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Court told victim in Belfast knife attack lost his left eye, as suspect named as Hadi Alodid
Hadi Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports.
The 30-year-old, with an address at Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court on Wednesday morning.
He is charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie on Monday, with threatening to kill an NHS radiographer on the same day and with the possession of a knife.
He appeared in court via videolink and made no reply to the charges when they were put to him through the interpreter.
The victim of the stabbing lost his left eye in the attack, the court was told.
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There will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs.
After 12.30pm, a Home Office minister will respond to an urgent question from Claire Hanna, the SDLP MP, about the rioting in Belfast.
And, after that, a defence minister will respond to a UQ from James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, about the defence investment plan.
Judge warns anyone taking part in further disorder in Belfast should ‘expect to go to prison’
A Belfast judge has warned that anyone who plans to take part in further disorder in Northern Ireland should “be prepared to go to prison” and said the courts “won’t tolerate” any attacks on emergency services, the Press Association reports. PA says:
After refusing bail for a man charged with attempted murder in a stabbing incident preceding riots and violence in Belfast, judge Stephen Keown commended the emergency services who came to the aid of the victim.
Speaking at Belfast magistrates’ court this morning, he said that the court’s thoughts were with the victim, the members of the public who intervened and the emergency services who went to the victims’ aid.
He said those members of the public, the police and the emergency services should be commended.
He said that emergency services who had helped the victim now coming “under attack is something the courts won’t tolerate”.
He noted that there is a call on social media for men aged over 18 to close streets, wear dark clothes and to be prepared to fight and be arrested.
He said that anyone involved in attacks on the community and members of the community can “also expect to go to prison, and that message should be sent out loud and clear”.
Police ‘strongly’ opposed to bail for Belfast knife suspect, court told
A detective told Belfast magistrates’ court today that Stephen Ogilvie, the man injured in the stabbing attack on Monday, had lost his left eye, the Press Association reports. PA says:
She also told the court that the defendant said “I’ve killed someone, I don’t know if they are dead” while in hospital receiving treatment for a hand injury and told medical staff “I will kill you”.
The detective told the court that at 10.30pm on Monday police received report of a serious assault in the Kinnaird Avenue area. She said they found the defendant armed with a knife at the scene and removed him from on top of the victim.
She said the victim has lost his left eye, and has deep cuts to his head, face and back.
As PA reports, the detective also said the police were opposing bail because there was a fear it would lead to “significant public disorder” if the accused, Hadi Alodid, was released due to “strong public feeling” about the incident. PA says:
Police said they “strongly” opposed bail on the grounds that Alodid is charged with an “extremely serious offence” that has “garnered serious media attention”.
The detective said if further offences were committed they would be “serious and unpredictable in nature”, and said the applicant is from Sudan and has links outside of the jurisdiction.
She also told the court he may fear for his own safety or fear a possible long custodial sentence.
The defendant made no reply.
District judge Stephen Keown said the risks were “far too great” and would be “unmanageable by any bail conditions”, and refused bail due to the risk of reoffending, risk of harm to the public, risk of public disorder and risk of flight.
He is next due to appear in court in four weeks’ time.
Belfast knife attack suspect remanded in custody for four weeks
Hadi Alodid has been remanded in custody at Belfast magistrates’ court for four weeks after being charged with the attempted stabbing murder of Stephen Ogilvie, threats to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife, the Press Association reports.
Tice rejects as ‘outrageous’ suggestion that Farage’s ‘pure cold rage’ statement may have encouraged rioting
At his press conference, Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, condemned the violence in Belfast last night as “utterly unacceptable”. He said:
Lawful protest is of course something that is a vital part of a democracy, but everybody has to understand that there is a huge difference between expressing one’s concern for what is going on lawfully, peacefully, respectfully, and violence, criminal activities, sort of the fires we saw last night, damage to public property – totally and utterly unacceptable.
But, in response to a subsequent question, Tice got angry when asked by a Channel 4 News reporter if the rioting in Belfast last night may have been related to Nigel Farage urging people to react last week with “pure cold rage” to the murder of Henry Nowak.
Tice said that claim was “absolutely ridiculous” and “outrageous”. When the reporter tried to press on with his question, Tice said that he had given his answer and that it had been “a revolting accusation to make”. He added: “And you should be ashamed of yourself.”
Farage made his statement on Tuesday morning last week. That night a protest in Southampton culminated in violence.
Court told victim in Belfast knife attack lost his left eye, as suspect named as Hadi Alodid
Hadi Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports.
The 30-year-old, with an address at Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court on Wednesday morning.
He is charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie on Monday, with threatening to kill an NHS radiographer on the same day and with the possession of a knife.
He appeared in court via videolink and made no reply to the charges when they were put to him through the interpreter.
The victim of the stabbing lost his left eye in the attack, the court was told.
Richard Tice defends Braverman and Jenrick over complaints they were at Home Office when Belfast suspect got leave to remain
At the Reform UK press conference, the first question came from a GB News reporter who said that Suella Braverman, Reform’s education spokesperson, was home secretary when the Belfast knife attack suspect was granted leave to remain in the UK, and Robert Jenrick, Reform’s Treasury spokesperson, was an immigration minister. The reporter asked why people with a record like that could be trusted on immigration.
This is a line that is being used by Rupert Lowe, the Restore Britain leader. Lowe was elected as a Reform UK MP, but he left after a row with Nigel Farage and his party, which is even more extreme than Farage’s on immigration, is challenging Reform in the Makerfield byelection where it is splitting the rightwing vote in a way that could cost Reform the seat.
In response, Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, said that Braverman and Jenrick could be trusted on this issue because “they had the courage to fight for what they believed in”. Braverman was ultimately sacked because of her political views, and Jenrick resigned, he said. “So they actually showed themselves to be politicians of conviction, of courage,” he claimed.
Starmer condemns Belfast disorder, and “those who encouraged it online”
Keir Starmer has issued a statement about the rioting in Belfast last night. He says people were targeted because of their background (he means race – but doesn’t say so explicitly), and says the government won’t tolerate this.
He also condemns those who “encouraged” the disorder online. This seems like a clear reference to Elon Musk – although the PM does not refer to him by name.
He says:
The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable.
There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere.
It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it. Those responsible will feel the full force of the law.
I’ve spoken to the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to convey my thanks to them and the frontline emergency services for their bravery in keeping people safe. I’ve also spoken to the first minister and deputy first minister to discuss the ongoing situation.
Appealing for calm must be the priority, and that is what I urge now. We must let the police get on with their work.
Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, is holding a press conference. He is speaking about fly tipping, which he says has become a “national disgrace”. He is announcing proposals for tougher laws to deal with the problem, and says his part will organise a “national action day” day on 4 July when activists will organise clean-ups.
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Police in central Glasgow threw up cordons last night to prevent several hundred largely masked anti-migrant protestors from moving through the city centre, as other agitators gathered in central Edinburgh and Ayr.
Footage on social media appeared to show an abusive attack on two black men on Buchanan Street in Glasgow, as a large group, some carrying union flags, marched down towards the St Enoch shopping centre. The police blocked then roads leading into the city centre and on a bridge south over the Clyde.
A large group also gathered on Princes Street and in St Andrews Square in Edinburgh, brandishing saltires and lighting blue flares, and reportedly in Ayr. No arrests have yet been reported by police.
In a social media post, the Glasgow branch of Stand up to Racism said:
Masked-up racist thugs have assembled at Buchanan steps and marched down the street. The livestream by one of their supporters shows marchers stealing a bike from a delivery driver and beating up passers-by.
Glaswegians of all backgrounds and and of all faiths and none will stand together against any attempts to spread violence and hatred in our communities. Time and again we have shown the far right a majority of us reject their poison.
Disorder stoked by those who would have ‘struggled to find Belfast on map’, says NI justice minister Naomi Long
Naomi Long, the minister of justice of Northern Ireland and leader of the Alliance party, has said that last night’s rioting was fuelled by people online who “would have struggled to find Belfast on a map”. Jamie Grierson has the story.
PSNI chief constable defends releasing information about suspect’s nationality
Jon Boutcher, the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, has defended his force’s decision to tell the public yesterday that the man arrested for the Belfast knife attack on Monday night was Sudanese.
In an interview on the BBC’s Good Morning Ulster, he said:
We have learned that if we don’t give information, then online misinformation and lies lead to people believing things that aren’t true and start to mindlessly conduct attacks – and that was what happened at Southport not that long ago.
Asked about the force originally suggesting the suspect was from Somalia, Boutcher said:
We said we ‘believe’ that because that was the information that we were given after the incident occurred and we’re always going to get more detailed information as time passes by.
I was pushing very directly with the Home Office to give us the information that we required so that we could comply with the lessons learned previously.
Here is our report by Hannah Al-Othman and Rory Carroll on the rioting in Belfast last night.
And here is Guardian video of a bus being set on fire.
Labour chair Anna Turley says Elon Musk’s interventions encouraging unrest in Belfast have been ‘appalling’
Anna Turley, the Labour party chair, said that what Elon Musk had done in trying to stir up unrest in the UK after the Belfast knife attack was “appalling”.
In an interview on LBC, asked how the government viewed Musk’s actions and how he was trying to “whip up unrest”, she replied:
I think it’s appalling. Anyone that is seeking to drive and exploit a situation like this to drive their own political agenda is grievously wrong and doing damage.
He’s not someone who’s having to live in a community where the consequences of this, of the anger that is whipped up, [are felt].
We’ve seen children, families having to flee their homes on the streets of Belfast last night.
We do not want to see this kind of disruption, damage, thuggery, violence on our streets, and anyone that is seeking to whip that up should be condemned.
Asked if the government should boycott X, Musk’s social media platform, in response, Turley said:
I think about that all the time.
I think that there are lots of concerns about X. I personally find it a really positive way to engage with some of my constituents, but there’s no doubt that there are some really deeply worrying messages being conveyed through social media.
We are concerned about the use of disinformation in our democracy. These are things that I know the government is taking very seriously in looking at.
Man to appear in court over Belfast knife attack as rioting described as ‘race-based pogrom’ by SDLP leader
Good morning. Soon after becoming PM in 2024, Keir Starmer had to deal with a period of rioting in England, prompted by the Southport murders and mostly targeted at asylum seekers. Last night, in Northern Ireland, there were similar race riots, triggered by a knife attack involving a Sudanese suspect. Here is our overnight story about the rioting.
And this is what Claire Hanna, the SDLP leader and MP for Belfast South and Mid Down, said about the attacks on Newsnight last night.
What you’re seeing is a race-based pogrom. We are seeing men going door to door asking to get the foreigners out based exclusively on the colour of their skin. It’s not based on what they’re contributing to society, what their status here is and it’s terrifying for people in Belfast who want this sort of politics to be far beyond them.
Starmer is taking PMQs at noon and the Belfast disorder is likely to be the main talking point.
There are two issues that Starmer will be expected to address.
1) What is he going to do about the common travel area asylum “loophole”? The Belfast knife attack suspect was an asylum seeker who had been granted leave to remain in the UK three years ago, but he did not arrive on a small boat. He arrived in Belfast from Dublin, having flown to Ireland from Paris, and then – because of the common travel area – he was able to cross the border into Northern Ireland without facing any checks. Starmer is under pressure to close this “loophole”, as the Telegraph calls it, although a version of the common travel area has been in force for more than a century and so it has hard to see how it can be closed without colossal upheaval.
2) What is he going to do about rightwingers using social media to incite people in Northern Ireland to riot? Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, played a key role last night in amplifying calls for protests after the Belfast knife attack. He has been at it again overnight. Again, it is not obvious what Starmer can do about this, but he is bound to be asked whether this is tolerable.
Anna Turley, the Labour party chair and Cabinet Office minister, has been giving interviews this morning. Speaking to Sky News, she said the common travel area should not be used as “a back route for people to come here and exploit our asylum system”. She also said “conversations are happening” in government about what could be done to stop this.
She said:
If people are exploiting the common travel agreement in this way, that’s not acceptable. That’s not what it’s there for.
It’s been in existence for over 100 years and it’s absolutely right that people can travel between the island and Northern Ireland freely.
But it’s really important we make sure that we have a fair system that is led by data and intelligence, and we make sure that people are not able to exploit the asylum system.
Here is the agenda for the day.
9.15am: Sarah Jones, the policing minister, speaks at the launch of the new national policing AI centre PoliceAI.
10am: Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, holds a press conference, which is meant to be about the party’s plans to deal with fly-tipping.
Morning: A man will appear at Belfast magistrates’ court charged with attempted murder after the knife attack on Monday night.
Morning: Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, is in Belfast meeting the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Jon Boutcher.
11am: Jim Mackey, the NHS England chief executive, speaks at the NHS ConfedExpo 2026 in Manchester.
Noon: Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs
5pm: John Healey, the defence secretary, and Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, are due to speak at press conference in London with their Australian counterparts, after the annual UK-Australia defence/security summit.
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England get the ball rolling. Rice specifically. He rolls back to Pickford, who launches long. Croatia intercept and clear.
A cracking atmosphere in the air-conditioned home of the Dallas Cowboys. Kane and Modric swap merchandise. We’ll be off in a minute. “With all the focus on those mummified ancients in the Croatian midfield, it’s easy to overlook that the back line is, comparatively, a flock of spring chickens,” observes Kári Tulinius. “The fullbacks Šutalo and Stanišić are 26 years of age, two years older than Gvardiol, who’s partnered in defense by the 19-year-old Luka Vušković, which makes him less than half the age of his captain.”
The teams are out, and it’s time for the national anthems. Croatia first. ♪ ♫ ♬ “Our beautiful homeland / O so fearless and gracious / Our fathers’ ancient glory / May you be happy forever … Drava, Sava, keep on flowing! / Danube, do not lose your vigour! / Deep blue sea, tell the world / That a Croat loves his people!” ♪ ♫ ♬
And now it’s England’s turn. ♪ ♫ ♬ “We love Bulldog Bobby / Bulldog Bulldog Bob / We love Bulldog Bobby / He’s everybody’s number-one top dog!” ♪ ♫ ♬
[Narrator: Bulldog Bobby was not everybody’s number-one top dog]
Pre-match postbag: World Cup fever special. “I am imbibing your MBM with a beer on the train from Marylebone to Warwick and feel patriotically bound to inform you that excitement about England’s reasonable chances of victory tonight has reached the driver’s cab on my train. The usual modest tooting of the horn has been replaced by a ‘toot, toot, toot-toot-toot, toot-toot-toot-toot, ENG-LAND’” – Adrian Birch, somewhere around Bicester
“I’m watching this in a bar in the good ol’ USA (Nashville, Tennessee to be precise). It’s 22 years almost to the day that I last watched England v Croatia in an American bar (that day it was San Francisco) in the 2004 Euros, when a young lad called Wayne Rooney tore Croatia apart. Whatever happened to him, I wonder?” – Nick Parish
“First sunny evening for about a week here, so I’m off for a stroll by the Clyde with maybe a stop for a pint and a read. Oh, there’s a game on tonight? Huh” – James Humphries
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that England only win the World Cup when there is a gentleman of Fulham among the assembly. We therefore find it inexplicable that Mr Tuchel did not include young Master King in his party for that would have guaranteed that the honourable Captain Kane lifted the golden bauble. We can only assume that Mr Tuchel is of the opinion that a former gentleman of Fulham will suffice, for how else can one explain the presence of Mr Burn?” – Richard Hirst
“Keith Williams’ sketches are delightful. That’s all I wanted to say!” – Rachel Kelly
“If England lose and it all goes off, the very talented Keith Williams might have to add a slash of Constable red to his renderings” – Ian Copestake
England will play in their first-choice kit of white tonight. Harry Kane will hand over the FA’s stunningly boring pennant.
Croatia are therefore forced into second-choice blue. Always a shame when they’re not bedecked in their world-famous red-and-white checks, but the blue-and-even-darker-blue version is still a sight for sore eyes.
England have played 14 times under Thomas Tuchel. The manager’s record is pretty good: he’s won 11 of those games to the cumulative tune of 29-0. However there’s a fairly big caveat. The other three matches are the only times Tuchel has faced a team from the world’s top 20: England drew with Uruguay and lost to Senegal and Japan, all at home. Croatia are currently ranked 11th on the Fifa list. It’s a trend that needs snapping sooner rather than later if England (ranked world number four, to be fair) are to do anything this summer.
Luka Modric, who made his World Cup debut in 2006, 20 years ago tomorrow, coming on during a goalless draw with Japan, talks to ITV as well. “We did good qualifications … we played well … now is the real deal … we will see where we are at the moment … how good we are … I have a lot of confidence and belief in this team … a lot of young players … still some old guard … let’s see … age is just a number … this is how I see it … for me it’s not important … it’s important how you feel … what you do on the pitch.”
Thomas Tuchel speaks to Independent Television. “This is what we have worked for … the goal of the prep camp … to be ready for the day … I don’t want to be anywhere else in the world … so let’s go … ideal conditions … to play an intensive match … that’s our aim … we stick with the team that started so well against Costa Rica … we will not start and finish this match with 11 players … we need a strong bench … we have players who can influence and change matches from the bench … that is important … it was a 50-50 call to go with Jude [instead of Morgan Rogers] … I expected Mateo Kovacic to start so we have one slight tweak … we need to adapt our press … we are prepared for that … we are at the starting line … we let the players go and take the next steps.”
… so Jude Bellingham does indeed get the nod at 10 over Morgan Rogers. Anthony Gordon has been selected ahead of Marcus Rashford on the left, while Noni Madueke patrols the other flank; Bukayo Saka, not 100 percent fit, remains wrapped up safely on the bench. Ezri Konsa starts alongside John Stones in the centre of defence.
Croatia captain Luka Modric, 40, is about to appear at his fifth World Cup. He wins his 199th cap tonight. Ivan Perišić will make do with his 155th cap. Mateo Kovacic is on the bench and dreaming of cap number 114.
The teams
England: Pickford, Konsa, O’Reilly, Stones, James, Rice, Anderson, Bellingham, Kane, Gordon, Madueke.
Croatia: Livakovic, Stanisic, Gvardiol, Sutalo, Vuskovic, Modric, Mario Pasalic, Baturina, Petar Sucic, Perisic, Musa.
Way out west east. While the soccer stars get ready to rumble in Texas, art has broken out in Shoreditch, east London. “Dunno if it’s of interest but I’m sketching the England fans at the Old Blue Last,” writes Keith Williams, and very nice his work is too. Enjoy, observe, interpret, comprehend, appreciate, etc.
Some more scene-setting from our folk in Arlington. This comes to you from Guardian football writer and occasional meteorologist / retail trends analyst Ed Aarons.
It’s going to be a hot one at the Dallas Stadium for England’s opening game of the World Cup against Croatia, with temperatures expected to exceed 33 degrees when the game kicks off. Thankfully there is air conditioning throughout with a capacity crowd of 70,000 expected. Lots of England and Croatia fans have been gathering over the road from one of the entrances outside a Walmart, which I would imagine is much cheaper than buying drinks inside Fifa-land …
Some early team news. Courtesy of our man on the spot, Jacob Steinberg.
As predicted in today’s Super Soaraway Guardian, Jude Bellingham gets the nod at No10 for England. Anthony Gordon and Noni Madueke are on the flanks, with the latter preferred to Bukayo Saka, who’s been trying to shake off an Achilles problem. Ezri Konsa is picked over Marc Guehi in central defence too.
Time To Kill pt III. Our comprehensive Player Guide features every single player going to North America this summer, with potted bios written by experts from all around the world. Contains no trace of Trent Alexander-Arnold, and that’s an Official Guardian Guarantee™.
Time To Kill pt II. Bracketology allows you to curate your very own World Cup pipe dream. Click yon, drag hither, plot a route, reconfigure. Or if you’ve not got that much precious time to waste, hit shuffle and see what pops up. I’ve just done that and Curaçao have beaten Iraq in the final. Once again – because it’s the second time I’ve tested and trailed the shuffle feature – England didn’t get out of their group, and I’m beginning to suspect the coding for this was done in Glasgow. Anyway, it’s good fun, so get on it!
Time To Kill pt I. You want preview pieces? We got preview pieces.
Preamble
It’s day seven of the 2026 World Cup, and finally England are on their way. They are Tom’s 26. Hear the roar, of the red, white and … ah who remembers that cheesy old song anyway? Point is, after an interminable wait, England are at long last getting down to business.
Whether they’d have hand-picked Croatia as their first opponents is a moot point. On the one hand, England are a young and vibrant team, the sap rising, while most of Croatia’s first choice are in their 30s and their captain and talisman Luka Modric is now into his fifth decade. But on the other, this is a team that reached the final in 2018 and the semis last time round, and all of that Croatian experience has got to count for something.
There’s also the small matter of the head to head. England have won the last two meetings between the countries, in November 2018 and at Euro 2020, but the big ones that really counted went Croatia’s way – in Euro 2008 qualifying and the 2018 World Cup semi – and those results cut deep. So yes, England would have probably preferred to start their campaign against Panama or Ghana, but here we all are. Can England get it right this time? Kick off is at 9pm BST, 3pm at the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. It’s on!
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Derek McInnes: Rangers appoint Hearts head coach as manager after Danny Rohl joins Red Bull Salzburg
Rangers have appointed Derek McInnes as manager on a three-year contract after agreeing a compensation deal with Scottish Premiership rivals Hearts.
McInnes is the third boss at Ibrox inside a year and replaces Danny Rohl, whose move to Austrian side RB Salzburg was confirmed earlier on Wednesday.
The 54-year-old joined Hearts from Kilmarnock last summer and led the Tynecastle club to a second-placed finish, missing out on the title to Celtic on a dramatic final day, but edging Rangers out of the Champions League qualifiers.
The former Rangers midfielder turned down an approach from the Ibrox club in December 2017 in order to stay at Aberdeen but has now followed Tynecastle captain Lawrence Shankland in moving from Hearts.
“It is a real honour,” McInnes said. “The demands here are clear and our supporters rightfully have high expectations. It is up to me, my staff and my players to meet those expectations, and have this club performing as it should.
“There is a lot of hard work ahead, but already the preparations have begun and I am looking forward to meeting the current squad in the coming weeks and welcoming some new faces.”
Alan Archibald, Paul Sheerin and Craig Clark will assist McInnes.
While Rohl was head coach, McInnes will have the title of manager and was the frontrunner as soon as it emerged that the German was keen to leave for Salzburg.
Chairman Andrew Cavenagh said the Scot is “someone we have always rated highly” and is “exactly what this club needs at this moment in time”.
He added: “His deep Scottish and Rangers experience are important for us. He knows how to win in this league, and he is coming off an extremely strong season with Hearts.”
Rohl, 37, replaced Russell Martin as head coach in October and steered Rangers into a three-way title fight, but a post-split collapse yielded a third-placed finish behind Celtic and Hearts as the Ibrox club ended the campaign without silverware.
Cavenagh – who publicly backed Rohl at the end of the season – thanked him for his “service and commitment to Rangers”.
“He and his staff put in a significant amount of hard work during his time in charge, which we are greatly appreciative of,” he added.
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