40 h. ago Arsonists jailed for 'terror' attack on east London warehouse on behalf of Putin's Russia

Dylan Earl orchestrated the arson attack after getting instructions from agents of Putin’s Russia

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64 h. ago Inquests into deaths of synagogue terror attack victims due to open

Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby lost their lives in the atrocity

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66 h. ago Warehouse terror attack organiser was ‘easy meat’ for Wagner Group, court told

Dylan Earl, from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, was working under the instruction of the proscribed Wagner Group, the Old Bailey was told.

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3 d. ago ‘At night, his guitar comes into my mind’: Amadou and Mariam’s surviving singer on life after losing her husband and musical partner

As Amadou and Mariam, the blind couple tenaciously carved out a career as one of Africa’s biggest global acts. Now, after Amadou’s death this year, his wife tells the story of their first posthumous albumOn 4 April, Amadou Bagayoko died suddenly, aged 70, in Bamako, Mali. The country’s ministry of culture announced the news. Thousands attended the funeral, including former collaborators Manu Chao, Youssou N’Dour, Malian–French rapper Mokobé and Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa, all paying homage to a man they knew as an uncle, a blues-guitar giant, a leader, a friend.“I miss him so much,” says Mariam Doumbia, his wife and musical partner of 44 years in the duo Amadou and Mariam. “We did everything together. We travelled together. We composed together. The sound of his guitar is always between my two ears. Especially at night, it comes into my mind. Even right now, I just heard it.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Suspect named after police called to Heaton Park synagogue days after terror attack

Officers were called to the scene in Crumpsall on Monday

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4 d. ago ‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?

Since 1985, the country’s toad population has almost halved, with hundreds of thousands killed on the roads each year. But many people are determined to protect them – including 274 dedicated patrol groupsIt’s 7.30 on a Friday evening, but I’m not heading to the pub or putting on a film. Instead, I’ve caught the train to a market town in Wiltshire, where I’m meeting up with members of Warminster toad patrol. These are volunteers who – like similar groups up and down the country – give up their evenings to protect their local toad population.For the common toad (scientific name Bufo bufo) is becoming increasingly uncommon. A recent study led by amphibian and reptile charity Froglife showed that the UK toad population has almost halved since 1985. To see a creature that has been a stalwart of the British countryside – not to mention a prominent feature of literature and folklore – in decline is “worrying”, says Dr Silviu Petrovan, senior researcher at the University of Cambridge and l...

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5 d. ago King Charles says Britain needs to 'deradicalise' people from the 'ghastliness of social media' as he visits Manchester synagogue after terror attack

Charles joined police officers, fire officers and ambulance staff at the Greater Manchester Police headquarters to thank them for their response to the October 2 stabbings and hear about their work.

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5 d. ago King visits Manchester synagogue where two died in terror attack amid Andrew scandal

The monarch’s visit is his first official appearance since Prince Andrew relinquished his royal titles

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5 d. ago King Charles puts Prince Andrew furore to one side as he visits Manchester synagogue in show of support for Jewish community after terror attack

The King arrived at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester to show his support to the Jewish community after it was targeted by a knifeman earlier this month.

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5 d. ago King Charles visits Heaton Park synagogue to meet community after terror attack

The King attended Heaton Park Syangogue in Manchester just over two weeks after terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie drove his car at worshippers and attacked others with a knife

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5 d. ago King Charles makes surprise visit as royals brace themselves for more Andrew claims

The King has travelled to Manchester today to visit the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, where he met members of the congregation - weeks after a terror attack there, which left two people dead

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7 d. ago Manchester synagogue terror attack victim leaves hospital after being stabbed

Andrew Franks was seriously injured during the attack two weeks ago

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8 d. ago Trump insists ‘I’m no King’ as thousands of ‘No Kings’ protests set to take place across the country

‘They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king,’ Trump said ahead of Saturday’s marches

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8 d. ago ‘Trump is killing poor people’: relatives mourn man killed in US military strike in Caribbean

Relatives of Trinidadian man believed killed in US military strike on alleged drug boat say he was denied due processRelatives of two men from Trinidad believed to have been killed in a US military strike on boat in the Caribbean have accused Donald Trump of “killing poor people” without due process and are demanding justice.Chad “Charpo” Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, from the fishing village of Las Cuevas in northern Trinidad, are thought to be among six people killed in a US airstrike on a boat allegedly transporting drugs from Venezuela. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Discussions to overturn ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans happening ‘at pace’ – No 10

Sir Keir Starmer wants to do ‘everything in his power’ to ensure Jewish people feel safe in the UK, a No 10 spokesman added.

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8 d. ago Discussions to overturn ban on Israeli team’s fans happening ‘at pace’ – No 10

Sir Keir Starmer wants to do ‘everything in his power’ to ensure Jewish people feel safe in the UK, a No 10 spokesman added.

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8 d. ago El Salvador's president seeks help in caring for country's thousands of stray dogs and cats

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog problem

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9 d. ago Andy Burnham launches key weapon to make Bee Network 'one of the safest transport systems in the world'

It will be overseen by the cop who commanded GMP's response to the Crumpsall terror attack

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9 d. ago Man accused of plotting terror attack against Jewish community described Paris attack as 'great event', jury told

Undercover operative Farouk gave evidence in the trial at Preston Crown Court for the first time

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1 week ago ‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London

Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us todayThere was no greater vantage point to see America burn than the Pennsylvania railroad. Working in the summer of 1919 as a dining car waiter, Claude McKay was so fearful that he had resorted to travelling with a revolver secreted in his starched white jacket. During this volatile time, which became known as the US’s Red Summer, a wave of racial violence engulfed the country.In a situation replicated across the western world, hundreds of thousands of first world war veterans had returned home and were now looking for work. Among them were Black troops who had fought for the allied powers and hoped that they would be awarded equal rights in return for their service. It was not to be. Continue reading...

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