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UK bans ninja swords in move to crack down on violent knife crime
Brits have until Aug. 1 to get rid of all their ninja swords as the U.K.’s Labour government looks to crack down on knife crime.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday that «ninja swords» specifically will be banned this summer after the 2022 murder of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was stabbed to death by a ninja sword just outside his home.
«Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer,» Starmer said in a post on X. «When we promise action we take it.»
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An activist wearing a T-shirt with the slogan «Put Knives Down!» stands in front of pictures of victims of knife crime during a demonstration outside New Scotland Yard. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The new ban, «Ronan’s Law,» will now make it illegal to possess, sell, make or import ninja swords.
«Since losing our beautiful boy Ronan, we have relentlessly campaigned for a ban on ninja swords, the lethal weapon which took his life,» Pooja Kanda, the mother to the 16-year-old boy, said, according to a government readout. «We believe ninja swords have no place in our society other than to seriously harm and kill.
«Each step towards tackling knife crime is a step towards getting justice for our boy Ronan.»
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The British government has set up a surrender process for any owner of a ninja sword, defined as a blade between 14 inches and 24 inches «with one straight cutting edge with a tanto-style point.»
«From 1 August, anyone caught in possession of a ninja sword in private could face 6 months in prison, and this will later increase to 2 years under new measures in the Crime and Policing Bill,» the government said in a statement. «There is already a penalty of up to 4 years in prison for carrying any weapon in public.»
Knife crime has long plagued the U.K. and though offenses involving a «sharp instrument» committed last year across England and Wales were down from a 15-year peak in 2019, they were still substantially higher than crimes reported in 2010, when 33,800 crimes were reported, versus the 50,500 cases in 2024.
A person views knives available to purchase via an online website. (Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
A sharp instrument, according to the U.K., could include knives, but it could also include the use of a broken bottle to commit an offense.
The U.K. saw a significant drop from the 52,000 cases involving a «sharp instrument» reported in 2019 by the following year with 41,700 cases reported.
But these incidents have continued to increase each year since.
Nearly two dozen different types of knives are already banned in the UK, including swords that are not a part of a national uniform, switch blades, zombie knives, belt buckle knives or butterfly knives, to name a few.
Knives that are permitted are those used for cooking or while working and have a cutting edge of no more than three inches.
Though the government states that «it’s illegal to use any knife or weapon in a threatening way.»
Under Ronan’s Law, jail sentences were also increased for selling knives to minors and the illegal sale of banned knives.
An officer outside All Saints Catholic High School on Granville Road in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, after a 15-year-old boy died in a stabbing at the school Feb. 3, 2025. (Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)
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«Knife crime is destroying young lives as too many teenagers are being drawn into violence, and it is far too easy for them to get hold of dangerous weapons,» Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said in a statement. «Ronan Kanda was just 16 when he was ruthlessly killed by two boys only a year older than him.
«We are acting with urgency to bring forward measures to prevent deadly weapons from getting into the wrong hands and will continue to do whatever is needed to prevent young people being killed on our streets as part of our mission to halve knife crime over the next decade.»
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La clave biológica que convierte a los loros en los grandes imitadores del reino animal
Los loros sorprenden por su habilidad para imitar el habla humana, un fenómeno que intriga tanto a aficionados como a expertos. Un equipo internacional de científicos, liderado por la Universidad de Duke y citado por National Geographic, identificó la base cerebral que explica esta destreza y detalla cómo su estructura cerebral los diferencia de otras especies animales.
La comunicación animal abarca una gran variedad de sonidos —desde ladridos hasta cantos—, pero la reproducción espontánea de palabras y frases completas es extremadamente rara. Solo los humanos y muy pocas especies, como los loros, demuestran un dominio notable de la imitación del habla. Estas aves no solo copian sonidos, sino que pueden incorporar fragmentos completos de lenguas humanas a su repertorio.
El comportamiento espontáneo de los loros incluye la imitación de sonidos ambientales y vocalizaciones humanas. Como ejemplo, se observó periquitos Finsch en Costa Rica intercambiando “saludos” audibles. Este fenómeno captó la atención de la ciencia, que busca descifrar por qué estas aves muestran tanta afinidad por la imitación.
La investigación publicada en la revista Plos One y reseñada por National Geographic revela que la clave reside en características particulares del cerebro de los loros. A diferencia de pájaros cantores y colibríes, estas aves presentan una estructura denominada caparazón, exclusiva de su morfología cerebral.
La presencia del caparazón significa que los loros cuentan con áreas cerebrales adicionales que potencian la recogida y el procesamiento de información sonora. Esta estructura agrega complejidad, permitiendo un grado superior de reconocimiento, decodificación y reproducción de sonidos. Dichas diferencias, según el equipo de la Universidad de Duke, explican la capacidad única de estas aves para imitar tanto palabras como patrones melódicos complejos, algo que excede las habilidades de otras especies.
El caparazón es señalado como el centro que brinda a los loros una versatilidad sobresaliente en la imitación vocal, posicionándolos como los animales no humanos más hábiles para esta tarea.
Según científicos, la imitación en los loros no depende solo de áreas cerebrales especializadas. La interacción entre el sistema auditivo y el sistema motor resulta fundamental. Estas aves logran procesar los sonidos con gran precisión y los integran, mediante movimientos musculares y respiratorios muy coordinados.
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Este mecanismo biológico convierte la información auditiva en acciones vocales concretas. La sintonía entre oído y músculo permite reproducir palabras, melodías y hasta sonidos ambientales con una fidelidad difícil de igualar. Así, la combinación entre un cerebro especializado y un sistema motor adaptado distingue a los loros entre el resto del reino animal.
Pese a la sofisticación interna, los expertos aclaran que no se hallaron adaptaciones anatómicas adicionales, como articulaciones u órganos vocales extra. No hay pruebas de que los loros cuenten con estructuras físicas distintas en su aparato vocal que expliquen su capacidad.
La singularidad de los loros radica exclusivamente en su estructura cerebral compleja y en la eficaz integración de sus sentidos. Su asombroso talento para la imitación del habla sigue siendo, por ahora, una consecuencia directa de su biología interna y no de mecanismos físicos ocultos.
Además, los estudios comparativos entre especies de loros revelan que el tamaño relativo del caparazón varía de acuerdo con la destreza imitativa de cada grupo. Especies conocidas por su gran capacidad para reproducir sonidos humanos, como el loro gris africano y el loro amazónico, presentan un caparazón más desarrollado que otros loros menos hábiles en la imitación. Este hallazgo sugiere una relación directa entre la extensión de esta estructura cerebral y el repertorio vocal disponible para cada ave, aportando nuevas pistas sobre la evolución de la comunicación compleja en el reino animal.
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Dem governor under fire after illegal alien allegedly stabs woman to death at bus stop: ‘Heinous’
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EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who allegedly killed a woman earlier this week at a Virginia bus stop.
Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, arrested an illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone earlier this week on charges of second-degree murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed a woman, Stephanie Minter, 41, who was found dead at a local bus stop with several wounds to the upper body.
The alleged suspect, Abdul Jalloh, 32, also has a criminal history of more than 30 arrests, according to DHS, including for rape, malicious wounding, assault, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, assault and pick-pocketing.
The request from the Trump administration comes after the newly elected Democratic governor of Virginia signed an executive order to end cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement, a move several Democratic Party governors have taken recently amid President Donald Trump’s move to increase deportation operations around the country.
The DHS request asking Virginia officials to cooperate with ICE also comes after an illegal immigrant allegedly murdered someone just days after being released from jail for a separate crime in December.
Abdul Jalloh, 32, and Gov. Abigail Spanberger (Department of Homeland Security/Getty Images)
«We are calling on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Virginia’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE,» said Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.
«This illegal alien’s murder of an innocent, beautiful American woman came less than 24 hours before Governor Spanberger’s demonization of ICE law enforcement. This heinous criminal is a perfect example of why we need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions and the importance of third country removals for the safety of the American people.»
Spanberger’s representatives did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Jalloh entered the United States illegally in 2012, according to DHS, and immigration officials lodged an immigration detainer against him in 2020, whereupon he was granted a final order of removal by a judge who said he could be removed to any country other than Sierra Leone.
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DHS indicated that ICE cooperation to ensure Jalloh’s deportation is evident after a case Fox News covered in December when a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, Marvin Morales-Ortez, 23, allegedly killed a man just a day after Fairfax County jail officials let him go.
The immigrant from El Salvador had been in custody on charges of malicious wounding and brandishing a gun, but police released him after the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, led by George Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano, dropped the charges.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s office to inquire about why the man had not been handed over to ICE.
The sheriff’s office said, «ICE was aware of Morales-Ortez’s incarceration and elected not to seek a judicial warrant to ensure he remained in custody.
Marvin Morales-Ortez, who is living in the country illegally, was released from Fairfax County custody and then allegedly committed a murder the next day. (Fairfax County Police Department/Getty Images)
«The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office follows all local, state and federal laws when determining whether a person is subject to release from the ADC,» the sheriff’s office told Fox News Digital at the time. «Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is automatically notified any time a person is booked into the ADC.»
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The same sheriff’s office did not get back to Fox News Digital’s media inquiry for this story on DHS urging officials to cooperate with federal officials.
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