Man charged with murder of Oakland football coach ordered to stay in jail without bail

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Cedric Irving Jr charged over death of ‘legend’ John Beam, who was shot and killed on Laney College campus last week

The 27-year-old man charged with murder in the fatal shooting death of revered Oakland college football coach John Beam made his first appearance in court on Tuesday and was ordered to remain in jail without bail.

Cedric Irving Jr, who does not have a criminal record, was charged with murder and use of a gun during the crime, Alameda county district attorney Ursula Jones Dickson said at a news conference. He did not enter a plea on Tuesday and is scheduled to do so at a hearing on 16 December.

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After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How – The New York Times

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  1. After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How  The New York Times
  2. South Africa to refuse charter flights of Palestinians over fears of 'cleansing agenda'  BBC
  3. Gazans say they paid $2,000 per seat for flight to South Africa  Reuters
  4. Israel can’t fly us all out to South Africa  Al Jazeera
  5. South Africa foreign minister says charter flights part of a plan to clear Palestinians out of Gaza  AP News
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Skydiver Caught Transiting The Sun in ‘Preposterous (But Real)’ Photograph – ScienceAlert

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  1. Skydiver Caught Transiting The Sun in 'Preposterous (But Real)' Photograph  ScienceAlert
  2. Astrophotographer snaps 'absolutely preposterous' photo of skydiver 'falling' past the sun's surface  Live Science
  3. A Skydiver Appears to Fall from the Sun in a Stunning Image  thisiscolossal.com
  4. Gabriel C. Brown and Andrew McCarthy Capture a Daring Solar Moment in “The Fall of Icarus”  stupidDOPE
  5. How 2025's most famous astrophotograph was shot  New Atlas
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U.K. proposes new asylum policy with 20-year wait and asset seizures – The Washington Post

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  1. U.K. proposes new asylum policy with 20-year wait and asset seizures  The Washington Post
  2. Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’  The New York Times
  3. Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams  The Guardian
  4. U.K. Follows Europe and U.S. in Crackdown on Asylum Seekers  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Key takeaways: What are the proposed asylum system reforms?  BBC
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‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links

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Former treasury secretary steps away to ‘rebuild trust’ after severe backlash but will continue teaching Harvard classes

The Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers said he would be stepping back from public life after documents released by the House oversight committee revealed email exchanges between Summers and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who called himself Summers’ “wing man”.

Politico reported on Monday that Summers, a former treasury secretary, expressed deep regret for past messages with Epstein.

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Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs

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Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use

The books of two award-winning New Zealand authors have been disqualified from consideration for the country’s top literature prize because artificial intelligence was used in the creation of their cover designs.

Stephanie Johnson’s collection of short stories Obligate Carnivore and Elizabeth Smither’s collection of novellas Angel Train were submitted to the 2026 Ockham book awards’ NZ$65,000 fiction prize in October, but were ruled out of the competition the following month in light of new guidelines around AI use.

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UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump’s Gaza plan

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The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining

The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for a lasting peace in Gaza, including the deployment of an international stabilisation force and a possible path to a sovereign Palestinian state.

The resolution, passed by a vote of 13-0 with abstentions by China and Russia, charted “a new course in the Middle East for Israelis and Palestinians and all the people of the region alike”, the US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, told the council chamber.

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‘City of seven ravines’: Bronze age metropolis unearthed in the Eurasian steppe – Phys.org

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  1. 'City of seven ravines': Bronze age metropolis unearthed in the Eurasian steppe  Phys.org
  2. Archaeologists may have uncovered a Bronze Age metropolis in Kazakhstan’s steppe  CNN
  3. Bronze Age mega-settlement in Kazakhstan reveals advanced urban planning and metallurgy  Archaeology News Online Magazine
  4. Bronze Age "City of Seven Ravines" unearthed after 3,500 years  CBS News
  5. Archaeologists unearth a Bronze Age city that was lost for 3,500 years  Earth.com
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Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries

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Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition

Nestlé is still adding sugar to most baby cereals sold across Africa, according to an investigation by campaigners who have accused the company of “putting the health of African babies at risk for profit”.

The food firm was accused of “double standards” over the researchers’ findings, which come at a time when rates of childhood obesity are rising on the continent, prompting calls for Nestlé to remove all added sugar from baby-food products.

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