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US cops fatally shoot fleeing double amputee

Video that appears to show the moments before police officers shot dead a double amputee as he ran away from them on his stumps has emerged in California, as the United States grapples with high-profile episodes of police brutality.. The videos show Lowe holding a shiny object in his hands, but do not show him going towards officers with it.

Police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest in Memphis

Hundreds gathered in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, an African American man who died after being brutally beaten by police, with civil rights leaders Al Sharpton leading the high-profile service attended by Vice President Kamala Harris.. Nichols' funeral drew civil rights leaders, politicians and the family members of other Black Americans who lost their lives to police violence.

Germany says goodbye to Ukraine-bound tanks

Germany's defence minister on Wednesday showed off the tanks Berlin is preparing to send to Kyiv, but recognised a "bitter loss" for the under-equipped Bundeswehr.. Reequipping the Bundeswehr is a top priority for the defence minister, who was appointed in January. 

EU unveils plan to counter US green subsidies, China competition

The EU on Wednesday unveiled proposals including a controversial relaxation of state aid rules to counter the threat to European industry from US green subsidies and unfair competition from China.. The EU's competition chief Margrethe Vestager however insisted Brussels would act carefully and the relaxation of state aid rules would be "temporary, well targeted".

Romanian court denies bail request for influencer Andrew Tate

A Romanian appeals court rejected Wednesday a new bail request by Andrew Tate, the controversial influencer being investigated along with his brother for alleged human trafficking and rape.. You'll find out the truth of this case soon," Andrew Tate told journalists as he was escorted from the appeals court.

Brazilian army deploys to protect Indigenous Yanomami

The Brazilian military launched an operation Wednesday to crack down on illegal gold miners accused of invading the massive Yanomami Indigenous reservation and spreading disease, violating human rights and destroying the environment.. Illegal gold mining rose sharply in Brazil under far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), who pushed to open protected Indigenous reservations to mining and presided over a surge of destruction in the Amazon.

EU unveils plan to counter US green subsidies, China competition

The EU on Wednesday unveiled proposals including a controversial expansion of state aid rules to counter the threat to European industry from US green subsidies and unfair competition from China.. The EU's competition chief Margrethe Vestager however insisted the bloc would act carefully and the relaxation of state aid rules would be "temporary, well targeted".

Second top Italian minister takes reporter Saviano to trial

Just weeks after going on trial in a case brought by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Italian investigative journalist Roberto Saviano was back in court on Wednesday facing allegations of defamation lodged by Meloni's deputy.. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, whose far-right League party is a key member of Meloni's coalition, is suing the journalist for calling him the "minister of the criminal underworld" in a social media post in 2018.

Ukraine raids homes, offices in graft clampdown

Ukraine expanded a clampdown on corruption on Wednesday launching coordinated searches of residences linked to a divisive oligarch and former interior minister as well as tax offices in the capital.. Ukraine for years has suffered endemic graft but efforts to stamp out corruption have been overshadowed by Moscow's invasion launched last February.

After tanks, Ukraine allies under pressure to send warplanes

Western countries have only just approved sending battle tanks to Ukraine, but Kyiv is already requesting F-16 warplanes to help repel the Russian invasion. . After pressure from allies, Germany in January approved sending Leopard tanks to Kyiv -- and said it would agree to requests from other European countries who wanted to send their own German-made Leopards.