Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90
Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said.
The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy thrillers.
Sir Sean died peacefully in his sleep, while in the Bahamas, having been "unwell for some time", his son said.
His acting career spanned five decades and he won an Oscar in 1988 for his role in The Untouchables.
Mahathir Mohamad says his remarks after French attack were taken out of context
Two-time Malaysian PM criticises Twitter and Facebook for removing his posts after the attack on Nice church
The former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has stood by his widely condemned comments on attacks by Muslim extremists in France, saying they were taken out of context. He also criticised Twitter and Facebook for removing his posts.
Mahathir, 95, sparked widespread anger when he wrote on his blog on Thursday that “Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past”.
Twitter removed a tweet from Mahathir containing the remark, which it said glorified violence, and France’s digital minister demanded the company also ban Mahathir from its platform.
Why does liberal Tunisia still struggle with extremists?
Tunisia is held up as a model of the Arab Spring's success yet it is still a major source of violent radicals. Some in Europe may be marginalized but at home its youth are frustrated by the promises of democracy.
Though details are still emerging, French media have reported that the attacker who killed three people in Nice on Thursday recently arrived in Europe from Tunisia. That fact will stick in the mind of many in the city, where a truck attack by another Tunisian in 2016 claimed 86 lives.
For a country that is held up as a model democracy in the region, Tunisia is still struggling against radicalism, despite its success in sticking to democratic reform in the wake of the 2011 "Arab Spring."
Polish pro-choice campaigner helps women bypass abortion law
Seven years ago, Natalia Broniarczyk had an abortion despite stringent Polish legislation against it.
Now, she is helping other women do the same and taking part in mass protests against a further tightening of an already highly restrictive law.
"I'm angry," the 36-year-old campaigner told AFP as she prepared for the latest demonstration in Warsaw.
Protests have been raging nationwide since a ruling from the Constitutional Court on October 22 that would allow abortions only in cases of rape, incest and when the mother's life is at risk.
Shutdown in Kashmir after India’s new land laws
Residents, politicians denounce India’s new land laws as a ‘settler-colonial project’ that seeks demographic change.
Shops and businesses are shut in several parts of Indian-administered Kashmir in a general strike called to protest against new laws that allow Indians to buy land in the disputed region.
Pro-India politicians in Kashmir have also criticised the laws, which came into effect on Tuesday and allow any of its nationals to buy land in the region, and accused India of putting Kashmir’s land up for sale.
The shutdown call was made by a separatist group headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who condemned the new laws as part of New Delhi’s “policy of permanent demographic change”.
US election: Biden event in Texas cancelled as 'armed' Trump supporters threaten campaign bus
Matt Mathers
Joe Biden campaigners were forced to cancel an event in Texas on Friday as tensions flared in the key battleground state ahead of election day.
Local Democrats said they were forced to pull the plug on a gathering scheduled to take place in Pflugerville – a small city about 17 miles north of Austin – due to "security reasons".
It came as vice-presidential candidate, senator Kamala Harris, completed a whistle-stop three-city tour of the Lone Star state in a last-minute bid for votes.
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