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News in brief UK health minister ‘very sorry’ 18 killed, 16 injured in fire at Brazil judge annuls all of Moro’s u A magistrate on Brazil’s Supreme Court China martial arts school cases against ex-president Lula annulled two more cases Search for survivors continues TOP against former president Luiz Inacio Lula after pictured kissing aide da Silva that had been brought by former judge Sergio Moro, who had previously TWEETS4 been deemed by the same court to have Matt Hancock been “biased” in convicting and jailing • after Florida building collapse sorry for breaching the iconic leftist leader. The latest ruling 01 invalidates all the evidence collected by Moro, COVID guidelines, PM meaning the trial process will have to start says ‘matter closed’ Families pray for ‘miracle’ with 159 missing in Florida condo collapse again from scratch. u A statue of George Neo-Nazi group name scrawled Reuters | London Floyd was defaced and on New York George Floyd statue marked with the name Death toll rises to 4 ritish Health Secretary of a neo-Nazi group in New York, police • Matt Hancock apologised BETTER he #DarkDaysOfE- said Thursday, less than a week after it B yesterday for breaching social Reuters | Miami mergency can never was unveiled. Police officers said the nearly Firefighters try to extinguish fire near Honghuaerji Town in northern China’s T two-meter-tall monument to the 46-year-old distancing guidelines after pic- Inner Mongolia autonomous region (file photo) be forgotten. The pe - tures appeared of him embrac- KNOW riod from 1975 to 1977 Black man murdered by a police officer in escue workers scouring Reuters | London ing his top aide, and the prime witnessed a systematic May last year was found covered in paint. the debris of a collapsed minister said he believed the condo building in a Miami destruction of institu- The inscription was of American far-right Matt Hancock, the UK health secretary, and Gina Coladangelo in London R BETTER matter was now closed. suburb said they heard sounds in t least 18 people were tions. Let us pledge to cell “Patriot Front,” which is thought to have Photographs published ment scientist resigned after he the rubble overnight, as officials What caused the killed and 16 injured when do everything possible to similarly vandalized another Floyd tribute in A on the front page of the Sun broke COVID rules by meeting a yesterday raised the number of 40-year-old high-rise a fire broke out at a martial strengthen India’s demo- neighboring New Jersey. showed Hancock kissing the partner. people unaccounted for to 159 and to cave in was not arts school in central China in KNOW cratic spirit, and live up u Separatist woman - a friend hired for a I have let people down The Rupert Murdoch-owned the confirmed death toll to four. immediately known, the early hours of yesterday, to the values enshrined Papua rebels take hostages after killing rebels were civilians: Indonesian officials taxpayer-funded role - in his and am very sorry. Sun tabloid said the pictures Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella although local officials according to the local govern- in our Constitution. holding office. I remain focused on of Hancock, who is married, Levine Cava told reporters that ment. @narendramodi four civilians hostage in the jungles of said the 12-story Henan is the birth- “I accept that I breached the working to get the and the aide were taken in his three more bodies were pulled tower was undergoing Local media reported that place of traditional Indonesia’s breakaway Papua region after social distancing guidance in department last month. from the wreckage overnight. An- most of the victims were they killed several construction workers in these circumstances,” Hancock country out of this The popular daily newspaper other person was reported to have roof construction and boarding pupils aged between Chinese martial arts 02 an ambush, authorities said. Tensions have said. pandemic, and would did not say how it obtained the died on Thursday. The mayor also Emergency personnel continue to search at the site of a partially collapsed building in other repairs seven and 16. and is home to many been mounting between Indonesian security “I have let people down and be grateful for privacy security camera images, but it said the number of presumed Surfside, near Miami Beach The fire had been extin - kung fu academies forces and guerrillas fighting a decades-long am very sorry. I remain focused for my family on this cited a whistleblower as com- missing had increased from the sounds in the rubble overnight, ted and visited a reunification in the state of Florida and ordered guished and authorities were insurgency to win independence from the on working to get the country personal matter menting on the relationship. 99 reported missing on Thursday. but said it could be either falling center, but has not heard from federal assistance to supplement investigating the cause of the martial arts training institu- Southeast Asian nation. out of this pandemic, and would MATT HANCOCK The Sun said Hancock met “I’m praying for a miracle,” debris or people tapping. her friend, a photographer who state and local response efforts. blaze, a statement from Zhech- tion” that aimed to “strength- u Mozambique Mozambique to crush jihadists in be grateful for privacy for my the aide at Oxford University in Rachel Spiegel, whose mother Video captured by a security was working to get a real estate “The president’s action author- eng county government said. en the body through morality family on this personal matter.” fight against the coronavirus the early 2000s. She is listed on Judy Spiegel is missing, told CNN camera nearby showed an en - license. izes the Department of Home- There were 34 boarding stu- and martial arts”. merican workers will President Filipe north with foreign help: president Nyusi vowed to root A spokesman for Boris John- pandemic, often appearing on the health department’s web- yesterday. tire side of the building suddenly ‘WE STILL HAVE HOPE’ Mayor land Security, Federal Emergen- dents on the premises when An online listing for the Abe installing electric out Islamic State-linked militants in the son said the prime minister had television to tell the public to site as a non-executive director. The last time Spiegel communi- folding in two sections, one after Cava yesterday said that rescue cy Management Agency (FEMA), the fire broke out, according school advertised hour-long vehicle charging stations north of the country with the help of accepted Hancock’s apology follow strict rules and to defend Hancock has been criticised cated with her mom was Wednes- the other, at about 1:30 a.m. (0530 teams were “incredibly motivat- to coordinate all disaster relief to government staff quoted by classes each day for a range and undertaking critical regional allies that are set to contribute and had full confidence in him. his department against criti- for his department’s handling day night, when her mother ex- GMT) on Thursday, throwing up ed” to find anyone who might efforts,” the White House said Beijing Toutiao News. of martial arts disciplines and environmental clean-ups. ground forces. The 16 southern African “(He) considers the matter cism of its response to the crisis. of the coronavirus pandemic, citedly texted her that she had clouds of dust. have survived the collapse. yesterday. Those hurt -- four of whom said the school “recruits board- The plan also creates a countries in the SADC bloc on Wednesday closed,” he said. The photographs raised more particularly in the early months bought a dress online for Spiegel’s “We are listening for sounds, “We still have hope that we will What caused the 40-year-old had severe injuries -- were ing students year-round”, but financing authority that approved the deployment of forces to The opposition Labour Party questions about Hancock’s when it struggled to deliver daughter, her granddaughter. human sounds and tapping,” find people alive,” the mayor said. high-rise to cave in was not im- rushed to a local hospital, offered no further details. will leverage private capi- help quash the deadly insurgency that has has called on Johnson to sack judgment, both in appointing testing and protective equip- Hours later, early Thursday Jadallah said, as rescuers use She said on Thursday that 110 mediately known, although local where an unnamed doctor told Provincial party chief Lou tal into infrastructure and ravaged the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province Hancock. a friend to a taxpayer-funded ment for hospital staff treating morning, a large section of the shovels and jackhammers to tun- individuals whose whereabouts officials said the 12-story tower local media they were “doing Yangsheng told local media clean energy projects. since late 2017. “This matter is definitely role and in breaking guidance COVID-19 patients. Champlain Towers South con- nel under the debris to find pock- were initially unknown have since was undergoing roof construction everything they could” to save that the blaze was a “profound @POTUS not closed, despite the govern- imposed on millions of people them. lesson”. u Myanmar security forces Asked about the appropriate- dominium in Surfside, a barrier ets where survivors could be. been located and “declared safe.” and other repairs. Myanmar forces seize by Johnson’s government. seized a large cache of weapons on ment’s attempts to cover it up,” ness of appointing friends to island town across Biscayne Bay Mariela Porras, a friend of a A fire official said earlier that Space-based radar data showed The unnamed manager of Henan is the birthplace of 03 arms cache near Mandalay a truck bound for Mandalay this a spokesperson said. Under fire for his handling positions in government, Trans- from the city of Miami, crumbled woman who lived in the build- 35 people were evacuated from that the land underneath the the centre in Henan province traditional Chinese martial week, after arresting insurgents following a firefight in the second-biggest “Matt Hancock appears to of the early months of the COV- port Minister Grant Shapps told to the ground, authorities said. ing with her young daughter and the section of the high-rise left building was sinking during the was arrested, the statement arts and is home to many kung city, state media reported. Since its Feb. 1 coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s have been caught breaking the ID-19 pandemic, Hancock was Sky News that “very strict rules “The dress is in the mail and is now missing, said she has not standing, and response teams us- 1990s, according to a 2020 study. said. The cause of the fire was fu academies. elected government, the military has tried to stamp out dissent and has killed or laws he created while having found in February to have acted were in place. I just want my mom to give it to abandoned hope that the two ing trained dogs and drones in That by itself would not cause a still unclear. Among the largest is the arrested hundreds of protesters. a secret relationship with an unlawfully by not revealing de- “In terms of the rules, anyone her,” Rachel Spiegel told CNN, were still alive beneath the rubble. the search pulled two individuals building’s collapse but it is worth An official confirmed to AFP famous Shaolin Martial Arts aide he appointed to a taxpay- tails of contracts signed during who has been appointed has to wiping away tears. “I vacillate between hope and from the rubble. One of them was investigating further, according to that the school was the Zhenx- School, which has hundreds of er-funded job.” the health crisis. go through an incredibly vig- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assis- I’m heartbroken,” Porras told dead. Florida International University ing Martial Arts Centre. teachers and tens of thousands COVID-19: Countries worst affected Hancock, 42, has been at Hancock also said last year orous process in government,” tant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah said CNN. U.S. President Joe Biden ap - professor Shimon Wdowinksi, Local media reports de - of students, according to its etting vaccinated and the centre of the government’s that it was right that a govern- Shapps said. yesterday that rescuers had heard Porras said she has called, tex- proved an emergency declaration one of the study’s authors. scribed it as a “comprehensive website. Gadministering vacci- Country Total cases Total nations are the very es - deaths Global tally sence of “Love thy neigh- bor.” Today, I thanked 1 USA 34,468,721 618,874 hundreds of grassroots and 2 India 30,182,469 394,524 180,998,333 Jailed Belarus activist, girlfriend moved to house arrest community organizations Five dead after rare tornado hits Czech Republic AFP | London and volunteers across the 3 Brazil 18,243,483 509,282 country who are working Deaths Reuters | Prague 4 France 5,766,315 110,939 to get their communities elarus investigators said BETTER vaccinated. #WeCanDo- 5 Russia 5,409,088 132,064 3,920,749 rare tornado tore through Byesterday that dissident This 6 Turkey 5,398,878 49,473 Aseveral Czech villages and journalist Roman Protasevich, @VP Recovered: towns, killing at least five people A structural engineer who was dramatically detained KNOW 7 UK 4,699,868 128,066 and energy workers and injuring dozens, rescuers said KNOW WHAT after his plane was forced to 04 8 Argentina 4,350,564 91,438 165,628,900 yesterday as they cleaned up the are now checking the land in Minsk, has been moved wreckage in the storm’s aftermath worst-hit part of the to house arrest. Protasevich is accused 9 Italy 4,256,451 127,418 New cases one official described as a “living Protasevich, 26, was arrest- Tornadoes are rare in village to determine of organising riots, 10 Colombia 4,060,013 102,636 hell”. which houses will be ed in May along with his Rus- A retirement home and zoo the Czech Republic, sian girlfriend Sofia Sapega, 23, and faces up to 15 11 Spain 3,782,463 80,779 +242,023 were badly damaged after tennis- with the last notable demolished and which when Belarusian authorities years in jail if con- ones can be saved 12 Germany 3,733,420 91,232 ball-sized hail battered a number one dating to 2004 scrambled a fighter jet to inter- victed. His girlfriend New deaths of towns Thursday evening, also MAREK BABISZ, DEPUTY MAYOR OF HRUSKY cept their Ryanair flight from Sapega has been t would be laughable 13 Iran 3,150,949 83,588 when around 50 hous- causing extensive power outages es were damaged in Greece to Lithuania as it passed accused of causing Iif it weren’t so dead- 14 Poland 2,879,470 74,953 +4,777 and traffic disruptions after a ma- Caputova sent condolences and over Belarus. unrest ly: Myanmar coup lead- jor motorway was blocked. the eastern town of wished “great strength” to the They are accused of helping Jailed Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich takes part in a press conference er Senior General Min Figures as of closing Retirement home residents Litovel affected Czechs on Facebook. to coordinate historic anti-gov- Aung Hlaing says he Middle East in Hodonin city were moved to People walk past debris in a street in the aftermath of a rare tornado in the village The storm forced Prime Min- ernment protests last year, erating with investigators and “But it’s not freedom. It is a “was simply trying to Country Total new Total New Total Active a nearby hotel, the city said on of Moravska Nova Ves, Czech Republic ergy workers are now checking ister Andrej Babis to remain in which erupted after strongman had appealed their pre-trial prison of different type. KGB bring honesty back to de- cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases its Facebook page, while about ernor Jan Grolich said after seeing Austrian and Slovak rescuers. the worst-hit part of the village to Brussels following an EU summit President Alexander Lukashen- The fact that Roman detention. people live in the same room mocracy in the country,” 78,000 homes and offices were the widespread destruction. Firefighters and a special res- determine which houses will be as a landing in Prague would have ko claimed a sixth term in an After their arrests, both Pro- with him,” tweeted Franak Vi- repeating his claim that without power yesterday morn- A local police spokesman con- cue team had searched “99 per- demolished and which ones can been too dangerous. August vote the opposition and and Sofia were tasevich and Sapega appeared acorka, referring to Belarus’s the election was rigged Egypt 279,184 16,002 208,192 ing. firmed that five people had been cent” of the affected villages, and be saved,” he said. In neighbouring Poland, a Western leaders said was rigged. moved to house in “confession” videos that their national intelligence agency. (by fraud that only he arrest and are not Saudi 480,702 +1,312 7,743 +13 461,628 +1,290 Video footage from the region killed, while 63 of the injured did not expect to find further A church in the area lost its bel- twister also struck the southern Yesterday, the Belarusian In- supporters said were recorded Sapega’s lawyer Alexander saw). Arabia on social networks showed de- were taken to hospital, 10 in se- casualties, Grolich said. fry and roof to the tornado. Malopolska province on Thurs- vestigative Committee said in a in cells any more under duress and are a common Filanovich said on his Telegram @KenRoth stroyed buildings and cars, shorn rious condition. Interior Minister Jan Hamacek Cleaning efforts were under day, damaging roofs and injuring statement on its Telegram chan- is good news. But tactic of the regime to pressure channel that he expected her UAE 622,532 +2,223 1,782 +7 601,308 +2,177 tree stumps and several fires “There will be more,” emergen- said that more than 1,000 houses way, with container trucks arriv- one person, according to local nel that it had moved both Pro- house arrest does critics. case to be “resolved positively Kuwait 346,560 1,903 326,102 spewing thick black smoke. cy services spokeswoman Hedvi- had been hit by the storm. ing and leaving full of debris. media. tasevich and Sapega to house not mean freedom Earlier yesterday, an advisor in the near future”. Vineyards in the wine-making ka Kropackova told AFP, noting Marek Babisz, the deputy “We are now trying to secure Tornadoes are rare in the Czech arrest. to exiled opposition leader Svet- Tikhanovskya described the Disclaimer: (Views expressed Oman 256,542 2,848 224,077 12,980 region were heavily damaged, that more injured people were mayor of the hard-hit village of food and water for everyone so Republic, with the last notable The committee said it had ... They remain lana Tikhanovskaya said that he development as “good news” by columnists are personal and along with a chateau in the UNE- calling for help yesterday. Hrusky, told AFP that half of his they could eat at least a bit,” Ba- one dating to 2004 when around “found it possible” to do so be- hostages had spoken with Protasevich’s but added on her Telegram need not necessarily reflect our Qatar 221,465 +87 588 +1 219,041 +113 SCO-listed town of Valtice. The army was also deployed to village had been razed. bisz said. 50 houses were damaged in the cause the pair had given “con- OPPOSITION POLITICIAN SVIATLANA parents, who told him their son channel that the pair is “still editorial stances) “It’s a living hell,” regional gov- help with search efforts, aided by “A structural engineer and en- Slovak President Zuzana eastern town of Litovel. sistent confessions,” are coop- TSIKHANOUSKAYA had been moved to house arrest being held hostage.”