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Police shoot attacker armed with hammer shouting 'this is for Syria' near Notre Dame in Paris - UPDATE

RT
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:15 UTC

French police officials gather at the entrance to Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on June 6, 2017

Police have shot and injured a man who attacked three officers with a hammer near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris while shouting "this is for Syria." The man, who injured one of the officers, was also armed with two knives, according to French media.

One officer was hit in the head with the hammer, prompting police to fire at the attacker.

"A man came behind these police officers and, armed with a hammer, started hitting one of them. His colleagues reacted with composure...and fired," French interior minister Gerard Collomb told reporters, as quoted by Reuters.

The man shouted "this is for Syria" as he attacked, according to Collomb.

The attacker had also threatened passers-by before targeting the three police officers, according to BFM TV.

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'We lost everything': Civilians fleeing ISIS-besieged Philippines city Marawi talk to RT

RT
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:44 UTC

Civilians fleeing the Philippine city of Marawi told RT they've lost everything, after Islamic State-linked militants besieged their homes earlier in May. Those who escaped the violence are now in evacuation centers, desperately searching for their families.

RT's Charlotte Dubenskij visited an evacuation center near Marawi where hundreds of people live after being displaced.

"It's very hard for us to cry because we lost everything, like our house was burnt and everything was lost. We don't have clothes, we have nothing to eat," one woman told Dubenskij.

The woman is said to have shared a house with seven families, but now all of them are homeless.

Donetsk People's Republic opens embassy in Athens

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:29 UTC

Embassy of the Donetsk People’s Republic has opened in Athens

The Embassy has been set up with the assistance of Athens resident Professor Andreas Zafiris

An Embassy of the Donetsk People's Republic has opened in Athens with the help of a local volunteer, Professor Andreas Zafiris. The Embassy will serve as a place where people can bring food, medicine and other essential items which will be delivered to the people of Donbass.

Zafiris who has always been politically active has visited Donbass many times on charitable good will and fact finding missions.

Raising Neo-Nazis: Ukraine's Azov summer camp opens

Politnavigator - By Inessa Sinchougova
Fort Russ News
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:16 UTC

On the official Youtube-channel of the neo-Nazi party "National Corpus", a video was posted of the inaugural children's camp "Azovets" on the shores of the Sea of Azov.

The video shows a row of young children, dressed in yellow Azovets uniforms, and being called to 'attention'. Background songs include nationalist and militarist content, inciting hatred and anger to the "enemies of the nation."

'Burn her alive': US reporter tells about death threats from Venezuela opposition protesters

RT
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:43 UTC

Riot security forces members catch fire at a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas

© Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
Riot security forces members catch fire at a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, June 7, 2017.

A US journalist covering mass opposition protests in Venezuela told RT she received numerous death threats during her work on the ground. She says protesters threatened to lynch and burn her alive if she tried to contradict their narrative.

Abby Martin, the host of the Empire Files investigative program on the pan-Latin American TeleSUR TV network has been reporting on the events of the opposition riots in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

"Here in the Western press we hear one narrative that [Venezuelan President Nicholas] Maduro's forces are cracking down and killing en masse peaceful protesters. The reality on the ground is very different. There are tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting either with the government or against the government," Martin told RT.

Blast hits US embassy grounds in Kiev, no casualties

RT
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:17 UTC

© Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
Police investigate the scene of an explosion in the U.S. embassy compound in Kiev, Ukraine June 8, 2017.

An unknown assailant threw an explosive device into the US diplomatic mission's premises in Kiev on Thursday night, police reported, adding that no one was hurt. Police said they are treating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack.

The explosion took place at 12:05am local time on Thursday, according to a Kiev police statement. Police immediately dispatched a rapid response unit to the embassy premises.

An investigation has been launched into a suspected terrorist attack. There are no immediate reports on damages inflicted to the embassy premises.

Parisian pollution victim takes France to court for health effects of bad air

BBC
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:02 UTC

A Parisian woman is taking the French state to court for failing to protect her health from the effects of air pollution.

Clotilde Nonnez, a 56-year-old yoga teacher, says she has lived in the capital for 30 years and seen her health deteriorate.

However, it became worse than ever when pollution in Paris hit record levels last December.

5 people detained after Scientology accused of $4.8mn illegal profit in Russia

RT
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:02 UTC

Two members of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Church of Scientology have been put in pretrial detention by the local court as the group faces accusations of illegal business activities and distribution of extremist materials in Russia.

The Church of Scientology of Saint Petersburg was charged with earning an estimated 276 million rubles ($4.83 million) from illegally running commercial courses and programs.

The Nevsky District Court also ruled that the head of the group's official issues department, Anastasia Terentyeva, and accountant S. Aliev be placed in custody for two months, TASS reported.

Mother of London attacker 'believed he was under police control & not dangerous'

RT
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 01:05 UTC

The mother of Yousef Zaghba, one of the three men responsible for the deadly vehicle and stabbing attack on London Bridge, says she never believed her son's terrorist intentions, especially after years of close police surveillance.

"I never thought he could have done anything violent I always tried to talk to him, there are no words, the pain is too big, the pain I feel as a mother. I don't know if it makes sense to ask for forgiveness, if it would make sense I would ask for it," Valeria Khadija Collina said during an interview at her home in Bologna, in northern Italy.

Amazon users in a tizzy after outage hits across the U.S.

RT
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:59 UTC

Online retail giant Amazon is in hot water with customers after people across the US found they are unable to access the company's website.

People have taken to social media to report issues with Amazon's product pages, while a notice on the site reads: "Sorry something went wrong on our end."

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Society's Child

Police shoot attacker armed with hammer shouting 'this is for Syria' near Notre Dame in Paris - UPDATE

'We lost everything': Civilians fleeing ISIS-besieged Philippines city Marawi talk to RT

Donetsk People's Republic opens embassy in Athens

Raising Neo-Nazis: Ukraine's Azov summer camp opens

'Burn her alive': US reporter tells about death threats from Venezuela opposition protesters

Blast hits US embassy grounds in Kiev, no casualties

Parisian pollution victim takes France to court for health effects of bad air

5 people detained after Scientology accused of $4.8mn illegal profit in Russia

Mother of London attacker 'believed he was under police control & not dangerous'

Amazon users in a tizzy after outage hits across the U.S.

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