Rwanda asylum: Iranian policeman who defied orders says he fears for his life
By Parham Ghobadi
BBC PersianAn Iranian ex-police commander due to be deported from the UK to Rwanda under a controversial scheme says he fears being killed by Iranian agents there.
The man previously gave testimony to a UK-based rights groups' tribunal investigating alleged Iranian atrocities during protests in 2019.
He has been held at a detention centre near Gatwick Airport after arriving in the UK from Turkey in May.
The first asylum seekers are set to be deported under the scheme on Tuesday.
Their applications will be processed in Rwanda, where they will be given accommodation and help. If successful, they will be able to remain in Rwanda with up to five years' access to education and support.
Texas school police chief says he didn’t think he was in charge during shooting
Pete Arredondo also tells the Texas Tribune that he intentionally left behind his police and campus radios before entering school
Guardian staff and agencies
The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history said in his first extensive comments that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else was.
Pete Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde school district, also told the Texas Tribune in an interview published Thursday that he intentionally left behind both his police and campus radios before entering Robb elementary school.
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers behind a locked classroom door that the chief said was reinforced with a steel jamb and could not be kicked in.
Safety regulators investigate comments by Wizz Air chief on pilot fatigue
Safety expert tells The Independent air chaos is ‘conducive to staff getting more tired sooner’
Alastair Jamieson,Simon Calder
Airline regulators have launched an investigation into comments by the boss of Wizz Air who appeared to call on flight crews to work through fatigue.
Unions expressed outrage after József Váradi, chief executive of the Hungary-based budget carrier, told employees that too many of them were taking time off for fatigue, and that "sometimes it is required to go the extra mile”.
It comes as a safety expert warns the current chaos of post-Covid airport queues and last-minute flight cancellations is contributing to exhaustion.
Climate: Africa's energy future on a knife's edge
With more than half its population lacking mains electricity and still using charcoal and other damaging sources for cooking, Africa's energy future –- torn between fossil fuels and renewables -- is up for grabs.
As nations discuss the climate crisis at the UN's mid-year negotiations in Bonn, AFP spoke to Mohamed Adow, founder of think tank Power Shift Africa, about the forces pulling the continent in opposing directions.
The stakes, he warns, are global.
Turkish-backed Syrian forces expect military operation soon
SNA forces say the fight against the SDF in Tal Rifaat and Manbij is a chance for some of their fighters to return home.
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces have said their forces are ready for battle, and expect a new Turkish military operation in Syria to start soon.
Units of the Syrian National Army (SNA) paraded on Thursday through the streets of Azaz, a town in northern Aleppo province, in an effort to show their preparedness for the operation that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened in recent weeks against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Vehicles drove thousands of armed fighters through Azaz and several areas near the front lines between areas controlled by Turkey and the SDF in Tal Rifaat.
Why Chinese warplanes are 'playing chicken' with US allies — and why they're doing it now
Updated 0446 GMT (1246 HKT) June 10, 2022
Chinese warplanes are targeting US allies in a high-stakes "game of chicken" over the Asia-Pacific that risks spiraling out of control -- raising the risk of an incident that could spark war.
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