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A Black Lives Matters protest in London regarding Chris Kaba.
Looks like the white, middle class organisers forget to invite any black people.
In the wake of death of UK political prisoner, Peter Lynch, who was fast tracked into prison for essentially shouting in the street.
The grandfather was ultimately sentenced to death.
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Tiny ‘Black Lives Matter’ crowd gathers outside the Old Bailey courtrooms to protest the not guilty verdict of the police officer who shot violent criminal Chris Kaba.
Kaba rammed his car repeatedly into armed police officers’ cars.
BLM is finished in the UK.
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Government borrowing overshot official projections in September, which is a sign of the difficult fiscal position that the Chancellor faces as she puts the finishing touches on her first tax and spending budget.
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Get you up to speed: Vice President JD Vance and wife Usha welcome their 4th child, Alec Neel Vance
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha welcomed their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance, on Sunday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Both Usha and the baby are reported to be happy and healthy.
Usha Vance delivered Alec Neel Vance at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she is currently recovering. This birth marks the first instance in modern history of a Vice President’s family welcoming a child while in office, a precedent not seen since Schuyler Colfax Jr. in 1870.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, announced the birth of their son, Alec Neel Vance, expressing gratitude to the staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where Usha delivered. This marks a significant moment, as it is the first time in modern history that a sitting vice president has welcomed a child while in office.
What remains unclear — It is not specified when Usha Vance began to reconsider having another child.
Vice President JD Vance and wife Usha welcome their fourth child Alec Neel Vance
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, welcomed their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance, on Sunday, according to a statement they posted on X.
“We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning. Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother,” the statement said.
The vice president and the second lady thanked the staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., where Usha Vance delivered the child and is recovering.
The couple, who have been married since 2014, also have two older sons — Ewan, age 9, and Vivek, 6 — and daughter Mirabel, age 4.
This marks the first time in modern history that the nation’s second family had a child while in office.
The last known instance was 156 years ago when Schuyler Colfax Jr. — serving as vice president to Ulysses S. Grant — and his wife Ellen had their son, Schuyler Colfax III, in 1870.
In his new book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” Vance wrote that he’d asked his wife to have another baby for years but Usha said she was done, due in part to the family’s elevation into the national spotlight.
However, he said her opinion changed after the death of Charlie Kirk. The Vances flew Kirk’s body home to Arizona days after he was shot and killed last fall, and his widow Erika Kirk expressed regret about not having had more children with her late husband.
“Something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. One life was stolen from us, but another was given,” Vance wrote.
In an interview with “WTX Sunday Morning,” Usha Vance called Erika Kirk’s comments about her family “very powerful” and “certainly very moving to both of us.”
“I think I had already started to open my mind to the possibility,” she said. “I wouldn’t say that this was, for me in any way, the decisive factor. But it came in the middle of a conversation that we were already having.”
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Get you up to speed: Olympian, 50, dies after bike crash during race | News World
Toshiaki Fushimi, a 50-year-old cyclist and Olympic silver medallist, died following a crash during the Matsusaka Keirin tournament in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, on Saturday. He suffered fractures to his cervical vertebrae and skull before being taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10.15am the next morning, as confirmed by the Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation (JKA).
Toshiaki Fushimi was participating in the Matsusaka Keirin tournament when the crash occurred on Saturday. The Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation (JKA) has announced that it will review safety measures following the incident.
The Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation (JKA) announced it will “reconfirm our safety measures and thoroughly ensure fair and safe races” following Toshiaki Fushimi’s fatal crash during the Matsusaka Keirin tournament. Cyclists, including Yudai Nitta, expressed their desire to honour Fushimi’s legacy by committing to “work hard” in his memory.
What remains unclear — The circumstances leading to Toshiaki Fushimi’s crash during the Matsusaka Keirin tournament have not been fully detailed.
Toshiaki Fushimi, 50, dies following bike crash at Matsusaka Keirin race
Toshiaki Fushimi made his debut in the 1990s (Picture: Getty Images/Matsusaka Keirin)
One of Japan’s most successful cyclists has died aged 50.
Toshiaki Fushimi was racing in the Matsusaka Keirin tournament in Matsusaka, a town in Mie Prefecture, when he crashed on Saturday.
While making his way from the back of the pack, the Olympic silver medallist was forced to swerve after riders ahead of him collided.
He crashed into a safety barrier and suffered fractures to his cervical vertebrae, the delicate part of the spine in the neck, and skull.
Fushimi was taken to hospital but died this morning at 10.15am, the Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation (JKA), which governs the sport, said.
Speaking ahead of the race, Fushimi said he felt a ‘strong determination’ to make it to the S-class final of the Matsusaka Keirin.
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The former Olympic silver medallist (in black) lost control after riders ahead of him got into an accident (Picture: Matsusaka Keirin)
Fushimi won silver in 2004 (Picture: Getty Images Europe)
‘But I just want to give it my all so that I have no regrets.’
Fushimi, from Fukushima Prefecture, made his professional keirin debut in 1995, going on to win 619 of the 2,423 races he competed in.
He won the top KEIRIN Grand Prix twice, in 2001 and 2007, and bagged five G1 titles.
Fushimi represented Japan at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning a silver in the men’s team sprint with Tomohiro Nagatsuka and Masaki Inoue.
After not racing for four years, Fushimi staged a comeback in May at the Hiratsuka G1 Japan Championship.
Cyclists vow to ‘work hard’ in honour of dead teammate
Fushimi told tournament organisers that he wanted to ‘give it his all’ (Picture: Matsusaka Keirin LIVE/YouTube)
Keirin, Japanese for ‘racing track’, sees riders tailing behind a pacer on a motorised electric bike who gradually speeds up over three laps.
Once there’s just 700m or so left, the pacer leaves the track and the cyclists, called sprinters, then race as fast as they can to the finish line.
JKA chairman Hiroshi Kido said: ‘It is truly heartbreaking that he lost his life in an accident during a race.
‘We will reconfirm our safety measures and thoroughly ensure fair and safe races.’
Keirin racer Yudai Nitta told reporters that he had called Fushimi his friend since school and considered him his mentor.
He said: ‘He was the one who taught me what it means to be able to participate in the Olympics.
Fushimi, Masaki Inoue and Tomohiro Nagatsuka during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. (Picture: Tim de Waele/Corbis/Getty Images)
‘He also taught me how to behave when competing as a keirin racer.Fushimi was someone who always sought results.
‘Those of us who are left behind want to respond by producing results. I think that would make him happy.’
While Nitta was worried about Fushimi’s fall, his death not being in the morning papers put him at ease.
‘We were saying that even if he was injured, his life was not in danger,’ he said.
‘…So when I heard [he had died] after the race, I was really shocked.’
Shoko Inoue, who raced with Fushimi on Japan’s national keirin team, said he had long looked up to Fushimi.
‘He was very serious and had a solid way of thinking, so there were times when I was concerned about him,’ he said at the press conference.
‘All that we who are left can do is work hard, and we have no choice but to show him that we can do that.’
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