Reuters Thousands of protestors have gathered in the Thai capital Bangkok, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after a phone call she had with the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked. In the call, she addressed Hun Sen as “uncle” and said a Thai military commander handling a recent border dispute...
Darran Marshall and Catherine Moore BBC News NI BBC Unison’s Nathalie Donnelly, who works with migrant workers, said they were terrified Demonstrators gathered in Belfast city centre to show support for Northern Ireland’s migrant community following a week of disorder. People in the crowd held signs with slogans such as “racists go home”, “refugees are...
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Jeremy Corbyn (far right in the picture) and John McDonnell (far left) attended the rally in January MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell will face no further action after being interviewed by police following a pro-Palestinian rally. McDonnell said the pair had been questioned by officers after taking part...
An upcoming clemency hearing will determine the near-term fate of Christopher “Naeem” Trotter, a political prisoner who has been held captive for over 40 years as punishment for a spontaneous act of community self-defense inside prison walls. On February 1, 1985, Trotter and another incarcerated man — John “Balagoon” Cole — led a rebellion within...
Watch: Eyewitness captures moments during Colorado attack The FBI says an attack in Boulder, Colorado, that injured eight people was a “targeted act of violence”, and they are investigating it as an “act of terrorism”. What happened? A group of people had gathered for a “regularly scheduled, weekly, peaceful event”, which the BBC understands was...
Ninety anarchists from a dozen cities attended a march and rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 11, to confront a planned Ku Klux Klan anti-gay and pro-killer-cop demonstration, to protest the 23 known murders of blacks in police custody there over the last two decades (seven since 1990), and to demand that charges be dropped against...
The UK’s largest teaching union will “make Labour MPs pay a high political price” if the government does not offer teachers in England a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise, its general secretary has said. Daniel Kebede said members of the National Education Union (NEU) “expect better from a Labour government” than the pay recommendation ministers...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Guy De Launey Balkans correspondent Getty Images President Aleksandar Vucic rallied his supporters in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade Tens of thousands of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s supporters have held a rally in Belgrade following months of unrest across the country. A monitoring organisation said around 55,000 people had gathered in front of...
Ben McKinney’s excellent unbeaten century gave Durham the edge on day one of their County Championship Division One match with Warwickshire. Durham had a bad start when they lost captain Alex Lees to the final ball of the first over, but they recovered well with McKinney leading the charge on an unbeaten 143, well supported...
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has called on people to rally in the centre of Paris on Sunday in protest at a ruling that has banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years. Le Pen’s bid to become France’s next president in 2027 were dealt a dramatic blow on Monday, when...
Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have returned to the streets of Istanbul, Turkey, in support of the city’s jailed mayor. Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested on corruption charges last week, sparking mass protests. He denies the charges and claims his arrest is politically...