Wagner chief claims to have handed over body of US Army veteran killed in Bakhmut
From CNN’s Clare Sebastian, Allegra Goodwin, Svitlana Vlasova and Sarah Dean
The head of the Russian paramilitary company Yevgeny Prigozhin told CNN Thursday that he has handed the body of a retired US Army Special Forces soldier who was killed in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut over to Ukraine.
In a response to CNN asking if Wagner had returned the body of Retired Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Maimer as promised by Prigozhin last week, Prigozhin said in an audio recording: “Today at 1500 hours we handed over the body of the American Nicholas Maimer to the Ukrainian side.”
In a video shared with CNN by Prigozhin’s press service, the Wagner boss stands next to two coffins, one draped with an American flag and one with a Turkish flag, and says: “The American died in battle in the 'nest'” — one of the last contested areas in west Bakhmut — and added that the second coffin contained the body of a Turkish citizen who was in Bakhmut with his female partner.
Florida groups warn America of danger from ‘dictator’ DeSantis
Minority and activist groups say Florida is ‘canary in the coalmine’ and warn rights will be trampled on if governor becomes president
Minority groups and others in Florida trampled by Ron DeSantis during his march to a White House run are warning of democracy in peril at a national level.
The rightwing Republican governor’s announcement on Wednesday that he was seeking his party’s 2024 presidential nomination provoked anger and a renewed promise of resistance from transgender rights advocates, immigrant organizations, and civil and voting rights groups in Florida, who have borne the brunt of his extremist policies and legislation.
The Russians out for revenge on Putin
The Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion were formed in Ukraine in the wake of Moscow’s invasion. Now, the militias are taking the fight to the Kremlin – and aiming to topple the president. Kim Sengupta reports
The fighters are exuberant after their cross-border mission, showing off a captured BRT armoured car and machine guns among their battle trophies, while vowing further attacks in a long campaign and predicting Vladimir Putin’s downfall.
They have not invaded Russia on Ukraine’s behalf, but started a war of liberation, declares Denis Kapustin, the head of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) at a camp in northeastern Ukraine. “We went back to our homeland. There were no Ukrainian soldiers with us; they will not appear in the territory of the Russian Federation. This is our internal problem,” he insists.
Why China is unlikely to rescue the world economy again
Beijing's huge stimulus program helped the West to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. This time, however, China's post-COVID recovery is patchy and geopolitical issues mean it is unlikely to stop a global recession.
As the rest of the world teeters on the brink of recession, the last thing Western policymakers want is for China, the biggest driver of global economic growth since the 2008 financial crisis, to have a lopsided recovery. But that is what is unfolding.
After abandoning its thee-year zero-COVID policy in December, the world's second-largest economy isn't exactly firing on all cylinders.
China's imports contracted sharply in April by 7.9%, while exports grew at a slower pace of 8.5% compared to 14.8% in March. Consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than two years in April, while factory gate deflation — prices offered by China's industrial wholesalers — deepened.
Two police, one woman killed in Japan gun and knife attack
A suspect, believed to be a farmer in his 30s, was holed up inside a building after the incident, which also left a fourth person injured, according to police and media reports.
The suspect's mother escaped from the building where he was hiding, Kyodo News reported late Thursday.
Authorities urged people to stay indoors in the semi-rural area around the city of Nakano in Nagano region, where the attack took place.
It was a rare instance of violent crime in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the world's toughest gun laws.
Man arrested after car crashes into Downing Street gates
A man has been arrested after a car crashed into the gates outside Downing Street.
The Metropolitan Police said he had been arrested by armed officers on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving.
There were no reports of any injuries and inquiries are ongoing.
Police set up a cordon in Whitehall, the main road running past Downing Street, as officers with sniffer dogs were seen outside the gates.
The incident happened at 16:20 BST, police said. The road has now reopened.
Witnesses saw one man being led away by police.
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