1 hour ago Jenrick accused of racism over ‘no white faces’ comments and his attack on judges labelled ‘serious mistake’ – UK politics live

Labour mayor of the West Midlands says Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth were racistAsked about the Jenrick story, Badenoch again suggests Guardian reporting is reliable.Q: Jenrick was making a distinction between white faces and brown faces. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Jenrick doubles down on ‘I didn’t see any white faces’ attack on Birmingham and insists it ‘did look like a slum’

Bishop of Birmingham says shadow justice secretary’s comments are ‘entirely wrong’ and ‘deeply unhelpful’

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4 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Was Robert Jenrick right to complain about not 'seeing another white face' in Handsworth?

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has doubled down on comments complaining that he 'didn't see another white face' during a visit to an area of Birmingham.

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28 h. ago Gary Neville backed by Labour minister amid row over star's 'angry white men sowing division' video

Gary Neville wrote: ‘The division that’s being created is absolutely disgusting. Mainly created by angry, middle-aged white men, who know exactly what they’re doing’

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2 w. ago ‘My paintings don’t fit the narrative’: Kerry James Marshall on why he’s depicting black enslavers

He is arguably America’s greatest living painter, elevating everyday black life to the level of epic, jaw-dropping masterpieces. Now, for his biggest European show, the artist talks us through his disturbing new worksHistory weighs on Kerry James Marshall, though not all that heavily. When he talks about the hefty subjects of his art – from slavery to civil rights – he does so with a disarming, disquieting lightness. Maybe that’s because at almost 70 years old, and at the peak of his popularity, he’s seen it all.Marshall grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, just a few blocks away from where the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, a white supremacist attack that killed four young black girls, took place in 1963. When his family moved to Los Angeles, they ended up right in the middle of the 1965 Watts riots, a six-day uprising fuelled by growing racial tension in the poorest part of the city. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump's fury at airstrikes on Qatar: White House is blindsided by deadly IDF attack on its Gulf ally as Hamas leaders gathered for Gaza talks

Donald Trump hit out tonight at Israel's air strike on Qatar that killed five members of Hamas as its delegation prepared for talks to try to end the conflict in Gaza.

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4 w. ago Family's ultimate heartbreak as dad collapses and dies and his son's funeral

Norman White, 61, suffered a heart attack as his son, David Beilicki's coffin was being carried into service

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last month Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law

A Black man in South Carolina is pushing for the state to pass its own hate crime law after police say he was shot at by a white man in a racist attack

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