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The Republican president - who one day ago solemnly denounced racism and singled out the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis as "criminals and thugs" - also hit out at the "alt-left" over the weekend melee.

Trump has faced days of criticism from across the political spectrum over his reaction to Saturday's unrest in the Virginia college town, where a rally by neo-Nazis and white supremacists over the removal of a Confederate statue erupted in clashes with counter-demonstrators.

The violent fracas ended in bloodshed when a 20-year-old suspected Nazi sympathizer, James Fields, plowed his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, leaving one woman dead and 19 others injured.

In a rowdy exchange with journalists at Trump Tower in New York, Trump made clear on Tuesday that he was fed up with continued questioning about the issue.

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"What about the alt-left that came charging ... at the, as you say, the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt? (...) There are two sides to a story."

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But on the political left, the president's words were met with indignation.

"Charlottesville violence was fuelled by one side: white supremacists spreading racism, intolerance & intimidation. Those are the facts," said Tim Kaine, a former Democratic vice presidential candidate and senator from Virginia.

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NBA superstar LeBron James tweeted: "Hate has always existed in America. Yes we know that but Donald Trump just made it fashionable again!"

After the contentious press conference, the head of the main US labour union, the AFL-CIO, joined several high-powered executives in stepping down from Trump's advisory panel on manufacturing.

"President Trump's remarks today repudiate his forced remarks yesterday about the KKK and neo-Nazis," union leader Richard Trumka said in a statement.

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'IS IT GEORGE WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK?'

When asked why he waited until Monday to explicitly condemn hate groups present in Charlottesville, Trump said he wanted to be careful not to make a "quick statement" on Saturday without all the facts.

"I wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what I said was correct," Trump insisted.

Trump called Fields, who has been charged with second-degree murder http://www.cheapnfljerseyscolts.com/Malik-Hooker/ , a "disgrace to himself, his family and this country."

But he also said that while there were troublemakers at the rally, there were also many people there "to innocently protest and very legally protest" the removal of a "very important statue" of Confederate general Robert E Lee.

"I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after?" he said angrily. "Are we going to take down statues to George Washington? How about Thomas Jefferson?"

The president also used Tuesday's press conference to defend his controversial far-right chief strategist Steve Bannon, saying: "I like Mr Bannon. He's a friend of mine ... He is a good man. He is not a racist."

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"We'll see what happens with Mr Bannon," Trump said.

MADRID, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The four surviving members of the 12-man terrorist cell responsible for last week's attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils appeared at the Spanish National High Court here on Tuesday.

The four suspects arrived at the court at around 8:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) Tuesday after spending Monday night in the cells of the Civil Guard Headquarters in the town of Tres Cantos just north of Madrid.

The quartet face questions from High Court Judge Fernando Andreu, and are almost certain to be remanded in custody awaiting trial.

The four suspected terrorists are Mohamed Houli Chemal, who was at a house in Alcanar where the group was believed to be preparing a bigger terrorist attack.

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Thirteen people were killed and about 120 others were injured on Thursday afternoon in the popular Las Ramblas area of Barcelona when a white van zigzagged at high speed down the busy avenue packed with tourists.

Pau Perez, a 35-year-old international aid worker, was murdered around an hour later several kilometers from that scene.

On early Friday, another woman was killed when five people jumped out of a car and began attacking people at random on the seaside prom
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