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Car Crashes into Barricade near Israel Embassy in Tokyo, Man Detained

A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang
A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang
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Car Crashes into Barricade near Israel Embassy in Tokyo, Man Detained

A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang
A view of the scene after a car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang

A car crashed into a barricade near the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Tokyo on Thursday and a man in his 50s was detained on the spot, local media reported.
One police officer was injured, Fuji TV said.
An official at the Israeli embassy said the matter was under police investigation and declined further comment. A police spokesperson said they were unable to comment at this moment, Reuters said.
Police officers blocked the area around where a black car with damage to its front headlights and panel appeared to have crashed, while the road was strewn with debris, according to a Reuters witness on the scene. The car's number plate was from Tama, western Tokyo.
Several pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held outside Israeli embassies around the world in recent weeks, including in Tokyo, in protest against Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
A month ago, shortly after Israel began its bombardment of Gaza in retaliation for Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants on southern Israel, a group of pro-Palestinian protesters faced off with police outside the Israeli embassy in Tokyo.
Around the same time, a staffer at the Israeli embassy in Beijing was assaulted on the street and hospitalized.

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1 Person Dies When a Boat Overloaded with Migrants Sinks in the English Channel

(FILES) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
(FILES) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
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1 Person Dies When a Boat Overloaded with Migrants Sinks in the English Channel

(FILES) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
(FILES) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

One person died when a boat overloaded with migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel, the 12th migrant killed so far this year in the treacherous waterway between France and Britain, The Associated Press said.

French and British rescue services together picked up 61 people alive overnight Monday who were pitched into the sea off the Pas de Calais coast in northern France, among them a woman and her child who required hospital treatment for hypothermia in the French port of Boulogne, French maritime authorities said in a statement.

A French Navy helicopter also spotted a body in the water that was picked up by a British lifeboat — the 12th person killed while attempting the crossing this year, according to the French maritime authorities' count.

French maritime authorities said they sent out an emergency message for assistance when the boat sank, prompting British boats and an aircraft to join the rescue operation with French vessels and the French helicopter carrying a medical team.