The government has announced a public inquiry into why authorities failed to stop Axel Rudakubana before he killed three girls in Southport. But is it enough to stop another such attack? John Harris asks the counter-terrorism practitioner Rashad Ali. Plus, the Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey explores how Keir Starmer will deal with Donald Trump’s return

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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department identified the shooter at Antioch High School in Tennessee as 17-year-old student Solomon Henderson.

Devon and Cornwall police mount large operation and close off West Hoe Road after one person taken to hospital with serious injuries

Police said they were searching for a suspect after a serious assault in Plymouth left the victim in hospital.

Devon and Cornwall police said officers were called to the West Hoe area at 8.55pm on Wednesday after a person was found seriously injured in the street.

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The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.

Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton Jr. were pardoned by President Donald Trump. The Washington, D.C., police officers were convicted in the 2020 death of a man during a police chase.

Forty-six Democrats joined Republicans to further bill requiring detention of undocumented immigrants for theft

The US House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill requiring the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes, sending the proposal to Donald Trump’s desk and giving the new president his first legislative victory as he presses his hardline immigration agenda on multiple fronts.

The House vote was 263 to 158, with 46 Democrats joining every present Republican in supporting the Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan national who was in the US unlawfully. The House vote came two days after the US Senate passed the legislation in a vote of 64 to 35, with a dozen Democratic members backing the bill.

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An Ohio home owned by Bengals star Joe Burrow was broken into and ransacked while the quarterback was in the Dallas area for an NFL game in December.

Lawmakers in Huntington Beach, California, voted Tuesday to become a "non-sanctuary" city in defiance of the state's sanctuary state law.

Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger is back in court for pre-trial hearings ahead of his summer murder trial for the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

A stabbing attack in Germany has left two people dead, including a 2-year-old boy, and three others injured; the suspect was arrested shortly after the attack.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemns ‘act of terror’ in Aschaffenburg that killed two people including toddler

A 28-year-old Afghan man has been arrested after a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg that killed two people, including a toddler, in what the country’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, condemned as an “act of terror”.

With a month left in a campaign for snap elections dominated by debate on immigration and asylum policy, Scholz demanded authorities “explain immediately why the assailant was even still in Germany”.

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Leo Ross was rushed to hospital after being attacked in Hall Green on Tuesday, but later died in hospital from his injuries

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Both young girls, then aged 13, had troubled upbringings and were particularly vulnerable

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A 25-year-old man is currently in custody for police questioning.

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Exclusive: Safdar Khan had to speed away from the gun-toting attackers in Hendon, north London

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Ian Airlie died weeks after he was reportedly pushed down an escalator

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Searches of Rudakubana’s home laid bare his disturbing obsession with violence, gore and massacres

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Axel Rudakubana bought a 20cm blade from the online retailer days before he carried out his attack

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Kyle Clifford stabbed Carol Hunt to death and fatally shot Louise and Hannah Hunt at family home in Bushey – but denies raping his former partner

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Former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Neil Basu warns violent individuals could ‘revel’ in being called a terrorist and says ‘lone wolf’ description risks glorifying perpetrators

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Boy was slashed in the stomach, West Midlands Police say

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French Bulldog Bob played his role in bringing down the £45m amphetamine smuggling operation

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Hertfordshire Police said officers had arrested a 17-year-old boy over social media abuse sent to Kai Havertz’s wife Sophia

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A suspect is in the Citibank executive’s murder is believed to have fled the country

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