3 d. ago Glasgow City Council hit by major cyber attack as warning issued over customer data theft

Glasgow has become the latest local authority in Scotland to be hit by a cyber attack.

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4 d. ago India now claims all Kashmir attackers were Pakistani nationals

Investigators previously claimed Pahalgam attack was carried out by two Pakistani gunmen and a local Kashmiri associate

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6 d. ago ‘Our era of violent populism’: the US has entered a new phase of political violence

The political temperature is dangerously high – and shows few signs of coolingIt has been a grim couple of weeks in the US, as multiple acts of politically motivated violence have dominated headlines and sparked fears that a worrying new normal has taken hold in America.Last Saturday, a man disguised as a police officer attacked two Democratic legislators at their homes in Minnesota, killing a state representative and her husband, and wounding another lawmaker and his wife. The alleged murderer was planning further attacks, police said, on local politicians and abortion rights advocates. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Woman says she was beaten on New York subway after being asked ‘Are you a Muslim?’

The woman had a concussion, a fractured nose and bruises all over her body from the attack, according to local reporting

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9 d. ago The racial violence in Ballymena repeats a pattern that’s blighted Britain for years. We must wake up to that | Lanre Bakare

History tells us attacks on migrants are a predictable result of political failings, distorted media coverage and far-right opportunismIn early June, the violence began. Rumours of a foreigner assaulting a local woman resulted in groups roaming through a small British town, breaking windows of homes belonging to “outsiders”. A few days later, the police attempted to stop mobs from reaching another nearby multiracial area. Eventually they broke through, ransacking shops and burning down a house, while local media reported that the violence had developed into “something like a fever”.Sound familiar? This isn’t Ballymena, the County Antrim town in Northern Ireland that has seen several nights of unrest in which immigrant homes were attacked after reports of an alleged sexual assault on a local girl by two teenagers, who had a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. These incidents actually took place more than a century ago, during the summer of 1919, as racial violence spread thro...

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1 week ago World's most 'dangerous' beach most likely to be attacked by sharks in 2025

New Smyrna Beach in Florida has been dubbed the world's most dangerous beach and now tourists are set to be worried due to the high number of attacks from sharks in the local area

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone factory attacked, 1,000km away in Tatarstan

Factory making Iranian-designed Shahed drones is hit, far from Russia-Ukraine border; Russian strikes damage energy and other civilian facilities in Poltava oblast. What we know on day 1,209See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s military said on Sunday it had attacked a Russian drone factory in the city of Yelabuga in Russia’s Tatarstan region. The target is around 1,000km from Ukraine. The Ukrainian military general staff said the factory produced, tested, and launched drones at Ukraine, in particular against energy and civil infrastructure. Videos on social media showed an explosion said to be at the factory in Yelabuga, also known as Alabuga, which builds Iranian-designed Shahed drones. The Russian local governor confirmed the attack.Russian forces hit the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Ukraine’s Poltava region with missiles and drones, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, denounced the attack on the central Poltava region as a vile s...

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1 week ago Police are working 'night and day' to catch Ballymena rioters after alleged sex attack on local girl sparks violent disorder

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has welcomed a reduction in disorder on Saturday night after several consecutive days of rioting and attacks on police officers.

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2 w. ago Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes

Governor Tim Walz was briefed on ‘ongoing situation’ in which Minneapolis-area state senator and representative were attackedTwo Minnesota lawmakers have been shot in their separate homes.Local news stations identified the victims as state senator John Hoffman and state representative Melissa Hortman. Both are members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. There is little information on the suspect at this time. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago More mass casualties near Gaza food points as GHF says five staff killed

US-Israel logistics group claims workers were attacked by Hamas, while Israeli forces kill 22 people across the territoryThe bloody chaos that has overtaken food distribution in Gaza has worsened with more mass casualties among Palestinians trying to reach humanitarian assistance, while the US-Israeli organisation tasked with deliveries claimed that five of its local workers had been killed by Hamas.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said on Thursday that a bus full of its Palestinian staff was attacked by Hamas at 10pm local time on Wednesday, with at least five deaths and other workers taken hostage. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills 10 at former school

Chancellor says nation’s deadliest postwar mass shooting is a ‘dark day in the history of our country’Austria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured several others before turning his weapon on himself.A tenth victim who had been in a critical condition subsequently died, local media reported on Tuesday evening. Eleven others were being treated in local hospitals for injuries sustained in the attack. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia launches attacks on Kyiv and Odesa a day after massive drone bombardment

Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine on Monday in the biggest overnight drone attack of the war. What we know on day 1,203See all our Ukraine war coverageKyiv and the port city of Odesa came under “massive” drone attacks from Russia early Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. An AFP journalist in central Kyiv heard at least a dozen of explosions and gunfire, as air defences tried to down the drones. Buildings and cars in several districts were burning and debris fell near a school. Russian strikes on Odesa hit maternity and medical facilities that had been evacuated, local officials said, reporting no casualties there.The attack came a day after Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the three-year war, according to the Ukrainian air force, as the Kremlin presses ahead with its summer offensive. In addition to the 479 drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired at different parts of Ukraine from Sunday to Monday, according...

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2 w. ago Greta Thunberg's 'freedom flotilla' boarded by IDF troops: Israel confirms it has intercepted Gaza

The activists onboard started reporting 'attacks' around 2am local time, and Israel quickly confirmed it had boarded the 'selfie yacht'.

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3 w. ago Brit man killed in Algarve 'was pestering women at bar before local attacked'

It has been claimed that the 60-year-old British man who died after being assaulted outside an Algarve bar yesterday had been 'pestering' women before the incident

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