Lawyers say nearly 2000 people across Devon and Cornwall have signed up to demand compensation from the local water company over sewage spills.

The group legal claim wants South West Water held responsible for occasions when raw sewage discharges prevented people using the sea and deterred tourists from using local businesses.

South West Water last year spilled sewage for more hours than any other English water company – more than 400,000 in total. It is also due to be sentenced after pleading guilty to repeated illegal sewage spills.

South West Water said it is aware of the legal claim and is currently investing £760m to reduce the amount of sewage it discharges.

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On Sunday, two prominent left-wing political commentators in the US — Hasan Piker and his uncle, Cenk Uygur – said they had been barred from visiting the UK.

Both men were due to appear at the SXSW London festival, but say the British government blocked them from entering the country because of their criticism of Israel.

The British government confirmed that it had denied them entry on the grounds that their presence in the UK “may not be conducive to the public good” but did not elaborate further.

Their cases have sparked renewed debate about the limits of free speech in the UK.

We speak to American political activist Shabbos Kestenbaum – who was due to debate Cenk Uygur in London – and to the legal academic and host of the BBC’s The Law Show, Joelle Grogan.

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00:00 Introduction
00:48 Why Hasan Piker and Cenk Uyger were banned from the UK
04:00 The man who was supposed to debate with Hasan Piker
11:29 What are the UK laws on free speech?
15:23 How many people have been blocked from the UK?
21:49 What is hate speech in the UK?

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A Russian missile and drone attack has killed at least 13 people across Ukraine, nine in Dnipro and four in the capital Kyiv, marking one of Moscow’s largest assaults in recent months.

Dozens were also injured, including several children, after the overnight air strikes hit apartment blocks, with emergency crews racing to find people feared trapped beneath rubble in Kyiv.

Air raid warnings were in place across most of Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday.

Russia’s defence ministry said the strikes had been a response to previous Ukrainian attacks, saying in a statement that the “strike objectives” had all been achieved.

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The murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, and his treatment by police in the moments before his death, have sparked a backlash in Britain.

Newly released video shows that Mr Nowak, who was white, was handcuffed and arrested as he lay dying – despite telling officers he had been stabbed and couldn’t breathe. His killer, Sikh man Vickrum Digwa, had falsely accused him of a racist attack.

The BBC’s political correspondent Rob Watson tells us that the case has provoked a debate about race and policing in the UK.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing populist Reform Party, has claimed Mr Nowak’s death was evidence of “anti-white prejudice” and “two-tier policing”, suggesting that the British public react with “pure, cold rage”. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged calm, and accused Mr Farage of exploiting the murder to create “grievance and division”. He has also said the police face “serious questions”.

On Tuesday, at least 11 police officers were injured in clashes with protestors near the site of the murder.

Hampshire Police Chief Constable Alexis Boon has said the force is “sorry for handcuffing and arresting Henry”, and that an investigation by the police watchdog will aim to understand the officers’ actions.

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00:00 Introduction
00:21 What happened to Henry Nowak
02:13 Protests against police
02:29 How politicians are reacting
03:56 Racial tensions in the UK
05:10 A feeling of division Britain
06:30 Lack of trust in institutions
07:34 How the UK government is responding to Henry Nowak’s murder

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