UK PM Starmer: 'Standing army' set to be deployed against far-right rioters | DW News

Police in Britain say they have arrested almost 400 people in connection with days of unrest aimed at migrants and the UK's Muslim community. On July 29th, a 17-year-old male killed three girls at a dance class in the city of Southport. Violence erupted soon after the killings. British police say online disinformation which falsely identified the 17-year-old as an asylum-seeker, played a part in fueling the riots. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to bring the full force of the law to bear on people who took part in what he called an act of "far right thuggery." According to British media, the 17-year-old's parents are from Rwanda.

Chapter Breakdown
0:00 UK grapples with the worst riots in 13 years
2:54 Charlotte Chelsom-Pill, DW Correspondent, discusses proposed measures taken by Starmer
6:19 Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive, Center for Countering Digital Hate, explains how social media platforms use algorithms to amplify disinformation
13:32 Ed Hodgson, Research Manager, Made in Common, argues, based on polling, that the far-right protesters do not represent the views of a majority of people in the UK