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Lammy challenges Vance over immigration claim after Henry Nowak murder

Nowak's killer has been convicted, while police conduct and Hampshire police handling face separate reviews

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Britain's deputy prime minister says he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.

  1. Frame 1David Lammy challenged JD Vance's immigration claim after a student's murder became a U.S.-U.K. political dispute.
  2. Frame 2Vance's X post blamed the teenager's death on migration, which Lammy said was wrong.
  3. Frame 3Keir Starmer warned the U.S. vice president was trying to interfere in British democracy.
  4. Frame 4Lammy said Britain's democratic process was working and called Vance's public post not helpful.
  5. Frame 5Nowak's killer has been convicted, while police conduct and Hampshire police handling face separate reviews.
  6. Frame 6The attorney general is reviewing the sentence while police conduct and diplomatic fallout remain unresolved.
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Jun 7, 1:14 PM EDT
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