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☆ Southport stabbings: Far-right disinformation fuels riots across UK
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Kara Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Far-right demonstrators chanted anti-migrant, anti-Muslim slogans at the London rally that turned violent on Wednesday. He added that, while the algorithm played a part, there was also a “huge amount of organizing happening” in a variety of different places that are not algorithmically oriented – for example in far-right groups on the instant-messaging platform Telegram. Like what was being shared on X and other platforms, the Telegram group “Southport Wake Up,” also posted false information about the alleged suspect. Hours after the attack, the group’s creator sent out the details for the first protest: Meet near a Southport mosque on Tuesday. The “Southport Wake Up” group is still active, and on Thursday, posted calls for similar disruptions at Muslim centers in other cities across England.

Persons: Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Keir Starmer, Benjamin Cremel, Neil Holyoak, Axel Rudakubana, Tim Squirrell, “, who’s, ”, Squirrell, ’, ” Squirrell, Starmer, Downing, ” CNN’s Jessie Gretener, Duarte Mendonça, Ivana Kottasová, Radina Gigova Organizations: CNN, England, ”, city’s Metropolitan Police, London, Getty Images Met, Southport stabbings, Institute for Strategic, Communications, Intelligence Service, Telegram, Southport, Southport Wake Locations: Southport, London , Manchester, Hartlepool, Downing, Manchester, London, AFP, Banks , Lancashire, Cardiff , Wales, England

Hong Kong CNN —Hong Kong’s leader responded on Tuesday after three people were charged by British police for allegedly spying on behalf of the city’s intelligence services. Relations between Hong Kong and its former colonial ruler Britain have soured in recent years following mass pro-democracy protests in the Chinese city in 2019 and 2020. The British government has criticized Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed crackdown on almost all opposition in the years following the protests, while Hong Kong authorities have bristled at Britain providing a safe haven for pro-democracy leaders sought by the Hong Kong police. Hong Kong leader Lee noted in his Tuesday news conference that one of the men charged was the office manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London but did not directly address a question over whether it was involved in surveillance of Hong Kong dissidents in the UK. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is speaking at a press conference on April 30, 2024.

Persons: Hong, Chi Leung, Peter, Wai, Matthew Trickett, Chung Biu Yuen, Hong Kong’s, John Lee, ” Lee, Chi Leung Wai, Yui Mok, Jonathan Brady, Yuen, Louisa Cieciora, Lee, Vernon Yuen, ”, Dominic Murphy Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, British, Hong, city’s Metropolitan Police, Hong Kong, Embassy, Westminster Magistrates, Administrative, Police, Hong Kong Economic, Trade Office, . Hong, Economic, Trade, Metropolitan Police, UK National Security, Crown Prosecution Service, Command, Met Police Locations: Hong Kong, Westminster, London, city’s, Britain, Hong Kong’s Beijing, . Hong Kong, England

☆ London police fatally shoot man allegedly armed with a crossbow
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Police in the British capital shot dead a man who was reportedly trying to enter a property armed with a crossbow in the early hours of Tuesday, according to a statement. The man, who police say is thought to be in his 30s, “was threatening to harm residents inside the address,” reads the statement. Lucy North/Press Association/AP“Local officers attended and attempted to speak to the man but, after being threatened, armed officers were called and quickly attended the scene,” added police. “The man had got inside the property, and a police firearm was discharged,” continues the statement. Police and paramedics provided first aid but the man died at the scene, said police, adding that two people at the address suffered minor injuries.

Persons: “, Lucy North, ”, Seb Adjei Organizations: London CNN — Police, city’s Metropolitan Police, Press Association, AP “ Local, Police, Independent Office, Metropolitan Police Locations: Bywater, London, city’s, Southwark, England, Wales

☆ Just Stop Oil protesters attack Velázquez’s ‘Rokeby Venus’ in London’s National Gallery
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Two climate activists from the group Just Stop Oil have been arrested after smashing the glass protecting a famous painting in London’s National Gallery on Monday, the city’s Metropolitan Police said. A video posted to Just Stop Oil’s account on X shows the activists wearing white Just Stop Oil t-shirts and breaking the glass protecting Diego Velázquez’s 17th-century “Rokeby Venus” with orange safety hammers. The National Gallery said on X that the room was cleared of visitors and police were called after the demonstration took place just before 11 a.m. local time on Monday. The Metropolitan Police tweeted: “Two Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested for criminal damage. The glass protecting a painting at the National Gallery has been vandalized.”A number of Just Stop Oil activists also gathered in Whitehall, the London thoroughfare that runs from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament, on Monday.

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CNN —A serving member of the British Army awaiting trial on terror charges escaped from prison in London on Wednesday, the city’s Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Abed Khalife went missing from Wandsworth prison, in the southwest of the British capital, shortly before 8 a.m. UK time. He had been awaiting trial for terror offenses and alleged breaches of the Official Secrets Act. Khalife is a soldier accused of planting fake bombs at a military base, according to the PA Media news agency. “Khalife was on remand at HMP Wandsworth, awaiting trial in relation to terrorism and Official Secrets Act offences,” it continued.

Persons: Daniel Abed Khalife, “ Khalife, Khalife, Dominic Murphy, “, ” Murphy Organizations: CNN, British Army, city’s Metropolitan Police, PA Media, “ Police, Metropolitan Police, Police, Command Locations: London, Wandsworth, England, Wales

☆ Seven children injured as car crashes into elementary school in Wimbledon, London
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alex Hardie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A car has crashed into an elementary school in southwest London, leaving nine people injured, according to the city’s Metropolitan Police force, who described it as a “serious collision.”Seven children and two adults were hurt in the incident in Wimbledon, officers said, adding that they are awaiting further updates on their conditions. The driver stopped at the scene and there have been no arrests as of yet, the Met added. Police were called at 09:54 a.m. to reports that a car collided with a building at the primary school in Camp Road, the force said in a statement. The institution is a fee-paying girls’ school for pupils aged 4-11. “Officers remain at the scene along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance,” the Met said.

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