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- Biden reverses Trump withdrawal of US army trainers from Somalia
- Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal
- Zimbabwe denies harbouring deceased Rwandan genocide fugitive
- Chile finalises new draft constitution to replace Pinochet-era document
- Rejection of Arctic mine expansion bid offers hope for narwhal population
- Former Kiribati president slams Australia’s ‘politicisation’ of climate action and power of fossil fuel lobby
- Shanghai to end Covid lockdown and return to normal life in June amid economic slowdown
- Bleached sea sponges found in New Zealand waters for first time
- Help to buy EVs in ‘landmark’ New Zealand net zero climate plan
- Australian federal election 2022 live: Coalition to release costings as Morrison and Albanese try to win hearts and minds
- Young men abused by carer in Sydney never got compensation or written apology, disability inquiry told
- Western Sydney’s time as a ‘stronghold’ for either major party is over, expert says
- ‘Poisonous pamphlets and pork’: what messages are cutting through to voters in this messy campaign?
- Australian Conservation Foundation names Mount Isa the most polluted postcode in the country
- New poll predicts Allegra Spender will win Wentworth from Liberal MP Dave Sharma
- Russia-Ukraine war: more than 260 Ukrainian troops evacuated from Mariupol steelworks – live
- Grenoble approves wearing of burkini in public swimming pools
- Putin involved in war ‘at level of colonel or brigadier’, say western sources
- Babis Anagnostopoulos: how a murderer fooled the world for months
- Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and ‘woman of the left’
- Revealed: EU plans loans and grants to help rebuild Ukraine
- Senior Catholic in Israel condemns police actions at Shireen Abu Aqleh funeral
- Jack Nicklaus says he turned down $100m to be face of Saudi-backed golf tour
- ‘My only hobby is crying’: the boy who lost his family to an Israeli airstrike
- Lebanon votes in first national election since onset of economic crisis
- Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 82% rise in quarterly profits
- Sri Lanka’s new PM warns ‘most difficult months of our lives’ ahead
- Labour to try to force Commons vote on North Sea windfall tax
- Special constables to be given access to stun guns in new crime measures
- Cost of living crisis: immediate support from Sunak a ‘moral imperative’ – CBI
- Culture wars ‘deeply dangerous’, Warsi warns at Jo Cox event
- Overseas-trained NHS doctors more likely to be struck off without lawyer at disciplinary
- Terrorism in the UK: the rising threat of far right extremists
- Musk sends Twitter CEO poo emoji as relations go down the toilet
- Civil rights lawyer Crump: investigate Buffalo shooting as domestic terrorism
- California police say 68-year-old suspect in church shooting was motivated by hate
- Senate to vote on $40bn Ukraine aid bill initially blocked by Rand Paul – as it happened
- US gun violence over weekend puts focus on easy access to weapons
- ‘It was terrifying’: Amber Heard testifies Johnny Depp hallucinated during fight
| Biden reverses Trump withdrawal of US army trainers from Somalia Posted: 16 May 2022 11:45 AM PDT Up to 500 special forces advisers will train Somali forces to combat growing threat of al-Shabaab militants, says White House The US will send up to 500 soldiers back on full-time deployment to Somalia, to train the country's army to combat the increasing threat posed by al-Shabaab militants. The White House insisted that the move, deepening the US long-term military commitment in an intractable foreign conflict, did not contradict Joe Biden's overall policy of disengaging from "forever wars", which underlay the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Continue reading... |
| Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal Posted: 16 May 2022 06:32 AM PDT Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issues Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has suggested the UK extradite suspects wanted in the east African country for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide, after a controversial deal with the Home Office to process asylum seekers there. Speaking less than two weeks after the deal was announced, Kagame told an audience of diplomats in Kigali that included the British high commissioner he hoped "that when the UK is sending us these migrants, they should send us some people they have accommodated for over 15 years who committed crimes [in Rwanda]". Continue reading... |
| Zimbabwe denies harbouring deceased Rwandan genocide fugitive Posted: 15 May 2022 09:03 AM PDT DNA shows body exhumed in the country was Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda's most wanted fugitive Zimbabwe has denied harbouring the Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya after it emerged that he died in 2006 and was buried in the country after living there for four years. The 20-year manhunt for one of the world's most brutal killers came to a decisive end in an overgrown cemetery outside Harare, but Zimbabwean authorities say they did not conceal his whereabouts. Continue reading... |
| Chile finalises new draft constitution to replace Pinochet-era document Posted: 16 May 2022 08:16 AM PDT Process spawned amid mass protests in 2019 will culminate in September plebiscite but polls show only 38% currently in favour After 10 months of fraught negotiations, Chile has finalised the draft of a new constitution that could replace the document drawn up during Gen Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. María Elisa Quinteros, the president of the gender-equal, 154-member assembly will formally present the draft at a ceremony in the port city of Antofagasta on Monday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Rejection of Arctic mine expansion bid offers hope for narwhal population Posted: 15 May 2022 11:00 PM PDT Conservationists and Inuit community relieved at decision on Canadian iron mine that threatened 'extirpation' of cetacean The expansion of an iron ore mine in the Arctic that would have increased shipping and led to the "complete extirpation of narwhal" from the region has been blocked. After four years of consultations and deliberations, the Nunavut Impact Review Board rejected a request from Baffinland Iron Mines Corp asking to significantly increase mining on the northern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. The area is home to one of the world's richest iron ore deposits, and the densest narwhal population in the world. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 16 May 2022 01:03 AM PDT Five days before Australian election, Anote Tong urges leaders to understand climate crisis means 'survival is on the line' for Pacific islands
A former president of the Pacific nation of Kiribati has blasted the influence of the fossil fuel lobby in Australia and the "politicisation" of climate policy, issuing a plea for leaders to adopt a "more moral" stance to cut emissions. In a forthright speech five days before the Australian election, Anote Tong called for a proper understanding of what the climate crisis means to countries like Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, saying "our survival is on the line". Continue reading... |
| Shanghai to end Covid lockdown and return to normal life in June amid economic slowdown Posted: 15 May 2022 10:41 PM PDT Authorities say restrictions to ease in stages after extended lockdown that has sent shockwaves through Chinese economy and global supply chains Shanghai has set out plans for the return of more normal life from 1 June and the end of a painful Covid-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks and contributed to a sharp slowdown in China's economic activity. In the clearest timetable yet, deputy mayor Zong Ming said on Monday that Shanghai's reopening would be carried out in stages, with movement curbs largely to remain in place until 21 May to prevent a rebound in infections, before a gradual easing. Continue reading... |
| Bleached sea sponges found in New Zealand waters for first time Posted: 15 May 2022 10:29 PM PDT Extreme ocean temperatures blamed for turning sea sponges white in more than a dozen sites on southern coastline Sea sponges off New Zealand's southern coastline have been found bleached bone-white for the first time, following extreme ocean temperatures. A group of scientists from Victoria University of Wellington were alarmed to discover the sponges, which are typically a rich chocolate brown, were bleached in more than a dozen sites near Breaksea Sound and Doubtful Sound in Fiordland. Continue reading... |
| Help to buy EVs in ‘landmark’ New Zealand net zero climate plan Posted: 15 May 2022 06:08 PM PDT Lower and middle income families will benefit from 'scrap and replace' scheme, while 20% cut in car, van and ute trips sought New Zealand will help some people to buy electric vehicles, end its reliance on fossil fuels, lower agricultural emissions, and reduce waste going to landfill, the government has promised in the most significant announcement on climate change action in the country's history. The emissions reduction plan sets the direction for climate action for the next 15 years, with a cap on the amount of greenhouse gas New Zealand can emit, in order to meet targets to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 16 May 2022 03:27 PM PDT Labor to release costings on Thursday, after revelation of price of campaign pledges aimed at wedging the party. Follow all the day's news live
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| Posted: 16 May 2022 03:01 PM PDT Carer who worked for service provider Afford was jailed for three years for abuse, royal commission hears The families of two young men with disabilities who were abused by a carer have told an inquiry they never received a formal apology or compensation from the provider. The disability royal commission on Monday began a five-day examination of the programs offered by Afford, a large national disability insurance scheme provider with several services in New South Wales, as well as other states. Continue reading... |
| Western Sydney’s time as a ‘stronghold’ for either major party is over, expert says Posted: 16 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Diversity of opinions at the ballot box in western Sydney 'defies prediction and conventional political logic', report says
There is a growing "electoral volatility" in western Sydney, with experts saying residents have "departed from the script" in a region which could prove critical to deciding the federal election. A new study from the Centre for Western Sydney that analysed federal election voting patterns found a level of volatility above national trends. Continue reading... |
| ‘Poisonous pamphlets and pork’: what messages are cutting through to voters in this messy campaign? Posted: 16 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Here's what is weighing on the minds of five undecided voters before the federal election on 21 May
Undecided voters will play a key role in deciding the outcome of Saturday's election with many waiting until the final week, days, or even hours, to make their decision. So what in this very long, and at times messy, campaign has cut through? Continue reading... |
| Australian Conservation Foundation names Mount Isa the most polluted postcode in the country Posted: 16 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Mount Isa Mines responsible for 91% of emissions in the outback city despite having an 'industry-leading air quality management framework' Mount Isa has been named the most polluted postcode in Australia in a new report from the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). The ACF said the outback city is one of four Queensland locations listed among the Top 10 most polluted postcodes in the country, alongside Gladstone, Stanwell and Tarong. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| New poll predicts Allegra Spender will win Wentworth from Liberal MP Dave Sharma Posted: 16 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Exclusive: Spender-commissioned poll says independent will win on preference flows but is at odds with YouGov polling on the electorate
A new poll has the independent Allegra Spender on track to claim the prize blue-ribbon seat of Wentworth in Sydney's east, with the Liberal MP Dave Sharma's primary vote at 36%, down from 47% at the 2019 election. Spender, who is backed by Climate 200 and is running on a platform of action on climate change and integrity in politics, has recorded a 33.3% primary vote and is now enjoying high recognition. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: more than 260 Ukrainian troops evacuated from Mariupol steelworks – live Posted: 16 May 2022 03:15 PM PDT Ukrainian president says evacuation of injured soldiers has begun; Erdoğan says no need for visits to try to persuade him
The governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv region has said that Ukrainian troops defending Kharkiv have reached the state border with Russia. Kharkiv region governor Oleh Sinegubov wrote on the Telegram messaging app that troops of the 227th Battalion had restored a sign on the state border. When we see that in our neighbourhood also other democratic countries belong to Nato, it would mean that we could have broader joint exercises and also … more defence cooperation. We have seen some differences, but we have also seen a willingness of those countries to overcome the differences. Continue reading... |
| Grenoble approves wearing of burkini in public swimming pools Posted: 16 May 2022 02:25 PM PDT City measure for swimmers 'to be able to dress how they want' also means men can wear long shorts and women can bathe topless The French city of Grenoble has authorised the wearing of the burkini in state-run swimming pools, reigniting one of France's most contentious debates on religious dress. The all-in-one swimsuit, used by some Muslim women to cover their bodies and hair while bathing, has become a controversial talking point during the holiday season in recent years. Continue reading... |
| Putin involved in war ‘at level of colonel or brigadier’, say western sources Posted: 16 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT President helping determine movement of Russian soldiers, say sources, as head of UK armed forces says Ukraine is winning Vladimir Putin has become so personally involved in the Ukraine war that he is making operational and tactical decisions "at the level of a colonel or brigadier", according to western military sources. The Russian president is helping determine the movement of forces in the Donbas, they added, where last week the invaders suffered a bloody defeat as they tried on multiple occasions to cross a strategic river in the east of Ukraine. Continue reading... |
| Babis Anagnostopoulos: how a murderer fooled the world for months Posted: 16 May 2022 12:54 PM PDT The husband of Caroline Crouch tugged at heartstrings and implicated innocent foreigners while playing the part of grieving widower Babis Anagnostopoulos: clever; photogenic; charistmatic; successful – all traits that perhaps allowed him to think he could fool the world. On Monday the game was up. Justice caught up with the helicopter pilot who finally admitted it was he who had suffocated his British wife, Caroline Crouch, just over a year ago. And justice was unsparing. At the end of a dramatic trial, whose every twist and turn had gripped Greece, a mixed court of jurors and judges unanimously agreed that the 34-year-old should receive the toughest penalty possible under Greek law: a life sentence for the premeditated murder of his partner; a jail term of 11 years and six months for the brutal killing of the family's pet dog; and a fine of €21,000. Continue reading... |
| Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and ‘woman of the left’ Posted: 16 May 2022 11:34 AM PDT France's first female PM in 30 years has been a regular in the corridors of power for several decades Élisabeth Borne, who has been appointed France's first woman prime minister in more than 30 years, has a reputation as a technocrat with a long career in many different government ministries and local administrations. She is experienced in negotiating with trade unions, seen as crucial as Emmanuel Macron prepares an overhaul of the pensions and benefits system which could lead to street protests. The 61-year-old engineer, who had previously headed Paris's state transport company, RATP, was fiercely loyal to the centrist president during his first term, when she served as minister for transport, environment and finally labour from 2020. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: EU plans loans and grants to help rebuild Ukraine Posted: 16 May 2022 10:20 AM PDT Leaked report also suggests assessing feasibility of using assets seized from sanctioned Russians Ukraine could receive loans, grants and possibly the proceeds of seized Russian oligarch property to help pay the multibillion-euro cost of rebuilding the country after the ruinous war launched by the Kremlin, according to a leaked EU reconstruction plan. In the plan drafted in Brussels, the European Commission states that the Ukrainian government will have to take out loans to pay for rebuilding its war-ravaged country. Non-repayable grants from EU member states would provide another tranche of the funds needed to rebuild destroyed homes, schools, roads, railways, airports and bridges. Continue reading... |
| Senior Catholic in Israel condemns police actions at Shireen Abu Aqleh funeral Posted: 16 May 2022 01:12 PM PDT Latin patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa described the intervention as a 'disproportionate use of force' against mourners The top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land has condemned the Israeli police beating of mourners carrying the casket of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, accusing the authorities of violating human rights and disrespecting the Catholic church. Latin patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa told reporters that Friday's incident, broadcast around the world, was a "disproportionate use of force" against a large crowd of people waving Palestinian flags as they proceeded from the hospital to a nearby Catholic church in Jerusalem's Old City. The attack drew worldwide condemnation and added to the shock and outrage over the death of Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) operation in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading... |
| Jack Nicklaus says he turned down $100m to be face of Saudi-backed golf tour Posted: 16 May 2022 11:34 AM PDT
Greg Norman was not the first choice to be the face of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, whose Saudi Arabian organizers pursued and preferred Jack Nicklaus, according to the 73-time PGA Tour winner. "I was offered something in excess of $100m by the Saudis, to do the job probably similar to the one that Greg is doing," Nicklaus said in a story with Fire Pit Collective. "I turned it down. Once verbally, once in writing. I said, 'Guys, I have to stay with the PGA Tour. I helped start the PGA Tour.'" Continue reading... |
| ‘My only hobby is crying’: the boy who lost his family to an Israeli airstrike Posted: 15 May 2022 09:30 PM PDT Omar Abu al-Ouf's father, mother, brother and sister were all killed in the attack on their apartment building last May Omar Abu al-Ouf is revising for his final school exams, hoping to do well enough to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer, but it's difficult for the 17-year-old to focus. His mind constantly drifts to his family, all of whom died last year when an Israeli airstrike destroyed their apartment building in a middle-class neighbourhood of Gaza city. "It's like he goes somewhere else," said his grandmother, Manar, in the living room of the boy's uncle's house, where he now lives. "His whole family is gone, for nothing." Continue reading... |
| Lebanon votes in first national election since onset of economic crisis Posted: 15 May 2022 10:29 AM PDT Low expectations that ballot for parliamentary seats will see breakthrough in dislodging entrenched ruling elite Voters in Lebanon have gone to the polls in the first national election since a disastrous economic collapse and an explosion that wrecked the Beirut waterfront in 2020, amid low expectations that the leaders they hold responsible will face a serious challenge to their stranglehold on the country. A number of civil society candidates lined up against an entrenched ruling elite with pledges to change a political landscape in which feudal lords and their networks have enriched themselves since the end of the civil war. Continue reading... |
| Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 82% rise in quarterly profits Posted: 15 May 2022 06:12 AM PDT Investors to get $4bn in bonus shares after record earnings of $39.5bn on higher demand and crude prices Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, has disclosed an 82% rise in quarterly profits to a new record of $39.5bn (£32.2bn), boosted by an increase in demand and higher crude prices. The company, which last week overtook technology group Apple to become the world's most valuable company, said it would pay an $18.8bn (£15.3bn) dividend and hand $4bn (£3.2bn) in bonus shares to its investors after the better-than-expected performance. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka’s new PM warns ‘most difficult months of our lives’ ahead Posted: 16 May 2022 09:44 AM PDT Ranil Wickremesinghe says country's finances 'extremely precarious' in first address since appointment Sri Lanka's new prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has warned that the financial crisis engulfing the country will get worse and "the next couple of months will be the most difficult ones of our lives". In his first address to the country since he was appointed as interim prime minister on Thursday, after Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down from the role amid Sri Lanka's worst economic crash since independence, Wickremesinghe was blunt as he described the conditions of the country's finances as "extremely precarious". Continue reading... |
| Labour to try to force Commons vote on North Sea windfall tax Posted: 16 May 2022 02:30 PM PDT Party to put ministers on spot over cost of living amid signs of support for policy on Tory benches Labour aims to put ministers on the spot over the cost of living by forcing a Commons vote on a windfall tax for North Sea energy profits, amid some signs of increasing support for the policy on Conservative benches. Before the vote, to be instigated by an amendment to the Queen's speech on Tuesday, Labour released calculations that forecast North Sea oil and gas profits for 2022/23 would be greater than all UK households have paid in increased energy bills. Continue reading... |
| Special constables to be given access to stun guns in new crime measures Posted: 16 May 2022 02:30 PM PDT Priti Patel to announce flurry of crime initiatives for England and Wales, including controversial changes to stop and search powers Special constables will be given access to stun guns as part of a flurry of crime initiatives, the home secretary will tell the Police Federation on Tuesday. Speaking at their conference in Manchester, Priti Patel will announce that part-time special constables will be allowed to use electroshock weapons – if properly trained and with the authorisation of chief officers. Continue reading... |
| Cost of living crisis: immediate support from Sunak a ‘moral imperative’ – CBI Posted: 16 May 2022 02:00 PM PDT Boss Tony Danker wants chancellor to aid households skipping or having smaller meals as energy bills soar Pressure on the government to help those hardest hit by Britain's cost of living crisis has intensified after the head of one of the country's leading employers' groups said immediate support was a "moral imperative". Tony Danker, the director-general of the CBI, said Rishi Sunak should step in to provide assistance to households skipping meals as a result of rising food and fuel bills. Continue reading... |
| Culture wars ‘deeply dangerous’, Warsi warns at Jo Cox event Posted: 16 May 2022 12:48 PM PDT Speaking at memorial lecture, former Tory chair says what defines a nation is 'deeper than flags and fanfare' Culture wars are "not just an ugly political phenomenon … they're deeply dangerous", Sayeeda Warsi has told the fifth annual Jo Cox memorial lecture at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was set up to memorialise the Labour MP who was shot and stabbed in a politically motivated murder in June 2016. Cox was struck while campaigning in her Yorkshire constituency during the European referendum campaign, in which she supported remain. Continue reading... |
| Overseas-trained NHS doctors more likely to be struck off without lawyer at disciplinary Posted: 16 May 2022 12:46 PM PDT Nearly 40% of doctors who trained abroad do not have legal representation, compared with 25% of doctors who qualified in UK Doctors from overseas working in the NHS are more likely to be suspended or struck off when they have no lawyer to represent them at a disciplinary hearing, new figures show. The findings have raised fresh questions about whether the General Medical Council (GMC) displays "systemic racial bias" in its treatment of foreign-born medics accused of wrongdoing. Continue reading... |
| Terrorism in the UK: the rising threat of far right extremists Posted: 16 May 2022 12:44 PM PDT Since 2017, counter-terrorism forces have foiled 32 plots: 18 were Islamist related, and 12 were from the extreme right wing In MI5's London headquarters there is a top secret grid, on which is ranked the top terrorist plots absorbing the attention and resources of the security services and police. While 15 years ago it was dominated by Islamist plotters, in recent years the most severe threats to the country's national security feature people planning atrocities linked to extreme rightwing ideology. Continue reading... |
| Musk sends Twitter CEO poo emoji as relations go down the toilet Posted: 16 May 2022 02:15 PM PDT After Parag Agrawal offers detailed explanation of spam accounts, Musk replies with image Elon Musk's relationship with Twitter's management has reached a new low after the social media company's would-be-owner tweeted a poo emoji at the platform's chief executive. The Tesla CEO was responding on Monday to a lengthy and nuanced thread posted by his Twitter counterpart, Parag Agrawal, explaining the company's policy on spam accounts – an issue that had prompted Musk to announce on Friday that he was putting the $44bn (£36bn) deal on hold. Musk has disputed Twitter's assertion that less than 5% of its users are fake or spam accounts and has said he will carry out his own audit. Continue reading... |
| Civil rights lawyer Crump: investigate Buffalo shooting as domestic terrorism Posted: 16 May 2022 01:58 PM PDT 'We can't sugarcoat it,' leading civil rights attorney Ben Crump says of shooting that killed 10 people A day ahead of Joe Biden's visit to Buffalo, the leading civil rights attorney Ben Crump said federal officials should define the mass shooting at a grocery store in the city on Saturday as an "act of domestic terrorism". "We can't sugarcoat it, we can't try to explain it away talking about mental illness," Crump said of the attacked allegedly perpetrated by Payton Gendron, 18, who is in custody on one charge of first-degree murder awaiting arraignment on Thursday where additional charges are likely to be filed. Continue reading... |
| California police say 68-year-old suspect in church shooting was motivated by hate Posted: 16 May 2022 01:48 PM PDT David Chou, a Chinese immigrant from Las Vegas, had a grievance with the Taiwanese community, officials say As the US was rocked by deadly gun violence over the weekend, a shooting at an Orange county church on Sunday left southern California reeling when a gunman motivated by hate for Taiwanese people fired on congregants who managed to put a stop to the bloodshed. Authorities on Monday identified the suspect, who is accused of killing one person and wounding five others at the Geneva Presbyterian church, as David Chou of Las Vegas. The Orange county sheriff's department booked the 68-year-old on a felony count of murder and five felony counts of attempted murder. Continue reading... |
| Senate to vote on $40bn Ukraine aid bill initially blocked by Rand Paul – as it happened Posted: 16 May 2022 01:11 PM PDT A preliminary vote on military, humanitarian and economic aid to Kyiv is expected today, setting up a final vote on Wednesday • Scrutiny of Republicans who embrace 'great replacement theory' after Buffalo massacre A group of voters who challenged extremist congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's eligibility to run for re-election have filed an appeal of the Georgia secretary of state's decision that she can appear on the ballot. The five voters from Greene's district alleged that the rightwing Republican played a significant role in the 6 January Capitol attack, which they said put her in violation of a 14th amendment clause concerning insurrection and ineligibility for office. Continue reading... |
| US gun violence over weekend puts focus on easy access to weapons Posted: 16 May 2022 10:11 AM PDT Violence includes Buffalo shooting that left 10 people dead, as well as two dead in Houston, one in Los Angeles and five in Chicago America on Monday was picking up the pieces from a weekend of gun violence that – outside the cost of lives – has refocused the country's leadership on the toxic interplay of political ideology and easy access to handguns and battlefield weapons. In the most recent case, two people were killed Sunday and at least three others hospitalized after a shooting at a large Houston, Texas, flea market. In California, also on Sunday, at least one person died and five were wounded – including four listed in critical condition – after a shooting at a church with a predominantly Taiwanese congregation in Orange county, south of Los Angeles. Continue reading... |
| ‘It was terrifying’: Amber Heard testifies Johnny Depp hallucinated during fight Posted: 16 May 2022 09:32 AM PDT Actor denies putting human feces in couple's bed and claims 'he was talking to people who weren't in the room' Johnny Depp was hallucinating and his sobriety had completely collapsed in the final months of his marriage, his ex-wife – fellow actor Amber Heard – testified on Monday in the civil lawsuit between the two. Heard was back on the stand as the trial resumed in a Virginia courtroom after a one-week hiatus. Continue reading... |
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