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  • Hamas is a terrorist group that has to be destroyed – Israeli Ambassador to Ghana

    Hamas is a terrorist group that has to be destroyed – Israeli Ambassador to Ghana

    The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shlomit Sufa, has said Hamas is a terrorist group that is causing harm to people. According to her, we need to beat the Harmas to keep people safe. Israel and Hamas are fighting each other. Hamas is a group of terrorists who launched an attack on Israel on October 7.

    They killed about 1400 innocent people who were just living their lives near Gaza. The terrorists killed those people in a really cruel and not humane way.

    “They brought 240 people as hostages to Gaza. Our aim is to destroy the Harams in this war and free our hostages,” she said on the Hot Issue with Kemmini Amanor on TV3 on Sunday, November 12th. Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday with lots of fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip.

    At least 1,300 Israelis have died, and many soldiers and civilians, including women and children, are being kept as hostages in Gaza. Over 1,300 Palestinians have been killed in many air attacks on Gaza by Israel’s military. Israel has also stopped all essential supplies from entering Gaza.

    It is gathering soldiers at the Gaza border and Palestinians are getting ready for a ground attack that could cause more deaths. Britain took over Palestine after the Ottoman Empire lost in World War One.

    The area had mostly Arab people, but also some Jewish and other smaller groups. Conflict between two groups increased when the UK was asked to create a “homeland” for Jewish people in Palestine by the international community.

    This started from a promise made by Arthur Balfour in 1917 to the Jewish people in Britain. The statement was written into the British rule over Palestine and approved by the new League of Nations in 1922.

    Jews thought Palestine was their old home, but Palestinian Arabs also said it was theirs and didn’t like the idea. From the 1920s to the 1940s, a lot of Jews went there, running away from being hurt in Europe, especially from the Nazi Holocaust in World War Two. Fighting between Jews and Arabs and against the British government also got worse.

    In 1947, the United Nations decided to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, and make Jerusalem an international city. The Jewish leaders agreed to the plan, but the Arab side did not and it was never put into action. In 1948, Britain left and Jewish leaders made Israel a country because they couldn’t fix the issue. It was supposed to be a safe place for Jews running away from being hurt, and also a homeland for Jews. Fighting between Jewish and Arab groups had been getting worse for months. The day after Israel became a country, five Arab countries attacked.

  • US Army Major found guilty of smuggling firearms into Ghana

    US Army Major found guilty of smuggling firearms into Ghana

    A Ghanaian based US Army Major officer named Kojo Owusu Dartey has been found guilty by a jury of smuggling guns to Ghana. He hid the guns in blue barrels filled with rice and other household items.

    The 42-year-old officer, who works at Fort Liberty, could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. The sentence will be announced on July 23, 2024.

    US and Ghanaian authorities worked together to find and charge someone for selling weapons across borders. Dartey was accused of selling guns without permission, sending guns without telling the carrier, bringing goods into the US illegally, sending guns out of the country without permission, lying to a US agency, lying in court, and working with others to commit a crime.

    The US Attorney Michael Easley said thank you for working together with officials from Ghana. He mentioned how the Ghana Revenue Authority and the International Cooperation Unit Office of the Attorney-General of Ghana helped with the investigation. He also thanked the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in Accra, and the US Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs for their support.

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    In June and July 2021, the court found out that Dartey got seven guns in Fort Liberty and told a soldier at Fort Campbell to buy three more for him. These guns, like pistols and a type of rifle, along with lots of bullets, attachments to make them quieter, and a powerful shotgun, were hidden in blue barrels with food and other things and sent from one port in the US to another port in Ghana.

    The Ghana Revenue Authority found some guns and told the DEA and ATF about it. Dartey was also a person who saw what happened during the trial in the United States. I would be happy to help, but it looks like there is no text provided for me to rewrite. Can you please provide the text that you would like me to simplify. AgyapongDartey told officials about a marriage fraud scheme between 16 soldiers and people from Ghana at Fort Liberty. Before the trial, Dartey told federal law enforcement a lie about his sexual relationship with a witness for the defence. Then, he also lied on the witness stand and when he swore to tell the truth.

    The Ghana Revenue Authority found the guns, which caused a big reaction from US agencies around the world. At the same time, Dartey was part of another trial as a witness. He gave the police wrong information about personal things and lied in court about a relationship, which caused more charges against him.

    The ATF, Army Criminal Investigation Division, and the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Export Enforcement looked into the case. Assistant US Attorney Gabriel J. led the prosecution. Diaz received help from David Ryan, who is an expert in technical matters from the Department of Justice’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. The head judge in the US agreed with the decision.

  • Ex-NSA employee serving nearly 22 years in jail for disclosing secrete to an undercover FBI agent

    Ex-NSA employee serving nearly 22 years in jail for disclosing secrete to an undercover FBI agent

    A person who used to work for the US National Security Agency has been sentenced to almost 22 years in prison, as requested by the government after he sold secret information to someone he thought was a Russian official but was actually an undercover FBI agent.

    The judge said he could have given Jareh Sebastian Dalke an even longer prison sentence, but chose to be merciful by giving a 262-month sentence. He believed Dalke deliberately took a job at the NSA to sell national security secrets.

    “This was obvious. ” It was bold and I think it was done on purpose. Moore said it was like treason, a big betrayal.

    Dalke’s lawyers requested that the Army veteran, who admitted to spying and made a deal with prosecutors, be given a 14-year prison sentence. They said this because the information he shared didn’t end up with the enemy and didn’t cause any harm. Public defender David Kraut said Dalke should get a lighter punishment because he had a brain injury, tried to kill himself four times, and had a rough childhood with domestic violence and drug abuse. Studies have found that experiencing certain traumas as a child makes it more likely for people to act recklessly in the future, he said.

    Later, Dalke told Moore that he felt sorry and embarrassed. He also said that he had PTSD, bipolar disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

    He said he wasn’t motivated by beliefs or money when he agreed to sell the secrets. Dalke thought he might be talking to the police, but he was still excited about what he was doing.

    But Moore did not believe Dalke’s claims about his health because there were no expert opinions or hospital records provided by the defense.

    Based on papers from the court, Dalke was at the NSA for about a month. He talked to an undercover FBI agent and said he wanted to “cause change” because he was worried about the United States causing harm to the world. He also mentioned that he owed $237,000. He apparently said he chose to work with Russia because his ancestors were from there.

    Dalke first got $16,499 in digital money for parts of the documents he had. Then he wanted to sell the rest of the information for $85,000.

    The agent told him to go to the Denver train station on Sept. 1stOn March 28, 2022, send the papers using a safe online link within a four-hour time frame. Dalke came with his laptop and used the Wi-Fi to send a thank you letter in Russian. In the letter, he said he was looking forward to being friends and working together, as agreed in the plea deal. Shortly after he used his laptop to move all the files, FBI agents took him into custody.

    As per the charges, Dalke tried to share information with Russia about the military strength of another country. It also has details about important US defense abilities, some of which are related to the foreign country.

  • New Jersey and union ask judge to dismiss anti-smoking lawsuit

    New Jersey and union ask judge to dismiss anti-smoking lawsuit

    The main union for casino workers in Atlantic City and the New Jersey attorney general are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit from another union that wants to stop smoking at the city’s nine casinos.

    Local 54, part of the Unite Here union, said in court that if smoking were banned, 1/3 of the 10,000 workers they represent could lose their jobs and not be able to support their families.

    Right now, people can smoke on 25 percent of the casino floor. However, those areas are not connected, and as a result, secondhand smoke can be found in different parts of the casino floor.

    A lawsuit filed by the United Auto Workers wants to change a law in New Jersey that bans smoking indoors in most workplaces, but allows it in casinos. The workers represent dealers at Bally’s, Caesars, and Tropicana casinos.

    Matthew Platkin, the lawyer for the Democratic Governor of New Jersey, represented him. Phil Murphy and the state health department said that the indoor smoking law is fair to everyone and does not take away anyone’s rights. They want the court to throw out the case.

    Nancy Erika Smith, the lawyer who submitted the lawsuit, was very surprised by the request from Local 54.

    “She said unions always fight for their members’ health and safety. ” “Thankfully, Unite’s economic arguments are not important for the current constitutional issue, even though they are not true. ”

    Donna DeCaprio is in charge of Local 54, a group that helps hotel workers, beverage servers, baggage handlers, public area cleaners and other workers at nine casinos.

    “We want to make the work environment better to keep our members healthy and safe,” she said on Monday. “We need to find a balance that keeps workers healthy and keeps their jobs secure. ”

    DeCaprio thinks a complete ban on smoking would be really bad for Atlantic City. He said that most of the money from in-person gamblers comes from the areas where people can smoke.

    The union supports a new law that wants to keep the casino floor’s smoking limit at 25 per cent.

    However, people can smoke in certain parts of the casino where there are slot machines and it’s at least 15 feet away from the tables with live dealers. It would also let casinos have special rooms for people to smoke in, as long as those rooms have good ventilation. And no employee can be made to work in those rooms if they don’t want to.

    Should smoking be banned in Atlantic City casinos and other states where workers are worried about breathing in secondhand smoke. They are running similar campaigns in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Virginia.

    The smoking ban could make many people lose their jobs and that would affect their pay, health, and retirement benefits. The union wrote this in a court document.

    In 2008, when Atlantic City banned smoking in casinos, their profits dropped by 19. 8 percent in the first week. This led to the current rule that only 25 percent of the casino floors can be for smoking.

    Some workers, like table game dealers, think that not allowing smoking at the casino would bring in more customers than it would lose.

    Nicole Vitola, who works as a dealer at Borgata, is leading the effort to ban smoking at the casino. She said that the workers’ union, Local 54, is acting the same as the casino’s bosses.

    “She said that instead of trying to protect the workers’ health and safety, Local 54 is going to court to let casinos continue to expose their members to harmful secondhand smoke. “

  • Five Israeli security forces violated human rights prior to Gaza War – US

    Five Israeli security forces violated human rights prior to Gaza War – US

    The US government has found that five Israeli security groups did very wrong things to people before the war with Hamas in Gaza started. They are thinking about stopping giving weapons and help to one of the groups because of this.

    The other four have fixed these violations, said Vedant Patel, who works for the State Department. He did not say how they fixed the problems.

    The US hasn’t made a decision yet about giving military help to the last group, which is said to be the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion. The battalion was involved in the death of a Palestinian American man in January 2022.

    “We are talking with the Israeli government. ” They have given more information about that unit, and we are still talking about it, Patel said.

    Patel mentioned that all these events happened before October 7 and none of them happened in Gaza.

    A person who knows about the situation said that the Israelis have recently told the US about things they did that they hadn’t mentioned before. The US is looking at these actions to decide if they are enough to stop cutting aid.

    Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and said that three units are from the Israel Defense Forces and two are civilian units. He also said that the abuses happened in the West Bank.

    The Biden administration is being criticized for giving in to pressure from the Israeli government to not take action against a certain group. Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, strongly disagreed with the reports of possible action by the US.

    “Netanyahu said last week that it’s very wrong to punish a unit in the IDF while our soldiers are fighting terrorists. ”

    “I will make sure the government takes strong action against these actions,” he said.

    Patel said on Monday that he doesn’t believe Israel is getting special treatment by being given more time to provide information before facing punishment.

    “I didn’t say anything that goes against the Leahy process,” he said.

    According to the Leahy Law, the US cannot help foreign security units that are involved in human rights abuses. However, they can resume assistance if the Secretary of State confirms that the country’s government is taking action to hold the guilty members of the security forces accountable.

    Blinken wrote a letter to Johnson saying that one of the IDF units has not fixed their problems yet.

    “The Israeli government recognized that this unit did not follow the rules of the IDF. As a result, they were moved from the West Bank to the Golan Heights in 2022,” Blinken wrote, without saying which unit it was.

    In 2022, the Netzah Yehuda battalion moved from the West Bank to the Golan Heights. In January 2022, the leader of the group got in trouble because a 78-year-old person, Omar Assad, who was Palestinian American, died of a heart problem after being arrested and tied up. This information comes from the IDF. No soldiers were charged with a crime for Assad’s death.

    Blinken wrote in the letter that the Israeli government has given new information about the unit’s status and they will work to find a way to fix the problem.

    Patel didn’t say when the US got the new information. A source said that the Israelis told the US about things they did recently that they hadn’t talked about before. The US is now checking if those things are enough to stop aid from being limited.

    Patel also did not explain exactly how they will fix the problem.

    “The rule is that these countries must take strong action to make sure the responsible person is punished. ” “It varies from country to country,” he said during a press meeting.

  • US asks that countries stop providing weapons to Sudan

    US asks that countries stop providing weapons to Sudan

    The United States has asked other countries to stop selling weapons to Sudan so that the fighting stops in Darfur. They said that what happened in Darfur 20 years ago might happen again.

    US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said after a secret meeting of the UN Security Council that El Fasher, the only capital in Darfur not controlled by paramilitary forces, is “on the edge of a big massacre. ”

    She asked every country to pay attention to the serious situation that is developing. Britain’s deputy ambassador, James Kariuki, also said that Sudan does not need more problems on top of the conflict that has been happening for a year.

    Thomas-Greenfield said that there are believable reports that a group called the Rapid Support Forces and their friends have destroyed a lot of villages to the west of El Fasher and are getting ready to attack El Fasher soon.

    “Attacking El Fasher would be very bad, putting the 2 million people who live there and 500,000 Sudanese refugees at risk. ” – Thomas-Greenfield warned.

    Thomas-Greenfield asked the paramilitary forces called the RSF to stop surrounding El Fasher and not to attack the city.

    She asked the RSF and the other government forces to quickly decrease the violence and talk to each other. She also said they should keep people safe and let aid workers help the five million Sudanese who are very hungry and the 10 million others who need help.

    Sudan became very chaotic in the middle of April 2023 when the military, led by General Abdel Fattah Burhan and the RSF paramilitary, led by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, started fighting in the streets of the capital, Khartoum. Violence has moved to more places in the country, especially cities and the Darfur area.

    The head of the UN said that the war has been going on for a year and is being made worse by weapons from other countries, even though the UN has rules in place to stop this from happening. She said that it is wrong and against the law and needs to be stopped.

    She didn’t tell who the foreign supporters were.

    Burhan, who took control of Sudan’s military in 2021, is a good friend of Egypt and its president, former army leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. In February, the foreign minister of Sudan met with the foreign minister of Iran in Tehran. There were rumors about Sudan buying drones for their government forces, but this has not been confirmed.

    Dagalo, the leader of the RSF, is said to have gotten help from Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. The RSF has been getting help from Arab allied groups and new military supply routes in Chad, Libya, and South Sudan, according to UN experts.

    Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that countries in the area need to stop giving weapons to the fighting groups, as the UN rules say. She told reporters that the United States will keep pushing them to do this.

    She said that the United States has talked to the United Arab Emirates, but they have said they didn’t give any weapons to Sudan.

    The UN’s DiCarlo said the war has had a very bad effect – over 14,000 people have died, tens of thousands have been hurt, there is a big risk of not having enough food with 25 million people needing help to stay alive, and over 8. 6 million people have had to leave their homes.

    During the war, the Arab-led RSF have attacked people in Darfur, especially the Masalit ethnic group. They have taken over most of the area, with El Fasher as their latest target.

    Twenty years ago, Darfur became known for mass killings and crimes during a war. Arab militias, called the Janjaweed, targeted people from Central or East Africa. Around 300,000 people died and 2.7 million were forced to leave their homes.

    The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in January that there are reasons to believe that both sides in Darfur may be committing very serious crimes like war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide.

    The RSF were made up of Janjaweed fighters by the old Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled for 30 years until he was overthrown in 2019. The ICC wants him for doing very bad things during a war in Darfur in the 2000s.

  • At least 40 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza

    At least 40 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza

    Israeli bombings killed 40 Palestinians on Monday. More than half of the dead were in the southern Gaza city of Rafah where bombs hit three houses. Hamas leaders went to Cairo for more talks about bringing peace.

    In Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes hit two houses. At least six people were killed and many others were injured, according to health officials.

    At night, Israel bombed a house in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza and three people, including a journalist, were killed. Hamas and medics reported this. Six more people died in other parts of central Gaza because of airstrikes from Israel.

    Israel’s army said that two of its soldiers died in the middle of Gaza on Sunday.

    The military part of the Hamas-related Islamic Jihad group shot rockets into Israel on Monday. This shows that the group can still shoot rockets even after Israel attacked them for almost seven months.

    The bombings in Rafah happened just before a meeting in Egypt to talk about stopping the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Many people from Gaza have gone to Rafah to get away from the bombings.

    When asked about the Rafah strikes, a spokesperson for the Israeli military said that fighter jets hit places where terrorists were in a civilian area in southern Gaza, but did not give more information.

    “The IDF will keep stopping terrorist activities and keeping Israeli people safe by following the rules of international law,” the spokesperson said.

    Families of those who died in Israeli attacks came to a hospital in Rafah to take the bodies home for burial. Women and men were sad as they said goodbye to their dead relatives who were wrapped in white and black coverings.

    The strikes are causing the death of a young baby boy.

    His name is Deif-Allah, which means “guest” in Arabic, and he truly was a guest. Abu Taha said, “Our baby boy finally came to visit us after 10 years. We missed him so much. ” Abu Taha held his baby boy’s body, which was wrapped in a white shroud.

    Ten people died. This includes a mother, her daughter, her granddaughters, her grandson, her son-in-law, their daughters, and other relatives. “They’ve all left, all 10 of them. ”

    On Monday, at a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, said that Egypt is hopeful about a plan for a cease-fire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip. But Egypt is still waiting for a response from Israel and Hamas about the plan.

    “We hope that the proposal has considered the views of both sides and has tried to find a compromise. We are waiting for a final decision,” Shoukry said.

    A Palestinian official involved in negotiations said to Reuters that things are looking better this time, but he didn’t say if a deal is about to happen.

    Israel promised to destroy Hamas, which is in charge of Gaza. The military attack has killed 34,488 people and injured 77,643 in Gaza, according to health officials.

    The war has made almost all of the 2. 3 million people leave their homes and destroyed much of the area.

    The fighting started when Hamas fighters attacked Israel on October 7th. They killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages, according to Israel.

  • Six troops in Yemen supporting a separatist faction killed by a suspected al-Qaida explosive

    Six troops in Yemen supporting a separatist faction killed by a suspected al-Qaida explosive

    A bomb exploded and killed six soldiers who support a group that wants to break away from Yemen on Monday. A military spokesperson said it was the latest attack from al-Qaida militants in the poor Arab country.

    The blast hit a military truck in a hilly area in the Modiyah district of southern Abyan province, as it was passing by. The information was provided by Mohamed al-Naqib, who is a spokesperson for the Southern Armed Forces, which is the military part of the secessionist Southern Transitional Council.

    Eleven more soldiers got hurt, he said.

    The council supported by the UAE has power over many areas in the southern part of Yemen. They don’t get along with the government that most countries accept, but they work together against the rebels in Yemen. The rebels are supported by Iran and they control the north and the capital Sanaa.

    Al-Naqib said that AQAP was responsible for the attack.

    AQAP is considered to be one of the most dangerous parts of the terror group. It’s been active for more than ten years since the founder, Osama bin Laden, was killed.

    It is working in many parts of Yemen and taking advantage of the country’s civil war to make its position stronger in the nation at the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula.

    Yemen’s destructive civil war started in 2014 when the Houthis took over the capital city of Sanaa and parts of northern Yemen. They also made the government leave the country.

  • Hajia Bintu is married, is she?

    Hajia Bintu is married, is she?

    Popular social media influencer Hajia Bintu has announced that she is married.

    According to the socialite, she will be uploading videos of her supposed wedding on her personal YouTube channel today April 29, 2024.

    In a TikTok post, Hajia Bintu wrote “God did it, will be uploading my wedding video on my Youtube channel today exactly 6pm, please subscribed to my YouTube channel”

    Our checks as at 6:50pm shows no videos of the said wedding had not been uploaded

    It won’t be surprising that this is just one of those attention-seeking stunt to feed her subscriber-hungry YouTube channel, as these social media influencers are known for.

  • Man in Winnipeg on trial for allegedly murdering four women

    Man in Winnipeg on trial for allegedly murdering four women

    The trial of the man accused of killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg is set to commence on Monday.

    Jeremy Skibicki is accused of killing four people, including a person known as Buffalo Woman or Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe. No one has been found guilty in court.

    Contois’ body parts were found at the Brady Road Landfill. It’s possible that Myran and Harris may be in the Prairie Green Landfill. People want to search the landfill to find their remains. Buffalo Woman’s body has not been found.

    Skibicki said he didn’t do the things he’s accused of.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • Iraq’s adoption of strict anti-2SLGBTQ+ law sparks international criticism

    Iraq’s adoption of strict anti-2SLGBTQ+ law sparks international criticism

    The passing of a law by the Iraqi parliament without much attention was not well-received by human rights groups and diplomats.This law would give long prison sentences to gay and transgender people.

    Matthew Miller, who speaks for the US State Department, said that the new law in Iraq could harm the people who are in the most danger and limit people’s ability to speak freely. He also said it could scare off businesses from investing in Iraq.

    “Global business groups say that discrimination in Iraq will hurt the country’s economy and business growth,” the statement said.

    The British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the law is “dangerous and worrying. ”

    In Iraq, being gay is not accepted in society, and political leaders have worked against LGBTQ+ rights. But there was no specific law in Iraq that made being gay a crime.

    The law was passed on Saturday as a small change to the country’s current law against prostitution. Being with someone of the same gender can get you 10 to 15 years in prison. Also, if you change your gender or act in a feminine way, you could be put in jail for one to three years.

    It also stops any group that supports “sexual deviancy,” with a punishment of at least seven years in prison and a fine of no less than 10 million dinars (about $7,600).

    The first version of the law against prostitution, which didn’t pass, said that people could be killed for being in a same-sex relationship.

    Iraqi leaders support the law because they think it reflects their society’s values, and they see criticisms of it as interference from the West.

    The speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, said in a statement that the vote was important to protect the values of society and children from immoral behavior and homosexuality.

    Rasha Younes, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, said that the law in Iraq approves of the mistreatment of LGBT people and violates their human rights, like freedom of speech and equality.

    In 2022, a report said that in Iraq, armed groups have been kidnapping, raping, hurting, and killing LGBT people without punishment. It also said that the government in Iraq has not been making sure that the people who do these bad things are punished.

    A bunch of Iraqi officials said they want to kick out the US Ambassador Alina Romanowski because they think she’s getting involved in their country’s business. This comes after she criticized some of their laws.

    Iraqi people interviewed on Sunday shared different opinions.

    Ahmed Mansour from Baghdad said he likes the law because it follows the Quran and Islamic religion by completely banning this topic because of religious beliefs.

    Hudhayfah Ali, who lives in Baghdad, said he is against it because Iraq has many different groups of people who believe in different religions.

    “He said, how can a law go against democracy and personal freedom in a democratic country like Iraq. “

  • At least 45 people killed after dam in western Kenya collapses due to heavy rainfall

    At least 45 people killed after dam in western Kenya collapses due to heavy rainfall

    A dam broke in western Kenya on Monday, killing at least 45 people and leaving many others missing. The rushing water destroyed houses and blocked a main road. This information was shared by the Interior Ministry.

    The Old Kijabe Dam in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley collapsed during a flash flood, causing water to overflow and carry mud, rocks, and trees downstream, according to police official Stephen Kirui.

    Cars got stuck in the rubble on a very busy road in Kenya, and medical staff helped the hurt people while a lot of water covered a big space.

    The Kenya Red Cross said that 109 people were taken to the hospital and 49 people are missing.

    William Lokai said to Citizen TV that he heard a loud noise and then his house got flooded with water. He ran away through the roof with his brother and kids.

    Continuous rain in Kenya has led to flooding, which has already resulted in the deaths of nearly 100 people and the delay of school openings. The country has been getting a lot of rain since mid-March, and the weather department says there will be even more.

    Kenya’s Interior Minister, Kithure Kindiki, said that all public and private dams and water reservoirs must be checked within 24 hours starting on Monday afternoon to prevent future problems. The ministry will decide who needs to leave their homes and where they will go after checking everything.

    The Kenya National Highways Authority said there will be a lot of traffic and debris on the roads near Naivasha and Narok, to the west of Nairobi.

    Flooding is happening in East Africa because of a lot of rain. In Tanzania, 155 people have died and in Burundi, more than 200,000 people are affected.

    A boat overturned in Kenya’s northern Garissa county on Sunday night. The Kenyan Red Cross saved 23 people, but many others are still missing.

    Heavy rain caused Kenya’s biggest airport to flood on Saturday. Some flights had to go to a different airport because of this. Videos of the flooded runway, terminals, and cargo area were posted on the internet.

    More than 200,000 people in Kenya have been affected by the floods. Houses in areas that often flood are underwater, and people are staying in schools for safety.

    President William Ruto told the National Youth Service to give land for a temporary camp for people who are affected.

  • Israeli leaders worried about arrest warrants issued by criminal courts

    Israeli leaders worried about arrest warrants issued by criminal courts

    Israeli leaders are worried that the International Criminal Court might order them to be arrested because many people around the world are upset about the fighting in Gaza. Air attacks happened last night and killed 22 people in a city in the south, according to the hospital’s records.

    Nine women and five children were killed in Rafah. One of the children was just 5 days old, according to the records and a reporter from the Associated Press. Israel wants to attack the city but the United States and others say it would be a disaster for the million Palestinians living there.

    Recently, Israeli officials have talked about an investigation by the ICC that started three years ago. The investigation is looking into whether there were war crimes during the 2014 Israel-Hamas war. The probe is also investigating Israel building settlements in land that belongs to Palestinians, and that Palestinians want for their own country in the future.

    The court did not make a comment on Monday and has not said if warrants in the case will happen soon.

    Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that they told Israeli missions about rumors that warrants might be issued against important political and military leaders. Israel’s Foreign Minister, Katz, stated that if any warrants were issued, it would make Hamas and other militant groups feel encouraged and hopeful.

    Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel will not allow the ICC to weaken its right to defend itself.

    “The danger of capturing the soldiers and leaders of the only democratic country in the Middle East and the only Jewish nation in the world is shocking. ” He wrote on platform X that we won’t give in to it.

    Israel was not sure what caused their worries. Israel recently said they will allow more help to go into Gaza. This may be to stop any possible action from the ICC.

    ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said during a visit to the region in December that the investigation is progressing quickly and carefully, and they are making sure to base their actions on solid evidence rather than emotions.

    Israel and the United States don’t agree with the ICC’s authority, but Israeli officials could still be arrested in other countries if warrants are issued. They would also show disapproval of what Israel is doing, especially when many college campuses in the US are having protests in support of Palestinians.

    The International Court of Justice is looking into whether Israel has done very bad things in the current war in Gaza. It might take a long time for them to make a decision. Israel said they didn’t do anything wrong and they think the international courts are unfair.

    Israel says that Hamas started the war by attacking them on October 7, and they are accusing Hamas of committing genocide. Terrorists attacked army bases and farms in southern Israel, and killed about 1,200 people, most of them were not soldiers, and they also took about 250 people as hostages.

    Israel started a big attack on land, air, and sea, and it has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, many of them are women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Ministry doesn’t separate between people who are fighting and people who are not.

    Israel says that many innocent people have died because Hamas fighters are hiding in places where a lot of people live. The military says it has stopped a lot of bad guys, but they haven’t shown any proof.

    The fighting made 80% of the 2. 3 million people in Gaza leave their homes. Many towns and cities were destroyed, and northern Gaza is almost out of food.

    Israel promised to send its troops into Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are hiding from the fighting in other places. Israel says that Rafah is the final place where Hamas has control, and that there are many fighters there.

    The President of the United States, Joe Biden, and his team have been helping Israel with military and political support for their attack. They have asked Israel to not invade Rafah because it could cause a big humanitarian problem. President Biden talked about these worries in a phone call with the leader of Israel, Netanyahu, on Sunday.

    Nine women and five children, one of them only 5 days old, were killed in Rafah, according to the records and a reporter from the Associated Press. Israel wants to attack the city, but its best friend, the United States, and other countries have said no many times. They think attacking the city would be really bad for the more than a million Palestinians who live there.

    Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State, is going to visit Israel on his trip to the region. He started his trip in Saudi Arabia on Monday. He said Israel should do more to let aid into Gaza. But the best way to help the people there is for both sides to agree to stop fighting.

    The US, Egypt, and Qatar are trying to make Israel and Hamas agree to a deal they made. This deal would release some hostages and stop the fighting for a while. It is thought that Hamas still has about 100 hostages and the bodies of 30 other people. Some were released last year in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

    Hamas said it won’t let the rest of the hostages go unless there’s a deal to stop the war. Netanyahu said no to the demand. He wants Israel to keep attacking until Hamas is gone and all the hostages come back.

    At a meeting in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh, Blinken asked Hamas to agree to a very generous offer from Israel. “He said that the people of Gaza can only have peace if Hamas agrees to stop fighting. “

  • Canada donates millions to support Ukraine by producing drones and munitions

    Canada donates millions to support Ukraine by producing drones and munitions

    The Canadian government is giving $3 million to make drones in Ukraine to help Kyiv fight against Russia’s invasion.

    According to report, the Defence Minister Bill Blair is working with the United Kingdom to provide financial help.

    In a meeting with defense leaders, Blair said the Czech Republic will get $13 million to help Ukraine with ammunition.

    The announcements give out money that was promised last year when the Liberal government said they would give $500 million in military support.

    Blair also gave information on donations that were mentioned before.

    He said the first batch of tanks and 10 small military boats will be sent to Ukraine this summer.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • 20 soldiers killed by amunitions explosion at Cambodian army facility

    20 soldiers killed by amunitions explosion at Cambodian army facility

    The area around a military base in southwestern Cambodia was very safe on Sunday. This was because a big explosion had happened there the day before, which killed 20 soldiers, hurt others, and caused damage to nearby homes.

    Guards tried to keep reporters away from the place in Kompong Speu province.

    Hun Manet wrote on Facebook on Saturday that he was very surprised when he heard about the explosion in Chbar Mon district. It wasn’t clear right away what caused it.

    A person who lives in a nearby village told The Associated Press on Sunday that they shook with fear when they heard the blast because they had never heard such a loud explosion before.

    Chim Sothea said, “I was repairing my house with some builders when the explosion happened. ” All of a sudden, there was a big boom and it made my house shake. It also broke some tiles on my roof. They tripped but thankfully they didn’t fall into the house.

    Pictures from the area showed many buildings in bad shape, some with their roofs missing. Also, soldiers were getting help at a hospital. Other pictures showed houses nearby with holes in their roofs.

    Four buildings were destroyed, three were for storing things and one was a place to work. Some military vehicles were also damaged. ColYoueng Sokhon, a soldier at the site, told the army chief Gen. in a short report. Mao Sophan shared something on the internet. He also said that 25 houses of the villagers were damaged. Pictures of the base showed the broken buildings in a big empty space, with no houses nearby.

    Another person from the village, who didn’t want to share their name, said they heard a loud noise and saw smoke coming from the army base, so they knew there had been an explosion at the weapons store. Then he quickly ran home from the little store where he sells food and drinks to be safe inside with his wife and two kids.

    He said the army quickly blocked the road to the base and the people in the village were scared and looking for a safe place. So, he took his family to his parent’s house, which was farther from the base. When he got back home, he saw that his house was okay, but the other people in the village had broken windows, doors, and roofs.

    Cambodia, along with many other countries in the area, has been having really hot weather. The province where the explosion happened had a temperature of 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday. High temperatures can’t make ammunition explode, but they can make explosives less stable over time. This means there is a risk that a small explosion could start a fire and make other explosives explode too.

    Kiripost, an online news service in English, reported that a villager named Pheng Kimneang said there was a big explosion around 2:30 p. m, and then more smaller explosions for about an hour.

    In March 2005, there was a big explosion at a place where weapons were stored in the town of Battambang. The explosion went on for hours, and at least six people died. It scared the people who lived nearby.

    A report in 2014 from the group Small Arms Survey in Switzerland said that storing and handling weapons and explosives badly is a big problem all over the world. It also said that between 2013 and 2019, there were over 500 accidents where weapons and explosives exploded unexpectedly.

    “One accident at a weapons site can hurt or kill a lot of people and force many to leave their homes,” it said. “The infrastructure can be damaged over a large area, covering many square kilometers. ” Moreover, the economic impact can be very big, causing millions of dollars in losses and affecting people’s lives and the environment for a long time.

    Hun Manet expressed sorrow for the soldiers’ families and said the government will pay for their funerals and give money to the families of those who were hurt or killed.


    He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. Before becoming prime minister last year, he was in charge of the army. He took over as prime minister from his father, Hun Sen, who was the leader of Cambodia for 38 years.

    WUS Ambassador is a person who represents the United States government in another country. Patrick Murphy, on the social media site X, said he was sorry for the families of the soldiers hurt in the explosion.

  • 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in explosion at army base’s armaments stockpile given a funeral

    20 Cambodian soldiers killed in explosion at army base’s armaments stockpile given a funeral

    A funeral took place on Sunday for 20 soldiers who passed away at an army base in southwestern Cambodia. The soldiers died in a big explosion of stored weapons that also injured some people and caused damage to nearby houses.

    No one has said why there was an explosion at the base in Kompong Speu province on Saturday afternoon. It doesn’t seem like it was on purpose.

    Defense Minister Tea Seiha, who was in place of Prime Minister Hun Manet, led the Buddhist funeral ceremony. The event was attended by the victims’ family members and other soldiers. Cambodian flags were on top of the wooden boxes.

    A person who lives nearby said to The Associated Press on Sunday that he shook with fear when he heard the big blast because he had never heard such a loud explosion before.

    Chim Sothea said, “I was repairing my house with some builders when the explosion happened. ” “All of a sudden, there was a big boom that made my house shake and broke some tiles on my roof. ” “They fell, but they didn’t fall into the house. ”

    Pictures showed many buildings that were severely damaged at the base. One building had its roof blown off, and soldiers were being treated in a hospital. Other pictures showed houses nearby that had holes in their roofs.

    Four buildings at the military base were destroyed and some vehicles were damaged. Army officer Col Youeng Sokhon reported this to army chief Gen Mao Sophan.

    Another person from the village, who didn’t want to share their name, said the soldiers blocked the road to the base and the villagers were scared and looking for a safe place. He took his family to his parents’ house, which is further away from the base. When he came back home after a few hours, he saw that his house was okay, but other people in the village had broken windows, doors, and roofs.

    Cambodia, along with other nearby countries, has been experiencing very hot weather for a long time. The province where the explosion happened had a high temperature of 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday. High temperatures can’t make ammunition explode, but they can make explosives less stable over time. This could lead to a small explosion causing a fire and more explosions.

    In March 2005, there was a big explosion at a weapons storage in a small town called Battambang. Many shells and bullets were fired, and at least six people died. People in the town were very scared.

    A report in 2014 by a group called Small Arms Survey said it is dangerous when weapons and explosives are not stored or handled properly. They said this is a problem all around the world. The report also said that between 1979 and 2013, there were over 500 times when weapons and explosives accidentally exploded at storage sites.

  • German parliament decides to celebrate military service with an annual Veterans’ Day

    German parliament decides to celebrate military service with an annual Veterans’ Day

    The German government has decided to make a special day every year to honor people who have been in the military. Many people in the country have not given much attention to them, so this is a way to recognize their service.

    The plan was created by three groups in the government and the main opposing group, and almost all groups in the lower house of parliament approved it.

    It says we should have a special day to honor veterans on June 15. It also means that injured German soldiers should get better medical care after they leave the military.

    Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told lawmakers that the motion is a strong and important signal of recognition and appreciation, and it is overdue.

    After World War II, Germany did not like the idea of having a strong military or being involved in wars. It took a long time for the country to become more open to the idea of having a military after it reunited in 1990. The former leader Helmut Kohl did something that was not allowed by sending German medics to help the UN in Cambodia.

    The German military started sending more soldiers to different countries, like Kosovo, Afghanistan and Mali, and this became a regular part of their activities.

    In 2008, Germany made a new medal for bravery in the military. This allowed soldiers to earn the honor for the first time since World War II. A monument was made at the Defense Ministry in Berlin to remember soldiers who died while serving in the Bundeswehr. It was opened in 2009.

    “But right now, not many people use the word ‘veteran’ in our society, and this needs to change,” said Johannes Arlt, a politician from Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats who was in the air force. “We want more people to see and appreciate our soldiers and veterans, so we want to have a veterans’ day in Germany. ”

    The Bundeswehr started in 1955 as the military for West Germany. After 1990, it became the military for all of Germany. Over the years, more than 10 million people have worked in it.

    Germany decided to update its army and spend more money on the military after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

  • Foreign minister of China arrives in Cambodia

    Foreign minister of China arrives in Cambodia

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Cambodia on Sunday for a three-day visit to strengthen the relationship between China and Cambodia, which are very close allies in Southeast Asia. He went to three countries for a visit – Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and now he’s in the last one.

    He is visiting Cambodia and there are worries about two big Chinese projects there – a canal and a naval base. Some people think these projects could help China’s military plans in Southeast Asia.

    China is Cambodia’s best friend and supporter, and it has a big impact on its economy. Many Chinese-funded projects, like airports and roads, as well as hotels, casinos and buildings, show the strong involvement of China in different areas. Cambodia owes more than 40% of its $10 billion debt to China.

    Wang will have two meetings, one with Prime Minister Hun Manet and another with his father, Hun Sen. Hun Sen used to be the leader of Cambodia for 38 years before stepping down last year and his son took over. Hun Sen is now the president of the Senate. Wang got to meet with King Norodom Sihamoni.

    Hun Manet is following his father’s pro-China foreign policy without changing it. In August 2023, Wang went to Cambodia not long after Hun Sen said he would stop being the prime minister and let his oldest son take over.

    Beijing helps Cambodia to not care about what the Western countries are worried about, like their treatment of people and their political rights. In return, Cambodia usually agrees with Beijing about things like who owns the land in the South China Sea.

    Cambodia wants to build a 180-kilometre long canal with the help of China. It will cost US$1. 7 billion and connect Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand.

    Neighboring Vietnam is worried about the plan. Some experts think that the 100-meter wide and 5. 4 meter deep canal could help China send military forces closer to Vietnam’s southern coast. Vietnam and China don’t get along because China says some of Vietnam’s land and ocean is theirs. In 1979, China also came into Vietnam for a short time.

    The United States has also given its opinion on the project and asked the government of Cambodia to be open and honest about it. Wesley Holzer, a person who works for the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, said that people in Cambodia and nearby countries would be helped by knowing about any big projects that could affect water, farming, and safety in the area.

    Hun Manet, speaking on Thursday to government officials and villagers in southern Takeo province, ignored the worries of Vietnam and promised to continue with the project. He believes the project will be very helpful for Cambodia.

    China is building a navy base in Thailand that worries other countries, like the United States, because they think it will help China’s navy become stronger.

    The Ream base became known in 2019 when The Wall Street Journal said a first version of a deal would let China use the base for 30 years. They could have military people there, keep weapons, and park warships.

    Hun Sen said there was no agreement and that Cambodia’s constitution doesn’t allow foreign military bases. He also said that ships from any country are welcome to visit.

    The base is located by the Gulf of Thailand, next to the South China Sea, where China has been very forceful about claiming almost all of the important waterway. The US doesn’t agree with China’s claim of owning a huge area of water, and often sends its military there to show that it’s open for everyone to use.

    On December 7th, two Chinese navy ships were the first to park at a new pier at the base, while China’s top defense official visited Cambodia.

  • Japan’s ruling party loses three seats in special election

    Japan’s ruling party loses three seats in special election

    Based on initial results and media surveys, it seems that the ruling party of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffered defeat in all three seats during the parliamentary by-elections on Sunday.This is because of a big corruption scandal.

    The Liberal Democratic Party lost because voters were mad about its connection to a corruption scandal that has been going on for years and has hurt Kishida’s leadership. It’s not very likely that his party will lose power because the other parties are not united.

    “The results were very bad,” said LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi to reporters in Tokyo. “We are sorry for the serious consequences and will work hard to earn back the public’s trust as we keep trying to improve and solve the problems. ”
    According to surveys done by NHK television, Kyodo News and other media, the liberal Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was expected to win in Shimane, Nagasaki, and Tokyo.

    CPDJ leader Kenta Izumi said the special elections were about changing the way politics work. “He said many people in the country want to share the same opinions. If the governing party doesn’t make changes quickly, he will ask for national elections to happen sooner. ”

    The governing party was really shocked by the loss in Shimane prefecture. It could weaken Kishida’s power, because other party members might try to remove him and choose someone else for the next general election. This move would ruin Kishida’s plans to run for the party president again in September for another three years. He can choose when to have the election before October 2025.

    Kishida’s support has dropped a lot since the corruption scandal last year. He fired some government officials and is trying to make changes, but not many people support his government anymore.

    The problem is about money that was collected for the party events, but was not reported to the government. In January, 10 people, including lawmakers and their assistants, were accused of a crime.

    Over 80 lawmakers from the ruling party, many of them from a group once led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have admitted to not reporting funds, which may have broken the law. The money made from long-term practice is said to have gone into secret funds that were not being watched.

    In the Sunday by-elections, the LDP didn’t have their own candidates in the Tokyo and Nagasaki districts because it seemed like not many people supported the party. It worked to keep the seat in the Shimane district after the former LDP House Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda passed away. He was connected to some suspected illegal activities, like hidden money.

    Akiko Kamei, a candidate in Shimane, won against Norimasa Nishikori from LDP. She said her win sends a big message to Kishida in Japan.

    She said, “I think the people were mad about LDP’s secret money problem and the fact that things in our area aren’t getting better. That’s why they supported me. ”

    The final results will be known by Monday morning.

  • Prince Harry and Meghan to visit Nigeria in May over Invictus Games

    Prince Harry and Meghan to visit Nigeria in May over Invictus Games

    Prince Harry and Meghan are set to visit Nigeria in May to speak about the Invictus Games.The games help injured and ill soldiers and veterans recover. A Nigerian official announced this on Sunday.

    A spokesman for the Nigerian defense didn’t say when Prince Harry will come to Africa, a place he loves. Harry is going to travel after a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the games.

    Last year, Nigeria took part in the games. Nigeria’s military has been fighting a dangerous war against Islamic extremists in the country’s northeast since 2009.

    The Invictus Games were created by Harry in 2014, inspired by the Warrior Games in the United States. These games give injured veterans the opportunity to compete in sports like the Paralympics.

    Harry flew Apache helicopters in Afghanistan and has supported veterans who need help.

    He will do cultural things during his trip to Nigeria and also work on making Nigeria’s position in the games stronger. He will also talk about the chance of Nigeria hosting the event in the future. Gusau said this.

    In his new Netflix show about the games, Harry said he didn’t get the help he needed when he came back from fighting in Afghanistan.

    He said that coming back from Afghanistan in 2012 brought back feelings he had been hiding since his mother, Princess Diana, died when he was 12. These feelings are called post-traumatic stress disorder.

    The prince, who has had many problems with his family, said they never talked about how Diana’s death affected him.

  • 10 individuals got hurt by gunfire after brawl broke out – Florida sheriff

    10 individuals got hurt by gunfire after brawl broke out – Florida sheriff

    A young person with a gun hurt 10 people after he started shooting at a party in Florida at a busy, late-night event at Cabana Live in Sanford. The shooting was sparked by an earlier fight at the party according to an eye witness.

    A security guards quickly stopped and took away the gun from the shooter and another guard put handcuffs on him until the police came.

    The sheriff’s office said that none of the victims were seriously hurt. Ten people went to the hospital because they were shot. Most of the shots were below their waists.

    The shooting on Sunday showed that there is a big problem with guns in America. It is getting harder for police to stop violence because kids can easily get guns.

    A 16-year-old was taken to a jail for young people in Florida after being accused of a crime on Sunday. He was accused of murder, shooting a gun in a public place, using a gun while committing a crime, and having a gun illegally as a minor.

    People who saw it said the shooting began after a fight with fists started. Someone who wasn’t part of the fight pulled out a gun and started shooting at a group of people, according to the arrest report.

    Two police officers who were helping security at the place came and took the teenager into custody. The police found a 9mm gun and used shell casings that matched the bullets.

    A message on Cabana Live’s Facebook page said they were having a private event when the shootings happened and all their workers are okay. A woman who picked up the phone on Sunday afternoon said that there was nothing more to add.

    “We’re working with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and praying for everyone involved,” the post on social media said.

  • Australia’s prime minister refers to domestic abuse as “national crisis” after protest

    Australia’s prime minister refers to domestic abuse as “national crisis” after protest

    Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has said that domestic violence is a big problem in Australia. Many people protested against violence towards women.

    Thousands of people in Australia protested on Sunday to show that 27 women have died from gender-based violence this year. The country has a population of 27 million.

    Albanese said on Monday that the rallies were a way to ask the Australian government to do more to stop violence against women.

    “We definitely need to do more. ” Albanese said on Nine Network TV that it’s not enough to just understand how someone else feels.

    “The truth that. ” On average, a woman is killed by her partner every four days. This is a big problem for our country.

    17 events happened in Australia on the weekend. About 15,000 people gathered in Melbourne for one of the rallies.

    Albanese plans to hold a meeting with leaders from Australian states and territories on Wednesday to talk about working together on a response.

    Albanese, along with Women’s Minister Katy Gallagher and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth, were not welcomed at a rally they attended in Canberra on Sunday.

    The people who are protesting shouted at the leaders of the government, “We want you to do something” and “Do your work. ”

    Albanese said we should pay more attention to the people who commit violence and how to stop violence from happening. Albanese said we have to change the way people think and the laws.

  • Four people in Oklahoma killed by tornadoes

    Four people in Oklahoma killed by tornadoes

    Tornadoes in Oklahoma killed four people, including a baby, and left many people without power. The severe weather destroyed buildings in a rural town and injured over 100 people across the state.

    Over 20,000 people did not have electricity for many hours after tornadoes started on Saturday night. A tornado in Sulphur, a town with 5,000 people, caused a lot of damage by smashing downtown buildings, throwing cars and buses, and taking off the roofs of houses in a 15-block area.

    “You can’t imagine how much damage there is,” said Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt when he visited the town that was hit hard. “It looks like all the shops in the downtown area have been ruined. ”

    Stitt said around 30 people were hurt in Sulphur, including some who were in a bar when the tornado hit. Hospitals in Oklahoma said about 100 people got hurt. Some were hit by falling things or hurt when they fell. A baby was one of the people who died, according to Mike Dockrey, who works for Hughes County Emergency Management. He told the news on Oklahoma TV station KOCO.

    White House people said that President Joe Biden talked to Gov. Stitt on Sunday and promised the government’s full help.

    The severe weather in Oklahoma is one of many tornadoes that have caused a lot of damage in the middle of the country since Friday. On Sunday, officials in Iowa said a man who got hurt during a tornado in Minden on Friday died, according to local news.

    Officials said that the tornado in Sulphur started in a city park and then went through the downtown area, causing damage to cars and buildings. The strong wind blew the windows and doors out of buildings, but the buildings were still standing.

    “How can we fix it. This is total destruction,” said Kelly Trussell, who has lived in Sulphur her whole life, as she looked at the damage. “It’s overwhelming, you want to help but don’t know where to begin. ”

    Carolyn Goodman went to Sulphur from the nearby town of Ada to look for her ex-sister-in-law. Goodman said her ex-sister-in-law was at a bar in the area just before the tornado came. Stitt said they found a person dead inside a bar, but the police don’t know who it is yet.

    Goodman said the bar was ruined. “I don’t think they will find her alive. ” “But I really wish that she is still alive. ”

    In the north, a tornado near Holdenville town caused the death of two people and damaged or destroyed over a dozen homes, as reported by the Hughes County Emergency Medical Service. Someone else died on Interstate 35 near the southern Oklahoma city of Marietta, according to state officials.


    The big storms in Oklahoma brought a lot of rain and caused dangerous floods. People had to be rescued from the water. Flooding shut down the Chickasaw National Recreation Area near Sulphur and a bridge was destroyed by the storms.

    Stitt made a rule on Sunday saying that there is a big problem in 12 counties because of bad weather.

    At the Sulphur High School gym, families hid from the storm. Jackalyn Wright and her family heard a noise like a helicopter when the tornado hit the area.

    Chad Smith, who is 43 years old, said that people hurried into the gym when the wind started to get stronger. The rain started to come down harder and the doors closed with a loud noise. Smith said, “I want a beer and a chair for the lawn. Then, I will sit outside and watch. ” Instead, he hid to protect himself.

    People in other states were also clearing up the damage caused by the storm. A big spinning storm in a town near Omaha, Nebraska, destroyed houses and shops on Saturday. It went through farmland and neighborhoods for a long way and then hit a town in Iowa.

    The tornado started damaging things on Friday afternoon near Lincoln, Nebraska. A big building in Lancaster County got hit and fell down while 70 people were inside. Some people were stuck, but everyone was saved, and the three people who got hurt were not in danger of dying, according to officials.

    One or maybe two tornadoes slowly moved towards Omaha for about an hour, causing damage similar to that of a strong tornado with winds of 135 to 165 m.p.h, according to Chris Franks, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Omaha.

    Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and Iowa Governor [name]. Kim Reynolds went around on Saturday to see the damage and help the affected communities. Officials are still figuring out how much damage there is, but the states will ask the government for help.

  • Premature baby girl saved from the womb of her deceased mother dies in Gaza

    Premature baby girl saved from the womb of her deceased mother dies in Gaza

    A baby from Palestine was born too early because her mother died in a missile attack from Israel. Sadly, the baby has also passed away, according to her uncle.

    Sabreen Jouda passed away in a Gaza hospital on Thursday because she got very sick and the doctors couldn’t help her, according to her uncle, Rami al-Sheikh.

    Sabreen’s house in the southern Gaza city of Rafah was hit by a bomb from Israel just before midnight on Saturday. Her mom and dad and little sister, who is 4 years old, died.

    The people who arrived at the scene first took the bodies to a nearby hospital. Doctors at the hospital did an emergency cesarean section on Sabreen al-Sakani, who was 30 weeks pregnant. The baby was in a special bed at another hospital until she passed away five days later.

    Al-Sheikh told the Associated Press that Sabreen was laid to rest beside her father on Thursday.

    “We really loved this baby a lot,” he said, talking close to Sabreen’s burial place in a cemetery in Rafah.

    “Even though her family died, the baby survived. God took something away, but also gave something in return,” he said. “But now he has all of them. ” My brother’s whole family is gone. It’s no longer on the list of official records. “We can’t find any sign of him. ”

    Over 34,000 Palestinians have died in the Israel-Hamas war. Local health officials say that about two-thirds of the dead are women and children. The health officials don’t separate between soldiers and ordinary people when they count.

    Israel started a war with Hamas and used a strong air and ground attack in Gaza because of an attack by the militants in southern Israel on Oct 7th. The fighters killed around 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others.

    Over half of the 2. 3 million people in Gaza have gone to Rafah for safety. Israel has been going to Rafah a lot and getting ready for a possible attack in the city.

  • Man found guilty in his father’s drowning case over involuntary homicide

    Man found guilty in his father’s drowning case over involuntary homicide

    A man from Massachusetts was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for pushing his father‘s head under water multiple times while claiming he was performing a baptism and exorcising a demon.

    A group of people decided that Jack Callahan, who is 22 years old, did something wrong after a trial that lasted eight days. Callahan will find out his punishment on May 3rd.

    In June 2021, the police in Duxbury received a call that a 19-year-old named Callahan was acting strangely and that his 57-year-old father, Scott Callahan, was missing near a pond in a park.

    The police found Jack Callahan at a house feeling very upset and breathing very fast. The fire department found Scott Callahan in the pond at the same time. He was declared dead at the hospital later.

    The younger man was trying to help his father, who had left a place where he was being treated for drinking too much alcohol. They used a ride-share service to get from Boston to the pond. The two started to fight, according to the prosecutors.

    Scott Callahan died by drowning, and prosecutors say someone caused his death.

    Jack Callahan said he didn’t do it when he was accused of murder. In 2021, he told the police that he thought his father was controlled by a demon and needed a baptism and exorcism, according to investigators. The Patriot Ledger reported that the information was not part of Callahan’s trial.

    Callahan’s lawyer said the investigation was not done well. He said the state did not have enough proof to prove Callahan guilty.

  • Canada imposes sanctions on Iran’s Minister of Defence

    Canada imposes sanctions on Iran’s Minister of Defence

    Canada is taking action against Iran’s defense minister by putting new restrictions on them, because Iran attacked Israel and now Canada is responding.

    The penalties impact two organizations and two military leaders. They happen a week after Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Canada would focus on more Iranians.

    Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani and top military leaders have been put on sanctions along with the US and the UK.

    The punishments come after Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel on April 13, which was its first direct attack on the country.

    Israel is believed to be responsible for an airstrike on Iran’s embassy in Syria.

    The sanctions prevent certain people and groups from coming to Canada or doing business with Canadians.

    “Iran is causing a lot of worry with its actions, and it could make the situation in the region even more dangerous,” Joly said in a statement.

    Joly’s department says that Iran’s military group called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind the attack on Israel. The Conservatives have asked Ottawa many times to label the group as a terrorist organization.

    A part of the IRGC is already on the list, and Liberals are thinking about putting the whole organization on the list.

    However, they have always said that if they do this, it will impact a lot of people who have no option but to join the organization, even in non-fighting jobs.

  • US decides not to punish Israeli military forces for alleged abuses of human rights in West Bank

    US decides not to punish Israeli military forces for alleged abuses of human rights in West Bank

    The Biden government found that three groups of soldiers in Israel did really bad things to Palestinian people in the West Bank. But, they will still get money from the US for their military, because Israel is trying to fix the problem.

    The evaluation from the government hasn’t been shared with the public yet. It could change if Israel doesn’t do what it’s asked to do. The details were explained in a letter from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to House Speaker Mike Johnson. The media got hold of the letter, but it didn’t have a date on it.

    The US will make sure Israel gets all the aid Congress promised without any delays, Blinken wrote.

    The claims about each group happened before the war on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel. None of the situations involve attacks on Hamas in Gaza, Iran, or its supporters.

    However, some people who criticize the Biden administration may not be happy with the decision because they think Israel is not being punished enough for their military actions in Gaza. These actions have caused a lot of suffering for the civilian population.

    Issa Amro, a well-known person who helps people in Palestine and lives in the West Bank city of Hebron, said he felt let down by the US decision, but he wasn’t surprised.

    He said that the US is not taking clear steps to reduce violence and make peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

    The government says it has been fair in looking at human rights violations and did not show favoritism to Israel. They also say that the US sometimes helps other countries to get rid of people who are doing bad things in their military.

    “Every situation is unique, and we need to gather the information and follow it closely, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Blinken said to reporters on Monday when asked about the US review.

    The Leahy Law is a rule that the US military has to follow. It says they can’t give weapons or training to foreign military units that hurt peoples’ rights.

    The law has a special rule for countries that have punished the people in their military unit who did something wrong.

    Someone who knows about the process and wants to keep their identity a secret said that the US and Israel have a special agreement. It says that the US has to talk to Israel before making any decisions about the Foreign Assistance Act.

    The person said they are still talking to Israel about this issue, and if a military unit doesn’t do the right things, the US will stop giving them aid.

    In total, five groups — three military and two civilian — were being checked for breaking human rights rules. According to Blinken’s letter, four have completed the necessary steps to fix the problem.

    Israel also admitted that another group of their military had behaved in a way that goes against their rules. In 2022, the unit moved from the West Bank to the Golan Heights, Blinken said.

    The Netzah Yehuda battalion is made for very religious Jewish men.

    “The Israeli government has shared new information about the unit’s status, and we will work to find a way to fix any problems with the unit,” Blinken said.

    “But this won’t change our help for Israel to protect itself from groups like Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and other dangers,” he told Johnson, who strongly supports Israel and helped pass a foreign aid bill in Congress this week.

    Blinken said that no other groups broke the Leahy Law.

    The secretary talked with important Israeli leaders this week after hearing about plans to punish Israeli military units from reports by Axios and ProPublica.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will oppose the Biden administration’s decision, calling it unethical.

  • Trump has “no standing declassification order” involving materials -Former official

    Trump has “no standing declassification order” involving materials -Former official

    In the court case about Donald Trump’s private papers, lawyers said that a past official from his administration told investigators that Trump, as president, was not allowed to make the documents he had public.

    The papers are from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s response to a request from Trump’s lawyers. They have information from when the prosecutors talked to a person who used to work for the government. The official didn’t want to be recorded during the interview because it was too risky in the Trump administration, as per FBI notes.

    The FBI notes, which are called a 302, have some parts blacked out so we can’t see the name of the person they used to work for. Their name is Person 16, and some pages are completely covered in black.

    The former government worker who had access to see Trump and was in the Oval Office every day, told lawyers that there was no official rule to keep things secret, and they were never told about it while working at the White House.

    In 2022, the FBI looked through Trump’s Mar-a-Lago house and found more than 100 hidden papers. Trump’s team said that when he was president, he made a rule that any papers brought from the Oval Office to his house were no longer secret.

    Trump is being accused of breaking the law by keeping secret government papers when he was no longer at the White House. He was accused of committing 37 different crimes. The papers had hidden information about US nuclear weapons and protection. Trump did not want to return them to the government, so he tried to keep them. He said he didn’t do the things people said he did.

    The new court papers don’t say anything different from what the special investigator has already stated, but they give us a look at some of the proof that Smith will present in the trial. This proof includes specific statements from people who are employed at the Trump White House.

    In late October or early November of 2021, almost a year before police searched Mar-a-Lago, a former official asked Trump to give back government documents, according to the court documents.

    “Return everything you have,” said the former official to Trump, according to the 302.

    The ex-official said they tried to get many people close to Trump, even his kids, to tell him, “There are problems with the boxes. ” They are owned by the government. Ask your dad to return them. “It’s not worth the frustration. ”

    In late November 2021, the former official said the warnings became more serious when talking to investigators. The person who used to work for the government said to Trump, who was wearing clothes for playing golf, “Give back everything you have. ” “Don’t give them a reason to charge you, because they will. ”

    Trump gave a strange response like “you’re the man” to the investigators, according to the former official.

    Another document submitted to the government explains an FBI interview about how the National Archives and Records Administration tried to find government records that were missing. This includes letters from President Obama and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

    The interview with a former Trump administration official, whose name is not mentioned but is called “Person 40,” talks about how Trump liked certain papers, like the North Korean letters.

    The person in charge wrote down a lot of information about how records were managed when Trump was president. The notes say that another person who worked at the White House said that Trump didn’t believe in the system.

    During a talk, Person 40 said that Trump’s boxes of papers should go to NARA. Person 14 asked, “Who’s NARA and how can they make it happen. ”

    A person in their 40s wrote about how Trump destroyed, tore up, or threw away documents in the White House. Even when this was made public in a Politico story, the person said Trump didn’t stop.

  • Trudeau refuses to address TikTok’s future in the United States

    Trudeau refuses to address TikTok’s future in the United States

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t talk about what will happen to TikTok in the United States, but his government will still make sure Canadians stay safe.

    The US Senate approved a law that would make TikTok’s parent company, based in Beijing, sell the app within a year or it would be banned in America.

    The ban was included in a big aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

    Trudeau says that the safety and privacy of Canadians are the most important things when it comes to TikTok.

    Last September, the government wanted to make sure TikTok is safe for everyone, so they checked it. They decided that TikTok cannot be used on government devices.

    Western governments are worried that the app could give important information to the Chinese government or be used to spread false information.

    The law in China lets the government in Beijing tell companies to give them information to help them learn.

  • Court decision upholds law limiting parliamentary immunity of intelligence watchdogs

    Court decision upholds law limiting parliamentary immunity of intelligence watchdogs

    The Ontario Court of Appeal has approved a law that restricts members of the spy watchdog from utilizing their special immunity to speak openly.

    A group of politicians from different parties called the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians can see top-secret information.

    Normally, MPs and senators can’t be prosecuted for things they say in Parliament.

    However, people in the watchdog group, called NSICOP, could get in trouble if they share protected information that is not allowed by the rules of the committee.

    This week, a new decision was made that changes a previous decision from the Ontario Superior Court in 2022. The new decision says that Parliament can restrict parliamentary privilege without needing to change the constitution.

    A group of three judges in the Court of Appeal has said that Parliament can restrict freedom of speech and debate as long as it follows the rules set out in the committee’s laws, without changing the constitution.

  • Numerous deaths in US show dangers of giving sedative injections to those police arrest

    Numerous deaths in US show dangers of giving sedative injections to those police arrest

    Demetrio Jackson really needed medical help and the paramedics came to assist him.

    The 43-year-old man was caught by the police and arrested for trespassing in a parking lot in Wisconsin. The police used a Taser on him and held him down while he begged for help because he couldn’t breathe. Now he sat on the ground with his hands tied behind his back and breathed in air through a mask.

    Next, the police moved Jackson onto his side so that a medic could give him a strong drug to make him fall asleep.

    “A police officer told Jackson that it will help him relax. ” In just a few minutes, Jackson’s heart stopped beating. He never woke up and died two weeks after.

    Jackson died in 2021 because of something not many people know about – sometimes, instead of shooting, the police use a medical syringe to cause harm.

    For the past 15 years, police have been giving calming drugs to people they detain. The drugs are based on uncertain science and are supported by experts who are aligned with the police. This is happening all over the country. The investigation looked at lots of police and medical records and videos of many incidents. It found that a plan to stop violence and save lives has led to some deaths that could have been prevented.

    Between 2012 and 2021, at least 94 people died after being given medicine to make them sleepy and held down by police. This information was found by the AP working with FRONTLINE (PBS) and the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism. This is almost 10% of the over 1,000 deaths found during the investigation of people controlled by police in ways that are not supposed to cause death. Almost half of the 94 people who died were Black, including Jackson.

    Racial inequality is tied to a debated medical condition called excited delirium, which led to an increase in sedation outside of hospitals. Critics say the symptoms of “superhuman strength” and high pain tolerance play into racist ideas about Black people. This can lead to unfair decisions about who needs sedation.

    In half of these cases, the use of sedatives was not mentioned in reports. Reports usually pay more attention to what the police did, not what the medics did. Elijah McClain died in Aurora, Colorado in 2019. Two paramedics were found guilty of giving him too much ketamine, the same drug that was given to Jackson. One person was sent to jail for five years last month, and the other person will find out their punishment on Friday.

    It was difficult to figure out how much sedatives might have affected the 94 deaths. Many of these deaths involved using other harmful force on people who had taken drugs or drank alcohol. Doctors said to the AP that the vaccines might not make much of a difference for people who were already very sick. They could make things worse for people who were already in bad shape, or if they were given in the wrong way.

    Sedatives were listed as a cause of death in twelve cases, but officials didn’t check if the injections were necessary. Doctors usually think these treatments are not harmful. Now, some people believe that they might be doing a more important job than we thought before and need to be looked at more closely.

    Repeatedly, the AP discovered that upset people who were being restrained by the police facedown, sometimes with handcuffs and officers pushing on their backs, had trouble breathing and tried to escape. The paramedics gave medicine to calm down the aggressive person, which made them breathe even slower. Many times, the heart and breathing stopped within a few minutes.

    Paramedics gave medication to some people who weren’t a danger to themselves or others, which goes against the rules for treating them. Doctors sometimes do not know if other drugs or alcohol are in people’s bodies, but mixing them can cause serious problems.

    Sometimes police officers wrongly told paramedics to give shots to people they arrested.

    Sometimes the people helping would make jokes about how strong the medicine was in making their patients fall asleep. Videos from California, Tennessee, and Florida show people saying “night, night” before they die.

    Claire Zagorski, who works as a paramedic and does research on addiction at the University of Texas at Austin, said that emergency medical workers can end up acting like the police if they are not careful.

    Fans of sedatives say that they help quickly treat drug-related behavior emergencies and psychotic episodes. They also help protect first responders from violence. Sedatives are given safely to thousands of people each year to get them to the hospital for life-threatening conditions. Critics say giving people drugs to make them sleepy should be allowed only in very few cases or not allowed at all. They argue that giving these drugs to people without their agreement is too dangerous when the police are involved.

    Ohio State University teacher Dr. Mark DeBard thought that sedation could help calm down really upset people in emergency situations. He believed it could be useful for police officers dealing with these kinds of situations. Today, he said he’s upset that police officers are still using too much force instead of treating those situations like medical emergencies. He is also shocked that paramedics have given unnecessary injections by overdiagnosing excited delirium.

    Some people believe that the idea was wrong because using sedatives and police restraint together can be very dangerous. The deaths have made many people sad all across the country.

    “I saw people giving strong medicines on the streets that could kill someone,” said Honey Gutzalenko, a nurse. Her husband died after getting a shot of midazolam in 2021 while being held down by police near San Francisco.

    Please, I’m asking you to stop.

    Jackson was on a truck near a radio station between two small cities in Wisconsin. A worker called emergency services early in the morning on October 8, 2021, because they wanted the police to help remove a stranger who seemed strange but not dangerous.

    The police video and many documents from law enforcement and medical reports explain how the situation got worse.

    An Altoona cop saw Jackson in the parking lot. Jackson seemed worried and anxious, he kept looking around and speaking quietly. He had used methamphetamine to help himself deal with his schizophrenia, as a psychiatrist explained. He had been going to jail and living on the streets. He went to the emergency room often to find a place to sleep.

    The police officer, along with another officer and a deputy, said he could go if he told them his name. Jackson said no.

    The police found out who he was by looking at his tattoos, and found out that he was on probation for having meth. They saw that the truck was slightly damaged and chose to take him into custody.

  • Ariel Henry steps down as Haiti’s prime minister

    Ariel Henry steps down as Haiti’s prime minister

    Ariel Henry quit his job as the prime minister of Haiti on Thursday. This means a new government can now be created in the Caribbean country. Haiti has been dealing with a lot of gang violence, which has hurt or killed over 2,500 people from January to March.

    Henry sent a letter from Los Angeles on April 24, saying he quit. His office released the letter on the same day as a new council for Haiti’s prime minister and Cabinet was sworn in.

    Henry’s other Cabinet members chose the Economy and Finance Minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, to be the temporary prime minister. It was not clear when the transitional council would choose its own temporary prime minister.

    Speaking to a room full of people in the prime minister’s office, Boisvert said that Haiti’s crisis had been going on for too long and that the country was now at a very important decision point. The people in charge of the transitional council supported him, and so did the top police and military leaders in the country.

    After talking and arguing for two months. “Boisvert said they found a way to fix the problem. ” “Today is a big day for our country. ”

    He said the transitional council is a good solution for Haiti and wished them success. He believes they are determined to do a good job.

    After the talks, people clinked their glasses and said “To Haiti” as they drank champagne.

    The council was set up on Thursday, more than a month after Caribbean leaders said they would create it at a meeting to deal with Haiti’s worsening crisis. Shots were heard when the new council was being sworn in at the National Palace, causing people to look worried.

    The group of nine people, with seven who can vote, is also supposed to help decide the plans for a new government team. It will choose a temporary election group and make a national security council. This needs to happen before the elections can happen.

    The council’s term will end in February and cannot be renewed. On January 20, 2026, a new president will be sworn in.

    Smith Augustin, a council member who can vote, said it is not clear if the council will keep Boisvert as the temporary prime minister or pick someone else. He said they will talk about it soon. “He said the problem cannot continue. ”

    Regine Abraham, who is not allowed to vote on the council, remembered when President Jovenel Moise was killed in July 2021. She said that the violence had a really bad effect.

    Abraham said that gangs are in charge of most of Port-au-Prince. Many people in the city had to leave their homes because of violence. Also, over 900 schools in the city had to shut down because of the violence.

    “She said the people in Port-au-Prince are basically being controlled and held against their will. ”

    Gangs started working together to attack at the beginning of February. 29 in the main city, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas. They set fire to police stations and hospitals, shot at the main international airport which has been closed since March, and broke into the two largest prisons in Haiti, letting more than 4,000 prisoners escape. Gangs have also cut off access to the largest port in Haiti.

    The attack started when Prime Minister Henry was in Kenya for an official visit to ask for a UN-supported police force from East Africa. He still can’t get into Haiti.

    Catherine Russell, who works for UNICEF, said earlier this week that Port-au-Prince is almost completely closed off from the air, sea, and land.

    The world has asked the council to focus on making Haiti safer because there is a lot of crime there. Even before the attacks started, most of Port-au-Prince was already controlled by gangs. More people died in early 2024 compared to the same time last year, according to a new report from the UN.

    “It’s really bad how gangs are getting more active in Port-au-Prince and other areas, and things are getting worse for people’s rights and the crisis is getting worse,” said Maria Isabel Salvador, a special representative from the UN for Haiti, during a meeting with the UN Security Council on Monday.

    Dennis Haskins, the new US ambassador, also came to see Boisvert get sworn in on Thursday. He said that what happened on Thursday was a big leap forward for Haiti.

    “In difficult times, Haitians can accomplish great things, so we’re here to support them,” Haskins stated. “We might not solve the problem, but we want to be part of helping others find the solution. ”

    He said the US government is trying to stop weapons from being sent to Haiti, because they are causing more violence there.

    Haskins said it’s clear that a lot of the weapons that arrive here are from the United States and that has a direct effect. “We know it causes problems and makes things unstable. ”

    Almost 100,000 people left the capital to find safer places in other cities and towns because of the attacks. Many people lost their homes when gangs set them on fire. Now they live in temporary shelters in Port-au-Prince with very few toilets for many people.

    The United Nations Deputy Executive Director for the World Food Program, Carl Skau, said on Thursday that Haiti is facing a crisis in security, politics, and humanitarian issues. This is causing a lot of people in Haiti to not have enough food to eat, around 5 million people, which is about half of the population in Haiti. The UN says that not having enough food to eat can put someone’s life or job in danger.

    “The situation is very serious,” Skau told reporters. “A very bad situation in Haiti, with a big effect on people. It’s the worst it’s been since the 2010 earthquake. ”

    Rachel Pierre is a 39-year-old mom with four kids who lives in a temporary shelter in the city. She says, “Even though I’m feeling. “

  • Ship comes under attack off coast of Yemen

    Ship comes under attack off coast of Yemen

    A boat in the Gulf of Aden was attacked on Thursday. Officials believe it was done by Yemen’s Houthi rebels because of the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

    The attack happened after the US military said on Thursday that a friendly warship destroyed a missile aimed at a ship the day before in the same area. The Houthis said they were responsible for the attack on Wednesday. This comes after there were not many rebel attacks on ships in the area because of Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in Gaza.

    On Thursday, a ship was attacked about 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center.

    The captain told the UKMTO that he heard a loud noise and saw something splash and smoke in the sea. “The ship and everyone on board are okay. ”

    Ambrey, a private security company, also reported the attack.

    The Houthis did not admit to the attack right away, but they usually take hours to do so. The European Union’s forces shot down a drone from Houthi territory on Thursday, according to Gen Robert Brieger.

    The Houthis have attacked ships more than 50 times, took one ship, and made another one sink since November, the US Maritime Administration says.

    Houthi attacks are happening less often because the rebels are being attacked by the US and other countries in Yemen. Also, shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has decreased because of the danger. Officials in America think that the rebels might not have many weapons left because of the attacks by the US and the constant use of drones and missiles in recent months.

    However, the attack on Wednesday was the first one from rebels in a while. An explosion happened about 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden, according to the UKMTO.

    On Thursday, the US military said that a coalition warship shot down a missile that was probably aimed at the MV Yorktown, a US-owned ship with 18 American and four Greek crew members.

    Central Command said that no one got hurt or things broken on US, coalition, or commercial ships.

    Brigadier General Yahya Saree, who speaks for the Houthi military, said they were responsible for the attack. However, he had no proof that their missile actually hit the Yorktown. Saree said the Houthis attacked another ship in the Indian Ocean, but didn’t show any proof. The Houthis have often said things that weren’t true during their war in Yemen.

    The Houthis will keep attacking until Israel stops fighting in Gaza, where more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed. The fighting started when the group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and killed 1,200 people. They also took about 250 people as hostages.

    The ships attacked by the Houthis mostly have nothing to do with Israel, the US, or other countries in the war. The rebels tried to shoot missiles at Israel, but most of the missiles didn’t reach or were stopped.

  • Over 200 people killed by Burkina Faso military forces during attack on village

    Over 200 people killed by Burkina Faso military forces during attack on village

    The military in Burkina Faso attacked two villages and killed 223 people, including babies and children. The villages were accused of helping militants. Human Rights Watch reported this on Thursday.

    The mass murder happened in February. According to the report, 25 people in the northern villages of Nondin and Soro died, and 56 of them were children. The human rights group asked the United Nations and the African Union to send investigators and help the local community make sure the people who did wrong are punished.

    The UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said that the UN has not confirmed the attack, but finds the reports very disturbing and will investigate them.

    “The recent killings in Nondin and Soro villages show that the Burkina Faso military has been killing many civilians in their efforts to fight insurgents,” said Tirana Hassan, who is the head of Human Rights Watch. International help is very important in making sure that a fair investigation is done to find out if people have committed really serious crimes against others.

    The country used to be peaceful, but now there is a lot of fighting between groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State, and the government’s forces. Both groups have hurt innocent people in the middle and made more than two million people leave their homes. Over half of them are kids. In a country with a strict government that silences anyone who disagrees with them, most attacks are not reported or punished.

    The HRW report tells stories from people who survived attacks in Burkina Faso. There has been a lot of civilian deaths caused by the security forces, who are trying to fight against a growing jihadi group. They are attacking people and saying it’s part of their fight against terrorism.

    In April, The Associated Press confirmed reports about a Nov. 5 soldiers from one village attacked another village and killed at least 70 people. The army said the villagers were helping the militants, so they killed them, including babies.

    Witnesses and survivors explained to HRW that the February. 25 people were killed because of an attack on a military camp by Islamist fighters near the city of Ouahigouya.

    More civilians died than local officials first said. A lawyer said they are looking into the deaths of 170 people in attacks on villages.

    A spokesperson for the government of Burkina Faso did not reply when asked for a comment about the February incident. 25 people were attacked. Authorities had said they didn’t kill innocent people and mentioned that fighters who support jihadi often pretend to be soldiers.

    Over 20,000 people have been killed in Burkina Faso because of jihadi attacks by groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State. This has been happening for nine years. This information comes from a nonprofit group based in the United States.

    In 2022, Burkina Faso had two times when the government was taken over by force. Ever since the military took control in September 2022, the group led by Captain. Ibrahim Traoré said he would stop the militants, but experts say that the violence has only gotten worse. Approximately half of Burkina Faso’s land is not controlled by the government.

    Upset because they haven’t made much progress with Western military help, the military government has stopped working with France and is now getting help from Russia instead for their security.

  • Over 100 prisoners escape from old Nigerian prison after heavy rain

    Over 100 prisoners escape from old Nigerian prison after heavy rain

    Over 100 prisoners got away from a run-down prison near Nigeria‘s capital after a heavy rain wrecked part of the prison. Security teams are looking for the escaped prisoners.

    The heavy rainstorm on Wednesday night broke the fence around the medium-security prison in Suleja. 119 prisoners escaped because of this. Suleja is about 30 miles northwest of Abuja. Adamu Duza, who works for the prison, said this.

    The prison and other organizations found 10 of the escaped prisoners and are looking for the others.

    The Suleja prison only had one floor and its walls were cracked and damaged. It was supposed to hold 250 inmates, but it had 499. This information was given by Nigeria’s Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who visited the prison after some inmates escaped.

    This means we have to move many of our jails to new places. The minister said they want to make improvements to the space, security, and infrastructure.

    “We will take new measures to make the prisons safe and prevent this from happening again in Nigeria,” he said.

    People were worried that the escaped criminals might hide in the big forests between Suleja and nearby states, where criminal gangs are known to hide.

    Most prisons in Nigeria are very full, with 70% of the prisoners still waiting for their trial. These prisons are also very old, built before Nigeria became independent from Britain in 1960.

    The buildings are not fixed up very often, so it’s easier for prisoners to escape when they break out of jail. Many prisoners have gotten away from jails in big breakouts. In Abuja, almost 900 prisoners got away in 2022.

  • 174 prisoners removed from jail in northern Alberta over wildfire

    174 prisoners removed from jail in northern Alberta over wildfire

    Many prisoners were moved from a jail in northern Alberta this week because of a wildfire.

    Residents near a wildfire near Peace River were told to leave their homes on Tuesday.

    The police moved 174 inmates from the jail to keep them safe because the fire was close to the prison.

    Authorities called the Peace River School Division, who gave buses and drivers to transport the inmates.

    The Mounties took the buses with the inmates to different RCMP detachments like Peace Regional, Valleyview, High Prairie, Slave Lake, Lakeshore, Spirit River. The inmates stayed there until they could be moved to other remand centres in the province.

    The RCMP also gave officers to watch over prisoners if the correctional officers couldn’t do it.

    The warning about the fire was stopped at 5:16 p. m On Wednesday, people started coming back home on Thursday morning.

    CTV News Edmonton has asked the RCMP for more information about when the inmates will be coming back.

    The Municipal District of Peace is about 520 kilometers to the northwest of Edmonton.

  • Turkish rail officials imprisoned for 108 years after a train catastrophe claimed 25 lives

    Turkish rail officials imprisoned for 108 years after a train catastrophe claimed 25 lives

    A court in Turkiye has given nine rail officials more than 108 years in prison for a crash that happened six years ago. The crash killed 25 people. This was reported by local media on Thursday.

    In July 2018, a train in Turkey derailed near Corlu district, which is 110 kilometers west of Istanbul.

    The train was going from Unlukopru, close to the Greek border, to Istanbul’s Halkali station, which is Turkey’s main train route to Europe. Seven kids died and over 300 people were hurt.

    A report from an expert submitted to Corlu 1st High Criminal Court stated that heavy rain caused a rail embankment to collapse. The report also found that the railways operator was to blame for not preparing for bad weather. The ground next to a drain fell down, causing six train cars to tip over.

    Pictures taken after the crash did not show any support under a part of the rail over the culvert.

    Thirteen workers from Turkish Railways were accused of causing death and injury because they were not careful. Four of them were found not guilty.

    The news agency Anadolu reported that the manager of Turkish Railways was sent to jail for 17 and a half years, which is the longest sentence. The deputy rail maintenance manager was given a sentence of eight years and four months.

    The families of the people who were hurt in the crash want more people to be held responsible. They want the bosses of the train company and the officials from the Transportation Ministry to be charged too.

    Misra Oz, whose nine-year-old son died in the crash, has been the most well-known person speaking out about the families’ complaints. Three years ago, she had to pay a fine of $1,250 for “insulting public officials” relating to the disaster.

    Speaking to a large group of people before the hearing, Oz said that the people who are truly responsible for the decisions that caused negligence are not here today. He called for an end to the policy of letting people get away with no punishment. Please rephrase the following statement: “Can you please provide a plain explanation for this topic. ” “Could you simplify this topic for me please. ”

    The families of the victims said that the case will not be over until important officials are put on trial.

    Ozgur Ozel, the leader of the main opposition party in Turkiye, went to the trial with other politicians.

    “Maybe we are noticing that government officials are finally being punished, and that the idea of getting away with doing wrong things is starting to change,” he said after the judgment.

    In the last few years, Turkiye has been trying to update its train system by making faster train lines between cities. But most people still like to travel by air or road. In 2004, a very fast train crashed in Sakarya, a province in the northwest of the country, and 41 people died. 80 people were also injured in the accident.

  • German parliament decides to celebrate military service with annual Veterans’ Day

    German parliament decides to celebrate military service with annual Veterans’ Day

    The German government decided to make a special day to honor people who have served in the military. This is important because military service is not always appreciated in Germany.

    The plan was made by different groups in the government and the opposition. Almost all the parties in the parliament liked the plan.

    It says we should celebrate “veterans’ day” in a public way every June 15. It also asks for better medical care for people who were hurt during their service in the German military, the Bundeswehr.

    “The motion is a very important and long overdue show of recognition and appreciation,” said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to the lawmakers.

    After World War II, Germany didn’t like war and using military force. It took a long time for the country to become less focused on its military after it reunited in 1990. The former leader Helmut Kohl did something that Germans didn’t usually do by sending military medics to help the U. Nin another country. In 1992, a project was started in Cambodia.

    The German military started sending more soldiers to other countries like Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Mali. This became a regular part of their activities.

    In 2008, Germany made a new award for bravery in the military. This was the first time since World War II that soldiers could earn this honor. A memorial for soldiers who died serving in the German military was created at the Defense Ministry in Berlin and opened in 2009.

    But even now, “the word ‘veteran’ is not used much in our society, and this needs to change,” said Johannes Arlt, a politician with Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats who has been in the air force. “We want to honor and acknowledge our soldiers and veterans by having a veterans’ day in Germany so that they can be seen and appreciated more. ”

    The Bundeswehr started in 1955 as the military for West Germany. After 1990, it became the military for all of Germany when the country reunited. Over 10 million people have worked in it for many years.

    Germany started to update its army, called the Bundeswehr, and spend more money on its military after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

  • New York appeals court reverses 2020 rape conviction of Harvey Weinstein

    New York appeals court reverses 2020 rape conviction of Harvey Weinstein

    The highest court in New York has said that Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was not legitimate because the judge had made biased rulings during the trial. The judge allowed women to talk about things that weren’t part of the case, which made it unfair for Weinstein.

    The court decided that the trial judge was wrong to allow testimony about alleged previous sexual acts that were not part of the current case. “The solution for these serious mistakes is to have a new trial. ”

    The ruling by the state Court of Appeals brings back difficult memories of America dealing with powerful people behaving badly, especially in cases of sexual misconduct. This era started in 2017 with many accusations against Weinstein. The people who are accusing him might have to talk about their bad experiences in court again.

    The majority of the court said that it’s not fair to allow unproven claims of bad behavior to ruin a defendant’s reputation without any evidence that it affects their credibility in the criminal charges against them.

    Judge Madeline Singas strongly disagreed with the majority. She said that they were ignoring important information to make the case seem like it was just one person’s word against another. She also said that the Court of Appeals had been making a concerning pattern of overturning jury decisions in cases of sexual violence.

    Singas wrote that most people’s decision continues old ideas about sexual violence and lets predators avoid being responsible.

    Weinstein, who is 72 years old, has been in a New York prison for 23 years. He was found guilty of forcing a TV and film production assistant to have oral sex with him in 2006, and of raping an aspiring actress in 2013.

    He was found guilty of another rape in Los Angeles in 2022 and will stay in prison for 16 years. Weinstein was found not guilty in Los Angeles for the charges related to one of the women who testified in New York.

    Weinstein’s lawyers said that the judge’s decisions favored the prosecution, making the trial unfair for Harvey.

    The decision to overturn Weinstein’s conviction is the second big setback for the #MeToo movement in the last two years, following the U. S reneging on its support. The highest court said no to listening to a request to change a decision made by a Pennsylvania court to cancel Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault.

    Weinstein’s conviction was celebrated by activists and advocates as a big win after more than four years. But his lawyers and the Court of Appeals quickly analyzed and discussed the case in February.

    Accusations against Weinstein, who was a powerful and well-respected studio boss, led to the start of the #MeToo movement. Many women said that Weinstein did bad things to them, even famous actresses like Ashley Judd and Uma Thurman. His trial in New York got a lot of attention, and people outside the courthouse shouted “rapist. ”

    Weinstein is in prison in New York at the Mohawk Correctional Facility, which is about 100 miles northwest of Albany.

    He says he didn’t do it. He says that both people agreed to the sexual activity.

    Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said in February in front of the appeals court that Judge Burke influenced the trial by letting three women talk about things that were not part of the case. He also said that the judge gave permission for the prosecutors to question Weinstein about his past bad behavior if he had testified.

    Aidala said that the extra testimony included too much information about things like why, how, or when the crime happened, and made it seem like Weinstein was being accused of crimes he didn’t actually do.

    Weinstein wanted to speak in court but chose not to because the judge’s decision would have meant he had to answer questions about more than twenty-five incidents of bad behavior that happened forty years ago, according to Aidala. He fought with his brother who makes movies, got angry and flipped a table, yelled at the waiters and assistants.

    “We had a person accused of something who really wanted to explain what happened from their point of view. ” It’s a case of one person saying one thing and another person saying something else. He is saying “that’s not how it happened. ” Aidala said, “I’ll explain how I did it. ” Instead, the people deciding in court heard about bad things Weinstein did in the past that didn’t have anything to do with telling the truth. He is a bad person.

    Aidala didn’t like that Burke wouldn’t replace a juror who wrote a book about older men who harm others, which Aidala thinks is too similar to Weinstein’s case.

    A lawyer from the Manhattan district attorney’s office said that the judge made the right decisions and that the extra evidence and testimony he allowed was important. It was to help the jury understand how Harvey Weinstein behaved and treated women.

    “Steven Wu, who is the head lawyer of the appeal, said that the person accused of a crime claimed that they had a loving and agreed upon relationship with the woman they were charged with hurting, both before and after the incidents. ” The new evidence completely disagreed with that description.

    Wu stated that Weinstein’s not-guilty verdict on the most serious charges meant that the jurors were listening carefully and were not confused or overwhelmed by the other evidence presented.

    The Associated Press usually does not say the names of people who claim they were sexually attacked unless they agree; Sciorra has talked openly about what she says happened to her.

    Last year, the Court of Appeals decided to review Weinstein’s case after another appeals court confirmed his conviction. Before making their decision, judges on the lower court questioned if Burke behaved properly during the spoken arguments. One noticed that Burke allowed prosecutors to bring in very biased testimony from more witnesses.

    Burke’s means belonging to or related to someone named Burke.

  • At least five people killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah

    At least five people killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah

    Officials at a hospital in Palestine said that Israel bombed the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip and at least five people died.

    More than half of the 2. 3 million people in the area have gone to Rafah for shelter. Israel is doing regular attacks in Rafah as it gets ready for a big fight in the city. In central Gaza, four people died when Israeli tanks fired at them.

    A boat in the Gulf of Aden was attacked on Thursday, probably by Yemen’s Houthi rebels because of the Israel-Hamas war.

    At the same time, a leader of Hamas said to the Associated Press that the group is okay with stopping fighting with Israel for five years or longer.

    The Israel-Hamas war started because of a very unusual event in October. There were 7 attacks in southern Israel. The attackers killed about 1,200 people, mostly innocent civilians, and took about 250 people hostage. Israel says that the militants are still keeping about 100 people against their will and the bodies of over 30 others.

    According to local health officials, more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war. About two-thirds of them were children and women.

  • Group would surrender its weapons if solution is implemented – Hamas official

    Group would surrender its weapons if solution is implemented – Hamas official

    A leader of Hamas has told The Associated Press that the group is willing to stop fighting with Israel for five years or longer. They said they would give up their weapons and become a political party if a new country for Palestinians is created using the borders from before 1967.

    Khalil al-Hayya made comments during an interview on Wednesday. This happened while there was no progress in negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza after many months. Hamas seemed to agree to a big change by saying they would give up their weapons, even though they have always been against Israel.

    But it’s doubtful that Israel would think about that happening. It promised to defeat Hamas after the October attack that killed people. The war started because of 7 attacks. The current leaders of Israel are strongly against making a Palestinian state on the land Israel took after the 1967 war.

    Al-Hayya, a top member of Hamas, has been talking to try to make peace and trade hostages. He sounded strong sometimes and friendly other times.

    Talking to the AP in Istanbul, Al-Hayya said Hamas wants to be part of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which is led by their rival Fatah faction. They want to work together to have one government for both Gaza and the West Bank. He said Hamas would agree to a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with Palestinian refugees able to return as per international resolutions, within Israel’s borders before 1967.

    He said if that happens, the army part of the group would disappear.

    “He said that the people who fought against the people who took over their land became independent and got their own rights and country. What did these groups do after that. They became political parties and their fighting forces became the national army,” he said.

    Over time, Hamas has sometimes softened its public stance on the idea of a Palestinian state next to Israel. However, its political plan still officially refuses to consider any other option than complete freedom for Palestine, from the river to the sea. This means they want all the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, which includes the land that is now part of Israel.

    Al-Hayya did not say if he supports a two-state solution to end the conflict between Palestine and Israel or if it’s just a temporary step towards their goal of destroying Israel.

    Israel and the Palestinian Authority did not respond right away. The Palestinian Authority is the official government, but Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007. This happened a year after winning the Palestinian parliamentary elections. After Hamas took control of Gaza, the Palestinian Authority was left in charge of running some areas in the West Bank that were partly controlled by Israel.

    The Palestinian Authority wants to create its own country in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and Gaza, which were taken over by Israel in the 1967 war. Most of the world wants two separate states for Israel and Palestine, but Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, doesn’t agree with that.

    The fighting in Gaza has lasted for almost seven months and talks to stop it have stopped. The war started on October with deadly battles. 7 attacks happened in the south of Israel. The people who did it were led by Hamas, and they killed about 1,200 people. Most of the people who died were not soldiers, they were regular people. Some fighters took about 250 people as hostages into a small area. The recent attacks by Israel in Gaza have resulted in the death of over 34,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children. It has also forced 80% of Gaza’s 2. 3 million people to leave their homes.

    Israel is getting ready to attack the southern city of Rafah, where over 1 million Palestinians have run away to.

    Israel has taken down most of the initial twenty-four groups of Hamas fighters since the war began, but there are still four groups left in Rafah. Israel says they need to attack Rafah to beat Hamas.

    Al-Hayya said that this attack will not destroy Hamas. He said the leaders outside of Gaza keep talking to the military leaders inside Gaza, and they make decisions together.

    The Israeli forces have not destroyed most of Hamas’s abilities, both in people and in their weapons. “If they can’t defeat Hamas, what is the answer. The answer is to come to an agreement. ”

    In November, there was a truce for a whole week. It led to the freeing of over 100 captives in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners that were being held in Israel. However, discussions for a long-term peace agreement and freeing the rest of the hostages are currently on hold. Both sides are blaming each other for being unwilling to cooperate. The main person talking to both sides in the conflict in Qatar said that they are thinking about changing their role as a mediator.

    Many Hamas leaders who used to be in Qatar have recently left and gone to Turkey. There, the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, met with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Al-Hayya said that the group’s main political office is not going to move, and Hamas wants Qatar to keep helping with the talks.

    Israeli and US officials say that they don’t think Hamas is really trying to make a deal.

    Al-Hayya said no, and explained that Hamas has agreed to release fewer Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the remaining Israeli hostages. He said the group doesn’t know how many hostages are still in Gaza and alive.

    But he said Hamas will not give up on what they want, which is for the fighting to stop forever and for all Israeli soldiers to leave, but Israel doesn’t want to agree to that. Israel says it will keep fighting until Hamas is completely beaten and will keep its army in Gaza for safety.

    “Why should I release the prisoners if the war is not going to stop. ” the Hamas leader asked about the hostages still held.

    Al-Hayya warned that Hamas might attack Israeli or other forces near a floating pier being built by the US to deliver aid to Gaza by sea.

    “We strongly disagree with anyone who is not from Palestine being in Gaza, whether on the water or on the ground. We will confront any military presence in these areas, whether it’s from Israel or any other country, as they are acting like they own the place,” he said.

    Al-Hayya said that Hamas does not feel sorry for the attacks on Oct 7, even though it caused a lot of damage to Gaza and its people. He said that Hamas fighters didn’t attack civilians, even though there is proof they did. He also said the attacks brought attention to the Palestinian issue.

    He said that trying to get rid of Hamas would not stop Palestinians from fighting back in the future.

    “Let’s say they have gotten rid of Hamas. ” “Are the Palestinian people still here. ” he wondered

  • Biden approves a bill that would outlaw TikTok

    Biden approves a bill that would outlaw TikTok

    President Joe Biden was captured on TikTok playing golf at a public golf course in Michigan last month.

    He had to stay inside because of the rain, so he had a putting competition with a 13-year-old named Hurley “HJ” Coleman IV on a practice mat. The Coleman family shared a video on the app. In the video, Biden made a putt and then the teenager knocked his own shot in. They captioned it “I had to sink the rebuttal. ”

    The TV cameras that usually follow the president couldn’t come inside.

    Biden approved a law on Wednesday that might stop TikTok from being used in the US, even though his campaign used the app and tried to team up with popular users. The president is having a hard time keeping the support of young voters. Now, people who use the app a lot are also criticizing him. The app is a main way that many young Americans get their news.

    Kahlil Greene, who is known as the “Gen Z Historian” on TikTok and has over 650,000 followers, said that it doesn’t make sense for the Biden administration to support banning TikTok while also using it for his campaign.

    I think it shows that he and his friends understand how important and influential TikTok is.

    The Biden campaign says its way of doing things is right and does not agree that the White House’s actions are working against its political plans.

    Rob Flaherty, who used to work at the White House and is now working for Biden’s reelection campaign, said it would be foolish to ignore any place where people are learning about the president.

    Flaherty mentioned that Biden’s team built connections with popular TikTok users during the 2020 election. He also said that TikTok has become more powerful, acting like a search engine on the internet and influencing stories about the president.

    The Biden campaign needs to reach voters in lots of different places because the media is all spread out. They put their content on TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to connect with potential supporters.

    It made its own videos for TikTok, but also used videos made by regular people who talk to the president. This includes a family sharing a post about eating fries and other food from Cook Out fast food chain when Biden visited Raleigh, North Carolina. Also, Coleman posted a video.

    Critics of TikTok say that since it’s owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance, it could allow the Chinese government to control what information American people see and access their personal data. The Chinese government can control private businesses and the US has not shown any proof that the government made the app do what it wants.

    Biden signed a law on Wednesday that says ByteDance must sell the app to a US company within a year or it will be banned in the country. ByteDance says the law goes against the First Amendment and they will take legal action.

    Donald Trump, who used to be President, now says he doesn’t want TikTok to be banned, even though he tried to make it happen when he was in charge. He wanted the company that owns TikTok to sell it to a different company.

    The White House doesn’t use TikTok, and Biden stopped government workers from using the app in December 2022. However, the Biden campaign also started using TikTok during the Super Bowl this year. The president chose not to do a traditional TV interview on game day, and used TikTok to share a political message instead.

    The old White House spokesperson Jen Psaki held an online meeting in 2022 with more than 24 popular people on the app to talk about how the US is dealing with Ukraine. The meeting was made fun of on “Saturday Night Live. ”

    Many similar events have happened, like a party with popular people at the White House last Christmas and a party to watch the President’s speech in March. Biden had a big event to raise money for his campaign in New York. He had a party at Radio City Music Hall with Obama and Clinton. There was also a special time for social media stars to meet Biden. After the party, people got to talk with Biden.

    White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said that the law Biden approved is not a ban. This is about keeping our country safe. The White House isn’t saying they don’t want Americans to use TikTok.

    TikTok has 170 million people in the US who use it. A study from the Pew Research Center found that one out of three young adults in the US get news from TikTok, while only 14% of all adults do.

    Young adults are more likely to disagree with banning TikTok in the US than older adults, according to a poll by AP-NORC done in January. Almost half of young adults aged 18 to 29 dislike it, while only 35% of all adults in the US feel the same way.

    2 out of every 10 adults in the US use TikTok every day. This includes 44% of young adults aged 18 to 29. 7 out of every 100 people between the ages of 18 and 29 use TikTok all the time, and 28 out of every 100 people use it many times a day.

    Priorities USA, a big supporter of the Democrats, is giving about $1 million to over 100 TikTok influencers who are making videos to support Biden before the November election. They see this as a way to help get more people to vote for Biden, just like they do with other ways of organizing and communicating.

    Even if TikTok is banned, most of its popular creators are also on other platforms like YouTube and Instagram, so they can still share their videos there, according to Danielle Butterfield, who is in charge of Priorities USA.

    “Butterfield said that TikTok users are found in many different online places. “

  • Honda anticipated to reveal its EV battery factory in Ontario

    Honda anticipated to reveal its EV battery factory in Ontario

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, along with Honda executives, are likely to say today that the Japanese car company is going to build a factory for making batteries for electric vehicles in Alliston, Ontario. This is part of a $15 billion plan to invest in the area.

    Experienced people who know about the project say that Honda is changing its assembly plant in Alliston so it can make electric cars.

    The $15-billion project has a new factory and an electric car battery plant nearby, and two other factories in Ontario making key parts for the batteries.

    There might be some money from the government to help with the project, but it’s not a special deal with extra money to persuade a company to build in Ontario instead of the United States.

    The government wants to give an Electric Vehicle Supply Chain investment tax credit of 10% to help companies like Honda. This would be on top of the 30% Clean Technology Manufacturing Investment tax credit they already get.

    Honda is building a new electric car battery plant in Ontario. This will be the third one in the province, after Volkswagen. Thomas and a Stellantis LG factory are in Windsor.

    Honda’s agreement also includes two important suppliers for their batteries – cathodes and separators. The places where these facilities will be located will be announced later.

    The agreement happened after Honda bosses and the Ontario government had lots of meetings and talks that started after the last big government announcement at Honda’s Alliston facility.

    Trudeau, Ford, and Honda bosses were there in March 2022 when the car-maker said they would start making hybrid vehicles at the factory. The government is giving $131. 6 million to help with the project.

    This made people start talking about putting more money into electric cars. Talks about this started in the summer, the sources said.

    The Canadian Press released this report on April 25, 2024.

  • Delivery truck driver killed in crash at Mississauga industrial complex

    Delivery truck driver killed in crash at Mississauga industrial complex

    A delivery truck driver died in a crash at an industrial area in Mississauga on Wednesday afternoon.

    Peel police got a call at 4:45 pm about a car crash in the parking lot near Tomken Road and Courtney Park Drive East.

    The word “Const. ” means “constitution” Richard Chin said that the police and medical personnel found a delivery truck that had crashed into a parked cargo trailer.

    “Sadly, the person driving the truck died despite the emergency service personnel’s best efforts,” he said.

    The delivery company UPS said that one of its workers was part of the incident and is working with the police to look into what happened.

    We don’t know why the accident happened.

    “I can’t share much more information because the investigation is still in the early stages,” Chin said.

    When they asked if the driver might have had a medical problem, he said they were looking into all reasons.

    “We are asking anyone who was in the area to contact our Major Collision Bureau if they saw anything,” Chin said.

  • Ukraine strikes Russia using long-range missiles United States covertly provided

    Ukraine strikes Russia using long-range missiles United States covertly provided

    Ukraine has started using long-range missiles from the United States to bomb a Russian military airfield and troops in Crimea. This was confirmed by American officials on Wednesday.

    Ukrainian leaders have finally got the new missiles they have been wanting for a long time. These missiles have a striking distance of up to 300 kilometers, which is almost double the range of the mid-range version they got from the US last October. One official said that the US will give more of these missiles as part of a new military aid deal signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

    Biden agreed to send a lot of powerful missiles to the military in February. In March, the US said they would give a lot of money to send even more of these missiles.

    Two US officials, who did not want to share their names, talked about the missile delivery before it was made public. They didn’t say how many missiles were given last month or in the latest aid package, which is worth around US$1 billion.

    Ukraine doesn’t have enough weapons and Russia is attacking more and more. Ukraine wanted the long-range missile system because it can help them attack Russian targets from far away, while keeping their own forces safe.

    Lawmakers and other people have been asking the US to send weapons to Ukraine, but they didn’t know the weapons were already there because the delivery was kept a secret.

    For many months, the US did not want to send long-range missiles to Ukraine because they were worried that Ukraine might use them to attack Russia, which would make Russia very angry and make the conflict worse. That’s why the administration sent the mid-range version in October, which can go about 160 kilometers (100 miles).

    Admcould be rewritten as administrator or admiral, depending on the context. Christopher Grady, who is the second in command at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday that the White House and military planners studied the dangers of giving Ukraine long-range weapons and decided that it was the right time to give them now.

    In an interview with The Associated Press, he said that Ukraine can use long-range weapons to target Russian supply points and groups of soldiers who are not at the front lines. Grady did not want to say what kind of weapons were being given, but he said they will be very powerful if used the right way, and he is sure they will be.

    Like other advanced weapons given to Ukraine, the government thought about whether using them would make the conflict worse. The government is still saying that the weapons can’t be used to attack things in Russia. At the State Department, spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Wednesday that Biden told his national security team to send the ATACMS to be used in Ukrainian territory.

    “I believe it’s the right time, and the boss (Biden) decided it’s the right time to offer these based on where the fight is at this moment,” Grady said on Wednesday. “I believe it was a carefully thought out decision, and we thoroughly examined it. But whenever you bring in a new system or make a change in a conflict, you need to consider how it might make things worse. ”

    Ukrainian leaders have not said they received or used long-range ATACMS. However, when Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Congress for passing the new aid bill on Tuesday, he said on the social platform X that Ukraine’s long-range capabilities, artillery, and air defense are very important tools for quickly restoring a just peace.

    A US official told Russia last year that if they got long-range missiles and used them in Ukraine, the US would give the same type of missiles to Ukraine.

    Russia got weapons from North Korea and used them in Ukraine. This made the Biden administration approve the new long-range missiles.

    The US didn’t admit to giving Ukraine long-range missiles until they were used in battle and Ukrainian leaders agreed to tell everyone about it. A government person said that the weapons were used last week to attack the airfield in Dzhankoi, a city in Crimea. Russia took control of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. They were used again overnight to the east of the city of Berdyansk, which is under occupation.

    Videos on social media last week showed big explosions at the military airfield, but officials didn’t say if it was the ATACMS.

    Ukraine used the weapon because Congress was taking a long time to approve a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and other countries. Ukraine doesn’t have enough weapons, so they have to limit how much they use. They haven’t gotten the money they need from the US yet.

    Now that the war has been going on for three years, Russia took advantage of the US weapons being late and their stronger firepower and army to increase attacks in eastern Ukraine. More and more, they are using bombs guided by satellites that are dropped from planes from far away to attack Ukrainian forces who don’t have enough soldiers and weapons.

    Last year, some missiles were given that can travel a medium distance, and more recently some long-range missiles were sent. These missiles have cluster bombs that open in the air and release lots of small bombs instead of just one big bomb. Other missiles that have been sent recently only have one warhead.

    One important reason the weapons were sent in March was because the US Army could start using newer ATACMS instead of the older ones. The Army is getting new missiles and can now give its old ones to Ukraine, the official said.

  • Arizona House sends bill to Senate to abolish nearly complete ban on abortion

    Arizona House sends bill to Senate to abolish nearly complete ban on abortion

    The state House in Arizona voted to approve a proposal to lift almost all restrictions on abortions. Republicans faced a lot of pressure over this issue for two weeks. This has been a difficult issue for former U.S leaders President Donald Trump is trying to become president again.

    Three Republicans and 29 Democrats worked together to get rid of a law in Arizona that doesn’t make any exceptions for rape or incest and has been around since before the state became official. If the Senate says yes, Arizona will let women have abortions up to 15 weeks.

    Trump and US Senate candidate Kari Lake wanted Arizona lawmakers to make it easier for women to get abortions because their plans for politics were in danger because many people were against a nearly complete ban on abortions. However, before Wednesday, many Republicans in the state House used procedural votes to stop the repeal. This made President Joe Biden, a Democrat, very upset because he strongly believes in the right to have an abortion. He has been focusing on this issue in his campaign for re-election.

    “Arizonans are living in the past because Donald Trump got rid of Roe v. Wade,” said Democratic state Sen. Priya Sundareshan from Tucson spoke at a news event on Wednesday held by the Biden campaign and the Arizona Democratic Party.

    The repeal vote happened the day after Biden said Trump made it harder for women to get health care.

    Many people stood outside the state Capitol and then went inside to watch as lawmakers voted. Some of them had signs or wore shirts to show they disagreed with abortion rights.

    Arizona Republicans are feeling pressure because some of the people who support them want to ban abortion. But, this is causing problems with other voters who are undecided and will make important decisions in elections. The Senate and the GOP control the government.

    The Republican representative said he is very upset today. Rachel Jones did not want to cancel something. “Life is an important part of our Republican beliefs. ” I feel very upset when I see people not following that value.

    The highest court in Arizona decided that the state can start using a law that allows abortions only when the patient’s life is in danger. The decision said doctors could be charged under a law from 1864 that punishes people who help with abortions with two to five years in prison.

    A week ago, one Republican and all Democrats in the Arizona House voted to get rid of a law, but it didn’t pass.

    The law was stopped after the US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision said that it’s a constitutional right to have an abortion all over the country.

    After the court decided to change Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich convinced a state judge to enforce the 1864 ban. However, the law has not been put into action while the case has been going through the courts. Kris Mayes, who is the new Attorney General and a Democrat, asked the state’s highest court not to bring back the law.

    Mayes says the law might start on June 8. But the anti-abortion group, Alliance Defending Freedom, says that county prosecutors can start enforcing it when the Supreme Court’s decision is final, which will likely be this week.

    If the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs agree, a new law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy would become the main rule for abortions in 2022.

    Planned Parenthood promises to keep doing abortions as long as it’s still allowed. They will also find ways to help patients go to other states like New Mexico and California for abortions.

    Last summer, people who support abortion rights started an effort to have Arizona voters make a new law that says women have the right to choose abortion.

    The new law would make sure women can have an abortion up to around 24 weeks into their pregnancy, when the baby could live outside the womb. It would also permit abortions at a later stage if it’s necessary to save the parent’s life or to protect her physical or mental well-being.

    Republican politicians are thinking about adding different ideas about abortion to the voting choices in November.

    A secret document showed what House Republicans are thinking about for abortion laws. They might make existing regulations into laws, make a 14-week ban that looks like a 15-week law, and stop abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

    House Republicans have not told anyone about the plans they have for voting.

  • Houthis of Yemen claim to have targeted Israeli and American ships

    Houthis of Yemen claim to have targeted Israeli and American ships

    Houthi fighters in Yemen have said they attacked two American ships and an Israeli boat. This is the first attack like this in more than two weeks.

    The group from Iran said it attacked an American ship called Maersk Yorktown and an Israeli ship called MSC Veracruz in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. The spokesman, Yahya Sarea, talked about this on TV.

    Yemen’s Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea to show support for Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza. This has been going on since November.

    “The Yemeni military says they will keep stopping Israeli ships or any ships going to ports in occupied Palestine in the Red and Arabian Seas, and also in the Indian Ocean,” Sarea stated on Wednesday.

    Ambrey, a British maritime security company, said it knew about an incident near the port city of Aden, where the Houthis often attack ships they think are connected to Israel or the United States.

    The ship said there was a big boom in the water, about 72 nautical miles from Djibouti, according to a new warning from Ambrey.

    Houthi attacks are causing problems for global shipping in the Suez Canal. Companies have to take longer and more costly routes around southern Africa because of this. The United States and Britain attacked Houthi targets in Yemen.

  • Texas police battle with students as protests against Gaza war continue

    Texas police battle with students as protests against Gaza war continue

    Police fought with student protesters in Texas and California. More protests are happening at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders try to stop the growing pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

    At the University of Texas at Austin, many police officers from the area and the state fought with protesters, making them leave the campus and even pushing some into the street. Some police officers were on horses and carrying batons. University officials and the Texas Governor asked for at least 20 demonstrators to be arrested and held in custody. Greg Abbott, as per the state Department of Public Safety.

    A photographer for Fox 7 Austin was arrested at a protest after getting caught in a struggle between police and students. A well-known journalist from Texas was pushed down in the chaos and was bleeding. Police had to help him to get to the hospital where his head was bandaged up.

    At the University of Southern California, police and protesters pulled on tents in a back-and-forth way. The police took away some tents but then stopped. In the northern part of California, students at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, were stuck inside a building for three days. The school closed the campus for the weekend and made classes online.

    Harvard University in Massachusetts wanted to avoid protests this week by making it harder for people to go into Harvard Yard and needing permission for tents and tables. Protesters set up a camp with 14 tents after a rally against the university’s suspension of the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee.

    Students are asking schools to stop doing business with Israel and companies that are involved in the war between Israel and Hamas. Many people have been arrested for going into places they weren’t supposed to or for causing problems in public. Some Jewish students feel that the protests have turned into hating Jewish people and are scared to go to campus.

    Columbia University stopped another fight between students and police earlier today. Things were still tense there. The school officials will keep talking to the protesters for another 48 hours.

    During a visit to the campus, US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, asked Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to step down if she can’t bring order to the chaos.

    “He said that if the threats and intimidation are not stopped soon, the National Guard might need to step in. ”

    Shafik wanted to reach an agreement by midnight on Tuesday to clear a camp, but the school kept talking and making progress, so they didn’t make a decision yet.

    On Wednesday night, a Columbia spokesperson said that the rumors about the university threatening to bring in the National Guard were not true. Ben Chang, who is the vice president for communications at Columbia, said that our main goal is to bring back peace and if we can achieve that by talking, we will try.

    Columbia student Omer Lubaton Granot put up pictures of Israeli hostages near the camp because he wanted to remind people that over 100 hostages are still being held by Hamas.

    “I see everyone behind me supporting human rights,” he said. “I don’t think they have anything to say about the fact that people their age, who were kidnapped from their homes or from a music festival in Israel, are being held by a terror group. ”

    Tala Alfoqaha, a student at Harvard Law, and other protestors want the university to be more open about their actions.

    “I hope that the people in charge at Harvard University pay attention to what the students have been asking for all year, which is to stop investing in certain things, to be more open about their finances, and to not punish students for anything. ” said a student.

    Last week, the police tried to remove the camp at Columbia. They arrested over 100 protesters. The plan didn’t work and instead it inspired other students to do the same thing. It also motivated protesters at Columbia to come together again.

    On Wednesday, there were about 60 tents left at the Columbia camp, and everything seemed peaceful. There were a lot of security measures in place at the campus, like needing to show ID and police putting up metal fences.

    Columbia agreed with the protest leaders that only students can stay at the camp. They also agreed to make it a friendly place and not allow mean or hurtful words.

    A group of students gathered on the University of Minnesota campus to protest, after police arrested nine protesters who were camping outside the library. The United States Rep. Rewrite this text in simple words: Representative. Ilhan Omar, whose daughter was one of the people taken away by the police at Columbia last week, went to a protest later on the same day.

    More than 80 professors and assistant professors wrote a letter on Wednesday asking the university’s president and other leaders to not punish anyone and to let people camp without being bothered by the police.

    They said they were shocked that the school would allow students to speak out against genocide and the occupation of Palestine.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the protests supporting Palestine on American college campuses. He released a video statement on Wednesday, saying that the university presidents’ reactions were shameful. He called on state, local, and federal officials to get involved.

    Some students at the protests were hiding their faces and didn’t want to tell reporters who they were, because they were afraid of facing consequences. At a camp with about 40 tents on the University of Michigan’s campus in Ann Arbor, almost every student had a mask that was given to them when they arrived.

    The many protests have made it hard for universities to keep students safe while also respecting their right to speak freely. Many people allowed the protests to continue for a long time, but now they are giving out stricter punishments because they are worried about safety.

    This week at New York University, police arrested 133 protestors for causing trouble. They have all been released but have to go to court for their charges. Police took more than 40 protesters into custody on Monday at a camp at Yale University.

  • Biden visits 4-year-old American prisoner Abigail Edan of Hamas

    Biden visits 4-year-old American prisoner Abigail Edan of Hamas

    President Joe Biden met with Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl who was kept captive in Gaza at the beginning of the war.

    Jake Sullivan, who works for the government, said that meeting with Abigail and her family at the White House made him remember that there is still a lot of work to be done to bring back the people who were taken by Hamas in an attack on Israel. These people are still being held captive in Gaza.

    Abigail, who is a citizen of both Israel and the US, was kidnapped after her parents were killed in the attack. She was freed almost seven weeks later. She was the first American captive released by Hamas in a deal with Israel to trade hostages for Palestinian prisoners at the beginning of the conflict. Abigail had her fourth birthday while she was kept as a captive.

    “Sullivan, who was at Biden’s meeting with the girl and her family, also mentioned that seeing her was a reminder that there are still Americans and others being held hostage by Hamas. ” “We are working every day to make sure everyone can safely go home to their families. ”

    Israel says the fighters are still keeping about 100 people captive and the bodies of more than 30 others.

    Biden talked to the girl right after she was let go in November. The president had different feelings about Thursday’s meeting.

    Sullivan said that Abigail and her two brothers are still dealing with the sadness and pain of their parents being killed on Oct 7th.

    “Abigail is still dealing with the pain of being kept prisoner for a long time,” he added. “But it was also a happy moment because she was able to go back to her family safely. ” Please write this in simpler language.

    Biden met with Abigail while Hamas released a video of an Israeli American still in their custody.

    The video was the first time people saw Hersh Goldberg-Polin after the attack on southern Israel by Hamas on October 7th. It was unclear when the video was made.

    Goldberg-Polin, who is 23 years old, was at the Tribe of Nova music festival when Hamas attacked from the nearby Gaza. In the video, Goldberg-Polin doesn’t have part of his left arm.

    Witnesses said he got very upset when attackers threw grenades into a place where people were hiding. He wrapped a tight bandage around it before being put into the truck.

    Sullivan mentioned that American police are looking at the video, but they didn’t say anything else.

  • Germany says it will start supporting Palestinian UN agency again

    Germany says it will start supporting Palestinian UN agency again

    Germany said it will work with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees again. This means they will start giving money again after they stopped because of accusations against UNRWA staff.

    The claims caused 16 countries that give money, including the biggest one, the United States, to stop giving about $450 million to UNRWA. This hurts UNRWA’s ability to help with the crisis in Gaza caused by Israel’s attack.

    Former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna led a review into UNRWA’s rules for staying neutral. The review was published on Monday.

    The German foreign and development ministries want UNRWA to quickly follow the report’s suggestions. This includes making its internal audit function stronger and improving oversight of project management.

    “The German government will keep working with UNRWA in Gaza, just like Australia, Canada, Sweden, and Japan are already doing,” the statement said. Germany is the second largest giver to UNRWA.

    The organization has 32,000 workers in the Palestinian areas and nearby countries. This includes 13,000 in the Gaza Strip. It is the largest aid agency there and provides schools and social services to the refugees who are the majority of the people in Gaza.

    UNRWA’s communication director Juliette Touma said that they are very thankful. She also said that Germany has been a strong supporter of the agency.

    The review said Israel hasn’t shown proof to support their claims that many UNRWA staff in Gaza are part of terrorist groups.

    The review showed that UNRWA is better at staying neutral compared to other groups, but there are still some problems with staff sharing their political opinions publicly.

    The United Nations is looking into claims against 12 of its workers. After these came out in January, UNRWA said it had fired 10 of the people mentioned, and the other two had passed away.

    In March, Israel said that more than 450 UNRWA workers in Gaza were members of terrorist groups.

    Israel’s spokesperson from the Foreign Ministry said it was sad and not good that Germany made this decision. Israel gave lots of information about hundreds of UNRWA workers who are part of Hamas and Islamic Jihad to Germany.

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants all countries to help UNRWA because it’s really important for Palestine refugees in the region.

    The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said on Tuesday that UNRWA has enough money to cover its operations until June.