Syria latest: Theresa May calls strikes 'right and legal' – live updates
US, UK and France take part in strikes on targets associated with chemical weapons in the wake of gas attack on Douma
Israel has said the strikes were an “important signal” to Iran, Syria and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
“The use of chemical weapons crosses a red line that humanity can no longer tolerate,” Yoav Gallant, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said on Twitter.
“The American attack is an important signal to the axis of evil - Iran, Syria and Hezbollah,” he added.
There have been concerns expressed among high-level security figures in Israel that the country could be targetted by Iran, Syria or Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, following US strikes.
Why Fifa’s 48-team plan for the 2022 World Cup is bad news for Qatar
Fifa’s wish to expand the World Cup a tournament earlier than planned could make them an addition $1bn, but would almost certainly mean Qatar would have to share the hosting rights
Qatar is reluctant to agree to moves by Fifa to increase the size of the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams – and you can see why.
Earlier this week the tiny Gulf state was proudly announcing that 90% of the tournament’s infrastructure, including eight stadiums, would be in place by 2019.
Suddenly it’s being asked: four more stadiums, please.
The likelihood is that this is beyond the reach of Qatar, even with its vast wealth.
German Foreign Ministry investigating arrest of German reporter in Turkey
Germany's Foreign Ministry has said it is investigating claims that a German journalist has been detained in Turkey. Adil Demirci is believed to have arrested while on vacation in Istanbul.
The German Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it was responding to reports that Adil Demirci, a journalist for the left-leaning Turkish news agency Etha, had been detained in Istanbul, although the reasons for his arrest remained unclear.
The detention of another journalist after the release of Deniz Yücel would be another obstacle in already frayed German-Turkish relations.
Why two men were put in the stocks in Bolivia
First a mayor, then a man accused of stealing, were humiliated and punished publicly in two different towns in the northeast of Bolivia. Both of them had one leg put into stocks, a punishment that some deemed humiliating and others found justified. In a country where indigenous justice is recognised by law, was this punishment legal?
On February 25, inhabitants of San José de Uchupiamonas, a locality in the Abel Iturralde province in the La Paz region of Bolivia, punished the mayor of San Buenaventura by putting his leg in some makeshift stocks. On the February 28, a man accused of stealing was punished in a similar fashion in San Buenaventura.
San José de Uchupiamonas, where about a hundred families live, is part of the municipality of San Buenaventura, which is about 50 kilometres away and has a population of roughly 8,000.
"In San José de Uchupiamonas, there aren’t any police, so it’s the only way to mete out justice"
FACEBOOK USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PREDICT YOUR FUTURE ACTIONS FOR ADVERTISERS, SAYS CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT
SINCE THE CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA scandal erupted in March, Facebook has been attempting to make a moral stand for your privacy, distancing itself from the unscrupulous practices of the U.K. political consultancy. “Protecting people’s information is at the heart of everything we do,” wrote Paul Grewal, Facebook’s deputy general counsel, just a few weeks before founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg hit Capitol Hill to make similar reassurances, telling lawmakers, “Across the board, we have a responsibility to not just build tools, but to make sure those tools are used for good.” But in reality, a confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept shows that the two companies are far more similar than the social network would like you to believe.
Tepco’s compensation for 3/11 victims has made matters worse for many
BY PHILIP BRASOR AND MASAKO TSUBUKU
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
As of the end of March, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. had paid more than ¥8 trillion in compensation (baishōkin) related to the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns of March 2011. About half of this money has gone to people living near the crippled reactors for “mental anguish” and the other half has gone to businesses whose livelihoods were destroyed or otherwise diminished by the disaster.
The payouts officially ended at the end of March, but Tepco is by no means out of the woods. There are numerous lawsuits against the company demanding additional compensation, and the central government has issued ¥13.5 trillion in bonds for interest-free loans to Tepco that are supposed to cover a wide range of expenses related to effects on residents and cleanup activities.
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