UK extremism tsar urges rethink after Extinction Rebellion listed as terror threat
(World News UK)

The government´s chief adviser on extremism has called for a clearer official definition of extremism in the light of revelations that Extinction Rebellion and other non-violent groups have featured in counter-terrorism materials. Against a backdrop of increasing political pressure to investigate the error, Sara Khan, who leads the commission for countering extremism (CCE), said police chiefs were right to recall guidance that batched XR alongside violent neo-Nazis and jihadists. Her intervention came as the interim leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, wrote to the home secretary, Priti Patel, demanding an update on the independent review of the controversial...