Ian Aikman

London

Journalist at BBC News

Journalist at BBC News

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Trump orders National Guard to LA after clashes

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Regan Morris |Ian Aikman

US President Donald Trump has ordered 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. Trump said the federal government would "step in and solve the problem", after the Californian city saw a second day of clashes between protesters and federal agents. Tear gas was used to disperse crowds as residents of the predominantly Latino Paramount district clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents earlier in the day.
Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Frances Mao |Ian Aikman

A Colombian presidential candidate is in a critical condition after he was shot three times - reportedly twice in the head - at a campaign event in the capital, Bogotá. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old senator, was attacked while addressing supporters in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, the attorney general's office said. Uribe's wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, called on the nation to pray for his survival, saying: "Miguel is currently fighting for his life.
Kyrgyzstan takes down Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Danny Aeberhard |Ian Aikman

Image source, Getty ImagesBBC World Service Europe editorKyrgyzstan has taken down a huge statue of the revolutionary Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was thought to be the tallest in Central Asia. First erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, the 23m-tall monument towered over the city of Osh for 50 years before it was quietly removed this week.
Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue taken down

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Danny Aeberhard |Ian Aikman

3 hours agoDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in his first video message since taking over the group last year. The half-hour video message by Saad bin …
Body of Thai hostage recovered from Gaza, Israel says

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Barbara Plett Usher |Ian Aikman

Israel has retrieved the body of a Thai national taken hostage during the Hamas-led attack in October 2023, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says. He said the body of Nattapong Pinta was retrieved during a special operation in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Friday. The 35-year-old was working as an agricultural labourer in southern Israel when he was kidnapped. Mr Nattapong is likely to have been killed during his first months of captivity, an Israeli military official said.
Biggest drone strike hits Ukraine's second city

2 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Jaroslav Lukiv |Ian Aikman

At least three people have been killed and another 21 injured in the biggest Russian drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, the mayor has said. Ihor Terekhov said that overnight Russia launched 48 drones, as well as two missiles and four gliding bombs in an attack he described as "open terror". Two people were also killed in Russian strikes on Kherson, in southern Ukraine, local authorities said.
British woman accused of drug offences appears in Sri Lanka court

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Samira Hussain |Ian Aikman

[BBC]A British woman accused of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of cannabis into Sri Lanka has appeared in court in the country. Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, was arrested earlier this month after authorities allegedly found 46kg of the drug in her suitcases when she arrived on a flight from Thailand. She has not yet been charged, but has previously denied knowing the alleged drugs were in her luggage. If found guilty, she could face up to 25 years behind bars.
Disposable vapes ban unlikely to reduce appeal, says campaigner

4 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Ian Aikman

Despite her concerns about its effect on teen uptake, Ms Cheeseman said the disposables ban was "important regulation" that will help ease the "big environmental burden" of vaping. Almost five million single-use vapes were thrown away each week in 2023, according to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra). As well as lithium-ion batteries, vapes contain circuit boards, which can leak toxic compounds if not disposed of properly.
What we know about Israeli embassy staff shooting

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ian Aikman

A young couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy have been shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC. Police say the victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed by a man who shouted "free, free Palestine" while he was arrested. Elias Rodriguez has been charged with first-degree murder. Here's what you need to know about the shooting. What happened?
Putin not on Kremlin list of officials attending Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

1 month ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Ian Aikman |Tom Bateman

By Ian Aikman, BBC News, Tom Bateman, State department correspondent, May 15: Russian President Vladimir Putin is not among the names listed by the Kremlin as being due to attend peace talks on the war in Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday, despite calls from Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky for him to attend. Russia's delegation will instead be headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, according to the Kremlin statement.