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