Gavin Newsom says Trump directed DoJ to investigate him and his wife pred 2 urama in 47 minutami California governor says Trump is ‘coming after me because I am considering running for president’Gavin Newsom said on Monday that Donald Trump directed the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to investigate him and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom.The California governor said in a video statement that federal agents had knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees in recent days as part of an effort to find a crime, demanding records and “abusing the grand jury process”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Canada eliminates human rights watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad pred 2 urama in 59 minutami Mark Carney says Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise office hasn’t been ‘effective’ since its 2019 setupCanada is eliminating a watchdog that investigates alleged human rights violations committed by Canadian companies operating abroad, after Mark Carney said the office hadn’t been “effective” since it was set up in 2019.The move comes as Canada faces criticism from Donald Trump’s administration over its “unacceptable” efforts to combat forced labour. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump hails Iran deal that fixes nothing except a problem his war caused pred 3 urami in 2 minutama Deal will leave things almost exactly as they were before feckless war of choice startedTallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesIf we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart in the same place – and at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started.The world will have irrevocably been changed in other ways. There is no going back for the 120 Iranian children in Minab killed in their primary school in the war’s first hours, nor for their bereaved parents, or any of the thousands in Iran, Lebanon and around the region whose lives were erased or blighted by a feckless war of choice. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Italian police dismantle illicit bank used by drug traffickers as global broker pred 3 urami in 5 minutami Clandestine operation run by Chinese national in Prato moved €80-100m a year through intermediariesItalian police have dismantled an underground bank used by drug traffickers through which several hundred million euros are believed to have moved over at least three years.The clandestine bank, whose logistical base was located in Prato, north-west of Florence, has been run since 2021 by a Chinese national, officials said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban pred 3 urami in 26 minutami No 10 is worried about retaliation from White House over restrictions to under-16s’ internet useMinisters have embarked on a concerted lobbying operation to prevent a backlash from the Trump administration to the under-16s social media ban announced by Keir Starmer on Monday.Officials said they have spent weeks trying to reassure senior Trump officials and the US president himself that the restrictions were not specifically aimed at US technology companies. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Extreme athlete known for performance with Madonna dies in Base jumping accident in Utah pred 3 urami in 36 minutami Andy Lewis, also known for slacklining and tricklining, and an unidentified man were killed in accident in Utah canyonA weekend Base jumping accident in a Utah canyon killed two people, one of them a daredevil athlete best known for performing onstage with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl, authorities said.The sheriff’s office in Grand county, Utah, confirmed one of the dead was Andy Lewis, an extreme athlete known for feats in Base jumping, a dangerous sport that involves parachuting to the ground after jumping from a tall fixed object such as a building, a bridge or a desert cliff overlooking a deep canyon. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Handler with ties to Russia appears to have directed arson attacks on Starmer-linked property pred 3 urami in 36 minutami Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc appear to have operated under instruction of online handler ‘El Money’Two men found guilty of conspiring to carry out arson attacks on property connected to Keir Starmer appear to have operated under the instruction of an online handler with links to Russia.Roman Lavrynovych, 22, from Ukraine, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, from Romania, were found guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday. Another Ukrainian man, Petro Pochynok, 35, was cleared of the same charge. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
