ISIL-linked militants attack a police station in
South Kalimantan,
Indonesia, killing an officer. One of the militants is shot dead as he tries to attack other policemen.
(Jakarta Globe)
Prosecutors conclude a bar owner who fatally shot a protester during
protests in
Omaha, Nebraska, acted in self-defense and therefore will not press charges against him.
(Omaha World-Herald)
Police and
National Guard troops open fire on a group of protesters after allegedly being fired upon in
Louisville, Kentucky, resulting in the death of David McAtee, a local barbecue shop owner. An investigation is ongoing, while the LMPD Chief has been fired, as the officers involved in the shooting did not have their body cameras turned on.
(Associated Press)
Police shoot and kill an armed man wearing
body armor at a protest in
Las Vegas. In another incident, a policeman is shot and critically injured.
(Reno Gazette Journal)
An independent
autopsy concludes
George Floyd died of "
asphyxiation from sustained pressure" and that there was "neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain" and that Floyd died at the scene of his arrest and not at the hospital, contradicting the
Hennepin County, Minnesotacoroner's report.
(USA Today)
In
France, despite being banned by the police headquarters, a demonstration organized by the Justice pour Adama movement in
Paris gathered 20,000 participants. They were protesting for charges against police officers who had killed a young black man, Adama Traoré, during his arrest in 2016. They also demonstrated in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, and in protest against police violence against black and Arab individuals in France in general. Some clashes occur at the end of the event. Other smaller demonstrations took place in the towns of
Lyon,
Marseille and
Lille.
(France 24)
Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga makes landfall south of
Mumbai. This is the first time a tropical cyclone has targeted the megacity since 1891. About 100,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in the western Indian states of
Maharashtra and
Gujarat, areas already hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(NPR)(India Meteorological Department)
A
Mw 5.5 aftershock to the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes of July 2019 takes place. It is the third-largest earthquake of the sequence, taking place only 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the
Garlock Fault.
(NBC Los Angeles)(The Los Angeles Times)
Vallejo police announce that Sean Monterrosa, a 22-year-old Hispanic resident of
San Francisco, was shot and killed by police the day before at a
Walgreens. Police allege that a hammer in his pocket was mistaken for a gun. Monterrosa was on his knees.
(The San Francisco Chronicle)
Former
Lesotho First Lady
Maesiah Thabane is arrested on charges of murder. Her husband, former Lesotho Prime Minister
Tom Thabane, is also accused of murder but not formally charged.
(Reuters)
A
court in
France orders
Rwandangenocide suspect
Félicien Kabuga to be handed over to a
United Nations tribunal for trial. Kabuga's lawyers said that their client would not receive a fair trial at a UN tribunal and that his health was too fragile to be transferred amidst the
pandemic. However, French justice said his transfer is "not incompatible" with the decision.
(Reuters)
After violent protests erupt across the country against a lockdown imposed to combat the virus, the
government announces it will "relax" the restrictions.
Interior Minister Aly Ngouille Ndiaye says the
curfew will be shortened and inter-regional travel ban lifted.
(Reuters)
Two
Buffalo police officers are suspended without pay after shoving a 75-year-old protestor to the ground. He has been hospitalized from the resulting head injury.
(The New York Times)
One of the suspects involved in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery testifies that the gunman who shot and killed Arbery had shouted a
racial slur at the victim moments after his death. The allegation opens up the possibility for
hate crime charges.
(The Washington Post)
Seven people are killed in an overnight shooting and arson at a residence in
Valhermoso Springs, Alabama. Police believe the incident was a targeted attack, but no suspects are in custody.
(ABC News)(WAFF-TV)
Disasters and accidents
A
three-alarm fire causes major damage to
Amazon's distribution center in
Redlands, California. Despite the extent of the damage and the collapse of the roof, no injuries are reported as the staff was safely evacuated. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
(CNN)
57 members of the
Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team resign in protest of the city's decision to suspend two officers after injuring a 75-year-old on Thursday.
(ABC News)
GNA forces state that they have discovered 160 bodies in and around a hospital in the recently captured
Tarhuna, including the bodies of women and young children, which the GNA Ministry of Health remark appear to have only recently been killed.
(The Libya Observer)
GNA forces say they have begun a military operation to recapture the coastal city of
Sirte from pro-
Haftar forces.
(Daily Sabah)
Egyptian President
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says
Khalifa Haftar supports a ceasefire starting Monday, June 8, with the condition that all "foreign mercenaries leave Libyan territory".
(Al Jazeera)
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate against racism in the
United Kingdom. A protest on
Whitehall in
London turns violent and a mounted officer falls from her horse, which then bolts.
(Sky News)(BBC News)
Two
Buffalo police officers are charged with assault after they were recorded on video violently shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground and causing him to be hospitalized with a head injury.
(The Washington Post)
Incumbent mayor of
Kaohsiung and former
presidential candidateHan Kuo-yu is removed from office after 939,090 people voted for his recall, vastly exceeding the minimum threshold of 574,996 votes. This marks the first time a mayor has been successfully recalled in
Taiwan.
(Central News Agency)
Protests erupt in
Kashmir after
Indian Army troops kill nine militants and destroy a house with explosives. Protesters demand an end to the Indian occupation of, and direct federal rule over, the territory.
(Al Jazeera)
The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses seven million. The
United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 26% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world.
(CNN)
The
United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it has received "numerous" reports of
looting and destruction of public and private property in the town of
Tarhuna, which was recently captured by GNA forces. Videos uploaded to
social media appear to show GNA fighters torching the homes of families accused of supporting
Khalifa Haftar.
(Reuters)
The
government orders an inquiry into the killing of 43 civilians in two villages in
Mopti.
Human rights groups accused the
Malian Armed Forces of being responsible for the killings, in a volatile part of the country that has seen a resurgence of
insurgent attacks.
(Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
Multinational energy company
BP announces in a
conference call that it is cutting 15% of its workforce, which is roughly 10,000 jobs.
(Reuters)
New Zealand has no active cases, as the last remaining patient is reported to have recovered.
(Stuff)
New Zealand moves to its lowest alert level effective midnight local time (12 UTC), removing most restrictions but maintaining strict border controls.
(Stuff)
Most schools in South Africa re-open after Education Minister
Angie Motshekga says that efforts to contain the virus allowed 95% of schools to return to classes. South Africa has recorded nearly 50,000 cases and almost 1,000 deaths.
(Reuters)
The film Gone with the Wind is removed from the
HBO Max streaming service. They say the 1939 film, which takes place in
Georgia during the
American Civil War and the
Reconstruction era, was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today".
(BBC News)
North Korea announces it is severing hotlines with
South Korea in retaliation for actions taken by
defectors who sent anti-
Pyongyang leaflets to the
border. In addition, South Korea says the North refused to respond to calls to its liaison office.
(Al Jazeera)
Tanzanian opposition leader
Freeman Mbowe is attacked by unidentified assailants as he enters his home. His party, the
Chadema, says the attack may have been politically motivated.
(Reuters)
A day after
North Korea severed its hotlines with
South Korea over
defectors who sent anti-
Pyongyang leaflets to
the border, South Korea announces it is taking legal action against two organisations that conducted such operations, saying that they "have created tension between the two Koreas and caused danger to the border-area residents' lives and safety".
(Reuters)
Ahead of the upcoming presidential election, President
Andrzej Duda vows to ban teaching about LGBT issues in Polish schools in a bid to secure re-election. Duda is a staunch ally of the ruling
right-wing populistLaw and Justice party.
(Reuters)
The death toll from the
sinking of a ship carrying 53 migrants off the coast of
Tunisia on Tuesday rises to at least 46 as more bodies are recovered from
the sea.
(Reuters)
A court in
Norway sentences Philip Manshaus to 21 years in prison for the racially-motivated murder of his stepsister and for attempting to kill
Muslim worshippers. It is the longest prison sentence allowed by
law. The prison term contains a provision that his release can be put off indefinitely should he still be considered a threat to society.
(Al Jazeera)
A court in
Turkey sentences a
U.S. Consulate employee, Metin Topuz, to 8 years and 9 months in prison on charges of aiding the followers of
Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-based preacher who is accused in Turkey of being the mastermind behind a
failed coup attempt in 2016 against
Erdoğan. The U.S. Embassy in
Ankara releases a statement on Twitter saying officials were "deeply disappointed" in the decision.
(The New York Times)
An attacker, believed to be a former student, kills the
deputy head and injures five others with a knife at a school in
Vrútky,
Slovakia, before being killed by responding police officers.
(BBC News)
Four people are killed and eight others injured by the
bombing of a
mosque in
Kabul. No group claimed responsibility.
(Reuters)
About 30
Indians cross
the border into
Nepal and clash with
Nepali police when stopped in the district of
Sarlahi. Nepali
border guards opened fire, killing one man and injuring two. According to police, the forces fired when one of the men snatched a gun from them.
(Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
Sanrio founder and CEO
Shintaro Tsuji, whose company is best known for creating
Hello Kitty, announces he will resign on July 1 citing a need to "transform the company to better respond to today's rapidly changing business environment." His grandson Tomokuni Tsuji is expected to replace him.
(BBC News)
Hundreds protest over the handling of the country's economic crisis, many calling for
Hassan Diab's
government to resign. The
Lebanese pound has lost 70 percent of its value since October, when protests began. The government announced the central bank will begin injecting more
United States dollars into the market on Monday.
(BBC News)(Al Jazeera)
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki says the
armed forces destroyed a
ballistic missile targeting the
Saudi border city of
Najran. In a statement, the spokesman said the missile was launched from the
Yemeni city of
Saada and that some people were slightly injured when it was destroyed. The Houthis did not claim responsibility.
(Al Jazeera)
More than 3,100 deaths are officially reported in the country. However, an investigation reported the Ministry of Health told the
World Health Organization that the death toll reached 5,000 cases.
(France24)
Poland's
Ministry of National Defence admits its
army briefly invaded and occupied the
Czech Republic for several days last month in a "misunderstanding", the Polish soldiers took up positions near a chapel on the Czech side of the border in
Moravia as part of coronavirus measures, and prevented Czech visitors from the site.
(BBC News)
Protestors
set fire to a
Wendy's restaurant in
Atlanta,
Georgia, U.S., in response to Rayshard Brooks' death the evening before. Outside the restaurant the previous day, two
police officers shot Brooks after he attempted to escape from them after a tussle in which he took one of the officer's taser and discharged it at one of them following a
DUI investigation.
(The Guardian)
A man is killed, a woman raped and three others stabbed at two "quarantine
raves" late Saturday that attracted 6,000 people in
Greater Manchester. They were a clear breach of coronavirus legislation.
(BBC News)
The
Interior Ministry accuses the
Taliban of killing or wounding more than 400 Afghan security forces personnel in the last week and said the
insurgent group had increased attacks ahead of expected peace talks. He also accused them of attacking
religious scholars to put "psychological pressure" on the
government.
(AFP via Al Arabiya)
At least 19 people are killed and more than 172 injured Saturday after a
liquefied gas tanker exploded on a
Chinese highway near the city of
Wenling. Close to 100
fire trucks responded. Some people are still missing.
(UPI)
Florida reports two consecutive days of 2,000-plus new COVID-19 cases as more counties reopen their beaches.
Miami's mayor says this information does not include data from
Memorial Day weekend and the
George Floyd protests.
(ABC News)
The
United Nations remove
Saudi Arabia from a blacklist of countries accused of "killing or maiming children, following a sustained significant decrease in air strikes". Saudi Arabia had threatened to cut funding to the UN.
(Reuters)
The
armed forces say an
ambush on a military convoy in central
Mali has killed at least 24 troops and left others missing. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
(BBC News)(Al Jazeera)
The
U.S. Department of Commerce announces it will relax the blacklist against
Huawei to allow American companies to work with the Chinese telecom on setting
5G network standards.
(Reuters)
Hundreds of
French police are brought in as reinforcements to the city of
Dijon, as over 150
Chechens from around France have gathered to avenge the alleged assault of a Chechen teenager by local
drug dealers. During the violence, several people are reported injured and one person suffered gunshot wounds.
(BBC News)(The Jerusalem Post)
The
Nepali Department of Immigration says that it will deport five foreign tourists (three Chinese, an American and an Australian) and ban them from entering
Nepal for two years after they joined protests against the government's response to the
coronavirus outbreak.
(CNA)
Beijing closes all schools, locks down several residential estates and imposes a partial travel ban, urging residents not to leave the city, after 27 more
COVID-19 cases are confirmed in the city, bringing the total to 106 new cases in the last five days. The new outbreak is linked to the
Xinfadi Market.
(The Nations)
Russian investigators accuse Valery Mitko, President of Arctic Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg and one of the country's leading Arctic researchers, "of treason" after alleging that he gave a document containing state secrets to Chinese intelligence in early 2018 at China's Dalian Maritime University, where he was a visiting professor. Mitko and his lawyer Ivan Pavlov deny any wrongdoing and say that all the materials were openly available.
(CNN)
Moldova asks the U.S. to extradite businessman
Vladimir Plahotniuc after accusing him of "involvement in the theft of $1 billion from banks in 2014–2015".
(Reuters)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company CEO
Bill Johnson pleads guilty on behalf of his company to 84 counts of felony involuntary manslaughter in the
2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in
California's history, as well as one felony count of unlawfully starting a fire. PG&E will pay a maximum fine of
US$3.5 million, as well as an additional US$500,000 for the cost of investigations.
(Al Jazeera)(The Sacramento Bee)
PresidentJohn Magufuli dissolves
parliament ahead of the election. In the decision, he highlights his
government's achievements, citing "expanding infrastructure such as roads, electricity generation and reforming the mining sector".
(Reuters)
Japan says it will keep a close watch over the disputed
Senkaku Islands after
Chinese ships are seen near the islands for 65 days in a row. Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yoshihide Suga says that Japan has protested to China over the issue and that it would respond "calmly and firmly".
(Reuters)
Norway and
Ireland win seats in the
United Nations Security Council, joining new members
India and
Mexico.
Canada, which was considered a favorite, and had strongly campaigned for a seat for four years on the council, fails to get enough votes. Canadian Foreign Minister
François-Philippe Champagne says he is proud of the campaign but declines to comment on the reasons for their loss.
(AP)
Former
Atlanta Police officer Garrett Rolfe is charged with
murder and 10 other crimes in the death of Rayshard Brooks. Brooks was shot twice in the back after he fled from an attempted
DUI arrest and stole another officer's taser. This officer, Devin Brosnan, has been charged with
aggravated assault and two other crimes in the case.
(NPR)
Vanuatu's opposition leader
Ralph Regenvanu says he is taking the decision to suspend his party from
parliament to the Supreme Court, saying the decision was an "outrage".
(RNZ)
Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison says "all levels of government", as well as essential service providers and businesses, are being targeted by a sophisticated state-backed
cyberattack. Morrison did not say which state is behind the attack.
(BBC News)
Local sporting events, such as
equestrianism, resume in the
Gaza Strip today. As of tomorrow,
football competitions will be played without spectators.
(Reuters)
The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passes a resolution, the first since 2012, calling on
Iran to open two of its nuclear sites to international inspectors. Iran strongly opposes the IAEA resolution, which it says was "based on false allegations" from
Israel.
(Middle East Eye)
The
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says "sorry is not enough" from British financial institutions that benefited from the
Atlantic slave trade, and demands reparations from the
United Kingdom. This comes after the
Bank of England apologized for the "inexcusable connections" of some of its past governors and directors to
slavery.
(Reuters)
Health Minister
Obadiah Moyo is arrested and accused of corruption in
government procurement of around $60 million worth of medical equipment.
(Reuters)
Louisville Mayor
Greg Fischer announces the immediate termination of
LMPD Officer Brett Hankison over violating departmental policy on the use of force against Breonna Taylor. Hankison is one of three officers involved in the shooting, and prior to the incident had previously been investigated and disciplined for alleged
misconduct.
(The Courier-Journal)
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of
Tennessee pass the country's toughest anti-
abortion laws, banning the procedure from the moment of fetal heartbeat at around six weeks of pregnancy. Governor
Bill Lee hails the law while several organizations say they plan to go to the courts over the issue.
(Reuters)
A
police officer is killed and another seriously injured in a shooting in
Massey, New Zealand. This is the first time a law enforcement officer in
New Zealand has been killed in the line of duty since
2009. The shooter fled, injuring a civilian in the process, but he has since been arrested.
(BBC News)
Activist
Joshua Wong announces he is running for the legislature, setting up a new legal battle with authorities after he was barred from running in the previous election.
(Reuters)
The world’s second-largest egg is discovered on
Seymour Island,
Antarctica. The egg, which is also the very first
fossil egg from Antarctica and the largest soft-shelled egg ever discovered, may challenge the notion that
mosasaurs and
plesiosaurs were fully
viviparous according to scientists.
(CBC)
Sports
Numerous professional wrestlers and others in the
professional wrestling industry, particularly in the
United Kingdom, are accused of sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and other forms of physical and mental abuse on social media, using the
hashtag #SpeakingOut.
(Sports Illustrated)
All Elite Wrestling release a statement saying that
Jimmy Havoc has entered a rehabilitation facility and will evaluate his status in the company after his treatment is completed, after he is accused of domestic abuse and rape, and of punching a fan.
(Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online)
The City of
Phoenix and
Maricopa County officials pass a mandate requiring all residents to wear masks in "places of public accommodation". The mandate makes exemptions for children under two years old and people with certain health conditions.
(AZCentral)
Following a new spike in
coronavirus infections,
Victoria delays its easing of restrictions and imposes new limits on the size of gatherings.
(News.com.au)
India reports its highest toll of cases to date, recording 14,516 cases, reaching a total of 395,047 and 12,948 deaths. The
government in the capital
New Delhi orders hospitals to cancel any leave and have workers return to duty immediately.
(Reuters)
The 2020 AFL season is threatened with another
postponement after an
Essendon player tests positive for coronavirus, leading to all players in the club being
quarantined. The Essendon v
Melbourne match set for 21 June is subsequently cancelled.
(News.com.au)
The Afghan
government accuses the
Taliban of
kidnapping about 60 civilians in the last week in the
province of
Daykundi. The Taliban deny the accusation and blames the government for civilian casualties during the past week. At least 26 women and children have been freed and elder tribal leaders are mediating for the release of the rest of abductees.
(Reuters)
Two bombs explode in front of a
military official's house in
Wanlaweyn, killing four people. In another attack, in
Galmudug, three men drove a car packed with bombs against a
checkpoint after ignoring orders to stop, killing three soldiers.
(Al Jazeera)
U.S. PresidentDonald Trump suspends the entry of some
skilled and seasonal workers entering the
United States, claiming it will open jobs to citizens. Business groups criticize this move as stifling economic recovery.
(Reuters)
Nepalese authorities stop officials of the Water Resources Department of the
Bihar government from carrying out infrastructural maintenance work in Indian territory along the
India–Nepal border, claiming the area as part of its territory. The incident comes four days after the lower house of the
Nepalese parliament approved a new map of the country that included Indian territory in the Indian state of
Uttarakhand.
(Times of India)
Citizens in
Kiribati head to the polls to elect their
President. The main issue of the election is whether to maintain relations with
China or
Taiwan. Incumbent
Taneti Maamau, who switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year, is facing candidate
Banuera Berina who favors re-establishing relations with Taiwan.
(RNZ)
Apple Inc. announces a transition of its personal computer products from using
Intel processors to using
ARM-based processors designed by Apple. Since 2006, the company has used Intel processors in its computer offerings.
(The Verge)
NASCAR launches an investigation after a
noose was found in the garage area of
Bubba Wallace, the lone African-American driver in the series, at
Talladega Superspeedway, in
Talladega, Alabama, vowing to "eliminate [those responsible] from the sport". Wallace had recently successfully pushed NASCAR to enforce a five-year-old ban on the
Confederate flag being
displayed at its race tracks and properties. A plane pulling a banner with a Confederate flag and the phrase "Defund NASCAR" flew over the race track on June 21.
(CTV News)(BBC News)
The
Houthis launch
ballistic missiles and
drones against
Saudi Arabia, including its capital
Riyadh. Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki says that Saudi forces "managed to intercept and destroy" the missiles and drones. The military says that they destroyed "eight
booby-trapped unmanned aircraft [used by the Houthis] to target civilian objects and civilians in the kingdom".
(Al Jazeera)
Fulton County authorities charge a woman with
arson in relation to an Atlanta
Wendy's restaurant being burnt down the day after
police killed Rayshard Brooks there after he fled when they tried to arrest him for
DUI. The woman's lawyer said she was Brooks' girlfriend.
(The New York Post)(The New York Post)
A court in
Turkey sentences a former mayor of a
Kurdish city and opposition member to 16 years in prison for "being a member of a
terrorist group, abusing power and inciting to violence and hatred". The head of a local
human rights organization says "all the charges against her are fabricated".
(Al Arabiya)
Japanese manufacturing company
Olympus announces it is exiting the
camera business after 84 years, stating its financial losses caused by their inability to compete with
smartphone cameras was a major factor in the decision.
(BBC News)
Ambassadors for EU member states meet today to develop criteria for reopening external borders to travelers on July 1.
European Commission guidance is that non-
EU countries whose
COVID-19 status, e.g., the number of new infections, the trend in new infections, and testing and tracing, are comparable or better than the EU average will make the safe list. Other factors, such as reciprocity and links to the EU, will also be considered. Travelers from countries such as
Brazil,
Russia, and the
United States may be barred based on these rules.
(BBC News)(The New York Times)
Mongolian voters head to the polls to elect the members of the
State Great Khural. A record number of more than 600 candidates are competing for the 76 seats in the parliament.
(Bloomberg)
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say the number of cases reached 6,411 there with 198 new infections in the past 24 hours.
(Anadolu Agency)
The
government and the
Taliban agree to start intra-Afghan talks by mid-July after the issue of releasing the "most dangerous" Taliban prisoners has been solved, according to a government spokesman. The group did not comment on the announcement.
(Al Arabiya)
A court in
Turkey sentences 121 people to life in prison for their role in the 2016 attempted
coup. Eighty-six were sentenced to "aggravated"
life imprisonment for "attempting to violate the constitution".
(Al Arabiya)
A court in the
United Kingdom sentences an 18-year-old man to 15 years in prison for
attempted murder for throwing a six-year-old French boy off the roof of the
Tate Modernart gallery in
London in December. He was 17 at the time of the crime, and said he "wanted to be on the television news". The boy survived but suffered life-changing injuries.
(Reuters)(BBC News)(CNN)
The Chief of Police of
Mexico City, Omar García Harfuch, is injured but "out of danger" in an
assassination attempt upon him. Two of his bodyguards and a passerby were killed. García Harfuch blamed the attack on the
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
(Reuters)
India surpasses 500,000 cases after reporting 18,552 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest toll to date. India also reports a total 15,685 deaths from the disease.
(AP News)
Following negotiations with creditors,
Chesapeake Energy applies for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States. It will seek to restructure its debts in order to continue operations. The company is experiencing cash flow and liquidity issues due to low energy prices and large amounts of debt.
(Reuters)
The worldwide
COVID-19 case total surpasses 10 million while the worldwide death total surpasses 500,000. The
United States remains the leading nation in cases, accounting for over 25 percent of both cases and deaths worldwide.
(NBC News)(Al Jazeera)
Sudan says it has detained 122 of its nationals, including eight children, who were heading to neighboring
Libya to fight as "
mercenaries". Sudanese Foreign Minister
Asma Mohamed Abdalla says, "We cannot get involved in a conflict in any neighboring country."
(Arab News)
Twitch suspends U.S. President Donald Trump's account due to "hateful conduct" from two videos from 2015 and 2016 in which he made comments about Mexicans, which were found to be offensive and in breach of their community guidelines.
(The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
At least 32 people die when their ferry collides with another vessel and sinks in the
Buriganga River, near
Bangladesh's capital
Dhaka. There are still about 20 passengers missing.
(BBC News)
Former
Prime Minister of FranceFrançois Fillon and his wife
Penelope are found guilty in a fake jobs case, in which Penelope was paid
€1.156 million for work she did not do as a parliamentary aide. François is sentenced to five years in prison, three of them
suspended, and is barred from office for ten years; Penelope will also serve a three year suspended sentence.
(BBC News)
Three
military officers are found guilty of atrocities against the
Rohingya by a
court-martial in
Myanmar. No details were provided on the perpetrators, their crimes, or their sentences.
(Al Jazeera)
A large explosion at a medical clinic in
Tehran,
Iran, kills at least 19 people, mostly women, according to Iranian authorities. A
gas leak is suspected as being the cause.
(BBC News)
Facebook bans groups affiliated with the
boogaloo movement, which was linked to a pair of attacks in
California, US, that left two dead and three injured earlier this month and late last month.
(AP via WEYI-TV)
Vietnam's
civil aviation authority grounds all
Pakistani pilots flying for Vietnamese airlines, as global aviation regulators respond to revelations by Pakistani authorities that more than 250 pilots obtaining licences fraudulently.
(Al Jazeera)
The political party
Demosistō of social activist
Joshua Wong is disbanded following the passing of the law. Wong urges the international community to keep "speaking up for Hong Kong people".
(Reuters)
The
Premier League reaffirms its support of the
Black Lives Matter movement, saying it was not political but moral support and that it was "aware of the risk posed by groups that seek to hijack popular causes and campaigns". It comes after one group, UKBLM, received widespread criticism for calling for the dismantling of
capitalism, and tweeted "Free
Palestine".
(Reuters)