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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on Monday, the army chief said, a day after nearly 100 people were killed in clashes with the police as protesters demanded she step down. Video showed protesters carrying clothes and furniture out of the prime minister’s residence in Dhaka, the capital, which had been left unguarded. “All hail the 300 martyrs who died for our future.”Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on July 25. Sunday’s death toll was the highest since the protests began over a controversial preferential quota system for public sector jobs. “The shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop,” Volker Türk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement Sunday.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Zaman, Hasina, Bangladesh’s, jubilance, ”, Saqlain Rafi, Prothom Alo, Monorom, ” Volker Türk Organizations: South, AFP, Getty, Human Rights Locations: DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened an emergency security meeting Monday after far-right riots spread over the weekend, and residents of villages, towns and cities across the country woke up to scenes of buildings set on fire and asylum seeker hotels stormed by angry mobs. Nearly 150 people were arrested over the weekend, U.K.’s National Police Chiefs’ Council said Sunday. False rumors about the suspect quickly spread online, fueling an outburst of violence. On Sunday, two hotels where asylum seekers are believed to be living, were targeted by mobs in what has turned into the worst disorder the U.K. has seen in years. The South Yorkshire police, where Rotherham is, later said its officers were also targeted with glass bottles and beer cans by a crowd of about 700 people.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Jack, “ Organizations: LONDON, National Police Chiefs ’, BBC, Reuters, South, South Yorkshire police Locations: Southport, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

☆ Australia raises terror threat level to ‘probable’ from ‘possible’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY — Australia on Monday raised its terror threat level to “probable” from “possible,” citing an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50% chance of the planning of an onshore attack in the next 12 months. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had raised the country’s threat level following advice from security services, but said there was no imminent threat of an attack. Australia lowered the threat level to “possible” in 2022, following eight years at “probable.”Mike Burgess, director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the country’s main intelligence agency, said tensions in the Middle East, including a conflict between Israel and Hamas that began on Oct. 7, were a contributing factor to raising the threat level. Australia has seen several violent attacks in recent months, some of which have been designated as motivated by extremism. In April, Australian police said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some of his followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, ”, Mike Burgess Organizations: SYDNEY —, Australian Security Intelligence Organization, Hamas Locations: SYDNEY — Australia, Australia, Israel, Sydney

The Shore Acres neighborhood begins to flood from high tide in the Tampa Bay while Tropical Storm Debby approaches the gulf coast, in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S., on August 4. Octavio Jones/ReutersHigh-water rescues were underway Sunday night in Pinellas County, Florida, as incoming Hurricane Debby whipped up heavy rains, storm surge and dangerous flooding, emergency officials said. Emergency crews in the county, which includes the cities of Clearwater and St. Petersburg, were fielding very high volumes of 911 calls Sunday night. Between 5 to 10 inches of rain have fallen in the area and as many as four more inches are possible. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge — a key transportation artery in Lower Tampa Bay — has been closed “due to high winds and inclement weather,” the Florida Highway Patrol announced.

Persons: Octavio Jones, Debby Organizations: Tropical, Reuters, Emergency, National Weather Service, Sunshine Skyway, Patrol, The Clearwater Police Department Locations: Tampa, St . Petersburg , Florida, U.S, Pinellas County , Florida, Clearwater, St, Petersburg, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lower Tampa, Florida

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged Sunday that he abandoned a young dead bear in Central Park after he initially planned to skin the cub for meat. Kennedy described driving north of New York City to go falconing with a group when he saw a woman in a van hit and kill a young bear. "It's going to be a bad story," Kennedy predicted in the video as people laughed. A dead bear cub was found in Central Park in 2014, leading to significant media coverage. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation referred NBC News' request for comment to the New York Police Department, which did not immediately respond.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Roseanne Barr, ” Kennedy, Barr, offscreen Organizations: New Yorker, New York City Department of Parks, Recreation, NBC, New York Police Department Locations: Central Park, New York City, Westchester County

☆ In Missouri, Cori Bush Fights for Survival Against an AIPAC-Backed Democrat
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Days before she was set to face an AIPAC-backed challenger in an expensive and contentious Democratic primary, Representative Cori Bush of Missouri doubled down on the stance that has put her job in peril. Standing outside an early voting location at a public library in Ferguson, on the same streets where she led protests for racial justice in 2014, Ms. Bush declined to call Hamas a terrorist group. Absolutely.”Most voters in this racially segregated blue city in a deep-red state are not talking about Israel’s war against Hamas. Abortion is illegal here, crime is high and downtown is made up of mostly boarded-up storefronts. “It’s not a priority for my district, necessarily,” she conceded of her pro-Palestinian views.

Persons: Cori Bush, Bush, Ferguson, ”, Michael Brown, “, “ It’s Organizations: Democratic Locations: Missouri, Ferguson

☆ Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in another attack in Indonesia’s restive Papua region
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Jayapura, Indonesia — Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, police said. West Papua Liberation Army spokesperson Sebby Sambom told The Associated Press that he had not received any reports from fighters on the ground about the killing. NZ Pilot Philip Mehrtens flanked by members of the West Papua National Liberation Army. Planning to use the pilot to negotiate, Kogoya has said they won’t release Mehrtens unless Indonesia frees Papua as a sovereign country. Flying is the only practical way of accessing many areas in the mountainous easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua.

Persons: Indonesia — Gunmen, Glen Malcolm, Faizal Ramadhani, ”, Sebby Sambom, ” Sambom, “, Philip Mehrtens, Egianus, Philip Mark Mehrtens, Kogoya, Graeme Thomas Wall, Wall Organizations: Indonesia —, Zealand, Indonesian, PT, Angkasa Air Service, West Papua Liberation Army, Free Papua Movement, National Police, Associated Press, New Zealand, NZ, West Papua National Liberation Army, West, Susi, PT Freeport Indonesia Locations: Jayapura, Indonesia, Indonesia’s restive Papua, Alama, Mimika district, Central Papua, Papua, West, Jakarta, Dutch, New Guinea, West Papua, Christchurch, Indonesian, New Zealand, Ngaruawahia

☆ Britain’s Weekend of Violence: What We Know
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a weekend of violent uprisings across Britain, set off by a deadly stabbing rampage and an anti-immigrant disinformation campaign that followed it, tensions are high from the streets to government leaders’ offices. Here is what we know as the country enters a new week of uncertainty. Protesters over the weekend took to the streets of a dozen cities across the United Kingdom, most of them in England. In some cases, the protesters were merely unruly, but in others the violence was far more pronounced. It remained unclear whether asylum seekers were still staying at the hotel and no guests were injured in the melee, police said.

Organizations: Sunday Locations: Britain, United Kingdom, England, Aldershot, Sunderland, Liverpool, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Rotherham

☆ Justice Thomas accepted previously undisclosed private jet flight to New Zealand, Senate Democrat says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The flight was not listed on Thomas’ financial disclosure reports and is the most recent example of the conservative justice accepting luxury travel from Crow becoming public. Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, is focused on the potential tax implications of the gifts Crow made to Thomas. President Joe Biden has made structural changes at the Supreme Court an issue during the waning months of his presidency. Biden has proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices and also an enforceable code of conduct. In response to criticism, the Supreme Court adopted a code of conduct last year for the first time in its history.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, Ron Wyden, Thomas, Virginia “ Ginni ” Thomas, ProPublica, Michaela Rose –, “, Crow, Michaela Rose, ” Wyden, Wyden, Wyden’s, ”, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: CNN, GOP, Democrat, Senate, Customs, Border Protection, Monday, Oregon Democrat, New York Times, Supreme Locations: Hawaii, New Zealand, Crow, Oregon, Indonesia

☆ Violent, far-right riots overran some UK cities this weekend. What happened, and what comes next?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

London CNN —Far-right riots swept Britain over the weekend, with outbreaks of anti-immigrant violence in a number of cities and towns, leaving the new UK government scrambling to control the worst disorder in more than a decade. Throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday, violent protesters congregated in city and town centers across the UK, many of them apparently intent on clashing with police and causing havoc. The gatherings ostensibly started as anti-immigration marches, organized on social media platforms like X and on WhatsApp and Telegram groups. Violence also took place in Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Stoke-on-Trent and several more cities, mostly across the Midlands and north of England. The man in charge of bringing those offenders to justice was Keir Starmer, then Britain’s Director of Public Prosecutions.

Persons: Keir Starmer, –, ”, Constable Lindsey Butterfield, Owen Humphreys, we’ve, ” Starmer, Christopher Furlong, Nigel Farage, Priti Patel, Diane Abbott, Britain’s, Elon, Tommy Robinson, Joe Mulhall, Robinson, Peter Powell, Musk, “, Starmer, underfunding Organizations: London CNN, Labour Party, Protesters, Rotherham, South Yorkshire Police, Middlesbrough, Stoke, Trent, Office, National Police Chiefs ’ Council, “, Downing, Police, . Police, Reform, Conservative Party, Farage, Conservative, CNN, Getty, Public Prosecutions, British Ministry of Justice, State, Justice, PA Media Locations: Britain, Southport, England, WhatsApp, Rotherham, Tamworth, Midlands, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, United Kingdom, Manchester, AFP, ”, British, London, gridlock, Wales, Afghanistan

☆ Bangladesh prime minister resigns as deadly anti-government rallies grip nation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Isaac Yee | Tanbirul Miraj Ripon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Dhaka, Bangladesh CNN —The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Monday after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations gripped the South Asian nation. Protesters told CNN that ⁠the military was blocking Dhaka Medical College Bakshibazar Gate. Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 4. Activists grapple with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 30, as they stage a march for the victims of nationwide protests. Protesters in Dhaka told CNN that the university campus was surrounded by armed forces.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina’s, ”, ” Zaman, ” Police ‘, Rajib, Shaheed, “, Asif Mahmud Organizations: Bangladesh CNN, CNN, Reuters, UNICEF, ” Police, Police, Dhaka Medical College, Protesters, Dhaka Medical, AP, Dhaka University Campus, Intercontinental Locations: Dhaka, Bangladesh, Rajib Dhar, Shahbag, Motijhil, Netblocks, Nilkhet

Protesters are demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leave office, after 15 years of rule that have turned increasingly authoritarian. Bangladesh’s army has a history of staging coups and counter coups. Her father, Bangladesh’s first leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as well as much of her family, was killed in a deadly military coup in 1975. On Sunday, the army’s chief, Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, gathered senior officers for a meeting that was seen as an attempt to allay concerns. “There are major international ramifications to a military coup.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Ms, Hasina, Bangladesh’s, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, ” Organizations: United Nations, Bangladesh Army, Bangladeshi Army

☆ Live Updates: Bangladesh Protesters Call for Mass March After Deadly Crackdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Mujib Mashal | Saif Hasnat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Here’s what to know about why the quota system has become such a point of contention. An old quota system, reinstated recently by the Supreme Court, reserves more than half of those jobs for various groups. The quota system was introduced in 1972 by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led his country’s fight for independence from Pakistan in 1971. Student protests accompanied the appeal, although they were not as violent as this time. She abolished the quota system in 2018 amid calls for its overhaul.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Anisul Huq, Zahed Ur Rahman, Rahman, Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina, ”, Asif Nazrul, Atul Loke, Ms, ‘, ’, ” Mr Organizations: University of Dhaka, Awami League, ., Supreme, Bank, United, Rolls Press, Getty, “, The New York Times, Bangladesh Nationalist Party Locations: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dhaka, United Nations

☆ Venezuela investigates Edmundo González and María Corina Machado
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Marlon Sorto | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Venezuela’s Public Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado, the country’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement on Monday. The opposition, which enjoyed strong polling figures prior to the vote, says it won by a landslide. Machado said last week that González won by a landslide, and posted on X a link to what she says are the results from Sunday’s election. The US, among the countries that consider González the winner, said last week that it was“clear” President Maduro lost the popular vote. Protests broke out across Venezuela following the vote, which saw the government detain hundreds of opposition supporters.

Persons: Edmundo González Urrutia, María Corina Machado, Tarek William Saab, Nicolas Maduro, “, González, Machado, Maduro, ”, Federico Parra, implore Maduro, Pope Francis Organizations: CNN, Venezuela’s, Ministry, Public Ministry, police, Electoral Council, Getty Locations: AFP, Venezuela, Latin America

☆ M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller 'Trap' is inspired by the true story of a twisted sting operation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewDirector M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller, "Trap," is filled with twists and turns, but its premise is grounded in a real-life sting operation that took place in the '80s. Here's how the sting operation partly inspired Shyamalan's film. Related storiesAccording to The Washington Post, Operation Sting led to 144 arrests. Shyamalan said that the sting operation was 'hilarious' and the absurdity of the fakeout stuck with himHartnett as Cooper and Donoghue as Riley in "Trap." "Trap" isn't a comedy by any means, but the dark humor of Operation Flagship informed the movie.

Persons: —, Josh Hartnett, Cooper, Riley, Ariel Donoghue, Lady Raven, Shyamalan's, Saleka, Bernie Boston, Sting, Shyamalan, Hartnett, Donoghue, Sabrina Lantos, Lambs, Taylor, Dexerto Organizations: Service, Business, Flagship, DC, US, Washington Redskins, International Sports Television, Fugitive, Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Convention Center, Special Operations, The Washington, Warner Bros, Empire, FBI Locations: Washington

☆ UK's Starmer to hold emergency meeting as riots intensify
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency meeting with police chiefs on Monday after days of violent anti-immigration protests intensified, with buildings and vehicles torched and hotels holding asylum seekers targeted. Riots have erupted across towns and cities in the last week after three girls were killed in a knife attack in Southport in northwest England, with 420 people arrested so far. Police have said the suspect was born in Britain and are not treating it as a terrorist incident. Interior minister Yvette Cooper said rioters had felt "emboldened by this moment to stir up racial hatred", with bricks thrown at police officers, shops looted and mosques and Asian-owned businesses attacked. In Rotherham, northern England, protesters sought to break into a hotel that housed asylum seekers.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper Organizations: British, Police, Belfast Locations: Southport, England, Britain, Liverpool, Bristol, Tamworth, Middlesbrough, Northern Ireland, Rotherham

☆ Meet Michal Kosinski, the Oppenheimer of AI's Scariest Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Eugenicists used photographs and IQ tests to determine which people were "inferior," and sterilized those who didn't measure up — which usually turned out to be anyone who wasn't white and rich. Before he worked with photographs, Kosinski was interested in Facebook. It's just picking up on the way gay people present themselves on dating sites — which, not surprisingly, is often very different from the way straight people present themselves to potential partners. Kosinski thinks AI's ability to make the kind of personality judgments he studies will only get better. That is the future Kosinski fears — even as he continues to tinker with the very models that prove it will come to pass.

Persons: Michal Kosinski, Kosinski, I'm, they'd, isn't, Oppenheimer, David Stillwell, Stillwell, aren't, Brian Stauffer, Aleksandr Kogan, Donald Trump, —, Kosinski isn't, MAGA, Bernie bros, Alexander Todorov, It's, they've, — Francis Galton, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson —, Aubrey Clayton, Hitler, Trump, They're, Adam Rogers Organizations: Stanford University, Kosinski, Facebook, Cambridge, Cambridge Psychometrics, National Academy of Sciences, Psychometrics, BI, intuit, Guardian, Rights, GLAAD, Stanford, HRC, University of Chicago, US Supreme, tinker, Business Locations: California, Stanford, Kosinski, Russia

☆ Nigeria, Australia and several other countries warn about travel to UK amid riots
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain. The UK’s worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Stockport, northwest England, last week. A number of countries have issued warnings in response, including a group of Muslim-majority nations. Kenya’s principal secretary for foreign affairs, Korir Sing’Oei, took to social media platform X on Sunday to post, ““A deeply worrying situation in the UK. “Nigeria and Kenya are warning their citizens in the UK after riots in the former colonial power,” said Nairobi-based CNN correspondent Larry Madowo.

Persons: Korir Sing’Oei, ”, Larry Madowo, “ Organizations: London CNN —, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “, CNN, Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesian Embassy Locations: London CNN — Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia, Britain, Stockport, England, Nigeria, Kenya, “ Nigeria, Nairobi, United Kingdom, Indonesian, London

☆ Kimia Yousofi: Afghan Olympic sprinter sends powerful message to Taliban on women’s rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —For Kimia Yousofi, it was never about winning the gold. The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights to the ruling Taliban. I can talk.”Afghanistan under Taliban rule is the most repressive country in the world for women’s rights, according to the United Nations. The head of Afghanistan’s national Olympic committee recognized by the IOC and its secretary general are in exile, according to the IOC. She relocated to Australia in 2022 to train for the Paris Olympics, working with Sydney-based coach John Quinn.

Persons: ”, “, –, Yousofi, John Quinn, ” Quinn Organizations: CNN, Our, Stade de France, United Nations, UN, Olympic Committee, Paris Games, Olympic, IOC, Tokyo Games, Paris Olympics, “ Locations: Paris, Afghanistan, ” Afghanistan, Iran, Australia, Sydney

The Serbian tennis legend had won all four Grand Slam titles and practically every honor there is in the sport, but the Olympic gold medal had escaped him. Paul Ellis / AFP via Getty ImagesSimone Biles' Olympic medal collection has officially reached double digits. , the American cyclist who didn’t even qualify for the Olympics but is now going home with a gold medal. Racing in a downpour, Julien Alfred won the first Olympic medal in any sport for Saint Lucia on Saturday when she took gold in the women's 100-meter final. the first Olympic medal in any sport for Saint Lucia on Saturday when she took gold in the women's 100-meter final.

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☆ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ reign again with massive second weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Variety-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“Deadpool & Wolverine” is dominating the charts again after earning $28.3 million on Friday. Rivals are putting the Disney release at a 55% drop though, demonstrating that “Deadpool & Wolverine” has immense appeal beyond Marvel diehards. “Deadpool & Wolverine” looks to blast past that figure in only in its second weekend and there’s no real signs of slowing down after that. Universal also has another top five slot with “Despicable Me 4,” still drawing a crowd in its fifth weekend of release. Total domestic gross surpassed $300 million earlier this week — one of only three titles this year to notch that milestone.

Persons: Marvel Jesus, “ Deadpool, ”, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Deadpool, Marvel, “, Josh Hartnett, he’s, “ Harold, Zachary Levi Organizations: Disney, Warner Bros, Universal Locations: “ Kingdom

☆ At least 27 killed in Bangladesh clashes, government declares curfew
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

At least 27 people were killed and scores injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, as police fired tear gas and lobbed stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. “They were brought dead to the hospital with bullet wounds,” said Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, the superintendent of the district hospital. In the northeastern district of Pabna, at least three people were killed and 50 injured during a clash between protesters and activists of Hasina’s ruling Awami League, witnesses said. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP - Getty ImagesTwo more were killed in violence in the northern district of Bogura, and 20 were killed in nine other districts, hospital officials said. Last month, at least 150 people were killed, thousands injured and about 10,000 arrested in violence touched off by demonstrations led by student groups protesting against quotas for government jobs.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina, ” Hasina, “, ”, Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, Hasina’s, Munir Uz Zaman, Samanta Lal Sen Organizations: Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Critics, Police, Awami League, AFP, Getty, Facebook Locations: Bangladesh, Munsiganj, Pabna, Dhaka, Bogura

☆ Far-right riots erupt in U.K. in the wake of child murders
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

One police officer in the city was hit on the head with a chair and another kicked and knocked off his motorcycle. The police force responsible for the region has confirmed that two officers were taken to the hospital with injuries. Police officers face off with protesters during a far-right demonstration in Bristol, England. The latest demonstrations puncture any idea that Starmer’s center-left government has evaded an ascendant hard-right movement that continues to rise on the continent. Behind his majority, there remains an angry and active far-right undercurrent that continues to make itself heard.

Persons: Starmer, ”, Taylor Swift, Justin Tallis, Axel Rudakubana, Tommy Robinson —, —, “, Andrew Tate Organizations: Police, Getty, Tech Against Terrorism, Guardian, English Defence, BBC Radio, Labour Party Locations: Bristol, Southport, England, Europe, Welsh, Cardiff, Britain, Romania, Rotherham

The top contenders to be Kamala Harris’ running mate got to this point, in part, by battling Donald Trump. Now, one of them is likely to become the vice presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket aiming to thwart his comeback bid. Pete Buttigieg rose from obscurity to play a central role in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Andy Beshear, who is also in the mix for Harris’ running mate position. One way or another, Trump played a big role creating the cast of characters that could complete the Democratic ticket he’s facing this year.

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☆ Strikes on Gaza kill 12 and stabbing in Israel kills 2 as fears of wider war spike
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Tensions have soared following nearly 10 months of war in Gaza and the killing of two senior militants in separate strikes in Lebanon and Iran last week. Those killings brought threats of revenge from Iran and its allies and raised fears of an even more destructive regional war. Israeli Police cordon off the site of a deadly stabbing attack in Holon, Israel on Sunday. "This is exactly why we armed the people of Israel: more than 150,000 gun licenses in the last eight months," he said. Both were linked to the ongoing war in Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel.

Persons: Magen David Adom, Tomer, Itamar Ben, Yair Lapid Organizations: Police, National Security, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Lebanon, Iran, Palestinian, Holon, Israel

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