FBI investigating alleged harassment of Biden campaign bus by Trump supporters
Updated 1157 GMT (1957 HKT) November 2, 2020
The FBI is investigating the alleged harassment of a Joe Biden campaign bus last week by motorists displaying Trump 2020 flags, an FBI spokesperson confirmed Sunday.
The incident took place in Texas on Friday as the campaign bus was traveling from San Antonio to Austin as part of a push to urge Biden supporters to cast their ballots on the state's last day of early voting. A Biden campaign official described the motorists' actions as an attempt to slow down the bus and run it off the road.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe avoids being returned to jail
British-Iranian dual national in court to hear fresh charges of undermining Iranian state
The detained British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has avoided being sent back to jail after after appearing in court to hear fresh charges of undermining the Iranian state.
There had been fears that she would be sent back to Evin prison in Tehran but the hearing was adjourned before she could present her defence, her British-based family told her local MP, Tulip Siddiq.
No UK officials were present at the hearing, despite repeated requests from the UK Foreign Office.
Vatican says Church does not support same-sex civil unions – despite Pope comments
The Vatican has said comments by Pope Francis on civil union laws in a documentary last month were taken out of context and did not signal a change in Church doctrine on homosexuals or support for same-sex marriage.
The documentary, "Francesco", which premiered at the Rome film festival on 21 October, made headlines for a comment in which the pope says that homosexuals have a right to be in a family and that civil union laws covering homosexuals are needed.
Black Lives Matter movement could boost the anti-Trump vote
A movement against police violence could help motivate more Black people to go to the polls. That would not likely be to Donald Trump's benefit.
It is a cold and windy Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky. A few hundred demonstrators have turned out to take part in a memorial march for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black medical worker who was killed in her home by police during a botched raid in March. "Say her name," they call out, "Breonna Taylor!" It is one of the chants for justice employed by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Keturah Herron, a juvenile justice policy strategist with the American Civil Liberties Union in Kentucky, walks down the street, her fist in the air and a hoodie pulled up over her head. On her black mask are the words "Justice for Breonna Taylor."
France fears fresh wave of domestic violence amid second Covid-19 lockdown
During its first Covid-19 lockdown in the spring, France saw a steep rise in domestic abuse cases. As the country’s 67 million have now entered a second lockdown, women’s rights groups fear that the isolation will spark a new wave of domestic violence, and have put a number of safety measures in place to try to help victims.
As France on Friday hunkered down for a four-week lockdown in a bid to stem the resurgence of the coronavirus, women’s rights groups immediately sounded the alarm, pointing to the spike in domestic violence cases reported during the country's first lockdown, which occurred from March 17 to May 11.
“We saw women come out of that period very damaged. The lockdown increased tensions [at home] and led to serious acts of violence,” Françoise Brié, the head of France’s National Federation of Solidarity for Women (FNSF), which runs the country's 3919 domestic violence hotline, told FRANCE 24. “Unfortunately we expect this type of violence to increase again. And so we’re building on our experience from this spring and will try to adapt the protective measures should the lockdown be extended.”
Tanzania opposition leaders held, post-election protests foiled
Freeman Mbowe was detained with other opposition figures ahead of calls for mass demonstrations after disputed election.
Tanzanian police have arrested the chairman of a main opposition party and several other opposition figures, and sealed off areas where a demonstration was to begin over last week’s disputed elections.
The opposition has demanded a re-run of the October 28 vote, citing widespread irregularities, and called for peaceful protests on Monday against the outcome, which returned President John Magufuli to office with 84 percent of the vote.
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