Search results for ‘US guns’
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Teachers to be allowed guns in Tennessee schools
Divisions in the United States over gun control will be amplified in the run up to November’s presidential election. That has been particularly stark in the state of Tennessee. A year ago a shooting at a school in the state capital Nashville that left three nine-year-olds dead sparked protests in the legislative building. Democrat representative…
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FactCheck: is Clinton right that there have been 135 mass shootings in the US in 2023?
The figures aren’t clear cut.
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Swapping stones for guns: the teenage Palestinians drawn into an old conflict (dubbed)
Warning: This report contains images viewers may find distressing – including dead bodies. Now in the occupied West Bank, it’s been the deadliest year for nearly two decades. Young Palestinian men – frustrated by a hardening Israeli occupation, and disillusioned with their own older political leaders are forming new militant outfits. They’ve gained large followings…
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Liz Truss sticks to her plan as the Chancellor hints at spending cuts to come
After a week in which their controversial plan to grow the economy had sparked a slump in sterling and a £65 billion Bank of England bailout, the Prime Minister and Chancellor faced the music today with one clear message: they’re sticking to their guns. Liz Truss – running the gauntlet of eight back-to-back local radio…
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America and guns: tyranny of the minority
Senators on both sides have hinted at some possible legislation. Is change coming?
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Russia accused of war crimes over civilian killings in Bucha
Ukraine’s president has said the scale of atrocities being unearthed in Bucha makes it harder for him to negotiate with Russia.
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Belarus opposition leader says ‘nobody is safe’ after death of exile in Ukraine
Belarus’s opposition leader told Channel 4 News “nobody now is safe” after the “shock” death of a prominent exile in neighbouring Ukraine.
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‘The problem is because people worship celebrities… but we are humans too’- Ghetts on cancel culture
One of the last artists to perform at a major venue in England before lockdown was grime music pioneer Ghetts.
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Gun sales in United States highest since records began amid coronavirus
Is it a rush to get protection against an unknown enemy? Fear of social turmoil and the breakdown of civil authority? Whatever the reason, Americans are buying guns like never before. New data collected by the FBI shows US gun sales in March were the highest since records began. With gun stores described as essential…
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Iran: Police deny using live ammo on Tehran protesters
Police in Iran have denied using live ammunition on protesters as demonstrations against the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner entered their third day. Footage on social media, from last night, showed a female demonstrator in the capital Tehran apparently with a gunshot wound to her leg. Meanwhile, the Iranian ambassador in London was summoned…
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The USA’s view of ambassador’s resignation
From gunship diplomacy to zero diplomacy. From the tit-for-tat over oil tankers to the war of words over our departing ambassador in DC.
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Police seize handguns bought online from eastern Europe
The National Crime Agency has seized more than 50 handguns which were bought online from eastern Europe in a nationwide operation from Cornwall to Scotland. Twenty-five police forces were involved and 10 people were arrested, including a serving firefighter. The weapons are becoming popular with gangs because they’re small and easy to carry.
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Guns in Chicago: a night on the frontline of violence
It is a city in the shadow of gun violence: a city where 345 people have been murdered so far this year – the majority of them, killed by guns.
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Surgeons dismiss Trump’s London knife crime claims as ‘ridiculous’
Surgeons have dismissed as “ridiculous” the apparent suggestion by Donald Trump that guns could help deal with violent crime in London. The US President told a pro-gun rally in Texas that one hospital in the capital is like a “war-zone” because of this year’s spate of fatal stabbings. A trauma specialist from the Royal London…
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Syrian army hits Eastern Ghouta after first day of ‘humanitarian pause’
In the last hour, we have felt dozens of booms and reverberations as the Syrian army is clearly now using its big artillery guns to hit Eastern Ghouta once more. It came after the first day of humanitarian pause.
