Pedestrians injured in car collision in London, man detained
World | October 07, 2017 21:25 ISTPeople on social media reported that several people were receiving medical treatment on the street outside the museum in west London.
People on social media reported that several people were receiving medical treatment on the street outside the museum in west London.
Tower Hill Station was briefly closed after a small scale explosion caused by a mobile phone charger in a bag in London.
It was the most explosive moment of a largely sedate lunchtime fixture with Arsenal transformed from the side that collapsed so meekly to lose 4-0 at Liverpool on top of a defeat to Stoke.
British authorities increased the country’s terror threat level to “critical,” meaning they think another attack may be imminent. British soldiers are being deployed across the country at public sites to assist police.
"The bombing on a metro in London was carried out by a detachment of the Islamic State," it said in a statement published by its Amaq propaganda agency.
The London Ambulance Service said that all 22 people were hospitalised after the blast at 8.20 am at the Parsons Green station on District Line in southwest London.
The incident occurred during rush hour on a District Line Tube train as it pulled into Parsons Green station.
Pictures on social media showed a white bucket on fire inside a supermarket bag but did not appear to show extensive damage to the inside of the train carriage.
The incident comes as tensions are high in London, which has been struck repeatedly by extremist attacks this year.
The Metropolitan police confirmed that the London tube blast at Parsons Green is being treated as a 'terrorist' incident
Armed guards have been deployed on the river Thames to protect the UK's Parliament building in the Palace of Westminster in London.
Quick bowlers Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach had four wickets each to lift West Indian spirits and restrict England from achieving a massive score.
No outfield player has won more England caps than the 31-year-old Wayne Rooney, who netted a record 53 goals across 119 appearances for his country.
"I wanted to dedicate this win to Usain Bolt's retirement. He set the legacy for the Jamaican track and field. It was only right I do it for him" says McLeod.
The Haryana girl will have to come up with a performance better than her personal best of 51.20 seconds in the semifinals tomorrow if she wants to qualify for the final.
Ugandan youngster Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took silver and Paul Tanui of Kenya claimed bronze with Farah having once again foiled their respective nations' tactics.
Dutee's performance on Saturday was a far cry from her showing at the Asain Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar earlier this month where she took the bronze in 11.52.
At 50 meters, Bolt started pulling ahead. At 75 meters, he was looking to his left, where he saw nobody. At 90 meters, he was shutting things down to coast to the finish line.
For a country which has taken part in every championships since the first one in 1983, legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George's bronze in Paris 2003 has been the lone medal at this global stage.
Besides Mithali, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma were the other two Indians included in the ICC's team.
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