UNITED KINGDOM
Police arrest three suspects
Police arrested three men in south Wales over last week’s bombing of a busy commuter train in west London, meaning five people are now being questioned by detectives over the attack that injured 30 people. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday evening in Newport, while two others, aged 48 and 30, were detained at another address in the Welsh town early yesterday, London police said. “This continues to be a fast-moving investigation. A significant amount of activity has taken place since the attack on Friday,” said Dean Haydon, head of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command.
RUSSIA
Lavrov laughs off ‘paranoia’
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday scoffed at the suggestion that the US might have to defend Sweden against a Russian attack, even though Sweden is not a member of NATO. In an interview with The Associated Press, Lavrov was asked about a statement made by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis in May that the US would “stand with Sweden” in the event of Russian aggression in Europe. “I cannot address paranoidal statements... I heard that the Swedish government is afraid of something, that the German government is keeping its fingers crossed and is thankful to us that one week before the election we haven’t yet meddled with the election. There are so many fantasies that it’s a waste of time to pay attention to. It’s so fake,” Lavrov said.
UNITED STATES
Mueller talks to Rosenstein
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has interviewed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about President Donald Trump’s firing of former FBI director James Comey, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing unnamed people familiar with the investigation, the newspaper said the interview occurred in June or July. Mueller is looking into allegations of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election; possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia; and whether Trump might have obstructed justice by firing Comey in May. Mueller ultimately reports to Rosenstein, because Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from the probe.
UNITED STATES
Nursing home resident dies
Police said a ninth person has died nearly a week after the evacuation of a Florida nursing home that Hurricane Irma left without air-conditioning. Hollywood Police Department spokesman Miranda Grossman said in a news release that a 93-year-old man who had been a patient at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills died on Tuesday. A total of 145 patients had to be moved out of the facility. Authorities have launched a criminal investigation to figure out what went wrong and who, if anyone, was to blame.
UNITED STATES
Clinton pokes fun at Putin
When former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday night took the guest’s seat on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she was in a mood to put Russian President Vladimir Putin on the psychiatrist’s couch. Clinton said Putin interfered in the presidential election in part because of her work as secretary of state, which brought the two into conflict on various occasions. That evolved into a grudge on his part, she said, adding that the fact she is a woman “does seem to get him agitated.” She mocked Putin for “manspreading” at one meeting, referring to an aggressive posture where a man sits with legs splayed.
A Zurich city councilor has apologized and reportedly sought police protection against threats after she fired a sport pistol at an auction poster of a 14th-century Madonna and child painting, and posted images of their bullet-ridden faces on social media. Green-Liberal party official Sanija Ameti, 32, put the images on Instagram over the weekend before quickly pulling them down. She later wrote on social media that she had been practicing shots from about 10m and only found the poster as “big enough” for a suitable target. “I apologize to the people who were hurt by my post. I deleted it immediately when I
The governor of Ohio is to send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Tuesday said that he does not oppose the Temporary Protected Status program under which about 15,000 Haitians have arrived in the city of about 59,000 people since 2020, but said the federal government must do more to help affected communities. On Monday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost directed his office to research legal avenues — including filing a lawsuit — to stop the federal government from sending
At first, Francis Ari Sture thought a human was trying to shove him down the steep Norwegian mountainside. Then he saw the golden eagle land. “We are staring at each other for, maybe, a whole minute,” Sture said on Monday. “I’m trying to think what’s in its mind.” The bird then attacked Sture five more times on Thursday last week, scratching and clawing the 31-year-old bicycle courier’s face and arms over 10 to 15 minutes as he sprinted down the mountain. The same eagle is believed to be responsible for attacks on three other people across a vast mountainous area of southern Norway
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is to visit Russia next month for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) said on Thursday, a move that comes as Moscow and Beijing seek to counter the West’s global influence. Xi’s visit to Russia would be his second since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. China claims to take a neutral position in the conflict, but it has backed the Kremlin’s contentions that Russia’s action was provoked by the West, and it continues to supply key components needed by Moscow for
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