Author: Darren Smith

A one-year-old boy has been shot and killed by a Mississippi police officer who opened fire on a car carrying the infant and two women fleeing from a Walmart after an alleged shoplifting incident, sparking outrage in the local community and calls for accountability against the department. Kohen Kartier Wiley died after officers from the Senatobia Police Department discharged a weapon at the vehicle in which he was travelling with his mother and aunt. A statement from the department acknowledged that officers knew a child was present in the car before they fired. “Upon arrival, officers encountered two subjects and…

A devoted father-of-one was shot dead in front of his wife in an Alabama Walmart car park after accidentally bumping into a teenager with his shopping trolley, in a senseless killing that unfolded over half an hour despite two desperate 911 calls by the victim. Stephen Justus “Fro” Morrow, 46, was fatally shot at the Walmart in Sumiton, Alabama, just before 9pm on 3 June, as his wife Kayla watched helplessly. His last words to her, according to Al.com, were: “Kayla, I’m dying and I love you.” The incident began when Stephen accidentally struck 18-year-old Timothy Braden Crawford with his…

Up to 15,000 England supporters are expected to pack into Dallas Stadium on Wednesday for the Three Lions’ World Cup opener against Croatia, but the joy of a tournament on American soil has been overshadowed by ticket prices that fans say have made the tournament feel like the “people’s game” no longer. England’s campaign begins six days after the tournament kicked off, and while the United Kingdom Football Policing Unit told BBC Sport that between 12,000 and 15,000 England fans are anticipated at each group stage fixture, many in Dallas have arrived without tickets — and some have seen hotel…

A woman accused of acting as a deputy while her father allegedly raped a young female slave at the height of Islamic State’s rule has been refused bail by an Australian court, which ruled the risk she posed to the community was too great to allow her release. Zeinab Ahmad, 31, is facing two counts of crimes against humanity — enslavement and using a slave — in what are the first such charges to be prosecuted before an Australian court. Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan delivered an hour-long ruling on Wednesday refusing Ahmad’s bail application, dismissing her claims of having renounced…

One person has been killed and five others on board escaped after a small passenger plane crashed and burst into flames on a Texas highway, with bystanders launching a desperate rescue attempt to pull survivors from the burning wreckage. The aircraft came down on Texas State Highway Loop 20 in Laredo at around 10pm on Tuesday, according to Jose Baeza, an investigator with the Laredo Police Department. Witnesses had earlier reported seeing the plane falling from the sky over Highway 59 already on fire, according to KIITV. Footage shared online showed the small aircraft lying upside down with flames bursting…

A £1 billion film and television studio complex in North London has been given the go-ahead by Camden Council after a knife-edge vote, despite fierce opposition from residents and councillors who condemned its environmental impact as “disastrous” and raised fears over fire safety and the safety of children near construction traffic. Camden’s Planning Committee voted 6 to 5 in favour of the Camden Film Quarter project at its first meeting since May’s local elections, in which Labour’s majority on the council was cut to 30 seats as the Greens and Liberal Democrats made significant gains. The slim margin reflected a…

Lionel Messi broke down in tears during Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria and admitted afterwards that his emotional moment had nothing to do with the historic night unfolding around him, revealing he had been going through “difficult, complicated days” in his personal life. Messi scored a sublime hat-trick on his 200th international appearance to move level with Miroslav Klose on 16 World Cup goals — his first treble for his country — yet it was a moment of visible distress rather than joy that defined the most talked-about image of the evening. After opening the scoring after 17 minutes with…

A Love Island superfan has been arrested in the United States after police clocked her driving at 108mph on a state highway — because she was trying to get home in time to watch the reality show. Highway patrol troopers in Arizona were left stunned when they stopped the unidentified woman on a road in Pinal County on 9 June and heard her explanation for travelling at 108mph in a 65mph zone. She told officers she was rushing home to catch the latest episode of Love Island. The arrest was included in the Arizona Department of Safety Highway Patrol’s “Speeding…

Pauline Hanson has vowed to fire two of Australia’s most senior human rights officials over what she described as the penetration of “transgender ideology” into government, naming the Sex Discrimination Commissioner and the head of the Human Rights Commission as her first targets if One Nation ever held power. The One Nation leader made the declaration in her first address to the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday, telling an audience that included protesters outside and a banner-wielding activist who managed to unfurl a sign behind her on stage mid-speech. Hanson specifically targeted Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody,…

A body believed to be that of a 23-year-old British man who went missing while swimming off a popular Portuguese holiday resort has been recovered, local authorities have confirmed. The young man disappeared on Thursday while swimming at Peneco Beach in Albufeira, on Portugal’s southern Algarve coast, alongside a 19-year-old companion, also from the UK. According to Portugal’s National Maritime Authority, the 19-year-old managed to get out of the water by himself and went to seek help, at which point the 23-year-old disappeared. A body was recovered on Tuesday afternoon off the Albufeira coastline following an alert made at 6.37pm…