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Starmer condemns the far-right riots in England and promises to bring those responsible to justice
The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, condemned this Sunday the violent riots of the extreme right that broke out this weekend in several British cities and promised to bring those responsible “quickly” to justice.
“If people are attacked because of the color of their skin or their faith, then that is extreme right and I am willing to say it. This is violence, it’s not protest. It doesn’t matter what the reason is,” Starmer said in a statement, following the outbreaks of violence instigated by anti-immigration and anti-Islam groups registered in the United Kingdom.
The population of the United Kingdom wants to see “their safe streets and that is what I am determined to offer. They will regret it,” added the Labour leader and insisted that the troublemakers will face the full weight of the law and that the judicial response will be “quick.”
“We will do everything necessary to ensure that the message is absolutely clear: if you participate in this violence, you will regret it and you will be brought to justice as soon as possible,” he said.
“The people of this country have the right to be safe and yet we have seen Muslim communities attacked, attacks on mosques,” the prime minister said.
“Other minority communities attacked, Nazi greetings on the street, attacks on the police, unbridled violence along with racist rhetoric, so no, I will not be ashamed to call it by its name: extreme right-wing violence,” he said.
The violence instigated by far-right groups that broke out this weekend in British cities such as Liverpool, Bristol, Hull and Manchester has resulted in the arrest of more than 90 people while several officers were injured after being attacked with stones, beer cans, bottles and chairs.
Some protests continued today in some towns, including Rotherham, in the north of England, where a group of protesters threw stones and chairs at a hotel that houses asylum seekers.
The anti-immigration and anti-Islam protests organized in multiple towns and cities in the United Kingdom, supported by groups such as the English Defense League, ended in riots when many of the attendees assaulted the agents with all kinds of objects while some stores were looted and garbage cans were set on fire.
Although these groups have been organizing protests for weeks, the tension increased as a result of the July 29 stab attack on a recreational center in Southport (northwest England), in which three girls were killed and eight minors and two adults were injured.
The perpetrator of the attack, Axel Rudakubana, 17, born in Wales to Rwandan parents, has been accused of the murder of the girls and the attempted murder of the other ten people, but the discomfort of the far-right groups increased when false information was disseminated on social networks that the aggressor was an asylum seeker who had crossed the English Channel by boat.
The British Government will offer greater protection to mosques in the United Kingdom by virtue of a “quick response” measure for the violence that broke out in several cities in the country this weekend, the Ministry of the Interior reported on Sunday.
The measure is designed to address as quickly as possible the threat of new attacks against Muslim temples, which began in response to the attack in Southport.
In this weekend’s violence, more than 170 people were arrested after the agents were attacked with stones, bottles, beer cans, garbage cans or chairs.
In the town of Rotherham, in the north of England, a group of protesters, some masked and wrapped with the flag of England, today attacked a hotel that houses asylum seekers and also agents who were trying to control the disorder.
The ground floor of the hotel was set on fire when some troublemakers managed to break the police cordon and accessed the building while a police helicopter flew over the place.
Meanwhile, some protesters in Middlesbrough, in the northeast of England, destroyed windows of houses and cars and threw other objects while racist insults were heard.
These incidents followed similar scenes of riots seen this weekend in British cities such as Southport, Belfast, Hartlepool, Hull, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Sunderland, all in reaction to the Southport attack.
International
U.S. and Mexico Reach Deal to Address Water Deficit Under 1944 Treaty
The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to comply with current water obligations affecting U.S. farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to cover its water deficit to Texas under the 1944 Water Treaty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement.
The department уточified that the agreement applies to both the current cycle and the water deficit from the previous cycle.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Mexico of failing to comply with the water-sharing treaty between the two countries, which requires the United States to deliver 1.85 billion cubic meters of water from the Colorado River, while Mexico must supply 432 million cubic meters from the Rio Grande.
Mexico is behind on its commitments. According to Washington, the country has accumulated a deficit of more than one billion cubic meters of water over the past five years.
“This violation is severely harming our beautiful crops and our livestock in Texas,” Trump wrote on Monday.
The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that Mexico had agreed to supply 250 million cubic meters of water starting next week and to work toward closing the shortfall.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, quoted in the statement, said Mexico delivered more water in a single year than it had over the previous four years combined.
Trump has said that if Mexico continues to fall short of its obligations, the United States reserves the right to impose 5% tariffs on imported Mexican products.
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Roberto Velasco, said that a severe drought in 2022 and 2023prevented the country from meeting its commitments.
International
Several people shot in attack on Brown University campus
Several people were shot on Saturday in an attack on the campus of Brown University, in the northeastern United States, local police reported.
“Shelter in place and avoid the area until further notice,” the Providence Police Department urged in a post on X. Brown University is located in Providence, the capital of the state of Rhode Island.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that he had been briefed on the situation and that the FBI was on the scene.
At 5:52 p.m. local time (11:52 p.m. GMT), Brown University said the situation was still “ongoing” and instructed students to remain sheltered until further notice.
After initially stating that the suspect had been taken into custody, Trump later posted a second message clarifying that local police had walked back that information. “The suspect has NOT been apprehended,” the U.S. president said.
International
Colombia says it would not reject Maduro asylum request as regional tensions escalate
The Colombian government stated on Thursday that it would have no reason to reject a potential asylum request from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro should he leave office, as regional tensions persist over the deployment of U.S. military forces in the Caribbean since August.
“In the current climate of tension, negotiations are necessary, and if the United States demands a transition or political change, that is something to be assessed. If such a transition results in him (Maduro) needing to live elsewhere or seek protection, Colombia would have no reason to deny it,” said Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio in an interview with Caracol Radio.
However, Villavicencio noted that it is unlikely Maduro would choose Colombia as a refuge. “I believe he would opt for someplace more distant and calmer,” she added.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro also commented on Venezuela’s situation on Wednesday, arguing that the country needs a “democratic revolution” rather than “inefficient repression.” His remarks followed the recent detention and passport cancellation of Cardinal Baltazar Porras at the Caracas airport.
“The Maduro government must understand that responding to external aggression requires more than military preparations; it requires a democratic revolution. A country is defended with more democracy, not more inefficient repression,” Petro wrote on X (formerly Twitter), in a rare public criticism of the Venezuelan leader.
Petro also called for a general amnesty for political opponents and reiterated his call for forming a broad transitional government to address Venezuela’s prolonged crisis.
Since September, U.S. military forces have destroyed more than 20 vessels allegedly carrying drugs in Caribbean and Pacific waters near Venezuela and Colombia, resulting in over 80 deaths.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that attacks “inside Venezuela” will begin “soon,” while Maduro has urged Venezuelans to prepare for what he describes as an impending external aggression.
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