Plus: YouTube acts after Russell Brand claims, and missing US jet mystery solved
| | | | | | | Hello, and welcome to your News Briefing. It's a pleasure to join Andy and Sofia to bring you the news every day in your inbox. Let's start with the row between India and Canada over the murder of a Canadian Sikh activist. We also cover the aftermath of the allegations against Russell Brand. Scroll down for fairy dust and an amusing case of Danish contract law. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | India-Canada row ramps up | | | | India has strongly rejected Justin Trudeau's allegations that it had any role in the death of a Canadian Sikh leader. Credit: Reuters |
| | Tensions are escalating between Delhi and Ottawa after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian intelligence had been "pursuing credible allegations potentially linking" India to the fatal shooting of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Delhi said it "completely rejected" the allegations and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move. Canada's national security adviser to the prime minister has previously accused India of being one of the top sources of foreign interference in Canada. India, for its part, has argued that the rise of the Sikh separatist movement in Canada has interfered in India's domestic affairs. The Indian government had designated Mr Nijjar as a terrorist, allegations his supporters strictly deny. Mr Nijjar is the third prominent Sikh figure to have died unexpectedly in recent months. | | • | Diplomatic backdrop: India has been increasing the pressure on countries with significant Sikh communities, like Canada, Australia and the UK, saying they are failing to tackle what it calls "Sikh extremism", explains our religion editor Aleem Maqbool. | | • | An unsolved murder: From Toronto, Nadine Yousif in Toronto looks into how the murder of Mr Nijjar, who was shot dead in his truck by two masked gunmen in June, fuelled tensions between the two countries. | | • | Canada wakes up: Follow our live coverage. |
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| | | | | | World headlines | | • | Brand latest: YouTube has suspended Russell Brand from earning money through advertising on his videos, after the comedian and actor was accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse. Read our live coverage and Ian Youngs' look back at the seedier parts of British 2000s' pop culture. | | • | Pay to tweet? A day after bobbing his son on his knee when meeting the Turkish president, Elon Musk used a conversation with the Israeli PM to suggest social media platform X - formerly Twitter - could go behind a paywall to counter bots. | | • | Ageing nation: For the first time ever, more than one in 10 people in Japan are aged 80 or older. But efforts to boost its birth rates are met with little success, writes Kelly Ng. | | • | Lost and found: US officials have located the wreckage of a $100m (£80m) F-35 military jet that went missing after its pilot ejected. Read how the saga unfolded - including a plea for the public's help. | | • | Rogue police: More than 1,000 officers in London's Metropolitan Police are currently suspended or on restricted duties, as it tries to root out corruption, the force says. Some 450 are being investigated for historic allegations of sexual or domestic violence in a 34,000 force rocked by a series of scandals. |
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| | AT THE SCENE | New York, US | | Leaders look for unity over crises | | US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian counterpart Volodomyr Zelensky are both due to address the United Nations General Assembly later. But ahead of the annual gathering, their audience looks anything but united. | | | | James Landale, diplomatic correspondent |
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| | The 140 or so world leaders gathering for their annual assembly have a lot on their plate: Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a global cost of living crisis, a worsening climate emergency, and the disruption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence. There are disagreements internationally not only over what is most important but also what the remedies should be. "People are looking to their leaders for a way out of this mess," says Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General. "Yet in the face of all this and more, geopolitical divisions are undermining our capacity to respond." |
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| | | | Beyond the headlines | | Republicans divided by abortion debate | | | | Donald Trump had criticised the stance of his rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Credit: Reuters |
| | Former US president Donald Trump faced a backlash this week from anti-abortion activists after he labelled Florida's six-week abortion ban a "terrible mistake". From Washington, Holly Honderich explains the Republicans' balancing act between a staunchly anti-abortion base and a majority of the American electorate in favour of legal access to the procedure. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Fairy tales | | From Gucci to Billie Eilish and TikTok, the obsession with Flower Fairies lives on. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | You might remember the story of the Danish artist who, upon receiving a grant of 534,000 kroner (£61,000 / $76,539), turned in two blank canvasses entitled "Take the Money and Run". Unfortunately for Jean Haaning, a court has now ordered him to return the cash - minus 8% for expenses. See the artwork for yourself. |
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