95 m. ago Glastonbury bosses closes stage amid crowd crush fears as Kneecap perform set that BBC refuses to air live

The rap trio took to the West Holts stage at 4pm on Saturday, just over a week after one of their members appeared in court on terror charges.

Society

3 h. ago Kneecap to play Glastonbury’s West Holts stage amid terror charge controversy

Keir Starmer has said it wouldn’t be ‘appropriate’ for festival to give the trio a platform

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52 h. ago Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis defends letting controversial rappers Kneecap play festival telling critics to 'go somewhere else'

The 89-year-old spoke out as the event ignored demands to pull the Irish republican rappers from the bill after one of the trio was charged with a terror offence.

Culture

67 h. ago Boulder terror attack suspect charged with federal hate crimes

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, has been charged with 12 federal hate crime counts

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3 d. ago German prosecutor seeks arrest on terror charges of a Syrian man who allegedly stabbed 4

Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office has submitted a new arrest warrant based on terrorism allegations for a Syrian man who stabbed and critically injured four men outside a restaurant in the western city of Bielefeld last month

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5 d. ago Two men charged with terror plot on Jewish community to stand trial in October

Walid Saadaoui, 37, and Amar Hussein, 51, deny the charges

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9 d. ago Met terror cop who won bravest officer award for stopping Samurai sword attack is charged with sexually assaulting a woman

Sergeant Stephen Brown, 47, is claimed to have sexually touched the woman without her consent at Biggleswade Railway Station on November 29 2019.

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9 d. ago Any hope that terror charges would silence Kneecap dashed by sea of supporters and press outside London courthouse

Any hope that terror charges would silence Kneecap dashed by sea of supporters and press outside London courthouse  Belfast Telegraph

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1 week ago Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap leads ‘free Palestine’ chant as Mo Chara in court on terrorism charge

Watch as Kneecap rapper Móglaí Bap lead a “free Palestine” chant outside Westminster Magistrates Court court as bandmate Mo Chara appeared on a terror charge.

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1 week ago Kneecap rapper granted bail on terror charge over Hezbollah flag at London gig

Kneecap rapper granted bail on terror charge over Hezbollah flag at London gig  Middle East Eye

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1 week ago Kneecap rapper bailed over ‘Hezbollah flag’ terror charge after being mobbed by supporters

Mo Chara, member of Irish language rap group Kneecap, has appeared in court over a terrorism offence after being accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at gig last year

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1 week ago Fans of Irish band Kneecap surround a London court as rapper Mo Chara faces a terror

Fans of Irish band Kneecap surround a London court as rapper Mo Chara faces a terror-related charge  AP News

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1 week ago Kneecap rapper charged with terror offence released on unconditional bail

Cheering crowds greet Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh outside London court after lawyers challenge validity of caseKneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who is facing a terrorism charge, has been released on unconditional bail after his lawyers challenged the validity of the case.Ó hAnnaidh, 27, from Belfast, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, and chanting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” at a gig in north London on 21 November last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fans of Irish band Kneecap surround a London court as a band member faces a terror

Fans of the Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap mobbed sidewalks outside a London court Wednesday as a member of the trio faced a terror-related charge in what he says is a politically motivated effort to silence the band’s support for Palestinians before its appearance at the Glastonbury Festival

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1 week ago Chaos outside court as Kneecap rapper appears on terror charge

Hundreds of fans gathered outside court on Wednesday in support of Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who is is accused of a terror offence. A smoke canister was set off outside while police removed counter-protestors from the crowd

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1 week ago Kneecap rapper released on unconditional bail over terror charge

Kneecap rapper released on unconditional bail over terror charge  BBC

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2 w. ago 'We stand in solidarity': Greater Manchester's Indian community 'shaken to the core' following devastating Air India plane crash

'This tragedy has left our community reeling'

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2 w. ago Youngest girl in Britain to be charged with terror offences killed herself after being groomed by American neo

Autistic Rhianan Rudd, 16, plotted to blow up a synagogue and scratched a swastika into her forehead after coming into contact with the two men.

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3 w. ago Man, 20, appears in court on terror charges over arson attacks and bomb hoax after police 'foil lone wolf attack on King's Guards'

Ilyas Akhtar, 20, of Slough, Berkshire, spoke only to confirm his personal details when he appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

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3 w. ago Man, 20, in court on terror charges after alleged arson attacks and bomb hoax

Ilyas Akhtar, of Slough, Berkshire, is accused of preparing terrorist acts and targeting local leisure venues.

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