News Headlines - 07 February 2017

▽Austerity will be extended 'well into the 2020s', think tank warns - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

The UK tax burden is set to rise to its highest level for 30 years under Chancellor Philip Hammond's plans, despite continuing cuts in public services, according to an influential economic think tank.

▽Trump Barred From U.K. Parliament Over ‘Racism and Sexism’ - Bloomberg

U.S. President Donald Trump must not be allowed to address the U.K. Parliament during a state visit to Britain, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said.

▽Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president ordered to stand trial - BBC News

Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order to hide 18m euros (￡15m; $20m) of campaign spending in 2012.

▽PressTV-Bomb rocks Kabul Supreme Court, 20 dead

At least 20 people have been killed in a terrorist attack when a person detonated an explosive-laden vest outside the Supreme Court building in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, officials say.

▽Twitter blocks banned users from creating new accounts

Twitter trolls who have been suspended from the social network will be blocked from creating new accounts in a crackdown on cyber bullying.