News: Europe
Greater Manchester fire service ‘unprepared’ for terrorist attack (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police ‘blamed others’ for bomb response failings
(BBC) Police “abjectly failed” to co-ordinate the emergency response on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Families of those killed said Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had tried “to blame others” for its mistakes. The public inquiry into […]
Crime
Police find ‘no evidence’ of anti-Muslim slur during Oxford Street hate incident (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s punch ‘could have been red flag’
(BBC) Salman Abedi punching a female student after a row about her wearing a short skirt could have been a red flag to his radicalisation, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who killed 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, hit the girl […]
Health & Medicine
Asad Bhatti: Terrorism jury discharged as defendant catches Covid
(BBC) A defendant in a terrorism trial has been taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma with Covid-19, a court has heard. The trial of Asad Bhatti started at the Old Bailey last week. The 48-year-old financial analyst from Redhill, […]
Crime
Channel crossings: Smugglers are using ‘death trap’ boats, agency says
(BBC) Dangerous and unseaworthy boats are being used to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The NCA said there had been a trend towards large inflatables of up to 10m (32ft) […]
Legal
Dangerous Manchester man had ‘colossal’ amount of extremist propaganda on computer and phone
(ITV) A “dangerous” man who was found to have a “colossal” amount of extremist propaganda on his computer and phone has been jailed for terrorism offences. Counter-terrorism police believe the material owned by Wissam Tariq Mahmoud Ziad, which supported extremist group Daesh […]
Children & Teens
Police: We have foiled seven ‘late-stage’ terror attacks since start of pandemic (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
TV channel that referred to Hamas killer as ‘martyr’ reported to Ofcom and the police (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
BBC interviews ‘we love death’ activist on tackling Jew-hate (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Hashem Abedi ‘more influential’ than bomber
(BBC) Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for his part in the Manchester Arena attack, was probably “more influential” than the bomber, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who is serving a life sentence, helped organise the attack his brother Salman carried out in […]
Government & Politics
Flagship immigration reforms clear the Commons amid chaotic scenes (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Salman Abedi was immature student, hearing told
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber was an “immature” student whose conduct raised concern but could not obviously be linked to extremism, an inquiry heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber attacked girl at college, hearing told
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber attacked a female student while he was studying at a college, an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. The inquiry into the […]
Crime
Police release new images of anti-Semitic attack on Oxford Street (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: No sign of Abedi’s extremism at school, teacher says
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s former head teacher has told an inquiry there was no sign of his extremism while he was at school. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
Crime
Barber told woman he wanted to make her a ‘perfect Muslim wife’ and then treated her like a dog (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Asad Bhatti: Redhill financial analyst had explosives, jury told
(BBC) A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. Asad Bhatti also worked on a computer handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom,” the court […]
Children & Teens
Police treated us like criminals, say families of girls trafficked to Islamic State in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Books
Extract from Shoah revisionist’s hate book posted by Islamophobia adviser (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel crossings: UK offer to patrol French beaches ‘still on table’
(BBC) An official appointed to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel says an offer to put UK officers on French beaches “remains on the table.” French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday it “cannot accept” the presence of UK police or […]
Clothing
Google profited from sale of T-shirts glorifying Hamas — days after UK banned terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France rejects joint Channel border patrols with UK
(AFP) French Prime Minister Jean Castex told his British counterpart Boris Johnson that the UK held “a large part of the solution” to the Channel migrant crisis and rejected the idea of joint border patrols, according to [a] letter seen by AFP […]
Crime
Deaths in English Channel linked to money laundering in UK, MP says (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK facing ‘varied and persistent’ terror threat, warns MI5 boss Ken McCallum (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Chanukah bus tour attacked by yobs shouting anti-Israel slogans (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Pushing back boats will increase danger, MPs warn
(BBC) UK plans to turn back people attempting to cross the Channel are dangerous and probably unlawful, MPs have warned. Home Secretary Priti Patel said last week the tactic would help deter smuggling gangs, following the deaths of 27 people in a […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Report: 60% of UK online news articles about Muslims are negative (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Burka-wearing raiders jailed for armed robbery at Dundee jewellers
(BBC) Three members of a gang who wore burkas as disguises during an armed robbery at a Dundee jeweller’s shop have been jailed. Dean King, Anthony Wheeldon and Connor Willis were among the gang who targeted Walker the Jeweller in 2019. A […]
Citizenship
Jihadi Jack’s parents say he’s no terrorist
(Toronto Sun) The family of a man currently held in a Kurdish prison in northern Syria is disputing the description of him as a terrorist. A spokesperson for John and Sally Letts took issue with the term terrorist being applied to Jack […]
Employment
France accuses UK employers of ‘quasi-modern slavery’ amid Channel migrant crisis Cross-Channel migration is ‘first and foremost an English issue,’ said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
(Politico) French Europe Minister Clément Beaune on Monday accused the U.K. of “an economic model of, sometimes, quasi-modern slavery” amid the ongoing migrant crisis in the English Channel. Also on Monday morning, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called on the U.K. to […]
Citizenship
Jihadi Jack’s parents ask Canada to bring the Brit here
(Toronto Sun) The parents of British-born terrorist Jihadi Jack are seeking the help of politicians in this country to get him sprung from a Syrian prison to live a life of freedom in Canada. Emails obtained exclusively by the Toronto Sun show […]
Government & Politics
France to offer Johnson EU deal on migrants
(AFP) France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex is preparing to write to British counterpart Boris Johnson with proposals for a new post-Brexit deal on migration with the EU after the disaster in the Channel last week that left 27 migrants dead, a minister […]
Children & Teens
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb response shameful, says victim’s dad
(BBC) The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack has said that the response to the bombing was “shameful” and “inadequate.” Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, was among 22 people killed in the 2017 bombing. Her dad Andrew Roussos told the […]
Crime
France urges Britain to do more on Channel migrant trafficking
(AFP) France on Sunday urged Britain to help more with cracking down on people-smuggling gangs following a row between the two countries last week over an unprecedented boat accident in the Channel that cost 27 lives. “We have to work with our […]
Government & Politics
Migrant crisis: Lack of co-operation will lead to worse scenes in Channel, warns Priti Patel
(BBC) Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned that failure by European politicians to co-operate on the continent’s migrant crisis will lead to “even worse scenes” in the English Channel this winter. France is hosting German, Belgian and Dutch ministers and European Commission […]
Crime
Channel migrant deaths: Smugglers net millions per kilometer
(AP) The price to cross the English Channel varies according to the network of smugglers, between 3,000 and 7,000 euros ($3,380 and $8,000) though there are rumors of discounts. Often, the fee also includes a very short-term tent rental in the windy […]
Government & Politics
UK bans Hamas in its entirety as ‘terrorist group’
(AFP) Britain on Friday designated all of Hamas an “Islamist terrorist group,” warning that its members and those who support the group could face stiff jail terms. The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the group that rules the Gaza Strip, has […]
Government & Politics
Macron slams ‘not serious’ Johnson after migrant tragedy
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron hit out at British Prime [Minister] Boris Johnson on Friday over a tweeted letter, accusing him of being “not serious” after 27 migrants died crossing the Channel. Johnson sparked fury in France after writing a private letter […]
Legal
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s brother will be arrested on return
(BBC) The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will be arrested and brought to give evidence to the attack inquiry if he returns to the UK, a judge has said. Ismail Abedi had been ordered to attend the Manchester Arena inquiry in […]
Government & Politics
Johnson writes to Macron with five-point plan to tackle migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Chances of no sleeper terrorist among crossing migrants ‘nil,’ Parliament told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Cabinet Office anti-racism trainer wished death and mutilation on ‘Zionists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Franco-British feuding complicates Channel migrant response
(AFP) The bodies were barely out of the water after the most deadly day ever for migrants crossing the English Channel before accusations began to fly over who was to blame for the tragedy. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is desperate […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Arena bomber’s father part of militia, terrorist says
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has admitted he was in the same Libyan militia group as the Manchester Arena bomber’s father. Abdalraouf Abdallah, a friend of Salman Abedi, was brought from HMP Wakefield to give evidence at the Manchester Arena inquiry into the […]
Government & Politics
Migrant tragedy is biggest loss of life in Channel
(BBC) At least 27 people headed for the UK have drowned in the English Channel near Calais after their boat sank. The International Organization for Migration said it was the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since it began collecting […]
Clerics & Preachers
Manchester Arena bomber gave imam ‘hateful look’ after he denounced extremism, inquiry told (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Manchester Arena inquiry: Mosque failed to act on extremism, families say
(BBC) The mosque which the Manchester Arena bomber attended failed to adequately “challenge extremist ideology” in the years before the attack, the families of his victims have said. A former Didsbury Mosque imam has told the Manchester Arena inquiry support for terror […]
Legal
Nechells man convicted of terrorist offences after posting extreme material online (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
France holds 15 after breaking Channel people-smuggling network: police
(AFP) French police have detained 15 suspected members of an international migrant smuggling syndicate that helped people illegally cross the Channel to Britain. The announcement comes as tensions grow between London and Paris over the record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, […]