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• England’s Mark Sampson ramps up mind games for France Euro 2017 clash | Louise Taylor

  29-07-2017 23:29 via theguardian.com
  The Lionesses have not beaten France since 1974 but their bullish coach is confident of quarter-final victory on SundayA late Gothic weigh-house sits in the middle of Deventer’s handsome main square. Alongside it hangs a copper cauldron once used to perform gruesome executions involving miscreants being submerged in boiling water.Happily behavioural norms in this charming former Hanseatic trading town on the river Ijssel in the Netherlands are much modified these days. Even so, should the
  
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• Border chaos will hit hard after Brexit, says report

  29-07-2017 23:01
  Britain will be hit by huge border delays, require vast lorry parks in the south-east, and suffer more than £1bn a year in economic damage, according to a stark economic analysis of the likely impact of customs checks after Brexit.Additional costs associated with potential motorway queues, extra customs staff and jobs lost as a result of companies relocating mean even that assessment is “extremely conservative”, a study by a leading economic consultancy warns.The alarming asses
  
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• EU migrants make up over 20% of labour force in 18 British industries

  29-07-2017 23:00
  The fishing industry supports Brexit but admits that it too needs EU workers.According to a study by the Office for National Statistics, in at least 18 specialist industries EU workers constitute more than 20% of the labour force.The government insists EU workers living here will be able to stay post-Brexit.
  
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• Bosses are failing to honour minimum pay laws, warns Britain’s job market tsar

  29-07-2017 23:00
  Enforcement will have to be stepped up to ensure fair pay, says David Metcalf.Far too many companies are getting away with breaking the law over the wages they pay, says the government’s adviser on employment abuses.Sir David Metcalf, director of labour market enforcement, signalled he wanted tougher action against employers who underpay, and more resources to catch those breaching the law.
  
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• Winston Bogarde’s 15-year-old nephew targeted by top English clubs

  29-07-2017 22:59 via theguardian.com
  • Manchester United, City, Chelsea and Liverpool scouting Dutch youngster
  • Bogarde, a ball-playing defender, is a free agent until he turns 16 in May
  Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool have a strong interest in signing the Dutch youth defender Melayro Bogarde, nephew of the former Chelsea defender Winston Bogarde, with each club intensively scouting the 15-year-old.Bogarde, who plays for Feyenoord, is a target for the four Premier League clubs once he becomes 16
  
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• Venezuela to vote on constituent assembly after months of protests

  29-07-2017 22:48 via theguardian.com
  Critics warn that a vote to create the 545-member assembly with power to rewrite constitution will damage democracyVenezuela’s beleaguered government appeared prepared to go ahead with a vote on Sunday that critics at home and abroad have warned will seal the demise of the oil-rich nation’s democracy.At least five people were killed last week after the opposition stepped up its protests against the controversial vote that will elect a 545-member constituent assembly with the power to
  
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• Saving Britain’s food supply: a manifesto to keep food on the table

  29-07-2017 22:25 via theguardian.com
  Brexit imperils the health of a nation whose food supply was already under threat from climate change and shifting global markets. Here, the Observer’s restaurant critic outlines how we might avert disasterA few weeks ago, I was approached by an official at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She told me the secretary of state, Michael Gove, was holding a round table discussion for ‘innovative thinkers’ on 25 July to give him ‘food for thought in the e
  
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• Chelsea manager Antonio Conte eager to avoid another ‘Mourinho season’

  29-07-2017 22:20 via theguardian.com
  • Chelsea go down 2-1 to Inter despite comical Kondogbia own goal
  • Ivan Perisic and Stevan Jovetic on target in win for Italian teamAntonio Conte is determined to ensure his English champions do not suffer another “Mourinho season” and slump again after winning the Premier League.Chelsea won the title in 2014-15 under José Mourinho – now in charge of Manchester United – when he returned to Stamford Bridge for a second spell as manager. However, Chelsea p
  
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• Two dead after Outer Hebrides diving accident

  29-07-2017 22:18 via theguardian.com
  Bodies of shellfish divers found after unmanned boat is discovered off Castlebay, BarraTwo divers have died after getting into difficulty in waters off the coast of an island in the Outer Hebrides. A ferry skipper raised the alarm with Stornoway coastguard when he noticed a small unmanned boat off Castlebay, Barra, at about 11.20am on Saturday.Continue reading...
  
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• Euro 2017: Hosts Holland see off Sweden as Germany v Denmark is postponed

  29-07-2017 22:12 via theguardian.com
  • Holland 2-0 Sweden (Martens 33, Miedema 64), hosts reach semi-finals
  • Germany v Denmark moved to Sunday after heavy rain in RotterdamThe Euro 2017 hosts, Holland, saw off Sweden to secure their place in the semi-finals, where they will face England or France. The second quarter-final, between Germany and Denmark, was rescheduled to 11am BST on Sunday after heavy rain in Rotterdam left the pitch unplayable.Sarina Wiegman’s Holland side began the stronger in front of a raucous s
  
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• Coryn Rivera slingshots past Lepisto to win testing RideLondon Classique

  29-07-2017 21:26 via theguardian.com
  • American pips Lotta Lepisto to win richest prize in women’s cycling
  • Great Britain’s Katie Archibald pockets €1,000 for intermediate sprint winCoryn Rivera, the American Team Sunweb rider, left it late to slingshot her way to victory off the wheel of her Finnish rival Lotta Lepisto and win the 55km RideLondon Classique. With a total prize fund of €100,000 (£89,000), one-quarter of which went to the winner, it was the richest prize in the history of women&
  
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• Ten cases like Charlie Gard’s heard in English courts this year

  29-07-2017 21:01
  Connie Yates and Chris Gard with Charlie, who died on Friday at the age of 11 months.English courts have considered 10 cases involving the disputed medical treatment of children so far this year, the Observer has learned.The news comes as concern grows over the manner in which such cases are dealt with in the wake of the traumatic final days of Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old boy who died on Friday following a protracted legal battle.
  
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• Max Verstappen seeks F1 finishing touch after run of retirements

  29-07-2017 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Red Bull driver is feeling positive before the Hungarian Grand Prix despite suffering everything from engine failure to a dud battery this seasonThere is a refreshing lack of artifice when Max Verstappen makes a case. The Red Bull driver is as happy to be honest off-track as he is uncompromising on it. The young Dutchman has never been shy of backing himself and, 10 races into what has been a trying season, his directness suggests he has learned from his travails and moved on. A better, more rou
  
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• Everything you need to know as Russia retaliates over US sanctions bill

  29-07-2017 20:42
  Donald Trump will sign financial sanctions which will bar him from easing the penalties.
  
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• Jimmy Anderson tips Keaton Jennings to return to form after Oval knock

  29-07-2017 20:41 via theguardian.com
  • England opener hits unbeaten 34 against South Africa
  • ‘That might be what he needs to kickstart a good trot’Keaton Jennings has endured a rough start to his first home summer in Test cricket but has not once allowed his head to drop, with his England team-mate Jimmy Anderson tipping the opener’s battling performance on a rain-affected third day to kick-start a return to form.A century on debut in Mumbai in December augured well for the left-hander’s internati
  
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• Poorly Alexis Sánchez is staying, says Arsène Wenger after Arsenal victory

  29-07-2017 20:40 via theguardian.com
  • Wenger has spoken to flu-stricken striker and lets him recover in Chile
  • New signing Sead Kolasinac shines in Arsenal Emirates Cup winArsène Wenger has given special dispensation to Alexis Sánchez to stay in Chile as he recovers from an ill-timed bout of flu. The Arsenal forward, who was originally due to return to England to rejoin the squad this weekend, has an extension until Tuesday. Sánchez’s instagram selfie – wrapped in a scarf with his bottom
  
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• Geoffrey Rush adds Alberto Giacometti to his roster of troubled artists

  29-07-2017 20:32 via theguardian.com
  Australian actor plays one of 20th century’s greatest sculptors in British film made with close involvement of artist’s estateAlberto Giacometti’s elongated figures are among the greatest masterpieces of 20th-century art; one of them sold for $141m. But, like so many sought-after artists, the Swiss master has been repeatedly copied by forgers. Hundreds of artworks created for a major British film about him had to be destroyed on the instructions of his estate because of concern
  
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• Encounter between US and Iranian ships 'safe and professional', navy says

  29-07-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Bahrain-based fifth fleet responds to Revolutionary Guard statement by saying aircraft shot flares before Iranian vessels conducted ‘gun exercise’Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday that US navy ships came close to its vessels in the Gulf and shot flares.Related: US sanctions 18 Iranian entities day after certifying nuclear deal complianceContinue reading...
  
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• Brendan Foster bids farewell to athletics and backs Mo Farah to win double gold

  29-07-2017 19:52 via theguardian.com
  Brendan Foster leaves athletics after more than 40 years and is confident Mo Farah, who he calls Britain’s greatest ever sportsman, can win 5,000m and 10,000m at the world championshipsBrendan Foster’s departure from the BBC is not the highest profile retirement at London 2017 with Usain Bolt leaving the track for good and Mo Farah taking his London bow before moving to the road in time for Tokyo 2020. But as someone who has seen the sport from many sides – first as a competito
  
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• Bigot who would lead Ukip is a product of our times | Nick Cohen

  29-07-2017 19:40 via theguardian.com
  Anne Marie Waters’ swerve to the far right is understandable but unforgivableIt sounds like the start of a bad stand-up routine. An Irish lesbian feminist walks into Ukip’s HQ and… And the Kippers walk out. Or at least three-quarters of Ukip’s members of the European parliament say they will walk out if Anne Marie Waters becomes their new leader.Ukip’s politicians are not threatening to resign because Waters is Irish or a lesbian or even a feminist. Despite Nigel F
  
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• Rain halts England charge after South Africa avoid follow-on

  29-07-2017 19:21 via theguardian.com
  • Third Test, day three: England 353 & 74-1; South Africa 175
  • England extend lead to 252, with Keaton Jennings on 34The equation has a familiar ring. The side batting last in this Test will be required to bat for more than four sessions to avoid defeat. So far in the series that has been way beyond the capacity of the batsmen. At Lord’s England won by 211 runs; at Trent Bridge South Africa prevailed by 340.Will it be just as straightforward at The Oval? If the South African
  
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• Rashan Charles campaigner: Police seen as a 'gang'

  29-07-2017 19:09
  Young people unable to get justice for deaths in custody will begin to retaliate as they see police as acting like a "gang", according to a campaigner at a protest for Rashan Charles.The speaker at the vigil, which was organised by the campaign group Stand Up To Racism, said London's youngsters will use violence as it is the only way they are able to "articulate" their frustration.Mr Charles died following a police chase in east London on Saturday 22 July.
  
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• Naby Keïta will ‘100%’ stay at RB Leipzig, coach tells Liverpool

  29-07-2017 18:30 via theguardian.com
  • Ralph Hasenhüttl: ‘Keïta is more focused on us and has more fun now’
  • RB Leipzig in London for Emirates Cup, where they lost 1-0 to SevillaRB Leipzig’s coach, Ralph Hasenhüttl, has delivered a shattering blow to Liverpool’s hopes of signing Naby Keïta by describing the chances of him moving to Anfield as “null”.His confidence that the Guinean midfielder will stay at the Bundesliga club did not even offer a sliver of encourageme
  
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• Rashan Charles Peaceful Protest Was Separate From Street Violence In East London, Police Say

  29-07-2017 17:50
  Violence on the streets of east London was “separate” from a protest over the death of a black man following a police chase, Scotland Yard has said.
  
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• Crane collapses into former Primark building in Reading

  29-07-2017 17:40
  Shops and homes have been evacuated after a crane collapsed into a former Primark store.
  
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• ‘I wonder if it’s worth getting up’: life in Corby, the debt capital of Britain

  29-07-2017 17:00 via theguardian.com
  In the Northamptonshire town, charities and council workers face the daily consequences of the rising spiral of borrowing sweeping across the UKCorby in Northamptonshire has taken on a few notable titles over the years. It has been dubbed “Little Scotland” to reflect the Scottish workers who flooded in during the last century for jobs in its now defunct steelworks. More recently, Corby emerged as the fastest-growing borough outside London, its population now swelled by EU migrants an
  
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• Carmakers’ electric dreams depend on supplies of rare minerals

  29-07-2017 17:00 via theguardian.com
  With mining of cobalt and other elements politically and ethically charged, the hunt for alternatives is onBritain last week joined France in pledging to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 in an attempt to cut toxic vehicle emissions. The move to battery-powered vehicles has been a long time coming. Environmental campaigners claim that charging cars and vans from the grid, like a laptop, is sure to be cleaner than petrol or diesel power. The government agrees and says it will invest mor
  
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• US border security agents caught 'encouraging' teenager to drink liquid meth before his death

  29-07-2017 16:38
  A video has emerged showing two US border officers apparently encouraging a teenager to drink liquid methamphetamine shortly before his death.The footage, obtained by Australia's ABC News and filmed in the US in 2013, appears to show two US Customs and Border Protection officers smiling to each other as they seemingly encourage Cruz Velazquez to drink from a bottle containing yellow liquid.The two officers, Valerie Baird and Adrian Perallon, who both deny encouraging Velazquez to drink from the
  
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• Rashan Charles family calls for calm as vigil is held at east London police station

  29-07-2017 16:17
  The family of Rashan Charles, the 20-year-old who died after being apprehended by police in east London, has appealed for calm after violence erupted on Friday night.A Charles family spokesman said they understood the community’s anger but called for “dignified” protest.The appeal came as protestors gathered outside an east London police station amid heightened tensions over the recent deaths of Charles and another young black man, Edson Da Costa.
  
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• Woman airlifted by Prince William's air ambulance crew dies in hospital after police van crash

  29-07-2017 16:11
  A woman who was taken to hospital by an air ambulance crew that included Prince William has died.The woman was treated for serious head injuries at the scene, where the East Anglian Air Ambulance medical team administered a general anaesthetic.Norfolk Constabulary said it had "referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, who have begun an independent investigation into the incident".
  
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• Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance

  29-07-2017 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Dignitaries will join descendants of allied soldiers who died at Ypres during first world war for huge commemorationLast Monday morning in Ypres, or “Wipers” as it was known by the British and Commonwealth soldiers, the flow of traffic through the vast Menin Gate at the entrance of the old Belgian town was stopped to allow the Last Post ceremony to be performed.It was the 90th anniversary of the inauguration of the great white gate, the first memorial to the missing, built on the rou
  
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• Defend Europe Protest Sees Catania Port In Sicily Symbolically Blockaded

  29-07-2017 15:54
  Protestors including African migrants symbolically blockaded Catania Port in Sicily this morning in protest at the imminent arrival of the ship chartered by the far-right group, Defend Europe.
  
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• Birmingham Rape Sees Two Men Arrested After Teenager Attacked Twice In One Night

  29-07-2017 15:22
  Two men have been arrested after a 14-year-old girl was raped twice on the same night.
  
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• East London acid attack: Rahad Hussain appears in court accused of causing 'life-changing' injuries

  29-07-2017 14:38
  A man has appeared in court over an acid attack in east London that left two people with "life-changing" injuries.
  
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• Sadiq Khan Says Brexit Result Could Be 'Trumped' By Labour Manifesto Pledge On Remaining In EU

  29-07-2017 14:31
  Brexit could be halted if Labour used its next general election manifesto to commit to not leaving the EU, or holding a second referendum, Sadiq Khan has said.
  
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• Labour could adopt anti-Brexit manifesto, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan

  29-07-2017 14:10
  Labour could adopt an anti-Brexit position in its next manifesto, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said.Mr Khan's position appears to be at odds with the Labour leadership.In its recent manifesto, Labour said it "accepts the referendum result".
  
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• This police department is taking a stand against Donald Trump’s comments on police brutality

  29-07-2017 14:04
  “Don’t be too nice,” Trump told officers.
  
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• London police arrest one at protest over death of detainee

  29-07-2017 14:03
  Police in east London arrested one person after violence broke out at a protest over the death of a man who had been detained a week earlier, police said on Saturday.Rashan Charles, 20, died on July 22 after he was chased by a police officer who attempted to remove an object from his mouth or throat, according to an independent body which deals with complaints about the police.A protest over his death in the borough of Hackney turned violent on Friday night when bottles and other objects were th
  
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• UK farmers are addicted to subsidy, says government adviser

  29-07-2017 13:24 via theguardian.com
  Oxford economist Dieter Helm said that the agriculture industry enjoys benefits ‘nobody else in the economy gets’Tax breaks for farmers have caused a “subsidy addiction” and are used to avoid inheritance tax, a government adviser has claimed.Economist Dieter Helm, chair of the Natural Capital Committee, which advises the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), called for a review of the current taxation rules for farmers and said the agricultural secto
  
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• Corbyn gunning for Brexit

  29-07-2017 13:10
  Jeremy Corbyn was in Brussels to talk with EU's Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and to our political editor Faisal Islam.
  
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• 'Buy A Homeless' Project Participants Explain Why They're Happy To Be 'Sold'

  29-07-2017 13:10
  Selling homeless people and fitting them with tracking devices sounds pretty controversial.
  
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• Two men arrested over attack on girl, 14, who was raped twice in one night

  29-07-2017 13:07 via theguardian.com
  Men aged 27 and 35 held after police released CCTV images of suspects of first rape of girl at Witton station, Birmingham, on TuesdayDetectives investigating two separate rapes of a 14-year-old girl in Birmingham have arrested two men.The pair, aged 35 and 27, were arrested on Saturday morning on suspicion of carrying out the first rape of the girl, on Tuesday evening, following the release of CCTV images of two suspects. Continue reading...
  
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• Met Police Offer £20,000 Reward For Footage Of Peckham Stabbing That Left Father-Of-Three Dead

  29-07-2017 13:06
  Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man are offering a £20,000 reward for video footage of the attack.
  
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• Foxconn's $10bn move to the US is not a reason to celebrate

  29-07-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The company doesn’t have a great track record of keeping its job-creation promises, for one. Then there’s the issue of worker conditions in ChinaThe announcement by the Taiwanese giant Foxconn that it will build an LCD-manufacturing facility in Wisconsin worth an estimated $10bn was met with considerable fanfare. But the state has a troubled history in matters of economic development, and the company, a supplier to Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech giants, has a lackluster record
  
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• England cricket stars travel by Tube to South Africa Test match

  29-07-2017 12:59
  England's cricketers have posted pictures of themselves travelling by Tube to their Test match on social media.
  
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• Two men arrested over rape of 14-year-old girl in Birmingham

  29-07-2017 12:46
  Two men have been arrested in connection with the first of two separate rape attacks on a 14-year-old girl in Birmingham.The suspects, aged 27 and 35 and from the Birmingham area, are being held in custody after being arrested on suspicion of rape.The initial attack was in a secluded part of Birmingham's Witton railway station on Tuesday.
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci's Wife Files For Divorce Over His 'Naked Political Ambition', Reports Claim

  29-07-2017 12:43
  Anthony Scaramucci’s wife has filed for divorce over the controversial new White House communication director’s “naked political ambition”, reports have claimed.
  
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• Donald Trump has a new chief of staff: Who is John Kelly?

  29-07-2017 11:07
  The military commander will be taking over from Reince Priebus.
  
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• Jon Ronson on bespoke porn: ‘Nothing is too weird. We consider all requests’

  29-07-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Turned on by gremlins? Excited by ketchup or rare stamps? There’s a porn film for that. Inside California’s new growth industryI am on the set of the porn film Stepdaughter Cheerleader Orgy. There’s a little trouble outside. The director, Mike Quasar, is trying to shoot an establishing scene – cheerleaders arriving home from practice – but even though we’re in a secluded house (in the San Fernando Valley, southern California), some neighbouring teenagers have
  
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• Rashan Charles death: demonstrators block Dalston road in violent protest

  29-07-2017 10:51
  Protesters angry at police over the death of Rashan Charles, a young black man who died after being chased into an east London shop by officers, blocked a road and threw debris at the police on Friday evening.Dozens of people gathered outside the convenience store in Dalston, where Charles was pinned to the floor by police officers who had been chasing him in the early hours of Saturday morning.The protesters pushed mattresses, wheelie bins, traffic cones and rubbish into the street, stopping ca
  
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