Morning brief: West Asia crisis updates; three former US cops convicted in Tyre Nichols' death, and more
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The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies with the Israeli military carrying fresh strikes in Lebanon early Friday (Oct 4).Axios reporter Barak Ravid, citing an Israeli source, said in a post on social media platform X that the strike reportedly targeted senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine.
Three former police officers in the US city of Memphis were on Thursday (Oct 3) convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old black man died on January 10, 2023. Jurorsdeliberated for about six hours before coming back with the mixed verdict for former cops Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith.
In other news from around the world,India played a quiet but crucial rolein the background of the Chagos archipelago agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and Mauritius.
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Israel carried out fresh strikes in Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday with large explosions reported outside the city’s international airport right after an aircraft landed. Smoke was seen nearby after jets were heard overhead, Reuters reported quoting witnesses.
Three former police officers in the US city of Memphis were on Thursday (Oct 3) convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, who was Black. However, the former copswere acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests and called for broad changes in policing.
The Indian government played a quiet but crucial rolein the background of the Chagos archipelago agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and Mauritius, the news agency ANI reported on Thursday (Oct 3) citing sources.
Mexican authorities arrested soldiers who were part of a patrol that opened fire on a pickup truck killing six migrants, federal prosecutors said on Thursday, two days after the incident.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the killings, which happened the day she was inaugurated, and the country's Catholic bishops sharply criticised the growing power of the military.
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