Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways

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Kevin Simmons was charged criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk

A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident.

Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said.

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Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report

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Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.

Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024.

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Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report

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Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.

Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024.

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‘A living skeleton buried alive’: Hostage’s family pleads for help after Hamas video shows him starving – The Times of Israel

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  1. ‘A living skeleton buried alive’: Hostage’s family pleads for help after Hamas video shows him starving  The Times of Israel
  2. New Hostage Videos Sow Fear and Horror in Israel  The New York Times
  3. Israeli official: Hamas has plenty of food, is deliberately starving the hostages  The Times of Israel
  4. Hamas shows starved Israeli hostages alongside emaciated Palestinian babies  Financial Times
  5. Hamas publishes hostage video of starved Evyatar David  The Jerusalem Post
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Hamas says it won’t disarm unless independent Palestinian state established – Reuters

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  1. Hamas says it won't disarm unless independent Palestinian state established  Reuters
  2. Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State  The New York Times
  3. Hamas denies it expressed willingness to disarm, slams Witkoff’s Gaza trip  Al Jazeera
  4. Hamas vows not to lay down arms after Witkoff reportedly says it’s ready to demilitarize  The Times of Israel
  5. Hamas responds to disarmament reports as health officials say 18 killed in Israeli fire - including people trying to access food  Sky News
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Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

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President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad

Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.

The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US.

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Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

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President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad

Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.

The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US.

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India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say – The New York Times

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  1. India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say  The New York Times
  2. India to still buy oil from Russia despite Trump threats, say officials  theguardian.com
  3. Indian Refiner Snaps Up US Oil After Trump’s Russia Threats  Bloomberg
  4. India will continue to buy Russian oil, government sources say  Reuters
  5. Trump Cites Reports On India Halting Russian Oil Imports, Sources Counter  NDTV
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Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’

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They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’

Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism.

Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.

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Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’

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They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’

Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism.

Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.

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Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’

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Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content

The Online Safety Act together with the proscription of Palestine Action could result in platforms censoring Palestinian-related content, human rights organisations have warned.

Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship and others have written to Ofcom calling on it to provide clear guidance to platforms on distinguishing lawful expression from content deemed to be in support of terrorism.

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Trump to be nominated for Nobel peace prize after ending deadly war with a phone call – Daily Mail

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  1. Trump to be nominated for Nobel peace prize after ending deadly war with a phone call  Daily Mail
  2. Trump speaks about ending Thailand, Cambodia conflict  Fox News
  3. 'Ask White House': India On US' Nobel Prize Pitch For Donald Trump  NDTV
  4. Trump Should Get Nobel Peace Prize for Brokering Cease-Fire Deal, Cambodian Deputy PM Says  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Donald Trump To Get New Nobel Peace Prize Nomination  Newsweek
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Durham disclosures further undermine Gabbard’s claims of plot against Trump

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Declassified document contains deflating conclusion for DNI director that Russian spies were behind key 2016 emails

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, hoped to uncover evidence that Barack Obama and his national security team conspired to undermine Donald Trump in a slow-motion coup.

But if her crusade was aimed at proving that Obama embarked on a “treasonous conspiracy” to falsely show that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, Gabbard made a mistake. A previously classified annexe to a report by another special counsel, John Durham – appointed towards the end of Trump’s first presidency – has further undermined Gabbard’s case.

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Durham disclosures further undermine Gabbard’s claims of plot against Trump

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Declassified document contains deflating conclusion for DNI director that Russian spies were behind key 2016 emails

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, hoped to uncover evidence that Barack Obama and his national security team conspired to undermine Donald Trump in a slow-motion coup.

But if her crusade was aimed at proving that Obama embarked on a “treasonous conspiracy” to falsely show that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, Gabbard made a mistake. A previously classified annexe to a report by another special counsel, John Durham – appointed towards the end of Trump’s first presidency – has further undermined Gabbard’s case.

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VIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m

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DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust

They were the lucrative deals that epitomised the “VIP lane” set up by Boris Johnson’s government during the Covid pandemic, which gave priority for personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts to people with political connections.

Peter Gummer, a former PR boss who has been Tory peer Lord Chadlington since 1996, had smooth access at his fingertips. The erstwhile adviser to John Major has “close personal friendships with many senior Conservative party politicians”, he has said, and as president of the Witney constituency association in the Cotswolds is “close friends” with its most notable MP: David Cameron.

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Nayib Bukele could now rule El Salvador for life – The Economist

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  1. Nayib Bukele could now rule El Salvador for life  The Economist
  2. El Salvador Ends Term Limits, Letting Bukele Seek Re-Election Indefinitely  The New York Times
  3. El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection, extends presidential terms to 6 years  NPR
  4. El Salvador approves changes to let Bukele extend presidency indefinitely  The Washington Post
  5. Leader for life? El Salvador's Bukele headed that way, critics say  Reuters
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