Met apologises for calling antisemitism campaigner ‘openly Jewish’ pred 19 urami in 20 minutami Police officer had stopped Gideon Falter from walking near pro-Palestinian march while wearing kippah skull capThe Metropolitan police has apologised after an officer used the term “openly Jewish” to an antisemitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest near a pro-Palestine march.Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, was wearing a kippah skull cap when he was stopped from crossing the road near the demonstration in the Aldwych area of London last Saturday afternoon. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Spat over airport name takes San Francisco-Oakland feud to new heights pred 19 urami in 57 minutami California city sues neighbor after Oakland votes to rename airport to include ‘San Francisco Bay’, arguing consumers will be confusedSan Francisco and neighboring Oakland have long maintained a friendly rivalry, whether over sports or tacos. But a spat over an airport name is taking the feud to new heights.San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland over that city’s decision to change the name of its airport to the San Francisco Bay Oakland international airport. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK pred 19 urami in 57 minutami Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would have allowed young Britons to live, study and work in EURishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post-Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study or work in the bloc for up to four years.The prime minister declined the European Commission’s surprise proposal of a youth mobility scheme for people aged between 18 and 30 on Friday, after Labour knocked back the suggestion on Thursday night, while noting that it would “seek to improve the UK’s working relationship with the EU within our red lines”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
California officers charged in killing of man held face-down for five minutes pred 20 urami Three police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of Mario Gonzalez, whom they held down on the groundThree California police officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of a man they restrained in a prone position for five minutes until he lost consciousness.Pamela Price, Alameda county district attorney, announced the charges on Thursday, three years after the asphyxia death of Mario Gonzalez, 26. The officers, Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy, face up to four years in prison. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
