Trump signs 'strong' executive order to protect monuments

Federal law authorises a penalty of up to 10 years in prison on any person or group that vandalises a monument

Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation

Authorities presume the attack is in revenge for anti-racism protesters toppling the statue of a prominent slave trader in Bristol

Demonstrators have expressed anger at discrimination within French society, particularly toward minorities from France's former colonies

PM Johnson defends Churchill, criticises 'distortion of our history'

Protesters also defaced statue of former British PM Winston Churchill, crossing out his last name and painting 'was a racist' underneath