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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Sunday Russia must take further action in the investigation into the murder of a Georgian man on August 23. Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian activist, was shot at point-blank range by a cyclist in a small park in the Berlin neighborhood of Moabit. The victim, an ethnic Chechen, is said to have fought against Russia in the Second Chechen War and is believed to have had ties to Georgian military intelligence.  The German Foreign Ministry suspects Russian intelligence agencies played a role in the assassination of Khangoshvili. "The evidence weighs heavily," Kramp-Karrenbauer, who serves as both defense minister and leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats, told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag. "Together with the killings in the UK and other Russian activities, it paints a rather disturbing picture." Germany's federal prosecutor has assumed responsibility for the … [Read more...] about German defense minister calls out Russia after Berlin murder

The BBC has sparked fury over its upholding of a complaint against Breakfast ­host Naga Munchetty for slamming a racist outburst by Donald Trump. She was found to have breached strict rules on the show in  July, by saying Donald Trump’s tweet that four US politicians should “go back” to where they came from was “embedded in racism”. Stars have lined up to voice their anger at the ruling by the BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit. Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy said: “You should not be able to tell whether or not journalists think terrorism or genocide or racism or paedophilia or climate change are good or bad things.” Many called on the Beeb to acknowledge there can be no expectation of “impartiality” on racism and strongly condemned the finding. Separately, BBC correspondent Carrie Gracie tweeted that the ruling caused unease among journalists “for whom ‘go back’ = racist”. Fellow … [Read more...] about Presenters slam BBC after Naga Munchetty reprimanded for calling out Trump racism

THIS week I got the call of a lifetime - I got the call for Love Island. Did I want to trade my boyfriend of eight years for a sunshine holiday, fame and the chance to make millions? On Thursday a producer at ITV rang, wanting to know if I was a) single and b) interested in appearing in the next series of Love Island. And if I wasn't single but was interested, would I dump my boyfriend, Alex, for the opportunity. The producer told me that of the 85,000 applicants they get every year - more than apply to Oxbridge - they look for someone with a bit of 'something different.' First we had Camilla, who worked in landmine disposal, then it was Dr Alex, the NHS doctor and this year we had “scientist” Yewande. I think what the producer was trying to tell me was that they wanted someone not quite as fit as the rest of them, but a bit smarter. No offence.  It was a flattering call, I won’t lie to you (I’ve subsequently been congratulated by both of my parents, … [Read more...] about Why I turned down Love Island – I don’t want to be the token ‘fat’ one

A taxi driver has avoided jailed after "hunting" his ex-girlfriend in stalking campaign that left her family terrified. Bryan MacEwan, 27, hounded Shirley Williamson and her family repeatedly her after they split up, reports the Daily Record. Paisley Sheriff Court heard how McEwan turned up at her door uninvited, banged on her window, looked in at her and sent her a flurry of desperate texts. The trial also heard how MacEwan was also caught six times the legal limit at the wheel of his car in Paisley, Scotland. He was convicted of a charge of engaging in a course of conduct likely to cause fear and alarm by repeatedly approaching Ms Williamson and waiting outside her home between August 2 and 17 last year. He was convicted of driving a vehicle while the proportion of alcohol on his breath measured 133 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath Witness Moira Wilson, 44, the sister of Ms Williamson, noticed MacEwan sitting outside her beauty salon. PC Graham McIntosh, 28, told the court … [Read more...] about Taxi driver ‘hunted’ ex-partner in stalking campaign that left family terrified

MOST of the time they couldn't be more respectable  - whether they're on the school run, doing the weekly shop or hosting kids' sleepovers. But as many of us will know, mum gatherings aren't always sedate coffee mornings or playdates. A recent study showed only 44 per cent of mums regularly take time out from mum duties to recharge their batteries with girls weekends away. From letting go of the pressures of being a mum to feeling the need to make the most of every second without their little ones, three mums tell Sun Online why weekends away with their pals are wilder than ever before...'We ended up in Amsterdam eating space cakes on a £500 bender' Care Worker Hayley Yeatman, 51, is married with three kids. She lives in Yorkshire. Hayley says: "My twin sister and I were due to go and visit our mum in Belgium.She’s lived there for yonks and as we don’t see each other often we decided to go together. Except we never got as far as the Belgian border. Instead at the … [Read more...] about The mums who cause booze-fuelled mayhem on their weekends away with £500 benders and ‘liquid cocaine’ cocktails