbc.co.uk #

Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies against dangerous individuals

• If there are hateful ideologies then that's a sign there are issues that need to be dealt with, I'm not convinced that outright bans make the situation better, they just make the issues less visible theverge.com #

China will build string of military bases around world, says Pentagon theguardian.com #

Persecution driving Christians out of Middle East - The figures in this UK-commissioned report a quite sobering theguardian.com #