Bill Barr says Donald Trump ‘knew well he lost the election’
Former US attorney general Bill Barr has spoken out against Donald Trump ahead of his court appearance for allegedly plotting to overturn his election defeat in 2020.
Mr Barr, who was appointed by the former president, said that Mr Trump “knew well he lost the election”.
Mr Trump is accused by federal prosecutors of lying repeatedly about mass voter fraud and pressing officials to change results to keep him in power.
He will be formally charged later.
The 77-year-old Republican, who is running for election again, is expected to plead not guilty when he appears in court in Washington at 16:00 EDT (20:00 GMT). He has denounced the charges as politically motivated.
Biden calls on Niger’s junta to release Bazoum and restore democracy
Comments come as the coup leader addresses the nation to warn against foreign meddling
Joe Biden has called for the immediate release of Niger’s elected president and for the country’s democracy to be restored, in the highest profile intervention by the US since the coup that removed Mohamed Bazoum from power.
“I call for President Bazoum and his family to be immediately released, and for the preservation of Niger’s hard-earned democracy,” the US president said in a statement on Thursday, the 63rd anniversary of Niger’s independence. “In this critical moment, the United States stands with the people of Niger to honour our decades-long partnership rooted in shared democratic values and support for civilian-led governance,” he said.
Biden’s comments came as the country’s junta appeared on television to warn against foreign military interference in the impoverished country.
14 wounded in stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul
Fourteen people were wounded Thursday after a man drove a car onto a pedestrian walkway and went on a stabbing rampage at a department store in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, police said.
The police apprehended the 20-something suspect, only known by his surname Choi, just five minutes after receiving a report at around 5:59 p.m. that a man was stabbing people at the department store adjacent to the Seohyeon subway station.
The suspect is employed in the delivery industry, according to sources.
Majority of Germans support move to green economy — study
A new study has shown that Germans still find tackling climate change important, but the data also revealed discrepancies over what people are actually willing to do about it.
The vast majority of people in Germany are in favor of the economy being made more climate-friendly, according to a survey carried out by the German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) published on Thursday.
A total of 91% of respondents said that they were very or generally in favor of making Germany’s economy greener, although they were not asked what specific steps they thought should be taken.
German economy’s ecological transformation
Clear majorities supported companies taking measures to make their operations more climate-friendly as well as supporting workers to make greener life choices — such as providing them with bikes to cycle to work.
But at the same time, 81% said they were worried about rising costs associated with reforming the German economy, such as the cost of electricity, heating and food.
Blinken accuses Russia of ‘assault’ on global food system
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took aim at Russia at the UN Security Council on Thursday, accusing Moscow of “blackmail” over its recent withdrawal from a key grain initiative.
America’s top diplomat, chairing a meeting about food insecurity at the UN’s headquarters in New York, told the 15-member Council that “hunger must not be weaponized.”
He singled out Russia, saying its invasion of Ukraine last year had sparked an “assault” on the global food system.
Blinken lambasted Moscow for pulling out last month from the so-called Black Sea grain initiative.
The agreement had allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the sea, during the conflict between the two countries.
Moscow refused to extend the deal, leading to a spike in grain prices that hit poorer countries hard.
Deadly communal violence flares in India a month before world leader summit
Separate outbreaks of violence this week, including the alleged shooting of three Muslim men by a police officer on a train, have exposed the deep communal fissures in India weeks before it welcomes Group of 20 (G20) leaders to the capital.
Violence erupted in the northern state of Harayana state on Monday after a right-wing Hindu organization led a religious procession in the Muslim dominated region of Nuh.
Clashes spread to several districts of the finance and tech hub, Gurugram, also known as Gurgaon, home to more than 1.5 million people and hundreds of global firms, where violent mobs predominantly targeted Muslim-owned properties, setting buildings ablaze and smashing shops and restaurants.
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