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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a "standing army" of police will combat far-right riots that have flared across England, calling for ramped up criminal justice to ensure arrested offenders feel "the full force of the law". Starmer was speaking after an emergency response meeting bringing together ministers and the police to discuss how to quell the violence that first broke out in Southport, northwest England, on July 29 over the murder of three children. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he can "guarantee" that far-right rioters would "regret" participating in violent disturbances that have spread across England in recent days. "This is not protest. It is organised, violent thuggery. And it has no place on our streets or online," Starmer said as he addresses the nation on the fifth day of skirmishes between protesters and police. SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets UK police chiefs at Downing Street in the wake of riots by members of far-right groups following the murder of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport. At the start of the meeting Starmer told the police chiefs, "this is not protest, this is violent disorder" and said his government would back the police in using the powers that they need to ensure an end to violence on the streets. IMAGES
Police in riot gear stand in line with smoke and flames visible in the street behind them in Southport, the town in the northwest of England where clashes have broken out the day after a knife attack which caused the deaths of three children. IMAGES
British Labour leader Keir Starmer tells his supporters that "change begins now" after his party wins a general election that has ended 14 years of Conservative rule. "We did it. You campaigned for it, you fought for it, you voted for it, and now it has arrived," he says in London. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demands that unionists end their boycott of the devolved government in Northern Ireland, in a speech marking 25 years of peace in the divided territory. "I urge you to work with us to get Stormont up and running again. That's the right thing to do in its own terms. And I'm convinced it's also the right thing to do for our union (UK)," Sunak says in Belfast. SOUNDBITE
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