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Chris Kaba: Police officer ‘who shot unarmed Black man dead’ charged with murder The Independent says A police officer accused of shooting an unarmed Black man dead has been charged with murder, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Chris Kaba, 24, who had been due to become a father, was killed on 5 September 2022 in Streatham Hill, south London. He died when he was shot through the windscreen of the Audi he was driving in. Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “Following a thorough review of the evidence provided by the IOPC (Independent Office for Police…

Police officer who shot dead unarmed rapper Chris Kaba charged with murder The Telegraph says The police officer who shot dead unarmed rapper Chris Kaba in south London last year has been charged with murder, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The officer, who has only been identified as NX121 was charged following a review of evidence provided by the Independent Office for Police Conduct which carried out an investigation. Mr Kaba, a 24-year-old expectant father, died after being shot by an armed officer on September 5 last year as he was driving an Audi Q8 alone in the Streatham Hill…

Flood warnings as rain leaves hundreds without power More than 500 properties have been hit by power cuts as a band of heavy rain is causing flood warnings. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning due to heavy rain until 18:00 BST on Wednesday and also covers the north-west England. The forecaster said up to 2-4 inches of rainfall is likely, with as much as 6-8 inches in some locations. The National Grid said 518 properties were without power. A high voltage fault led to power cuts which have affected more than 350 homes and businesses in Carmarthen. …

England’s junior doctors join consultants in joint NHS strikes England’s junior doctors are joining consultants for their first joint strikes in the history of the NHS. Consultants began striking on Tuesday and junior doctors followed on Wednesday morning. The British Medical Association strike by consultants will last two days whilst the junior doctor’s strike is planned for three. There will be emergency care throughout but NHS bosses said patients were still in danger. Doctors and the government have been at odds for a long time as the dispute over pay escalates. For anyone in need of emergency care, people are…

Braverman and Facebook clash over private message plans Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Facebook owner Meta have clashed over the Meta’s plans to encrypt messages. They have hit back at a government campaign strongly critical of its plans. Messages protected with end-to-end encryption would mean that they could only be read by sender and recipient. Braverman has said encryption could not come at the cost of children’s safety, amid fears it might be used to conceal child abuse. Meta argues that encryption protects users from invasion of privacy. “We don’t think people want us reading their private messages”, the firm…

6 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank and Gaza There have been more Palestinian deaths in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip at the hands of Israeli forces. A late-night military raid of the Jenin refugee camp left four dead and around 30 people injured, according to Palestinian medics. A fifth was killed during violent demonstrations on Tuesday evening near the Gaza-Israel separation fence. Another young Palestinian man was killed during an Israeli raid in Jericho on Wednesday morning. Tuesday night saw intense fighting in the Jenin camp, a stronghold of Palestinian militants. The military exchanged fire…

Spain players agree to end boycott before Nations League games Most of Spain’s women’s football team have agreed to end their current boycott, according to the Spanish Secretary of State for Sports Victor Francos. The agreement was reached at 05:00 local time on Wednesday, following more than seven hours of meetings. The players began their boycott of the national squad after Spain beat England 1-0 in the World Cup final, and Spanish FA boss Luis Rubiales kissed Spanish player Jenni Hermoso without consent. After weeks of chaos, Rubiales resigned and controversial Spanish manager Jorge Vilda was sacked. The Spanish players…

US child dies from fentanyl kept under nursery nap mat Nicholas Dominici, a one-year-old baby boy, died of a suspected drug overdose on Friday, with several other children from his NYC nursery taken to hospital. Police have confirmed a kilogram of fentanyl was found under a nap mat at a daycare centre in the Bronx, New York City. Three other children were taken to hospital after being exposed to the narcotic at the daycare centre. Police believe the children inhaled fentanyl at the nursery. The children range in age from eight months to two years. Three children were given an…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk  PM retreats on climate promises and Sir Keir meets with Macron Wednesday’s front-page report on news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering scaling back some of the government’s commitments to help the UK reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The PM is set to make an announcement on Friday. Several of the papers feature a picture of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer shaking hands with French President Emmanuel Macron. The meeting came after French and German ministers suggested that the UK could be an ‘associate member’ of the EU. PM retreats on…

Elementor #551498 September 20, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Financial Times – Crispin Odey urged woman he groped at work to downplay incident to FCA The Financial Times reports that a woman has accused the hedge fund manager Crispin Odey of groping her at work and asking her to “play down” the incident to the Financial Conduct Authority. The paper says that the woman said she was assaulted while working at the hedge fund in 2005, and that Odey later confessed to the incident but said that, at the time, he had just come back…