Embassy of Ukraine to the UK: Around 10 am on Saturday 13 April, the official vehicle of the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom was deliberately rammed as it sat parked in front of the Embassy of Ukraine’s building. Police opened fire to stop suspect, he is apprehended. No one injured
Holland Park, Kensington, London: A resident of the Holland Park area said shots had been fired near Ukrainian Embassy from a car and then armed police had opened fire on a car in turn.
Shots have been fired by firearms officers in the Holland Park area of west London, the Metropolitan Police have said
11 month agoKensington : Crime scenes remain in place on HollandPark Road, W14 following reports of gunshots this morning. The area is close to both the Ukraine and Cameroon Embassies. Photo's: @KatayamaHiroaki
Met Police say that reports of "gunshots" near the Ukrainian Embassy in Holland Park occurred many hours ago. Social media posts indicate cordons are still in place.
11 month agoPolice line blocks off Holland Park Road W11 from both sides, meters away from Cameroon embassy. Ukrainian embassy is inside the blocked zone.
11 month ago10 or more gun shot in Hollandpark street and the street is blocked.
Sky News understands the UK's second-biggest steel producer British Steel is seeking an urgent £100m Government loan after Prime Minister Theresa May's failure to pass a Brexit deal left it frozen out of an EU-wide carbon trading scheme
Assange smeared "feces on the embassy walls" and engaged in behavior "far from the minimum respect that a guest can have," says Ecuador Interior Minister María Paula Romo.
11 month agoWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seen in police van following his arrest in London this morning.
The U.S. Justice department Charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
Russian MFA spokeswoman on Assange arrest: "The hand of 'democracy' squeezes the neck of freedom."
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 'is no hero': British foreign minister
11 month agoLetter from Scottish FM @NicolaSturgeon to PM @theresa_may on next Brexit steps
Police say Assange further arrested in relation to US extradition warrant.
![A statement from Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, says his country withdrew asylum from Julian Assange for 'repeatedly violating international conventions and [the] protocol of coexistence.'](https://uk.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/04/11/21821745_0.png)
11 month agoA statement from Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, says his country withdrew asylum from Julian Assange for 'repeatedly violating international conventions and [the] protocol of coexistence.'
11 month agoAssange removed from embassy - video
Wikileaks: Julian Assange did not "walk out of the embassy". The Ecuadorian ambassador invited British police into the embassy and he was immediately arrested.
Ecuador has taken the decision to withdraw the diplomatic asylum of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, as reported by President Lenin Moreno
Julian Assange, 47, (03.07.71) has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Met Police (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador, Hans Crescent, SW1 on a warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 June 2012, for failing to surrender to the court.
Julian Assange has arrested by British police and has been removed from the Ecuadorian embassy
Seventeen countries spoke in favour of a long Brexit extension. 1 for short. 3 open, leaning towards short according to @eucopresident upsum in the summit rooms
French presidency official says "not everything's preferable to a no deal option, a no deal situation is a real option"
11 month agoVanguard class boat going up the Clyde this evening #CASD50
British delegate to the UN Security Council: We must urge a cease-fire and return to a comprehensive political process in Libya
Q&A session with PM @theresa_may finished. Next: EU27 discussion on Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived in Brussels for an emergency summit during which EU leaders will decide whether to agree a further extension to Article 50 to delay Brexit again
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The submarine construction facility at the Barrow shipyard has been evacuated. Hundreds of workers in the main Devonshire Dock Hall had to leave the building this morning over what BAE Systems describes as an "ongoing incident".
11 month agoEmergency services are dealing with an incident at BAE systems, As a precaution the Devonshire Dock complex has been closed.
