Search results for ‘far-right’
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Netanyahu delays judicial reforms as mass protests continue in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s delaying his controversial judicial reforms, amid a growing political crisis which he said posed a “real threat to national unity”.
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What’s it like living in a hotel seeking asylum in Britain?
Over 45,000 asylum seekers are now being housed in hotels across the UK, a situation the government says it wants to put an end to.
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Anti-asylum protest: fifteen arrested after violent clashes in Merseyside
Fifteen people, including a teenager, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder after hundreds of far-right protestors clashed with police outside a Merseyside hotel where asylum seekers were being housed. Witnesses said some in the crowd had thrown fireworks at officers and set fire to a police van, although no one was injured.
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Brazil riot: Bolsonaro supporters accused of ‘terrorist acts’ after storming capital
President Lula and authorities in Brazil say the rioters, supporting Jair Bolsonaro, who stormed key government sites last night will “not succeed in destroying Brazilian democracy” – accusing them of ‘terrorist acts’.
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Brazil election: Lula beats Bolsonaro to make return to presidency
It has been a momentous night in Brazil – with an extraordinary political comeback by the left-wing former two-term president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Known as Lula, just three years ago he was in prison, on corruption charges that were later overturned. He beat his rival, the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, by the slimmest…
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Swedish PM resigns and concedes defeat to right-wing bloc
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has resigned after her government conceded defeat to a rival right wing bloc in Sunday’s election.
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Russia: Daughter of Putin ally killed in suspected car bomb attack
The daughter of the far-right Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin has been killed in an apparent car bomb attack in the outskirts of Moscow.
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Alex Jones defamation case reaching bizarre conclusion
In his prime, Alex Jones was the most listened to far-right conspiracy theorist in the USA.
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Gun reform bill moves through US Senate – as Supreme Court block law limiting guns in public
For the first time in decades, new gun safety legislation has won support from Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate.
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France ‘avoided the Brexit, Trump moment’ by re-electing Macron, says French journalist and author
We were joined by the journalist and author Marion van Renterghem and Thomas Morel, editor-in-chief of the far-right magazine Valeurs Actuelles.
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French election: Macron defeats Le Pen, but faces battle to unite France
The relief was almost audible – as the German chancellor, the American president and Boris Johnson lined up to offer their congratulations to Emmanuel Macron.
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French elections: Macron ahead of Le Pen in polls
France has seen the final day of campaigning in an election that seems to be edging in Emmanuel Macron’s favour – if the polls are correct.
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Politics is ‘difficult and dangerous’, sister of murdered MP says
We spoke to Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen.
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French President Macron seeks re-election
A month ago, the French presidential race was offering little to quicken the pulse, with incumbent Emmanuel Macron expected to breeze through to another five-year term.
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FactCheck: Here are some of the war crimes Russia is accused of
Joe Biden says Vladimir Putin is a “war criminal.”