Boy, 15, to remain behind bars over Christmas after allegedly murdering fellow teenager in Sydney pred 1 dnevom, 12 urami in 42 minutami Victim, 17, died from stab wounds to his thigh after being attacked in Rouse Hill on Monday evening, NSW police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing a teenager to death near a Sydney high school will spend Christmas behind bars.The victim, a boy aged 17, died from stab wounds to his thigh after a confrontation at a park in Sydney’s north-west at about 4.20pm on Monday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Canada: ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he is not Indigenous pred 1 dnevom, 13 urami in 38 minutami King has announced a genealogist working with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds found no evidence of Cherokee ancestry in his family lineageA prominent Canadian-American author, who has long claimed Indigenous ancestry and whose work exposed “the hard truths of the injustices of the Indigenous peoples of North America”, has learned from a genealogist that he has no Cherokee ancestry.In an essay titled “A most inconvenient Indian” published on Monday for Canada’s Globe and Mail, Thomas King said he had learned of rumours circulating in recent years within both the arts and Indigenous communities that questioned his Cherokee heritage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor – podcast pred 1 dnevom, 13 urami in 38 minutami Nathan Gill was an MEP for the Brexit party and Ukip, and later became Reform UK’s leader in Wales. Now he has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Luke Harding reportsNathan Gill was a Mormon bishop who went on to represent Wales in the European parliament – first for Ukip, Nigel Farage’s original party, then for the Brexit party. Most recently he led Reform UK in Wales. He wasn’t the most flashy orator – some would say his delivery was wooden – but the content of his speeches could be surprising, including criticising the Ukrainian government, for, among other things, closing down TV channels. Now those speeches have landed Gill a 10-and-a-half-year jail sentence.Luke Harding is a senior foreign correspondent at the Guardian and former Russia correspondent. He tells Helen Pidd how the case against Gill unfolded – and why it matters. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ros Atkins on… MPs examining the BBC memo pred 1 dnevom, 13 urami in 53 minutami After the resignations of Director General and CEO of News, The Culture, Media and Sport committee invited a number of senior BBC figures to be quizzed on what has happened.(BBC News)
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