BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING
In today’s briefing update, a Texas police officer who has been charged with murder has resigned after the shooting.
Trump authorises sanctions and slaps tariffs on Turkey in an attempt to punish the historical ally for its deadly offensive in Syria.
Activists remain defiant after Uganda proposes the death penalty for gay sex.
ALL in today’s WORLD news briefing – A daily roundup of all the news headlines that you need to know, summarised as part of WTX News Briefing.
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TEXAS OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER RESIGNS AFTER SHOOTING
Arab News says police officer Aaron Dean, 34 shot and killed a black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open door. He was charged with murder on Monday after resigning from the force
. A police chief said earlier that day, he acted without justification. And would have been fired if he had not quit. Police bodycam video showed Dean approaching the door of the home. He then walked around the side of the house, pushed through a gate into the fenced-off backyard and fired through the glass a split-second after shouting at the woman, 28, to show her hands.
Read the full story on Arab News
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TRUMP AUTHORISES SANCTIONS, SLAPS STEEL TARIFFS ON TURKEY
France 24 reports President Trump authorised sanctions on Turkey’s leaders, reimposed steel tariffs and ended talks on a trade deal on Monday. Seemingly to punish the historic ally for its deadly offensive into Syria. Trump announced
the measures as he came under intense pressure at home for appearing to at first give the green light to the Turkish President, who is seeking to crush US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria. “ I am fully prepared to swiftly destroy Turkey’s economy if Turkish leaders continue down this dangerous and destructive path,” Trump said in a statement.
Read the full story on France 24
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ACTIVISTS DEFIANT AS UGANDA PROPOSES THE DEATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX
CNN says the Ugandan government’s plan to reintroduce a bill that could impose the death penalty for homosexuality is
being met with defiance from the LGBTQ community in the East African nation. Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo said laws criminalising gay sex were not tough enough. Speaking to local media, Lokodo explained why the bill is being introduced now: “The penal code only criminalises the act [gay sex]… Now we’re saying anything, like recruitment, promotion, exhibition…amounts to committing a crime against that law.”
Read the full story on CNN
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