UNITED STATES: Prosecutors said today a bullet found in the gun that killed far-right influencer Charlie Kirk was inscribed “Hey Facist! [sic] Catch.”
They are seeking to prove Tyler Robinson, who turned himself in for the shooting last September, acted from political motives. That could be an aggravating factor, making it easier to seek the death penalty.
DR CONGO: Government data showed today that the Ebola outbreak has now reached 5,000 cases.
The death toll has climbed to 2,378. The World Health Organisation has warned it is the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history and “the risk of further national and international spread remains high.”
SOUTH KOREA: Joint military exercises with the United States will now end on Friday, six days earlier than scheduled, the government says.
The annual war games are seen by North Korea as threatening and mercurial US President Donald Trump demanded they be cut short because they “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to Pyongyang, also attacking Seoul for not joining in the Iran war.
SPAIN: Unicef Spain’s Lara Contreras warned today that unaccompanied child refugees are wandering the streets of Ceuta, the country’s north African exclave.
“Hundreds of them are wandering alone through the streets, in unsanitary conditions and with an urgent need for three meals a day and, in many cases, healthcare,” she said.
Not all the 70,000 people who crossed from Morocco on July 30-31 have been repatriated.
CARLOS MARTINEZ shows how EU, Israel and US shenanigans were used in an attempt to destabilise Spain’s mildly socialist government



