39 h. ago Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants

The Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement

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46 h. ago Millions expected at ‘No Kings’ protests before Trump’s military parade – live updates

‘No Kings’ protests across US come after a week of unrest over anti-immigration raids; Trump’s military parade to begin at 6.30pm ET in Washington DCA flagship No Kings march and rally are planned in Philadelphia, but no events are scheduled to take place in Washington DC, reports the Associated Press (AP). The demonstrations come on the heels of protests flaring up around the country over federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Donald Trump ordering national guard troops and marines to Los Angeles where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire. Police responded with teargas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades while officials enforced curfews in Los Angeles and Democratic governors called Trump’s guard deployment “an alarming abuse of power” that “shows the Trump administration does not trust local law enforcement”.The White House’s escalating response to street protests echoes talk before Donald Trump’s inauguration of forcibly quelling resistanc...

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67 h. ago The Guardian view on riots in Northern Ireland: racist violence does not express ‘legitimate grievance’ | Editorial

Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for itA reputation for political violence is one reason Northern Ireland has historically attracted fewer immigrants than the rest of the UK. In that context, increasing diversity could be read as a measure of progress; a peace dividend after the Troubles. That isn’t how it has felt to families cowering in fear of racist mobs this week. The riots started in Ballymena, ostensibly triggered by the arrest of two boys, reported to be of Romanian origin, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A community vigil mutated into a racist rampage. Masked thugs targeted the local migrant population. When police came to quell the pogrom, officers were attacked with bricks, fireworks, petrol bombs. There was contagion. Windows were smashed and a fire started at a leisure centre in nearby Larne that had been used as a temporary refuge for those fleeing the Ballymena violence. There were outbreaks of di...

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3 d. ago Protests over immigration raids continue across the US with more planned

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend

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3 d. ago Briton is ‘sole survivor’ of Air India plane crash that killed more than 290, police say

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 290 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area in the city of Ahmedabad, with a British man believed to be the sole survivor, according to police and local reports.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western Indian state of Gujarat. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Miracle escape of 'seat 11A' as British SURVIVOR is seen WALKING AWAY from Air India crash jet on local TV, after police said they feared all 244 on board Gatwick

Authorities had said earlier they believed there were no survivors on the Gatwick-bound flight that crashed in Gujarat carrying 242 passengers, including 53 Britons.

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3 d. ago Worrying widely shared Facebook post about missing police officer and child is not what it seems

The post has been shared over 1,200 times on some local Facebook pages in Wales but police say it is believed to be a scam

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4 d. ago Police forces face financial struggle as cost of borrowing set to spiral

Gavin Stephens, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said local forces have had no capital investment for 10 years.

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4 d. ago Texas governor orders national guard to deploy for protests in San Antonio

Greg Abbott says troops ‘on standby’ in response to local police request ahead of planned protests this weekLA protests – live updatesThe governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has ordered the state’s national guard to deploy to the city of San Antonio ahead of immigration-related protests planned for this week, saying the soldiers are “on standby”.Abbott posted on social media early on Wednesday that the national guard “will be deployed to locations across the state to ensure peace & order. Peaceful protest is legal. Harming a person or property is illegal & will lead to arrest.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The Latest: Trump defends National Guard deployment as protests spread to other cities

President Donald Trump is defending his decision to send Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines to Los Angeles, escalating a military presence local officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom don’t want and the police chief says creates logistical challenges for safely handling protests

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6 d. ago Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles | Moustafa Bayoumi

The president is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he’s talking about sending ‘troops everywhere’Donald Trump was on his way to Camp David for a meeting with military leaders on Sunday when he was asked by reporters about possibly invoking the Insurrection Act, allowing direct military involvement in civilian law enforcement. Demonstrations against Trump’s draconian immigration arrests had been growing in Los Angeles, and some of them had turned violent. Trump’s answer? “We’re going to have troops everywhere,” he said.I know Trump is “a delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag”, to borrow the words of the Republican senator Rand Paul, and that this president governs using misdirection, evasion, and (especially) exaggeration, but we should still be worried by this prospect he raises of sending “troops everywhere”.Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Nine dead in school shooting as multiple others injured in Austria

Armed police raced to the incident, in which local authorities believe multiple guns were used, at 10am local time on Tuesday.

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6 d. ago Five killed in school shooting as teacher barricades herself in class with students

Gunshots were heard inside the school at around 10am before a suspect was shot, according to local media, as the police are currently searching the building 'meticulously'

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7 d. ago ‘We’re not afraid of you’: LA protesters, enraged by Trump, flood the streets

Traffic stopped, signs were brandished, insults were hurled – and the size of the protest seemed to take police by surpriseUS politics live – latest updatesThousands of Angelenos enraged by Donald Trump’s decision to commandeer their state national guard swamped the downtown streets on Sunday, bringing a major freeway to a standstill. But the national guard, hemmed in by the protesters and by dozens of Los Angeles police cruisers, played almost no role in any of it.A vocal, boisterous but largely peaceful sea of protesters engulfed the north-eastern corner of downtown Los Angeles around city hall and the federal courthouse. They hurled insults at Trump and at the immigration enforcement teams who had conducted mass arrests of undocumented migrants in the area on Friday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles by Donald Trump arrive with more immigration raid protests expected

Soldiers sent after local police used tear gas, stun guns, and riot shields to push back immigration protesters in second day of clashes

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7 d. ago The British expat paradise in Spain that turned to hell:  Robbery gangs that target Brits, murders... and local police who protect their own

British expats in Spain are demanding action over a 'terrifying' surge in crime that has turned their idyllic seaside town into a 'petty criminal's paradise.'

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7 d. ago Trump praises ‘great job’ by national guard in calming LA protests, as mayor says troops are not in the city – US politics live

Mayor Karen Bass disputes president’s claim as she thanks local law enforcement for dealing with unrest following immigration crackdownPresident Trump appears to have used federal law to order the national guard to go to Los Angeles, rather than the 18th century Insurrection Act.The national guard is a hybrid entity that serves both state and federal interests. Often, it operates under state command and control, using state funding. Sometimes national guard troops will be assigned by their state to serve federal missions, remaining under state command but using federal funding.Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest. We have an incompetent Governor (Newscum) and Mayor (Bass) who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle the task.These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLE...

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8 d. ago LA protesters 'smash police car windows' as Trump vows to send in National Guard

After protests broke out across a number of Los Angeles neighbourhoods over immigration enforcement, Donald Trump promised to take drastic measures to put an end to the demonstrations

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8 d. ago Donald Trump deploys 2,000 National Guard troops to LA immigration 'riots' as protests turn violent

Soldiers sent after local police used tear gas, stun guns, and riot shields to push back immigration protesters in second day of clashes

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8 d. ago Donald Trump deploys National Guard to LA immigration 'riots' as protests turn violent

Soldiers sent in after local police used tear gas, stun guns, and riot shields to push back immigration protesters in second day of clashes

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