Violence continued in Northern Ireland as a fifth night of rioting saw police officers targeted with projectiles and water cannons used to disperse thugs.

In Portadown, Northern Ireland, rioters clashed with police amid anti-immigrant violence, prompted by the arrest of two teenagers. The incidents followed a court hearing where the boys denied serious charges via a Romanian interpreter.

Rioters livestreamed themselves burning down a house on TikTok during a second night of racially motivated disorder in Northern Ireland.

Homes and cars have been set on fire during a second night of violence in Ballymena as police condemned the unrest as “racist thuggery”.Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Northern Ireland town as rioters hurled petrol bombs,