Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training 01. October 2025 (20:12) Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the US president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on Tuesday that the armed forces should use US cities as “training grounds”.JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, which is bracing for Trump to deploy national guard troops to his state, questioned the president’s mental health and accused him of behaving like an autocrat. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Los Angeles to pay $20m to family of boy tortured to death by his parents 01. October 2025 (20:06) The four-year-old had died in a hospital in 2019 in a case that brought scrutiny to the region’s child welfare system Los Angeles county will pay $20m to the family of a four-year-old boy who was tortured to death by his parents six years ago in a case that brought scrutiny of the region’s child welfare system.Noah Cuatro died in a hospital in 2019, days before his fifth birthday, after being found motionless at the family’s apartment in Palmdale, north of LA. His parents, Jose Maria Cuatro Jr and Ursula Elaine Juarez, later pleaded no contest to murder and torture charges. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China 01. October 2025 (20:02) Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the whales have enduredCanada’s government has refused a request by the beleaguered Marineland theme park to export its remaining 30 beluga whales to China due to concerns that the whales will face further mistreatment.Marineland, an amusement park, zoo and aquarium in Niagara Falls, has one of the largest captive whale populations in the world, and has long been mired in controversy amid reports of poor conditions for the animals on display. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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