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Added on the 03/10/2014 12:52:57 - Copyright : France 24 EN
At a press conference held at Downing Street after a meeting with police chiefs, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer lays out plans to better target known far-right agitators, including wider deployment of facial recognition technology and criminal behavior orders to restrict their movement. He also warns social media commpanies that they must uphold laws around spreading incendiary misinformation, following unrest blamed on the sharing of unverified details about the Southport knife attack. "It's also a crime and it's happening on your premises," Starmer said of the proliferation of misinformation "whipped up online", which helped spark two nights of violence in English towns and cities after Monday's stabbings. SOUNDBITE
Prince Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne, reads a statement on behalf of his client outside a London court after it was ruled that the Mirror Group hacked the Duke of Sussex's communications. "This case is not just about hacking. It is about a systemic practice of unlawful and appalling behaviour, followed by cover-ups and destruction of evidence, the shocking scale of which can only be revealed through these proceedings," reads the Prince's statement. SOUNDBITE
Twitter, AirBnb and Booking.com pause their services across Russia. IMAGES
An ambulance leaves the site of the rescue in Morocco of five-year-old Rayan, who was trapped in a well for days. His condition remains unclear, according to Moroccan state TV. IMAGES
Moroccan rescue workers enter a tunnel leading to a pocket where five-year-old Rayan has been trapped for days after falling into a well. IMAGES
Moroccan rescuers gather on site as they progress in their careful, nerve-racking but increasingly urgent effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped underground whom they hope to find alive. IMAGES