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☆ A BASE jumper fell to his death after leaping 29 stories from a hotel roof and his parachute failed to open
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewA British BASE jumper fell 29 stories to his death in Thailand after his parachute failed to work properly, according to multiple reports. AdvertisementBoy told Khaosod that he spotted Odinson's parachute string was snagged after he jumped. An employee of the condominium told Khaosod that Odinson had done the jump from the building "many times before," seemingly in order to create video content. The page's last post was just hours before Odinson's jump. AdvertisementHarry Hongjindapong, listed as the drop zone operator for Thai Sky Adventures, said on his Facebook page that a funeral will be held for Odinson in Pattaya on February 4.

Persons: —, Nathy Odinson, Khaosod, Boy, Odinson, Harry Hongjindapong Organizations: Service, Business, Police, BBC, Sky, Thai Sky, Odinson Locations: Thailand, Pattaya

Dr. Deborah Harrington appears on CNN on Wednesday, January 17. “There is no antenatal care for women… and the women I saw were really severely anemic,” she said. Fourteen were directly hit, based on the evidence collected and verified by CNN and analyzed by experts. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza says Israel “has deliberately targeted 150 health institutions, putting 30 hospitals and 53 health centers out of service, and targeting 122 ambulances." CNN cannot independently verify these numbers and CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment.

Persons: Deborah Harrington, Dr, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Harrington, “, ” Harrington, …, ”, Israel “ Organizations: CNN, Al, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, International Rescue, Medical Aid, Palestine, Hamas, of Health Locations: British, Aqsa, Gaza, Israel

CNN —Police carried out raids on gay venues in Russia late Friday, two online Russian news outlets reported, one day after the country’s top court ruled to ban the “international LGBTQ movement” and labelled it an extremist organization. “Yesterday was the only drug raid at Hunters Party. Another source with direct knowledge of the raid on the Hunters Party pop-up told CNN it was just a routine drug raid. However, people chatting on an online group linked to the Hunters Party expressed their fear. It is now illegal in Russia to promote or “praise” LGBTQ relationships, publicly express non-heterosexual orientations or suggest that they are “normal.”

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Ostorozhno Novosti, Eyewitnesses, “, Natalia Kolesnikova, Sota, ”, Milana Petrova –, ” Petrova, Alexey Khoroshy, Khoroshy, Putin Organizations: CNN — Police, Supreme, West, Russian Telegram, Ostorozhno, Sota, Police, Telegram, Central Station, Secret, Hunters Party, Getty, Central Station Club, CNN Locations: Russia, Moscow, St, Petersburg, Ostorozhno Novosti, St . Petersburg, Young, AFP, Russian, Ukraine falters

☆ Cops raided gay bars in Moscow and documented its customers 2 days after Russia's top court deemed LGBTQ+ groups 'extremist'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's top court declared the LGBTQ+ movement extremist, clamping down on gay rights under Putin. Less than two days later, cops raided gay bars and clubs, documenting present customers. AdvertisementRussian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country's top court banned what it called the "global LGBTQ+ movement" as an extremist organization. The raids follow a decision by Russia's Supreme Court to label the country's LGBTQ+ "movement" as an extremist organization. In 2013, the Kremlin adopted the first legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, known as the "gay propaganda" law, banning any public endorsement of "nontraditional sexual relations" among minors.

Persons: —, clubgoers, Vladimir Putin, Max Olenichev, Olenichev, Putin, Andrei Loginov, Olga Baranova, they're, Baranova Organizations: Putin, Service, Police, Russia's, Justice Ministry, Central, Associated Press, Kremlin, Human Rights, Moscow Community Center, AP Locations: Russia, Moscow, St, Russian, Ukraine, Geneva

Survivors recounted executions and looting in Ardamata, which they said were carried out by RSF and allied Arab militias. The RSF developed from Arab militias known as the Janjaweed that helped Sudan's army crush a rebellion in Darfur in the 2000s. Atta said the UAE had funnelled unspecified supplies to the RSF through Uganda, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad. Sudan's army, Chad and the CAR did not immediately respond to requests for comment. While the UAE backed Sudan's aborted political transition after the 2019 overthrow of Omar al-Bashir, it has remained publicly quiet on the war.

Persons: El Tayeb, Yassir al, Atta, RSF, General Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Omar al, Bashir, Nafisa Eltahir, Khalid Abdelaziz, Maha El, Elias Biryabarema, Aidan Lewis, Alex Richardson Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Sudanese, United, Rapid Support Forces, Army, UAE, General Intelligence Service, Reuters, Central African Republic, Wagner Group, CAR, Thomson Locations: West Darfur, Adre, Chad, Ardamata, Arab, El, Rights CAIRO, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Darfur, Omdurman, Sudan, Chadian, Amdjarass, Uganda, Chad's, Ndjamena, Russia, Khartoum, Maha El Dahan, Dubai, Kampala

☆ Sudan refugees detail second wave of ethnic purge by Arab forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

After seizing swathes of Khartoum, it has forced retreats by the Sudanese army in parts of the Darfur and Kordofan regions. When they were ambushed by Arab militiamen and came under fire along the route, the vehicle’s occupants scattered. In return, the Arab forces would guarantee the safety of the camp’s occupants and allow safe passage out of El Geneina for those who wanted to leave. He said he watched the Arab forces from his hiding place behind a wall at his home. Multiple eyewitnesses said that RSF and Arab militia forces rounded up hundreds of Masalit men, some of whom were executed.

Persons: Ardamata, Josep Borrell, ”, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Dagalo, Abdullah Omar Abdullah, Al Fadhl Abdullah, Khamis Hassan, ” Ibrahim Youssef, “, Youssef, Gamareldin Mohammed, Mohammed Ahmed Goma, ” Goma, Goma, Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo, Abdul Rahman Juma, ” Dagalo, RSF, El Geneina, Hussein Fayez, Hassan, Hussein, Yassin Ahmed, Abdu Mohammed Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Reuters couldn’t, Adam Mohammed, Mohammed, Ibrahim Youssef, didn’t, Ben Lesser, Grant Smith, Maggie Michael, Ryan McNeill, Mohammad Kawoosa, Han Huang, Edgar Su, Catherine Tai, Peter Hirschberg Organizations: UNICEF, United Nations, European Union, UNHCR, Diplomats, South, Sudanese, Sudanese Alliance, Army, Reuters, Planet Labs Locations: El, Chad, El Geneina, Darfur, Adre, Chad’s, Sudan, Ardamata, “, West Darfur, Khartoum, Sudanese, Kordofan, Nyala, Port Sudan, South Sudan, U.S, Al Mashtal, El Geneina’s, New York

People still flock to Dealey Plaza, which the presidential motorcade was passing through when Kennedy was killed. “I was just with a great mass of other reporters, just trying to find any bit of information,” she said. “As an AP reporter, you just go for the phone, you can’t process anything at that point,” she said. Simpson's recollections are included in an oral history collection at the Sixth Floor Museum that now includes about 2,500 recordings, according to Fagin. Many of the more recent ones have been with people who were children in the '60s and remembered hearing about the assassination while at school.

Persons: —, John F, Kennedy, Peggy Simpson, “, ” Simpson, ”, Stephen Fagin, Lee Harvey, Simpson, Clint Hill, Ella Wright, ” Wright, Fagin, Lee Harvey Oswald, Oswald, Jack Ruby, Ruby, didn’t, ” Fagin Organizations: DALLAS, Associated Press, Dealey Plaza, Texas, . Secret, National Geographic, The Dallas Times, AP, Sixth, Museum Locations: Dallas, “ JFK, America, Austin, Dealey

☆ Jenin: 14 killed in West Bank city after Israeli incursion, Palestinian health ministry says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —At least 14 Palestinians were killed in the refugee camp Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli military raid, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Militants and Israeli forces can be heard exchanging gunfire. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Thursday that the death toll in the West Bank has risen to 176. The Palestinians were either killed by Israeli forces or Jewish settlers, the ministry said. Hours later, videos obtained by CNN shows the forces surrounding the house and the explosion inside the refugee camp.

Persons: “, Ibn Sina, Asil Suead Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel Defense Forces, “ Engineering, Central Command, Israeli Army Radio, IDF, “, Israeli Border Police, Israel Police, Jerusalem Border Police, Border Police Locations: Jenin, “ Camp, Israeli, Gaza, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem

Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians and civilian structures including hospitals as shields; Hamas and several hospitals in the enclave have denied that. Since Saturday, Israel has opened up a humanitarian corridor for four hours each day, allowing Gazans in the north to leave for the south. Eyewitnesses described multiple explosions in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday morning that they said were caused by Israeli airstrikes. Yet Netanyahu insists he will not permit a ceasefire until Hamas releases the hundreds of hostages it still holds in Gaza. It’s not good for Israel; not good for the Israeli people,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN.

Persons: Alexander de Croo, Leo Varadkar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Mira Ziydeh, Joe Biden, Biden, Israel, “, It’s, John Kirby, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Mark Regev, CNN’s Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi, Niamh Kennedy, Andrew Carey Organizations: Jerusalem CNN —, UN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, ”, CNN, UNRWA, ABC, National Security Locations: Jerusalem, Gaza, Belgium, Belgian, Brussels, Latin America, Africa, Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Israel’s, Ramallah, ”, Gazan, Deir, Wadi Gaza, Southern Gaza

The National Science Foundation declined to answer AP questions about why Bieneman was sent out into the field in a critical safety role while under investigation. The case raises further questions about decision-making in the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is already under scrutiny. Conway and the graduate students did not respond to AP requests for comment. In the complaint, Conway described Bieneman as initially being “domineering and critical” of the two female graduate students at the camp. He said the graduate students, fearing possible retaliation if they disclosed the story, felt they had to tiptoe around Bieneman.

Persons: Stephen Tyler Bieneman, Bieneman, ”, Birney Bervar, ” Marc Tunstall, icefield, Tyler, Howard Conway, Conway, ” Conway, Jennifer Farrar Organizations: The Associated Press, McMurdo, The National Science Foundation, U.S . Antarctic Program, AP, NSF, Prosecutors, Twin, University of Washington, Conway, Bieneman, Attorney's Locations: WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Antarctica, Honolulu, Allan, McMurdo, Bieneman, Hawaii, The U.S, New York

CNN —Dozens were killed and many more injured in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday night, according to an official at a nearby hospital and eyewitnesses who spoke with CNN. One resident of the camp told CNN: “We were sitting in our homes, suddenly we heard a very, very powerful sound of an explosion. People check the damage at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp on Sunday. Alaloul, who is a freelance photojournalist with the Turkish news agency Anadolu, said his home was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. The Al-Maghazi refugee camp is located in the central part of the coastal enclave south of Wadi Gaza, the waterway that divides north from south Gaza.

Persons: Mohammad al Hajj, Dr Eyad Abu Zaher, ”, Khalil Al, “, Mahmud Hams, Muhammed Alaloul, Alaloul, Kenan, Rahaf, Ahmad, …, Qais, ” Alaloul, Jamal Al Aloul, Samah Shaqoura, CNN “, Sundos Shaqura, Israel, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Blinken, Mohammed Shia, ” “ Israel, We’ve Organizations: CNN, Hamas, of Health, Al, Israel Defense Forces, Aqsa Martyr’s Hospital, IDF, Getty, Israel, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Sunday, Anadolu, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Iraqi Locations: Gaza, Aqsa, AFP, Wadi Gaza, Ramallah, Turkish, Jordan, Iraq, Sudani, Baghdad

The Jabalia refugee camp is highlighted and the site of an airstrike within the camp shown. People and medics rush to the scene of an Israeli attack that hit the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza on Wednesday, Nov. 1. People and medics rushed to the scene of an Israeli attack that hit the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The second airstrike hit on Wednesday Nov. 1 in the Falouja neighbourhood of Jabalia refugee camp, approximately half a mile from the site of Tuesday’s explosion. A third Israeli airstrike hit the Jabalia refugee camp on November 2, Reuters reported.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Volker Turk, ” Turk, ”, OpenStreetMap, Al Bureij, Khan Younis, Bureij, Jabalia, Nizar Rayan, Abdel Kareem Rayan, “, Justin Bronk, ” Bronk, Al Mouhawel, Ibrahim Biari, Daniel Hagari, Biari, situating, ” Hagari, Hagari, Hazem Qassem, Muhammad A’sar, Abu Hussein, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Netanyahu Organizations: Islamic, Human, Space Agency Sentinel, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Masae Analytics, United Nations, Reuters, Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, Hamas, Palestinian, Technology, Royal United Services Institute, Israeli Air, Attack Munitions, Pentagon, Maxar, Jabalia Battalion, Interior Ministry, European Union Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza ., Beach, Al, Jabalia, Rafah, Palestine, Israeli, London, JDAMs, Iraq, Afghanistan, Al Almey, Falouja, United States

☆ Second Israeli airstrike in two days pummels Gaza refugee camp, deepening a growing outcry
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sofia Mitra-Thakur | Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

He told CNN more bodies were being dug out of the rubble, and the majority of casualties were women and children. Some were bleeding and others were burnt,” Mohammad Al Aswad told CNN by phone. Meanwhile, the main generator for the Gaza Indonesian Hospital went out of service Wednesday night, Dr. Atef Al Kahlout, the head of the hospital, told CNN Thursday. Her niece Leah Okumura told CNN Ramona was now resting at a hotel. Forty-five injured Palestinians are also currently getting treatment in three hospitals across Egypt, an Egyptian government official told CNN.

Persons: Jabalya, Atef Al Kahlout, “, ” “, Ali Jadallah, Mohammad Al Aswad, Ibrahim Biari, ”, Jordan, General Itzik Cohen, Daniel Hagari, Philippe Lazzarini, Al Shifa, Al Kahlout, Hatem Ali, Ramona Okumura, amputees, Leah Okumura, CNN Ramona Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Civil Defense, Hamas, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Getty, IDF, United Nations Human Rights, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Wednesday, UN, AFP, United Nations, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Gaza Indonesian Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Egypt, Rafah, Falluja, Gaza City, Anadolu, Ramallah, That’s, Israel’s, Chile, Colombia, Gaza . Bolivia, Al, Cairo, Seattle

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, crisis in Gaza, Bolivia cuts Israel ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

He accused Israel of attempting to justify what he described as a "heinous crime against safe civilians, children, and women in Jabalya camp." Here's the latest:Strike impact: The Ministry of Interior in Gaza reported that 20 homes "were completely destroyed" in the Jabalya camp. The Ministry of Interior in Gaza reported that 20 homes "were completely destroyed" in the Jabalya camp. Global reaction: A Doctors Without Borders nurse said the group was "horrified" by the Jabalya strike as reaction poured in worldwide. A Doctors Without Borders nurse said the group was "horrified" by the Jabalya strike as reaction poured in worldwide.

Persons: Ibrahim Biari —, Richard Hecht, Hazem Qassem, Israel, Riyad Mansour, Atef, Mohammad al Rann, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Lloyd Austin Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Observer, UN, of Interior, CNN, State Department, US Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia

Group members said Russian occupiers are snuffing out religious and other freedoms in areas of Ukraine under Russian control. “We are eyewitnesses of Russian atrocities going on in our country,” said Metropolitan Yevstratiy Zoria, a representative of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has declared its independence from Moscow and proclaimed its loyalty to Ukraine, but a government study commission contended that the UOC remains a structural unit of the Russian Orthodox Church. The other separate, but similarly-named church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, was officially recognized as independent by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2019, but the Russian church has disputed the legitimacy of that recognition. Zoria decried statements by Moscow Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has strongly supported the war as part of a metaphysical battle against Western liberalism and has said the Russian war dead have their sins forgiven.

Persons: Ivan Rusyn, ”, Freedom, “, Bartholomew of Constantinople, you’re, Zoria, Kirill, ” Zoria, Yaakov Dov Bleich, ” Bleich, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine Akhmed Tamim Organizations: WASHINGTON, Ukrainian Evangelical Church, Ukrainian, of, U.S . Institute of Peace, Orthodox, of Ukraine, The U.S . Commission, ” UNESCO, U.S . State Department, Church, Orthodox Church of, Ecumenical, Metropolitan Zoria, Russian Orthodox Church, Administration, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Ukrainian, United States, Ukraine, Russian, Rusyn, Christianity, The, ”, Houston, Moscow, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, of Ukraine, “, Kyiv, America, Yugoslavia

☆ Israel strikes Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Kareem Khadder | Abeer Salman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Jerusalem CNN —An Israeli strike targeting a Hamas commander in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza has left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics in the enclave. The IDF also said “numerous other Hamas terrorists” were hit in the strike, and claimed the Central Jabalya Battalion had taken control of civilian buildings. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the strike as a “massacre,” referencing “chilling documented scenes” of children and women. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the strike, saying it held Israel responsible for “this dangerous development,” in a statement released on X, previously known as Twitter. And Egypt accused Israel of breaking international law with what it said was the “inhuman” targeting of a residential area.

Persons: ”, Mohammad Ibrahim, Richard Hecht, Hecht, Ibrahim Biari, Hazem, Israel, B’tselem, “, –, Atef, Mohammad al Rann Organizations: Jerusalem CNN —, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Central Jabalya Battalion, “, of Interior, Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Locations: Jerusalem, Gaza, Israel, Egypt

Gaza CNN —Three-year-old Joudi hasn’t uttered a word in 16 days, her father says. Her father told CNN she hasn't spoken in weeks, because she is still in shock. Abed Khaled/APEyewitnesses told CNN that Deir al-Balah was struck on Friday evening, alongside other locations in central Gaza. We were safe and suddenly everything changed and came crashing,” Hala told CNN at the Deir al-Balah refugee camp. Still in shock, Joudi is refusing to eat or drink, her father told CNN.

Persons: hasn’t, Hala Bin Naeem, Khan Younis, Daniel Hagari, “, Hala, Abed Khaled, Deir, Balah, ” Hala, ”, Thomas White, Crescent, Ashraf Amra, ” Elad Goren, Ibrahim Dahman, ” Dahman, Dahman, ” Hagari, Medhat Abbas, Joudi Organizations: Gaza CNN, Shifa, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, of Health, Palestinian Ministry of Health, IDF, CNN, United Nations, UNRWA, UNRWA Affairs, Palestinian, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Anadolu Agency, Getty, UN, Civil Affairs Department, COGAT, Hospital Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Al Karama, Israel, Ramallah, Hala, Beit Hanoun, Rafah, Wadi Gaza, Palestinian, al, Deir al, Egypt, Aqsa, U.S, Territories, WhatsApp

[1/3] A man identified as a suspect by police points what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 25, 2023. Card appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck told reporters at a late-night briefing. He did not say how long the suspect was thought to have been dead or what led authorities to locate his body. The shootings and prolonged manhunt terrorized the normally bustling but serene community of Lewiston, a former textile hub and the second-most populous city in Maine. Lisbon Falls, where Card was found dead, is the next town along the river.

Persons: Robert R, Mike Sauschuck, Sauschuck, Robert Card, Janet Mills, Gabriella Borter, Julia Harte, Jonathan Allen, Rich McKay, Daniel Trotta, Steve Gorman, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Facebook, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, U.S . Army, Maine Public, Army, Maine State Police, CNN, Thomson Locations: Lewiston , Maine, U.S, Androscoggin County, Rights LEWISTON , Maine, Lisbon Falls, Maine, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Portland, Bowdoin, Saco , Maine, Lisbon, New York, Atlanta, Carlsbad , California

LEWISTON, Maine, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead of a likely self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, ending a 48-hour manhunt that followed the most lethal episode of gun violence in the state's history. "He is dead," Maine Governor Janet Mills told a news conference, thanking the hundreds of officers from various agencies involved in the search. Card died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Mike Sauschuck, Maine's Department of Public Safety commissioner. [1/6]Maine's Governor Janet Mills holds a news conference after Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card was found dead, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 27, 2023. Nine deaf people were playing in a weekly tournament at Schemengees, the sister of one of the victims told the Lewiston Sun Journal.

Persons: Robert R, Janet Mills, Robert Card, Mills, Card, Mike Sauschuck, Kevin Lamarque, Sauschuck, Joshua Seal, Noel Sullivan, Seal, Sullivan, Stephen Vozella, Bryan MacFarlane, Keri Brooks, Bill Young, Aaron, Bill's, Rob Young, Bob Violette, Lucille Violette, Cassandra Violette, Tricia Asselin, Joseph Walker, Leroy Walker, Joey, Gabriella Borter, Julia Harte, Rich McKay, Daniel Trotta, Steve Gorman, Mark Porter, Jonathan Oatis, David Gregorio, Leslie Adler, William Malard, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Maine's Department of Public, U.S . Army, Maine State Police, Army, Lewiston, REUTERS, Authorities, Lewiston Sun, Pine Tree Society, Sun Journal, New, Deaf Cornhole, Reuters, Thomson Locations: LEWISTON , Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Lisbon Falls, Maine, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Portland, Maine's, Augusta, Bowdoin, Saco , Maine, U.S, Lisbon, Schemengees, Pine, New York, Atlanta

☆ CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggest rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Paul P. Murphy Katie Polglase Benjamin Brown Gianluca Mezzofiore Eliza Mackintosh | Paul P. Murphy | Katie Polglase | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

But CNN’s analysis suggests that a rocket launched from within Gaza broke up midair, and that the blast at the hospital was the result of part of the rocket landing at the hospital complex. All agreed that the available evidence of the damage at the site was not consistent with an Israeli airstrike. In the past few days, a number of outlets have published investigations into the Al-Ahli Hospital blast. CNN geolocated the hospital blast by referencing nearby buildings just west of the complex. Marc Garlasco, the former defense intelligence analyst and UN war crimes investigator, says there are signs of a lack of evidence at the Al-Ahli Hospital site.

Persons: Joe Biden, “, Israel, –, Abed Khaled, Jazeera, Al, ” Markus Schiller, Cedric Leighton, Chad Ohlandt, PIJ, Fadel Na’eem, Na’eem, Dr, ‘, ”, Marc Garlasco, Chris Cobb, Smith, I’ve, we’ve, ” Cobb, Patrick Senft, Senft, it’s, There’s, Cobb Organizations: CNN, Palestinian, National Security Council, Shifa, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israel, Al, NATO, European Union, US Air Force, US National Security Agency, Rand Corporation, ’, Brigades, Quds Brigades, IDF, UN, Amnesty International, Armament Research Services, Islamic Locations: Ahli, Gaza City, Gaza, Israel, Islamic, Al, Al Jazeera, Tel Aviv, Europe, Washington , DC, Ashdod, Quds, rummage

San Francisco Police vehicle is parked on the street near the visa office of the Chinese consulate, where local media has reported a vehicle may have crashed into the building, in San Francisco, California, U.S. on October 9, 2023. San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said the deceased suspect, Zhanyuan Yang, 31, was a Chinese national. According to police, Yang plowed his Honda sedan into the lobby of the consulate visa office around 3 p.m. The only weapons recovered from the scene, police said, were the knife and crossbow, which somewhat resembled a rifle. Police said two security guards inside the consulate initially restrained Yang until police arrived minutes later.

Persons: Nathan Frandino, William Scott, Zhanyuan Yang, Scott, Yang, Steve Gorman, Lincoln Organizations: San Francisco Police, REUTERS, Rights, Honda, Police, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Calif, San Francisco, Chinese, Oakland , California, Los Angeles

Van der Sloot, 36, was extradited to Alabama in June from a prison in Peru, where he has been serving a 28-year sentence for murdering another woman in Lima. Eyewitnesses said she was last seen leaving a bar in a car with van der Sloot on the night of her disappearance. Van der Sloot has reached a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors that require him to also truthfully disclose what happened to Natalee Holloway, according to John Q. Kelly, a lawyer for the Holloway family. A public defender representing van der Sloot and a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office did not respond to questions about a plea deal. In 2012, van der Sloot was convicted in Peru after he confessed to beating, strangling and suffocating Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old Peruvian business student, in May 2010.

Persons: Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway, van der Sloot, Holloway, Van der Sloot, Beth Holloway, John Q, Kelly, van der, Stephany Flores, Jonathan Allen, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, FBI, Thomson Locations: Peru, U.S, Alabama, Lima, Birmingham, Aruba, Caribbean, New York

☆ Sudan's Paramilitary RSF Advances, Seeks to Cement Control
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15 over tensions linked to a planned transition to civilian rule. It has devastated the capital Khartoum and sparked ethnically driven attacks in Darfur. The RSF quickly controlled the capital and residents have accused it of looting and occupying homes. The army, which has maintained control of its bases, has launched major airstrikes and artillery fire. Within Khartoum, the RSF has launched attacks on several army bases, including the main army headquarters and the armoured corps base.

Persons: El Obeid, Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa, Josie Kao Organizations: Sudanese, Rapid Support Forces, MSF Locations: CAIRO, Khartoum, Darfur, Gezira, Madani, Omdurman, Jebel

CNN —Greta Thunberg was arrested at a protest outside an oil and gas conference – formerly known as the “Oil and Money” conference – at a luxury five-star hotel in London on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told CNN. But it wouldn’t confirm to CNN that Thunberg was among those arrested. Thunberg and other protestors blocked entrances at the hotel, trying to prevent delegates from entering. We are choking from their fumes.”Greta Thunberg joined protesters during the demonstration which used the slogan: "Oily Money Out." Tuesday’s protest marks the first of three days of action aimed at shutting down the conference, Greenpeace said

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, Henry Nicholls, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Money, London’s Metropolitan Police, Intercontinental, Energy Intelligence Forum, Aramco, Free, Getty, Greenpeace Locations: London, London’s Park, Shell, Free London, greenwashing, AFP, Swedish, Malmö, Sweden

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trail of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Officers Matthew Collins and Christopher Burbank, both white, are charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, on March 3, 2020. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesMitchell was questioned by special prosecutor Patty Eakes about medical findings that led him to his conclusion. Prosecutors previously said Ellis' last words were “I can't breathe.”Defense attorneys have generally argued Ellis died of a methamphetamine overdose. This is the first trial under a Washington state law that makes it easier to prosecute police who wrongfully use deadly force.

Persons: Manuel Ellis, Ellis, Roger Mitchell, Thomas Clark’s, Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank, Timothy Rankine, Collins, Mitchell, Patty Eakes, Jared Ausserer, ” Mitchell, Mark Conrad, hogtied Organizations: D.C, Pierce, Seattle Times, Tacoma Police Department, Prosecutors, ” Defense Locations: TACOMA, Tacoma , Washington, Washington, Pierce County, American, Burbank

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