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Henry Nowak’s family pleaded that his murder not be used to stoke hatred in the United Kingdom. But key figures from Britain’s far right appear determined to trigger another battle over race regardless. Nowak, an 18-year-old university student, was studying finance in the coastal city of Southampton when he was …

Pakistani forces were in a tense standoff on Wednesday with hundreds of militants holding about 250 people hostage on a train they had hijacked in the remote southwest the day before, officials said. The security forces held off from full-out battles as militants wearing vests loaded with explosives had barricaded …