A British reporter was traumatized while reporting on the streets of London after being surrounded by a group of radical pro-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/palestinians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palestinian</a> demonstrators who were shouting at her.
GB News’ political correspondent Katherine Forster said that the incident happened on Saturday while she was reporting on a Palestinian event with her camera crew.
“This is the seventh consecutive Saturday that there’s been a pro-Palestinian protest in central London,&#8221; she began. &#8220;I’ve reported on a few of these. They tend to follow a similar pattern. They start out very peaceful. There’s babies and buggies, there&#8217;s people with dogs, people in wheelchairs. All ages, all ethnicities.&#8221;
She said that during these demonstrations, things &#8220;often turn unpleasant&#8221; when the extremist crowds begin to get riled up.
&#8220;In the last hour or so, we, the cameramen, our back watcher, who’s here to keep us safe, had really quite an unpleasant experience,&#8221; she said. &#8220;A guy on a [loudspeaker] shouting at us wanted to know who we were broadcasting from. He wouldn’t go away. He was very persistent.&#8221;
“Eventually, I said GB News. At that point, he just, I can’t tell you what he said, but it was vile: fascist, scum, etc,&#8221; she said. “A group of people came &#8217;round us all shouting at us. I have to say it was very intimidating. I was shaking by the end of it.&#8221;
&#8220;We then moved to a completely different place, and at the end of that live, lo and behold, he appeared again. The police spoke to him. He’s been moved on. We’ve been told to stay here and we’re filing a police report,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But there’s always an element. And of course, it’s really important that the press can bring you the news, can tell you what’s going on. If it wasn’t for the press, we wouldn’t even know what was happening in Israel and Gaza. But intimidating the press on the streets of London, not okay at all.&#8221;
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&#39;I have to say it was really intimidating, I&#39;m pretty shaken up by it, and we&#39;re filing a police report&#39;
GB News reporter, Katherine Forster, describes the &#39;distressing&#39; incident she faced today, as pro-Palestine protesters surrounded and verbally abused her and the crew. <a href="https://t.co/nVQ7huSQyV">pic.twitter.com/nVQ7huSQyV</a>
&mdash; GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href="https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1728445036721815973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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British Broadcaster Was Left ‘Shaking’ After ‘Very Intimidating’ Encounter With Pro-Palestinian Protesters

British Broadcaster Was Left 'Shaking' After 'Very Intimidating' Encounter With Pro-Palestinian Protesters

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Palestinians

U.K.

World

This weekend marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the countries and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them. 
This weekend, instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse through the centers of the West, proclaiming their sovereignty. Marxist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once blustered that the West was so guilty for its colonization that the best path would be to be <a href="https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/1961/preface.htm">colonized in reverse</a>: “It’s our turn to tread the path, step by step, which leads down to native level. But to become natives altogether, our soil must be occupied by a formerly colonized people and we must starve of hunger. This won’t happen.”
Sartre, obviously, was wrong. He, along with his like-minded and softheaded colleagues, helped to discredit the West so thoroughly that the West spent decades importing millions of people who despise it.
So, this weekend, London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews. It saw homegrown or imported radicals wearing the headgear of the terrorist group Hamas. It saw them attempting to mob the current Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove:
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Michael Gove mobbed by Palestine protesters at Victoria station <a href="https://t.co/yNNWD99hAT">pic.twitter.com/yNNWD99hAT</a>
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At least 150 people were arrested. But there were 300,000 marching in solidarity with a terrorist group.
There was one banner in particular that <a href="https://twitter.com/prwhittle/status/1723720269892550846">stood out</a>. It read, “You’re either on the white or the right side of history.” The side reading “white” had the flags of the United States, Great Britain, Israel, and France, while the “right” side had the Palestinian flag along with the flag of the Congo, Sudan, and the Uyghurs.
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And we’re just meant to take this? <a href="https://t.co/CcK6wExiUW">pic.twitter.com/CcK6wExiUW</a>
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This, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of those who march with Hamas and against the West. The West is powerful, the West has exploited, the West is white; therefore, the West is powerful because the West is white and exploitative. The right thing to do is to side with Franz Fanon’s “wretched of the earth.”
The flags of the supposed “right” side of history represent places that are not particularly free or well-governed. Yet the wrong side of history is apparently Israel, the United States, the U.K., and France.
The same philosophy extends to this side of the water. A flier that has been making the rounds at the University of Chicago <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1723789540723150974">reads</a>, “Ending white privilege starts with ending Jewish privilege.”
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Are you starting to understand that this is not actually about the Palestinians? <a href="https://t.co/5thbben3Qw">pic.twitter.com/5thbben3Qw</a>
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The anti-Semitism is directly linked with anti-whiteness. The idea is that Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped. 
This notion is fully coincident with anti-Americanism. America, after all, is largely great because of the promise that anyone of any background can get ahead. Jews are one of the great success stories in American history by that standard, given the fact they arrived mostly in the early 20th century dirt poor and quickly became highly educated and economically successful.
The current anti-Semitic movement is linked directly to hatred for the country and its meritocratic promise. That’s why pro-Hamas protesters spent the weekend ripping down American flags.
Across the world, those who have not achieved are uniting against the West. They blame the West for their lack of success while living off the West’s largesse. That’s why uber-pampered and uber-celebrated dullard Greta Thunberg spent her weekend linking climate change with support for Hamas, as though Islamic terrorists worry tremendously about solar panels rather than burning Jewish babies alive.
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The West has a choice. It can be colonized in Sartre’s fashion, or it can refuse that colonization. In the U.K., that battle is taking place largely over the verbiage of Suella Braverman, home secretary, who has been stalwartly calling for an end to the police and government’s coddling of pro-Hamas ralliers. 
Over the weekend, she tweeted:
<blockquote>Our brave police officers deserve the thanks of every decent citizen for their professionalism in the face of violence and aggression from protesters and counter protesters in London yesterday. That multiple officers were injured doing their duty is an outrage. 
The sick, inflammatory and, in some cases, clearly criminal chants, placards and paraphernalia openly on display at the march mark a new low. Antisemitism and other forms of racism together with the valorising of terrorism on such a scale is deeply troubling. 
This can’t go on. Week by week, the streets of London are being polluted by hate, violence, and antisemitism. Members of the public are being mobbed and intimidated. Jewish people in particular feel threatened. Further action is necessary.</blockquote>
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Our brave police officers deserve the thanks of every decent citizen for their professionalism in the face of violence and aggression from protesters and counter protesters in London yesterday. That multiple officers were injured doing their duty is an outrage. 1/3
&mdash; Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuellaBraverman/status/1723725585392841158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Braverman isn’t white; she’s of Indian extraction. But that doesn’t matter. She doesn’t imbibe from the well of pseudo-victimhood, and thus she is an enemy to be destroyed. She was fired on Monday (today).
In the United States, that battle is taking place at the universities, where enemies of the United States are ushered in and offered scholarships. The latest iteration comes courtesy of MIT, where radical students violated the university’s rules by occupying public places; Jews were told by the university not to enter through the main lobby due to safety concerns.
These pro-Hamas students are foreigners. The university could easily have suspended them. The university didn’t. Why not? It would violate their scruples about the necessity of importing people who hate the United States into the United States. As the university president stated, “’Because we later heard serious concerns about collateral consequences for the students, such as visa issues, we have decided, as an interim action, that the students who remained after the deadline will be suspended from non-academic campus activities. The students will remain enrolled at MIT and will be able to attend academic classes and labs.”
Yes, we certainly wouldn’t want terror supporters deported. That might open a slot at MIT to a deserving Asian-American or something like that.
The reality is that the West has created wildly disproportionate prosperity and freedom over the course of its history compared to other civilizations. That doesn’t excuse the West’s sins, but it does mean that tearing down the West in favor of alternatives is repulsive.
If the West is an aging lion, those who seek to tear it down are scavengers, relying on the lion for their livelihood and wellbeing, but seething with envy.
Either the Western lion will roar again, or the scavengers will tear it to pieces.
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The Barbarians Are Inside The Gates

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Readers Pass

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Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" target="_blank" rel="noopener">London</a> to denounce Israel&#8217;s war with Hamas as others gathered to recognize Armistice Day, a day for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/great-britain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the U.K.</a> to honor the soldiers who fought during and after World War I.
The demonstration was organized by the Stop the War Coalition and called the “National March for Palestine.” The mass demonstration, with <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/many-thousands-march-against-israel-in-london-on-armistice-day-demand-gaza-ceasefire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimates</a> of up to 300,000 attendees, comes just over a month after Hamas terrorist attacks left over 1,400 Israelis dead. 
According to London Metropolitan Police, 82 counter-protesters <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/world/europe/uk-israel-palestinian-protest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were arrested</a> as pro-Palestinian protesters chanted “end the siege” and “cease-fire now.” British leadership had urged demonstrators to not come, saying that it would disrupt recognition of Armistice Day.
On Friday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67383065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> protesters to act “respectfully and peacefully.” 
&#8220;It is because of those who fought for this country and for the freedom we cherish that those who wish to protest can do so, but they must do so respectfully and peacefully,&#8221; Sunak said. &#8220;Remembrance weekend is sacred for us all and should be a moment of unity, of our shared British values and of solemn reflection.&#8221;
Police official Laurence Taylor said that previous pro-Palestinian protests groups had “small groups break away” whose behavior had “been escalating and becoming more violent.”
Video clips posted to social media showed massive crowds walking through London, many waving Palestinian flags.
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London right now! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CeasefireNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CeasefireNOW</a> <a href="https://t.co/FRjOkEE5V8">pic.twitter.com/FRjOkEE5V8</a>
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Breaking: Volunteers at Victoria Station in London selling poppies for a veterans charity on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RemembanceDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RemembanceDay</a>/Veterans Day are surrounded by pro-Palestine protesters. The charity volunteers are forced to move further and further away. <a href="https://t.co/z2hQQbb0bS">pic.twitter.com/z2hQQbb0bS</a>
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“[The march] being closely monitored by police. And we also have police looking out for any troublemakers that might be intent on causing disruption,” <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/1723361186643607949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Assistant Police Commissioner Matt Twist. 
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Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman both were critical of the march in the days leading up to Saturday. Sunak called the plans for the demonstration “provocative and disrespectful.”
Braverman said that police gave special treatment to pro-Palestinian protesters, calling them “hate marchers.”
“I do not believe that these marches are merely a cry for help for Gaza. They are an assertion of primacy by certain groups — particularly Islamists — of the kind we are more used to seeing in Northern Ireland. Also disturbingly reminiscent of Ulster are the reports that some of Saturday’s march group organisers have links to terrorist groups, including Hamas,” Braverman <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pro-palestine-protest-london-met-police-cbqnxbtv3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a op-ed published in the Times of London. 
Similar protests have cropped up around the world, with hundreds taking to the streets in New York City on Friday night, with some demonstrators <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/grand-central-station-targeted-by-pro-palestinian-mob-during-unruly-nyc-demonstration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeting Grand Central Station</a> and vandalizing businesses.

London March for Ceasefire in Gaza

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Fill London On Armistice Day

Gaza

Great Britain

Douglas Murray, the British bestselling author of seven books including &#8220;The War on the West” issued a powerful statement regarding the anti-Semitism now pervasive in London.
Murray appeared on stage at an event in London featuring Jordan Peterson, who hosted Murray and Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on stage.
“I would say one thing. Jordan. You brought up the issue of a multicultural society, and its limits, and I would send people out with one thought in particular: All societies must have limits; limits of what they will put up with and what they will not,” Murray declared to applause.
“This past week has been the first time in my life that Jewish friends from abroad asked me if London is a safe place for Jews. I feel such shame about this,” he continued to more applause.
“And I would like to say one very practical thing: it is not the Jews who should fear being in London, it is the people who would make Jews fear being in London,” he asserted.
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Part of my closing remarks last night at the O2 in London. Thank you to the more than 12,000 who came and to everyone who applauded this sentiment. <a href="https://t.co/foIER04h3J">pic.twitter.com/foIER04h3J</a>
&mdash; Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray/status/1720065117331550410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Good to meet at the O2 in London tonight ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a>⁩. And thank you to the more than 12,000 people who joined us. ⁦And thank you ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jordanbpeterson</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BjornLomborg</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/PageauJonathan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PageauJonathan</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/LY7hzbkjwb">pic.twitter.com/LY7hzbkjwb</a>
&mdash; Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray/status/1719890825096658996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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On social media, Murray slammed the Irish Foreign Minister who called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Referencing the British people’s heroic fight against the Nazis in World War II, he snapped, “There was another time when the Irish government sat out a conflict but the British government chose not to. Britain = right both times.”
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There was another time when the Irish government sat out a conflict but the British government chose not to. Britain = right both times. <a href="https://t.co/T7kgT8nnya">https://t.co/T7kgT8nnya</a>
&mdash; Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray/status/1720007883583008996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Writing in <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-time-to-cut-our-ties-with-qatar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Spectator</a>, Murray called for Great Britain to cut its ties with Qatar, writing: “Qatar is one of the main funders – and the main international host – of the terrorist group Hamas.”
“Qatar has played host to Hamas, allowing it to operate out of Doha,” he noted. “The Qataris have given sanctuary to (among others) Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Meshaal. These men do not share the suffering of the people they claim to care about – the Arabs in Gaza. They make sure that these people get as little of the international aid money that comes their way as possible. Poverty-stricken Palestinians are what Haniyeh and Meshaal need: it bolsters their international begging-bowl abilities.”
“It would seem a good time to put sanctions on Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and his entire family. It would be a good time for the victims of Hamas terror to start to take class-action lawsuits against the Emir, the government of Qatar and any other body involved in business with the statelet,” he added.

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British Author Of ‘The War On The West’ Condemns Anti-Semites In London

Anti-Semitism

Douglas Murray

A Hamas fugitive has allegedly been living in a state-funded home in one of Britain&#8217;s most populated Jewish areas, according to a <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hamas-chief-lives-london-council-house-uk-phnpsssx5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> by The Sunday Times.
Muhammad Qassem Sawalha reportedly resides in a nearly $400,000 Colindale council property in the London Borough of Barnet — a local authority area on the northern outskirts of the capital city of England. The two-story home with a garden and garage sits approximately 10 minutes from two synagogues in Barnet, where about 56,000 Jews live — roughly a fifth of the Jewish population in all of the U.K. — according to the Office for National Statistics.
U.K. officials designated Hamas&#8217; military wing a terrorist organization in 2001 and later placed the group&#8217;s political wing in the same category in 2021. Home Office guidance denies citizenship to anyone who &#8220;incites, justifies, or glorifies&#8221; terrorism or &#8220;seeks to provoke others to terrorist acts.&#8221;
But despite the regulation, Sawalha, 62, reportedly obtained British citizenship in the early 2000s after escaping to the United Kingdom in the 1990s using a relative&#8217;s passport to evade Israel&#8217;s security services.
The U.S. Department of Justice reportedly said in a 2004 indictment that the alleged fugitive continued to work for Hamas after arriving in the U.K., where he held secret meetings about &#8220;revitalizing&#8221; terrorist attacks in Israel and played a role in laundering money to support activities in Gaza and other areas.
The report noted Sawalha signed a notorious declaration in 2009 that praised Allah for having &#8220;routed the Zionist Jews,&#8221; called for weapons to the Gaza Strip, and demanded a &#8220;Third Jihadist Front&#8221; be opened near Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Times noted Sawalha was pictured with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in 2010 and 2012, served the terrorist organization&#8217;s decision-making body between 2013 and 2017, and later met with Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s deputy foreign minister in 2019 on official Hamas business.
In 2021, Sawalha purchased a home using Britain&#8217;s Right to Buy — a scheme that allows most council tenants to buy their homes at a discount.
Barry Rawlings, the head of the Barnet council, told the outlet that he was &#8220;horrified to think [Sawalha] could be living in our midst&#8221; and launched a review into his residency.
&#8220;We will liaise with other stakeholders including the police and the government in reviewing the full history of this case and will take all appropriate action,&#8221; Rawlings said. &#8220;This has emerged at a time when communities locally are in desperate need of reassurance following the escalating conflict in the Middle East, and we have a responsibility as the council to ensure we can give that reassurance.&#8221;
Rawlings said that U.K. Lawyers for Israel, a campaign group, first reported Sawalha to the council in 2020 after learning his background. Officials immediately reported it to the &#8220;counterterrorism unit at the Met Police,&#8221; but a spokesman said no further action was taken after &#8220;the evidential test was not met.&#8221;
Lawyers for Sawalha said in response to The Times report that it contained a &#8220;number of serious false allegations,&#8221; adding their client &#8220;is a law-abiding British citizen.&#8221;

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Hamas Fugitive Living In State-Funded London Home Among Large Jewish Population: Report

Department of Justice

Terrorism

United Kingdom

Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is suing British ex-spy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-steele" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Steele</a> over the discredited Steele Dossier that was intended to paint a picture of alleged collusion between Trump and Russia.
The lawsuit was filed by lawyers for Trump in <a class="c-link" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" data-sk="tooltip_parent">London</a> and says that Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultant group founded by Steele, violated British data protection laws.
In a written witness statement, Trump <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12636387/donald-trump-calls-christopher-steele-russia-dossier-untrue-golden-showers-prostitutes-moscow.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that “not one of the damning allegations contained in the Steele reporting was ever corroborated.” 
Funds from Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-sec-boss-confronted-over-steele-dossier-payment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went toward</a> Steele’s dossier, which made claims tying Trump to Russia that were later discredited.
In his statement, Trump said that the dossier had “numerous false, phony or made-up allegations,” including wild claims of “sex parties” in St. Petersburg, and that Russia did not have “sufficient material to blackmail” him.
“The only way that I can fully demonstrate the total inaccuracies of the personal data in the dossier is to bring these proceedings and to prove, by evidence at trial, that the data are false,” Trump, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, said.
The dossier <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/christopher-steele-holds-firm-on-defending-discredited-dossier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> to establish a “well-developed conspiracy of co-operation” between Trump’s campaign and Russia, an allegation that was not backed up by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the collusion claims.
Trump’s lawyer Hugh Tomlinson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-steele-dossier-lawsuit-london-russia-de956b079a1216526b84822b121acd04" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the former president “suffered personal and reputational damage and distress&#8221; because of the dossier, which contained &#8220;shocking and scandalous claims.&#8221;
Antony White, a lawyer for Orbis, said that the case should be thrown out because too much time had passed and that BuzzFeed News was not supposed to publish the dossier.
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White claimed that Trump has “a long history of repeatedly bringing frivolous, meritless and vexatious claims for the purpose of vexing and harassing perceived enemies and others against whom he bears a grudge.”
Trump <a href="https://apnews.com/article/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-clinton-1c49b9f65177507bb06115b631c8499d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> tried to sue former top FBI officials and Clinton over the dossier, but his lawsuit was rejected by a federal judge.
According to a report from special counsel Robert Durham, the FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-offered-to-pay-steele-1m-for-anti-trump-evidence-paid-possible-russian-spy-despite-knowing-his-info-was-bad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had offered to pay</a> Steele up to $1 million for evidence linking Trump to Russia and paid Steele’s primary subsource hundreds of thousands of dollars even after the source was unable to provide evidence for any of his claims.

Donald Trump Sues Former British Spy in London Data Lawsuit

Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over ‘Shocking And Scandalous’ Claims Made In Discredited Dossier

Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over 'Shocking And Scandalous' Claims Made In Discredited Dossier

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Resistance scrappers dubbed <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/vandals-destroy-london-car-emissions-cameras-over-daily-tolls">&#8220;Blade Runners&#8221;</a> have been wrecking surveillance cameras meant to enforce <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=daily+wire+london&amp;oq=daily+wire+london&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhAMgYIAhBFGEAyBggDEEUYQNIBCTIxMjI4ajBqNKgCALACAA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8">London</a>&#8216;s controversial program to tax high-polluting motor vehicles that is set to expand its boundaries in the coming weeks.
Various media reports and videos posted to social media detail how this band of rebels has been climbing up polls to dismantle and swipe parts from cameras that help track non-compliant drivers who get fined £12.50 (about $15.87 in the United States) a day to enter the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone#:~:text=If%20your%20vehicle%20doesn't,to%20and%20including%205%20tonnes)">Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)</a> in the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/ulez-where-and-when?intcmp=52227">heart</a> of the British capital.
One activist, clad in a balaclava to hide his identity, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12011507/ULEZ-Blade-Runners-want-one-Sadiq-Khans-low-emission-cameras.html">told the Daily Mail</a> in the spring that he had personally stolen 34 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras and surmised that Blade Runners had damaged hundreds of the devices by that time.
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UK citizens are furious Sadiq Khan is installing ULEZ (Ultra low emission zones) recognition cameras throughout London. Those who can’t afford electric vehicles will be fined £12 pounds ($15) every time they drive past them.
Citizens are fighting back by taking them down as soon… <a href="https://t.co/8AsvWYPbfA">pic.twitter.com/8AsvWYPbfA</a>
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&#8220;Everything we are doing is for our own freedoms,&#8221; this Blade Runner, identified only as a father in his mid-40s, told the news outlet. &#8220;It&#8217;s the tip of the iceberg. We do not live in a democracy,&#8221; this person said, adding, &#8220;We will fight with everything we have for our freedoms.&#8221;
Despite the pushback to ULEZ, London Mayor Sadiq Khan is spearheading an expansion of the program to cover all of the city&#8217;s boroughs. The expansion is set to take effect on August 29 after the High Court ruled it lawful in the face of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/28/london-ulez-court-dismisses-challenge-by-five-councils-over-expansion">legal challenge</a> by five Conservative-led councils.
The ruling allowed London to &#8220;press on with the difficult but vital task of cleaning up London&#8217;s air and tackling the climate crisis,&#8221; Khan <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1684855360354426881">said</a> in a statement. The government is also funding a <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/media-centre/mayors-press-release/MAYOR-ANNOUNCES-SCRAPPAGE-EXPANSION">&#8220;scrappage scheme&#8221;</a> to provide financial assistance to local residents who get rid of non-compliant vehicles.
Still, as some raise concerns about a growing ULEZ zone in London <a href="https://www.builders.org.uk/ulez-expansion-will-hurt-trades-the-most/">harming businesses</a> and <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/12/third-london-businesses-ulez-expansion-negative-employees/">workers</a>, acts of defiance have continued. Authorities <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ulez-expansion-cameras-stolen-vandalised-london-met-police-b1098157.html">conceded</a> that dozens of cameras were being vandalized weekly in the weeks preceding the planned expansion. Cameras being set up in new areas have had their wires cut off and lenses painted over in black, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/climate/london-ulez-air-pollution.html">reported</a> in June.
In response, Scotland Yard began &#8220;Operation Eremon&#8221; to investigate the activity, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-07-31/shadowy-blade-runner-vandals-trash-cameras-in-anti-ulez-backlash">according to ITV News London</a>. “We are continuing to proactively target anyone we suspect of causing or seeking to cause damage to these cameras,&#8221; said Detective Superintendent Daniel Smith, per the report. “We are now reviewing this social media post and will follow up every line of investigation.”
There have been reports of <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/ulez-camera-damage-sidcup-court-charged-nicholls-sadiq-khan-expansion-b1098151.html">charges</a> against at least one individual over the alleged criminal damage of ULEZ cameras.
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As officials increasingly raise concerns about global warming and air pollution, low-emission zones have spread to cities across Europe, leading to measures geared toward getting <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/20/old-cars-forced-off-road-as-europes-clean-air-zones-nearly-double">older cars off the roads</a>.
In London, most vehicles observed in and around the city on an average day are already compliant with ULEZ, according to the <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/pollution-and-air-quality/ultra-low-emission-zone-ulez-london/ulez-frequently-asked-questions/how-many-londoners-will-be-affected-ulez-expansion">government&#8217;s website</a>. It also says that &#8220;all petrol cars and vans registered new from 2006, and diesel cars and vans from 2016, will meet the ULEZ standards.&#8221;
The local government <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/ulez-expansion">insists</a> harmful nitrogen dioxide pollution has been reduced by nearly half in central London thanks to ULEZ, which was first announced in 2017 and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-47815117">began in 2019</a>, and claims the expansion will bring &#8220;clean air&#8221; to 5 million more people.
Susan Hall, a Conservative candidate for mayor for the election set to take place next year, has vowed to undo the ULEZ expansion, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/tories-pick-hall-to-face-labour-s-khan-in-london-mayoral-vote">according to Bloomberg</a>.

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‘Blade Runners’ Fight London’s Car Emission Monitoring Cameras

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Radical environmental activists disrupted a London “Pride” parade on Saturday, blocking the procession and spray painting a float sponsored by Coca-Cola, leading to several arrests. 
Just Stop Oil, a group associated with protests targeting famous works of art, took credit for the disruption, arguing that the organizers of the parade did not do enough to condemn new oil and gas leases. According to police, seven people <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/just-stop-oil-launches-protest-124617109.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were arrested</a> on “public nuisance” charges. 
“Pride is a protest. But Pride in London allows destructive industries such as Coca-Cola, who are the world&#8217;s biggest plastic polluter and who have been accused of numerous human rights abuses, to co-opt it and pinkwash themselves,” Just Stop Oil <a href="https://twitter.com/JustStop_Oil/status/1675132305550065666" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Twitter. “The LGBTQ+ supporters of Just Stop Oil have taken action against Pride in London today, because the organisation is working with industries complicit in worsening the climate crisis.”
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🧯 LGBTQ+ supporters of Just Stop Oil have disrupted the Pride in London parade, blocking Coca-Cola&#39;s float and spraying black and pink paint over the road.
🧵 A thread on why we&#39;ve disrupted <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideInLondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrideInLondon</a>: <a href="https://t.co/bGjudM9VUl">pic.twitter.com/bGjudM9VUl</a>
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According to the U.K.-based group, the protesters who disrupted the parade identified as LGBT. They managed to bring the parade to a halt for about 15 minutes before they were removed from the street by police. 
“New oil and gas is a death sentence for millions of people, and the LGBTQ+ community will be one of the first to suffer,” Just Stop Oil said. 
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said prior to the parade that he supported peaceful and lawful protests. 
“I agree with protesting in a way that is lawful, safe, and peaceful. I think that Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are really important pressure groups trying to put power on those who have power and influence,” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/01/just-stop-oil-protesters-disrupt-london-pride-over-polluting-sponsors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said,</a> according to The Guardian. “I am somebody who feels quite passionately that we have to tackle the climate emergency. And I feel quite passionately about encouraging people to join the movement to tackle the climate emergency.”
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Individuals affiliated with Just Stop Oil <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-global-warming-protesters-vandalize-one-of-worlds-most-iconic-art-masterpieces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously threw tomato soup</a> at Vincent Van Gogh’s iconic “Sunflowers” painting at a London art museum in October. The painting, valued at nearly $85 million, was undamaged thanks to a glass covering. 
The two suspects behind the vandalism were identified by Just Stop Oil as Anna Holland, 20, and Phoebe Plummer, 21. They glued their hands to the museum wall after dousing the painting with two cans of Heinz tomato soup before London police officers arrested them for criminal damage and aggravated trespassing.

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The remains of a Roman mausoleum have been discovered in south London, and researchers believe it’s the most intact mausoleum of that type ever discovered in Britain, according to a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65890080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from BBC News. 
The “incredibly rare” mausoleum was discovered by archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) at an excavation site called Liberty of Southwark. Researchers believe the mausoleum may have been a wealthy family tomb, as it was once an impressive building that was likely two stories high, The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/13/incredibly-rare-roman-tomb-unearthed-near-london-bridge-station" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“This relatively small site in Southwark is a microcosm for the changing fortunes of Roman London – from the early phase of the site where London expands and the area has lavishly decorated Roman buildings, all the way through to the later Roman period when the settlement shrinks and it becomes a more quiet space where people remember their dead,” Antonietta Lerz, a senior archaeologist at MOLA, said. 
The mausoleum consists of a floor and walls with a mosaic at the center, according to The Guardian. Surrounding the mosaic is a raised platform, which is likely where burials were placed, the outlet notes. Additionally, the steps for one of the entrances were preserved. 
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With the discovery of the mausoleum, researchers also retrieved pieces of scrap metal, pottery fragments, roofing tiles, and roughly 100 coins — but no human remains or coffins were discovered. There are two layers to the site; beneath the first mosaic lies another, according to the archaeologists, leading researchers to believe it could have been a two-story structure. Both mosaics feature a flower at the center. 
MOLA researchers say the find is the most intact Roman mausoleum ever discovered in Britain due to the incredible quality of preservation. They say that “all signs indicate this was a substantial building.” 
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“It provides a fascinating window into the living conditions and lifestyle of this part of the city in the Roman period,” Lerz said. 
In early 2022, a Roman mosaic dating to the late second to early third century was discovered at the same development site. That mosaic, defined at the time as a “once-in-a-lifetime” discovery, was the largest found in over fifty years, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/22/lavish-roman-mosaic-is-biggest-found-in-london-for-50-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Guardian. Researchers believe that the location was once a lounge for officials. 
The Liberty of Southwark site is being developed as a shopping and living center, but one city councilor told The Guardian that the recent finds would be preserved and put on display for the community. 
“The rediscovery of this Roman mausoleum and mosaics is a testament to the rich tapestry of our past,” Catherine Rose, a Southwark council cabinet member, said.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a> did not make an appearance in court on the first day of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">trial</a> against The Daily Mirror on Monday.
Harry’s lawyer said the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/royal-family">Duke of Sussex</a> would be unavailable to testify following opening statements, per the Associated Press. The royal had been reportedly taking a flight from Los Angeles to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london">London</a> following the birthday of his 2-year-old daughter, Lilibet, on Sunday.
“I’m a little surprised,” Justice Timothy Fancourt said. The publication noted that Fancourt had instructed Prince Harry to be present for the first day of the trial. He was scheduled to testify Tuesday, but the judge told him to be there Monday in case opening statements concluded before the day’s end, per <a href="https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-courtroom-showdown-with-british-tabloids-d8aa702c13042391e2a55e2cf37f5ec1">AP</a>.
Mirror Group attorney Andrew Green said he was “deeply troubled” by the Duke of Sussex skipping the first day. 
Prince Harry currently has several lawsuits pending against various tabloid publications. The royal claims they used unlawful methods to obtain information about him and his wife Meghan Markle, including phone hacking and other illegal methods of investigation.
Harry accused the British Press of “vicious, persistent attacks” on Meghan, including the publication of racist articles. The royal family member also claims their relentless pursuit was a major reason he and Meghan chose to leave the U.K. for California and resign from their roles as senior working royals in 2020. 
The prince also claims that members of the press are responsible for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. She died from injuries sustained during a car crash in Paris while being pursued by the paparazzi.
“There was no time in his life when he was safe from these activities,” Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne said. “Nothing was sacrosanct or out of bounds.”
The Duke of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers, Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and Associated Newspapers Ltd., owner of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Harry claims these three companies paid people to use illegal methods to spy on him.
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Prince Harry will be the first member of the British royal family in more than a century to testify in court, the outlet noted. The last time was when Queen Victoria’s eldest son, Prince Albert Edward (the future King Edward VII), testified twice in 1898. 
Albert Edward testified in the divorce proceedings of a woman with whom he was accused of having an affair, which he denied, and again during a slander case involving a man who allegedly cheated at cards.

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A British-developed COVID vaccine caused the death of a government psychologist in his 30s, a coroner&#8217;s court in London ruled.
Dr. Stephen Wright, 32, developed a blood clot in his brain after getting his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine in January 2021. Wright worked in southeast London as a clinical psychologist for the National Health Service (NHS) when he received the company&#8217;s jab, which was widely distributed around the world but not used in the U.S.
The inquest at London Inner South Coroner&#8217;s Court <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65321937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that Wright&#8217;s death was due to &#8220;unintended complications&#8221; of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the AstraZeneca vaccine used a more traditional adenovirus technology rather than mRNA technology.
Senior coroner Andrew Harris told the court that &#8220;Dr. Wright was a fit and healthy man who had the AstraZeneca vaccine on January 16, 2021, awoke with a headache on January 25 and later developed left arm numbness.&#8221;
&#8220;It is very important to record as fact that it is the AstraZeneca vaccine – but that is different from blaming AstraZeneca,&#8221; Harris told the court.
Harris called Wright&#8217;s case &#8220;very unusual and deeply tragic.&#8221;
The inquest heard that Wright developed &#8220;vaccine-induced thrombosis&#8221; as well as a brainstem infarction and bleed on the brain.
He quickly deteriorated, and he was deemed unfit for surgery due to the nature of the bleed.
&#8220;He attended an A&amp;E [accident and emergency] department just after midnight where was found to have high blood pressure and a sagittal sinus thrombosis,&#8221; Harris <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11990195/Psychologist-32-died-complications-AstraZeneca-Covid-vaccine-inquest-rules.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;He was transferred to King&#8217;s College Hospital at 6:39 a.m. but, due to the extent of the bleed and very low platelets, was unfit for surgery.&#8221;
One thrombosis expert <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/health/doctor-death-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the blood-clotting syndrome occurs in about one in 50,000 people under 40 and one in 100,000 over 40. However, one <a href="https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/study-sheds-more-light-on-rate-of-rare-blood-clots-after-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> found blood clotting events to be more frequent — 11 blood clotting events per 100,000 vaccinations in a group of 280,000 people.
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Wright&#8217;s widow Charlotte was working to get the words &#8220;natural causes&#8221; changed on her husband&#8217;s death certificate.
She and dozens of others are <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65321937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pursuing</a> litigation against AstraZeneca.
&#8220;It was made clear that Stephen was [previously] fit and healthy and that his death was by vaccination of AstraZeneca,&#8221; Charlotte Wright said after the inquest. &#8220;For us, it allows us to be able to continue our litigation against AstraZeneca. This is the written proof.&#8221;
&#8220;Even with people in my life, there were questions and queries about whether I was actually telling the truth so, two years later, I can finally say it is the truth,&#8221; she told the BBC.
Wright and her husband had two boys together who are now nine and three. She was on maternity leave when her husband died and used food banks to support her sons before she received £120,000, or about $149,160, from the U.K. government&#8217;s Vaccine Damage Payment <a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/vaccine-damage-payment-scheme-vdps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scheme</a>.
&#8220;I find it very comforting that I have two boys that remind me of him every day. I&#8217;m just very thankful that I got to marry such a great man and raise our boys in his honor,&#8221; she said.
AstraZeneca responded to the coroner&#8217;s court ruling by saying that &#8220;the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects.&#8221;
&#8220;We are very saddened by Stephen Wright&#8217;s death and extend our deepest sympathies to his family for their loss. Patient safety is our highest priority and regulatory authorities have clear and stringent standards to ensure the safe use of all medicines, including vaccines,&#8221; an AstraZeneca spokesman <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65321937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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Coroner’s Court Rules COVID Vaccine ‘Complications’ Caused Death Of Young Psychologist

Coroner's Court Rules COVID Vaccine 'Complications' Caused Death Of Young Psychologist

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Ben Bacon, a furniture conservator out of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" target="_blank" rel="noopener">London</a>, took it upon himself to figure out the meaning behind 20,000-year-old markings in caves in Europe.
“As we probe deeper into their world, what we are discovering is that these ancient ancestors are a lot more like us than we had previously thought,” Bacon <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Researchers have been aware of markings that appear beside paintings in caves, with some looking like dots, but they didn’t now what they meant. Over 600 Ice Age drawings on walls of caves and other items throughout Europe have had the patterns next to them, but until now, the markings were a mystery.
Bacon examined the inscriptions next to the paintings and tried to figure out the “proto-writing” system, which is reportedly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> to have come before other similar recording practices by at least 10,000 years. &#8220;Proto-writing&#8221; systems <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/4/1876467/-Human-Origins-Proto-Writing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refer</a> to written communication that consists of symbols.
Bacon thought that the markings could be referencing a lunar calendar. He took his ideas to a research team and they told him that he should keep going with his efforts. He worked with a group of professors and published a paper in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
“The results show that ice age hunter-gatherers were the first to use a systemic calendar and marks to record information about major ecological events within that calendar,” Professor Paul Pettitt said, noting that he was “glad he took it seriously” when Bacon reached out to him.
The team discovered that the dots next to the drawings were a note of their mating timelines recorded using the lunar month.
“We’re able to show that these people — who left a legacy of spectacular art in the caves of Lascaux and Altamira — also left a record of early timekeeping that would eventually become commonplace among our species,” Pettitt said.
They also believe that a “Y” shape indicated “birthing.”
“What we are hoping, and the initial work is promising, is that unlocking more parts of the proto-writing system will allow us to gain an understanding of what information our ancestors valued,” Bacon said.
“The ability to assign abstract signs to phenomena in the world—animals, numbers, parturition, cyclical phases of the moon—and subsequently to use these signs as representations of external reality in a material form that could be used to record past events and predict future events was a profound intellectual achievement,” the study <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
Not everyone is on board with the findings and the discovery that the dots were written in order to keep track of animals’ mating practices.
Melanie Chang, a paleoanthropologist at Portland State University who did not participate in the study, <a href="https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-cave-art-proto-writing-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Live Science over email that she agrees with the study that &#8220;Upper Palaeolithic people had the cognitive capacity to write and to keep records of time.&#8221;
But, she said, their “hypotheses are not well-supported by their results, and they also do not address alternative interpretations of the marks they analyzed.&#8221;

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