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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 30 October
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Private clinic performed circumcisions without getting consent from patients and parents <[link removed]>
Inspectors said the practice, which offers faith and non-faith based cultural circumcision services for all age groups, did not have a "robust system" for checking the identity of patients.
MyLondon
* Government extends funding for churches <[link removed]>
The UK government has announced it will extend a grant scheme for listed churches in need of repairs.
Premier
* Police and crime commissioners call for inquiry into law on assisted dying <[link removed]>
18 police and crime commissioners have this week written to the Secretary of State for Justice, calling for an inquiry into the impact of the current law on assisted dying.
PoliticsHome
* Italian footballers Magnanelli and Scozzarella banned for 'blasphemy' <[link removed]>
Parma's Matteo Scozzarella and Sassuolo's Francesco Magnanelli were picked up by TV cameras 'using God's name in vain' during their weekend fixtures.
The Sun
* Italian doctors on trial for manslaughter after refusing abortion <[link removed]>
Seven Italian doctors who refused to perform a potentially life-saving abortion are fighting accusations of manslaughter in a trial that is expected to set a precedent for Italy's medical attitude towards the procedure.
Financial Times
* 'Missouri could lose its last abortion clinic. Its fate will be decided this week.' <[link removed]>
The state could become the first without an abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade.
Vox
* Rabbinical court removes children from mother after she 'signs them up for mixed-gender swimming classes'
The court in the city of Haifa, Israel has granted the father custody despite the fact he has formerly been convicted of violent crimes.
The Independent
* China warns US: criticism of Uighur detentions is not 'helpful' for trade talks <[link removed]>
China's UN envoy has sounded a warning note over trade talks with Washington after the US joined 22 other countries at the UN in criticising Beijing over the detention of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims.
The Guardian
** Latest from the NSS
* 'By the Grace of God' shows the need to hold the Catholic Church accountable on child abuse <[link removed]>
Keith Porteous Wood says a film highlighting the struggle to bring a senior Catholic cardinal to account for covering up child abuse is a sign that the Vatican's wall of silence cannot hold.
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