Iran's supreme leader calls Trump 'clown' in rare Friday sermon
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashes out at west after tumultuous few weeks in Middle East
Iran’s supreme leader has described Donald Trump as a “clown” who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will push a poisonous dagger into their backs, as he struck a defiant tone in his first Friday sermon in Tehran in eight years.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the mass funerals for Iran’s top general, who was killed in a US strike earlier this month, show that the Iranian people support the Islamic Republic despite its recent trials. The “cowardly” killing of Qassem Suleimani had taken out the most effective commander in the battle against the Islamic State group, he said.
In response, Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting US troops in Iraq, without causing serious injuries. Khamenei said the strike had dealt a blow to America’s image as a superpower. In part of the sermon delivered in Arabic, he said the real punishment would be in forcing the US to withdraw from the Middle East.
Amazon promises to create 1m jobs in India as Jeff Bezos trip descends into PR nightmare
World's richest person is dubbed an 'economic terrorist' as anti-Amazon protests and criticisms from officials overshadow three-day visitAdam WithnallDelhi
On the final day of a visit to India that is fast becoming a PR nightmare, Jeff Bezos has announced that Amazon will create one million more jobs in the Asian country by 2025.
The chief executive, who also owns the Washington Post and is ranked by Forbes and Bloomberg as the richest person in the world, has this week been meeting Indian small business owners and rubbing shoulders with Bollywood royalty at corporate events.
Dressed mostly in traditional Indian clothing, he has flown kites with children, laid a wreath at the Gandhi memorial in Delhi and took a selfie on stage during his keynote speech at a major business summit.
British teenager appeals false rape claim conviction
A British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus by Israeli tourists has lodged an appeal against her "unfair" conviction with the island's supreme court, her defence team said.
The 19-year-old returned to Britain after she was handed a four-month jail term, suspended for three years, at Famagusta District Court in Paralimni on January 7.
Lawyers said if she does not receive justice in Cyprus, then they will take the case to the European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights.
Germany: Online child abuse investigators to get more powers
Officials in Germany will be able to post fake, computer-generated pornographic images of children when pursuing criminals online in future. Parliament approved a raft of new measures, also on new "cyber grooming" laws.
Members of the Bundestag parliament on Friday approved new measures designed to law enforcement agencies to take the fight to sexual abuse of children online and on the darknet.
The proposals received broad cross party support, albeit with some criticisms that they did not go far enough.
What are the main changes?
The core of the proposals can be found in two changes to the law.
Eminem criticised for lyric about bomb at Ariana Grande gig
Eminem has been called "disgusting" and "pathetic" after rapping about the Manchester Arena bomb attack, which killed 22 people in 2017.
The lyric comes in a new song, Unaccommodating, in which the star boasts about his impact on hip-hop.
At one point, he says: "I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game / Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting."
Figen Murray, whose son died in the attack, called the song "pointless".
Vietnam's battalions of 'cyber-armies' silencing online dissent
'Force 47', thought to be 10,000-strong, seen as government's online enforcers as new cybercrime law takes effect.by Adam Bemma
Wearing his trademark black fedora, human rights defender Anh Chi updates his YouTube audience on the situation in Dong Tam village, 40km (25 miles) southwest of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, the site of a recent deadly dispute over land.
Anh Chi is among the few social media-savvy activists, who are trying to push the boundaries of delivering news and analysis straight to the Vietnamese public. But these days, their voices are increasingly becoming muted due to government restrictions.
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