A massive leap in attacks on police, paramedics and fire fighters come as other assaults see a fall.

Events

Audio of Maximillian Bourne’s call to emergency services released after he is detained indefinitely for the attack on his housekeeper

Economics

An investigation has been launched into the alleged attack by police, with no arrests made to date

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Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the bare-knuckle boxing thriller A Thousand Blows, set in the Victorian East End, is by far the most violent show ever devised by Disney.

Events

Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis

Politics

The revised wildlife protection and management law allows 'emergency shootings' following complaints that hunters were hampered by red tape.

Events

As Elon Musk tries to drive them out, federal workers are initiating a short squeeze on the broligarchyThe most ferocious response to Elon Musk’s coup in the US is also the most disciplined. It’s a sustained act of civil disobedience by the civil service. Amid the malignant lies of the current regime, federal workers are steadily telling the truth.This strategy is more methodical than it at first seems. Yes, the distress and anger among federal workers is palpable. But the more anarchy Donald Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) operation loose upon the world, the firmer the federal employees are standing. Their protest might even be seen as a political short squeeze. Continue reading...

Politics

This was the dramatic scene at Costco after it was locked down when ten people were sprayed with a 'mystery liquid' during an attack at the Somerset branch. 

Events

UK prime minister says future of Europe and Ukraine at stake after European leaders convene at emergency summit in ParisSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force is “absolutely a possibility.”His comments build on earlier declaration from Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenegard (9:40). Continue reading...

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