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Austrian 19-year-old main suspect is said to have pledged an oath of allegiance to Islamic State groupTwo suspected extremists have been arrested in Austriaunder suspicion of planning an attack on an upcoming Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.The 19-year-old main suspect was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna, and the second person in the Austrian capital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/07/two-arrested-suspected-of-planning-attack-on-taylor-swifts-vienna-concerts Author : Associated Press in Berlin Publish date : 2024-08-07 18:24:10 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shops close early, with more than 100 rallies planned to take place across countryUK riots live – latest updatesBusinesses have boarded up, closed or plan to close early amid fears about potential violence as more than 100 far-right rallies across England were planned for Wednesday night.Employers across the country also told employees who felt vulnerable that they could work from home. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/07/businesses-board-up-in-london-amid-fears-of-far-right-violence Author : Mabel Banfield-Nwachi and Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2024-08-07 17:23:22 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Fugitive Catalan separatist leader risks arrest if he keeps to his word on Thursday after seven years in exileThe fugitive Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has said he will return to Spain on Thursday, risking likely arrest in a move that could destabilise the country’s ruling coalition.Puigdemont, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium for seven years after organising an illegal independence referendum in Catalonia, has said that he will be at the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Thursday as it swears in the region’s new leader. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/07/carles-puigdemont-vows-to-return-to-spain-in-headache-for-ruling-coalition Author : Lili Bayer in