Downing Street rebukes JD Vance over post on UK teen's killing
What's new: The British government accused US figures of inflaming unrest after protests in Southampton injured 11 officers and a police dog.
Downing Street pushed back after Vice President JD Vance used the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak to attack British immigration and policing, saying outsiders were trying to interfere in UK democracy and deepen divisions. Vance wrote on X that Nowak's death showed the effects of a "mass invasion of migrants." The Crown Prosecution Service has said Vickrum Digwa, who was convicted of murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years, was British-born. The row follows a State Department post criticizing "two-tiered policing" and Elon Musk's separate comments on the case. In Southampton, violent protests after bodycam footage emerged left 11 officers and one police dog injured, and police made two arrests.