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Julius Malema is known for his fiery rhetoric against Western powers

South African opposition politician hits out after failing to get UK visa

JOHANNESBURG — South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May.Malema said the UK had no "substantial justification" for its decision, and he saw it as an "attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective".In a leaked letter to Malema's deputy, the UK High Commissioner to South Africa, Antony Phillipson, said the Home Office had been unable to process his visa application in time for his trip.Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, is a fierce critic of what he sees as "Western imperialism", and also advocates the nationalization of white-owned land in South Africa.A Home Office spokesperson told the BBC that they do not comment on...

May 08, 2025

South African opposition politician hits out after failing to get UK visa

Warsaw University said it was a 'huge tragedy' and announced a day of mourning

Woman killed in ax attack at Warsaw university

WARSAW — A woman has been killed in an ax attack at the University of Warsaw in Poland, police say.A man was severely injured in Wednesday's attack, they said.A 22-year-old Polish man has been arrested. His motives remain unclear.The university described the attack as a "huge tragedy". It described the woman as a member of staff — without giving other details — and the man as a security guard.The attacker entered the college campus at 18:40 local time (16:40 GMT).From there he proceeded into a lecture hall, according to a spokesperson for the district prosecutor.Few details have emerged about what happened afterward.Polish news outlet, Gazeta Wyborcza Daily says that the attacker was a third-year law student. There is no official confirmation."We express our great...

May 08, 2025

Woman killed in ax attack at Warsaw university

Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters and Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters fly towards the Red Square for the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal, Wednesday, May 7, 2025 -

Ukrainian drones paralyze Moscow airspace for three days in row

MOSCOW — A slew of flight delays and diversions at Moscow airports affected thousands of travelers yet again on Wednesday following another Ukrainian drone attack.Days before the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital — one of the largest public holidays and the most important events for President Vladimir Putin — chaos in Moscow's airspace persisted for the third day in a row.According to the Association of Russia’s Tour Operators, some airports have been closed, while around 350 flights have been reportedly affected.At least 60,000 passengers have experienced disruption, with many of them left stuck on board planes for several hours.Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency also warned of flight delays across central Russia "due to the late arrival of aircraft at the...

May 08, 2025

Ukrainian drones paralyze Moscow airspace for three days in row

Police guard the road to the Shri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on Wednesday.

21 airports across northern India will be closed until Saturday

NEW DELHI — A total of 21 airports across northern and northwestern India will remain closed until Saturday, according to a senior police official.“All airports have been sealed. No one will be allowed to go in or out except for security personnel and staff,” Shri Sirivennela of Amritsar Police told Indian news agency ANI, adding that “all scheduled flights” in the region will be impacted.“Until the situation is under control, we will be following the decisions made by the central government,” Sirivennela told ANI.Multiple Indian and international carriers issued travel advisories on Wednesday regarding cancellations to and from destinations in northern India, after New Delhi launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Wednesday morning.Other airlines...

May 08, 2025

21 airports across northern India will be closed until Saturday

A mural of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

Ex-police officers acquitted of murder charges in Tyre Nichols beating death

MEMPHIS — Three former officers charged with murder in the fatal beating of a black man that triggered nationwide protests against police brutality have been acquitted by a state jury in Memphis, Tennessee.Tyre Nichols, who was beaten during a traffic stop in 2023, died three days after sustaining numerous blows to the head, according to a post-mortem report.Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, Jr were found not guilty on all charges on Wednesday, including second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.All three have been convicted of separate federal charges, and still face long prison sentences.Two other officers involved in the death, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills, have pleaded guilty to federal charges,...

May 08, 2025

Ex-police officers acquitted of murder charges in Tyre Nichols beating death

The New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Westbury, New York, where controllers overseeing the approach to Newark worked before their move to Philadelphia

Air traffic controllers warned of safety incidents months before Newark system failure

NEWARK — Air traffic controllers repeatedly rang the alarm about critical safety issues and faced telecommunications outages affecting Newark Liberty International Airport starting last summer – months before widespread delays and flight cancellations at the airport this week, a CNN review of safety reports, air traffic audio and other records found.One controller wrote in a previously unreported statement in August that only luck had prevented a “catastrophic mid air collision” after a communications breakdown that occurred as multiple planes were routed into the same area to avoid thunderstorms.And several times over the last year, Newark approach controllers lost radar or radio service, leaving them unable to talk with planes they were tracking. “We just lost all frequencies...

May 08, 2025

Air traffic controllers warned of safety incidents months before Newark system failure

Homes on the Greenland coast, surrounded by snow and sea ice and mountains

Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report

COPENHAGEN — Denmark's foreign minister says he will summon the US ambassador to address a report that Washington's spy agencies have been told to focus on Greenland amid Donald Trump's threats to take over the island."It worries me greatly because we do not spy on friends," Lars Løkke Rasmussen said, responding to the report in The Wall Street Journal.According to the newspaper, US spy agencies were told to focus efforts on the semi-autonomous country's independence movement, and American goals to extract mineral resources there.Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused the Journal of attempts to "undermine" President Trump "by politicizing and leaking classified information".While not denying the report, she accused the...

May 08, 2025

Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report

One of the debunked images claiming to show a crashed Indian air force jet

Misleading posts obtaining millions of views on X

NEW DELHI — India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.One video, which had more than 400,000 views on X at the time of writing, claiming to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon.An expert told BBC Verify that in moments of heightened tension or dramatic events, misinformation is more likely to spread and fuel distrust and hostility."It's very common to see recycled footage during any significant event, not just...

May 08, 2025

Misleading posts obtaining millions of views on X

The latest mishap involving an expensive Super Hornet is under investigation

Second US fighter jet falls overboard from US aircraft carrier

WASHINGTON — For the second time in just eight days, a US fighter jet has been lost to the Red Sea after falling from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, US officials say.An F/A-18F Super Hornet was attempting to land on the Truman's flight deck on Tuesday when a manoeuvre failed, "causing the aircraft to go overboard", an official told the BBC's US partner CBS News.The two crew members inside the aircraft ejected, and sustained minor injuries in the incident. The jets are reportedly worth around $67m (£50m) each."Both aviators safely ejected and were rescued by a helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11," the official told CBS.It comes after another Super Hornet went overboard into the same sea last Monday in a separate incident.It...

May 08, 2025

Second US fighter jet falls overboard from US aircraft carrier

Gulf airlines cancel flights to Pakistan as northern India airport closures disrupt routes

DUBAI — Several Gulf carriers have suspended flights to Pakistan, including Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, with airport closures in northern India also affecting many flight routes.Emirates has canceled flights from Dubai to Sialkot, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar on Wednesday. “Customers on canceled flights must not proceed to the airport,” it said on its website.Flights to and from Karachi are not impacted and will be operating as per schedule, the airline said.Etihad said it had canceled flights to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on Wednesday.“Additionally, some other services may be rerouted to avoid the affected airspace, potentially resulting in extended flight times,” Etihad Airways said in a statement.Qatar Airways said it had “temporarily suspended flights” to...

May 07, 2025

Gulf airlines cancel flights to Pakistan as northern India airport closures disrupt routes

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