Southport stabbings: teenage suspect named as Axel Rudakubana

The Southport attack suspect has been named in court as Axel Rudakubana, 17.

Appearing at Liverpool & Knowsley youth court on Thursday morning, he was charged with three murders, ten attempted murders and of possessing a kitchen knife with a curved blade.

He will appear at Liverpool crown court later on Thursday.


Things you’ll never see English police do against Mohammedans …

Police ‘deal swiftly’ with protesters in London and Hartlepool after previous Southport riot

Protests over the mass-stabbing that took place in Southport spread to other areas of the country on Wednesday evening.

Hundreds gathered outside Downing Street, in the centre of London, at 7pm for a rally following the killing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside town on Monday.

In Hartlepool, Co Durham, a number of arrests were made after protesters clashed with riot police in the centre of town as they attempted to march towards a nearby mosque, reports suggest.

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Toronto terror suspects recorded video with weapons, ISIS flag

A father and son accused of planning a terrorist attack in Toronto had filmed a video of themselves holding weapons in front of the ISIS flag, sources told Global News.

The video of Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, showed them with an axe and machete, according to three sources.

Two of the six terrorism charges filed against the pair accuse them of possessing those same items for the benefit of ISIS.

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Ottawa Warns More Than 20,000 Canadians There Is No Guaranteed Lebanon Evacuation

Global Affairs Canada is warning more than 20,000 Canadians in Lebanon that they can’t rely on government evacuation flights if war engulfs that country.

The department says 21,399 Canadians have officially registered as being in Lebanon, though it expects many more are present in the country.

There should be no evacuation period.

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Olympians Fly In Emergency Eggs And Meat To Cope With ‘Vegan Olympics’

Olympic teams at the summer games in Paris are ordering in emergency supplies of meat and eggs after event organizers promoted a vegan diet for the world’s elite athletes.

On Tuesday, The Australian reported “more than 700kg of eggs and a tonne of extra meat” was called in “to replace fake meat meals and non-dairy options.” The food orders were placed “as athletes rail against the Vegan Olympics.”

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The Night I Saw a Ghost

I used to be very skeptical about ghost stories until ….

A few years ago I found myself staying in the Hilton Hotel in Barbados on my own, for work. Before anybody says this was a rum induced experience half way up Mount Gay, let me assure you (and myself) that for once it wasn’t. I was half way through a month off the booze – just to prove to myself I could. I had retired to my room early as my work companions weren’t as angelic and were at the talking scribble stage, so I left them to it. I’ve never had trouble sleeping – drinking or not – I put it down to a clean mind and a clear conscience! Naturally.

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DoD backtracks on plan to feed our troops lab-grown ‘meat’… but it looks like children may very well be the next target

First, the good news: The scheme to feed our troops lab grown “meat” while confined in “operational environments” is now officially defunct, according to a press release from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association via Cowboy State Daily.

Now, for the not-so-good news. The plan doesn’t appear to be entirely dead but just on ice, with the schemers having simply adjusted fire, seemingly setting their sights on an easier target: school children.

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Trump questions whether rival Harris is black – at black journalists’ event

Donald Trump questioned whether Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival, was black during a contentious appearance at the largest annual US gathering of black journalists on Wednesday.

“Is she Indian or is she black?” Trump said of his opponent, drawing a smattering of jeers. “She was Indian all the way, and all of a sudden she made a turn and became a black person.”

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UK: Tensions Reach Breaking Point Following Southport Stabbings

Thousands gathered in Southport yesterday to remember the three young girls—Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven—killed in Monday’s horrific knife attack. The day’s events, culminating in a riot, included a disastrous visit from prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, in Southport for “barely two minutes” to lay flowers for the deceased, and booed by members of the public.

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