Twelve miners killed by Russian strike in Ukraine, energy company says
Seven others were reported injured in the strike near a bus carrying the workers on Sunday.
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Australia news live: gunshot analysis inspires fresh search for fugitive Dezi Freeman; Littleproud faces leadership spill attempt
Over 100 police and volunteers join five-day search in Mount Buffalo national park. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLatest search related to ‘gunshot’ heard shortly after the shooting at Dezi Freeman’s propertyVictoria police said the renewed search for Dezi Freeman is based on intelligence official obtained in the hunt for the man they said is in “relation to a gunshot heard a short time after the fatal incident at Freeman’s Rayner Track property”.It remains our number one priority to locate Freeman and the extensive and systematic searches conducted over the past five months are testament to this.The same three possibilities remain open to us – Freeman is either dead, being harboured, or has gotten out from the area and surviving alone. At this time there is no intelligence to move us away from these possibilities or to make any one the more likely scenario, so we have to keep an open mind. Continue reading...
Kyrsten Sinema gave $9,000 to man she’s accused of having an affair with
Funds, paid to former security guard Matthew Ammel, were from former US senator’s campaign committee in OctoberA man identified in court filings as having an affair with former senator Kyrsten Sinema received almost $9,000 from Sinema’s former campaign committee in October, according to newly filed documents. The filings come just weeks after the man’s estranged wife accused Sinema of wrecking their marriage.According to a report from Notus, which cites a newly filed Federal Election Commission (FEC) document, the recipient was Matthew J Ammel, who worked as a security guard for Sinema. He was paid $1,815.91 on 15 October and $7,136.14 on 31 October in payments listed as “payroll”, according to a filing submitted on Saturday by Sinema for Arizona. Continue reading...
Gaza’s daily nightmare vs US talk of AI-driven smart cities
Why are Gazans living in misery, with daily Israeli bombings, as the US promises ‘peace, stability and opportunity’?
Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
Melania, however, cost quite more than a typical documentary, at $40m to make and $35m to promote.Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary has reportedly beaten box office expectations and recorded the strongest start of any documentary in over a decade, taking $7m at the US box office during its lavishly-promoted opening weekend. But it also cost quite more than a typical documentary, at $40m to make and $35m to promote.And Amazon – which recently cut 16,000 corporate jobs – has been hit with criticism that making the documentary about the first lady, and paying so highly for it, was little more than a ploy to curry favor with her husband, Donald Trump, during his second presidency. Continue reading...
Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners
The attack comes during a winter freeze and despite efforts by President Trump and others to get the two countries to negotiate a truce.
Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center
Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a weekA five-year-old boy and his father were back in Minneapolis on Sunday after being released from a Texas immigration detention center where they were held for more than a week, according to US House representative Joaquin Castro.“Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam,” Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, said in a post on X. “We won’t stop until all children and families are home.” Continue reading...
Iranian protester Erfan Soltani released on bail, reports say
Reports in January had said he was due to be executed after his arrest in connection with anti-government protests.
Death toll from Swiss New Year Alpine bar fire increases to 41
The latest victim succumbing to injuries was an 18-year-old Swiss national.
Democrat slams US justice department’s release of Epstein files: ‘we are witnessing a full-blown coverup’ – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest, you can read our Epstein coverage here. Handling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his survivorsWe can bring you more from the interview with housing secretary Steve Reed on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips programme this morning (see this post for what Reed said about Peter Mandelson in the same interview).When asked if the British government would comply with an extradition request from the US if there was a charge brought against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Reed said he could not answer that question as it was an “entirely hypothetical” one. Continue reading...