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Two men who were the victims of a racist attack

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at the weekend have now left their home in North Belfast.

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One of the men needed hospital treatment following an assault

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Kelly Bonner spoke to the men earlier today

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Yesterday afternoon a man approached Muhammad Asif

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Khattak outside his home, screaming racial abuse before assaulting him.

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He managed to get into the house but two men kicked the door

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I managed to hide myself in the toilet and I closed the door.

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He pushed the door and I was so scared at the time

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He started punching me and kicking me.

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He beat me everywhere with a bottle in his hand.

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His friend was also attacked as he tried to defend him.

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I still remember the face of that fellow, the rage was coming out

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Racially abusing us, saying dirty Arabs, get out of our

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This was the second attack on the men in 12 hours.

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Earlier yesterday morning a bottle was thrown through

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There was controversy over comments made about Islam by Pastor James

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Muhammad Asif Khattak called on Peter Robinson to help diffuse

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That is a fire he lit in the jungle and I am one

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If the First Minister came forward and he apologised in public, on air,

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to the Muslim community, people would be really happy.

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The MP for the area condemned the attack.

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Having called with the two gentlemen, I am appalled

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This should never have happened and I share the outrage many of the

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Indeed, there are people living in that street of other ethnic

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minorities and they feel outraged at being branded in this way.

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A 57-year-old man was remanded and has been released on bail.

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An 18-year-old woman has been charged with disorderly behaviour

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Earlier today, Pastor James McConnell arrived at the house to

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He said he was ashamed and angry at the attack, urging the two men

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The Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt, has tonight visited

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He arrived carrying a copy of the Koran.

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Mr Nesbitt spent over an hour speaking to members

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of the Islamic community about a range of issues including

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And he urged the First minister Peter Robinson to

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make a public apology for recent comments about Muslims.

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I think that the First Minister has to speak representing all of the

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people of Northern Ireland and I would accept that as a challenge and

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I think you got it wrong on this occasion. I think, like all human

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beings, we get things wrong and we say things we do not really mean or

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express similar ways we perhaps could have thought through better. I

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think it would be useful if the First Minister was to make a public

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apology. Definitely, a public apology would be helpful and we

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already have accepted his apology in private and when he comes to the

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centre to meet more Muslims, he could make up his mind.

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A woman in her late 70s has died after a house fire in Larne.

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The blaze started in an upstairs bedroom of her home

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Firefighters rescued the woman from the building but she died

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It's thought the fire was started accidentally.

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The SDLP's Nichola Mallon has become the new Lord Mayor of Belfast,

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succeeding Sinn Fein's Mairtin O' Muilleoir.

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Ms Mallon, who represents the Oldpark area of the city,

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was appointed at a full council meeting earlier this evening.

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Maire Hendron of the Alliance Party will serve as her deputy,

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making it the first time in history that women have held

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I want to write how fast a city for everyone, I want to bring the Lord

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Mayor roll out of City Hall and into the lives of people, I want to

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connect with people in the city who are often invisible and I want to

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support women and showcase the best of Belfast. For me, that is the

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people and we have so many unsung heroes in businesses and

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communities, volunteers and carers and want to spend this year

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Celbridge in all other great efforts. It is a privilege.

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Considering that I am coming to the end of my political career. It is a

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great honour that the party has given me this.

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And the new Mayor of Derry City Council is the

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Gary Middleton of the DUP was elected Deputy Mayor

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In Newtownabbey, Dineen Walker of the DUP, who

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branded Anna Lo a racist on social media, has not attended a meeting

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of the council, where she had been expected to be elected Mayor.

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The council accepts the congratulations of friends and

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colleagues at his election to the office. But until last week, this

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was not the plan for the 25-year-old politician. In fact, another DUP

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councillor was meant to have the chain around her neck. His party

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colleague, Dineen Walker, was hotly tipped to take the position. That is

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until her comments on social media last week branding Anna Lo of the

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Alliance Party a racist. But only was she not elected, she did not

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attend the ceiling's meeting. This post on the Facebook page was what

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scuppered her role. She later apologised and deleted it but with

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the party mired in a race riot, word came down that she was not to be

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proposed. When we fill these positions, we have discussions with

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the group and senior members and with local constituents and the

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prevailing view was that the counsellor should be nominated to

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the position and I am dilated he got that. Was at the view that

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Councillor Walker should not be proposed? There are always arguments

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put forward for some figures and the overwhelming majority supported

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Councillor Hogg. Alliance noted -- threatened to vote against. We did

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not have to discuss that because of the action and she was proposed,

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that would have been discussed within the gripping and we would

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have come to a decision as to what we would do. Given what I saw

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happening, I would have had great difficulty supporting her.

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Councillor Hogg will have a shorter than usual rule in the top job. The

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council will be supplanted by a new super council in ten months.

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A rider has been killed during today's Supersport Race

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Bob Price, who was 65 and from Gloucestershire, died following

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The news comes after a weekend when the sport paid tribute to the late

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Simon Andrews, who died after a crash at this year's North West 200.

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Thousands of bikers took part in a special parade on the Isle of Man.

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Looking ahead to a story we'll be covering tomorrow

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We find out if the traffic scheme with new bus lanes introduced

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in Belfast 18 months ago has worked to reduce the number of vehicles

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That's here on BBC Newsline on the radio programme

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Here's Barra Best with the weather forecast.

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We have a few showers around at the moment and most will die away and

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for most it will be a dry night with temperatures falling no lower than

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11 degrees for many. Lots of cloud around and quite a bit. Around

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tomorrow morning so it is and will start but it will brighten up

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through the day with some spells of sunshine and also some scattered

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showers. If you showers mainly in the West first thing, East has a dry

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start but even here, showers will move injuring the day. The bulk of

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the wet weather will be in northern areas of Britain, through the

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north-east of England and to Scotland with heavy downpours. The

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best sunshine will be across Ireland, good spells of sunshine and

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even here, the odd shower. Further east, some spells sunshine and

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scattered showers for parts of Wales, cloudier towards the

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south-east of England but even here, temperatures managing 20

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degrees. For Northern Ireland tomorrow, keep the umbrella because

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some showers will be getting anywhere. In the sunshine, not too

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bad, the wind is quite light and temperatures of 16 or maybe 17.

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Towards the middle of the week, we are expecting more scattered showers

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to come and go on Wednesday with temperatures down to below average

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and managing just 13 degrees towards the North Coast. The best day of the

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week is shaping up to be Thursday with plenty of dry, bright weather

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We have a few showers around at the moment and most will die away and

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You can't do this. You can't... Step aside.

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