London Bridge attack suspect had been jailed for terrorism
- Police shoot dead suspect wearing fake suicide vest
- Two people killed in attack, three others injured
- Passersby praised as heroes after wrestling man to ground
The man who killed two people and injured three others in a terror attack near London Bridge was wearing a tag, having been released partway through a prison sentence he was serving for a previous offence of supporting terrorist violence.
The Guardian understands the authorities believe the attacker to have connections to other terrorist suspects. Friday’s attack, which is understood to have started at a conference on rehabilitating offenders in Fishmongers’ Hall, was brought to an end after the man was wrestled to the ground by passersby and then shot dead by police.
The suspect, who police say was wearing a fake suicide vest, was killed after police were called to a stabbing incident at the venue, which is near the bridge, shortly before 2pm. It is believed he had been invited to attend the conference.
‘When they come, they will kill you’: Ethnic cleansing is already a reality in Turkey’s Syrian safe zone
Turkey’s invasion into northern Syria has caused a demographic shift that many fear will become permanent, reports Richard Hall
The brutal killings were not hidden, nor were they meant to be. From the very beginning of Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, the fighters it sent across the border to carry out the mission have proudly documented their own war crimes.
Videos posted online by soldiers of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) – showing summary executions, mutilation of corpses, threats against Kurds and widespread looting – have struck terror into the tens of thousands who find themselves in the path of the offensive.
The ethnic dimension to many of the crimes has resulted in a mass exodus of Kurds and religious minorities from these once diverse borderlands.
Singer Jung Joon-young given 6 years for gang rape, voyeur videos
Former FT Island member Choi Jong-hoon gets 5 years
By Lee Suh-yoon
K-pop singers Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon were sentenced to six years and five years in jail, respectively, Friday, after being found guilty on charges of rape and distributing videos of their crimes.
The sentences followed the nation's worst scandal of sex-related crimes by celebrities, which involved drugging and sexually assaulting women at the Burning Sun nightclub, that came to light earlier this year
"The accused, famous entertainment figures, committed sex crimes including the gang rape of a woman who was defenseless at the time. They also shared the events on KakaoTalk mobile messages, using women as tools for sexual gratification," Judge Kang Seong-su of the Seoul Central District Court said in reading the verdict.
The sentences followed the nation's worst scandal of sex-related crimes by celebrities, which involved drugging and sexually assaulting women at the Burning Sun nightclub, that came to light earlier this year
"The accused, famous entertainment figures, committed sex crimes including the gang rape of a woman who was defenseless at the time. They also shared the events on KakaoTalk mobile messages, using women as tools for sexual gratification," Judge Kang Seong-su of the Seoul Central District Court said in reading the verdict.
Borneo is burning
How the world’s demand for palm oil is driving deforestation in Indonesia
By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Tom Booth and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN
Deep within the jungles of Indonesian Borneo, illegal fires rage, creating apocalyptic red skies and smoke that has spread as far as Malaysia and Singapore.
People are choking. Animals are dying.
This is no ordinary fire. It was lit for you.
Farmers are clearing land the fastest way they know how to cash in on growing demand for palm oil, which is used in half of all supermarket products, from chocolate to shampoo.
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta suspect will not get immunity
Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has said a suspect in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia will not be granted immunity to reveal what he knows about the case.
Businessman Yorgen Fenech had requested a presidential pardon in exchange for information.
Caruana Galizia, a prominent anti-corruption blogger, was killed by a car bomb in 2017.
Mr Muscat is under increasing pressure to resign over the case.
Trump has turned the suburbs into a GOP disaster zone. Does that doom his reelection?
NOV. 29, 2019
For decades, there was an unvaried rhythm to life in America’s suburbs: Carpool in the morning, watch sports on weekends, barbecue in the summer, vote Republican in November.
Then came President Trump.
The orderly subdivisions and kid-friendly communities that ring the nation’s cities have become a deathtrap for Republicans, as college-educated and upper-income women flee the party in droves, costing the GOP its House majority and sapping the party’s strength in state capitals and local governments nationwide.
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