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Kim Jae-kyu in military court during the trial in 1979
South Korea retrying spy chief who assassinated a president
SEOUL — Two gunshots.That is how Yoo Seok-sul begins recounting the night of Friday, 26 October, 1979.A former security guard in the Korea Central Intelligence Agency, or KCIA, as the South's spy division was known, Yoo has many stories to tell. But this is perhaps the most infamous.He remembers the time — nearly 19:40 — and where he had been sitting — in the break room. He was resting after his shift guarding the entrance to the low-rise compound where President Park Chung-hee entertained his most trusted lieutenants. They called it the "safe house".In his 70s now, wiry with sharp eyes, Yoo speaks hesitantly at first — but it comes back to him quickly. After the first shots, more gunfire followed, he says. The guards were on high alert but they waited outside for...
July 16, 2025

South Korea retrying spy chief who assassinated a president

François Bayrou said France risked being crushed by debt
French PM looks to scrap two public holidays in bold bid to cut national debt
PARIS — France's Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash overall spending while also increasing defence expenses.Bayrou suggested axing Easter Monday and 8 May, a day that commemorates the Allied victory at the end of World War Two in Europe.He said the various bank holidays had turned the month of May into a gruyère — a Swiss cheese full of holes — although he added he was open to other suggestions.Bayrou runs the risk of having his budget voted down in parliament in the autumn, which could eventually cause his government to collapse.But on Tuesday he stressed that France — the eurozone's second economy — was "in mortal danger" of being crushed by debt.Standing in front of a lectern...
July 16, 2025

French PM looks to scrap two public holidays in bold bid to cut national debt

Mike Waltz
Mike Waltz grilled over Signal leak at UN ambassador hearing
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's former national security adviser Mike Waltz has faced scrutiny from US senators over his role in a sensitive Signal group chat in which officials discussed war plans.Waltz appeared before a hearing on Tuesday seeking Senate confirmation as Trump's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, following his removal from his former post in May.Under questioning from Democrats, Waltz maintained he did not share classified information in the chat, which accidentally included a journalist.The March incident, which became known as "Signalgate", threw the White House into turmoil and sparked a debate about the administration's cybersecurity.Waltz convened the group chat on Signal that also included Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, Vice...
July 16, 2025

Mike Waltz grilled over Signal leak at UN ambassador hearing

Pam Bondi has said the memo released last week on Epstein by the Department of Justice speaks for itself
Trump says attorney general should release any 'credible' information on Epstein
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has said Attorney General Pam Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as he faces a rare backlash from supporters after seeking to draw a line under the case.Bondi has been lambasted by some of Trump's political base after she said last week there was no evidence that Epstein kept a "client list" or was blackmailing powerful figures.At the weekend Trump urged supporters not to "waste time and energy" on the controversy. But allies of the president, including House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, are calling for "transparency".Epstein's 2019 death in a US prison while awaiting federal trial was ruled a suicide.But many in Trump's Make America...
July 16, 2025

Trump says attorney general should release any 'credible' information on Epstein

US President Donald Trump answers questions during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House 9 July, 2025 in Washington, DC
Trump launches probe into Brazil's 'unfair' trade practices
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it has launched an investigation into Brazil's "unfair" trading practices.It will include the Brazilian government's policies "related to digital trade and electronic payment services; unfair, preferential tariffs; anti-corruption interference", a statement from the US trade representative said.The investigation seeks to determine whether they are "unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict US commerce."Last week, US President Donald Trump urged Brazilian authorities to end their prosecution of the country's former President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing them of carrying out a "witch hunt".US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the probe was being launched at Trump's direction...
July 16, 2025

Trump launches probe into Brazil's 'unfair' trade practices

A new resettlement scheme has seen 4,500 Afghans arrive in the UK so far
Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach
LONDON — Thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, it can be revealed.In February 2022, the personal details of nearly 19,000 people who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan were leaked.The previous government learned of the breach in August 2023 when some of the details appeared on Facebook.A new resettlement scheme for those on the leaked list was set up nine months later, and has seen 4,500 Afghans arrive in the UK so far.But the existence of the leak and relocations were kept secret after the government obtained a super-injunction stopping it from becoming public.Details of the major data breach, the response and the number of Afghans granted the...
July 16, 2025

Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach

Nimisha Priya is currently lodged in the central jail of Yemen's capital Sanaa
Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse on death row
DELHI — Authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution of an Indian nurse who is on death row after being found guilty of murder, Indian foreign ministry sources say.Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death for killing a local man, was set to be executed on 16 July, according to campaigners working to save her.The nurse, who is from the southern Indian state of Kerala, denied murdering her former business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi, whose chopped-up body was discovered in a water tank in 2017.The postponement of her execution is only a temporary reprieve — the only way she can be saved is if Mahdi's family pardons her.Yemen's Islamic judicial system, known as Sharia, offers her one last hope — securing a pardon from the victim's family by paying diyah, or blood money,...
July 16, 2025

Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse on death row

Marjorie Taylor Greene said she opposed backdoor deals through Nato to arm Ukraine
'Not our war' — Trump's Nato weapons deal for Ukraine sparks MAGA anger
WASHINGTON — Some conservative members of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement have reacted angrily to the president's plans to sell weapons to Nato, arguing it is a betrayal of his promise to end US involvement in foreign wars.On Monday, Trump said he would send weapons to Ukraine via Nato, while also threatening Russia with more tariffs if a deal to end the war is not reached in 50 days.Republican Congresswomen Marjorie Taylor Greene, a key Trump ally, and former Trump strategist Steve Bannon are among those who have criticised the decision, with Bannon telling his podcast listeners that Ukraine is a "European war".The White House has emphasised that Europe will pay for the US-made weapons.In an interview with the New York Times, Greene - an...
July 15, 2025

'Not our war' — Trump's Nato weapons deal for Ukraine sparks MAGA anger

Houthi supporters burn a US flag during a military march marking the anniversary of Yemeni unity in Sanaa, 22 May, 2024
German court rejects Yemeni plaintiffs' case over 2012 US drone strike deaths
BERLIN — Germany's highest court rejected a case on Tuesday brought by Yemeni plaintiffs who argued the German government failed in its duty to protect relatives who they say were killed in a 2012 drone strike that was carried out with help from a US military base in Germany.Ruling in a case that has been making its way through the German judicial system for over a decade, the Federal Constitutional Court found the German government can have a concrete duty to protect foreign citizens abroad in some cases.However, the court said that this could only apply when there is a "sufficient connection" to the German state's authority and "a serious danger of systematic violation" of international law.The judges found this case didn't fulfil those requirements.The...
July 15, 2025

German court rejects Yemeni plaintiffs' case over 2012 US drone strike deaths

The three were said to be professional and passionate about their jobs
Aid workers 'executed' in Ethiopia's Tigray war, charity says
NAIROBI — An investigation by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) into the "execution" of three of its workers during a humanitarian mission in Ethiopia's war-hit northern Tigray region has found evidence that the country's army was responsible for the killings four years ago.MSF's report includes claims that Ethiopian troops were present at the scene of the killing of the three - a Spanish national and two Ethiopians."They were executed," MSF Spain's general director Raquel Ayora told the BBC. "They were facing their attackers [and] were shot at very close range... several times."The BBC has asked the Ethiopian government for a response to the allegation.MSF said it was releasing the findings of its report into the incident as...
July 15, 2025

Aid workers 'executed' in Ethiopia's Tigray war, charity says

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