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Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, 30 September 2023
Swedish police say man who burned Qur'an in public has been killed
STOCKHOLM — An Iraqi man who publicly burned the Qur'an several times in Sweden has been killed, according to Swedish authorities.Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings of Islam's holy book in Sweden in 2023, stirring national controversy and raising anger in several Muslim nations, with anti-Swedish riots and unrest cropping up in response.Police said they were alerted to a shooting Wednesday night in Södertälje, near Stockholm, and found a man with gunshot wounds. He later died, and a preliminary murder investigation was opened.As reported by Swedish media, prosecutor Rasmus Öhman confirmed this morning that five people have been arrested. Police said they are investigating reports that the killing...
January 30, 2025

Swedish police say man who burned Qur'an in public has been killed

Mark Zuckerberg
Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m).Trump sued the social media giant and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots that year.In July 2024, Meta lifted the final restrictions on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the lead-up to US presidential elections.The settlement was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.Around $22m of the settlement will go to a fund for Trump's presidential library.The balance will be used to cover legal costs and the other plaintiffs who signed on to the lawsuit. Meta will not admit wrongdoing.The company suspended Trump's accounts in 2021 and said that it...
January 30, 2025

Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban

Gen Mark Milley speaks at a lectern
Pentagon strips Gen Mark Milley of US security detail and clearance
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has revoked the security detail and clearance for retired general Mark Milley, a former top US military commander who has been critical of President Donald Trump.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the move as one of his first acts in office, asking officials to investigate Gen Milley's "conduct" and review his military grade.Gen Milley previously served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during Trump's first term, but later criticized his former boss, and was quoted calling him a "fascist".Since returning to office, Trump has revoked security protections for a handful of former officials with whom he has clashed, including former top health official Anthony Fauci.Trump previously accused Gen Milley of treason for phone...
January 30, 2025

Pentagon strips Gen Mark Milley of US security detail and clearance

António Costa has promised full support to Denmark against Donald Trump's threats
EU gives Denmark 'full support' against Trump's threats, says European Council president
BRUSSELS — The European Union gives "full support" to Denmark against Donald Trump's threat to take control of Greenland and stands ready to defend the principles of national sovereignty and territorial integrity as it did when Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, António Costa told Euronews in a wide-ranging interview."It is these fundamental principles that lead us to support Ukraine. It is these fundamental principles that lead us to condemn the violations of the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," the president of the European Council said."We must not stop defending these principles when the territorial integrity of a member state of the European Union is at stake," he added."The territorial integrity of Denmark,...
January 30, 2025

EU gives Denmark 'full support' against Trump's threats, says European Council president

The sinkhole, seen here on Wednesday, has since doubled in size
Rescuers race to pull out truck driver stuck in Japan sinkhole for three days
TOKYO — Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the capital Tokyo, swallowing a truck.Rescue efforts have been hampered by road collapses, and officials have ordered scores of households in the area to evacuate their homes.The 74-year-old driver was last heard responding to rescuers on Tuesday afternoon, according to local media.While emergency crews managed to remove the truck bed from the pool-sized sinkhole, the driver's cabin remains buried under soil and debris.The hole measuring about 10m (33ft) wide and 5m deep first appeared on Tuesday morning at a road junction.It is believed to have been caused by an underground sewage pipe...
January 30, 2025

Rescuers race to pull out truck driver stuck in Japan sinkhole for three days

Former US Senator Bob Menendez
Ex-US Senator Bob Menendez jailed for 11 years for bribery
WASHINGTON — Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges.Last July, a jury found Menendez guilty on 16 counts for accepting gifts, including gold bars, cash and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments.Prosecutors were seeking at least a 15-year sentence, citing in court documents the "rare gravity" of the ex-senator's crimes.Lawyers for Menendez, 71, had called for a shorter sentence paired with community service."Somewhere along the way, you became, I'm sorry to say, a corrupt politician," US Judge Sidney Stein said before handing down Menendez's sentence, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.Before receiving his sentence,...
January 30, 2025

Ex-US Senator Bob Menendez jailed for 11 years for bribery

AfD leaders were jubilant after the vote
Far-right vote on asylum rocks German parliament
BERLIN — Germany's parliament descended into heckles and recriminations on Wednesday after a "firewall" against working with the far-right cracked.A non-binding motion calling for tougher border and asylum rules passed with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). During the stormy session, politicians of various parties hurled criticism and blame at each other.Conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who tabled the plans, defended his actions as "necessary". But Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed the move as an "unforgivable mistake".Merz now plans to propose actual legislation on Friday – again with possible AfD backing – aimed at curbing immigration numbers and family reunion rights.But his proposed measures are highly unlikely to come...
January 30, 2025

Far-right vote on asylum rocks German parliament

Donald Trump
Trump says US will send some migrants to Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay which he said would hold as many as 30,000 people.He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba, which would be separate from its high-security military prison, would house "the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people".Guantanamo Bay has long been used to house immigrants, a practice that has been criticised by some human rights groups.Later on Wednesday, Trump's "border tsar" Tom Homan said the existing facility there would be expanded and run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).He said the migrants could be transported there directly after being intercepted at sea by the US Coast Guard, and that the...
January 30, 2025

Trump says US will send some migrants to Guantanamo Bay

Hindu devotees gather on 29 January, 2025, to take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers
At least 30 dead in India after stampede at world's largest festival
NEW DELHI — At least 30 people have died and another 60 have been injured by a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India.The crush happened between 1 am and 2 am local time on Wednesday (9 pm and 10 pm CET Tuesday), the most auspicious day of the world's largest religious festival.Vaibhav Krishna, a police officer in the city of Prayagraj, confirmed the death toll, adding that the injured had been rushed to nearby hospitals.It took authorities 16 hours to release casualty figures.The tragedy occurred near a barricaded area where thousands of Hindu ascetics were due to process, before bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.Families queued outside a makeshift hospital to find out about missing relatives, while...
January 30, 2025

At least 30 dead in India after stampede at world's largest festival

Ahmed Al-Sharaa named Syria’s transitional president, dissolves military factions
DAMASCUS — Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa has been officially named president for a transitional period, according to a report by the Syrian state news agency (SANA) on Wednesday.Al-Sharaa has also been granted the authority to form a temporary legislative council to oversee governance until a new constitution is adopted, Commander Hassan Abdel Ghani announced. Al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former opposition armed group, rose to power following a swift offensive last month that led to the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.Since Assad’s removal, HTS has effectively become the ruling party, forming an interim government largely composed of officials who previously governed rebel-held Idlib province. Commander Abdel Ghani also declared the...
January 29, 2025

Ahmed Al-Sharaa named Syria’s transitional president, dissolves military factions

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