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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.

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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.

Europe News

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.

United Kingdom

UKIP leader Henry Bolton splits with girlfriend over racist texts

The leader of the pro-Brexit party says he has ended his relationship with Jo Marney after racist text messages she sent about Prince Harry’s fiancée came to light.

Russia

Russian football club under fire for ‘racist’ tweet about own players

Spartak Moscow posted a video on Twitter alongside a message that appeared to refer to its own black players as “chocolates.”

South Africa

Protesters trash H&M stores in South Africa over ‘racist’ ad

A H&M spokesperson told Euronews the label has temporarily closed its stores in South Africa for the safety of its employees and customers

USA

KKK 'Mississippi Burning' murderer Edgar Ray Killen dies

The 1960s preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted of the infamous deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi has died.

USA

Chorus of condemnation grows over Trump 'shithole' slurs

Haiti and the African Union want an apology from President Trump who denies describing as 'shitholes' the home countries of some immigrants to the United States