Protesters threw petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks at police during another night of disorder in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. Police fired baton rounds and used a water cannon to disperse protesters as cars were set on fire and the windows of several houses were smashed. The disorder began on Monday after a peaceful protest...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared to take a step toward circumventing federal laws that bar the military from taking part in domestic law enforcement in a letter she sent to the Department of Defense Sunday as the National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles amid mass protests over immigration raids. In a letter...
Demonstrators in a number of other US cities have joined Los Angeles in protesting over raids by immigration authorities under US President Donald Trump. Protesters were filmed on Monday in cities including Boston, Houston and Philadelphia, as demonstrations entered their fourth day in Los Angeles. Trump sent another 2,000 National Guard troops to LA –...
Masked federal agents with military gear have been firing flash-bang grenades, teargas and rubber bullets at civilians in the streets of Los Angeles for the last three days. On Saturday, President Trump federalized the National Guard to help crush protests — not just there but potentially anywhere in the U.S. where people demonstrate against federal...
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“We’re a community, we stand by each other,” Ebobisse added. “It’s important that in these difficult moments, we reaffirm that and don’t back into our corners and be scared because solidarity is the only way through this. “It’s not normal and we can’t treat it as normal. I fear it’s only going to continue to...
Progressive lawmakers, civil rights groups, and humanitarians responded with outrage and condemnation overnight and into Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a blanket travel ban on 12 countries and harsh restrictions on seven others, calling the move a hateful and “unlawful” regurgitation of a policy he attempted during his first term. In total, the executive...
Getty Images Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene is under fire over his family’s alleged lavish lifestyle Mongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene has resigned after losing a confidence vote in parliament. The vote followed days of mass protests over corruption allegations – fuelled by social media posts about his son’s lavish birthday party and engagement. Oyun-Erdene, who took office...
Five protesters have been arrested after they allegedly targeted the filming of Gal Gadot’s new movie in central London. Demonstrators have disrupted filming at various locations across London in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Police said. The force said the film was targeted “solely because an actress involved in the production is Israeli”. The Palestinian Campaign...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West BBC Anti-government and counter protests gathered in Plymouth, Exeter and Truro on Saturday Police said it has been a “tense, challenging and sensitive” day with anti-government protests and counter protests taking place across Devon and Cornwall. Hundreds of people have gathered in Plymouth, Exeter, and Truro as part of...
Naomi Scherbel-Ball BBC News, reporting from Jerusalem Supplied Videos showed protests chanting: “Out! Out! Out! All of Hamas, out.” Palestinians have taken to the streets in southern Gaza for a third day to protest against Hamas. Hundreds of demonstrators were seen in videos posted on social media calling for an end to the war and...
BBC Gylly Beach was one of the sites of the protest Hundreds of swimmers, surfers and paddleboarders have taken to the sea in Cornwall and Devon as part of an annual protest against an “ongoing sewage scandal”. The nationwide Paddle Out Protest, hosted by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), took place across 42 bathing sites across the UK on Saturday, including Gylly Beach in Falmouth, as well...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Yuval Raphael told the BBC she had practiced singing to the sound of people booing to prepare for Eurovision Israel has qualified for Eurovision’s grand final on Saturday, hours after protesters tried to disrupt the country’s dress rehearsal. Yuval Raphael, 24, was performing New Day Will Rise during a...
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Istanbul, with 50,000 police officers deployed to the city as authorities attempt to crack down on May Day protests. Public transport was shut down to stop people reaching Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013. Footage from the Turkish capital showed clashes between riot police and...
The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war. Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links...