UK PM Starmer: 'Standing army' set to be deployed against far-right rioters

Police in Britain say they have arrested almost 400 people in connection with days of unrest aimed at migrants and the UK's Muslim community. On July 29th, a 17-year-old male killed three girls at a dance class in the city of Southport. Violence erupted soon after the killings. British police say online disinformation which falsely identified the 17-year-old as an asylum-seeker, played a part in fueling the riots. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to bring the full force of the law to bear on people who took part in what he called an act of "far right thuggery." According to British media, the 17-year-old's parents are from Rwanda.

The rise of illiberal Europe - The enemy inside the gates

Investigative journalist Tim Sebastian exposes the growing threat of far-right extremism in Europe. From secret neo-Nazi gatherings in Germany to the alarming rise of populist leaders, discover the chilling realities facing democracy today. Watch as he delves into the ideologies, scandals, and political maneuvers threatening to reshape the European Union.

Defiance in Germany: Can mass protests stop the far right? | To The Point

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Germany. It’s the largest social movement in the country in decades. In cities and towns large and small, protestors have been demonstrating against the far right, to advocate for an open society and to protect their democracy.

German police arrest at least 25 suspected of far-right plot

 

German police say they have disrupted a far-right plot to violently overthrow the government.

German authorities have arrested 25 people after conducting raids across 130 sites nationwide as part of a lengthy investigation.

Police say those held were ringleaders, including a 71-year-old prince, a retired senior military officer, a judge and a former far-right MP.

Far right online: the rise of "extreme" gamers | The Economist

 

In America, the intelligence services deem far-right extremism a greater domestic threat than Islamist terrorism. The pandemic has exacerbated the spread of white supremacism and neo-Nazism.

Far-Right Group Was Preparing for "Day X" | "Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right"

 

The far right in Britain | Guardian explainers

 

From Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts in the 1930s through to the National Front, the British National party and the English Defence League, the far right in Britain has been part of the political landscape for decades.

BLM counter-demonstrators clash with London police

Protesters have been partly kettled by police in Parliament square, with all exits now apparently blocked by police in riot gear.

Although numbers have thinned since earlier, some protesters who have remained are becoming confrontational with police now, chanting and arguing with officers on police lines.

How Steve Bannon's far-right 'Movement' stalled in Europe

Rightwing populists are on the rise across Europe. With European parliamentary elections approaching, they are being offered help from Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon. Over the last four months, the Guardian's Paul Lewis followed his operation in Brussels, Rome and Venice – challenging Bannon over his media hype and the legality of his intervention