Desmond Milligan

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美國總統特朗普（Donald Trump，又譯川普）周二（19日）透露自己推動結束烏克蘭戰爭最新的動機，那就是他擔心自己死後可能無法進入天堂。美媒直喊「天吶」、「天主聖母」。美媒指，被許多支持者視為救世主的特朗普主動談及自己並非聖人，這是罕有的靈魂拷問（soul-searchingly，有深刻反省的意思）式自嘲（self-deprecating）。 特朗普在電視節目「霍士之友」（Fox & Friends）上稱：「我想結束它（俄烏戰爭）。你知道，我們沒有損失美國人的生命，沒有損失美國士兵。我們損失的是俄羅斯和烏克蘭人， 大多數是士兵。」 2025年8月18日，美國華盛頓，美國總統特朗普（Donald Trump，中）、烏克蘭總統澤連斯基（Volodymyr Zelenskyy，左）和法國總統馬克龍（Emmanuel Macron，右）在白宮舉行會面，就如何結束俄烏戰爭舉行談判。（Reuters）他說：「還有一些平民，因為導彈擊錯地方或落入城市，但是，如果我能每週挽救7000人免於死亡，我認為那是一個相當、如果可能的話，我想試着進入天堂。我聽說我（在這方面）情況不妙」。 特朗普表示，根據自己聽到的說法，以他目前的行為和表現來看，他想死後上天堂的希望非常渺茫，因為他的「資格排名」墊底，如果他能上天堂的話，促成俄烏和平協議會是原因之一。 澤連斯基送特朗普特殊意義高爾夫球桿　美國回贈「白宮鑰匙」特朗普稱俄烏正安排峰會　白宮指美匈領袖商三方會談取址布達佩斯特朗普政府證實擬入股英特爾　貝森特：以對公司補貼換股權如何給烏克蘭安全保障　特朗普：美國不會派兵　德法英有意派部隊 View the full article

加拿大網紅Lil Tay過去因為在社交網站上貼跑車﹑豪宅及大灑美金等行為，而令她聲名大噪。獲得外界高度關注的她於2023年8月驚傳死訊，連家人都發聲明證實消息，震驚大批網民。翌日Lil Tay竟公開發出聲明，指自己與其兄長依然在世，是次「假死」被網民狠批。 Lil Tay於14歲時因在社交網站上貼跑車﹑豪宅及大灑美金等行為，而令她聲名大噪。（IG圖片）其後於2023年8月驚傳死訊，然後「死而復生」被大批網民狠批。（IG圖片）上月29日Lil Tay迎接18歲生日，她宣布加入大尺度成人網站OnlyFans，即時吸引大量網民訂閱，短短3小時已經大賺100萬美元（約780萬港元）。她其後於社交網站炫耀，並留言多謝苦候她成年的網友：「我係必然成功。多謝啲預購或者死等嘅人。你知我好愛你哋。」不過有網民指她於成人網站賣的只是普通自拍照，並沒有色情成份。另外，她月初又推出新歌《Stuck In July》，在MV中穿上比堅尼大晒姣好身材。 上月29日Lil Tay迎接18歲生日，她宣布加入大尺度成人網站OnlyFans。（IG圖片）Lil Tay大曬好身材。（IG圖片）短短3小時已經大賺100萬美元。（IG圖片）短短3小時已經大賺100萬美元。（IG圖片） View the full article

An eighth person allegedly involved in the violent street brawl in Cincinnati that left several people injured last month has been charged, police said. The unidentified 45-year-old White man is charged with disorderly conduct, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, for his alleged role in the July 26 melee in the city's downtown. The man is also considered by police to be a victim of the brawl, which prevents authorities from releasing his name under Marsy's Law, which gives crime victims the option to have their names withheld from public release. Cincinnati Felon With 22 Prior Arrests Indicted For Allegedly Snatching Victim's Chain During Viral Beatdown He is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 26. The fight broke out in the early morning hours on the corner of Fourth and Elm streets. Footage of the brawl quickly went viral. Read On The Fox News App Last week, a seventh suspect, Gregory Wright, 32, was charged with alleged aggravated riot and aggravated robbery. Seventh Cincinnati Assault Suspect Arrested Over Violent Beatdown The corner of Fourth and Elm Street outside LoVe, a local nightclub, July 28, 2025, in Cincinnati, where the beating took place.Police allege Wright "did by force rip the necklace off the victim while he was being assaulted by four or more co-defendants attempting to cause serious physical harm," according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox 19. Wright allegedly snatched the victim’s necklace during the beating before proceeding "to film the rest of the events," the outlet reported. Earlier this month, six defendants were indicted by a grand jury for their alleged roles in the beatdown. (Top L-R) Dominique Kittle, DeKyra Vernon, Patrick Rosemond, Jermaine Matthews, (Bottom L-R) Aisha Devaughn, Gregory Wright and Montianez Merriweather are facing various charges for their alleged roles in the viral beatdown in Cincinnati on July 26, 2025.Patrick Rosemond, 38, Jermaine Matthews, 39, Montianez Merriweather, 34, DeKyra Vernon, 24, Dominique Kittle, 37, and Aisha Devaughn, 25, are each charged with three counts of alleged felonious assault, three charges of assault and two charges of aggravated rioting, the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. Original article source: Eighth suspect charged in viral Cincinnati street brawl has surprising involvement in case View the full article

ロサンゼルス・ドジャースの大谷翔平投手がホームランで大記録を更新し話題になっています。 8月9日（日本時間10日）のトロント・ブルージェイズ戦に1番・指名打者で出場した大谷投手。第1打席は空振り三振に倒れましたが、第2打席は甘く入ったカットボールを弾き返し、センター前ヒットを放ちました。 そしてチームは4回裏、マックス・マンシー内野手の2ランホームランで先制！　2点リードを保ったまま、5回裏1死ランナーなしで大谷投手の打席が回ってきます。 今季11勝をあげているクリス・バジット投手に対して、アウトコースの際どいボールに手を出さず、カウント3-1で迎えた5球目。大谷投手は外角に曲がるシンカーを捉え、見事バックスクリーンへ豪快な一発を放ったのです。 View the full article

　モデルの亜希が、元夫で元プロ野球選手の清原和博氏の５８歳誕生日を祝ったことを報告した。 　１８日に誕生日を迎えた清原氏。亜希は１９日に更新したインスタグラムのストーリーズで「昨夜清原さんの５８歳ＢＤ　離婚して１１年…不思議なもので、またみんなでお祝いしてる」とコメントを掲載。 　「今や親と子と言うよりそれぞれが個で成り立ち、それぞれの得意なところを惜しみなく還元していくチームみたいな集合体！」とし、「家族とも違う、歪な濃ゆいかたまり…ｗ　写真撮るよって言いながら私ケーキにｉＰｈｏｎｅ向けてたら、律儀にずっと笑ってくれてた…すみませんこれ顔切りってやつでしたｗ」とケーキを前に手元が写った写真をアップした。続けて清原氏の目標について「歩ける人になる！みたいです」と明かし、「応援しますよ〜」とつづっていた。 　亜希は清原氏との間に息子２人をもうけた。慶大野球部で内野手としてプレーした長男の正吾さんは、昨年１１月に野球競技からの引退を報告。次男の勝児さんは今春、慶応高から慶大野球部に進学し、ともに「イケメン」と話題だ。 View the full article

　歌手で俳優・福山雅治が週刊誌「女性セブン」のＷｅｂメディア「女性セブンプラス」で、元タレント・中居正広氏の一連の騒動を巡るフジテレビの第三者委員会の報告書内に匿名で登場していた「有力番組出演者」の本人として、同誌の取材に応じたとする記事が１８日に配信されたことを受け、同日、所属事務所のアミューズが報告文を公式サイト上に掲載した。 　サイト上では、第三者委から３月に「福山雅治のヒアリングへの協力要請をいただいておりました」とし、「過去にフジテレビ専務（当時）大多亮氏が主催した懇親会に福山が参加したことがあり、その件に関して、第三者委員会からいくつかのご質問をいただきました」と明かした。 　また「大多氏が主催した懇親会に本人が出席したことがあることは事実」とした一方で「あくまで仕事先の会食にお招きいただいたとの認識のもと出席させていただいた次第」ときっぱり。「一連のフジテレビ問題で取りざたされているような問題はありませんでしたが、福山本人の『これはきちんと回答すべきである』という意向もあり、第三者委員会には前向きに協力させていただきました」と報告した。 　一件について第三者委からヒアリングを打診されていたものの書面回答となったことについては「地方ロケ中でスケジュール的に対面でのヒアリングは難しく」と事情を説明。続けて「書面での回答となりましたが、ヒアリングには真摯に対応させていただきました。ヒアリングを『拒否』したという事実は一切ございません」と強調した。 　その上で「報告書の内容は、その性質上、極めて秘匿性の高いものであったため、懇親会参加者の詮索、特定、誹謗中傷といった個人の生活を脅かすような事態にならないように、こちらから名乗り出ることは控えておりました」とし、８月に同誌編集部から「第三者委員会から福山雅治にヒアリングへの協力依頼があったことに関して取材依頼がありました」と明言。「一連のフジテレビ問題は社会的関心も大きく、本人からの申し出もあり、齟齬や誤解を招くような報道にならないよう、女性セブンのインタビュー取材を受けさせていただくこととしました」と経緯も説明した。 　福山を指す「有力番組出演者」は、報告書内で、フジテレビ局内で行われていた「不適切な会合」の実態の一つとして、大多亮元専務が「懇意にしている特定の男性有力番組出演者との会合に女性アナウンサーや女性社員を同席させていた事実が確認された」と記され、名が挙げられていた。 　会合は２００５年頃から年１〜２回程度開催されていたとし、少なくとも１９名の女性アナウンサー（退職者も含む）が参加。「特に女性アナウンサーについては、当該番組出演者からＬＩＮＥで『女子アナの皆様との会、よろしくお願いします！』『新人アナに会いたいですねぇ』等と依頼され、大多氏はこれに応じる形で女性アナウンサーとの会合をセッティングし」と記され、大多氏からも開催を呼びかけた「事実が確認された」としていた。 　会合に参加した女性社員や女性アナウンサーからは「会合に参加した番組出演者との仕事が円滑に進んだ旨述べる者」や「特段ハラスメント的な言動もなかった旨述べる者もいる」とした一方で、「大多氏や当該番組出演者の会話がいわゆる下ネタ的な性的内容を含んだものであった旨述べる者も多数おり、不快であった旨述べる者もいた」とされていた。 　また大多氏へ食事の場に女性アナウンサーの招集依頼をしたことや、会合内で「性的発言や質問の有無」があったかについて書面質問をした際には、当該番組出演者からは「いずれも『一切ございません』との回答であった」としていた。 　大多氏は「東京ラブストーリー」などの名作を手がけた名プロデューサーとして知られる中、福山ともドラマ「ガリレオ」シリーズなどでタッグを組んでいたことで知られる。 View the full article

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高知・御免与町で出会ったヒロイン・朝田のぶ（今田美桜）とその幼馴染・柳井嵩（北村匠海）の波乱万丈な人生を描く連続テレビ小説『あんぱん』（ＮＨＫ朝ドラ）。第２０週の終盤と１６日の振り返り回で、第２１週の予告映像が放送された。 ８月１５日まで放送された第２０週「見上げてごらん夜の星を」では、漫画家として芽が出ない嵩（北村匠海）を支えるのぶ（今田美桜）。７年の月日が経ち、嵩はまだ漫画家として芽が出ずにいた。ある日、嵩は作曲家・いせたくや（大森元貴）と演出家・六原永輔（藤堂日向）の誘いで舞台美術に携わることに。舞台は無事成功するものの、漫画家としてまだまだな己の境遇に不甲斐なさを感じる嵩。そんななかのぶが自分のために仕事を掛け持ちしていることを知った嵩は、たくやから誘われた仕事を再び引き受けることを決めるのだった。 第２１週「手のひらを太陽に」の予告映像では、嵩がテレビに出演する様子や謎の女性（久保史緒里）の登場、嵩の母・登美子（松嶋菜々子）が「本音でガンガンやり合いなさい」と話すシーンが流れた。 さらに、のぶの妹・蘭子（河合優実）が嵩の恩人・八木（妻夫木聡）をじっと見つめて目を逸らすシーンもあり、ＳＮＳ上では「ねぇちょっと蘭子ちゃんと八木さん！！？？」「八木さんと蘭子は大切な人を失ったもの同士、もしかしたら･･･ってことがあるのかな？」「蘭子と八木さんの今後が気になる」などの声が相次ぎ、Ｘ（旧ツイッター）では「八木さんと蘭子」がトレンド入り。 第２１週「手のひらを太陽に」は、８月１８日から８月２２日まで。放送はＮＨＫ総合で朝８時から、またＮＨＫ ＢＳ・プレミアム４Ｋでは朝７時半からスタート。 View the full article

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The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale. “America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?” read a caption on the account’s first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular video-sharing app. The account had about 4,500 followers an hour after posting the video. Trump’s personal account on TikTok meanwhile has 110.1 million followers, though his last post was on 5 November 2024 – election day. Trump has a soft spot for the popular app, crediting it with helping him gain support among young voters when he defeated Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent, in the November 2024 presidential election. Related: Leading US economists urge peers to fight Trump’s attack on environment “The Trump administration is committed to communicating the historic successes President Trump has delivered to the American people with as many audiences and platforms as possible,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said as the account went live. A federal law requiring TikTok’s sale or a ban on national security grounds was due to take effect the day before Trump’s inauguration on 20 January. But the Republican president, whose 2024 election campaign relied heavily on social media and who has said he is fond of TikTok, put the ban on pause. TikTok is a tremendously popular social media app with 170 million users in the US. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, said in April that it had been in discussion with the US government regarding a solution for the app. It added that any agreement “will be subject to approval under Chinese law”. In mid-June, Trump for the third time extended the deadline for the popular video-sharing app by another 90 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States. That extension is due to expire in mid-September. The idea of banning TikTok originated with Trump in 2020, who said the Chinese-owned app posed a danger to national security. It quickly became a bipartisan issue and Congress overwhelmingly voted to ban the app last year, which faced a legal challenge but was ultimately affirmed by the supreme court. The original deadline for the TikTok ban was 19 January. Trump switched his stance on TikTok after joining the app while campaigning for president last year, amassing nearly 15 million followers and hosting the TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Chew also attended Trump’s inauguration. While Trump had long supported a ban or divestment, he reversed his position and vowed to defend the platform – which boasts almost 2 billion global users – after coming to believe it helped him win young voters’ support in the November election. Trump’s official account on X, formerly Twitter, has 108.5 million followers – though his favored social media outlet is Truth Social, which he owns, where he has 10.6 million followers. The official White House accounts on X and Instagram have 2.4 million and 9.3 million followers, respectively. Dara Kerr contributed reporting View the full article

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said Tuesday in a memo posted on X that the Trump administration is revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials. She accused them of having engaged in the "politicization or weaponization of intelligence" to advance personal or partisan goals, failing to safeguard classified information, failing to "adhere to professional analytic tradecraft standards" and other "detrimental" conduct that she did not describe in the memo. The memo offered no evidence to support the accusations. Many of the officials who were targeted left the government years ago after serving in both senior national security positions and lower-profile roles out of the public eye. Sam Vinograd, who was assistant secretary for counterterrorism, threat prevention and law enforcement policy in the Department of Homeland Security, is among the 37 former officials. She is also a national security contributor for CBS News. She has not yet responded to Gabbard's memo. Some of the officials worked on matters that have long infuriated President Trump, like the intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election on his behalf. And several showed their concerns about Mr. Trump by signing a critical letter in 2019 that was highlighted on social media last month by right-wing provocateur and close Trump ally Laura Loomer. The action reflects Mr. Trump's ongoing distrust of career intelligence officials whom he perceives as working against his interests. The revocation of clearances is a tactic the administration has used before — it has revoked the clearances of former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several others. Critics say the tactic risks chilling dissenting voices from an intelligence community accustomed to drawing on a range of viewpoints before formulating an assessment. In Mr. Trump's first term, he revoked former CIA Director John Brennan's clearance. "These are unlawful and unconstitutional decisions that deviate from well-settled, decades-old laws and policies that sought to protect against just this type of action," Mark Zaid, a national security lawyer whose own clearance has been revoked by the Trump administration, said in a statement. He called it hypocritical for the administration to "claim these individuals politicized or weaponized intelligence." Gabbard on Tuesday sought to defend the move, which she said had been directed by Mr. Trump. "Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right," she wrote on X. "Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold." In recent weeks, Gabbard and other Trump administration officials have revisited the intelligence community assessment published in 2017 on Russian election interference, including by declassifying a series of years-old documents meant to cast doubt on the legitimacy of its findings. Multiple government investigations have reached the same conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election in sweeping fashion, including through a hack-and-leak operation of Democratic emails and a social media campaign aimed at sowing discord and swaying public opinion. But Mr. Trump has long resisted the assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered in his favor, and his Justice Department has authorized a grand jury investigation that could bring fresh scrutiny to Obama-era officials. Security clearances are important not only for current government workers but also former employees whose private-sector jobs require them to retain access to sensitive information. Stripping clearances from such employees could make it hard for them to do their jobs, though it's unclear how many of the former officials still have or require one. On his first day of office, Mr. Trump said he would revoke the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a "Russian information operation." Mr. Trump has attempted to revoke the security clearances for lawyers at a number of prominent law firms but was rebuffed by federal judges. Some of those who were targeted in the latest action were part of Biden's national security team. Many only learned of the Gabbard action from news reports Tuesday, two former government officials who were on the list told the Associated Press. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity as they consider whether to take legal action. Trump sounds off on potential security guarantees for Ukraine London Zoo has its annual weigh-in for about 10,000 animals Reporter's Notebook: The death of "skibidi"? View the full article

韓聯社8月20日引述朝中社報道，朝鮮勞動黨中央委員會副部長金與正周二稱，韓國並非朝鮮的外交對象，並點名批評韓國總統李在明，稱他不是能夠改變歷史的偉人。此外，金與正亦譴責了周一啟動的韓美「乙支自由護盾」（UFS）例行聯合軍演是「侵略性戰爭演習」。 報道指，金與正日前召集外務省主要司局長舉行會議，在傳達國務委員會委員長金正恩的對外政策構想時作出以上的表述。金與正表示，朝方意識到自李在明政府成立以來，韓方確實在竭力推動改善韓朝關係，「惟即便披上和平的外衣，也掩蓋不了其敵對的本質」。 她又指，無論是打着「保守政府」的旗號，還是戴着「民主政府」的帽子，「韓國歷屆政府對朝鮮的對抗野心一脈相承，李在明並非能夠改變這一歷史潮流的偉人」。 金與正指，李在明並非能夠改變韓國歷屆政府對朝鮮的對抗野心這一歷史潮流的偉人。(Reuters)金與正還特別點名批評統一部長官鄭東泳、國防部長官安圭伯、外交部長官趙顯等人。報道指，她可能注意到了他們曾出席國會人事聽證會時作出「將朝鮮政權和朝軍視為敵人」的表述。 李在明再向朝鮮伸橄欖枝　下令韓國準備分階段履行對朝協議韓國總統李在明：尊重朝鮮現行體制　不尋求以任何形式吸納統一韓軍稱朝鮮拆除部份邊界擴音器　金與正否認：無意與韓國改善關係普京與金正恩通電話　朝媒：朝鮮保證將始終全力支持俄羅斯 View the full article

花姐與KK睇好92號Bosco Kwan與19號Dave。（葉志明攝）《全民造星VI》76位參賽者（21位因事缺席）昨晚（19日）以夏日look出席記者會 ，齊齊在水中大跳《前傳》，由於要穿上水上運動鞋，無得攝鞋墊，意即所有參賽者全以真實身高示人。身為「六朝元老」的花姐與KK謝家驥，坦言今年因調低了參賽者年齡，所以要特別小心照顧幾位未成年參賽者，尤如湊仔一樣，KK又爆花姐鬧爆大家，但即時遭否認，花姐表示：「我係提醒大家要重視呢個表演，大聲唔代表鬧，係愛與關懷。」 76位《造星VI》仔仔在一眾MKV高層面前跳《前傳》。（葉志明攝）76位《造星VI》仔仔在一眾MKV高層面前跳《前傳》。（葉志明攝）花姐又指《造星VI》十分癡身，與他們WhatsApp比自己兒子更多，之後又爆今年喊得更勁。「我一路拍一路鬧個賽制，啲參賽者走得好慘，真係X街嚟，度啲咁嘅賽制，有一組輸咗要走，佢哋喊咗半小時，評審、後台個個陪佢哋喊。」問到會否有心水參賽者，KK與花姐大推92號Bosco Kwan與19號Dave。「Dave好斯文好怕醜，令我諗起陳卓賢，好情歌小王子；另外，我一見到Bosco就會諗起我個仔，佢好似我嘅小B，即時家庭充滿溫暖。」 +96號Gordon、11號Louis、18號Kai榮膺網上人氣三甲。（葉志明攝）11號Louis、21號牛牛、22號Alvin、31號三金、43號Ian、87號Winter組成「抽褲男團」。（葉志明攝）5號Kirs、6號Gordon、14號Marcus、72號Jack Lo 、92號Bosco Kwan合組嘅「Phat Boy」（葉志明攝）6號Gordon、11號Louis、18號Kai榮膺網上人氣三甲，他們表示全屬意料之外，問到會否請朋友食飯食到窮，Louis即笑稱：「無架啦（越玩越窮？）係。」Kai坦言會繼續努力，而比起信心，壓力會更大，但會提醒自己保持平常心。他們又稱花姐做媽咪，問到媽咪會否鬧仔，三人默契地點頭，被鬧最多的Gordon表示：「我喊唔係因為被媽咪鬧，而係比賽識咗好多目標一樣嘅朋友，但比賽有贏有輸，途中會忍唔住喊。」 三人又分享師兄Jeremy、肥仔、師姐Ivy So都有探班，更分享了不少舞台經驗。 View the full article

The Brief The families of two victims in the Bryan Kohberger case are suing Moscow, Idaho, to stop the release of crime scene photos. A judge granted a temporary restraining order, halting the release of images from the victims' bedrooms. The city of Moscow released nearly 200 photos last week, prompting legal action from the families. MOSCOW, Idaho - The families of two of Bryan Kohberger’s victims are suing the city of Moscow, Idaho, for releasing photos of the gruesome crime scene. The backstory Kohberger pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison last month for the murders of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, Zana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves. Bryan Kohberger (left) and Idaho murder victims Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Kaylee Goncalves (right).FOX 13 reporter Shirah Matsuzawa spoke with attorney Leander James, who represents the families of Mogen and Chapin. James said the lawsuit was filed on behalf of the two families. He filed an injunction asking a judge to order the city of Moscow to stop releasing photos and body camera footage from Mogen’s bedroom, where she and Goncalves were murdered. He also filed a temporary restraining order, an emergency filing that allows a judge to immediately pause the release of certain materials. In this case, the judge granted the order, agreeing with the families that the release of the images would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. That means the photos will not be released until a hearing on the injunction takes place. This legal action comes after the city of Moscow released nearly 200 photos from the King Road home last week. James told FOX 13 Seattle that the families received no advance notice from the city about the release of those images. While such notice isn’t required, it is typically provided. What they're saying "When the door was shut behind Mr. Kohberger and he went to prison for the rest of his life, my – you know – Karen Scott, felt like they could take a deep breath and start to move on with their lives. And it was a positive, positive day," said attorney Leander James. "And unfortunately, this prospect of the death scene images of their child being thrown out there to the world has visited them with a great deal of work, and has sent them back again." James said he reached out to the city before filing the lawsuit, but they couldn’t reach an agreement. "Images are powerful, powerful emotional triggers, and I’m just one attorney," he said. "I can only do as much as I can do. I’m trying to stop what I can. I kind of feel like, honestly, I feel like I am standing in front of a flood coming at me with a Dixie cup." The injunction hearing was originally scheduled for Thursday, but James said he received a request from the city on Tuesday afternoon to postpone it. "For those who are criticizing us for stopping the release of further images, I’d ask them to search their hearts, to look at what’s the right thing to do and what the legal thing is to do," James said. Dig deeper A full press release from the City of Moscow regarding the temporary restraining order can be found below: "On August 12, 2025, the City of Moscow was served notice of a petition to the Latah County District Court for a temporary restraining order and injunction to prevent the release of additional public records related to State of Idaho v. Bryan Kohberger, Latah County Case CR29-22-2805, Ada County Case CR01-24-31665, and MPD Case No. 22-M09903, on behalf of Karen Laramie, the mother of Madison Mogen. This action followed the recent release of redacted crime scene photos by the City of Moscow in response to a legal public records request. "On August 15, 2025, Idaho Second District Judge Marshall issued a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the City’s release of any images, audio, or video depicting the inside of Madison Mogen’s bedroom until a hearing on the preliminary injunction may be held. Judge Marshall found that major portions of what had been released did not constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. However, Judge Marshall stated that there are portions of videos and photographs in their redacted form, specifically including unreleased bodycam video, that could constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy at this time. While the Temporary Restraining Order only applied to Madison Mogen’s bedroom, the City will not provide any further releases of photographs or videos depicting the inside of any of the victims' bedrooms until the matter is fully reviewed and decided by the Court." The Source Information in this story comes from the City of Moscow and original reporting by FOX 13's Shirah Matsuzawa. 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The BBC was forced to issue another correction on Monday after reporting that a Gazan woman had died from malnutrition, when in fact she was suffering from leukemia. On Sunday, the BBC ran a story headlined "Malnourished Gazan woman flown to Italy dies in hospital." BBC journalist Rachel Muller-Heyndyk reported that the woman "was evacuated to Italy for treatment while severely emaciated," and highlighted, "The UN has warned of widespread malnutrition in Gaza" that has largely been blamed on Israel. "The University Hospital of Pisa said that she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday, less than 48 hours after arriving," the initial report said. "The hospital said she had suffered severe loss of weight and muscle, while Italian news agencies reported she was suffering from severe malnutrition." However, the headline was later changed to "Gazan woman flown to Italy dies in hospital" and added that further reporting from both the hospital and Israeli aid officials found a "very complex clinical picture," including that the woman had suffered from leukemia. The BBC published a clarification at the very bottom of the article. Bbc Marred By Recent String Of Retractions And Apologies Related To Israel-hamas War Coverage The BBC clarified that the woman in its story had a more "complex" medical picture."This article's headline originally said that Marah Abu Zuhri died of malnutrition, with the introduction stating that she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday," the correction read. "The headline has been amended to remove the reference to malnutrition being the cause of death in what the hospital described as a ‘very complex clinical picture.’" Read On The Fox News App In a comment to Fox News Digital, a BBC spokesperson said that it was not aware of the woman’s leukemia before publishing and corrected the headline and subsequent tweet on the story after learning more details. "We were not initially aware that Marah Abu Zuhri was being treated for leukemia," the statement read. "In line with usual editorial practice, we added this to the story after the Israeli authorities put the information into the public domain, in what the hospital has described as ‘a very complex clinical picture.' We have amended the original headline and tweet and added an explanatory note." The BBC has had a long history of issuing corrections and apologies regarding its reporting on the Israel-Hamas war, with errors that tend to favor or sympathize with the terrorist organization. The BBC was one of several news organizations that rushed to report false claims made by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry that Israel had bombed the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, resulting in 500 civilian casualties, shortly after the October 7 terrorist attack. In November 2023, the BBC apologized after misquoting a Reuters report and distorting a quote by an IDF spokesman claiming the IDF was "targeting people including medical teams as well as Arab speakers" in Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital. The IDF spokesman had actually said that Arab-speaking soldiers were on the ground to ensure aid made its way to the hospital. The BBC apologized for reporting unproven claims about Israel carrying out "summary executions" of Gaza civilians in January 2024. In February, the BBC apologized after its anchor Nicky Schiller referred to Israeli hostages as "prisoners" on air. Bbc News Issues On-air Apology For False Claim Israel Targeting Staff And 'Arab Speakers' At Gaza Hospital The BBC has repeatedly apologized and issued retractions for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.Also in February, the BBC pulled the documentary "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone" from its streaming platform after unintentionally profiling a Hamas member’s 13-year-old son in the film. The BBC issued an apology for being unaware of the connection at the time and added a new note to the film to offer more context. An internal BBC report in July found that the broadcaster breached editorial guidelines for the film after it was learned that three members of the production company Hoyo Films, which produced the film, knew that the boy’s father was a Hamas official. The probe reprimanded the BBC for not being "sufficiently proactive" with its due diligence ahead of broadcast and admonished it for a "lack of critical oversight of unanswered or partially answered questions" regarding the documentary. Last month, The New York Times also had to issue a note that an emaciated child displayed on the front page as evidence of famine in Gaza was not "born healthy" as reported, but was actually suffering from a preexisting condition unrelated to the conflict with Israel. The BBC has issued several corrections or apologies regarding its reporting on the Israel-Gaza war or antisemitism. Original article source: BBC forced to correct report claiming Gazan woman died from malnutrition View the full article

NEED TO KNOWDamon Wolfe of Frisco, Texas, was arrested on Aug. 7 on three felony counts of aggravated assault after he fired shots into a vehicle The three individuals in the vehicle were identified as teenagers attempting to perform a "ding-dong-ditch" prank Wolfe, 58, could face 20 years in prison if convicted A Texas man who fired shots at teenagers attempting a "ding-dong-ditch" prank at his house in July now faces three felony charges. The incident took place on the evening of July 28 on Scottsdale Way, the Frisco Police Department said in a statement on Monday, Aug. 18. At around 10:50 p.m., Frisco police were dispatched to the location in response to a report from a person who said he fired shots at someone who attempted to kick down his door, police said. During their investigation, police learned the suspect, Damon Wolfe, 58, left his home after hearing a loud bang on his door. He fired multiple rounds at a passing car because he thought the occupants were involved, police said. Later that evening, FPD responded to a call that a vehicle had been shot at. Police said the driver and two passengers first claimed that they were shot at while on a different street. After more interviews, the group admitted they were doing a "ding-dong-ditch" prank in a random neighborhood when a male with a firearm fired shots at their car, police said. Officers saw what looked like three bullet holes in the car. The Frisco Police Department arrested Wolfe on Aug. 7 on three counts of aggravated assault, one count for each person in the vehicle. The charges carry a potential sentence between two and 20 years in prison, and a $10,000 fine, police said. "What started out as a prank, ding dong ditching a house, turned into something that could of potentially had deadly consequences," Frisco Police Chief David Shilson told CBS News Texas. "We found the vehicle later in the evening, shortly after the incident, the kids did not want to report it because certainly they were out doing these pranks, and I don't think they realize the gravity of everything that had occurred." Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. The FPD chief is warning the parents of teenagers against the potential dangers associated with popular online challenges. Frisco Police Department Damon Wolfe"The teens involved in this case are very fortunate they were not shot and killed or seriously injured. For homeowners, it is important to understand that there are legal and criminal consequences for running outside and shooting at a vehicle fleeing the scene," Shilson said in a statement. "The bullets fired in this offense could have easily struck neighbors' houses and had deadly consequences," Shilson continued. He went on to call the incident "completely senseless and avoidable." PEOPLE has reached out to the FPD for further information. Read the original article on People View the full article

When the FBI fired five veteran agents earlier this month, Director Kash Patel offered no explanation. Shock at the firings has continued to reverberate through the storied agency. And now, details are emerging about the possible motivation, several sources close to the agents tell CBS News. "There is a despicable purge underway of senior FBI officials, all of whom have risen in their careers as nonpartisan, and who have been targeted for vindictive, political purposes," said Mark Zaid, a whistleblower attorney who represents a number of federal workers dismissed under President Trump. Without any public comment from FBI or Justice Department officials, the agents, including, Brian Driscoll, who served for a short time as acting director at the start of the Trump administration, and Steven Jensen, head of the powerful Washington field office, were summarily fired and given little explanation for their removal. None had reached retirement age, meaning the abrupt dismissals will deprive them of their full pensions. One agent's expulsion came a month after his wife died of cancer. CBS News spoke with multiple sources close to the agents for this story. All of those interviewed spoke on the condition they not be identified for fear of retribution. By outward appearances, former acting FBI director was in good standing Some of the agents may have been targeted solely because they worked on one or more of the criminal investigations of Mr. Trump, while others who were ousted in an earlier spate of firings worked on the Biden administration's Jan. 6 investigations, sources close to the agents said. But the most senior agent, Driscoll, by outward appearances, was in good standing with Patel. Driscoll, a highly decorated agent who took part in numerous daring counterterrorism operations, began his short stint as acting director with what many agents viewed as a singular act of bravery, resisting calls from a top Trump appointee at the Justice Department to turn over the names of FBI employees who had participated in the Jan. 6 investigation. Nevertheless, Patel kept Driscoll on after his Senate confirmation, putting him in a high-profile post as head of the bureau's Critical Incident Response Group, which oversees the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team and its aviation unit. Jensen, a veteran agent who helped oversee the Jan. 6 investigation from his position as chief of the FBI's domestic terrorism section, was given a significant promotion by Patel to be the assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office, one of the largest outposts in the country. One source with knowledge of the matter told CBS News that Patel relied on both agents and particularly admired Driscoll, whom he viewed as a swashbuckling tactical operator. Another said that the FBI director opposed some of the firings. "I think Kash tried to save these people, honestly," the source said. Yet there are also some indications that both men may have crossed FBI leadership over loyalty and personnel matters. Some agents suspect political interference Zaid is part of a team of lawyers preparing to sue the federal government on behalf of some of the fired FBI agents. He told CBS News he suspects outside political interference. "If you look at Patel's testimony from his confirmation hearing when he promised the committee there would be no politicization or retribution at the FBI under his leadership," Zaid told CBS News, "you have to conclude that he was either lying or, giving him the benefit of the doubt, that he was directed to take these actions, and that could only come from the White House or the Justice Department." Patel promised senators during that hearing, "There will be no retributive actions taken by any FBI, should I be confirmed as FBI director." Democrats on Capitol Hill see the firings as baldly political and damaging to U.S. national security. Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement to CBS News that he believes agents should be commended for their ability to enforce the law impartially. "When we start purging agents for doing their jobs, instead of toeing a partisan line, we weaken our defense against everything from violent crime to foreign threats, and that makes us all less safe," Warner said. When asked who ordered the termination of the agents, the FBI declined to comment. A White House official deferred to the FBI to discuss bureau personnel matters. "The suspendables" There are other factors that have led some sources close to the agents and lawyers representing them to question whether the abrupt removals were the result of outside political interference, possibly by the White House. One question surrounds the role of a small band of right-leaning former agents who clashed with FBI leadership under directors James Comey and Christopher Wray and have been vocal critics of a bureau they believe was "weaponized" against them. Among them is Kyle Seraphin, one of several former FBI agents and whistleblowers who were suspended or had their security clearances revoked for alleged misconduct during the Biden administration. The former agents, including Seraphin, have referred to themselves as "the suspendables." They have been targeting FBI officials they believe to be politically motivated. Seraphin has been among the most outspoken – and effective – members of the group. He has at times been critical of Patel for not aggressively and swiftly cleaning house at the bureau, but he has also had Patel's ear. Sources say he exercises considerable influence from his social media perch on X and his podcast, "The Kyle Seraphin Show." Seraphin has publicly claimed some of the credit for last week's purge. On August 4, he posted a thread on X under the heading "VETTING CRISIS CONTINUES," in which he identified one of the fired agents, Christopher M. Meyer. Meyer had been serving as one of the pilots of the governmental planes used by Patel until he was notified of his termination. Seraphin had publicly speculated, correctly it turned out, that Meyer had previously been on a squad based in the Washington Field Office that investigated Mr. Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents and conducted a search of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department brought criminal charges against Mr. Trump over the discovery of documents, but a judge eventually dismissed the case. Seraphin told CBS News in an interview, "I identified that the person that ran the Mar-a-Lago case that resulted in a search warrant at the president's home was rubbing shoulders in close proximity with the FBI director" as his pilot. He was concerned that "this is a person that's now in the kind of buddy space of your FBI director, and he doesn't even know who he's speaking to." On Alex Jones's "InfoWars" he said he gave a "heads up" to an "administration insider" about Meyer. He told CBS News his "Trump administration insider" was "in the president's orbit." How the firings unfolded On that same day, Patel directed Driscoll to fire Meyer, sources told CBS News. When Driscoll asked on what grounds, he did not get what he considered a satisfactory answer from Patel, according to the source. Without itr, Driscoll refused. Two days later, on Aug. 6, Driscoll was contacted by J. William Rivers, the No. 3 official at the FBI, and told he was being terminated, the source said. He was given no reason why but later received a letter formally notifying him that he was being fired. Around the same time, Jensen was also relieved of his duties. A source with knowledge of that matter said it was because he, too, refused to fire a subordinate agent in the Washington Field Office, though CBS News was not able to identify the person. Walter Giardina, a WFO agent who was also dismissed in the purge, had worked on a number of cases involving Mr. Trump and other members of his administration, including the prosecution of senior Trump aide Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress. The fifth agent fired earlier this month was Spencer Evans, who had been the special agent in charge of the FBI's Nevada field office until earlier this summer, when he was abruptly told he was being transferred to Huntsville, Alabama. By then, Trump supporters, including Seraphin, had been publicly critical of him over his enforcement of FBI COVID policies during the tenure of former FBI Director Christpher Wray. In April, Seraphin posted this on X: "After @Kash_Patel was nominated, he asked me about people in the FBI who were problems. I said Spencer Evans, the SAC of Las Vegas, was the man who PERSONALLY denied the religious accommodations for Covid 19 shots and testing protocols." Seraphin's post continued: "Kash said 'Gone.'" Seraphin attached a video to his post that showed that months after that conversation, Evans was still leading the Las Vegas FBI office, and Patel was praising its work in tracking down criminals. Then, last Wednesday, two hours before getting into his car to drive across the country for his new assignment, Evans received a call notifying him that he too was being terminated. He was given no reason. Two days later Evans received a formal termination letter signed by Patel. It said Evans "demonstrated a lack of reasonableness and overzealousness in the implementation of COVID-19 protocols and policies." After the August firings, Seraphin told CBS News a colleague in the FBI said to him, "You have four scalps hanging off your belt this week." Seraphin excluded Driscoll from the count, and referred to him as "collateral damage," and said he probably didn't deserve to be fired. 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A diplomatic row between Israel and Paris has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood. Netanyahu’s accusation against the French leader was contained in a letter, seen by the AFP news agency on Tuesday, which claimed that anti-Semitism had “surged” in France since President Macron’s recent announcement that he will recognise Palestine as a state at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly next month. The French president’s office hit back swiftly at Netanyahu on Tuesday, calling his allegations “abject” and “erroneous”, and promising that they “will not go unanswered”. “This is a time for seriousness and responsibility, not for conflation and manipulation,” the French presidency said, adding that France “protects and will always protect its Jewish citizens”. “Violence against the [French] Jewish community is intolerable,” it said. Reacting to Netanyahu’s letter, Benjamin Haddad, the French deputy minister for European affairs, said that France had “no lessons to learn in the fight against anti-Semitism”. The issue, “which is poisoning our European societies”, must not be “exploited”, Haddad said. France, which is home to Europe’s biggest Jewish community, has joined an estimated 145 of the 193 UN members that now recognise or plan to recognise a Palestinian state, according to reports. ‘Encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets’In his letter, Netanyahu said to Macron: “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace French Jews and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets.” Netanyahu’s diplomatic dust-up with Macron comes as the Israeli leader accused Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of being “a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews”. The Albanese government plans to recognise Palestinian statehood and on Monday cancelled the visa of Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, whose ultranationalist party is in Netanyahu’s governing coalition. Rothman had been scheduled to speak at events organised by the Australian Jewish Association. Hours later, Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said he had revoked the visas of Australia’s representatives to the Palestinian Authority. “I also instructed the Israeli Embassy in Canberra to carefully examine any official Australian visa application for entry to Israel,” Saar said. “This follows Australia’s decisions to recognise a ‘Palestinian state’ and against the backdrop of Australia’s unjustified refusal to grant visas to a number of Israeli figures,” he said. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong called Israel’s revocation of visas for its diplomats an “unjustified reaction”, and said that Netanyahu’s government was increasing Israel’s diplomatic isolation on the world stage. “At a time when dialogue and diplomacy are needed more than ever, the Netanyahu government is isolating Israel and undermining international efforts towards peace and a two-state solution,” Wong said in a statement. Last week, Albanese said that Netanyahu was “in denial” about the humanitarian crisis being caused by Israel’s punishing war on Gaza. On Tuesday, Jens Laerke, the spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said that Israeli authorities had banned shelter items, such as tents, from entering Gaza for about five months, a period in which more than 700,000 people in the war-ravaged territory have been forcibly displaced and re-displaced by Israeli forces. Laerke said Israel has classified tents as “dual use” because it considers that tent poles could be used for a military purpose. UN Human Rights Office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan warned that Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City threatened a further humanitarian catastrophe. “There are risks of mass displacement and more and more killings and more misery,” he said, adding that “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians in Gaza City were being ordered to move south to the al-Mawasi area, which Israel previously designated a “safe zone” but continues to bomb. View the full article

Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home to Asia's last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by environmental NGOs. The recreational vehicle industry is now the biggest consumer of tropical wood in the United States, UK-based NGO Earthsight and Indonesian NGO Auriga Nusantara said in a report published late Tuesday. They said evidence showed sheets of tropical "lauan" plywood found in Indonesia were likely being used in the floors, walls and ceilings of RVs produced by major brands like Jayco, Winnebago and Forest River. "Nature-loving RV owners will be horrified to learn that their hobby risks destroying rainforests," said Earthsight director Sam Lawson in a press release. "America's RV giants need to get out of the 1980s and implement the kinds of minimum sustainability standards other US corporates have had in place for decades." Indonesia has one of the world's highest rates of deforestation linked to mining, farming and logging, and is accused of allowing firms to operate in Borneo with little oversight. Borneo island has one of the world's largest tracts of rainforest and hosts orangutans, long-nosed monkeys, clouded leopards, pig-tailed macaques, flying fox-bats and the smallest rhinos on the planet. Large tracts of orangutan habitat in Borneo were found to be "cleared to make way for a plantation of fast-growing timber", the NGOs said. An Indonesian plywood company, PT Kayu Lapis Asli Murni, sourced timber mostly from rainforest in areas the NGOs visited, half of which was then exported to US firms MJB Wood and Tumac Lumber in 2024, they said. MJB Wood is the main lauan plywood supplier to Jayco, while Tumac Lumber supplies companies such as RV parts maker Patrick Industries, "whose customers include Thor Industries, Forest River and Winnebago", the report said. The NGOs said it meant it was "almost certain" Indonesian tropical wood was being used in the RV supply chain in the United States. None of the companies mentioned replied to the report's authors when asked for comment, it said. Neither the companies nor the Indonesian environment ministry immediately responded to an AFP request for comment. jfx/cwl View the full article

法甲球會馬賽宣布，將法國國腳拉比奧特（Adrien Rabiot）與英格蘭翼鋒莊拿芬路維（Jonathan Rowe）雙雙掛牌出售，原因是「不可接受的更衣室行為」。 馬賽在上周法甲首輪以0：1不敵雷恩，雷恩在上半場31分鐘便少踢1人，但馬賽仍無法佔得上風，更最終全失3分。當日比賽中莊拿芬路維在63分鐘被換出，據稱他在賽後被拉比奧特批評態度消極，兩人其後在更衣室當眾互罵，初則口角繼而動武，演變成肢體衝突，場面失控。 莊拿芬路維有可能重返英格蘭。（資料圖片/Getty Images）消息指，主帥迪沙比（Roberto De Zerbi）對此極為憤怒，更表明二人「不會再為馬賽上陣」。 兩人先被禁止操練，球會昨日（19日）再發表聲明，明確指出：「這一決定是因應比賽後更衣室內不可接受的行為，並已與技術團隊達成共識，符合球會內部行為準則。」聲明亦透露，相關決定已於周一正式通知兩位球員。 舊東家祖雲達斯有意再向拉比奧特招手。（資料圖片/Getty Images）30歲的拉比奧特去年離開祖雲達斯後，在9月以自由身加盟馬賽，至今上陣32場攻入10球。22歲的莊拿芬路維則在去年8月以1700萬鎊由諾域治轉投馬賽，合共上陣31場，攻入3球。據悉，拉比奧特已獲祖雲達斯、國際米蘭等關注，而莊拿芬路維則可能重返英格蘭，新特蘭和列斯聯都有意招手。 英超｜伊沙克打破沉默親自發文：已失去信任　紐卡素火速回應兩大傳奇舒利亞連尼加點評英超4個新9號　利物浦新兵獲一致讚賞沙特超級盃︱艾納斯對伊蒂哈德　港台電視免費直播C朗大戰賓施馬C朗掟波衫贈香港球迷　多人衝入草地追星　賽後兩隊均無球員受訪沙特超級盃︱C朗展插花　拒貪功助隊友入波　艾納斯挫伊蒂哈德 View the full article