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Sydney church stabbing declared a ‘terrorist attack’
A 16-year-old boy is under arrest after a bishop and several churchgoers were injured on Monday.
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Sydney church stabbing: police treating as terrorist attack the alleged stabbing of bishop during livestreamed mass
NSW premier Chris Minns said a ‘major and serious criminal investigation’ was underway after the incident at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, which Anthony Albanese describes as ‘extremely concerning’
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New South Wales police are treating the alleged stabbing of a bishop during the live stream of a mass in western Sydney as a terrorist attack.
The premier, Chris Minns, said the decision was taken early on Tuesday morning and validated by the police minister.
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A 15-year-old was arrested over the alleged attack and hundreds of people clashed with police outside the Wakeley church. Follow the day’s news live
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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he has been briefed by the Australian federal police following an alleged stabbing at a Wakeley church overnight.
Albanese wrote on X:
I have been briefed by the AFP and our security agencies regarding the shocking incident at Wakeley’s Christ the Good Shepherd Church.
As police continue their investigations, Australians are thinking of those who have been injured, the first responders who rushed to help and the police who worked to restore order.
They are coming out on a united front irrespective of religion, political [or] ideological views, and I think that is really important to send a message [that] we are collectively one community …
We are a fairly big mixed community now in NSW but it doesn’t mean we can’t live side by side.
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US federal women’s prison plagued by rampant staff sexual abuse to close
Since 2021, eight employees of Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, charged with assaulting female prisoners
The US Bureau of Prisons (BoP) is closing a federal women’s prison in California that has been plagued by rampant staff sexual abuse of incarcerated residents.
Colette Peters, the BoP director, said in a statement to the Associated Press on Monday that Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Dublin was “not meeting expected standards and that the best course of action is to close the facility”.
Continue reading...Teasing children about weight increases risk of self-stigma as adults, study finds
Research reveals ‘long-lasting effects’ caused by pressure from parents, families, bullies and the media
Parents who tease their children about their weight are putting them at greater risk of feeling bad about their bodies decades later, regardless of whether they grow up to have obesity or not, a groundbreaking study has found.
Thirteen-year-olds who felt pressure from family members to shed pounds and endured weight-based teasing showed higher levels of internalised weight stigma when they turned 31, according to research by the University of Bristol published on Tuesday in the Lancet Regional Health Europe journal.
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Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK
Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice bill
Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced.
Under the legislation, anyone who creates such an image without consent will face a criminal record and an unlimited fine. They could also face jail if the image is shared more widely.
Continue reading...Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from the first day
Monday’s day in court indicated that jury selection could take weeks – and that Trump could yet be held in contempt
Donald Trump struggled through the opening day of his New York criminal trial on Monday as the jury selection process formally got under way in Manhattan in the first criminal trial of a current or former US president.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in trying to cover up hush-money payments to an adult film star that influenced the 2016 election.
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Court adjourns after first day of Trump’s historic criminal trial – as it happened
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Shortly, we should have the first set of potential jurors enter the courtroom where they will give their responses verbally to a 42-point questionnaire.
There are several categories of questions, including: in which New York neighborhood they live, their educational background, whether they’ve engaged in political activism or previously served on a jury.
Continue reading...Conman who swindled $175m in ‘massive’ psychic fraud scheme sentenced to 10 years
Patrice Runner, 57, of Canada was convicted in June of multiple counts of defrauding ‘millions of older and vulnerable Americans’
A Canadian conman, who swindled more than US$175m (C$241m) from his North American victims through “a massive psychic mass-mailing fraud scheme” has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Patrice Runner, 57, who holds citizenship with both Canada and France, was convicted by a jury in June of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, eight counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was found not guilty on four counts of mail fraud.
Continue reading...Watch: Georgia opposition leader punches MP during debate
A scuffle erupted in Georgia's parliament as the leader of the opposition punched an MP.