Ethiopianpolice report on Friday that the death toll from violent protests in
Oromia Region was 67, including five officers. The protests started on Wednesday when protestors accused
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed of acting dictatorial, but they quickly degenerated into ethnic clashes.
(The Guardian)
Arts and culture
Hundreds of
tourists flock to
Uluru in
Australia's
Northern Territory to climb it for the last time before
the park's ban on climbing goes into effect. The ban is being implemented to respect the wishes of the indigenous
Aṉangu people, who find Uluru sacred.
(Reuters)
Indonesian investigators conclude their probe of the disaster with the release of a 353-page final report. The report states the crash was caused by a combination of flawed software design by
Boeing, a failure of
Lion Air to ground the jet over issues it had previously experienced, and inappropriate pilot responses to the developing emergency.
(BBC News)
A car collides with pedestrians and other vehicles after running two red lights while accelerating in central
Shanghai. At least five are killed and nine more injured.
(South China Morning Post)
Liu Xiaoming,
Chinese ambassador to the
United Kingdom, announces he has sent a team to
Essex to verify the identities of the 39 bodies found in a lorry this week, who are thought by UK authorities to be Chinese nationals.
Post-mortems are due to begin today. The
Northern Irish driver remains in police custody, suspected of murder.
(BBC News)
It is suspected that six of the victims are
Vietnamese nationals. The family of one of them, a 19-year-old woman, made public her last text message to her parents which she sent while dying.
(BBC News)
Turkish police arrest nine people on terrorism charges in
Adana, including one foreign national. The men are suspected of
Islamic State membership, recruiting for the group, and planning terrorist attacks.
(Anadolu Agency)
Official results announce that incumbent Bolivian president
Evo Morales has achieved a great enough margin to win re-election, though the legitimacy of the electoral process has been questioned by protestors and international observers.
(BBC News)
Hezbollah's
Hassan Nasrallah calls on his supporters to leave the protests, warning
the government's resignation will lead to "chaos" and "civil war". It comes the day after Hezbollah supporters violently clashed with protestors in central
Beirut.
(Al Jazeera)
Leicester City F.C. equals the 24-year record for the biggest ever
Premier League win and the biggest ever victory by an away side in an English football top-flight game after beating
Southampton F.C. 9–0 at
St Mary's Stadium. It was also Southampton's worst ever defeat in all competitions in their history.
(BBC Sport)
Ethiopianpolice report on Friday that the death toll from violent protests in
Oromia Region was 67, including five officers. The protests started on Wednesday when protestors accused
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed of acting dictatorial, but they quickly degenerated into ethnic clashes.
(The Guardian)
Arts and culture
Hundreds of
tourists flock to
Uluru in
Australia's
Northern Territory to climb it for the last time before
the park's ban on climbing goes into effect. The ban is being implemented to respect the wishes of the indigenous
Aṉangu people, who find Uluru sacred.
(Reuters)
Indonesian investigators conclude their probe of the disaster with the release of a 353-page final report. The report states the crash was caused by a combination of flawed software design by
Boeing, a failure of
Lion Air to ground the jet over issues it had previously experienced, and inappropriate pilot responses to the developing emergency.
(BBC News)
A car collides with pedestrians and other vehicles after running two red lights while accelerating in central
Shanghai. At least five are killed and nine more injured.
(South China Morning Post)
Liu Xiaoming,
Chinese ambassador to the
United Kingdom, announces he has sent a team to
Essex to verify the identities of the 39 bodies found in a lorry this week, who are thought by UK authorities to be Chinese nationals.
Post-mortems are due to begin today. The
Northern Irish driver remains in police custody, suspected of murder.
(BBC News)
It is suspected that six of the victims are
Vietnamese nationals. The family of one of them, a 19-year-old woman, made public her last text message to her parents which she sent while dying.
(BBC News)
Turkish police arrest nine people on terrorism charges in
Adana, including one foreign national. The men are suspected of
Islamic State membership, recruiting for the group, and planning terrorist attacks.
(Anadolu Agency)
Official results announce that incumbent Bolivian president
Evo Morales has achieved a great enough margin to win re-election, though the legitimacy of the electoral process has been questioned by protestors and international observers.
(BBC News)
Hezbollah's
Hassan Nasrallah calls on his supporters to leave the protests, warning
the government's resignation will lead to "chaos" and "civil war". It comes the day after Hezbollah supporters violently clashed with protestors in central
Beirut.
(Al Jazeera)
Leicester City F.C. equals the 24-year record for the biggest ever
Premier League win and the biggest ever victory by an away side in an English football top-flight game after beating
Southampton F.C. 9–0 at
St Mary's Stadium. It was also Southampton's worst ever defeat in all competitions in their history.
(BBC Sport)