Gerichtsmediziner sagt, dass keiner der fünf Zivilisten, die bei dem Vorfall in Belfast während der Troubles getötet wurden, hätte erschossen werden dürfen
Soldaten der British army „verloren die Kontrolle“ und wandten Gewalt an, die „nicht angemessen“ war, bei der Tötung von fünf Zivilisten in Northern Ireland im Jahr 1972, wie ein Untersuchungsrichter entschied.
Vier der Opfer – zwei Teenager, ein sechsfacher Vater und ein katholischer Priester – stellten kein Risiko dar, als sie am 9. Juli 1972 in den Gebieten Springhill und Westrock in West Belfast erschossen wurden, sagte Mr Justice Scoffield am Donnerstag.
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2022 gewann Aneil Karia einen Academy Award für seinen Kurzfilm mit Riz Ahmed in der Hauptrolle. Jetzt nimmt er mit Hilfe von Jack Lowden und einer ungewöhnlichen Online-Plattform Parlamentskandidaten im Reform-Stil aufs Korn. Manche Filmemacher haben unrealistische Erwartungen an ihre Arbeit; Aneil Karia gehört nicht dazu. „Ich bin nicht so verblendet zu glauben, dass er die Regierung zu Fall bringen wird“, sagt er über seinen neuen Film Vote Gavin Lyle – aber man weiß ja nie, vielleicht schafft er es doch. Als lustige, kluge, hervorragend gespielte und kleine, aber perfekt geformte Satire präsentiert Vote Gavin Lyle Jack Lowden als einen Möchtegern-Parlamentskandidaten im Reform-Stil für den fiktiven mittelenglischen Wahlkreis Fletcham and Wold. Mit einer Länge von nur 16 Minuten nimmt der Film das rechtsextreme Mindset schonungslos aufs Korn; nicht die Minderheiten beschimpfenden, flaggenhissenden Straßenschläger, sondern die schlaueren, wortgewandten Farageisten, die die Führung dieser Bewegung dominieren. Ohne den krönenden Abschluss des Films verraten zu wollen, kann man sagen, dass es ein Element von Empathie, ja sogar Sympathie für die Hauptfigur gibt. Karia sagt: „Ich glaube nicht, dass es interessant oder nützlich ist, diese Leute zu betrachten – rechtsextreme Politiker, Ratsmitglieder, angehende Kandidaten, wer auch immer – und einfach nur zu sagen, was für fiese Bastarde sie sind. Ich glaube, was mich an ihnen beeindruckt, ist, dass sie genauso verletzlich und verängstigt sind wie der Rest von uns. Weiterlesen...
Amber Davidson-Orozco sagte, die Familie habe ihren Kater Dodger während ihres Umzugs aus Kalifornien verloren. Eine Familienkatze, die während eines Umzugs von Kalifornien quer durch die USA verloren ging, findet sich Berichten zufolge wieder in ihre alten Gewohnheiten bei ihren Menschen in ihrem neuen Zuhause in Georgia ein, nachdem sie eine unwahrscheinliche – aber lang erhoffte – Wiedervereinigung nach mehr als sieben Jahren erlebte. Wie die Besitzerin Amber Davidson-Orozco am Mittwoch in einem Interview erklärte, reagiert ihr Kater Dodger immer noch auf seinen Namen und lässt es zu, dass ihre Söhne ihn spielerisch über ihre Schultern werfen, trotz einer Abwesenheit, die für den Kater dem Äquivalent von etwa 24 Jahren entsprach. Weiterlesen...
• Dubliner Wissenschaftler finden 1.200 Jahre altes Manuskript von Caedmon’s Hymn, verfasst von einem northumbrischen Viehhirten
• Eine verlorene Kopie eines im siebten Jahrhundert von einem northumbrischen Viehhirten verfassten Gedichts – das älteste erhaltene Gedicht in der englischen Sprache – wurde in Rom entdeckt.
• Wissenschaftler des Trinity College Dublin (TCD) fanden das Manuskript, das Caedmon’s Hymn enthält, in der National Central Library von Rom.
Mark Young battled dehydration and killed a rattlesnake while his children and others looked for him for daysA Vietnam war veteran says he is a living “miracle” after getting lost in Arizona’s wilderness for four days with precious few supplies – and ultimately being rescued by his own son.“I’ve never felt so loved,” Mark Young said in an interview aired on Phoenix’s KNXV news station about the moment he realized it was his son who had delivered him from his plight. “My gratitude is inexpressible.” Continue reading...
Christina Snow was one of two women injured when gunman opened fire on a family in Shreveport, killing eightSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe mother of three children killed over the weekend in a mass shooting in Louisiana is reportedly recovering in hospital with a bullet still lodged in her face.Jamarckus Snow told NBC News that his cousin, Christina Snow, was one of the two women who were shot and injured early Sunday when a gunman opened fire on his family in Shreveport. Police described the shooting as a “violent domestic incident” in which 31-year-old Shamar Elkins fatally shot eight children – including seven of his children and a cousin. Continue reading...
Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserveThe Ministry of Defence has lost track of military veterans they intend to recall at a time of national danger, according to a key government adviser.About 95,000 former soldiers and officers are in the strategic reserve but it is claimed that officials have failed to maintain a full record of their contact details. Continue reading...
US vice-president defends pre-election visit to Hungary with fresh barbs against EU in first comments since Orbán’s lossHungarian election winner Péter Magyar has been invited to meet with the Hungarian president, Tamás Sulyok, on Wednesday to discuss the government-formation process following the stunning win over Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s election.The meeting could be a bit awkward, given Magyar’s repeated calls for Sulyok, an Orbán loyalist, to resign from the office.“He’s one of the few European leaders we’ve seen who’s been willing to stand up to the bureaucracy in Brussels that has been very, very bad for the United States. So for example, when you see a European bureaucrat go after an American company, sometimes the only vote ‘no,’ the only vote to protect that American interest, has been Viktor Orbán.”“I think that his legacy in Hungary is transformational, 16 years, fundamentally changing that country.” Continue reading...
Woman tells court ‘I lost my teenage self’ from abuse by teacher William ‘Rob’ Gilfillan, already in prison for offences against daughter Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in the 1980s by her high school PE teacher has told a court how the man’s actions resulted in her life being changed “negatively for decades”.In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 16. The five counts against two victims took place at Traralgon high school in Gippsland. Continue reading...
Mariam Sabbah, 10, to get specialist care in Britain instead of US, after Trump halted visitor visas for PalestiniansA Palestinian child who lost her arm during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza arrived in the UK for specialist treatment on Tuesday, amid ongoing pressure on the British government to step up efforts to help evacuate critically ill and injured children from the territory.Mariam Sabbah arrived at Heathrow airport with her mother, Fatma Salman, and two brothers. They were met by a small crowd bearing gifts, balloons and bouquets. Continue reading...
Episodes from William Hartnell era are from mostly lost 12-part adventure called The Daleks’ Master PlanTwo episodes of Doctor Who from the William Hartnell era, which have not been seen since 1965, have been released after being discovered in a private film collection.The two episodes, released on Friday and starring Peter Purves as the Doctor’s companion, are parts one and three of a mostly lost 12-part adventure called The Daleks’ Master Plan, written by the Dalek creator Terry Nation and broadcast as part of the third series of Doctor Who in November 1965. Continue reading...
Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an eggSperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like an untethered astronaut, according to Adelaide University researchers. Continue reading...
The phrase should evoke optimism, positive expectations about the future, trust and belonging. That seems almost out of reach in a chaotic worldOne term has already become the well-intentioned weasel word of 2026: “social cohesion”. A phrase that can be dropped into speeches, inquiries and legislation, its meaning shape-shifts depending on the audience. Is it about “glue” or the rule of law? About community resilience or countering fear? Does it mean finding places of real exchange, or shutting up and getting on?Although it has been in the political lexicon for years, the terror attack that targeted Jewish people celebrating Hanukah in Bondi last December brought social cohesion to the fore as an urgent problem to solve. Continue reading...
Badr Albusaidi claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make the ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesOman’s foreign minister has claimed the US has “lost control of its own foreign policy” and accused Israel of persuading Donald Trump’s administration to go to war with Iran – a conflict he described as a “catastrophe” and “grave miscalculation”.Writing in the Economist, Badr Albusaidi, the Omani minister who mediated the latest nuclear talks between Iran and the US, offered an unusually damning assessment of events leading up to the US and Israel’s bombing of Iran and the war that it has triggered across the Middle East. Continue reading...
• The Trump administration is using Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act to investigate foreign factory capacity and forced labor, aiming to offset $1.6 trillion in tariff revenue lost due to a Supreme Court ruling on February 20.
• Public hearings are scheduled for May 5 on factory capacity and April 28 on forced labor, with the goal to complete probes before the current 10% import tariffs expire in 150 days.
• Trump imposed a temporary 10% tariff on all imports post-ruling, plans to raise it to 15%, but faces challenges from two dozen states; remaining tariffs on China, Canada, steel, lumber, and cars expected to yield $668 billion over a decade.