42 h. ago Hong Kong’s Chris Tang defends police’s ‘difficult decision’ to shoot knife

Hong Kong’s security chief has defended police’s “difficult decision” to shoot a man who brandished a knife and took a woman hostage in a shopping centre, praising their bravery and decisiveness in saving lives. After police fatally shot the 34-year-old man on Thursday, Security Secretary Chris Tang Ping-keung revealed the suspect was mentally unstable at the time, possibly influenced by drugs, with suspected substances found in his possession. “It is obvious that [the suspect] was acting insane...

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59 h. ago Hong Kong police shoot and kill man wielding meat cleaver in Tuen Mun

Hong Kong police have shot and killed a man who brandished a meat cleaver at a shopping centre in Tuen Mun. The tragedy unfolded around 7pm on Thursday near Tuen Mun Town Hall on Tuen Wui Road. A video taken by a passer-by shows a man in a white tracksuit carrying a 20cm knife entering the Tuen Mun Town Plaza mall. One of three police officers at the scene is seen shooting the man, who is holding a woman, with a pepper spray gun. Another officer fires two shots. A source said police received a...

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66 h. ago Man shot by federal officer in Minneapolis as tensions flare over crackdown

A federal officer shot a man in the leg on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, a week after the fatal shooting of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent touched off angry protests and an intensifying clash between state leaders and the Trump administration. The shooting followed a targeted traffic stop shortly before 7pm Central Time, when the man fled in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car, according to Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland...

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6 d. ago Trump says Iran wants to ‘negotiate’ amid reports of hundreds killed in unrest

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s leadership had called him seeking “to negotiate” after he repeatedly threatened to intervene militarily if Tehran killed protesters. For two weeks, Iran has been rocked by a protest movement that has swelled in spite of a crackdown rights groups warn has become a “massacre”. Initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, the demonstrations have evolved into a serious challenge of the theocratic system in place since the 1979...

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6 d. ago Trump says Iran wants to negotiate after reports of hundreds killed in unrest

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s leadership had called him seeking “to negotiate” after he repeatedly threatened to intervene militarily if Tehran killed protesters. For two weeks, Iran has been rocked by a protest movement that has swelled in spite of a crackdown rights groups warn has become a “massacre”. Initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, the demonstrations have evolved into a serious challenge of the theocratic system in place since the 1979...

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7 d. ago Who is Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed US woman Renee Nicole Good?

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on a Minneapolis street served in a multitude of law enforcement roles during a two-decade career that also included military service. Federal court records show Jonathan Ross’ career includes US military experience and mostly high-level federal law enforcement positions. The details of his tenure are revealed in a federal criminal case against a driver who seriously injured Ross after dragging him 100 metres...

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7 d. ago Trump’s immigration crackdown ‘invites danger’, sparking violent confrontations

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown increasingly is sparking violent confrontations with both migrants and American citizens, a development grimly underscored by an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman this week. Under Trump’s orders to ramp up deportations, masked immigration officers have surged into Democratic-led cities, sprayed tear gas in residential streets, tackled people in car parks and pointed guns at bystanders trying to film them. A federal...

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8 d. ago Video shot by ICE agent as he killed Minnesota woman emerges, further inflaming tensions

The White House on Friday reposted on social media a new video taken from the cellphone of the Immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week, adding to the documentation of an incident that has sparked days of nationwide protests. The 47-second video shows 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good telling the officer, “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” moments before he opens fire after Good puts the car in gear in an apparent effort to pull back into the street. The...

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8 d. ago US border agent shoots and wounds 2 in Portland as national tensions rise

A US immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon, authorities said on Thursday, leading local officials to call for calm given public outrage over the ICE shooting death of a Minnesota woman a day earlier. “We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis, but I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more,” Portland police chief Bob Day said in a statement. The Portland shooting...

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9 d. ago Minnesota investigators barred from probe into woman’s killing by ICE officer

The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency said on Thursday that the US attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. Minnesota authorities had expected to work with the FBI on the shooting probe. But Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said the US attorney’s office had changed the plan on Wednesday. “The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would...

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9 d. ago Minnesota investigators barred from probe into ICE officer’s killing of woman

The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency said on Thursday that the US attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. Minnesota authorities had expected to work with the FBI on the shooting probe. But Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said the US attorney’s office had changed the plan on Wednesday. “The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would...

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9 d. ago Minnesota, US officials clash over investigation into ICE agent’s killing of woman

The investigation into the killing of a US citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week is being complicated by clashes between federal and local officials, with the FBI taking control over the objections of Governor Tim Walz. State authorities questioned whether a federal probe could be trusted, especially given comments by Trump administration officials that seemed to exonerate the officer. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said that after it was invited to participate in the...

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1 week ago ICE agent shoots woman dead during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city – a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defence but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary. The shooting happened in a residential neighbourhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the oldest immigrant markets in the area and 1.6km (a mile)...

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1 week ago ICE agent shoots US woman dead during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city – a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defence but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary. The shooting happened in a residential neighbourhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the oldest immigrant markets in the area and 1.6km (a mile)...

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1 week ago ICE agent shoots woman dead in Minneapolis crackdown, sparking outcry

A US immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest violence in US President Donald Trump’s nationwide crackdown on migrants. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey adamantly rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that the agent fired in self defence, saying video of the shooting directly contradicted what he called the government’s “garbage...

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1 week ago Minneapolis on edge after ICE agent shoots woman dead, sparking outcry

Minneapolis was on edge on Thursday following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, the latest violence in US President Donald Trump’s nationwide crackdown on migrants. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey adamantly rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that the agent fired in self defence, saying video of Wednesday’s shooting directly contradicted what he called the government’s “garbage narrative”. “They’re already trying to spin...

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