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All news for 2024-08-07

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Stunning Bristol protest photos show astonishing scale of 2,000-strong ’anti-fascist’ crowd
Avon and Somerset Police earlier issued a dispersal zone order for an area in Bristol where potential far-right demonstrations were planned, but a huge crowd of 2,000 counter-protestors have turned out
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Taylor Swift concert targeted for terrorist attack as two men arrested
Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna this week were a target for terrorist attacks as two men have been arrested.
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Team GB’s Matthew Hudson-Smith takes silver after dramatic 400m finish
The action at Paris 2024 shows no sign of slowing down, with 23 Olympic gold medals up for grabs on Day 12.
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British man dies on death row despite later being proven innocent
British man Kris Maharaj spent 38 years in jail and passed away after fighting nearly 40 years to clear his name, human rights lawyer Stafford Smith said in a social media post
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UK riots: Man’s terror as mob charged at his family and set cars on fire
A family had to barricade themselves inside a garage shop in Hull on Saturday when rioters charged at them, before setting cars and tyres on fire then looting city centre shops
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Countering nuclear threats: Europe’s strategy against Putin despite potential Trump presidency
Russian propagandists are once again threatening Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and for the first time, Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear saber rattling with actual exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces.
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Family of French explorer who died in Titan sub disaster seeks $50m in lawsuit
Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five who died when sub imploded during a voyage to the Titanic wreck site in 2023
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King Charles requests daily updates on UK riots as police prepare for 100 demonstrations on the ’busiest night yet’
King Charles has asked aides to update him daily on the riots hitting Britain every night, according to reports.
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Thousands of police prepared as rioters warned of swift action
Police are preparing for more possible riots across England - with reports at least 30 protests could be planned for Wednesday
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Tory councillor’s wife arrested for ’racial hatred’ after ’telling rioters to set fire to migrant hotels’
Rioters have thrown parts of England and Northern Ireland into chaos with far-right thugs targeting and setting fire to hotels housing migrants in Rotherham and Tamworth