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Generation Hate: French far right's violence and racism exposed

Al Jazeera investigation reveals Generation Identity members carrying out racist attacks, making Nazi salutes in Lille. It was the first weekend of 2018 and Remi Falize was hungry for a fight. The 30-year-old far-right activist, who previously said his dying wish was to kill Muslims in the northern city of Lille, took out a pair […]

MPs wanted troops withdrawn after killings of two soldiers in Belfast

Newly declassified files, released under the 30-year rule, reveal the depth of anger in London following the brutal killings of David Howes and Derek Wood. The undercover soldiers from the Signals Regiment were dragged from their car, beaten and shot by the IRA after inadvertently driving into a funeral cortege. Three days earlier, three people […]

Visit North Korea signs sponsorship deal with English football club Blyth Spartans

Advertising boards were on display during the team’s 2-2 draw against Spennymoor Town on Boxing Day The organisation, which promotes travel to the hardline communist country, released a statement after images of the adverts circulated on social media. “Visit North Korea is pleased to announce a sponsorship deal with English football club Blyth Spartans F.C.,” […]

'A troubled young woman' – Mary Robinson on meeting with 'missing' Dubai princess

Former Irish President Mary Robinson has described a “missing” Arab princess – the welfare of whom sparked massive concern amongst human rights groups following a failed attempt to escape the UAE – as a “troubled young woman” who is in the “loving care of her family”. Mrs Robinson – a former UN Commissioner for Human […]

Dashcam footage captures van in icy head-on crash near Perth

Louise Thomson was travelling in the passenger seat of a 4×4, with her partner Grant at the wheel and their three-year-old daughter asleep in the back. The video shows the view out of the windscreen as the car travels along a country road near Perth. As the vehicle approaches a bend to the right, a […]

Woman arrested after two young children found dead in Margate

Police visited the property in Castle Drive, Margate, at about 3.35am on Thursday after concerns were raised for the welfare of the occupants. Kent Police said two “young children” were taken to hospital by ambulance and later declared dead. The arrested woman was involved in a road accident at about 2.50am and taken to hospital […]

Patrols in English Channel as more migrants picked up in calm waters

Nine migrants – including three children – were picked up by Border Force officers at Sandgate, to the west of Folkestone on the Kent coast, this morning. Meanwhile, Associated Press reported that a rescue was under way to assist another eight migrants in an inflatable craft “near another English coast”. And the AFP news agency […]

Church losing grip in schools as new figures show rise in multi-denominational sector

A small but clear slip in Catholic Church dominance of Irish education is highlighted in new figures showing a 4pc rise in pupils in multi-denominational schools this year. The growth is most dramatic at primary level, where there was a year-on-year, 7.7pc jump in enrolments in the multi-denominational sector. It far outstripped the 0.4pc increase […]

Germany: Reluctant military giant?

Should Germany become a major military power? And will it happen? With Vladimir Putin destabilising the east, Middle Eastern and Asian conflicts spurring new migration into Europe, and Donald Trump questioning US commitment to NATO, Germany has good reason to feel insecure. Chancellor Merkel told Germans in May that “we must fight for our future […]