Britain has been rocked by a week of violent clashes as crowds chanting anti-immigrant and Islamophobic slogans confront police. The violence, incited by right-wing activists using social media to spread misinformation about a knife attack that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event, has led to hundreds of arrests. The government has pledged that rioters will face “the full force of the law” after attacks on police, looting, and assaults on hotels housing asylum-seekers. The unrest began on July 29 in Southport, a seaside town north of Liverpool,…
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Russia strikes Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for the first time in weeks as war erupts in the east
[ad_1] Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles early Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a retaliatory strike on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Svyarodonetsk. After the attack on two outlying districts of Kyiv, thick smoke could be seen from several miles away. Ukraine said the strike affected rail car repair work; Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent to Ukraine by Eastern European countries. At least one person was hospitalized, although there were…