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The violence in Delhi is not a ‘riot’. It is targeted anti-Muslim brutality | Kenan Malik

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Blame the poisonous ideology of the Hindu nationalist BJP for the blood on India’s streets

In August 1958, gangs of white youths began systematically attacking West Indians in London’s Notting Hill, assaulting them with iron bars and meat cleavers and milk bottles. One policeman reported a 300-strong mob shouting: “We will kill all black bastards. Why don’t you send them home?” The attacks continued for a week before order was restored.

The incident is still referred to as the “Notting Hill riots”. It was nothing of the sort. It was a vicious week-long racist attack. Mr Justice Salmon, sentencing nine white youths at the Old Bailey, called it “nigger hunting”. There is, though, a long history of describing racist violence as a “riot”, to portray it as a general violent mayhem rather than as targeted attacks.

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NHS plans to deploy ‘Dad’s Army’ of retired doctors if Covid-19 spreads

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Government pandemic preparation plans to include ‘war room’ of experts

Former health professionals could be brought out of retirement under emergency plans being considered by the government to combat the spread of coronavirus.

News of the potential “Dad’s army” deployment comes as NHS bosses warn that the service will struggle if Covid-19 takes hold in Britain.

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Boris Johnson ‘is turning security into Brexit trade talks bargaining chip’

he figures he will always be safe – to hell with everyone else

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UK government rejects ‘clunky institutional framework’ for foreign policy cooperation

Boris Johnson has been accused of playing politics with the safety of Europeans after rejecting an EU proposal for future defence and foreign policy coordination.

At Downing Street’s insistence, the issue has been left out of negotiations starting in Brussels on Monday on the post-Brexit relationship.

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Costa Rican indigenous land activist killed by armed mob

  • Yehry Rivera, 45, latest to die in spate of violence
  • Brörán community has been trying to reclaim ancestral land

A Costa Rican indigenous defender has been killed by an armed mob while trying to reclaim ancestral land – the latest in a spate of violence targeting native communities in Central America’s safest country.

Yehry Rivera, 45, from the Brörán community in Térraba, was shot dead around 11pm on Monday after being surrounded by a group of angry locals armed with sticks, machetes, stones and at least one gun.

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