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Two individuals were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, amidst escalating antisemitic attacks on local Jewish sites. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer termed the incident “deeply concerning” as police arrested a suspect allegedly armed with a knife. The attacks follow multiple arson incidents in the area.

Long renowned as a graffiti artist’s heaven, Brick Lane in east London has found itself at the heart of a furious political debate overseas after a group of Chinese art students spray-painted Communist Party slogans over one of its walls. The red Chinese characters extolling the “core Socialist values” appeared on August 5, drawing online furore and inspiring counter-graffiti critical of the Chinese authorities and Xi Jinping’s rule.

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