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British Police Unit Flags Over 100 Social Media Posts For Arrest Amid Immigration Backlash

Via American Greatness,

A specialist British police unit created to track online sentiment has referred more than 100 social media posts to local forces for potential arrest, according to data obtained through Freedom of Information requests and reported by The Times of London.

The National Internet Intelligence Investigations unit notified local police about 106 posts, with 50 of those flagged in June alone, in the aftermath of disclosures surrounding the murder of teenager Henry Nowak.

Nowak was stabbed to death by Vikrum Digwa, and his pleas for help were reportedly ignored by officers who doubted the dying student after his killer claimed to be a victim of racism.

Footage of Nowak’s final moments spread widely online and triggered protests and riots in Southampton, fueling accusations of two-tier policing among critics who argued Nowak was treated differently from his killer because he was white.

The task force traces its origins to the Southport riots, which broke out after Axel Rudakubana, a teenager of Rwandan heritage, murdered three young girls and wounded 10 others in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event.

Rather than reckon with the role immigration policy played in the tragedy, the Labour government under then-Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer labeled the public backlash “far-right” and launched a sweeping crackdown, arresting more than 1,876 people, including some individuals whose only offense was a social media post.

Police chiefs declined to detail the specific posts flagged by the unit, saying disclosure could jeopardize ongoing investigations.

They nonetheless acknowledged the initiative remains “still in the early stages of being established,” a signal that the volume of flagged posts is likely to grow.

Britain already ranks among the most aggressive Western nations in policing online speech. 

The Times of London has estimated that police made 33 arrests per day in 2023 over allegedly offensive online content, totaling 12,183 arrests for the year, all before this new task force reached full operation.

The National Police Coordination Centre, the same body that oversaw Britain’s policing response during COVID-19 lockdowns, defended the unit’s mission, saying it “supports policing’s understanding of protest-related activity in the online environment by developing a broader picture of emerging, potential risks.”

The centre added: “Looking across force boundaries enables the identification of issues that may not be evident from information held within individual force areas alone.”

The online monitoring effort follows a pattern set during the pandemic, when the British government deployed the Army’s 77 Brigade, a specialist “information warfare” unit, to track and influence public opinion, including monitoring journalists and politicians critical of lockdown policy.

Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 05:00

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Alleged International Crime Boss Daniel Kinahan Extradited To Ireland Following Dubai Arrest

Alleged Irish mob boss Daniel Kinahan was charged in Dublin, Ireland on August 9th with directing a criminal organization. 

Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan, after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates, leaves the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Ireland, on Aug. 9, 2026. Natalia Campos/Reuters

The 49-year-old Kinahan was arrested in April in Dubai, where he had been residing for several years, following an extradition request from the Republic of Ireland. He was flown to a military base on the outskirts of Dublin after being handed over to Irish authorities in Dubai earlier Sunday - after which he was taken directly to the court for an unusual Sunday night sitting. Kinahan was remanded into custody afterward. 

After acknowledging that he he understood the charges, and one of the three presiding judges told him a bail application could only be made through the High Court, Kinahan said: "I think we know I won't be getting bail, but thank you so much for explaining."

He told the court he had not had time to arrange legal representation while being held in custody in Dubai, and believed a relative was arranging counsel. Kinahan will remain in custody and will have to appear again, either in person or via video link, on Oct. 5.

In Ireland, the Special Criminal Court hears cases involving terrorism and organized crime, which are heard by judges rather than a jury.

Justin Kelly, the commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Ireland's police force, said Kinahan was handed over in Dubai as a result of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts, and was extradited following a judicial process in the UAE, the Epoch Times reports.

"This arrest shows our determination, along with our international policing partners including Dubai Police, to target transnational organized crime groups," Kelly said. "As the matter will be before the Courts, An Garda Síochána will not be making any further comment."

As The Epoch Times notes further, In April 2022, Kinahan was named by the United States as one of three leaders of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group (KOCG) and a $5 million reward was offered for information leading to his arrest.

At the time, then-U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson said, "The Kinahan Organized Crime Group smuggles deadly narcotics, including cocaine, to Europe, and is a threat to the entire licit economy through its role in international money laundering."

In April 2023, Kinahan's alleged rival, Gerry "The Monk" Hutch, was acquitted at the Special Criminal Court of trying to kill Kinahan.

The prosecution claimed that on Feb. 5, 2016, Hutch tried to kill Kinahan at a weigh-in for a boxing event at the Regency Hotel in Dublin, but he slipped away, and an associate, David Byrne, 33, was fatally shot instead.

The Regency Hotel shooting was allegedly carried out in revenge for the murder of Hutch's nephew, Gary Hutch, in Spain in September 2015 by the Kinahan gang.

After the Regency Hotel shooting, another 18 people were murdered in a series of tit-for-tat killings over the next three years. Hutch was arrested in Spain in August 2021, and extradited to Ireland, but after being acquitted, he returned to Spain.

Kinahan gave an interview with British podcaster James English last week, denying the allegations against him and saying everything was "in God's hands."

"I always wanted to do good things and big things," Kinahan said. "Obviously life didn't go that way for me, what with all the stuff in the media and what people think of me and the perception they have. But I'm still so proud to be from Ireland."

In March 2022, Thomas Kavanagh, who Britain's National Crime Agency said acted as the figurehead of the Kinahan organization in the UK, was jailed for 21 years after being convicted of smuggling large quantities of cocaine and cannabis into Britain. Two other Irishmen, described as associates, Gary Vickery and Daniel Canning, were also jailed.

The National Crime Agency's deputy director of investigations, Matt Horne, said at the time that the cartel brought millions of pounds worth of drugs into Britain.

"Kavanagh was a high ranking member of the Kinahan cartel, an organized crime group synonymous with acts of violence," Horne said.

Wanted posters showing the U.S. government's $5 million reward for the arrest of Daniel Kinahan (C); his father, Christopher Kinahan (R); and his brother, Christopher Kinahan Jr.(L) are displayed at Dublin City Hall on April 12, 2022. Niall Carson/PA Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 04:15

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Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost a tight race in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary.

UK Regulators To Prepare Tokenized-Gold Framework: Report

Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com,

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reportedly held talks with banks and other industry participants over potential rules for tokenized gold.

The FCA has also sought feedback on the use of tokenized gold as collateral in wholesale markets, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.

The regulator is reportedly preparing to outline plans for new regulatory standards for tokenized gold.

Cointelegraph has approached the FCA for comment on the matter.

London is the world’s largest over-the-counter gold trading hub, accounting for about 70% of global notional gold trading volume, according to the World Gold Council.

“There’s huge competitive pressure from Shanghai and Hong Kong... Shanghai wants to become the wholesale hub for the gold market,” one of the people said, adding that if London does not modernize its gold market through measures including tokenization, other venues may take the lead.

The talks come amid a broader UK push to expand tokenized financial markets.

A government-backed industry task force said in July that tokenization could add as much as 33 billion British pounds ($44 billion) to the UK’s annual economic output by 2035.

The roadmap also calls for the UK’s first tokenized government bond by early 2027 and seeks to make tokenized securities usable for trading, settlement and as collateral.

The World Gold Council said this year that digital gold would mean ownership “would no longer be constrained by bar sizes, vault locations or fragmented settlement mechanisms”.

Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 03:30

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Record-Low Rhine Levels Disrupt Raw Material Flows To Europe's Largest Steelmaking Plant

Thyssenkrupp's steelmaking plant in Duisburg, Germany, is facing disruptions to raw material supplies as a "persistent and worsening low-water situation" restricts barge traffic on the Rhine River. Navigable depths along parts of this critical waterway have fallen to record lows, threatening to curb German economic growth just as the country begins to show signs of recovery.

Bloomberg cited a statement from Thyssenkrupp saying, "The persistent and worsening low-water situation is now affecting the supply of raw materials" to the Duisburg facility. The company added that it has chartered external vessels capable of operating at lower water levels, after suspending its own push-barge operations.

Germany's inland navigation agency WSV reported that the navigable depth at the Kaub chokepoint near Koblenz fell to just 15 centimeters on Tuesday, breaking the previous record low of 25 centimeters.

The river's actual depth is roughly one meter greater than the navigable reading, but conditions have become too shallow for most commercial cargo operations.

Burg Pfalz-Grafenstein bei Kaub am Mittelrheintal am 2.8.2026.

Der #Pegel des Rheins liegt aktuell bei 16 cm und soll noch diese Woche einstellig werden.

Bild 3 Loreley Flussabwärts.

Mit der Einstellung des Schiffsverkehrs ab Köln wird fest gerechnet. pic.twitter.com/QUrYhF6EtG

— WernerH777 (@H777Werner) August 10, 2026

"Commercial sailings through Kaub have basically stopped; it is no longer possible to book cargo shipments on the Rhine past Kaub today," one commodity trader told Reuters. "Some vessels south of Kaub face being trapped."

The trader added, "There is no actual rule on when sailings at Kaub should stop because of low water, so you could see a couple of empty vessels risking it, but most sailings there have stopped."

Ongoing heatwaves and limited rainfall have forced cargo vessels to operate at roughly 20% of capacity, sharply increasing transportation costs on the waterway. Freight is being diverted to trucks as analysts warn these disruptions and higher costs could dent German economic growth.

UBS analyst Felix Huefner told clients on Tuesday to expect "modest and temporary hit to growth" in the third quarter because of the Rhine disruptions to commodity flows:

Rhine water levels: Disruptions, but likely temporary

Water levels at Kaub, the Rhine's key shipping bottleneck, recently fell to a record low.

Reportedly, cargo ships are currently only 20% full and in response several German states are now allowing trucks to drive on Sundays to ease the transport bottleneck.

While inland waterway transport accounts for just c.4% of goods transport in Germany, the Rhine is particularly important for transporting energy products, chemicals and industrial inputs. Historical evidence from 2018 suggests that low water levels can weigh on GDP.

In Q3 2018, GDP growth was dampened by 10-20bp according to estimates. While water levels are lower today compared to history, firms have increasingly adapted through alternative transport routes and lighter vessels as our equity analyst colleagues report for the chemical sector.

So far, business sentiment indicators for the most affected sectors have given conflicting signals: while the chemical and petroleum/refining sectors reported weaker current activity in the July ifo index, the freight transport component improved markedly.

Overall, we expect only a modest and temporary hit to growth, concentrated in Q3 and largely reversed once water transport normalises.

The Rhine disruption comes as Europe confronts twin diesel and natural gas crunches, a combination that Goldman commodities analyst Samantha Dart recently identified as a key risk keeping her up at night (read the full report).

Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 02:45

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British Youth Taught To Chant 'Our Country Is An Arab Country' At Pro-Gaza Camp

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

More than 100 young people gathered in the English countryside for what organisers called a summer school. Instead of hiking and games, they were led in Arabic chants calling for victory over Zionism and declaring "our country is an Arab country."

Footage of the event, later posted by the organisers themselves, has forced a public investigation and raised serious questions about what is being allowed to take place on British soil under the banner of "youth education."

The four-day residential, organised by Palestinian Youth Movement Britain, took place at the Youth Hostel Association's Edale Activity Centre in the Peak District over the late May bank holiday.

British children taught to sing 'our country is an Arab country' at pro-Gaza summer camphttps://t.co/n9WcsC0ggi

— GB News (@GBNEWS) August 8, 2026

Participants recited anti-Israel slogans and discussed the "next phase of our national liberation struggle."

Classroom sessions featured lectures on Ghassan Kanafani, the former spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States and the European Union.

A banner in Arabic declared "Our revolution is for victory."

In videos shared by the group, a woman leads the attendees in chants that include "We will crush Zionism" and "Young people, rise up, our revolution is an Arab revolution."

"We will crush Zionism."

"Young people, rise up, our revolution is an Arab revolution."

Children attending a Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) summer camp shouted these chants in footage posted to the organisation's Instagram account.

During the four-day summer camp, which... pic.twitter.com/FLhmgiGpK1

— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) August 5, 2026

One version captured by The Telegraph translates as: "We will have victory over Zionism, we will return, young people rise up, our country is an Arab country."

The same organisation later organised a community football tournament in North Kensington. Photographs showed children wearing shirts numbered 7 and 10, widely interpreted as a reference to the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.

An organiser appeared in a shirt bearing the number 40 and the slogan "The future is decolonial."

Palestinian Youth Movement Britain describes itself as a grassroots movement organising Palestinian and Arab youth "to struggle for Palestinian liberation."

Its own Instagram post about the Peak District gathering stated: "Together we discussed what the last two years have looked like in our region, and our role as diaspora youth in the next phase of our national liberation struggle."

The event mixed political and historical sessions with a hike and a cultural night of "revolutionary songs and poetry."

The Youth Hostel Association has opened an investigation. A spokesman confirmed the booking was private and that YHA "was not involved in organising, delivering or supervising the group's programme or activities."

The organisation stated: "We are aware of the concerns raised regarding footage reportedly recorded during the group's stay. The views or activities of private groups using our facilities do not represent YHA's views or values. YHA is committed to providing welcoming, inclusive, and respectful spaces for everyone. We are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding this booking, including whether any of our terms and conditions or policies may have been breached. We will consider any appropriate action once that review has been completed."

Campaign Against Antisemitism has written to the Charity Commission. The group said: "British summer camps should be places where children build friendships, not where they are exposed to political indoctrination and extremist ideology. Encouraging children to chant slogans calling for the destruction of Zionism is fundamentally at odds with the values of tolerance and mutual respect."

Heidi Bachram, whose family members were murdered and taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October, responded: "It is deeply chilling to see young people in the UK being programmed to hate and inspired by terrorists. Our family was murdered in Israel by those who act on this violent ideology. I fear where this will lead. We need urgent action to stop this vile brainwashing and shut these organisations down."

The Peak District episode is not an isolated curiosity. It sits against a backdrop of rising concern that parts of Britain's diaspora activism have shifted from protest into the systematic transmission of rejectionist ideology to the next generation.

When young people in the heart of England are taught to chant that "our country is an Arab country" and to celebrate figures linked to designated terrorist groups, the question is no longer whether something has gone wrong.

The question is how long authorities will continue treating it as someone else's problem.

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Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 02:00

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