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Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to Pentagon leaks

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Massachusetts air national guard member admitted leaking classified military documents about Ukraine over Discord

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts air national guard member to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.

Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty earlier this year to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act following his arrest in the most consequential national security case in years. He was brought into court in an orange jumpsuit and showed no visible reaction as he was sentenced by the US district judge Indira Talwani.

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Kentucky woman seeking abortion files lawsuit challenging state’s bans

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Woman argues both near-total ban and six-week ban violate state constitution’s rights to privacy and self-determination

A pregnant woman in Kentucky seeking an abortion filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a court to strike down the state’s abortion bans.

The woman, who is known in court records as Mary Poe and is about seven or eight weeks pregnant, is challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban and the six-week ban simultaneously in effect. These bans, Poe argues, violate the Kentucky constitution’s rights to privacy and self-determination and should not be enforced.

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Canadian minister says ‘not everyone is welcome’ amid Trump migrant threat

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Immigration minister Marc Miller’s comments come as country braces for migrant rise when Trump takes office

Canada’s immigration minister has said “not everyone is welcome” in the country as officials brace for an increase of migrants when Donald Trump returns to the White House with a pledge to carry out mass deportations.

The minister’s warning, seven years after Justin Trudeau promised that “Canadians will welcome” asylum seekers, reflects a stark shift in tone amid waning support for immigration and refugee resettlement in the country, according to migration experts.

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Florida threatened by another major late-season tropical storm

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Meteorologists track disturbance in Caribbean Sea predicted to become storm named Sara

Florida is at risk of being hit by yet another major tropical storm only weeks after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated towns across the state.

Meteorologists are currently tracking a new disturbance predicted to evolve into a storm in the Caribbean Sea. The storm, to be named Sara, will form in the western Caribbean later this week and may make a turn towards south Florida as a powerful hurricane next week if wind patterns change, according to the Hurricane Tracker App .

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Flights to Bali cancelled after volcano spews dangerous ash cloud 9km into air

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin flights in and out of Australia were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted

Three Australian airlines have cancelled flights to and from Bali after a volcanic eruption near the Indonesian holiday spot created a dangerous ash cloud.

The groundings affected Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia flights on Tuesday and Wednesday, leaving passengers stranded.

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Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20m found in walls of his house

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Investigation into country’s largest cocaine bust reveals cash in home of former head of anti-money laundering

Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after €20m (£17m) was found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of an investigation into the country’s largest-ever cocaine bust.

Óscar Sánchez Gil was until recently the head of the fraud and anti-money laundering division of Spain’s national police force in Madrid.

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Tributes paid to mother who died in house fire where four children survived

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Emergency crews were unable to save Kate Mulcahy while her children escaped from a fire at her home in Manchester

Tributes have been paid to a 37-year-old woman who died in a house fire in Greater Manchester where her four children survived.

Kate Mulcahy was found dead inside her home in Middleton after a fire broke out early on Sunday morning. It is understood she had two sons – one-year-old twins – and two daughters, and that a number of the children were in the house and managed to escape the blaze.

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Maryland students charged with hate crimes over alleged beating of gay man

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Police say Salisbury University students set up fake profile to lure man to apartment, beat him and hold him prisoner

Officials in Maryland have charged 12 students with offenses including hate crimes for allegedly luring a gay man to an apartment off campus, holding him prisoner and breaking his rib while beating him.

A statement from the Salisbury police department said one of the accused, all students at Salisbury University who have since been suspended, set up a fake account on a dating app to entice the victim with a promise of sex with a 16-year-old.

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Maanum sparks Arsenal’s four-goal rout of Juventus in Women’s Champions League

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 November 2024

Arsenal cruised to a 4-0 Women’s Champions League win over Juventus in Italy to extend their unbeaten run to six matches. Frida Maanum opened the scoring for the visitors before a flurry of goals from Stina Blackstenius, Mariona Caldentey and Caitlin Foord in the second half ensured a comfortable victory.

In what has been a difficult start to the season, one bright star for Arsenal has been Norway international Maanum. Since Renée Slegers took over as head coach on an interim basis, the 25-year-old has made the No 10 role her own.