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Four men arrested after trespassing at UK prime minister's constituency home
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Four men from various parts of the United Kingdom were arrested on Tuesday after allegedly trespassing on the grounds of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s home in North Yorkshire.
The North Yorkshire Police said officers arrested the four men «within one minute of them entering the grounds» of Kirby Sigston Manor, which is just east of Northallerton, and roughly four hours north of London.
The men were apprehended at about 12:40 p.m., then escorted off the property and arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespassing.
Police identified the men as a 52-year-old from London, a 43-year-old from Bolton, a 21-year-old from Manchester and a 20-year-old from Chichester.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)
All four men remain in police custody for questioning, and the investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Sunak took office on Oct. 25, 2022, succeeding the historically brief tenure of Liz Truss, who departed Downing Street after just 44 days in power, and the tumultuous and chaotic tenure of Boris Johnson.
The protest group, Youth Demand, released a video on social media of a young man treading into a lake on the prime minister’s property and defecating.
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Four men were arrested for suspicion of trespassing at United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s home in North Yorkshire, UK. (Carl Recine/Pool via AP)
The group posted that the leftover matter was «a parting gift» to the prime minister and his political party, the Tories.
Youth Demand said in a press release that «Sunak and his colleagues» do not represent them, adding the political system in the U.K. is «in the toilet.»
Sunak condemned the group earlier this year after it staged a protest outside of Labor leader Keir Starmer, according to the publication, Your Local Guardian.
This is not the first time protesters have targeted Sunak.
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Last August, Greenpeace climate activists covered Sunak’s home in black cloth to protest his oil policy.
Fox News’ Michael Lee contributed to this report.
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1 confirmed dead after severe rain causes roof collapse at India's New Delhi airport
- One person was killed after a portion of the canopy at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport’s departure terminal collapsed on Friday.
- The collapse occurred due to monsoon rains that lashed the Indian capital, officials say.
- Six others were injured during the collapse.
A portion of a canopy at a departure terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in India collapsed Friday as monsoon rains lashed the Indian capital, killing one person and injuring six others, officials said.
All flight departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended as rescuers cleared the debris to rescue anyone trapped there, the airport authority said.
Terminal 1 is used for domestic operations at New Delhi’s main airport.
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The fire services control room said the injured were taken to a hospital.
A crew inspects the damage to a part of a departure terminal canopy at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport that collapsed in heavy pre-monsoon rains in New Delhi, India, on June 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
«Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy of the old departure forecourt» collapsed at around 5 a.m., an airport authority statement said.
In addition to the roof, some support beams also collapsed, damaging cars in the pickup and drop-off area at the terminal, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
One of the six injured people was rescued from a car on which an iron beam had fallen, PTI said.
Anees Khan, a taxi driver, said he was sleeping in his car. «Around 5:30 in the morning there was a very loud lightning sound. When I got out, I saw that the roof had collapsed and there were around eight to 10 cars under it.»
Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu visited the airport and said boarding operations at the damaged terminal were being shifted to two other terminals.
He told reporters that a thorough inspection of the damaged structure was being carried out.
An IndiGo airline official said passengers inside the terminal had already boarded their flights and those booked on flights later in the day would be offered alternatives.
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Friday’s rain was the first big shower of the monsoon season in New Delhi, the India Meteorological Department said. It flooded New Delhi streets, causing traffic snarls. The monsoon season lasts until the end of September.
According to the department, as much as 9 inches of rain fell in New Delhi in the past 24 hours, nearly three times the amount the city usually receives in the entire month of June. The intense rain follows a punishing heatwave that claimed at least 100 lives across India, including in New Delhi.
India is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to the effects of climate change. A report by the Reserve Bank of India earlier this year found it could cost more than $1 trillion by 2030 for the country to adapt to the changes. Climate experts say monsoon rains have become more erratic, resulting in extreme rainfall events that cause landslides and flooding.
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