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Theresa May faces questions 'over CIA terror report'

Theresa May faces questions over her role in the parts which were redacted from the American Senate's damning report on torture techniques used by the CIA after 9/11.

MPs on the influential Home Affairs Select Committee want to know whether she asked for sections to be redacted because they could embarrass Westminster.

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Yvette Cooper calls for inquiry into UK role in CIA torture

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper Credit: PA Wire

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says that there must be a judge-led public inquiry into the UK's role in a brutal and ineffective CIA-led interrogation and torture programme.

Speaking on Andrew Marr's BBC show, Ms Cooper said: "My instinct has always been that it would be the right thing to do."

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