LONDON: Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said.
More than 1 million people are expected to attend the carnival, a celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture that takes place every year on the streets of the Notting Hill neighborhood in west London. Some 7,000 police officers have been assigned to the event, which concludes Monday.
Police said they made 90 arrests on Sunday, including 10 people who were detained for assaulting emergency workers, 18 for possession of offensive weapons and four for sexual offenses.
“Hundreds of thousands of people came to Notting Hill Carnival today to enjoy a fantastic celebration,” the Met said in a statement. “Regrettably, a minority came to commit crime and engage in violence.”
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Police: 3 people stabbed during London’s Notting Hill Carnival
- Police said they made 90 arrests on Sunday
Russia’s Lavrov sees no ‘bright future’ for economic ties with US
MOSCOW: Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington’s ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
Speaking to Russia-based media outlet TV BRICS, Lavrov cited what he called the United States’ declared aim of “economic dominance.”
“We also don’t see any bright future in the economic sphere,” Lavrov said.
Russian officials, including envoy Kirill Dmitriev, have previously spoken of the prospects for a major restoration of economic relations with the United States as part of any eventual Ukraine peace settlement.
But although President Donald Trump has also spoken of reviving economic cooperation with Moscow and has hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on US soil since returning to the White House, he has imposed further onerous sanctions on Russia’s vital energy sector.
Lavrov also cited Trump’s hostility to the BRICS bloc, which includes Russia, China, India, Brazil and other major developing economies.
“The Americans themselves create artificial obstacles along this path (toward BRICS integration),” he said.
“We are simply forced to seek additional, protected ways to develop our financial, economic, logistical and other projects with the BRICS countries.”
Speaking to Russia-based media outlet TV BRICS, Lavrov cited what he called the United States’ declared aim of “economic dominance.”
“We also don’t see any bright future in the economic sphere,” Lavrov said.
Russian officials, including envoy Kirill Dmitriev, have previously spoken of the prospects for a major restoration of economic relations with the United States as part of any eventual Ukraine peace settlement.
But although President Donald Trump has also spoken of reviving economic cooperation with Moscow and has hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on US soil since returning to the White House, he has imposed further onerous sanctions on Russia’s vital energy sector.
Lavrov also cited Trump’s hostility to the BRICS bloc, which includes Russia, China, India, Brazil and other major developing economies.
“The Americans themselves create artificial obstacles along this path (toward BRICS integration),” he said.
“We are simply forced to seek additional, protected ways to develop our financial, economic, logistical and other projects with the BRICS countries.”
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