- Golden statue depicting Trump nude appears at European Parliament The Hill
- ‘King of Injustice’: Golden naked Trump statue installed at European Parliament CNN
- ‘The Orange Plague’: Why a golden, naked Trump is sitting on another man The Times of India
- Naked Trump statue goes on display in Strasbourg DW.com
- Artist unveils golden statue of a nude Donald Trump at European parliament building The Art Newspaper
Protesters blame ‘vulture funds’ for Spain’s housing crisis
Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election.
DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack
Cassidy Hutchinson told panel she had been told Trump lunged for wheel of SUV to try to join mob at Capitol
Prosecutors in the justice department’s civil rights division are seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top Trump White House aide who gave explosive testimony to the committee that investigated the US attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The potential charges involve lying to Congress, the person said.
Continue reading...Iran executes protester just hours after he married bride in prison wedding over the phone – New York Post
- Iran executes protester just hours after he married bride in prison wedding over the phone New York Post
- Iranian protester hanged hours after marrying his imprisoned fiancée over jail phone line Fox News
- Spared, married, hanged: the last weeks of Iranian protester Alireza Sepahi Yahoo
- Till death us do part: Iran’s prisoners marry before the gallows The Times
- Iran protester recounts torture, mock execution after January arrest Iran International
Nicolás Maduro and his wife indicted for alleged torture of US citizens
Ousted Venezuelan president and Cilia Flores have been in jail in New York since early January
The deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted for alleged conspiracy to commit torture, according to Manhattan federal court papers unsealed on Thursday.
The superseding indictment was unsealed shortly before Flores appeared at court in her ongoing push for pretrial release – which was denied by Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Maduro and Flores have been jailed in New York City since early January.
Continue reading...Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away
Intense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a mysterious flash of energy was released into the universe.
Astronomers have now detected that flash – a burst of radio waves which travelled for more than 10bn years before reaching Earth – what they believe to be the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded.
Continue reading...French students continue protests, saying ministers’ pledges not enough
Schools blockaded again across country as teenagers and teachers demand more investment and ‘concrete measures’ to improve conditions
High school students have again blockaded schools and marched through cities across France, promising to continue their campaign despite government pledges to address the grievances underlying 10 days of protests that have left hundreds injured.
Large crowds took to the streets on Thursday for mainly peaceful demonstrations in cities including Lille, Rennes, Nantes, Lyon, Toulon and Marseille, while in Paris a large procession marched through the city centre to the Place de la Bastille.
Continue reading...Venezuela’s ex-leader Nicolás Maduro charged with conspiracy to commit torture
The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.
Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF base – BBC
- Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF base BBC
- Two men arrested after breaking into UK airbase used by US, counterterrorism police say CNN
- 2 foreign nationals breach UK base housing key US, NATO intel hub amid $556M expansion Fox News
- Two Latvians Arrested After Break-In at U.K. Military Base WSJ
- UK: Two Latvian men arrested for breaking into RAF base DW.com
Two Latvian men arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire used by US military
Men aged 32 and 36 detained on suspicion of trespass, causing criminal damage and entering a prohibited place
Two Latvian men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after they were discovered inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a Cambridgeshire base used by the US military and Nato for intelligence operations.
The men, 32 and 36, were picked up at 2am inside the base, in an investigation that began four hours earlier when military police discovered an abandoned vehicle outside the facility.
Continue reading...A lake pilgrimage and a quiet car ride to the beach: last hours of sisters who took own lives in Brighton
Inquest hears details of how three women spent their final days but why they ended their lives may never be known
Jane Adetoro and her younger sisters, Christina and Rebecca Walters, were “the closest sisters and the best friends”, according to their family. Devoted to their father, Joseph, whom they messaged every day, the adult siblings lived quiet lives in the flat they shared in west London and would do everything together.
When they died in May this year, it was no different. Early in the morning of 13 May, the sisters’ bodies were recovered from the sea in Brighton, hours after a taxi had dropped the three women at the beachfront.
Continue reading...US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering, rights group says
More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.
Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem
Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the city
Israel’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in occupied Palestine. But it also served the current government’s ambitions to fully annex Jerusalem as a national capital, diplomatic and legal experts said.
The UK mission to the city has an unusual diplomatic status, which dates back to before the founding of the state of Israel, rooted in a vision of Jerusalem as a neutral enclave under international control.
Continue reading...Teacher at elite $33K private school groomed, sexually assaulted boy on class trip: cops – New York Post
- Teacher at elite $33K private school groomed, sexually assaulted boy on class trip: cops New York Post
- Former Australian Teacher Charged With Grooming and Sexually Assaulting a Student Under 16 Yahoo
- Greek-Australian teacher accused of abusing a student at a Sydney school and on a reef trip Greek City Times
- Teacher accused of sexually assaulting student multiple times including on school trip Daily Express
Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful – AP News
- Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful AP News
- Warrants used to search Andrew's homes were unlawful, court says BBC
- Ex-Prince Andrew Not Completely Off the Hook Despite Legal Win — Report Yahoo
- Former Prince Andrew wins legal dispute over search warrants after Epstein-linked misconduct arrest NBC News
- Search warrants used in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor raids were unlawful, court rules The Guardian
Zambia signs US health deal after disputes over data-sharing
The US will provide $1.5bn (£1.1bn) under the deal that was negotiated after Trump cut USAID funding.
Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray
Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war
Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between the neighbouring countries.
Military vehicles carrying soldiers drove across Eritrea’s southern border into Tigray on Wednesday, reaching the town of Adigrat 25 miles (40km) south, according to civilian witnesses, a militia commander and the conflict monitoring group Acled.
Continue reading...Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island – The Guardian
Florida judge allows lawsuit against Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ to move forward
Parviz Sabeti denies allegations he led Savak intelligence agency under shah and directed torture of thousands
The alleged “chief torturer” for the deposed Shah of Iran is a step closer to trial for human rights abuses after a Florida federal judge rejected his demand to halt a lawsuit brought by three former political prisoners.
Parviz Sabeti, who was reported last year to have lived in a quiet upscale central Florida community, is accused of being the former head of Savak, the shah’s secret police and intelligence agency. The plaintiffs say they discovered his whereabouts only after a photo of Sabeti at a 2023 protest against the Iranian government was posted on social media by his daughter.
Continue reading...Russian Airstrike on Bus Stop Kills at Least 30 in Ukraine – WSJ
- Russian Airstrike on Bus Stop Kills at Least 30 in Ukraine WSJ
- Russian strike kills at least 33 in eastern Ukraine in deadliest single attack this year CNN
- Russian strike on Ukrainian public buses leaves dozens dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv PBS
- More killed in Kramatorsk as Russia targets Ukraine’s transportation system Al Jazeera
- At least 30 dead in Russian bus strike as Moscow closes in on Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ The Washington Post