Brazil top court unfreezes bank accounts of X, Starlink after $3m transfer
Billionaire Elon Musk has decried ban on X in Brazil, where the social media company failed to comply with court orders.
Steve Rosenberg: Russian snitching evokes ghosts of the past – BBC.com
Central Europe braced for worst flooding in years – BBC.com
- Central Europe braced for worst flooding in years BBC.com
- Prague on high flood alert as central Europe faces torrential rain Reuters
- Europe: Extreme weather warnings in Germany, Poland, Austria DW (English)
- Europe Faces Early Snows, Floods as Extreme Weather Grips Region Bloomberg
- Central Europe braces for heavy rains and flooding forecast over the weekend The Associated Press
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers move to overturn $100m award over assault case
Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, incarcerated in Michigan, accused the music mogul of sexual assault 27 years ago
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have moved to overturn a $100m judgment awarded this week to a Michigan prison inmate who accused the music mogul of sexual assault 27 years ago.
Two emergency motions filed at Lenawee county’s circuit court accuse Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith of launching a “frivolous” lawsuit against the entertainer, who they insist he never met.
Continue reading...Trump vows mass deportations from town rocked by ‘pet-eating’ lies
Trump says Springfield in Ohio has been "destroyed" and repeats baseless claim that migrants are eating pets.
Pope urges Catholics to pick ‘lesser evil’ between Trump and Harris
Pontiff calls candidates "against life", criticising Trump on immigration and Harris on abortion.
Paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s killing will be released from prison
Judge reduces sentence to four years of probation for Peter Cichuniec, who injected McClain with ketamine in 2019
A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the US in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation on Friday.
Judge Mark Warner ruled that “unusual and extenuating circumstances” in the case justified reducing the five-year prison sentence for Peter Cichuniec, the Denver Post reported.
Continue reading...Blinken accuses RT of being worldwide Kremlin intelligence network
US secretary of state announces new sanctions against the Russian state-backed media company
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has announced new sanctions against the Russian state-backed media company RT, formerly known as Russia Today, after new information gleaned from the outfit’s employees showed it was “functioning like a de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus”.
The Russian government in 2023 established a new unit in RT with “cyber operational capabilities and ties to Russian intelligence”, Blinken claimed, with the goal of spreading Russian influence in countries around the world through information operations, covert influence and military procurement.
Continue reading...Starmer says rebuilding UK means painful decisions, not just ‘a lick of paint’
PM defends choices such as cutting winter fuel allowance as long-term remedies as polls show his popularity falling
Keir Starmer has said painful decisions such as cutting winter fuel payment to save £1.4bn a year are necessary as failure to act would be simply “putting a lick of paint over the damp”.
The prime minister described the process of taking decisions “that aren’t going to be popular” as part of a strategy of “strip down the joint, rebuild the house”.
Continue reading...US accuses RT of ‘covert’ intelligence activities, issues fresh sanctions
The US State Department says Russia's RT network has 'moved beyond being a media outlet' and has cyber-capabilities.
The Hague to ban fossil fuel ads from January
City council in third largest city in Netherlands approves the new rules, which will apply from January.
Documentary producers release new ethical AI guidelines for film-makers
Controversies over AI-generated material spurred release of guidelines addressing transparency and historical accuracy
Over a year after the dual Hollywood strikes put a spotlight on the industry’s adoption of AI, film-makers have often found themselves at a crossroads – how to use generative AI ethically, if at all? Where to draw the line on synthetic material? Documentary film-makers, in particular, have faced mounting concerns over “fake archival” materials such as AI-generated voices, photos or video.
As Hollywood continues to adopt artificial intelligence in production, a group of documentary producers have published a groundbreaking set of ethical guidelines to help producers, film-makers, studios, broadcasters and streamers address questions over use of the technology.
Continue reading...US imposes new sanctions on Russian state media
Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the outlet RT of engaging in "global covert activities".
Israel-Hamas war latest: Oct. 7 mastermind thanks Hezbollah leader for his help attacking Israel – The Associated Press
- Israel-Hamas war latest: Oct. 7 mastermind thanks Hezbollah leader for his help attacking Israel The Associated Press
- Hamas leader sends letters from hiding after almost a year of silence CNN
- Sinwar thanks Nasrallah for Hezbollah's support in letter, vows to continue war 'until the occupation is defeated' -- report The Times of Israel
- Sinwar thanks Hezbollah for support in letter reportedly sent to Nasrallah The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas chief Sinwar thanks Hezbollah in letter to Nasrallah Reuters
Pope Francis tells US Catholics to choose ‘lesser evil’ in coming election
Without naming the two main US presidential candidates, the pontiff decried abortion and restrictions on immigration.
‘Ukraine must defend itself’: Washington leaders dismiss Putin’s war talk
Russian leader’s warning of potential direct war with Nato regarded as sabre-rattling to weaken support for Ukraine
US officials and lawmakers shot back after Vladimir Putin said that Nato’s potential lifting of restrictions on Ukraine to launch long-range strikes over the border into Russian territory would mean Nato countries were “at war” with Russia.
The prime minister, Keir Starmer, met with the US president, Joe Biden, on Friday at the White House, where the two were expected to discuss – though not necessarily announce – a loosening of restrictions on Storm Shadow missiles that would allow Ukraine to strike targets as far as 155 miles inside Russia.
Continue reading...Has this been a defining week in the US presidential election campaign?
Funds pour in for Kamala Harris a day after televised debate with Donald Trump.
DR Congo military court sentences 37 to death in coup trial
The defendants - who also included a Briton, Belgian and Canadian - have five days to appeal the verdict.
UN head slams Security Council for failure to end Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine wars
Antonio Guterres tells Al Jazeera the Security Council is outdated, unfair and ineffective.
US and British citizens among 37 sentenced to death in DR Congo coup trial
Christian Malanga, a US national of Congolese origin, the suspected plot leader, was killed during the attack.