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Thursday, 11 June, 2026: Your evening catch-up on the Northern Ireland news making the headlines

Police vow 'robust' response to Northern Ireland riots with extra officers, dogs and water cannon deployed

The Northern Ireland secretary has warned of a sense of fear among ethnic minorities after the unrest prompted by a serious knife attack.

List of Belfast home addresses shared online amid anti-immigration riots

Northern Ireland police say they got calls from distressed Belfast residents as a list of home addresses circulated online amid anti-immigration riots.

Homes and vehicles set alight in Northern Ireland as knife attack sparks wave of anti-immigrant violence

Masked rioters torched homes and vehicles in a wave of anti-immigrant violence in Northern Ireland after a Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder

Northern Ireland’s former unionist leader tells jury he did not sexually abuse two children

Former Northern Ireland unionist leader Jeffrey Donaldson has told a jury he is "crystal clear" he did not rape an alleged victim decades ago.

Northern Ireland, Kathryn Stockett and Mum's poem in son's exam

Anita Rani speaks to Louise Cullen, BBC Correspondent in Northern Ireland and Twasul Mohammed, who came to Northern Ireland as a refugee from Sudan in 2016 and has been helping families affected by the violence.

'This is not a time for statements': Ethnic Minority sports body founder calls for politicians to take action amid Northern Ireland race riots

The founder of the Ethnic Minority Sports Organisation Northern Ireland has called on politicians to take to the streets to pacify those protesting an rioting after Monday night's horrific knife attack.