Two men accused of assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport during a brawl captured in footage shared across social media will not face a second retrial. The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not be ordering a further hearing for Muhammad Amaad, 26, and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, after two previous juries failed to reach verdicts at Liverpool Crown Court. The pair had denied assaulting Greater Manchester Police constable Zachary Marsden near the car park area of terminal two on 23 July 2024. Amaaz was previously convicted of assaulting two female officers, PC Lydia Ward and PC Ellie Cook,…
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A jury in Austria has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a 21 year-old Austrian man, who has admitted plotting a jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in August 2024. The man, named only as Beran A in line with Austrian privacy laws, has also admitted to a charge of “being part of a terrorist organisation”. Beran A has denied other charges, including involvement in planning an attack in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. He is on trial with another 21-year-old man, named as Arda K from Slovakia, who is…
US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to print a new $250 bill that could feature a portrait of him, if lawmakers allow the move. Federal law bars printing US money with the i mage of a living person, but Trump allies in Congress have introduced legislation that would make an exception. A Treasury Department spokesperson told the BBC the agency “is conducting appropriate planning and due diligence” in response to the legislation. The lawmakers behind it said the bill amount would symbolise the country’s 250th anniversary this year. If approved, it will be the latest example by Trump and…
At least eight students were Thursday arrested over arson incident Utumishi Girls Academy, Gilgil, Nakuru County that claimed 16 lives. They were detained for grilling after they were traced to their homes and brought back to the school for grilling. They were part of 30 students who were initially traced and recalled back to the school by detectives investigating the deadly fire in a dormitory. Detectives believe the fire that broke out at the school was the work of arsonists. Insiders said the suspects will be produced in court on Friday as investigators continue with their work. A team pursuing…
Anti-mafia investigators in Italy have seized cash, companies and other assets worth more than €200m (£175m) in an operation they say targeted the network of notorious late Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. The funds, described as “huge amounts of capital” by the financial police in Palermo, are said to be proceeds from over four decades of drugs trafficking linked to the presumed former head of the Cosa Nostra group. Announcing their results in Sicily on Thursday, investigators released a video showing masked police officers, some in riot gear, barging down doors and scaling walls to raid a series of…
The National and county governments have signed a Sh4 billion agreement on phase two of the establishment of 16 County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs). President William Ruto, who witnessed the signing ceremony, said the government has disbursed a total of Sh8.5 billion for CAIPs at Sh250 million to each of the 34 participating counties. Additionally, the President said, the government is investing Sh2.4 billion in common user facilities for the CAIPs programme, with Sh150 million allocated to each facility to support specific value-addition priorities of every county. He noted that the programme is transforming counties into engines of industrialisation,…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into writer E Jean Carroll, who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, has reported. The investigation is looking into whether Carroll committed perjury in connection with civil cases she brought against Trump, the news outlet quotes sources as saying. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of sexual assault and defamation, and successfully sued him in two cases. Both judgements were upheld on appeal, but Trump has since asked the Supreme Court to overturn the first of them. He has denied the…
The European Union imposed a €200m ($232m; £173m) fine on Chinese-owned online retailer Temu for having illegal products such as dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers for sale on its platform. The European Commission said the company had “failed to diligently identify, analyse and assess the systemic risks” of the products and the harm they could cause to consumers. Temu has been under investigation since October 2024 over whether it has been meeting its obligations as a designated Very Large Online Platform under EU law. The online retailer said it disagreed with the decision and deemed the fine disproportionate, and…
A man has been arrested after three people were injured in a stabbing attack at a train station in Switzerland, police said. They said the three victims – Swiss nationals aged 28, 43 and 52 – were hospitalised after the attack at Winterthur train station. The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, used a bladed weapon and that the motive was under investigation, police added. An eyewitness working in an office building nearby told a local newspaper he heard a man yell “Allahu Akbar” – meaning “God is greatest” in Arabic – at around 08:30 local time before attacking people with…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it targeted an American air base in the region, after fresh US strikes on southern Iran overnight. The IRGC did not say where the base was, but Kuwait, which hosts a US base, said it had intercepted “hostile missile and drone threats”. The US military said Iran had launched a ballistic missile towards Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces, without specifying whether it was aimed at its military base. The Iranian missile launch came after the US shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck a military…
Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. In a statement posted on X, Tedros said the WHO “cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling”. He is due to arrive in DR Congo on Wednesday to spearhead scaling up efforts to contain the virus. There have been…
Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since it launched its fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to the UK’s largest spy agency. The numbers were revealed by GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler in her inaugural public speech as she set out the threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them. The spy chief warned the UK is at a “moment of consequence” with Russia “relentlessly targeting” critical infrastructure across the country. She also blamed the Kremlin for a string of espionage plots on British soil and, more recently, waging an undeclared…
Former US President Joe Biden has sued the federal government to block the release of interviews with his memoir’s ghostwriter, which he has described as “private information” but could contain embarrassing details about his memory. Special Counsel Robert Hur obtained the recordings and transcripts while investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents. Hur found Biden improperly retained records, but he did not recommend charges. His report, released in 2024, also raised questions about Biden’s fitness for office. The justice department has accused the prior administration of trying to “hide audio recordings that clearly demonstrate a significant decline” in Biden’s mental state.…
Police in Spain have raided the Madrid headquarters of the governing Socialist Party and seized a number of documents as part of an investigation into alleged corruption. The inquiry comes amid a series of scandals that have hit the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The head of Spain’s opposition conservative People’s Party (PP) said the government “stinks” of corruption and he has renewed his call for early elections. Last week Socialist former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was placed under investigation over alleged influence-peddling. A number of figures, including Sánchez’s wife and brother, also face charges. All deny…