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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s London home targeted with ‘suspicious’ fire, suspect arrested
British police arrested a 21-year-old suspect Tuesday after the private London home of United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer was targeted by a «suspicious» fire, reports say.
The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life a day after an early-morning fire on Monday damaged the door of the house where Starmer and his family lived before he was elected to lead the country, according to the Associated Press.
«As a precaution and due to the property having previous connections with a high-profile public figure, officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation into this fire. Enquiries are ongoing to establish what caused it,» the Met Police said in a statement.
Police said that the arrest also concerns two other fires that may be linked — a vehicle fire near Starmer’s house on Sunday and a May 8 door fire at a property in another part of north London. The second property is a house converted into apartments and also is linked to Starmer.
BRITISH POLICE INVESTIGATE FIRE AT PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER’S LONDON HOME
A police cordon is seen in Kentish Town, near British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London, on Monday, May 12. (James Manning/PA via AP)
«All three fires are being treated as suspicious at this time, and enquiries remain ongoing,» the Met Police said.
No injuries were reported from any of the fires.
Starmer doesn’t currently live in his private house. Since taking office in July, Starmer has lived with his family in the prime minister’s official Downing Street residence.
Neighbor Charles Grant told the AP that police searched his yard on Monday and «said they were looking for a projectile.»
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Police Community Support Officers stand near the fire-damaged doorway of a house belonging to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kentish Town in London, on Tuesday, May 13. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
«From what other people have told me today, I gather someone threw a firebomb at Keir Starmer’s house,» he said.
The main opposition leader, Kemi Badenoch of the Conservative Party, called it «a shocking incident.»
«No one should face these sorts of threats, let alone people in public service,» she posted on X. «It’s an attack on our democracy and must never be tolerated.»
Police officers search a trash bin in Kentish Town, near British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London, on Monday. (James Manning/PA via AP)
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Starmer’s house has attracted protesters in the past. Last year, three pro-Palestinian activists were arrested and charged with public order offenses after unfurling a banner covered in red handprints outside the building, the AP reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Italy’s Meloni says Gaza flotilla risks escalation, could ‘blow up’ potential ceasefire deal
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The Gaza-bound flotilla involving anti-Israel activists and celebrities, including Greta Thunberg, has drawn sharp criticism from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as Israel watches closely amid fears it could derail Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal.
Meloni warned the flotilla is intended to destabilize Trump’s peace plan, stating on X, «The truth is simple: those aids can be delivered without risks … Insisting on wanting to force a naval blockade means making oneself- Knowingly or not- instruments of those who want to blow up every possibility of [a] ceasefire. Spare us the lesson in morality on peace if your goal is escalation. And do not exploit the civilian population of Gaza if you are not truly interested in their fate.»
The Trump administration has framed its 20-point plan as the path to both ending the war in Gaza and securing the release of Israeli hostages, but the flotilla could shift the narrative back toward confrontation.
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Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni in the courtyard of Palazzo Chigi. Rome (Italy), July 25, 2024. (Massimo Di Vita/Archivio Massimo Di Vita/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
On X, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated, «The flotilla to Gaza is not a humanitarian act, but a dangerous provocation intended to inflame tensions and undermine ongoing diplomatic efforts.»
The Global Sumud Flotilla describes itself as a «multinational civilian effort to break Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza,» saying the flotilla is the largest attempt to date to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has now lasted 18 years. Israel says the blockade is needed to prevent Hamas from importing arms.
The Sumud flotilla is now moving into waters that fall within Israel’s exclusive economic zone and is expected to reach Israeli waters around Yom Kippur with nearly 50 vessels and hundreds of anti-Israel activists on board. According to Israel’s Channel 12 News, Jerusalem has deployed 600 police officers and naval units, and even set up a special court at Ktzi’ot Prison to process detainees, with security officials warning of possible provocations at sea. «This is a sensitive and complex operation, and we are preparing for provocations,» a senior Israeli police officer said.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg with other activists talks with journalists in Catania, Italy on Sunday ahead of her first flotilla to Gaza. (AP)
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The flotilla has drawn international attention not only because of Thunberg’s participation but also because of its European and regional connections. The fleet departed from Barcelona, with activists supported by groups in Spain, which Jerusalem claims is tied to Hamas operative Saif Abu Kashk, who allegedly runs a front company that Israeli intelligence claims controls many of the ships.
At the same time, Turkey says it has been monitoring the flotilla with drones, with Ankara saying it may assist further «on humanitarian grounds.» Turkey has been accused of sheltering Hamas members in the country.
President Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House as the pair looks to reach a peace deal in the Gaza war. ( Win McNamee/Getty Images)
For Israel, observers say the challenge is to prevent activists from reaching Gaza while avoiding an international incident that could play into Hamas’s hands. As Trump works to lock in a deal, the looming confrontation at sea risks shifting headlines away from diplomacy and back toward conflict.
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On Tuesday, Israel released documents tying the flotilla’s organizers to Hamas through the Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA). The group, established in Turkey in 2017, has been designated a terrorist organization by Israel and accused of serving as Hamas’s overseas arm.
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Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and other Democratic leaders have fallen silent after it was discovered that illegal alien Ian Andre Roberts, who was recently arrested by ICE, is registered as an active Democratic voter in the state.
Fox News Digital reached out to Moore’s office and the offices of Maryland’s two Democratic senators, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., asking for their response to an illegal alien being a registered Democratic voter in their state, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
This week, the Maryland Freedom Caucus blew the whistle on Roberts being listed as an active Democratic voter on the state’s official elections board website despite not being a U.S. citizen and not having lived in Maryland for years.
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Republicans say that illegal alien Ian Andre Roberts being registered to vote in Maryland raises serious concerns about the state’s voting processes. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo and ICE)
On Tuesday, SBE sent a statement to Fox News Digital that a review of public information available through Maryland’s Public Information Act «did not show any voting history for any individual with the name Ian Andre Roberts in Maryland.»
The statement further said that due to Maryland law protecting personal identifying information from disclosure, SBE «cannot and will not publicly announce whether media reports about the individual in question is or is not or was or was not a registered voter in Maryland.»
Finally, SBE noted that according to Maryland law, it is not a crime to unintentionally register to vote despite not being eligible. The office added that «the right to vote is a sacred right that has been expanded through sacrifices of many before us» and «this office will not disenfranchise a voter based upon partial or unsubstantiated evidence.»
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The Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis. (Getty)
In response, Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that SBE’s statement only leads to more questions. The Maryland Freedom Caucus sent a letter to SBE on Monday demanding answers about «gaping holes» in the state’s election integrity systems.
«Basically, the board of elections has the excuse that Mr. Roberts was registered accidentally, and therefore he didn’t break a law. This leads me to ask how many other people are accidentally automatically registered? Why was he automatically registered as a Democrat?» said Morgan.
«The Maryland Freedom Caucus looks forward to receiving answers from the state [Board of Elections] on these questions soon,» he added.
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Ian Roberts, formerly the head of Des Moines Public Schools, was arrested by immigration authorities last week. (Getty Images; ICE)
According to Morgan, Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan pointed to a letter the elections board sent to the Justice Department in August in which State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis expressed concern that if the board gave over voter information to the federal government, that data would be «used for enforcement of immigration laws against Maryland residents.»
Roberts was working as the superintendent of public schools in Des Moines, Iowa, until he was arrested by ICE last week. According to officials, he attempted to flee ICE agents and was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant. He was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed-blade hunting knife and a loaded Glock 19 firearm, according to ICE.
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Authorities said a handgun was found in a vehicle used by Ian Roberts to flee from pursuing ICE agents. (ICE)
He came to the U.S. in 1999 from Guyana on a student visa and was arrested by ICE last week after having a final order of removal issued against him in 2024. He was hired as head of the Des Moines public schools in 2023 despite having illegal weapons possession charges against him from 2020.
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This comes after several Maryland Democrats, including Van Hollen and Ivey, have been outspoken in their support for the rights of illegal immigrants, even flying to El Salvador earlier this year to visit a suspected MS-13 gang member named Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who at the time was imprisoned after being deported by the Trump administration.
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Sigue la tensión en Madagascar: la destitución del gobierno no logró frenar las protestas
Miles de manifestantes marcharon en nuevas manifestaciones callejeras en Madagascar el martes, donde la policía disparó gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma, según pudieron comprobar periodistas de AFP, a pesar de que el presidente Andry Rajoelina destituyó a su gobierno en un intento por frenar días de disturbios mortales.
Inspirado por las protestas de la “Generación Z” en Indonesia y Nepal, el movimiento juvenil ha denunciado la persistente mala gobernanza, indignado por los repetidos cortes de agua y electricidad en la empobrecida nación del Océano Índico.
Miles de personas se congregaron en la capital, Antananarivo, tras las convocatorias en redes sociales, y se congregaron en el céntrico barrio de Ambohijatovo, donde se pidió a los diversos grupos de manifestantes que se reunieran.
Grandes multitudes marcharon, coreando consignas pidiendo la dimisión de Rajoelina y ondeando banderas con una calavera pirata del anime japonés “One Piece”, que se ha convertido en el símbolo de las manifestaciones juveniles.
Se oyeron explosiones y gritos mientras grandes contingentes policiales, respaldados por un vehículo blindado, dispersaban a la multitud con gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma, mientras se elevaba humo de las hogueras encendidas en las calles.
Las protestas comenzaron en Antananarivo el jueves y se extendieron a otras ciudades del país, con casi 32 millones de habitantes.
Tras las protestas de la semana pasada en la capital, se produjeron saqueos nocturnos generalizados, lo que llevó a las autoridades a declarar un toque de queda desde el anochecer hasta el amanecer.
El lunes, Rajoelina destituyó a todo su gobierno, se disculpó por la inacción de sus ministros y prometió encontrar una solución a los problemas del país; sin embargo, esto no fue suficiente para poner fin a las protestas.
La destitución del gobierno “fue una pequeña victoria”, declaró Masova, activista de 30 años, bajo seudónimo por temor a represalias.
“Realmente queremos un cambio, el Estado de derecho, justicia para todos. Por eso ya no es solo un movimiento de la Generación Z”, declaró a la AFP.
“La lucha no se detendrá hasta alcanzar la meta”, publicó el movimiento de la Generación Z en redes sociales el martes por la noche, llamando al pueblo malgache a “despertar”.
El principal sindicato que representa a la empresa nacional de distribución de agua y electricidad anunció el martes una huelga general.
Los manifestantes exigen la dimisión de Rajoelina, de 51 años, quien llegó al poder en 2009 tras un golpe de Estado provocado por un levantamiento que derrocó al ex presidente Marc Ravalomanana.
“Señor Andry Rajoelina, cuando lideraba las protestas, se le permitía hacerlo, estaba bien. Pero cuando los jóvenes nos alzamos para luchar por nuestro país, intenta silenciarnos”, declaró el lunes un estudiante manifestante vestido de negro, en consonancia con un llamamiento en redes sociales a lamentar a los fallecidos.
Manifestaciones anteriores se han enfrentado a una fuerte respuesta policial, con al menos 22 muertos y más de 100 heridos, según la ONU.
Algunas de las víctimas eran manifestantes o transeúntes asesinados por la policía o las fuerzas de seguridad, según la oficina del alto comisionado para los derechos humanos de la ONU, quien condenó el uso de munición real.
El gobierno ha rechazado el recuento, calificándolo de no verificado y “basado en rumores o desinformación”.
Tras no presentarse a las elecciones de 2013 debido a la presión internacional, Rajoelina fue reelegido en 2018 y reelegido en 2023 en unas elecciones disputadas y boicoteadas por la oposición.
El lunes, invitó a presentar candidaturas para un nuevo primer ministro durante los próximos tres días antes de que se forme un nuevo gobierno.
“El presidente forma parte de un sistema corrupto”, declaró un ingeniero agrónomo de 30 años, que habló bajo condición de anonimato. “Intenta hacernos creer que algo cambiará”. Mientras tanto, un llamamiento del presidente instando a los candidatos a puestos ministeriales a enviar su currículum vítae por correo postal o a través de LinkedIn fue ampliamente ridiculizado en redes sociales.
Los disturbios son los últimos de una serie de disturbios que han afectado a Madagascar desde su independencia de Francia en 1960.
Philibert Tsiranana, quien dirigió el país durante la era posterior a la independencia, se vio obligado a ceder el poder al ejército en 1972, tras la sangrienta represión de un levantamiento popular.
Madagascar se encuentra entre los países más pobres del mundo, pero es el principal productor de vainilla y posee recursos naturales en agricultura, silvicultura, pesca y minerales.
Casi el 75 % de la población vivía por debajo del umbral de la pobreza en 2022, según el Banco Mundial.
(Con información de AFP)
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