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Wontumi spent three nights in police custody before being freed on bail.
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Wontumi spent three nights in police custody before being freed on bail.

After spending three nights in police prison, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was released. He was released after meeting the terms of GH₵25 million in bail for two different illicit mining cases that were still ongoing against him. He had previously, on October 7, not complied with the bail set down in the aforementioned proceedings before the Accra High Court’s Criminal Division. He was given GH₵15 million bail with two sureties in one of the cases, and GH₵10 million bail with two sureties in another, which also required one to be supported by landed property. The court also mandated that Wontumi refrain from leaving the country without permission and report to investigators once a week for the first month. The troubled NPP chairman is accused of illegally conducting mining activities and enabling environmental damage in the Tano Nimire Forest Reserve, among other mining-related offences. He has entered a not guilty plea to every accusation.

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Shirley A. Lloyd
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Shirley A. Lloyd

Shirley A. Lloyd, 86, a lifelong resident of Keene, will be greatly missed by many with her passing on Sept. 26, 2025, at her home in Keene. Her parents, Forrest “Babe” and Bertha (Dubois) Cummings, welcomed their daughter into the world on Oct. 28, 1938, in Keene. She was a 1956 graduate of Keene High School. Shirley began her career in 1982 working with the Grange Mutual and later the Peerless Insurance Company in Keene, retiring in 2004. Her favorite times were those spent caring for children. She loved babysitting for many and had a special way with all those she cherished in this role. She set a good example for her own children, and later cared for her parents, a role reversed from her childhood. She was a generous and giving person, putting others first before herself. A devote parishioner of St. Margaret Mary Church in Keene, Shirley was a Eucharistic Minister during the weekly masses. Shirley was predeceased by a son, Steven Lloyd; a grandson, Will Lloyd; a brother, Carl Cummings; and a sister, Lorraine Pratt. She will be greatly missed by many, especially her husband of 62 years, Texas B. Lloyd of Keene; her two sons, Brian A. Lloyd and his wife, Tammy, of Rindge and Philip W. Lloyd of Keene; her grandchildren: Nicholas Lloyd and his partner, Angela Duval; Breana Vermette and her husband, Brennan; Spencer Lloyd, Cullen Lloyd and Carson Lloyd; her great-grandchildren, Travis Vermette, Aidan Lloyd, Braden Lloyd, Connor Lloyd, Isaiah Lloyd, Hailey Lloyd, Anita Lloyd and Ava Lloyd; and a daughter-in-law, Jodi Lloyd, of Troy. A graveside service and committal with family and friends was held on Oct. 2, 2025, in the Monadnock View Cemetery, Keene. Prayers were offered by the Very Rev. Alan Tremblay, Pastor of the Parish of the Holy Spirit in Keene. The Foley Funeral Home of Keene was entrusted with Mrs. Lloyd’s care. To offer online condolences to the family or to share special memories, please visit www.foleyfuneralhome.com.

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Fatal August shootings in Oakland hills determined to be murder and suicide
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Fatal August shootings in Oakland hills determined to be murder and suicide

OAKLAND — The fatal shootings of a woman and man in the Oakland hills Aug. 16 were a murder and suicide, authorities said Friday. Killed were Blanca Guadalupe Rivera Cortez, 30, of Richmond and Raul Duenas Topote, 34, also of Richmond. They were found shot about 11:21 a.m. Aug. 16 outside Duenas Topote’s car, which was parked in the 14000 block of Skyline Boulevard, east of Hansom Drive. They were both pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the investigation determined that Duenas Topote fatally shot Rivera Cortez before using the same gun to kill himself. Police said the pair had been in an “on and off relationship” for some time. Duenas was apparently taking Rivera Cortez to work before driving to Skyline Boulevard and shooting her and himself, police said. No notes were found that might explain his actions, police said. Police said a gun recovered at the scene belonged to Duenas and ballistic tests confirmed it was the gun used in the shooting If you or someone you know is struggling with feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline offers free, round-the-clock support, information and resources for help. Call or text the lifeline at 988, or see the 988lifeline.org website, where chat is available.

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At Least Seven Killed in Two Earthquakes Off Coast of Philippines
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At Least Seven Killed in Two Earthquakes Off Coast of Philippines

Manila, October 10 (QNA) - At least seven people were killed Friday by two powerful earthquakes off the coast of the southern Philippines, amid warnings of strong aftershocks and a tsunami. The first earthquake, measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale, struck in the waters off the town of Manai in Davao Oriental province and triggered a tsunami warning for coasts within 300 kilometers of the epicenter. However, the warnings in the Philippines and Indonesia were later lifted. A second earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck in the same area seven hours later, triggering a new tsunami warning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of the possibility of tsunami waves exceeding one meter above normal tide level. The institute advised residents living in coastal areas in the southern Philippines to evacuate to higher ground or move inland. These two earthquakes are among the strongest to hit the Philippines in recent years. The Philippines is located in the so-called "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean and experiences more than 800 earthquakes each year. (QNA)

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Meta Expands AI Translation Feature for Facebook, Instagram Videos
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Meta Expands AI Translation Feature for Facebook, Instagram Videos

Washington, October 10 (QNA) - Tech giant, 'Meta' has announced the addition of support for more languages ​​to its AI translation feature for Reels on Facebook and Instagram via its smart assistant, Meta AI. According to a company statement, the feature now supports Hindi and Portuguese, in addition to English and Spanish. The company explained that content creators on Facebook and Instagram can use Meta AI to translate and dub Reels, noting that the translation feature is available for free on public Instagram accounts and for content creators on Facebook with more than 1,000 followers in countries where Meta AI is available. The feature allows the creator's voice and tone to be mimicked to make the Reels sound more authentic than using another voice. The company added that each Reel contains a translated voice with a clear label to inform viewers that they are watching translated content. Users can also tap the three-dot menu button in the bottom-right corner of a video to access the translation settings, where they can turn the feature on or off, change the language, or choose a language they prefer not to translate. The company announced that it intends to expand the translation feature for Reels in the future, with support for more languages. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said that Reels has been one of the most engaging tools for audiences in recent years, emphasizing the company's focus on developing more related features. Meta began testing the translation feature about a year ago and added bidirectional support for English and Spanish last August.(QNA)

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Katara Book Fair to Kick Off Monday with Participation of 90 Qatari and Arab Publishers
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Katara Book Fair to Kick Off Monday with Participation of 90 Qatari and Arab Publishers

Doha, October 10 (QNA) - The Cultural Village Foundation - Katara will launch the third edition of the Katara Book Fair from October 13 to 19, as part of the 11th Katara Festival for Arabic Novel. This year's edition will feature 90 publishing houses from Qatar and across the Arab world, representing eight countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, and Syria. The fair aims to showcase the latest publications from Qatari and Arab publishers across a variety of fields, with a particular emphasis on literary works, including novels, short stories, poetry collections, and books of literary criticism. A major highlight of the fair will be the official launch of the winning publications from the 10th Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, covering six award categories and presented in both Arabic and English. Amira Ahmed Al Mohannadi, Director of Katara Publishing House, noted that this third edition of the fair stands out due to the broader participation of both local and regional publishing houses, compared to the second edition which was limited to Qatari and Gulf-based publishers. She added that this year's event will also include a range of book launch ceremonies and signing events. Among the featured events is the launch of the second edition of the book "Tuwairat Al Fala in Qatari Environment" by Sheikh Hassan bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Abdullah Al-Thani, after the first edition sold out in less than five months. The same author will also introduce a new children's book titled "Birds of Qatar." In addition, the fair will feature the debut novel "A Melody the Winds Did Not Compose" by young Qatari author Moza Al Ahbabi, who is only 15 years old. Other book signings include "Moral Values in the Biography of the Prophet of Humanity (PBUH)" by Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Asiri Al Maadheed, and "Financial Oversight During Crises: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Dr. Salwa Hamed Al Mulla. Katara Publishing House will also showcase its latest releases at its pavilion during the fair. Among these are three new books from its periodic "Introductions to the Novel" series: "Heritage in the Novel" by Mohammed Tahriche, "The Novel and Drama: Confident Steps Toward Hybrid Criticism" by Khaled Hassan, and "Identity and Belonging in Arab Thought and Fiction" by critic Hussein Hameed. In addition, the fair will see the launch of a new series titled "Biography in a Poem," which offers critical studies of the poems that won the Katara Prize for Arabic Poetry, focusing on the Mothers of the Believers. This includes studies on the biographies of Khadija (RA) in the poem "As the Seas Meet" by poet Alaa Ahmed Abdulrahim; Aisha bint Abi Bakr (RA) in the poem "A Flame from the Procession of Light" by poet Abdullah Ali Al Anzi; and Hafsa bint Umar (RA) in the poem "A Sun in the Orbit of Prophethood" by poet Taimur Saeed Ahmad Al Ezzani. All three studies are authored by Dr. Maryam Abdulrahman Al Nuaimi. The fair will also present critically edited manuscripts that won the first edition of the Katara Prize for Manuscripts. These include "Masterpiece of Literature from the Journey from Damietta to the Levant and Aleppo," edited by Dr. Noha Abdul Razzaq Al Hefnawi, and "The Reminder: What Remains of It," edited by Prof. Dr. Walid Mohammed Al Sarraqbi and published in five volumes. (QNA)

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Nor’easter to bring more rain and flooding to the Lowcountry this weekend
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Nor’easter to bring more rain and flooding to the Lowcountry this weekend

CHARLESTON — Attention Lowcountry residents: Keep the rain boots and umbrellas handy. A nor’easter forming off the East Coast promises to deliver more rain, high winds and surging tides to coastal South Carolina and most of the Eastern Seaboard, according to the National Weather Service. Around noon on Saturday, October 11, the NWS reported the tide reached 8 feet. Several Charleston streets have been closed for flooding. U.S. 17 at the Highway 61 Split was closed. Ashley Avenue from Calhoun Street to Bennett Street was also closed as were parts of Vanderhorst Street. “It’s gonna be a wet couple days,” said Blair Holloway, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston. Even before the arrival of the approaching nor’easter, parts of downtown Charleston were overwhelmed Oct. 10 by rainfall and a late-morning high tide that submerged roads and snarled traffic. Most of Lockwood Drive, which traces along the western edge of the peninsula, was fully underwater at midday. Water flowed, too, down Wentworth and Market streets and many other places, forcing motorists to detour and clog less-flooded roadways. High tide in Charleston Harbor peaked at 8.46 feet at 11:24 a.m., more than two feet above its normal height. This was the 13th-highest tide recorded in Charleston since 1921, including tropical storms and hurricanes. The tide reached past eight feet for two main reasons, Holloway explained. First, there was a full moon on Oct. 7, which normally prompts above-average king tides. Second, the moon is near perigee, meaning it’s particularly close to the Earth in its elliptical orbit, which also exacerbates the tides. That damp mess was merely a prelude to more inclement weather, as the developing storm in the Atlantic Ocean is predicted to push more rain and seawater onshore as it travels north from Florida and passes the South Carolina coast this weekend.

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Tory MP ALICIA KEARNS: 'I froze with fear when detectives told me Chinese may have bugged my hotel room on a visit to Taiwan'
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Tory MP ALICIA KEARNS: 'I froze with fear when detectives told me Chinese may have bugged my hotel room on a visit to Taiwan'

Alicia Kearns was working with her parliamentary researcher when the call came through from security demanding an immediate meeting. Within minutes, police had dropped the extraordinary bombshell that they suspected the researcher, Chris Cash, had been passing secrets to Beijing for a year. During a meeting which left the chairman of the foreign affairs committee – now shadow national security minister – feeling physically sick, counter-terrorism officers and MI5 said her trusted aide, who sat at the heart of key government policy decisions on China, was a suspected traitor. In an extraordinary scandal which raises questions about the hostile state’s interference in our democracy, it was alleged that the 30-year-old – who had briefings from former MI6 spies, ambassadors, intelligence officials and MPs – had been passing on ‘information prejudicial to the safety or interests’ of Britain. A shocked Ms Kearns burst into tears as her mind raced, trying to calculate the potential harm that could have been caused by someone who had worked with the top China experts in the country, including academics, industry leaders and think-tank staff. As director of the China Research Group, Mr Cash played a key role in meetings with the Foreign Office, Home Office, Treasury and Department for Business and Trade. The influential group was set up in 2020 by several Tory MPs, including Ms Kearns, to shape government policy on China amid growing concerns about Beijing’s attempts to extend its influence in Britain. The important role saw Mr Cash meet Chinese dissidents, victims of ‘transnational repression’ (where a foreign state targets people overseas), and those who may have been intimidated in secret Chinese police stations in the UK. She fears all of them could have been betrayed, putting their safety at risk. But there was worse to come. When Ms Kearns, the Conservative MP for Rutland and Stamford, later sat down with detectives, they brought up one line of questioning that still leaves her lying awake at night. An officer asked: ‘Can I just check that you went to Taiwan, and is this the name of the hotel you stayed at? Can you tell us why it would be of interest to somebody to know that you were in Taiwan in that hotel?’ She recalls the instant chill she felt: ‘They could have got in that room at any time. When I stay in a hotel, I always double check if it is a two-way mirror, I always try to do a rough check for anything I’m worried about. ‘But unless you have been specifically trained to do it, you can’t be sure that the room hasn’t got a bug or a camera somewhere. There could be photos of you walking around your hotel room naked. ‘On trips like Taiwan, you assume that you’re being listened to in meetings. But in a hotel room it’s not like you get changed under the covers. I worry what information they have about me or particularly my family – I would have rung my family in that room.’ In the run-up to the trip to Taiwan in December 2022, Chinese authorities had sent threatening letters warning Ms Kearns and her team not to attend. ‘The Chinese government outright threatened us that if we went there’d be repercussions,’ she said. ‘So finding out that potentially my hotel room information was passed on... they could have done anything.’ Mr Cash and his long-time British friend Chris Berry, 33, whom he met when they were teaching in Hangzhou, China, in 2017, were charged with spying for China. But last month the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) abruptly dropped the case without explanation just weeks before their trial was due to start. Since then a bitter political row has raged about who was responsible for the collapse of the high-profile prosecution. Ms Kearns has accused Labour of refusing to give the CPS crucial evidence that Beijing poses a national security threat to Britain to avoid harming trade – while Sir Keir Starmer has tried to blame the previous Tory government’s stance on China for the fiasco. It was alleged in a pre-trial hearing that secrets were passed to an unnamed Chinese intelligence agent who then handed them over to a ‘senior member of the Chinese Communist Party and a Politburo member’, understood to be Cai Qi, de facto chief of staff to President Xi Jinping. Prosecutors claimed that Mr Cash had passed politically sensitive information to Mr Berry. The charges, strenuously denied by both, related to 34 reports that the Chinese intelligence agent commissioned from Mr Berry, based on information Mr Cash had provided between January 2022 and February 2023. Because the charges have been dropped by the CPS, both Mr Berry and Mr Cash are, in the eyes of the law, guilty of absolutely nothing. It was said by prosecutors that ‘over time Chris Cash began to share unsolicited “off the record” information too’. But if that was actually the case, then no one suspected a thing throughout this period. Not the former MI6 spies Mr Cash spoke to as part of his work, nor the security team who cleared him to receive a parliamentary pass after he started work as an intern in 2021 before graduating to become a researcher. When former security minister Tom Tugendhat promoted Mr Cash to director of the China Research Group, Ms Kearns was impressed: ‘My first impression, he was highly intelligent, highly capable, very detailed, focused, incredible knowledge of China and Mandarin. He seemed determined to protect the UK from hostile acts by the Chinese. ‘I knew him for about a year and a half. He passionately believed that the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] was harming China. He wanted to change policy to better protect the UK.’ She describes him as being at the ‘heart of government policy on China’, working on decisions such as the TikTok ban on government devices and exposing covert Chinese police stations in the UK. He played a key role in the Government forcing a Chinese-owned firm to sell its 86 per cent stake in the Newport Wafer Fab semiconductor plant in South Wales and was an integral part of the China Research Group’s lobbying to insert national security provisions into a procurement Bill aimed at preventing Chinese companies from undercutting British rivals. Ms Kearns recalled: ‘He did all the research behind it to allow us to go and do that work and to make those arguments. 'He was seemingly very supportive of UK national interest and hyper-critical of the Chinese government’s approach to dealing with Hong Kongers and Uighurs and anyone who has had to escape China essentially because of their oppressive actions. ‘I mean, he wasn’t necessarily a fully signed-up Conservative. But his job wasn’t to be that. He was exceptional at his job.’ Mr Cash made himself invaluable, she added. ‘He built up an extraordinary web of networks. He understood how the government and democratic process is undertaken and the processes involved to influence change in government policy. ‘He knew lots of journalists because people either needed to make comments which he would draft or help with, lots of think-tankers, academics. Essentially, the Westminster class. He knew them all. 'His job was to do the hard work behind the scenes to help us achieve policy change... he was involved in everything. He was kind of the engine of the China Research Group.’ But no-one realised that the brilliant researcher at the heart of the group’s work might have been one of its biggest concerns. Ms Kearns said: ‘It would be gold dust for China. They want to understand how the system functions, how Parliament works, how do you influence MPs, how does business get done in Parliament? ‘It’s all that personal stuff – what makes Tom Tugendhat tick now he is the security minister? Who are the people he listens to? How does he engage? How does he work? 'It is absolutely priceless information and it’s absolutely fundamental if you’re trying to undermine a democracy or the individuals themselves. ‘China wants to understand how the China Research Group functioned, what we were doing, why we were doing it. ‘Chris was not going to ministerial meetings, but certainly he was well aware of the content likely to be discussed when those meetings were taking place. ‘He never had access to anything top secret. But he knew what government ministers were doing, what we were working on, what we were thinking. 'This is what our intelligence services do – go out there and get the colour, the state of mind.’ While it is clear why China would want a spy in the heart of Parliament, Ms Kearns has never understood why anyone would agree to work for Beijing (if indeed they had done so). 'Now she worries whether lives might have been put at risk. ‘The bit that worries me is that he had lots of meetings with people who were dissidents who had to flee China, Uighurs, Hong Kongers. That obviously is now concerning for them,’ she says. The son of a GP, Mr Cash enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending the £5,000-a-term George Watson’s College in Edinburgh before studying at St Andrews University. He taught English in China for two years then returned to the UK to study for an MSc in China and globalisation at King’s College London before securing a job in Parliament in 2021. Following his arrest, Ms Kearns learnt that Mr Cash had boasted in the pub that he had once been arrested in China and had been held for a period at a local prison on a visa problem. ‘If I had known he’d been arrested in China, I would have had quite a lot of concerns and wanted to know a lot more about what happened,’ she said. ‘That is the perfect sort of opportunity which people in the Chinese government may take in order to have influence over somebody.’ Recalling the day when she learned of the Cash allegations, Ms Kearns said: ‘About a week before he was arrested in March 2023, I was sat in my parliamentary office with Chris and we were working on some stuff together and suddenly I got a phone call from parliamentary security saying, “Can you come for a quick chat now?” ‘I just thought it’d be about another threat against me from China, Serbia, Russia or somebody else. I wasn’t too worried. ‘I even joked to Chris, “Uh-oh, off I go to find out about another person who wants to kill me.” He laughed, but the thing is, he looked a bit nervous.’ Ms Kearns was asked to sign the Official Secrets Act before being told that Mr Cash would be arrested in the coming week. ‘I burst into floods of tears in the meeting. I was just so shocked and I felt so betrayed.’ She asked how she should behave around Mr Cash when she went back to her office, where he was waiting – and was told to ‘go back and act normal’. ‘The next thing I knew, I was getting phone calls from Chris’s mum to my office saying, “Alicia, what’s going on? Our home in Edinburgh is being raided. Chris has been arrested. Please call me”.’ When the scandal broke, Ms Kearns was the target of vile slurs as false rumours spread that she had a sexual relationship with Mr Cash. She recalled: ‘It was all made-up rubbish. I was breastfeeding at that point. The idea that any woman who is breastfeeding has an affair? It was extraordinary. ‘People were using it as a chance to do a political hit job – at a time when people should rally around colleagues and say, “isn’t it awful that we’ve got a hostile state trying to undermine our democracy”?’ One MP bluntly told her in the shadow of Big Ben: ‘That’s the end of your career, isn’t it?’ As the trial approached, police arranged for Ms Kearns, a key witness for the prosecution, to visit Woolwich Crown Court in south London as part of preparations. She recalled that Mr Tugendhat had been assured it was a ‘slam dunk case’ – but it collapsed four days later, on September 15. Ms Kearns received no information from the Government about what had happened, but when she rang one minister, he coldly replied: ‘This is the Tory government’s fault. These charges should never have been brought.’ She believes Attorney General Lord Hermer should have intervened to ensure the case proceeded because it was a matter of national security. ‘The real victim of this is the British people. As a parliamentarian, the work that I’m trying to do is to make our country safer, but as a result of this I do not feel that this government has my back and that I can trust them. ‘It is inconceivable that the case could have collapsed without ministerial or executive involvement in some way. There are serious questions about constitutional propriety.’ She adds: ‘Everyone that I’ve spoken to within the intelligence service is furious about this. ‘All I was told was it’s come from the top. I think they cut the legs from under the CPS for some kind of grubby deal at the Treasury and No 10. It sends a really dangerous message that we will not defend our own democracy, we won’t defend our own people and the nation itself.’ Days after the case was dropped, Ms Kearns received a letter from the CPS formally acknowledging that she had been ‘targeted’ by China. It said: ‘A research group chaired by you… was unfortunately targeted by China as a means of obtaining information from within Parliament on the then government’s policies and views in relation to China.’ Lawyers for Mr Cash and Mr Berry – who continue to deny any wrongdoing – have described the evidence against the pair as ‘threadbare’. Henry Blaxland KC, defence counsel for Mr Cash, told the Daily Mail: ‘Mr Cash will not take part in a trial by media. He very much regrets that Ms Kearns, for whom he retains a very high regard, appears to have been poorly briefed by others as to the crucial facts in this case. ‘At no point did Mr Cash seek to assist Chinese intelligence. Had there been a trial he would have been vindicated.’ Ms Kearns says she feels no embarrassment over what happened, adding: ‘The reason we were targeted in the China Research Group is because we were so effective. We changed lots of laws and policies. We made our country safer. I make no apologies for making myself a thorn in the side of the Chinese government.’

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Advokat Lekić demantuje policiju

Advokat Lekić demantuje policiju

Njegovo reagovanje prenosimo integralno: “Vidim da je medijima u posljednje vrijeme zabavno a i zanimljivo da pišu o meni na osnovu određenih policijskih i drugih obavještenja u negativnom kontekstu i o nekim negativnim i neprovjerenim stvarima. Svakako hvala im na tome što za mene ostavljaju prostora na svojim stranicama pa čak i u negativnom kontekstu. Nema sto, svaka čast i na tome. Samo ne bih iskreno volio da se od mene, moje ličnosti, postupanja i mojih dešavanja prave serije u smislu “španskih sapunica” u više epizoda, koje će se eventualno emitovati u budućnosti, a čitaoci ih nestrpljivo očekivati. Moram da saopštim razočarenje. Danas se nisam tukao ni sa kim. Ni sa policajcem, ni sa bilo kojim službenikom Osnovnog suda u Podgorici, niti bilo kojeg drugog suda, pa ni sa arhivarom. Inače ne samo danas nego nikad se nisam tukao u zivotu ni sa kim pa ni sa ovom kategorijim lica, niti bi se iskreno mogu reći i umio potući sa bilo kim. Toliko o tome, ne bih više ovome pridavao značaj, al evo svi me zovu zabrinuto na telefon da me pitaju da li sam dobro i jesam li uhapšen i šta se dešava, a ja zbog osoba koje me cijene i koje mi misle i žele dobro, a i zbog ovih drugih, prosto ovu priliku koristim da saopštim da sam dobro i da je sve ok i da ovaj demant pišem iz teretane i spa centra u kojima se relaksiram već treći sat. Lakše mi je nego svakom posebno da odgovaram na telefon. Opet Srdačan pozdrav za policiju i njihova saopštenja.”

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EMRAT/ Zgjedhjet e pjesshme lokale, PD zyrtarizon kandidatët në 6 bashkitë e vendit
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EMRAT/ Zgjedhjet e pjesshme lokale, PD zyrtarizon kandidatët në 6 bashkitë e vendit

Partia Demokratike ka zyrtarizuar kandidatët për zgjedhjet e pjesshme lokale në gjashtë bashki të vendit. Zgjedhjet e pjesshme lokale do të mbahen më 9 nëntor, duke përjashtuar bashkinë e Tiranës, pasi Gjykata Kushtetuese rrëzoi dekretin e presidentit Begaj pas ankimimit të Erion Velijat për shkarkimin e tij. Kujtojmë se kandidati për Bashkinë e Tiranës, Florjan Binaj, garon si kandidat i pavarur, por Partia Demokratike dhe partitë e tjera opozitare kanë shpallur mbështetjen e tyre për kandidaturën e tij. Emrat e përzgjedhur janë: Florjan Binaj – Tiranë Gabriel Guma – Tepelenë Dionis Sota – Vlorë Eduart Brahlika – Mat Amarildo Hoxha – Cërrik Pavlo Shkarpa – Berat

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The 'China spy' in my office, by top Tory... who fears she was secretly filmed or bugged in hotel room by Beijing
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The 'China spy' in my office, by top Tory... who fears she was secretly filmed or bugged in hotel room by Beijing

A parliamentary researcher accused of spying for Beijing was at the 'heart of government policy on China', it can be revealed today. Chris Cash received high-level briefings from former MI6 spies, ambassadors and ministers, gaining extraordinary intelligence on China-related policies before he was dramatically arrested on suspicion of passing on secrets. But the case against him and an English teacher friend collapsed last month when the Government refused to class Beijing as a threat to national security. Keir Starmer has claimed his hands were tied, blaming the previous Tory administration for not designating China an adversary at the time of the alleged offences. But the Daily Mail has discovered that, as the Government was refusing to aid the Crown Prosecution Service with a witness statement to the same effect, then-Foreign Secretary David Lammy had no qualms branding Beijing an 'enemy' of Britain during a debate in the Commons. His comments came almost a year before the case against Mr Cash and Chris Berry collapsed because the Government's national security adviser refused to say the same thing in court. Both men have strenuously denied any wrongdoing. Today, shadow national security minister Alicia Kearns reveals she was told she was targeted in the alleged spying operation, and her fears resulting from it. In one alleged spy dossier were details of the hotel where she stayed in Taiwan on a fact-finding trip as chairman of the foreign affairs committee. In an exclusive interview, Ms Kearns, 37, told how she worries she may have been bugged during the 2022 trip after China threatened that her visit would result in 'repercussions'. She said: 'They could have got in that room at any time. You can't be sure that the room hasn't got a bug or a camera somewhere. There could be photos of you walking around your hotel room naked.' The mother-of-three fears others Mr Cash met through his parliamentary work may also have been exposed, including Chinese dissidents, victims of 'transnational repression', and those intimidated in secret Chinese police stations in the UK. Mr Cash, with whom she worked for more than a year, was at the 'heart of government policy on China', gaining insight from the Foreign Office, Home Office, Treasury and Department for Business and Trade, she says. In 2022, he was appointed director of the China Research Group, set up by Tory MPs to shape government policy on China amid concerns about Beijing's attempts to extend its influence in Britain. The 30-year-old worked on key decisions such as the TikTok ban on government devices and exposing covert Chinese police stations in the UK. Over the year-long period he is accused of spying until February 2023, Mr Cash spoke to 'every top China expert in the UK', from academics and think-tanks to intelligence officials, civil servants and industry leaders in what Ms Kearns believes would have been 'gold dust' for Beijing. The extraordinary revelations will raise yet more questions about why the case was ditched on the eve of trial despite multiple government ministers branding Beijing an enemy. The Prime Minister has sought to blame the last government's stance on China, saying the Tories did not designate China as a threat to national security at the time of the alleged offences. But his now deputy described the Chinese as 'enemies' of the UK and the US in a bid to defend Labour's surrender of the Chagos Islands in a Commons debate last year. Yesterday, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper admitted: 'We know China poses threats to the UK national security,' adding: 'I am deeply frustrated about this case, because I, of course, wanted to see it prosecuted.' Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told the Daily Mail: 'The Labour Government themselves are describing China as an enemy, and yet at the same time refusing to hand over to the Crown Prosecution Service documents from 2021 to 2023 that demonstrate the threat China posed. 'By refusing to do this, they've caused an espionage prosecution to collapse, undermining our national security and giving a green light to China to spy on the UK.' He added: 'It is a total disgrace that Mr Lammy was happy to describe China as an enemy of the UK to defend the surrender of the Chagos Islands, yet when it comes to defending our own national security, Labour is unwilling to do the same.' Mr Cash and Mr Berry, 33, deny any wrongdoing, with their lawyers describing the evidence against them as 'threadbare'. Accused's blog reveals China didn't make a great first impression By Chris Pollard China's president. Mr Berry and his friend Chris Cash, a parliamentary researcher, strenuously denied charges brought under the Official Secrets Act. The case collapsed last month after the Government refused to label China a threat to national security. Mr Berry's since-deleted travel blog, called With A Backpack, offers a tantalising glimpse at his early life in the Communist powerhouse. Calling himself a 'traveller, teacher, chopstick amateur', the Oxford native documented his struggle to settle in the 'distant land' of Hangzhou, a city of 13 million in eastern China. He had secured a teaching job at Dongfang Middle School through Opportunity China, a firm which helps students and lecturers find employment. As well as English, he taught economics. In a cheerful profile on the school's website, he said he wanted to make the subject seem a little less 'dismal', adding: 'I hope students will learn something that can be applied in their real lives, whether they decide to study economics further or not.' It is understood Mr Berry also found love in China, and went on to have a baby called Oscar with his partner. The blog, updated regularly from January 2016, was closed in May 2018 – the year he and Mr Cash met in Hangzhou and three years before it was claimed he started communicating with the intelligence agent. When contacted, Mr Berry declined to comment.

Editor,Rebecca Camber,Sam Merriman
Terrified mother's final screams caught on tape as abductor prepared to murder her
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Terrified mother's final screams caught on tape as abductor prepared to murder her

Terrified mother's final screams caught on tape as abductor prepared to murder her GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING By WILKO MARTÍNEZ-CACHERO, US REPORTER Published: 21:33 BST, 10 October 2025 | Updated: 21:36 BST, 10 October 2025 A Florida mother's blood-curdling final screams as her abductor readied to kill her were captured on tape, ABC's 20/20 reported. Denise Amber Lee, 21, should have been home caring for her two young sons - Noah, two, and Adam, six months. Instead, when her husband Nathan returned from work, his children were alone and his wife was nowhere to be found. He frantically dialed 911. Hours later, it was Lee herself making a haunting 911 call that hinted at her terrifying whereabouts. Barely able to speak and struggling to catch her breath, she pleaded: 'Please let me go, please let me go. 'I just want to see my family again!' As it turned out, Lee was making the muffled 911 call from her captor's car, and she using the abductor's phone. Denise Amber Lee, 21, should have been home caring for her two young sons when she was abducted and killed Lee's husband Nathan (right) called 911 after returning home to find his wife missing and his two children alone That afternoon on January 17, 2008, Michael King had been spotted by a neighbor 'slowly circling' Denise's block in a dark green 1994 Chevrolet Camaro. King had taken Lee from her Florida home and driven her to his cousin's home around 5.30-6pm, where he asked for a shovel, gas can and a flash light, according to court documents. As King prepared to take off, his cousin heard a girl's voice cry out 'to call the cops.' When King's confronted him, the abductor said to not 'worry about it.' Lee's dramatic 911 call was placed at 6.14pm, according to court documents. In the call, exclusively released by ABC's 20/20, she was heard saying: 'Please, my name is Denise. 'I'm married to a beautiful husband and I just want to see my kids. Please. 'I just want to see my family again.' Lee was abducted from her Florida home by Michael King in January 2008 Dramatic footage revealed the 911 call she placed while in her captor's car Police said they 'absolutely knew' Lee had been abducted But she never did. King sexually assaulted, shot and killed Lee before dumping her body in a shallow grave in an area of undeveloped land. Chris Morales, the deputy chief of the North Port Police Department, revealed his reaction to Lee's haunting 911 call. He said: 'When that call came in, we absolutely knew that she was abducted.' As the chilling conversation continued, so did Lee's pleas for mercy. King's voice could be heard in the background while she screamed: 'Please let me go! 'I'm sorry, please let me go!' Former Charlotte County sheriff Bill Cameron, who is now retired, was tasked with playing the 911 call to Lee's father Rick Goff, a veteran sheriff’s detective. Rick Goff, Lee's father, recalled hearing his daughter's voice on the 911 call Former Charlotte County sheriff Bill Cameron was tasked with playing Lee the chilling call Cameron recalled the gut-wrenching moment. He said: 'I played it for him. He cried and he said, "That's her". 'That was horrible for me and horrible for Rick.' Speaking to 20/20, Goff described Lee's death as 'tough to deal with.' He remembered the 911 call: 'She's trying to save her life, get back to her kids.' However, Denise's call was also the cause of controversy and change. Despite making that desperate plea to police, authorities were unable to trace the 21-year-old's phone signal in real time. Law enforcement also did not use a 911 call from Jane Kowalski, who was driving from Tampa to Fort Myers that day when she heard 'horrific screaming' from King's Camaro. Noah and Adam Lee were two years-old and six months old, respectively, when their mother died Lee's sons still honor their mother to this day Noah (left) and Adam (left) were only two and six months old when their mother was killed In court, Kowalski said that she had never heard screaming 'like that in my life.' She called 911 describing King's appearance, as well as a the dark Camaro he was driving. Kowalski even offered King's location on the 911 call. However, her call was not dispatched to the police searching for Lee. Police identified King as the murderer after finding Lee's hair and belongings at his home and near the crime scene. In April 2008, the Florida Legislature unanimously passed the Denise Amber Lee Act, which requires 911 operators in the state to complete at least 232 hours of training. Lee's children, now teenagers, remember their mother as a hero. Noah Lee said: 'I always say she sacrificed herself to make sure we were safe. We came first.' Adam, who was six months old when his mother died, added that he writes her name in the clay before every baseball game he plays - to 'know that she's there with me.' He said: 'I'm doing it for her and for my dad because we're a part of her and I feel like people hearing from us can kind of see how important she was [and] how amazing she was.' Share or comment on this article: Terrified mother's final screams caught on tape as abductor prepared to murder her Add comment

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Jedan region, jedna ekonomija, jedna budućnost – ekonomije Zapadnog Balkana dijele zajedničku viziju o obrazovanju
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Jedan region, jedna ekonomija, jedna budućnost – ekonomije Zapadnog Balkana dijele zajedničku viziju o obrazovanju

Kada države sarađuju, stvaraju snažnu sinergiju koja ubrzava napredak, a ekonomije Zapadnog Balkana ne dijele samo geografski prostor, već i zajedničku viziju obrazovanja koje podstiče inovacije, solidarnost i održivost, poruka je sa održane godišnje regionalne konferencije „Smart Balkans: Shaping Skills for a Sustainable, Competitive Future – Navigating VET in a Digital & AI World“. Konferenciju je organizovao Regionalni fond za izazove (RCF) u Budvi, a okupila je ključne aktere iz oblasti stručnog obrazovanja i obuke, privrede i međunarodnih institucija iz cijelog regiona. Cilj konferencije bio je da poveže vještine, biznis i inovacije u kontekstu digitalne transformacije, vještačke inteligencije i održivog razvoja na Zapadnom Balkanu. Marija Gošović, generalna direktorica Direktorata za gimnazijsko i stručno obrazovanje Ministarstva prosvjete, nauke i inovacija Crne Gore, u svom uvodnom obraćanju istakla da je stručno obrazovanje u stalnom fokusu Ministarstva. „Digitalna tehnologija, vještačka inteligencija i zelena tranzicija mijenjaju svijet rada brže nego ikad. Zato danas ne govorimo više samo o zanimanjima, već o vještinama budućnosti – digitalnim, zelenim, preduzetničkim, komunikacijskim. Zadatak nas kao kreatora politika je da omogućimo da svako dijete, mlada osoba ima pristup kvalitetnom obrazovanju, koje ga ne priprema samo za tržište rada, već i za život. Vjerujemo da je snaga našeg regiona upravo u saradnji. Razmjenjujući iskustva, učimo jedni od drugih, planiramo i time zapravo gradimo pametniji, povezaniji i konkurentniji Balkan“, kazala je Gošović. Hajke Bakofen–Varneke, šefica Odjeljenja za jugoistočnu i istočnu Evropu, Njemačkog saveznog ministarstva za ekonomsku saradnju i razvoj (BMZ) u svom video obraćanju se osvrnula na dosadašnji uspjeh i rezultate prethodna tri poziva, istakavši da je ukupno opredijeljeno 44 miliona eura investicija. „RCF je uspio da mobiliše 2,6 miliona eura privatnog kapitala. Sve to dokazuje da ovaj inovativni instrument odgovara stvarnoj potražnji preduzeća na terenu. A kao regionalni fond, on takođe podržava usklađivanje čitavog regiona sa standardima EU u obrazovanju. Održivi ekonomski razvoj je, zajedno s energijom i upravljanjem, jedan od tri ključna stuba njemačke razvojne saradnje u ovom regionu. RCF u ovom stubu nudi inovativan instrument jer spaja ponudu i potražnju za kvalifikovanom radnom snagom i okuplja ekonomije Zapadnog Balkana kako bi zajednički prevazišle neodrživ i nejednak ekonomski razvoj – izazov koji prevazilazi nacionalne granice. Kada države sarađuju, stvaraju snažne sinergije koje ubrzavaju napredak i pojačavaju uticaj“, kazala je Bakofen-Varneke. Prema riječima ambasadora Njemačke u Crnoj Gori Nj. E. Petera Feltena, filozofija RCF-a se savršeno uklapa u krovne politike Njemačke na Zapadnom Balkanu. „S jedne strane, želimo da podržimo razvoj privatnog biznisa kao samu osnovu ekonomskog i društvenog razvoja šest ekonomija Zapadnog Balkana na njihovom putu ka EU, a s druge strane, da otvorimo put mladim ljudima ka tržištu rada u sopstvenoj zemlji, opremljeni znanjem i vještinama koje tržište rada traži. Takođe i to da to radimo na osnovu našeg zajedničkog iskustva, jer je bliska saradnja između ustanova za stručno obrazovanje i obuku i kompanija najbolji način da se obezbijedi adekvatan odgovor na potrebe poslodavaca. Ulaganje u ljude je najvrjednija investicija koju možemo napraviti. Već sada dostignuća Regionalnog fonda za izazove u Crnoj Gori i širom Zapadnog Balkana pokazuju da takva ulaganja donose obećavajuće rezultate – za ekonomije, za region i za buduće generacije“, naglasio je Felten. Katrin Oksenbajn, zamjenica šefa saradnje Ambasade Švajcarske istakla je da Švajcarska snažno podržava razvoj dualnih, kooperativnih programa obrazovanja i obuke u partnerskim ekonomijama, među kojima je i Zapadni Balkan i ukazala na značaj bliske saradnje. „Prioritetne teme – zelena agenda, digitalizacija i rodna ravnopravnost, veoma su važne za Švajcarsku, a primjenom razrađenog sistema bodovanja prilikom ocjene prijava, Fond može odabrati najperspektivnije projekte. U Švajcarskoj, nadležna tijela redovno procjenjuju integraciju novih digitalnih vještina u različite nastavne planove stručnog i profesionalnog obrazovanja. Brojni švajcarski provajderi trenutno razvijaju programe obuke koji integrišu AI u zavisnosti od profila, a zahvaljujući bliskoj saradnji industrije i obrazovanja, takve procjene mogu se sprovoditi i svakih tri godine. Zato, bliska saradnja industrije i obrazovanja ostaje ključna za pružanje obrazovanja relevantnog za tržište rada i veoma mi je drago što je ovaj princip čvrsto ugrađen u logiku podrške RCF-a.“, kazala je Oskenbajn. David Piegazki, generalni sekretar Komorskog Investicionog Foruma Zapadnog Balkana 6, kazao je da je saradnja s Regionalnim fondom za izazove (RCF) snažan primjer regionalne solidarnosti i razvoja usmjerenog ka budućnosti. „Jedno od ključnih postignuća RCF-a jeste snažno uključivanje poslovne zajednice. Povezujući privredu i institucije stručnog obrazovanja i obuke, RCF pomaže stvaranje nove generacije kvalifikovanih radnika spremnih da odgovore zahtjevima tržišta rada. Želim da proslavimo uspjeh RCF-a i da ponovo potvrdim snažnu posvećenost ovom partnerstvu. Zajedno gradimo region u kojem je rast vođen vještinama, inovacijama i odgovornim poslovanjem”, istakao je Piegazki. U svojoj prezentaciji na temu „Smart Bridges: Connecting Skills, Business & Europe’s Future in the AI Era“, Skot Harison, istraživač TIB – Leibniz informacionog centra za nauku i tehnologiju govorio je o ulozi vještačke inteligencije u budućnosti obrazovanja i zapošljavanja. Harison je naglasio da je presudno omogućiti razmjenu informacija, jer digitalna spremnost u Evropi značajno varira. On je istakao važnost kontiniranog rada na razvoju kadra koji je kvalifikovan da koristi AI, pri čemu je ključno razvijati kritičko razmišljanje. U okviru konferencije održana su tri panela koja su okupila predstavnike institucija, privrede i stručnjake iz oblasti obrazovanja, digitalizacije i inovacija. Sa prvog panela, posvećenog ulozi strateških partnerstava između obrazovnih ustanova i poslovnog sektora u kontekstu evropskih integracija, poručeno je dabliska saradnja između obrazovanja i privrede predstavlja osnovu za razvoj relevantnih vještina i konkurentne radne snage. Učesnici su istakli da kompanije ne treba da budu samo korisnici kadrova, već aktivni partneri u kreiranju nastavnih programa i razvoju kompetencija koje odgovaraju potrebama tržišta rada. Na drugom panelu, učesnici su razmijenili mišljenja o spremnosti zemalja regiona da odgovore na izazove i iskoriste prilike koje donose vještačka inteligencija i automatizacija. Prioriteti za ekonomije Zapadnog Balkana treba da budu ulaganje u zaposlene, mlade talente i AI alate, praktična primjena te usavršavanje nastavnika i profesora kako bi AI unaprijedila kvalitet nastave. Na posljednjem panelu, zaključeno je da održivost mora biti sastavni dio stručnog obrazovanja i obuke – od profilisanja radnih mjesta do obuka u kojima je svaki sadržaj povezan sa zelenom tranzicijom. Vlade i finansijske institucije u regionu već podstiču obnovljive izvore i upravljanje otpadnim vodama, ali je za punu implementaciju neophodna jača infrastrukturna podrška i širi pristup novim tehnologijama koje bi trebalo regionalno dijeliti. Pored panela, u okviru konferencije održane su i dvije interaktivne radionice posvećene praktičnoj primjeni savremenih znanja i vještina „Project Management in the AI and Digital Age“ i „ESG Essentials: AI-Driven Certification and Governance for Western Balkans Businesses“. Cilj radionica bio je da učesnicima pruže konkretne alate i znanja za jačanje saradnje između obrazovnih ustanova i privrede, unapređenje upravljanja projektima uz pomoć digitalnih tehnologija, kao i promovisanje ESG principa u poslovanju. Poseban dio programa bio je posvećen predstavljanju inicijative „Update & Shine – Net4VET Challenge 2025“, kroz koju su predstavljeni rezultati i uspjesi nagrađenih konzorcijuma iz prethodna tri RCF poziva. Učesnici su imali priliku da prikažu svoje projekte u oblastima digitalizacije i AI, zelenih vještina i inovativnih modela stručnog obrazovanja, a najuspješniji među njima nagrađeni su posebnim priznanjima. Priznanja su uručena za projekte “Developing Software Developer Skills By Integrating Artificial Intelligence”,“Laboratory Capacity Building For Industry 4.0” i “Bridge To Career Success: Strengthening Practical Skills With State-Of-The-Art Equipment”. RCF konferencija još jednom je potvrdila značaj regionalne saradnje i razmjene iskustava u jačanju kapaciteta stručnog obrazovanja i obuke. Fokus na digitalizaciji, vještačkoj inteligenciji i zelenim vještinama ostaje ključan za izgradnju konkurentne, održive i inkluzivne budućnosti Zapadnog Balkana.O Regionalnom fondu za izazove (RCF) Regionalni fond za izazove (RCF) je finansijski mehanizam koji ima za cilj da poveća zapošljivost mladih i unaprijedi konkurentnost preduzeća u ekonomijama Zapadnog Balkana 6, kroz podršku projektima kooperativnog obrazovanja koje zajednički sprovode obrazovne ustanove i kompanije. Program finansiraju Njemačko savezno ministarstvo za ekonomsku saradnju i razvoj (BMZ) i Vlada Švajcarske putem Švajcarske agencije za razvoj i saradnju (SDC), a sprovodi ga Komorski investicioni forum Zapadnog Balkana 6 (WB6-CIF)

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Trump sends the market tumbling with new threat of Chinese tariffs over its mineral deals
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Trump sends the market tumbling with new threat of Chinese tariffs over its mineral deals

President Donald Trump has sent the market tumbling with a fresh threat of more China tariffs. The S&P 500 dropped 2.71 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped about 878 points and the NASDAQ Composite slid 3.58 percent by the Wall Street closing bell at 4 p.m. ET Friday. Stocks had been dropping all day after Trump announced in a lengthy Truth Social post mid-morning a “massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products,” to “financially counter” the country’s new export controls on rare earth minerals. “Some very strange things are happening in China!” Trump said. “They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it’s not manufactured in China.” The Independent has reached out to the White House for more details on the tariff increase. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday overseas exporters need to get an export license for items that contain more than 0.1 percent of rare earths from China or are manufactured using the country’s rare earth extraction or refining technology to “safeguard national security and interests.” Trump said Washington’s relationship with Beijing had been “very good” over the last six months, “thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one.” Tensions between the two nations reached a boiling point in April when Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on both enemies and allies, hitting China hard with a 34 percent tariff on imported goods. China then retaliated with tariffs on imported American goods, and the two countries entered a tit-for-tat tariff war, climbing well beyond 100 percent levies on imported goods from each nation. Things cooled down in May when Washington brought tariffs on imported Chinese goods down to 30 percent, and Beijing set just a 10 percent tariff on imported American goods. The Independent has reached out to the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment.

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First Republican governor turns on Trump National Guard deployments: 'Lose their mind'
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First Republican governor turns on Trump National Guard deployments: 'Lose their mind'

A Republican governor and staunch supporter of Donald Trump is the first major GOP leader to split with the administration on its use of the National Guard. Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, the leader of the National Governors Association, has spoken up about his concerns about Trump’s national guard deployment. ‘We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,’ Stitt told the New York Times in an interview Thursday. He continued: ‘Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Illinois Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.’ The president has deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help local authorities address crime. Local crime in the nation’s capital has meaningfully dropped since the troops arrived, police statistics show. The Texas National Guard has also gone to Chicago to deal with the major city's rampant crime at Trump’s direction. However, that effort was put on ice on Thursday after a federal judge blocked the legal authority used to deploy the troops there, a ruling that will prevent the deployment for at least two weeks. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has outspokenly bashed Trump’s Chicago crime concerns, and recently filmed a skit wearing a bulletproof vest in ‘war-torn’ downtown Chicago to mock the president’s concerns. Stitt said that instead of Trump using the Texas National Guard, the president should have federalized the Illinois National Guard. The Oklahoma governor also expressed skepticism over why his neighbor to the south would send his soldiers to deal with Illinois’ problems, noting how Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and he had previously worked together to oppose federalist issues under ex-President Joe Biden. ‘I was surprised that Governor Abbott sent troops from Texas to Illinois,’ Stitt said. ‘Abbott and I sued the Biden administration when the shoe was on the other foot and the Biden administration was trying to force us to vaccinate all of our soldiers and force masks across the country.’ He continued: ‘As a federalist believer, one governor against another governor, I don’t think that’s the right way to approach this.’ Stitt noted that he will likely bring up the Texas National Guard deployment with Abbott directly. The two are scheduled to attend a high-profile college football game in Dallas over the weekend. ‘I’m sure it’ll come up,’ Stitt said, noting how he and Abbott have a good relationship. ‘I would send troops to the southern border on his request, anytime he wanted them, and I know he would do the same for me.’

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Huge brawl breaks out at Publix supermarket with shirtless man ripping down metal shelf to use as weapon
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Huge brawl breaks out at Publix supermarket with shirtless man ripping down metal shelf to use as weapon

A huge brawl broke out at a Publix supermarket in Miami, with a shirtless man ripping down a metal shelf to use it as a weapon, according to video of the incident. Video taken on Thursday shows the chaos at the popular store after several fights involving over a dozen people erupted. Multiple melees were captured on video as panicked shoppers screamed and scattered in search of safety from the fights. Then, a man identified as 20-year-old Climont Mann was seen grabbing the metal piece and slamming it on the floor. Mann then was filmed swinging the large metal piece as multiple fights went on around him. Officials said Mann hit as many as three people with the shelf, as reported by NBC Miami. When police responded to the scene, they said they found two large groups of people outside the supermarket throwing plates and other objects at each other. More officers and rescue crews responded to the scene. Two people were treated outside the Publix and two were taken to the hospital, per officials. Officials have not revealed what led to the fights. Mann was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. He has a criminal history including another arrest in Miami for battery in January, 2024. The Publix brawl comes after a huge melee broke out at an Indianapolis Walmart last month. A Walmart employee was savagely beaten by a group of women, with footage of the incident shared online. The clip showed a woman dressed in black holding back a young man as two other women beat an employee in a check-out aisle. Another Walmart employee was able to ultimately get the victim off the ground - at which point one of the women throws something as the employee.

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