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Tuesday 6 August 2024

Immigration lawyers ‘at risk’ amid far-right threats to target advice centres

Police chiefs announce deployment of extra 2,200 riot officers as list of 60 immigration centres circulated online
Kamala Harris bets on Tim Walz as running mate: ‘We are going to win’

Harris praises governor, who has helped Minnesota achieve significant progressive legislative wins, on ‘fighting for middle-class families’

Almost 500 chemicals found in England’s rivers and groundwater

More than half classed as very toxic, toxic or harmful to aquatic life, with 20 categorised as ‘substances of very high concern’
Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation

Ofwat to penalise Thames, Northumbrian and Yorkshire for ‘catalogue of failure’ over illegal discharges
‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers

Married couple from Bristol attract awe and abuse on X with photos that show ‘staggering’ changes in the Alps
Woman pleads for rioters to avoid grandmother’s home in Nottingham

Granddaughter makes plea online after address included on list of targets for Wednesday protests

Far-right forums used to plan UK riots encouraging antisemitic attacks

Exclusive: Experts say websites that organised protests are inciting violence against Jewish people
Man in hospital after suspected hate crime attack in Belfast

Attack came on second night of disorder in city as dozens of people appear in courts across England charged with offences linked to riots
Journalists’ union calls for action over increased violence against news gatherers

NUJ says press photographers and reporters have been attacked and equipment destroyed by far-right rioters
Elon Musk calls PM ‘two-tier Keir’ over police response to UK riots

Owner of X uses platform to promote conspiracy theory that white far-right ‘protesters’ involved in disorder are treated more severely than minorities

Bangladesh parliament dissolved a day after resignation of prime minister

Move comes after longtime leader Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled country after weeks of deadly unrest
Sheikh Hasina: child of the revolution who eroded Bangladesh’s democracy

The sudden downfall of the world’s longest-serving female leader has ended one of South Asia’s most enduring political dynasties. But will Hasina’s legacy be huge development gains or rights abuses and alleged killings?
No jobs, no trust: young Africans’ economic struggles fuel protests

Young people have taken to streets in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria amid cost of living crises and lack of jobs
Bloomberg fires reporter for ‘premature’ publication of Evan Gershkovich release – reports

At least one reporter appears to have been fired for a decision that would have been reviewed by senior editors

Thames Water’s assets are looking worse and worse. Bondholders must pay

Damning Ofwat report underlines multiple operational failings at the beleaguered company
UK construction sector grows at fastest pace in more than two years

Strong expansion in July amid optimism that Labour’s shake-up of planning laws will increase activity
UK recovery ‘will accelerate and force Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer’

Niesr forecasts raise doubts over chance of further cuts by Bank of England before end of year
Saudi Aramco to pay record dividends despite dip in profits

World’s biggest oil company will pay shareholders, including Saudi state, quarterly dividend of $31bn