Alec Baldwin request to drop Rust manslaughter case denied
The actor was charged earlier this year over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set in 2021.
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation
Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive.
During the 2018 interrogation of Thomas Perez Jr by police in Fontana, a city east of Los Angeles, officers suggested they would have Perez’s dog euthanized as a result of his actions, according to a complaint and footage of the encounter. A judge said the questioning appeared to be “unconstitutional psychological torture”, and the city agreed to settle Perez’s lawsuit for $898,000, his lawyer announced this week.
Continue reading...US teen arrested for melee at UCLA Gaza protest
The arrest of 18-year-old Edan On marks the first arrest of a counter-protester linked to the chaos.
Lloyd Austin to undergo new hospital treatment for bladder problem
Duties of US defense secretary, 70, whose cancer treatment in December was initially undisclosed, will be carried out by deputy
The US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, is to undergo hospital treatment for a bladder issue for the second time in just over three months, the Pentagon has announced.
A Pentagon spokesperson, Maj Gen Pat Ryder, said the 70-year-old Austin would enter Walter Reed military medical center on Friday evening to undergo what he called “a scheduled, elective, and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure” to treat his previously disclosed bladder condition.
Continue reading...Royal Mail owner warns Czech billionaire’s offer could create risk around finances
IDS says a change in ownership may lead to ‘material uncertainty’ over the company’s future
Royal Mail’s owner has warned that a potential £3.5bn bid by the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský could create risk around the company’s finances.
The warning came as the industry regulator Ofcom announced that it had opened an investigation into the parent group, International Distributions Services (IDS), for failing to meet its annual delivery targets for the second year in a row. Last year, Ofcom fined the company £5.6m for failing to meet its first-class and second-class delivery targets in 2022-23.
Continue reading...Child dies after falling from block of flats in south-east London
Child fell from upper floor of flat on Hotspur Street in Kennington on Friday afternoon and died at the scene, police said
A child has died after falling from a block of flats in south-east London. The child fell from the upper floor of a flat on Hotspur Street in Kennington on Friday afternoon and died at the scene, the Metropolitan police said.
Police were called to the address at 4.23pm, and said that so far there was “nothing to indicate that the incident is suspicious”.
Continue reading...Iranians React President’s Death; North Korean Propaganda Goes Viral : State of the World from NPR – NPR
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ICJ orders Israel to end its Rafah offensive
The UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt its offensive on Rafah.
How the Arab world will enable Palestine to win its war of liberation
With Arab unity, an independent, sovereign UN member state of Palestine will likely emerge very soon.
ICJ rules Israel must stop Rafah operation, what’s next?
The International Court of Justice has issued a legally binding order for Israel to halt its invasion of Rafah.
Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom to stand down at general election
Seventy-eight Tory MPs are quitting rather than standing, beating 1997’s record number
Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom have joined the now record-breaking exodus of Conservative MPs from the Commons, with the former saying it was time for a “new generation” to lead the party.
Gove’s announcement in a letter tweeted on Friday evening had been anticipated by some given the strong Liberal Democrat challenge he faces in his Surrey Heath constituency, but adds to the sense of Tories fleeing in the face of a likely general election loss.
Continue reading...‘I just want what the white people have’ – what happened to Cynthia’s dream in South Africa
The BBC's Fergal Keane returns to South Africa to follow up on a woman's story that stuck with him for over 30 years.
Kabosu, the face of cryptocurrency Dogecoin, dies at 18, owner says – Fox Business
French court finds three Syrian officials guilty of crimes against humanity
Members of Assad regime sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after landmark trial in Paris
A French court has found three Syrian officials of the regime of Bashar al-Assad guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes, sentencing them in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after a landmark trial in Paris.
The verdicts against Ali Mamlouk, head of the Syrian secret services and security adviser to Assad, Jamil Hassan, who was head of the Syrian air force intelligence unit until 2019 and a member of Assad’s entourage, and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, intelligence director at the notorious Mezzeh detention centre, send a strong message about the long arm of international justice.
Continue reading...US calls for swift police deployment to Haiti after missionaries killed
US official says 'Haiti cannot wait' as Washington pushes for Kenya-led mission to help country tackle gang violence.
Putin ready to end Ukraine war if Russia can keep land it now controls: report – New York Post
- Putin ready to end Ukraine war if Russia can keep land it now controls: report New York Post
- Vladimir Putin ready to 'freeze' war in Ukraine with ceasefire recognising recent Russian gains, sources say Sky News
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El-Sisi and Biden agree to send aid to Gaza via Karem Abu Salem crossing
Aid will be sent via crossing with Israel until legal mechanisms in place to reopen crucial Rafah crossing, Egypt says.
Worms, insects infest Gaza bound food stuck rotting in Egyptian sun
Worms and insects are eating up shipments of food originally meant for the people of Gaza.
Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu rejects genocide claims as ‘false and outrageous’; Palestinian Authority welcomes ICJ ruling – as it happened
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Power outages have forced the shutdown of the generators at Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deri el-Balah in the Gaza Strip. A hospital spokesperson, Khalil al-Deqran, told Al Jazeera that doctors are unable to use many of its facilities and are treating patients manually.
“This will lead to the death of so many sick and wounded people”, said al-Deqran, who said that some of the patients are being treated on the floor.
Continue reading...Hundreds feared dead in massive Papua New Guinea landslide
The landslide struck in the early hours, burying 100 houses in six highland villages.