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BBC knew of child-rape allegations against refugee brothers whilst filming 'fawning' documentary about them

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The brothers, Mohamed (left) and Omar (right) pictured in the 2016 BBC documentary
A Syrian refugee who was in a 'fawning' BBC documentary about the plight of asylum seekers has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl seven times.

Omar Badreddin appeared alongside his brother Mohamed in a 2016 Newsnight feature which followed them on an 11-month journey from Syria to Newcastle as part of the refugee resettlement programme.

This week, the siblings, along with two other defendants, were sentenced to a total of 38-and-a-half years in jail for the rape of a 13-year-old girl between August 2018 and April 2019.

Comment: A tragedy which is a predictable consequence of Western warmongering and weaponised mass migration, both of which are facilitated by propaganda media like the BBC:


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Kevin O'Leary ready to snap up TikTok if House bill clears the way

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© The Daily CallerKevin O'Leary is ready to buy TikTok if the Chinese company ByteDance is forced to sell.
Shark Tank co-star Kevin O'Leary announced Friday he will buy TikTok if a bill passes to force Beijing-based ByteDance to sell the app in order for it to continue operating in the United States.

The "Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" would give ByteDance about six months to sell TikTok if enacted. O'Leary asserted he wants to purchase the company and outlined the terms of a potential deal in an interview on Fox News' The Story With Martha MacCallum.

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Asylum seekers disrupt Icelandic Parliamentary debate on stricter migration law

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© Wikimedia Commons/Bragi Thór JosefssonThe Icelandic parliamentary chambers. Migrants Disrupt Icelandic Parliamentary Debate on Stricter Migration Law PM says keeping parliament open is "important for our democratic tradition".
Three migrants on Thursday disrupted proceedings in the Icelandic parliament, demanding family unification and housing, as the body was starting a debate on implementing stricter immigration laws. One of the men climbed over the railing from the upper gallery, making it look like he intended to jump onto the chamber floor.

"The Icelandic asylum seekers made noise, shouting and calling from parliamentary platforms at the beginning of the debate on changes to the Foreign Nationals Act. As a result, parliamentary meetings have been postponed for a few minutes, as people have been scurrying over the delays," Ásmundur Friðriksson, MP for the Independence Party reported in a post on his Facebook page.

Jón Gunnarsson, another Independence Party MP, stepped into action to assist the police in detaining the protesters.

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Germany: Car crashes into mall, mother and child seriously injured

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The car crashed into a woman with a stroller in front of a shopping center on Leipzigstrasse street in Berlin.

Both the mother and the child are currently in critical condition in the intensive care unit. No additional information is available at the moment.

According to BILD, the accident occurred at 10 a.m. local time. The police have not yet provided information about the incident. It is known only that the driver of the car also sustained serious injuries.

Comment: There's been a number of incidents in Germany of late: Germany: 4 shot dead overnight, soldier turns himself in; high school stabbing, 2 seriously injured

A week ago: Car ploughs into crowd in Poland leaving 17 people injured including children

And 2 weeks ago: Shocking video shows vehicle smashed into US hospital's ER, 1 dead, 5 injured


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Russia threatens to expel US diplomats

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© Vladimir Astapkovich/SputnikUS Ambassador in Russia Lynne Tracy
Washington-backed NGOs in Russia are allegedly recruiting agents under the guise of educational and cultural projects...

US diplomats working in Russia who would seek to work with certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs) designated by Moscow as undesirable may be expelled from the country, the Foreign Ministry told Ambassador Lynne Tracy on Thursday.

The American envoy was summoned by the ministry to notify her about the changed legal status of three organizations that have the backing of the embassy she leads, the statement said. Russia says these NGOs are working on "projects of an anti-Russian nature, which are aimed at recruiting 'agents of influence' under the guise of educational and cultural exchanges."

Ambassador Tracy was issued a formal note, which demanded that Washington's embassy cut all ties with these outlawed groups. Among other things, its website and social media should remove all mentions of the three.

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Ukrainian kamikaze drones kill two in Russia - governor

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Two people have been killed and another severely wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Belgorod Region, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.

The attack, which involved three kamikaze-drones, targeted the outskirts of the village of Rozhdestvenka, located near Russia's border with Ukraine, Gladkov wrote in a post on Telegram on Friday. "As a result of the explosions, two people were killed and a third man was seriously injured," he said. An earthmover machine and some other construction equipment was damaged in the attack, according to the governor.

Earlier on Friday, Gladkov reported that a Ukrainian UAV had dropped an explosive device on a facility at an agricultural enterprise in the village of Maslova Pristan. The blast damaged the roof of the building but no human casualties resulted from this attack.

This week the attacks were most intense on Wednesday, with incursions by UAVs reported in the Ukraine-bordering regions of Voronezh, Kursk, and Belgorod. Most of the drones were destroyed. However, in Kursk Region a strike by a UAV caused a fire at an oil depot.

On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that a total of 796 Ukrainian drones have been shot down over the past week.

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Police looking for missing Texas college student: 'We're really working hard to find him'

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© Bee County Sheriff's OfficeCaleb Harris missing Texas A& M student
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi student Caleb Harris, 21, let his dog out early Monday morning and hasn't been seen since...

Caleb Harris was last seen near his apartment complex in the 1900 block of Ennis Joslin Road, near the campus of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he is a second-year student, according to Corpus Christi Police Department and ABC affiliate KIII-TV.

Harris took his dog outside his off-campus apartment at around 2:45 a.m. local time, a Snapchat ping recorded, per KIII. The student left behind his ID and car keys, his father told the station on Tuesday:
"By 3 o'clock his phone was dead,. He was totally gone. He doesn't have his wallet. He doesn't have any identification on him."
By Wednesday, Caleb's friends joined local authorities in a search for the New Braunfels native.

Comment: Missing 411? A private Investigator offers insight as to missing college student's case:
The grandparents of Caleb Harris were among the people watching police and volunteers search for their 21-year-old grandson. Harris lived at an off-campus housing complex called The Cottages at Corpus Christi.

Caleb, a second-year student at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, has been missing since Monday. The family's private investigator, Charlie Parker, says that the last sign of Caleb was at dawn Monday morning.


Parker told 3NEWS he believes he knows what happened to Caleb based on the information gathered so far.
"There was nothing strange or out of order. If you remember, in this case he ordered his lunch for the next day, you know they order them the day prior. So, he ordered his lunch for the next day. He didn't take anything with him, you know; he's barefoot. He was probably apprehended. He was probably captured by someone you know taken by someone and that's what you have to look at."
3NEWS asked Corpus Christi Police if the case was a criminal investigation or a missing person's case. CCPD Officer Travis Pace said:
"Right now, the information that I have been provided, it's still a search for a missing person and that's where we're at on it."
While police and the Texas Search and Rescue Organization, also known as TEXSAR, were looking through the heavy brush behind the St. Helena Catholic Church on Wooldridge Road, resident Josh Johnson drove up and showed officers a video he has that he believes is connected somehow to the case.

No one would talk about what was on the video but Johnson did speak with 3NEWS about why he brought the video over:
"I am just trying to help out anyway I can, give them everything I've got. But, I am a father and I wouldn't want this to happen to my child, so I'm doing everything I can to help them."
Caleb's dad, Randall Harris, was appreciative of the effort to find his son.
"We got a massive amount of college students out here, we got police out here and they're just doing an incredible job. They're doing what they do."



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J.K. Rowling brings the hammer down on trans activism

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© AP Photo / Joel C RyanJ.K. Rowling
'This is nonsense. 99.9% of the world knows it's nonsense,' J.K. Rowling says, dismissing men masquerading as women as a form of abusive misogyny rooted in sexual paraphilia.

Harry Potter author and "gender critical" firebrand J.K. Rowling brought the hammer down on transgender activists, whom she criticized for their use of the word "transphobic," which is used to silence dissenters and remove free speech rights from anyone who disagrees with them.

"The word 'transphobic', as used here, does not mean an irrational fear or dislike of trans people," said Rowling in a fiery post responding to an interview by Byline TV with trans activist India Willoughby, in which the organization complained that X's Community Notes corrections are "deeply transphobic."

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US mulls deploying Marines to Haiti amid unrest, port closes blocking 'main source of food and medicine'

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© Sgt. Richard Andrade/ArmyA Marine from the 1st Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team stands guard outside the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010 after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the country.
The United States is considering deploying an elite Marine security team to Haiti because of a deteriorating security situation there, according to a defense official.

The Marines would be deployed at the request of the State Department, according to the defense official. Marine Corps Times asked the State Department for further details Thursday and didn't receive a response.

"Deploying a FAST platoon is one option at the DoD's disposal should the DoS request assistance with security at the U.S. Embassy in Port Au Prince," Maj. Mason Englehart, a spokesman for Marine Corps Forces South, wrote in an email to Marine Corps Times on Friday.

Comment: Voice of America provides an update on the situation in the country:
Haiti's Main Port Closes as State of Emergency, Curfew Extended

Haiti's main port was closed on Thursday after an attack by armed gangs, said the port operator, Caribbean Port Services.

CPS said 'malicious acts of sabotage and vandalism' led to the decision after armed men broke into the port and looted containers, Reuters reported, citing local media.

The United Nations said the port 'is currently the only means of transporting food and medical supplies for humanitarian and development organizations from Port-au-Prince to other parts of the country.'


Which is likely only going to exacerbate unrest.


Earlier Thursday, the government extended a state of emergency and nighttime curfew, as gang violence continued to escalate in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

The government says it is taking the actions to 'reestablish order and take appropriate measures to retake control of the situation,' as scores of people died this week as allied gangs seek to take power.

The curfew has been extended until March 11 and the state of emergency has been extended until April 3, according to Haiti's official gazette.

The state of emergency was initially announced by authorities on Sunday, when armed gangs helped thousands of prisoners to break out of prison and tens of thousands of people fled the capital violence.

The state of emergency bans public protests and allows security forces to use 'all legal means' to enforce the curfew. Among those excluded from the curfew are some journalists, security forces and emergency services.

The U.S. has sent a security team to protect the U.S. Embassy.

Despite the curfew imposed over the weekend, gangs continued to attack police stations, setting at least 10 on fire, the police union said.

The situation in Haiti took this violent turn after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced last week at a meeting with Caribbean leaders that general elections would be held in 2025.

After the meeting, he went to Kenya and met with President William Ruto. During the meeting he urged the president to provide support from a U.N.-backed Kenyan police force, which a Kenyan court has ruled is unconstitutional.

While he was traveling, gangs attacked and effectively shut down Haiti's international airport to prevent him from returning to the country. Many of them are frustrated with Haiti's lack of an election in nearly a decade and the fact that Henry was never elected.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Henry on Thursday, urging him to speed up a transition to a new government.

According to prominent gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier on Tuesday, 'If Ariel Henry doesn't step down, they will lead us directly into a civil war that will end in genocide.'

Violence in Haiti killed about 4,700 people last year, according to United Nations estimates. In Cite Soleil, a part of the capital hit particularly hard by violence, 2,300 people were killed in 2023, Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.

The death rates in Cite Soleil alone are similar to those in Syrian war zones and among Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, it added.

With Henry away, police forces are struggling to contain violence because of limited resources.

On Wednesday, the Caribbean Community issued a statement saying that leaders had met many times but still have not reached a consensus on how to handle the conflict.

The statement said Haitian stakeholders are being urged to reach a consensus, given the importance of a 'Haitian led and Haitian owned' solution.
See also: Haiti announces state of emergency following mass prison break, gang boss vows to oust Prime Minister


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Fulton County ethics board decides at last minute not to hear Fani Willis complaint

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© Christian Monterrosa/AFP/Getty ImagesFulton County DA Fani Willis
The Fulton County Board of Ethics reportedly declined to review two complaints against Fani Willis just before a meeting scheduled for their consideration Thursday.

The board chose not to review the complaints because it found it lacks jurisdiction to enforce the code of ethics against Willis, as she is a state constitutional officer, according to multiple reports. The meeting agenda initially listed two ethics complaints against Willis but was later amended to exclude them.

"The Fulton County Code of Ethics only applies to county officers and employees," a member of the board stated, according to a video posted by Atlanta News First reporter Doug Reardon. "The Fulton County district attorney does not fall within the definition of a county officer."