UK prime minister and police hold crisis meeting over unrest as stabbing attack suspect due in court

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “tiny mindless minority” behind unrest that has plagued several cities after a horrific stabbing at a children’s dance class and vowed to put a stop to it as the 17-year-old suspect was publicly named Thursday in part to counter misinformation blamed as one cause of the fiery clashes.

Starmer said the violence was “clearly driven by far-right hatred” as he announced a plan to enable police to move between communities — just as the “gang of thugs” does. Officers will more easily be able to share intelligence and use facial recognition technology and other tools to prevent the kind of

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