Shinzo Abe killing: ‘Moonies’ church confirms suspect’s mother is member
Tetsuya Yamagami’s mother attends meetings, says Unification church, after he told investigators of grudge
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
The mother of the man accused of assassinating Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification church, which the suspect has cited as a motive for his fatal shooting of the former Japanese prime minister last week.
The church, whose members are colloquially known as Moonies, confirmed at a press conference on Monday that the mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, who was detained moments after he shot Abe from behind during an election campaign speech on Friday, attends meetings about once a month.
Yamagami, 41, has told investigators he had initially intended to target the organisation’s leader, but that he had also intended to kill Abe, whom he claimed had promoted the church in Japan. He said his mother had made a “huge donation” to the church more than 20 years ago that had crippled the family’s finances.
Russia shuts down Nord Stream gas pipeline for repairs
The move will temporarily reduce Europe's gas supply, and some officials fear Russia could prolong the shutdown to destabilize Europe.
Russia has reduced Nord Stream gas exports to Europe as the pipeline enters a scheduled 10-day maintenance period.
Although the routine repairs had been long-planned, some officials fear Russia might not restart the flow of gas in an attempt to destabilize Europe. Other repairs have missed deadlines in the past and now, Germany is bracing for a winter of limited gas supplies.
"As expected, Nord Stream 1 is at zero since this morning," Klaus Müller, the head of Germany's energy regulator, told Reuters on Monday.
Dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi arrested
Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been arrested, the third director to be detained in less than a week, the Mehr news agency said Monday.
Panahi, 62, won a Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival in 2015.
"Jafar Panahi has been arrested today (Monday) when he went to the prosecutor's office to follow up on the situation of another film-maker, Mohammad Rasoulof," Mehr reported.
State news agency IRNA had reported late Friday that Rasoulof, also an award winning film-maker, had been arrested along with colleague Mostafa Aleahmad.
What will US abortion sanctuary networks look like?
Volunteers, lawyers and non-profits are creating sanctuary networks for people seeking abortions in the United States.
It was 1969 and Sunny Chapman, then 19, needed an abortion.
It was four years before Roe v Wade would enshrine abortion as a constitutional right in the United States, and Chapman had heard about the Jane Collective, a feminist network that provided underground abortions in Chicago.
“I called Jane,” she said. “You know you’re in good hands, you know you’re going to be OK. But it’s still terrifying.”
China crushes mass protest by bank depositors demanding their life savings back
Updated 0831 GMT (1631 HKT) July 11, 2022
Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis.
Shinzo Abe killing: Hideo Kojima threatens to sue over false posts
A legendary video game developer has threatened to sue over hoax posts portraying him as Shinzo Abe's killer.
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima was linked to the shooting of Japan's former prime minister in pictures on website 4chan.
The images were shared by a French politician and reportedly broadcast by Greek and Iranian news outlets.
Kojima Productions said it "strongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumours that convey false information".
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