Uvalde shooting: Texas police change key details as criticism mounts
By Gareth Evans
BBC News
Police in Texas have revised key details about Tuesday's deadly school shooting as criticism mounts from parents over the initial response.
The gunman roamed outside the Uvalde school for 12 minutes before entering unchallenged, police said on Thursday.
That contradicted earlier statements which said the attacker had been confronted and shot at by an officer.
He killed 19 children and two teachers before he was shot dead 90 minutes after he arrived, police said.
Drone envy: How Turkey’s sought-after combat weapon wins wars but also risks starting them
SPECIAL REPORT: Bayraktar drones reap billions for Turkey, but prompt escalation worries. ‘They seem to be just chasing the money and that is very worrying.’
The central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan finally managed to gain an edge over Tajikistan in an ongoing border dispute. In late 2021 it obtained three coveted Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial combat drones armed with precision missiles that could take out any encroaching armour. That, officials assured the public, would help fend off any incursions by its neighbour.
But no so fast.
Just months later, Turkey agreed to sell the very same drones to Tajikistan, providing Dushanbe potential parity in any further military encounter. Outraged officials in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, rang up Ankara.
Sri Lanka Tamils fleeing to India to escape economic crisis
Sri Lanka's economic and political turmoil is affecting all sections of society, but the Tamil community is being hit particularly hard.
Dozens of poor families from Sri Lanka have fled to southern India over the past few weeks amid an acute economic and political crisis gripping the Indian Ocean island nation.
The country of 22 million people has been battling severe shortages of essential items, including food, fuel and medicine, as foreign reserves run dangerously low.
The resulting public fury targeting the government triggered mass street protests and political upheaval.
Lawyers will add Abu Akleh to Palestinian journalists’ ICC case
ICC case highlights Israeli attacks on journalists and the bombing of Al Jazeera’s offices in Gaza last May.
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Lawyers working on the case filed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the targeting of Palestinian journalists by Israel have said they will add the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the complaint.
The announcement made at a press conference in London on Friday came in the aftermath of a decision by both the Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera Media Network to submit separate cases to the ICC over the killing of Abu Akleh on May 11 by Israeli forces.
Man dies in Brazilian police custody after being restrained in car filled with unknown gas
Updated 1405 GMT (2205 HKT) May 27, 2022
Protests were held in the Brazilian city of Umbauba on Thursday following the death of a man in police custody.
Astonishing’ errands: Old Enough’s Japanese creator on a child star TV hit
Junji Ouchi says show grew out of tradition of sending toddlers off on their own to do simple but challenging tasks
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Three decades after it first aired on Japanese TV, international audiences are discovering why Old Enough, a show that makes stars of children as young as two, has enjoyed such enduring popularity.
Described by the Guardian’s Stuart Heritage as “an absolute rollercoaster of emotions that leaves you in tatters”, the programme follows a simple, crowd-pleasing format.
Children aged between two and five are sent out alone on their first errand by their nervous parents. As the toddlers negotiate roads and public transport, camera crew disguised as passersby capture every emotional portion of their journey, from the tearful frustration of getting lost, to the elation of returning to their relieved parents, errand completed.
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