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Floyd Mayweather Denies Mob Attack After Confronted in London Over Israel Support
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. speaking during a press conference previous for the Floyd Mayweather Jr v John Gotti III fight. on August 21, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo: Carlos Tischler/ Eyepix Group via Reuters Connect
Retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather issued a statement clarifying what happened when he was confronted by an angry crowd and forced to leave London’s Hatton Garden jewelry district on Tuesday night.
The undefeated boxer, 47, was shopping at the jewelry market in Central London when he was escorted out by his security guards and forced to drive away in a car after reportedly being confronted for supporting Israel.
Videos circulating online showed a rowdy crowd of people trying to reach Mayweather and attack him before he got into his car and sped away. Mayweather’s security guards prevented anyone from getting close enough to attack the former boxer, and footage showed that even when several people tried to push past the security and reach for Mayweather, he was quickly pushed into his vehicle by his security.
Even as his vehicle drove away, the angry crowd followed the car and yelled insults at Mayweather, including calling him a “pu—y.” A source close to Mayweather told The Sun that the crowd also shouted racial slurs at him.
Floyd Mayweather was chasted out at Hatton Garden over comments that he supports Israel.. pic.twitter.com/QfGWOFp0oc
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In a statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday morning, Mayweather said he is “perfectly fine.”
“Let me set the record straight,” he told his 29.9 million followers. “I wasn’t punched or touched in any way. What you’re seeing is just my security doing their job to keep things under control. I was in the UK for a quick 48-hour stop to do some shopping, and unfortunately, people let jealously and negativity fuel false stories. I’m perfectly fine, and there’s really nothing more to it.”
A witness told The Sun that the incident began after one of the jewelers in the market at Hatton Garden shouted “he supports genocide” in reference to Mayweather, who officially retired in 2017 but is still boxing in exhibitions. The comment prompted others in the market to then push and try to get to Mayweather and attack him as he was shopping, but the ex-boxer was heavily guarded by security.
“A lot of the other jewelers got involved,” the witness said. “There was a massive argument going on. People were pushing trying to get him and slap his head. All these macho men were trying to fight him.”
The witness said that Mayweather, who has visited Israel several times this year, was also asked in the market why he supported Israel, and he responded by reiterating that he was proud to support the Jewish people. His response angered multiple observers, who then tried to attack him and push past his security guards, but to no avail.
The incident took place shortly after Mayweather launched a new initiative to give every orphan in Israel a gift for their birthday.
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‘With or Without Russia’s Help’: Iran Pledges to Block South Caucasus Route Opened Up By Peace Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque via Reuters Connect.
i24 News – Iran will block the establishment of a US-backed transit corridor in the South Caucasus region with or without Moscow’s help, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader was quoted as saying on Saturday by the Iran International website, one day after the historic peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
“Mr. Trump thinks the Caucasus is a piece of real estate he can lease for 99 years,” Ali Akbar Velayati said of the so-called Zangezur corridor, the establishment of which is stipulated in the peace deal unveiled on Friday by US President Donald Trump. The White House said the transit route would facilitate greater exports of energy and other resources.
“This passage will not become a gateway for Trump’s mercenaries — it will become their graveyard,” the Khamenei advisor added.
Baku and Yerevan have been at loggerheads since the late 1980s when Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous Azerbaijani region mostly populated by ethnic Armenians, broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. Azerbaijan took back full control of the region in 2023, prompting or forcing almost all of the territory’s 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.
Yet that painful history was put to the side on Friday at the White House, as Trump oversaw a signing ceremony, flanked by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
The peace deal with Azerbaijan—a pro-Western ally of Israel—is expected to pull Armenia out of the Russian and Iranian sphere of influence and could transform the South Caucasus, an energy-producing region neighboring Russia, Europe, Turkey and Iran.
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UK Police Arrest 150 at Protest for Banned Palestine Action Group
People holding signs sit during a rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s proscription of “Palestine Action” under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, in London, Britain, August 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday it had arrested 150 people at a protest against Britain’s decision to ban the group Palestine Action, adding it was making further arrests.
Officers made arrests after crowds, waving placards expressing support for the group, gathered in Parliament Square, the force said on X.
Protesters, some wearing black and white Palestinian scarves, chanted “shame on you” and “hands off Gaza,” and held signs such as “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” video taken by Reuters at the scene showed.
In July, British lawmakers banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged planes in protest against Britain’s support for Israel.
The ban makes it a crime to be a member of the group, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
The co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, last week won a bid to bring a legal challenge against the ban.
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‘No Leniency’: Iran Announces Arrest of 20 ‘Zionist Agents’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
i24 News – Iranian authorities have in recent months arrested 20 people charged with being “Israeli Mossad operatives,” the judiciary said, adding that the Islamic regime will mete out the harshest punishments.
“The judiciary will show no leniency toward spies and agents of the Zionist regime, and with firm rulings, will make an example of them all,” spokesperson Asghar Jahangiri told Iranian media. However, it is understood that an unspecified number of detainees were released, apparently after the charges against them could not be substantiated.
The Islamic Republic was left reeling by a devastating 12-day war with Israel earlier in the summer that left a significant proportion of its military arsenal in ruins and dealt a serious setback to its uranium enrichment program. The fallout included an uptick in executions of Iranians convicted of spying for Israel, with at least eight death sentences carried out in recent months. Hit with international sanctions, the country is in dire economic straights, with frequent energy outages and skyrocketing unemployment.
In recent weeks Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi affirmed that Tehran cannot give up on its nuclear enrichment program even as it was severely damaged during the war.
“It is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe. But obviously we cannot give up of enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists. And now, more than that, it is a question of national pride,” the official told Fox News.