Saturday, March 25, 2023

Six In The Morning Saturday 25 March 2023

 

At least 23 killed as tornado rips through Mississippi


Record setting winter of extreme weather


The latest tornado outbreak in Mississippi is only the latest in an active winter of extreme weather in the southern US.

There was a preliminary total of 168 tornadoes across the US in January - the second highest number on record. Alabama led all states with 49 tornadoes between January and February.

Yet tornado season in the southern US states hasn't even officially peaked. April, May and June tend to be the most active months for severe weather and tornadoes in the region.

Summary

  1. At least 23 people have died after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi on Friday night
  2. The mayor of Rolling Fork says the town has been devastated by the storm
  3. More people are thought to be trapped under rubble
  4. The twister caused devastation in several rural towns, where trees and power lines were torn down
  5. Hail the size of golf balls and heavy rainfall were reported in several areas of the state
  6. Other southern states are also braced for powerful storms


Guardian article on US woman’s hair salon ruined by racism prompts police investigation

Sheriff’s office reached out to Angel Pittman in response to story but 21-year-old said she won’t speak until she obtains counsel

Police are now re-examining the case of Angel Pittman, whose dreams of opening a mobile hair salon in North Carolina were ruined by racism.

In response to the story, published by the Guardian this week, the Rowan county sheriff’s office has reached out to her family “to see if we could further assist them”.


Macron protests: King Charles visit ‘would have echoed French revolution’

Violent unrest over Emmanuel Macron’s retirement age plans put halt to King and Queen Consort’s first state visit

Joe Middleton

A former national security adviser has said a planned state banquet for King Charles III at the Palace of Versailles could have had “echoes” of the French revolution if it had gone ahead.

Charles and Camilla were due to begin the first state visit of the King‘s reign on Sunday but violent nationwide demonstrations over president Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms has meant the trip has been cancelled.

Lord Ricketts, who was the UK’s ambassador to France during the Queen’s final state visit to the country in 2014, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme said: “I think when the state visit was planned, it was going to be the culmination of a period of real improvement in UK-French relations, marked by the summit between Rishi Sunak and Macron a couple of weeks ago.


India: Rahul Gandhi defiant after removal from parliament


The opposition leader was removed from parliament one day after a jail sentence over defaming Prime Minister Modi. Gandhi says he is being targeted for pushing to probe Modi's key business ally, but refuses to back down.

The leader of India's opposition, Rahul Gandhi, said on Saturday that his sentencing and disqualification from parliament were due to him poking at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's relationship with the embattled Adani conglomerate.

In a press conference at his Congress party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday, Gandhi said he was removed from parliament to be silenced on his allegation regarding the infusion of an estimated $3 billion (€2.78 billion) into shell companies owned by the Adani group.

"I have been disqualified because the prime minister is scared of my next speech, he is scared of the next speech that is going to come on Adani,” Gandhi said. "They don't want that speech to be in parliament, that's the issue.”


Russia pardons over 5,000 convicts after fighting in Ukraine with Wagner Group

More than 5,000 former criminals have been pardoned after finishing their contracts to fight in Russia's Wagner mercenary group against Ukraine, the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Saturday.

Wagner Group, originally staffed by battle-hardened veterans of the Russian armed forces, took on a much more prominent role in the Ukraine war after the Russian army suffered a series of humiliating defeats last year.

Prigozhin emerged from the shadows and recruited thousands of men from prisons, offering them the chance of freedom in return for serving in some of the most dangerous battles in Ukraine.


Court rejects residents' call to halt nuclear reactor in Ehime



A Japanese high court on Friday rejected local residents' call to halt the operation of an idled nuclear reactor in Shikoku, upholding a lower court decision.

The ruling by the Hiroshima High Court will allow the operator, Shikoku Electric Power Co, to continue utilizing the No. 3 reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, which has been suspended for a regular inspection through June 19.

The appeal was filed by seven residents of Hiroshima and Ehime prefectures who live between 60 and 130 kilometers from the reactor.






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