UNITED KINGDOM

Rioting and looting spread across London on Monday as hooded youths set buildings and cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and hurled bottles and stones at police in a third night of violence in Britain's worst unrest in decades.

The London riot, now in its third day, is going strong as violent rioters go against police and loot the city. Birmingham and Liverpool are reporting riots breaking out as well. Windows have been smashed, polices vans attacked, and cars set on fire in Hackney. Trains have stopped providing service at Hackney Central Station, whie buses are not operating in Lewisham or Peckham.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will cut a vacation trip short and return to London overnight to chair an emergency meeting regarding the mounting riots in the country, following the first incident in Tottenham on Saturday. Police cars and several business places have been set ablaze as the civil unrest continues to spread across London.

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The riots that started in Tottenham have moved across London, then to Birmingham. They have now hit Liverpool.

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As the London riots continue to grow, violence and unrest has moved north to Birmingham, England.

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Retail stores have been the main focus of rioters' ire in London. Many high streets are under attack, as rioters break windows to steal electronics and clothing.

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The United States is unlikely to get its AAA rating back any time soon, and if Washington fails to follow through on spending cuts, the nation faces an even further downgrade, two Standard & Poor's execs said Monday.

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McDonald's same-store sales rose 5.1 percent in July, the company says, beating internal forecasts. The company continues to outperform competitors globally after the recession.

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London witnessed a weekend of rioting after the shooting of Mark Duggen by police on August 4. A peaceful protest on Saturday turned violent by Sunday.