Today’s news in star-Ticker.
Today’s news in star-Ticker:
9.19 a.m.: 15 dead after protests against military coup in Sudan
At rallies for democracy in the East African Sudan, 15 civilians were killed by the use of live ammunition. In addition, security forces are said to have tried to hinder the care of the injured in the capital Khartoum, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD). Especially in Bahri in the north of the capital there is a lack of staff in the hospitals to treat the injured.
On Wednesday afternoon, numerous people protested against the takeover of power by the military. Security forces used tear gas against the demonstrators and blocked important bridges and roads, reported the Al-Jazeera television station. Most phone lines and internet connections have been blocked since the October 25 coup. The military has taken power in the country with around 44 million inhabitants and dissolved the civilian government.
9.18 a.m.: At least 25 dead in a terrorist attack on two communities in Niger
In the West African crisis state Niger, at least 25 people were killed in a terrorist attack on two communities. The heavily armed perpetrators attacked Tébaram and Bakorat in the west of the country, not far from the border with Mali, said Interior Minister Alkache Alha. Numerous buildings, including health centers and a town hall, have been burned down, Alha said.
9.14 a.m.: Woman gets stuck in the swimming pool slide – police are investigating
A woman got stuck in a slide in a leisure pool in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg and was apparently forgotten there over a long period of time. Another woman later slipped onto the 43-year-old, as the police confirmed. Media reports that the woman had to wait 80 minutes in the narrow tube. Both women were injured in the clash. The police are investigating suspected negligent bodily harm. The incident occurred at the beginning of last week.
8.45 a.m.: Poland arrests 100 migrants at the Belarus border
Polish security forces arrested around a hundred migrants on the border with Belarus during the night. The Ministry of Defense in Warsaw announced that the refugees had tried to cross the border into Poland. “Belarusians urged migrants to throw stones at Polish soldiers as a distraction,” the ministry said.
8.03 a.m.: Hospital coordinator Albrecht calls for a 14-day lockdown in Saxony
Saxony’s hospital coordinator Michael Albrecht has called for a 14-day lockdown in order to get the drastically increasing corona infection numbers in the Free State under control. “My personal recommendation would be: Make a total lockdown for 14 days now. Let’s take a breath, let’s see how the development of the number of cases will then weaken,” said the medical director of the Dresden University Hospital during an online discussion with the Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU).
7.18 a.m.: Couple from Israel arrested in Turkey at large again
An Israeli couple arrested in Turkey on charges of espionage have been released. The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Jair Lapid announced this in a joint statement. “Following joint efforts by Turkey, Mordi and Natalie Oknin have been released from prison and are on their way home to Israel,” it said. The Israelis were arrested for allegedly photographing Erdogan’s private house in Istanbul. Together with a Turk, they were threatened with espionage charges.
6:04 a.m.: US rapper Young Dolph shot dead in biscuit shop
The US rapper Young Dolph is dead. The 36-year-old, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton, was shot dead on Wednesday in a biscuit shop in Memphis, Tennessee, the police said. According to media reports, Thornton was shopping at Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies in Memphis when a gunman pulled up and shot him. According to a statement from the Memphis Police Department, initial information suggests the victim was Thornton. The police have not yet identified a suspect.
5.33 a.m.: Government declares an emergency in floodplain areas in western Canada
Canada’s government has declared a state of emergency because of the floods in the west of the country and has sent the military to the flood areas. In response to the “extreme floods” in the province of British Columbia, the government approved the use of the air force, Public Security Minister Bill Blair said on Twitter on Wednesday. The soldiers are supposed to help with evacuations and protect residents from floods and landslides.
4.50 a.m.: Tennis association increasingly concerned about missing player Peng Shuai
After the disappearance of the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, the Association of Professional Tennis Players (WTA) is increasingly concerned. An alleged email from Peng to WTA boss Steve Simon, which was circulated by Chinese state media, only made him more concerned, Simon said. Peng, a former double winner at Wimbledon and the French Open, had made public allegations of abuse against the former Chinese Vice Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli two weeks ago. The 35-year-old wrote on the online network Weibo that Zhang forced her to have sex.
4.10 a.m.: Austria’s parliament votes on the lifting of the immunity of ex-Chancellor Kurz
The Austrian parliament votes (beginning of session 9.00 a.m.) on the withdrawal of the immunity of the former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The conservative had moved into the focus of the economic and corruption prosecutor’s office in the course of corruption investigations and resigned. The investigators want to investigate the suspicion that Kurz was guilty of infidelity, bribery and corruption.
3.21 a.m.: NFL tightened corona rules around Thanksgiving
The National Football League is tightening the corona rules for players and teams around the US holiday of Thanksgiving. Starting next Thursday, all members of an NFL team will have to wear masks again in buildings, regardless of their vaccination status, and be tested twice for the virus after the holiday. In the period from October 31 to November 13, there were 34 new corona cases among players and 47 among supervisors in the NFL. US media reported that NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills stated on Wednesday that the NFL had the most cases in the past week. 94.3 percent of players in the NFL are vaccinated.
2.51 a.m.: Ukraine sends more than 8,500 security forces to the border with Belarus
According to its ambassador in Germany, Ukraine fears that refugees could be sent from the border between Belarus and Poland to the Ukrainian border. “There is a risk that smuggled migrants will be diverted from the Belarusian-Polish border to the border with Ukraine,” Andrij Melnyk told the newspapers of the Funke media group on Thursday. Kiev has therefore sent more than 8,500 police officers, national guards and border guards to the border region.
1.40 a.m.: 25 dead in jihadist attack in Niger
Suspected jihadists have killed at least 25 people in Niger. As the Interior Ministry announced, the attack took place on Tuesday in the city of Bakorat in the Tahoua desert region on the border with Mali. 25 civilians were killed and another injured. The attackers also set fire to two vehicles.
1.05 a.m.: After a fatal shot at Western filming – another lawsuit against Alec Baldwin
After the fatal shot in a western shoot, Hollywood star Alec Baldwin and others involved are facing another lawsuit. The script overseer Mamie Mitchell, who worked on the western “Rust”, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles. At a press conference with star lawyer Gloria Allred, Mitchell tearfully described the shock on set after the pistol shot that was fired by actor Baldwin and fatally injured a camerawoman. Mitchell had called the emergency services shortly afterwards.
0.45 a.m.: Ex-President Saakashvili is in mortal danger after a hunger strike
The imprisoned Georgian ex-President Mikhail Saakashvili is in mortal danger after almost seven weeks on hunger strike, according to doctors. A team of doctors commissioned by the Georgian ombudswoman Nino Lomjaria announced after an investigation by the opposition leader that Saakashvili’s state of health was “assessed as critical”. Deadly complications must be expected in the “near future”.
0.22 a.m.: Injured and arrested during corona protests in Bratislava
During protests against the Slovak government’s Corona measures, two police officers were injured by fireworks in Bratislava. The police said they had arrested nine demonstrators on Wednesday evening. As the news agency TASR reported, ten different rallies on the occasion of the national public holiday had been registered in the capital Bratislava alone.
0.04 a.m.: Hospital company warns of bankruptcies and calls for a rescue package
Due to massive revenue shortfalls in the wake of the corona pandemic, the German Hospital Society has warned of hospital bankruptcies. The loss of revenue in the standard care is so immense that the economic existence of many hospitals will be endangered, said the chairman of the board Gerald Gass the editorial network Germany. Therefore, the federal and state governments are calling for more help than previously planned. You will have to significantly reduce the standard supply, yes you already do, “and with great probability soon nationwide”. Due to the increasing utilization of intensive care units, the hospitals assumed that they would soon have to postpone interventions that could be planned nationwide.