People in city’s minority ethnic communities speak of alarm as violence casts light on racism in Northern Ireland

As widespread violence broke out in Belfast, a list of addresses began circulating on social media. Spread geographically wide, on dozens of streets across the city, the addresses were reportedly houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) where immigrants live.

Joseph and Solomon, who are both from Eritrea, and came to Belfast as refugees, now have leave to remain and work full-time. They live on the same street as one of the properties on the list, but Joseph thought it was theirs that was meant to be on it. “It’s obviously for us,” he said.

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© Photograph: Alan Lewis/Photopress Belfast/The Guardian

© Photograph: Alan Lewis/Photopress Belfast/The Guardian

A savage knife attack on a Northern Ireland street set off two nights of fiery riots stoked by anti-migrant rhetoric.

“I’ve had conversations with other parents, and they indicate things like ‘we’ve got our name down for little Mary at four different schools’.”

White male of slim build was dressed in a distinctive green Superdry hoodie with front logo, dark trousers, and dark shoes

Iran’s top negotiator issued a warning Thursday after President Trump re-upped threats to strike the country and seize Kharg Island, a key hub for Iran’s oil exports. “Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in…

Iran’s top negotiator issued a warning Thursday after President Trump re-upped threats to strike the country and seize Kharg Island, a key hub for Iran’s oil exports. “Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed his support for President Trump’s threat on Thursday to seize Iran’s Kharg Island. “President Trump’s announcement today that it may be time to take Kharg Island is welcome news and would be the ultimate game changer,” he wrote in a social media post Thursday morning.  “The combination of continuing to…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed his support for President Trump’s threat on Thursday to seize Iran’s Kharg Island. “President Trump’s announcement today that it may be time to take Kharg Island is welcome news and would be the ultimate game changer,” he wrote in a social media post Thursday morning.  “The combination of continuing to…

Trump wrote on social media that 'discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail,' approved by United States, Israel, and other regional allies.

Trump wrote on social media that 'discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail,' approved by United States, Israel, and other regional allies.

Published for the first time, the data recorded 2,241 daily cases of A&E corridor care, with 699 patients also treated in other inappropriate settings

Almost 3,000 patients a day in England are receiving care in hospital corridors due to an unavailability of beds in A&E units across the country, according to official figures.

Corridor care occurs when a patient receives treatment in a setting that is clinically inappropriate and is deemed to be undignified and unsafe.

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