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      18 February

      Suspect charged with hate crimes in shooting of Jewish men in LA

      US federal prosecutors announced charges against Jaime Tran, 28, for allegedly firing on two Jewish men in California. Jeffrey Abrams, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in Los Angeles, speaks at a news conference as hate crime charges are announced against the suspect in the shooting of two Jewish men A suspect in the United States who allegedly shot and wounded two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles has been charged with federal hate crimes. Jaime Tran, 28, is accused of carrying out the attacks on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, US Attorney Martin Estrada said at a news conference on Friday. “For the past two days, our community has experienced two horrific acts,” Estrada said. “An individual motivated…

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    • 18 February

      Russia’s Wagner fighters suffer 30,000 casualties in Ukraine: US

      The White House says 90 percent of Wagner Group fighters killed in Ukraine since December were convicts. Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last February, with about 9,000 of those fighters killed in action, the United States has claimed. The US estimates that 90 percent of Wagner Group fighters killed in Ukraine since December 2022 were convicts, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters at a regular briefing on Friday. Half of the overall deaths among Wagner mercenaries have occurred since mid-December, as fighting in Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut intensified, according to US intelligence. Kirby said the mercenary group had made incremental gains in and around Bakhmut over the last few…

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    • 18 February

      Meghana Pandit named CEO of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

      Members of the interview panel unanimously agreed that she was the preferred choice, and this recommendation was approved at a meeting of the Council of Governors on February 15. London: India-born professor Meghana Pandit has become the first woman of colour to be appointed CEO of Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust. Meghana, who was named to the post on a fixed term basis in 2022, has now been appointed permanently after a rigorous and competitive process, which concluded after an extensive national and international recruitment search. Members of the interview panel unanimously agreed that she was the preferred choice, and this recommendation was approved at a meeting of the Council of Governors on February 15. Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Chair…

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    • 18 February

      6 dead after shootings in US, suspect in custody

      The Tate County sheriff said on Friday that the shooter killed the victims at various locations in Arkabutla, which lies about 50 km south of Memphis, Tennessee, Xinhua news agency reported. Representational Image. Washington: Six people were shot and killed in a rural town of the US state of Mississippi, authorities said. The Tate County sheriff said on Friday that the shooter killed the victims at various locations in Arkabutla, which lies about 50 km south of Memphis, Tennessee, Xinhua news agency reported. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said in a statement on Friday afternoon that he had been briefed on the series of shootings in Tate County. “The individual responsible has been taken into custody alive,” Reeves wrote. “At this time,…

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    • 18 February

      Kim Jong-un watches football match with daughter

      It marked the sixth public appearance by Kim’s daughter and her first in a non-military event, reports Yonhap News Agency. Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a football match with his daughter in celebration of his late father Kim Jong-il’s birth anniversary, state media reported on Saturday. Kim and his daughter, known as Ju-ae, watched the match between officials of the Cabinet and the Ministry of National Defence on Friday in commemoration of the two-day national holiday that began Thursday this year, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). It marked the sixth public appearance by Kim’s daughter and her first in a non-military event, reports Yonhap News Agency. The KCNA report did not mention her by…

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    • 18 February

      Tehran plans to assassinate influential Jews world over if Israel attacks, claims French journalist

      Iran has planned attacks on select Jewish diaspora as a response to an eventuality of an Israeli attack, a French journalist who has worked in the country has claimed. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to “identify all the prominent NGOs run by Jews, who was doing what in each business sector, the important rabbis,” Catherine Perez-Shakdam told the Jewish Chronicle. Shakdam has met both Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi, and used to write for to pro-Iran media outlets in the past. She learnt about the plot at a meeting, which accessed through filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh, who died in April last year. Talebzadeh, who was under US sanctions, was a member of the New Horizon organisation, which set…

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    • 18 February

      Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealand sets up temporary morgues after storm

      Two temporary morgues have been set up in New Zealand’s north island as the death toll from the country’s worst weather event in decades climbed to eight. Police said more than 4,500 people had been registered as “uncontactable” but they cautioned that this could be because lack of access to communications networks. Temporary mortuaries have been established in the towns of Napier and Hastings where the full impact of Cyclone Gabrielle was felt earlier this week. A police spokesman said the move was “standard practice” as a precaution to ensure that any fatalities could be managed with care and respect. The Royal Navy staged a dramatic rescue for a 70-year-old sailor who was on board a catamaran when the cyclone…

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    • 18 February

      Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama

      MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court on Friday agreed to a U.S. extradition request for a British citizen wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack in 2020 that compromised the accounts of several U.S. politicians including Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Joseph James O’Connor was arrested in July 2021 in the southern city of Estepona. The Spanish government still has to confirm the extradition. It usually complies with such High Court decisions though O’Connor could still appeal. The High Court said the United States was in a better position to prosecute because that is where the evidence obtained in the investigation is located, as is any damage caused. O’Connor had objected to his proposed extradition in a previous…

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    • 18 February

      Mississippi shooting : Six dead in series of killings outside of Memphis as suspect in custody

      Six people are dead after a series of shootings in Arkabutla, Mississippi, on Friday, according to officials. The killings took place outside of a store and inside of a home in the town outside of Memphis, Action News 5 reports. ”We have arrested the guy who did it,” the Tate County Sheriff’s office told NBC News. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting local officials in investigating the shootings. A man has been arrested after six people were killed in shootings in the town of Arkabutla in Tate County near the border between Mississippi and Tennessee in the vicinity of Memphis. The office of Governor Tate Reeves said he had been briefed on the incidents and that a man had been detained. It’s thought that he was acting…

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    • 18 February

      Rioters gathered on Gaza Border after West Bank calls for Day of Rage

      Riots broke out along the border fence in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Friday after hundreds of people gathered at the perimeter fence. Participants burned tires and attempted to approach parts of the fence before dissipating when the IDF responded. People approached the fence near Al Burajj, Karni, and Jabila. The IDF responded by opening fire to drive rioters away, pushing participants back into the strip. Increased rebel activity According to security sources, the events were spontaneous and happening sporadically. Hamas was reportedly quick to remove demonstrators from the border area. The events were a response to calls from the West Bank for a “Day of Rage” to be held in Gaza as a sign of solidarity with the Palestinians in…

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