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Aug 2024
19m 56s

How far will the UK riots go?

Al Jazeera
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After three young girls were fatally stabbed in the English town of Southport, false rumors led to protests and violence across the UK. Far-right rioters chanted xenophobic slogans, while others rallied against fascism and supported refugees. What can stop the unrest?

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This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Sarí el-Khalili, and Sonia Bhagat, Veronique Eshaya, Duha Mosaad, Manahil Naveed, and our host Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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