Eleven suspects arrested for the crime in Kerman
Iranian security forces have arrested eleven people suspected of the terrorist attack in the city of Kerman on January 3. This is stated by Iranian state TV news according to Reuters. Explosives must also have been seized.
During the funeral of the victims in the city of Kerman on Friday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi repeated the threat of revenge against the perpetrators, according to Al Jazeera.
Funeral-goers chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" in front of coffins draped in Iranian flags. The terrorist group IS has claimed responsibility.
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The charges against Trump
Trump is being sued for $370 million in fraud
New York state prosecutors are demanding US$370 million from former US president Donald Trump for inflating the value of properties he owned in the city for decades. This is shown by court documents that AFP has seen. The sum is significantly higher than expected.
An associate of Trump has previously testified about how he was ordered to write up the value of Trump's assets in order to get more favorable loans, insurance and taxes, according to The Hill.
Prosecutor Letitia James is asking New York State to forfeit the assets plus interest. Judge Arthur Engoron, who will decide the sum, has been repeatedly attacked by Trump on social media.
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8.8 tonnes of cocaine seized in Bolivia - destined for Europe
In a record seizure, Bolivian authorities have found 8.8 tons of cocaine with an estimated value of 224 million US dollars, reports Reuters. The seizure is the largest that has ever been made in the country, writes the Ministry of the Interior on Facebook.
The cocaine is said to have been hidden in wooden planks in a truck on its way to the Netherlands. Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizure and more arrests are expected, according to the news site Urgente.bo.
The seizure was made in Oruro near the border with Chile.
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Climate threat The threat to the Amazon
Deforestation halved in the Amazon - but almost doubled in the savannah
In his first year, Lula da Silva has succeeded in slowing down the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, reports AFP. Logging has halved over the past year, data from the government's space surveillance program Deter shows.
In the adjacent Cerrado highland savannah, logging has increased by 43 percent in one year, according to Brazilian media. Just like the Amazon, the Cerrado is threatened by people burning it down to produce charcoal, keep livestock and grow soy.
Environmental groups accuse Lula da Silva's government of ignoring the illegal devastation of the Cerrado because more attention is directed to the Amazon both in Brazil and abroad, and of aligning itself with the agricultural lobby, writes O Globo.
da Silva has promised the international community to reach zero deforestation by the year 2030 as part of the fight against the climate threat.
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