Mauritian Prime MinisterPravind Jugnauth warns that the tanker may "break in two" as the country awaits help from other nations that have pledged aid amid a state of emergency. Jugnauth adds the nation lacks the skills and resources needed to relocate the wrecked vessel, and that the nation will likely never recover from the ecological damage done by the spill.
(BBC News)(CBS)
A day after the loya jirga approved of the release of "hardcore"
Taliban prisoners,
PresidentAshraf Ghani signs the order to release them. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen says the Taliban "is ready" for talks. U.S. Special Envoy
Zalmay Khalilzad welcomed the agreement.
(Reuters)
Rioting and
looting occurs in
Chicago, U.S., after a
police shooting. Thirteen police officers are injured, two people are shot, and more than 100 are arrested.
(Chicago Tribune)
A
US Air ForceUH-1N is shot at near
Manassas,
Virginia, injuring one of two pilots while flying ten miles northwest of Manassas on a training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet. It lands safely at
Manassas Regional Airport west of
Washington, DC, and the pilot is taken to hospital where they are treated and released.
(CNN)
During the second day of protests across
Belarus, police fire
rubber bullets to disperse protesters in the capital
Minsk, wounding a journalist. About 30 people are arrested in the city; some protestors were beaten by police.
(BBC News)
A protester in Minsk is killed after being shot by police officers. It is the first death during the protests.
(Euronews)