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Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences
He was found guilty in January of a serious sexual assault against a boy and the attempted rape of a young girl. The abuse happened in Rotherham when he was a teenager, Sheffield Crown Court heard, the report said. Passing the sentence, Justice Lavender said his actions had had "profound and lifelong effects" on the victims, the report said.
Pence says he had 'no right' to overturn results of 2020 US election
The remarks were made during an event in Florida in response to former President Donald Trump's claim that Pence "could" have changed the outcome of the White House race, Xinhua news agency reported. "President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election," Pence said. "The presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone."
Pakistan's DG ISPR disparages Indian Army chief's claim
The military spokesperson Friday said it was agreed only due to Pakistan's concerns for the safety of the people of Kashmir living on both sides of the LoC. The statement issued from the DG ISPR's official Twitter account came in response to a comment by India's top military commander who claimed the credit for maintaining almost a year-long ceasefire along the LOC, the report said.
'50/50' chance Boris Johnson will be forced out
Elena Narozanski, a member of the Number 10 Policy Unit, resigned on Friday, according to the Conservative Home website. Some senior ministers believe "it feels like the end" after Thursday's exodus amid mounting fears in Downing Street that more staff and even ministers could resign. But the Prime Minister's allies have insisted the shake-up is actually evidence of Johnson "taking charge".
We stand with India against Chinese aggressions: US senators
A significant number of US senators, cutting across party lines, have expressed their solidarity with India against Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The US State Department has also reiterated its commitment to stand with India in the face of Chinese military aggressions as it criticized Beijing for selecting a PLA officer Qi Fabao, who was part of the deadly 2020 Galwan clashes, as one of the torchbearers of the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022.
US operation kills 13 in Syria's Idlib: War monitor
Four children and three women were among those killed during Thursday's operation which included an airdrop of forces and aerial targeting by warplanes in the rebel-held province, Xinhua news agency quoted the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as saying.
The watchdog group said the military operation took place near the town of Atme in the countryside of Idlib, just east of the border with Turkey.
Biden announces new actions as gun violence surges across US
The Biden administration will crack down on illegal flow of guns, help prosecutors bring cases against those using "ghost guns" -- unserialised and untraceable firearms -- to commit crimes, and pursue unlawful gun sellers, among other things, Xinhua news agency quoted the White House as saying. Biden paid a visit to New York City on Thursday afternoon, where he called for more funding for community policing and law enforcement agencies.
'Afghanistan faces tsunami of hunger'
On Thursday, SIGAR released its 44th quarterly report to the US Congress examining the $145.87 billion reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, which said that "record drought, rising food prices, internal displacement" as well as economic breakdown and collapse of public services constitute a "humanitarian emergency", reports TOLO News. "WHO and WFP estimate that 3.2 million Afghan children under age five will suffer from acute malnutrition this winter, with one million at risk of dying."
Israel, Bahrain sign 'historic' security deal since normalisation
Gantz, who landed in Manama on Wednesday for the first visit of an Israeli Defence Minister, met Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa in the royal palace, Gantz's office said in a statement. During the meeting on Thursday, Gantz and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullah Bin Hassan Al Noaimi signed a security memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two countries, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
Russia closes office of German broadcaster
In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry said that other measures will include the withdrawal of credentials from all staff members at Deutsche Welle's Russian bureau and the launch of a process aimed at identifying Germany's government and public agencies involved in banning RT DE from broadcasting and putting other kinds of pressure on the Russian media outlet, who will eventually be barred from entering Russia, reports TASS News Agency.
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