Police say officers faced ‘serious and sustained levels of violence’ after several hundred people rampaged in Sunderland’s city centre. Violent far-right riots have erupted in the northeast English city of Sunderland amid a string of anti-immigrant protests following the killing of three children at a dance class earlier this week….
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been freed as part of the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Paul Whelan, a former US marine, as well as prominent Russian opposition politicians and activists who had been jailed for criticising the full-scale invasion of…
Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have charged a 17-year-old with murder and attempted murder over a knife attack that left three girls dead and wounded 10 others in the seaside town of Southport in northwest England. The charges on Thursday came as Southport cleaned up after a bout of far-right…
British Muslims, activists and civil rights groups have decried riots in Southport and hate speech in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing attack, as they spoke of a sense of fear and rising Islamophobia. The northern English seaside town, which was struck by grief after a suspect stabbed children and…
The seaside city of Southport, England, is mourning the loss of three young girls who were killed in a disturbing knife attack while attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class Monday — and praying that the other victims will recover from their serious injuries. “I can hardly talk about it,” resident…
Merseyside police urge end to speculation over 17-year-old suspect arrested over Monday’s fatal attack on children’s dance class. A large crowd of far-right, anti-Muslim protesters has clashed with police in Southport in the northwest of England, hours after the town held a vigil for those killed and injured in a…
The British-Pakistani preacher was previously imprisoned in 2016 for encouraging support for ISIL (ISIS). British Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary has been sentenced to life in prison for directing a “terrorist organisation”. Choudary, 57, was convicted last week of directing al-Muhajiroun (ALM), which was banned as a “terrorist organisation” more than…
Taylor Swift said early Tuesday that she is “completely in shock” at two young children being killed and nearly a dozen others injured in a frenzied stabbing press at a UK dance workshop themed to her music. The pop star said she is still taking in “the horror” of the…
The United Kingdom’s new chancellor of the exchequer is accusing the previous government of covering up the dire state of the nation’s finances as she prepares to deliver a speech to Parliament that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for spending cuts and higher taxes. In extracts of her…
Mixed martial arts fighter snatches UFC welterweight crown from defending champion Leon Edwards. Belal Muhammad has made history by becoming the first mixed martial arts fighter of Palestinian background to win a UFC title, snatching the welterweight crown from Englishman champion Leon Edwards. The 36-year-old, an American fighter born in…
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