A BBC scriptwriter is among ten Palestine Action activists who are accused of storming the headquarters of a Israeli-based defence firm in an alleged armed protest. Will-Nyerere Plastow, 33, faces charges of criminal damage and aggravated burglary over an alleged break-in at the Elbit Systems UK factory near Bristol on August 6. He is charged alongside fellow activists Samuel Corner, 22,...
Daily Archives: January 12, 2025
A national campaign in Scotland to support young people to safely navigate social media and prevent violence has been launched. ‘Quit Fighting For Likes’ aims to get young people to think about and discuss attitudes and behaviours around the filming and sharing of violent incidents. Developed by the Scottish Violence...
Six United Nations workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families, according to an official. The strike on the UN’s al-Jaouni Preparatory Boys School in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least 14 people, including two children and a woman, officials from Awda and al-Aqsa Martyrs hospitals said....
PARIS — French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “ Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris” during the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympic competition. The...
Today, our nation comes together to renew our sacred vow: Never Forget. Never forget each of the 2,977 precious lives stolen from us when terrorists attacked our nation. Never forget their families who still bear the grief from that searing September morning. Never forget the heroic citizens and survivors who...
Ukraine unleashed more than 140 drones on Russia overnight, officials said Tuesday, killing a woman near Moscow, grounding flights and setting off air defences in several parts of the country. Russia’s ministry of defence said in a statement it had shot down 144 Ukrainian drones overnight – ’72 UAVs over Bryansk region, 20...
An ‘ISIS-inspired’ terror plot to kill Pope Francis with bows and arrows during his visit to Indonesia has been foiled by police. Seven suspects were arrested across September 2 and 3 following tip-offs from concerned citizens. Bow and arrows, a drone and ISIS leaflets were found during a raid of one of the alleged militant’s houses....
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge declined to reset bail Wednesday for the teenager accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack, keeping the amount at $1 million. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas Metro police arrested him in late November. Because of his age at the time, the courts...
A man who spread racial hatred online has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Nathan Thompson, 25, from Newcastle, had previously admitted nine counts of inciting racial hatred and two malicious communications offences between April and July last year. Using two accounts on Twitter, now known as X, he shared...
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with killing two students and two teachers in a school shooting in Georgia, United States on Wednesday morning. Two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, along with maths teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, were killed at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia....
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