Political situation in Sri Lanka
Marxist looks set to take home victory in Sri Lankan elections
55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist party JVP, looks set to become Sri Lanka's new president, news agencies write.
In the ongoing vote count, the 55-year-old is ahead of both incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. The country's foreign minister has already declared him the winner.
Like the other presidential candidates, Dissanayake went to the polls on solutions to the economic crisis in the country, where the percentage of people living below the poverty line has increased sharply in recent years.
The JVP has until now not had much influence in parliament, but the party grew strongly during the protests against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.
Marxist looks set to take home victory in Sri Lankan elections
55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist party JVP, looks set to become Sri Lanka's new president, news agencies write.
In the ongoing vote count, the 55-year-old is ahead of both incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. The country's foreign minister has already declared him the winner.
Like the other presidential candidates, Dissanayake went to the polls on solutions to the economic crisis in the country, where the percentage of people living below the poverty line has increased sharply in recent years.
The JVP has until now not had much influence in parliament, but the party grew strongly during the protests against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.
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The Israel-Hamas warThe reactions
Israeli raid on Al Jazeera - ordered to close
During the night of Sunday, the Israeli military entered the news channel Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank and ordered the channel to close for 45 days. Live footage shows Israeli soldiers entering the office in Ramallah and giving the journalists ten minutes to evacuate. They are ordered to leave all equipment.
In the clip, journalist Walid al-Omari reads aloud from a document he received from the military.
- The court order orders us to close the office for 45 days, he says.
Israel accuses the channel of spreading false content. Earlier this year Al Jazeera was banned in Israel.
Israeli raid on Al Jazeera - ordered to close
During the night of Sunday, the Israeli military entered the news channel Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank and ordered the channel to close for 45 days. Live footage shows Israeli soldiers entering the office in Ramallah and giving the journalists ten minutes to evacuate. They are ordered to leave all equipment.
In the clip, journalist Walid al-Omari reads aloud from a document he received from the military.
- The court order orders us to close the office for 45 days, he says.
Israel accuses the channel of spreading false content. Earlier this year Al Jazeera was banned in Israel.
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Four shot dead in the United States – perpetrators are being hunted
Four people have died and dozens have been injured in a shooting in the Five Point South entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, US media write. No one has been arrested.
- We believe that several shooters fired several shots at a group of people, Truman Fitzgerald of the Birmingham police told CNN.
The shooting took place outdoors and it is still unclear if the perpetrators opened fire from a car.
Four people have died and dozens have been injured in a shooting in the Five Point South entertainment district in Birmingham, Alabama, US media write. No one has been arrested.
- We believe that several shooters fired several shots at a group of people, Truman Fitzgerald of the Birmingham police told CNN.
The shooting took place outdoors and it is still unclear if the perpetrators opened fire from a car.
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The allegations against the Harrods billionaire
al-Fayed escaped prosecution on at least two occasions
Prosecutors in the UK considered prosecuting Harrods billionaire Mohammed al-Fayed in both 2009 and 2015 – but both times ruled there was insufficient evidence for a conviction. The investigations were therefore closed, writes the Sunday Times.
The scandal surrounding al-Fayed, who died last year aged 94, has exploded after a new BBC documentary, in which 20 women say he subjected them to sexual abuse. But parts of the accusations were already known before the billionaire's death.
Even in connection with police reports of the same nature in 2018, 2021 and 2023, the police investigation went so far that prosecutors were involved.
al-Fayed escaped prosecution on at least two occasions
Prosecutors in the UK considered prosecuting Harrods billionaire Mohammed al-Fayed in both 2009 and 2015 – but both times ruled there was insufficient evidence for a conviction. The investigations were therefore closed, writes the Sunday Times.
The scandal surrounding al-Fayed, who died last year aged 94, has exploded after a new BBC documentary, in which 20 women say he subjected them to sexual abuse. But parts of the accusations were already known before the billionaire's death.
Even in connection with police reports of the same nature in 2018, 2021 and 2023, the police investigation went so far that prosecutors were involved.
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