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French supermarket 'bans racists'

After his staff were repeatedly abused, a supermarket owner decided he had to act against racist customers.

USA

Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $1 each and $200,000 programme

Two men who were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia without ordering anything settled for a symbolic $1 each and an entrepreneurial programme for public high school students.

Germany

Berlin march against anti-semitism: 4 questions answered

People in Berlin will be handed Jewish headgear at an event today. Here's why:

United Kingdom

Britain creates annual Stephen Lawrence day

25 years on from racist murder of black teenager

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Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech

Before widespread immigration, the streets of Europe looked very different

USA

Starbucks to close 8,000 US cafés for an afternoon’s racial bias training

The move by the world’s biggest coffee company follows the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia café last week.

Germany

German far-right MP under fire over Münster attack tweets

Beatrix von Storch faces calls for her resignation over Islamophobic tweets in the aftermath of the deadly van rampage in Münster on Saturday.

USA

Commemorations across the U.S. 50 years after civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated

MLK's legacy lives on as commemorations call for an end to racism. He was 39 years-old when he was shot in Memphis, Tennessee

United Kingdom

Britain's Labour party loses a key Jewish donor

Sir David Garrard, who has given Labour 1.7 million euros since 2003, says the party he began supporting financially 15 years ago "no longer exists" under its present leadership.

Russia

Football: racist chants directed at French players in Russia

Racist chants directed at two French football players were allegedly heard during a friendly between France and Russia in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday.

USA

Another parcel bomb attack in Texas

Police are warning residents to stay inside and not to touch suspicious packages

United Kingdom

London mayor shares racist hate mail in viral video

Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan reads out expletive-laden hate speech in the video, which Has so far attracted 170,000 views on Facebook.

Italy

‘Will they send me back to Africa?’ – child’s fear of Italy’s far-righ

Gabriella Nobile recounted on Facebook the racist abuse her young adopted children suffered in Milan in the run-up to the Italian elections, blaming Matteo Salvini of the ex-Northern League for whipping up hatred. He has invited her for coffee.

France

French carnival under fire as mayor defends ‘blackface’ event

A carnival in northern France has faced criticism from anti-racism campaigners over its use of blackface.

Italy

Italians march against racism after shooting spree

One placard read "fascist Salvini", a reference to Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Northern League party which campaigns strongly against illegal immigrants.

Italy

African migrants are gunned down in drive-by shooting in Italy

Police have arrested an Italian man over a shooting in which six African migrants were shot. At least one is said to be in a serious condition.

Italy

Several migrants reported injured in shooting in central Italy -media

A man opened fire on passersby in the central Italian city of Macerata, injuring at least four African migrants in an attack that might be racially motivated, local media report. Police say they have arrested a suspect.

United Kingdom

UK: Finsbury Park mosque attacker to be sentenced

Darren Osborne was convicted of murder and attempted murder after driving a van into a crowd of Muslim worshippers in June 2017, killing one of them and injuring 12 others.

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Brief: EU makes progress against online hate

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

USA

Is Trump's language on migrants changing our political discourse?

Widely condemned by many for "dehumanising" migrants, the US president is walking along a well-trodded path, says sociologist Ulrike Vieten.