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Texas synagogue hostage-taker Faisal Akram was investigated by MI5 in 2020

Questions mount over how attacker was able to obtain a visa and travel to US

The Independent UK

Texas hostage taker had criminal and mental health history in UK

Malik Faisal Akram from Blackburn was killed by police after taking four hostages in a synagogue

The Guardian - UK

Malik Faisal Akram: ‘Terrorist’ shot dead in synagogue had been banned from Blackburn court for 9/11 rant

Questions have emerged as to how a Briton who took hostages at a Texas synagogue before being shot dead by police got a US visa after being banned from a UK court for bizarre 9/11 rants at staff.

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See Tesla Model Y With Potential Structural Pack Design At Giga Texas

Tesla may have Model Y bodies ready for its new structural battery pack. However, at this point, many unanswered questions remain about 4680 battery cells.

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Texas hostage siege: Malik Faisal Akram’s motive probed as rabbi recounts synagogue attack

An investigation into the hostage crisis at a Texas synagogue is ongoing

The Independent UK

Rabbi threw chair at gunman to escape Texas synagogue stand-off

Hostage-taker Malik Faisal Akram from Blackburn was shot dead when the FBI stormed the synagogue on Saturday.

The Independent UK

'We know there is a threat': Alert level in Manchester Jewish communities remains 'very high' following Texas siege

The level of security hasn't increased for Synagogues in Greater Manchester as it's already 'very high'

Manchester Evening News

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Hero rabbi 'threw chair at Lancashire gunman' and helped hostages escape 10-hour Texas siege

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, held four hostages at a synagogue in the US before being shot dead

Manchester Evening News

Texas hostage crisis renews fears of increasing antisemitism in US

According to Anti-Defamation League, there were over 2,100 acts of assault, vandalism and harassment last year

The Guardian - US

Texas synagogue siege - latest: Malik Faisal Akram’s motive for hostage crisis targeted by investigators

Follow live updates on the hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas

The Independent UK

Attacks on America’s Jewish community on the rise long before Colleyville, experts say

FORT WORTH, Texas — The hostage standoff inside a Colleyville synagogue Saturday reignited fears of antisemitic violence with news headlines that circled the globe. But for many Jewish Americans, the threat of such an attack — even at a small-town synagogue in North Texas — is something they live with…

Tribune News Service

Texas rabbi who was held hostage in synagogue siege says he’s grateful to be alive

A rabbi who was held hostage at a synagogue in Texas has said he is “grateful to be alive”.

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Texas synagogue attack: Who is Aafia Siddiqui? A federal prisoner linked to the hostage situation

Siddiqui’s attorney denies the Pakistani neuroscientist had any involvement in ‘wicked’ actions

The Independent UK

Texas synagogue siege: British hostage-taker Faisal Akram ‘ranted about 9/11 attacks’

Man was banned from Blackburn Magistrates’ Court in 2001 after making references to 9/11 while abusing staff

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Teenagers arrested in UK over Texas synagogue siege

UK counter-terrorism police detain teenagers in Manchester and suspect named as Briton Malik Faisal Akram. Plus, Lego sued over Queer Eye toy jacket

The Independent UK

Malik Faisal Akram: Everything we know about the Texas synagogue hostage-taker

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, held four people at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas

The Guardian - US

WNBA players changed US politics in Georgia. NBA stars can do the same in Texas

As we mark MLK Day, there are plenty of signs the struggle for justice in the US is far from over. Athletes can make a real impact in changing the status quo

Manchester Evening News

'He's got a criminal record. How was he allowed a visa?': Texas hostage taker's family demands answer after he's killed

Gulbar Akram has demanded more information about how the incident involving his brother had been allowed to unfold

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Tribune News Service

Here, the ‘COVID numb’ are vaxxed, vexed and trying to make it work

MANSFIELD, Texas — On a recent Friday night at Lake Ridge High School in this suburb south of Arlington, Alex Hawkins sat by himself in the upper reaches of a gymnasium that, in the vernacular of the day, allowed plenty of social distancing.

Tribune News Service

Cynthia M. Allen: As New York, DC turn to vaccine passports, here’s why pandemic life is better in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — The other morning, a friend from Washington, D.C., sent me an exasperated text with a link to the new vaccine passport requirements for our nation’s capital.

ABC News

Manchester police arrest two teenagers in relation to Texas synagogue attack

Counterterrorism police arrest two teenagers in Manchester in relation to an attack in the United States, in which a British man held four people hostage for 10 hours before being shot dead by a SWAT team.

Manchester Evening News

Texas hostage taker shot dead pictured for first time as counter terror police arrest two in Manchester

Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas

Evening Standard

Teens quizzed in Manchester as MI5 probes Texas siege

Two UK teenagers were on Monday being questioned by counter-terrorism detectives as police and MI5 joined the FBI in probing the Texas synagogue siege in which an armed British hostage taker was shot dead.

The Independent UK

FBI under fire for claiming Texas synagogue attack wasn’t related to anti-Semitism

FBI claims attacker was focused on issue not directly connected to the Jewish community

Tribune News Service

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott gives ‘credit’ to fans for throwing trash at referees

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott found it repugnant.

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