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Security in Washington D.C and state capitals across the United States is ramping up ahead of the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Facebook says it will remove certain content containing the phrase “stop the steal” from its platforms for the next two weeks, while a social media app favoured by Trump supporters has been booted off the internet after last week’s assault on the US Capitol.
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Far-right Trump supporters, egged on by a speech from the President repeating claims of election fraud, have stormed the US Capitol, forcing police to barricade doors to the Senate and House of Representatives and keep protesters at bay at gunpoint as Congress met to certify president-elect Joe Biden’s win.
Hong Kong police have fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China that critics say is aimed at snuffing out dissent.
South Australian television reporter Ben Avery, one of two Australian journalists assaulted live on air overnight, says he felt like he and his camera operator “had a target on our backs” – but insists the incidents aren’t representative of the London protests, part of a broader backlash sweeping the globe.
Three fired Minnesota police officers who were at the scene of George Floyd’s death have been charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and a fourth has had his charge upgraded to second-degree murder.
UPDATED | An Australian journalist and cameraman have been assaulted by US police while covering a protest near the White House in which demonstrators were fired upon with teargas and rubber bullets.
