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EU foreign policy chief condemned the latest attack by Israeli settlers against a Palestinian village in the West Bank, saying he plans to propose further sanctions against their supporters, including those in the government. "Day after day, in an almost total impunity, Israeli settlers fuel violence in the occupied West Bank, contributing to endanger any chance of peace," EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in a post on X on Friday. "The Israeli government must stop these unacceptable actions immediately. I confirm my intention to table a proposal...
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Courts across the UK are handing down a raft of sentences to those involved in the far-right riots that have gripped parts of England and Northern Ireland this the past week, amid fears of further violence this weekend. Many cases have already been rushed before judges over the past few days, with the longest sentence handed down so far being three years in prison, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed that rioters would feel the "full force of the law". The UK government will hope that harsh sentences, delivered swiftly, will deter further disorder as concerns grow that the start of the foo...
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been ensnared in a war of words with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over riots that have gripped the nation for the past week. As pockets of far-right violence continue to erupt around the UK following a knife attack in Southport that killed three girls, Musk has blasted Starmer in a series of posts on X for his handling of the crisis. Musk’s social media platform has played a central role in the saga up until now: it was first used as a tool to whip up frenzy and misinformation about the Southport attack and has since become a channel for the tech billionaire to critic...
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A scholar in sociology at the University of London suggests social media played a role in the violence that has broken out across the UK in recent days, but the real link was to a larger "latent" problem. "If you look at the particular incident that has basically been the real tipping point of the violence and the unrest, what it indicates is that it feeds into a much larger problem that has been there, latent," Stephanie Alice Baker said. "The role of social media in a lot of these riots was much more symbolic, and it was the way in which people were able to communicate solidarity with one an...
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Australia and the United Arab Emirates are on a growing list of countries warning that travel to the UK may be a safety risk. The last week has seen violent riots across the UK, including tourist hotspots syuch as Manchester and Liverpool. A hotel housing asylum seekers was attacked on Sunday, along with projectiles being thrown at mosques. The unrest began after false rumours spread that the teenager behind a stabbing attack was an immigrant. The protesters are mainly from the far-right and they have attacked and injured police officers and started fires. There have been almost 400 arrests so...
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Protesters threw objects at police officers in the English town of Rotherham on Sunday as some of the demonstrators attempted to break into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned the attack on Sunday on the hotel, describing it as “far-right thuggery" as more violence broke out in several towns and cities across the country in the wake of a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left three girls dead and many more wounded. False rumours, spread online that the suspect was a Muslim and an asylum-seeker, led to the protests that have seen im...
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The UK has witnessed its worst rioting since 2011 after violent clashes this weekend in the aftermath of a mass stabbing that killed three young girls during a Taylor Swift-themed event in Southport, near Liverpool. The anti-immigration protests – which included rioters throwing bricks and chanting anti-Islamic slurs - erupted over the weekend, with skirmishes breaking out in cities including Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, as well as Belfast in Northern Ireland. Several mosques – including ones in Sunderland and Southport – have been attacked, leading to hundreds of Islamic centres upping the...
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At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured in violence in Bangladesh as police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters who gathered in the streets to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The violence follows peaceful protests in the capital on Saturday which demanded justice for the over 200 students killed during protests last month. The wave of protesters are largely students, but have recently widened to include people from all walks of life including some pro-government groups. The students' protests last month began with the demand for an...
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New protests erupted in Bangladesh on Friday, resulting in two deaths and over 100 injuries. This latest unrest follows a violent month in which over 200 people were killed during demonstrations against controversial reforms in the job quota system. More than 2,000 protesters gathered in parts of the capital, Dhaka, rallying against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. Chanting slogans like “down with the autocrat,” they demanded justice for the victims. Clashes between police and students erupted in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, with security forces using tear gas and stun grenades to d...
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The recent attempted assassination of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, which resulted in the death of one rally attendee and injuries to the candidate and two others, was not an isolated event. The high profile incident occurred against a backdrop of lower-level attacks and violent protests across the country that indicate too many Americans are increasingly willing to exchange battles over ideas for fists, bullets, and firebombs. It's a sign of an existential political climate in which nobody thinks they can afford to lose—or that opponents can be allowed to win. Not-So-Isolated ...
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