NSW police unlawfully arrested and choked man then tried to delete footage, watchdog finds pred 1 uro in 47 minutami Two police officers should be dismissed and potentially face criminal charges over the incident, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission recommendsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales police officer unlawfully arrested a man, choked him, made offensive comments and tried to delete the man’s recording of the incident, an investigation by the police watchdog has found.It recommended that two police officers involved be dismissed from the force, and said it would seek advice from the director of public prosecutions about whether they should be charged. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Woodside Energy’s Meg O’Neill, who criticised ‘zealous’ young climate activists, moves to BP pred 2 urama in 57 minutami O’Neill tapped to lead global oil and gas giant, which has broken from net zero strategy and will ramp up fossil fuelsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeg O’Neill, the Woodside Energy CEO who has previously criticised young people for taking an “ideological” stance against fossil fuels, will step down as head of the Australian gas giant after being tapped to lead one of the world’s biggest emitters.BP, which earlier this year broke from its net zero emissions strategy and pivoted back to fossil fuels, announced on Thursday that it had appointed O’Neill as chief executive. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jane’s Addiction call it quits after a tumultuous 15 months: ‘The legacy will remain’ pred 2 urama in 57 minutami US alt-rock band announce they are finally parting ways, following fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuitsUS alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction has announced they are parting ways after a tumultuous 15 months of fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuits.The veteran Californian group, who have a history of drama, dust-ups and bust-ups, prematurely terminated the US leg of their reunion tour in September last year after an onstage altercation in Boston between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro led to blows and, ultimately, a $10m lawsuit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer prize-winner who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dies aged 91 pred 3 urami in 13 minutami Arnett won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated PressPeter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for the Associated Press, died on Wednesday in Newport Beach, California, and was surrounded by friends and family, said his son Andrew Arnett. He had entered hospice on Saturday while suffering from prostate cancer. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 pred 3 urami in 47 minutami Official response to lawsuit filed by victims’ relatives admits FAA and army failures played role in Washington DC crashThe US government admitted Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration and the army played a role in causing the collision in January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people in the deadliest crash on American soil in more than two decades.The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures about when to rely on pilots to maintain visual separation that night. Plus, the filing said, the army helicopter pilots’ “failure to maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid” the airline jet makes the government liable. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US military carried out lethal strike on vessel in Pacific, killing four, says Pete Hegseth pred 3 urami in 52 minutami Announcement comes day after Trump said a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four people, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth.In a post on Twitter/X, Hegseth wrote: “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no US military forces were harmed.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Dan Bongino stepping down as FBI deputy director pred 5 urami in 13 minutami The ex-podcaster announced he would leave the FBI after US President Donald Trump told reporters he "wants to go back to his show".(BBC News)
