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Nine injured after car pursued by police crashes in east London

Met police say they pursued vehicle believed stolen before it collided with another vehicle in Ilford

Former mayor and aide killed in shooting in Colombia weeks before election

Updated on: May 16, 2026 / 4:34 PM EDT / AP

Tens of thousands attend London pro-Palestine rally to mark Nakba Day

March took place at same time as far-right ‘unite the kingdom’ demonstration led by Tommy Robinson

Thousands hit London streets for "Unite the Kingdom" march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson

Updated on: May 16, 2026 / 3:59 PM EDT / CBS News

A day of protests in London

Demonstrators at the Nakba 78 March for Palestine called for an end to UK support for Israel and protested against the Unite the Kingdom rally taking place at the same time

Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike after MTA, unions fail to reach new contract

Updated on: May 16, 2026 / 3:19 PM EDT / CBS New York

Tommy Robinson’s ‘far-right Glastonbury’: a distinctly lower energy affair

Smaller and lacking in high-profile speakers, this year’s rally included white nationalists, families with children, and people saying they felt ‘silenced’

London police arrest dozens during right-wing and pro-Palestinian protests

London’s police department has arrested nearly four dozen people who attended rival protests in the United Kingdom on Saturday.

Tommy Robinson tells tens of thousands at London rally to prepare for ‘battle of Britain’

Turnout down at second ‘unite the kingdom’ march featuring Islamophobic and ethnonationalist hate speech and flyers

The GOP's Entitlement Math Doesn't Add Up

This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here.

Days after Trump's summit in Beijing, Putin will meet with China's Xi

Updated on: May 16, 2026 / 1:40 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Hegseth presents top award to Ford carrier strike group

War Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the presidential unit citation to the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group on Saturday as the naval squadron returned home from a nearly 11-month deployment, the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam war.