Nato Summit Protests

US President Barack Obama on today denounced the "despicable" attacks in Dallas in which snipers shot dead five police officers during a protest against police shootings of black men.

Around a thousand pacifist and anti-nuclear demonstrators marched through Newport on Saturday ahead of the NATO summit in the British city next week.

Baton-swinging police clashed with anti-war protesters marching on the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday and a lawyers' group representing the demonstrators said at least 12 people were injured, some with head wounds from police batons.

A fourth man faces terrorism charges in a separate plot to toss Molotov cocktails during protests against the NATO summit in Chicago, police said on Sunday.

US President Barack Obama on today denounced the "despicable" attacks in Dallas in which snipers shot dead five police officers during a protest against police shootings of black men.

Around a thousand pacifist and anti-nuclear demonstrators marched through Newport on Saturday ahead of the NATO summit in the British city next week.

Baton-swinging police clashed with anti-war protesters marching on the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday and a lawyers' group representing the demonstrators said at least 12 people were injured, some with head wounds from police batons.

A fourth man faces terrorism charges in a separate plot to toss Molotov cocktails during protests against the NATO summit in Chicago, police said on Sunday.