Russia has continued to make billions from fossil fuel exports to the West, data shows, helping to finance its full-scale invasion of Ukraine – now in its fourth year.
Footage that appeared to be from the attack showed a chaotic scene: smoke filling the air, people running in multiple directions, spots of grass on fire and people injured on the ground.In images and videos posted online, but not yet verified by the BBC, a man appearing to be the suspect is seen without a shirt and holding bottles with liquid with a piece of red cloth inside. He can be heard yelling at the crowd and appears to be advancing on them as some rush to flee.
As he screams, one woman is on the ground and appears injured. People surround her and one man pours water on her body.Footage shows police rushing to the scene and arresting the suspect. Police say he was taken to the hospital with injuries."It is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism," Mr Michalek said. "Sadly, attacks like this are becoming too common across the country."
The attack is the second high-profile act of violence in the US in the last two weeks related to the conflict in Gaza.A man who shouted "free Palestine"
outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC on 22 May. The incident happened at a networking event organised by a Jewish organisation.
Colorado's Attorney General Phil Weiser said that from what officials know the attack "appears to be hate crime given the group that was targeted".The conflict in Kashmir has long attracted a high degree of misinformation online. In the aftermath of the deadly militant attack on Indian tourists in Pahalgam last month, AI images circulated - with some seeking to dramatise actual scenes from the attack.
Vedika Bahl, a journalist with France 24, said the Pahalgam attacks had prompted a sharp "uptake in misinformation from both sides surrounding the conflict"."Lots of this misinformation begins on X," she said. "Eventually this trickles down over time from X to WhatsApp which is the communication tool which is most used in South Asian communities."
The government ended a wave of public sector strikes last summer when it accepted, in full, the recommendations of independent public sector pay review bodies to increase the pay of teachers, nurses and others.But ministers might be facing another headache over pay and the possibility of a fresh threat of strikes from some unions.