Met Police guarded the Winston Churchill statue from crowds of Black Lives Matters protesters who gathered this afternoon for George Floyd’s funeral – as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ during a demonstration. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after … Read more
Families of Spain‘s coronavirus victims attended a mass funeral service at Seville Cathedral in one of the largest social gatherings since lockdown. More than 500 people wore face masks and sat in chairs separated by two meters – instead of pews – on Thursday as they paid tribute to family members who had died from … Read more
Black Lives Matter activists are continuing to march on British cities this afternoon following ugly clashes with police in London yesterday. Demonstrations in Bristol, Birmingham and Portsmouth are riding momentum from the mammoth gathering in the capital to keep alive the outcry over the killing of African-American George Floyd. A 15,000 strong crowd rallied peacefully … Read more
The New York City Police Department continued its crackdown across the city on Wednesday night by arresting more than 90 peaceful protesters who ignored the citywide curfew for a third night in a row. About an hour after the curfew went into effect, officers began moving in on crowds of demonstrators in Manhattan and Brooklyn, … Read more
Black Lives Matter protesters have taken to the streets of London for the second day running in solidarity with those in the US over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of demonstrators were packed into Trafalgar Square on Sunday, chanting ‘I can’t breathe,’ the words Floyd was heard gasping as a white police officer knelt … Read more
Researchers working in Antarctica have been trying to understand the behavior of a mysterious new particle. Some suggest it’s evidence that during the Big Bang a second universe was created that mirrors our own, consisting mainly of antimatter, and in which time flows backward. The shocking revelations came from an expedition to Antarctica during which … Read more
Masses people have gathered in London‘s Hyde Park, including the brother of Jeremy Corbyn, to protest against the coronavirus lockdown while brandishing signs reading ‘I will not be masked.’ Piers Corbyn, 73, was seen surrounded by police officers as he made his way through the crowds, getting involved in the action and making his voice heard. He … Read more
Hundreds of people gathered in a square in Berlin yesterday to mark May Day in defiance of a ban on public gatherings of more than 20. The move has exposed deep frustrations with social distancing rules in place in Germany since mid-March to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Police blocked roads around the Kreuzberg district … Read more
New coronavirus figures in Germany showed further positive signs that the country is over the worst of the crisis, as both the number of new confirmed cases and deaths were less than yesterday’s. Saturday saw the country confirm 2,055 new coronavirus cases, bringing to total figure to 152,438, and 179 new deaths, bringing the total … Read more
Anti-lockdown protests continued to gather momentum across the United States Monday as armed demonstrators waving Trump 2020 flags and ignoring social distancing rules called for America to reopen immediately. Crowds gathered close to one another in North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California, calling for their ‘liberty’. Armed militia groups protested alongside young families and … Read more