Homelessness a “lifestyle choice”: Days before comparing pro-Palestinian protests with scenes witnessed in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, the British home secretary had caused outrage by claiming that those sleeping on streets, are only doing so because it is a “lifestyle choice” they have made. She shared her views on X (formerly known as Twitter).Asylum seekers “pretending to be gay”: In September, Ms Braverman made another controversial remark, claiming that people seeing asylum in the UK pretend to be gay “in many instances” to get “special treatment” and stay in the UK. She had made the remarks at ITV‘s Peston programme.Accusing British-Pakistani men of being part of grooming gangs: In April, Ms Braverman said in an interview to Sky News that groups of men, almost all British-Pakistanis, are part of grooming gangs that “pursue, drug, rape, and harm vulnerable English girls”A migrant “invasion”: Another notable controversy erupted when the UK home secretary called the arrival of asylum seekers in small boats from across the English Channel as “the invasion on our southern coast”. She was slammed for her choice of language and migrants said the rhetoric “puts so many people at risk”.“Dream” to see asylum seekers deported to Rwanda: In October last year, as Liz Truss’ home secretary, she spoke about her “dream” to see a plane of asylum seekers take off for Rwanda before Christmas.

An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by a group following an altercation triggered after a photoshoot at a ‘dhaba’ near Doddaballapura in Bengaluru Rural district here, police said on Monday.

At the ‘dhaba’ entrance, there’s a wall which has paintings to attract customers and a lot of people usually visit there for photoshoots.

On Deepavali, when Surya and three of his friends were clicking their photos, another group who had lunch at the ‘dhaba’ arrived there and asked them to take theirs as well on Sunday evening. Surya and his friends initially refused but later agreed to do so, a senior police officer said.

The group then asked Surya and his friends to transfer the snaps to one of their WhatsApp numbers immediately. But Surya told them that it cannot be sent to mobile phones directly since they had to be downloaded and transferred to the system first as these were taken using a camera.

But the other group kept insisting they transfer the pictures immediately. This led to an altercation between the two groups and one of the accused, who has been identified as Dileep, took out a sharp-edged weapon and stabbed Surya in the chest, he said.

Surya, who collapsed on the spot, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to stab wounds.

The accused group fled the place on their motorcycles, he said.

“A case of murder has been registered in connection with the incident. Statements of the victim’s friends have also been recorded. We have identified two of the five accused involved in the incident and efforts are being made to identify the rest and arrest them,” Superintendent of Police (Bengaluru Rural district), Mallikarjun Baldani said.

A controversy erupted at an event in Amsterdam on Sunday when a man snatched a mic from climate activist Greta Thunberg. The disruption occurred after Ms Thunberg invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak, leading the man to accuse her of introducing politics into the event.

Before inviting the Palestinian and Afghan women onto the stage, Ms Thunberg, while addressing a massive crowd, said, “As a climate justice movement, we have to listen to the voices of those who are being oppressed and those who are fighting for freedom and for justice. Otherwise, there can be no climate justice without international solidarity.” 

After the women spoke and Ms Thunberg resumed her speech, a man stormed the stage, expressing his discontent.

“Came here for a climate demonstration, not a political view,” he said while snatching the mic from Ms Thunberg.

Security then escorted the man off the stage as Ms Thunberg urged him to “calm down”.

Later, she was heard chanting “No climate justice on occupied land,” along with the crowd.

#GretaThunberg gets interrupted at a climate rally after she speaks up about #Palestine the crowd begins to chant ” let her speak” pic.twitter.com/XdrdPD4qyW

— Arthur Morgan (@ArthurM40330824) November 13, 2023

The Afghan woman, Sahar Shirzad, told the news agency Associated Press that Ms Thunberg generously allowed them to share the stage with her, stating, “Basically, she gave her time to us.”

The Palestinian activist, Sara Rachdan, who was also on stage, spoke about “death and mourning” in Gaza.

The incident came after an extensive climate march in Amsterdam, where tens of thousands of individuals paraded through the streets, advocating for increased efforts to combat climate change.

Organizers declared that 70,000 people participated in the march, labelling it the largest climate protest ever in the Netherlands.

Greta Thunberg was also among those walking through the historic heart of the Dutch capital, contributing to the substantial turnout for the event.