Article London homophobic attack + Migrants treated like animals + UK jets intercept Russians

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UK fighter jets intercept Russian bombers flying over north of Scotland
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/uk-fighte...nd/2967617

INTRO: Britain on Monday said its fighter jets intercepted two Russian long-range bombers flying over north of Scotland.

The British Typhoon jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth, one of Britain's Royal Air Force’s two Quick Reaction Alert stations, to intercept two Russian Tu-142 long-range bombers flying over north of Scotland, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The incident took place Monday morning after the Russian long-range maritime patrol bombers transited north of the Shetland Islands within NATO’s northern air policing area... (MORE - details)

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Two men are stabbed in homophobic attack outside London nightclub as police launch manhunt
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...spect.html

EXCERPTS: Two men were taken to hospital after being stabbed in a homophobic attack outside a gay pub – as police launch a manhunt for the suspect. The pair, one aged in their 20s and the other in their 30s, were targeted near the Two Brewers in Clapham, south London, at around 10.15pm on Sunday.

[...] A spokesman for the Two Brewers pub, a gay bar and nightclub, said security has been boosted in the wake of the stabbing. We would like to reassure the LGBTQIA+ community that the safety and security of our guests remains our number one priority, our CCTV has been handed over to the police and enhanced security measures have now been put in place.'

Drag performer Mary Mac, who was at the venue on Sunday, said on Twitter: 'It's shocking and disgusting that in 2023 this is becoming frighteningly more frequent. The team at The Two Brewers were incredible in dealing with this and keeping us inside the venue safe, glad the victims have been discharged and hope they are with loved ones now to help.' (MORE - missing details)

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UK barge migrant says government treating them worse than animals
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/uk-barge...ls/2967740

NEWS: An asylum seeker who was among those removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge after Legionella bacteria was recently found said the government is endangering migrants and treating them like "less than animals," local media reported Monday.

Controversy over the government’s barge plan continued after all asylum seekers were moved Friday from the barge moored at Portland Port in Dorset in the country’s southwest after Legionella bacteria were found in the on-board water system.

The report of bacteria came three days after the Home Office said the first group of asylum seekers was housed on the barge after health and safety checks were completed.

Speaking to Sky News, one of the migrants who was among those removed from the barge said he is worried about falling ill after consuming the water onboard.

"We bathe with it, we drink it. We were told at 6 p.m. on Friday," said the man, whose name is not mentioned in the report.

"They should have been so sure it is habitable. Why not wait for the result and be sure everything is okay? We are being treated like less than animals. They are endangering us," he added.

The first group of asylum seekers was housed on the three-story barge on Aug. 7, while some others refused to move on the barge.

"I'm deeply sad. Because if they had cared about us enough, if they had known since Monday, they shouldn't have put us there," the man said.

Describing the barge, the man, who arrived in the UK in December, noted that it is like "being in a prison, because the security is too much."

"There's no freedom. For me, I have a fear of water. I can't swim. Me being on water, my heart palpitates. I can't sleep," he added.

The Bibby Stockholm is one of the vessels that was announced by the government to accommodate 5,000 asylum seekers in a bid to lower the cost of hotels.

The controversial plan aims to house up to 500 men aged 18-65 on the floating barge who are waiting for the results of their asylum applications. They are currently staying in hotels.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak listed tackling small boat crossings as one of his five priorities after over 45,000 migrants arrived in the country by crossing the English Channel last year.

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'It's shocking and disgusting that in 2023 this is becoming frighteningly more frequent.

LGBTQ members will never feel completely safe in society as long as there are groups out there who motivate their members to hate and condemn people solely for their sexuality. There is a seething undercurrent of contempt and disgust in our society for gay people that spurs these attacks. They don't just pop up out of nowhere. It springs from an aesthetic repulsion to effeminate acting males and to the nature of gay sex itself. It is enough to totally dehumanize gay males as perverts or fags. As emasculated and weak males.

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'It's shocking and disgusting that in 2023 this is becoming frighteningly more frequent.

LGBTQ members will never feel completely safe in society as long as there are groups out there who motivate their members to hate and condemn people solely for their sexuality. There is a seething undercurrent of contempt and disgust in our society for gay people that spurs these attacks. They don't just pop up out of nowhere. It springs from an aesthetic repulsion to effeminate acting males and to the nature of gay sex itself. It is enough to totally dehumanize gay males as perverts or fags. As emasculated and weak males.

Hm. Humans aren't a particularly pleasant species - particularly young males. Religion and fear doesn't always improve them.

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Wikipedia on legionella
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella

After incubation for up to 10 days, suspect colonies are confirmed as Legionella if they grow on buffered charcoal yeast extract agar containing cysteine, but not on agar without cysteine added. Immunological techniques are then commonly used to determine the species and/or serogroups of bacteria present in the sample.[citation needed]

So nobody could know for up to 10 days [on migrant ship] because that's how long it takes to find out.

Legionella likes to grow in warm stagnant water. With hot weather and hundreds of unused sinks and toilets the ship was a disaster waiting to happen. Most of the time homes and businesses rely on crossed fingers to keep legionalla off the record. If the ship had been used when and how it was intended it might have been fine (no stagnant water) - what caused the problem was faffing about for months with the ship ready to go but unused. A safer approach would be communal showers and toilets - our migrant friends probably wouldn't like that and would have even more reason to want to stay in expensive hotels at the taxpayers expense.

From a study in 2014

Results and conclusions:
Legionella pneumophila sg 1 was isolated from the samples of shower and tap water in 7 (70%) of the 10 ferries examined, and in 3 (33%) of the 6 cruise ships examined, and L. pneumophila sg 2–14 in 8 (80%) and 1 (16.7%) of these ships, respectively. No Legionella contamination was found in whirlpool baths, air and ice samples. In conclusion, the data obtained confirm higher levels of Legionella contamination in local ferries and cruise ships, underlining the need to adopt corrective actions more specific for these smaller vessels.

More info: https://www.aaem.pl/-Legionella-risk-ass...7,0,2.html

Did everyone who travelled on a small cruise ship or ferry die? I don't think they did.