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“L.A. is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities,” it reads, echoing a common critique of one of the world’s most misunderstood urban areas.

At a fringe meeting on Monday, former Brexit minister Lord Frost gave a brutal assessment of the Conservatives' prospects under its current leader.

She said he "killed my son in the most brutal and callous fashion. In doing so he changed my life and life of my family members forever".

Last year more than 100 professional female footballers signed a letter calling on Fifa to end its sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco, accusing the national authorities of "brutal human rights violations".

Al-Shabab is affiliated to al-Qaeda and has waged a brutal insurgency against the government in Somalia for nearly 20 years.