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The murders of journalists in Mexico
Mexican reporter with police protection shot dead

Mexican crime reporter Alejandro Martínez Noguez was shot dead on Sunday, despite being under police protection. This is reported by several media.

Martínez Noguez ran a popular Facebook news channel and was killed when a group of people in a pickup truck opened fire on his car in the state of Guanajuato.

Martínez Noguez was under police protection since 2022 when he was the victim of an attempted murder.

Balbina Flores of Reporters Without Borders in Mexico says that Martínez Noguez was a seasoned reporter.

- He was a journalist who was in the risk zone, says Flores, according to AFP.

According to Reporters Without Borders, more than 150 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 1994.

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Norwegian police afraid of the methods of Swedish criminals

Swedish gang criminals have now reached all of Norway's police districts, according to the head of the Norwegian National Criminal Police, Kristin Kvigne, Ekot reports. Today there is great concern that violence related to gang crime will increase in the country.

- We are afraid that Norwegian criminals will copy the Swedish criminals' methods, for example the recruitment of very young people, she tells Ekot.

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Hurricane season
Hurricane Debby moves in over the USA - could be record rain

There is a nervous wait for the weather in Florida, where Hurricane Debby is expected to hit with full force on Monday. The hurricane threatens to bring record amounts of rain and cause massive flooding, before moving further into Georgia and South Carolina.

Sheryl Horne, who runs a campground with her family, says it's not the first time a hurricane has hit the area.

- Right now, we're just trying to prevent everything from floating away. I'm used to storms and I'm used to cleaning up after storms, Horne told the AP.

In Savannah, Georgia, a month's worth of rain is expected within four days.

- This will be a real storm. The word historic cannot be emphasized enough here, said Governor Van Johnson.

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The Mekong River in Cambodia.
New project launched on the Mekong - causing concern in the region

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet has launched a new project worth SEK 18 billion to connect the Mekong River to the sea, reports the AFP news agency.

- We must build this channel at any cost, said Hun Manet, according to AFP.

However, it is unclear what the concrete purpose of the project – which is expected to be completed in 2028 – is, including whether it is for shipping or irrigation and who will finance it.

The project has also created concern among residents where the canal is to be built. Several that the news agency has spoken to fear being expropriated.

Meanwhile, conservationists have long warned that the Mekong is threatened by infrastructure projects, pollution, sand mining and climate change.

According to the country's government, the project will create tens of thousands of jobs and become an alternative to container ships passing through Vietnam

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The Southport stabbing
The Minister: Many are concerned - without throwing bricks

Jail places are ready for the "rowdy rioters" who took part in the violent riots in the UK in recent days. This is what the country's Minister of the Interior, Yvette Cooper, tells the BBC.

This weekend, protesters have attacked mosques as well as hotels where asylum seekers stay, smashed windows, lit fires and clashed with police. A shameful act, according to Cooper. She adds that the peaceful protesters protesting after last week's stabbing in Southport, where three girls were killed, are something completely different from the perpetrators.

- Many people are worried and have opinions about crime, the healthcare system and immigration. But they don't pick up bricks and throw them at the police, they don't try to set fire to hotels and they don't loot shops, says Cooper.