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Turkey: Erdogan rival Imamoglu stands trial

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A trial has begun against Istanbul’s deposed mayor and Turkish opposition leader, Ekrem Imamoglu, who is accused of forging a university degree.A supporter holds a flag depicting Istanbul’s detained mayor, Ekrem İmamoglu, and the first president of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Opposition supporters took to the streets in Turkey after Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest

Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s jailed mayor, stood trial on Friday on charges of falsifying his university degree.

Imamoglu, who is being held in a prison 80 kilometers away from Istanbul, is accused of “repeated falsification of official documents” regarding his degree, according to official documents.

As he entered the courtroom, many spectators cheered, calling him “President Imamoglu.”

“What exactly is my crime here? What fraud?” he asked.

What did the opposition leader say?
According to Imamoglu, he had been accepted at age 18 by a university in the territory of Northern Cyprus, a Turkish-dominated region only recognized by Ankara, to study a degree that he later transferred to Istanbul University to complete.

Imamoglu said this was in line with Turkey’s Council of Higher Education (YOK) regulations.

“This is the level of absurdity in the indictment: next they might even claim the TRNC does not exist just so my degree can be revoked,” he added.

The prosecution is seeking a jail term of up to eight years and nine months and a ban on political activities.

The court hearing took some seven hours, with the next hearing being set for October 20.

Pakistan:Twelve soldiers were killed by Terrorists.

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While security forces killed 13 terrorists during an intense fire exchange in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorist who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in these areas,” the statement added. Meanwhile,Security forces killed four terrorists on Friday in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan’s Mastung area, the military’s media wing said in a statement. Military’s media wing says 22 terrorists eliminated during intelligence-based operation in Bajaur.

More Nato countries will move troops and fighter jets eastwards after more than a dozen drones entered Polish airspace on Wednesday.

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Denmark, France and Germany have joined a new mission to bolster the military alliance’s eastern flank. Other Nato allies are expected to take part later.

Tensions have been high across Europe since Poland accused Russia of an unprecedented incursion. Some of the 19 drones that entered Polish territory were shot down, while others crashed into fields and even a house in eastern Poland.

Warsaw said the incursion was deliberate, but Moscow downplayed the incident, saying it had “no plans to target” facilities in Poland.

Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika speaks publicly for the first time since his death

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Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika speaks publicly for the first time since his death | Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, made her first public statements since her husband was shot and killed. Charlie Kirk was a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, an organization Erika Kirk said would continue her husband’s movement.
Speaking from the office where Mr Kirk hosted his podcast, Erika Kirk said her husband loved America, nature and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

“But most of all, Charlie loved his children and he loved me with all of his heart,” Ms Kirk said.

She had a pointed message for “the evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination”, though she did not specifically name the alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, who law enforcement officials believe acted alone.

“You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife,” Ms Kirk said.

“The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.”

She thanked Donald Trump, saying through tears that her husband loved the US president, and vowed to keep her husband’s work alive, continuing his campus tour, radio show, and podcast.Mr Kirk was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party and an influential conservative voice among younger Americans.

The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was taken into custody on Thursday night local time, after his family notified police that Mr Robinson had “implied that he had committed” the murder, police said.

Security camera images, some previously released to the public, and evidence gathered from the suspect’s profile on the chat and streaming platform Discord also helped investigators link him to the crime, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said.

Steven Spielberg celebrates ‘awesome’ 50th anniversary ‘Jaws’ exhibition at Academy Museum

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Why would anyone keep a prop from the set of “Jaws

Steven Spielberg, director of the 1975 film “Jaws,” addresses the audience during the “Jaws: The Exhibition” press preview on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Steven Spielberg was musing about what it felt like while making his 1975 oceanic classic, and how little he thought any of it would matter when shooting the now-legendary opening scene of a woman night-swimming past an ocean buoy. His primary concern was keeping his job as a 26-year-old director amid unfolding disasters.

“How did anybody know to take the buoy and take it home and sit on it for 50 years?” he said.

That prop is among the first things visitors will see as they enter a 50th anniversary “Jaws” exhibit opening Sunday and running through July at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

at the aquatic cameras used by cinematographer Bill Butler and his team, and a Moviola used by editor Verna Fields. And they can get a play-by-play of the processes of casting director Shari Rhodes and a team of screenwriters that included Peter Benchley, author of the novel.

Spielberg said for him the exhibition above all “proves that this motion picture industry is really truly a collaborative art form. No place for auteurs.”

He said the crew’s camaraderie was the only thing that kept the production together.

Their making of the riveting film was oddly enough marked mostly by boredom — endless waits because of unfavorable conditions, unwanted ships in the background and broken down equipment that led to the shoot going 100 days over schedule.

“I just really was not ready to endure the amount of obstacles that were thrown in our path, starting with Mother Nature,” Spielberg said. “My hubris was we could take a Hollywood crew and go out 12 miles into the Atlantic Ocean and shoot an entire movie with a mechanical shark. I thought that was to go swimmingly.”

People played a lot of cards. Others tried to reckon with seasickness.

“I’ve never seen so much vomit in my life,” he said.

It would be worth it in the end.

“The film certainly cost me a pound of flesh,” he said, “but gave me a ton of career.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel on Saturday. He’s expected to discuss the country’s operational goals in the Gaza Strip.

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The US Department of State said on Friday that the talks will also cover the release of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas, among other issues.

Israeli forces are attempting to seize Gaza City. On Friday, they urged people there to move to central and southern areas of the strip.

A local media outlet in Gaza said Israeli attacks on Friday killed at least 36 Palestinians.

Israel’s expanded offensive has drawn widespread criticism. The global community also condemned the country for targeting Hamas delegates on Tuesday in Doha. They were in the Qatari capital to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza.

Coldplay get giddy as they smash Wembley Stadium record-BBC

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Coldplay celebrated the end of their record-breaking 10-show run at Wembley Stadium with a dazzling, multi-coloured night of musical magic.

Playing hits from every era of their 25-year career, they filled the stadium with light, and even indulged themselves with a giddy version of Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody. “This is the song I warm up to in the car park,” joked singer Chris Martin.

The show closed the latest leg of their Music Of The Spheres Tour, which has circled the world four times since 2022. It is now the highest-attended tour in history, with more than 12m tickets sold.

On stage, Martin promised it would resume “somewhere in southern Africa in about 18 months”.
Friday’s show was held almost a week late, after a strike by London transport workers forced the band to postpone.

“I know it caused a lot of inconvenience for a lot of you,” Martin told the crowd. “In return we’re going to play a show fifteen times better than any show we’ve ever played before. That’s the pledge.”

They might not have achieved that goal – Coldplay have already set themselves a ridiculously high bar – but this was stadium stagecraft at its absolute finest.That’s a contrast to most stadium concerts, where the message is more like: “Look upon me, puny mortals, and be astonished by my divine talents and somewhat improbable physique.”

Coldplay don’t bother with any of that. Martin’s bandmates Guy Berryman, Will Chamberlain and Jonny Buckland would rather that no-one noticed them at all. Instead, they’d rather make a fuss ovIn London, that means Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Orchestra – a group of youth players who’ve supported the band at all of their Wembley dates. They come out twice, for Viva La Vida and feelslikeimfallinginlove, twirling their cellos and jumping up and down as they provide the stirring string accompaniment.

Nepal ex-chief justice Sushila Karki named as next PM –

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KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki has been appointed to lead the transition as the country’s next prime minister after deadly protests ousted the government, the president’s office said on Friday

Karki, 73, Nepal’s first woman chief justice, will be sworn into office later on Friday.The Himalayan nation of 30 million people was plunged into chaos this week after security forces tried to crush rallies by young anti-corruption protesters.

At least 51 people were killed in the worst violence since the end of a civil war and the abolition of the monarchy in
Nepal ex-chief justice Sushila Karki named as next PM
Nepal ex-chief justice Sushila Karki named as next PM
Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki speaks with the media after meeting Doctor Govinda KC, who has been on a hunger strike to demand the government make reforms in the medical sector, in Kathmandu,

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki has been appointed to lead the transition as the country’s next prime minister after deadly protests ousted the government, the president’s office said on Friday (Sep 12).

Karki, 73, Nepal’s first woman chief justice, will be sworn into office later on Friday.

The Himalayan nation of 30 million people was plunged into chaos this week after security forces tried to crush rallies by young anti-corruption protesters.

At least 51 people were killed in the worst violence since the end of a civil war and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008.

Three men who drugged and raped a 12-year-old girl in Kent have been jailed for more than 50 years in total.

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Kevin Horvath, 26, and Ivan Turtak, 38, first saw the victim in a supermarket car park in Dover on 11 August, 2024, and encouraged her to get into their vehicle.They then plied her with drugs including crystal methamphetamine and amphetamine before she was raped and subjected to sexual acts by them and a third man, Ernest Gunar, 27.

The girl’s ordeal ended when she managed to escape from her captors after waking up before them two days later, on 13 August 2024.

The three men were jailed for the rape of a 12-year-old girl along with a string of other sexual offences at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday.

A United Airlines aircraft made an emergency landing at Kansai International Airport in western Japan after 7 p.m. on Friday night

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A United Airlines aircraft made an emergency landing at Kansai International Airport in western Japan after 7 p.m. on Friday night.

Transport ministry officials say a total of 141 passengers and crew members were aboard United Airlines flight 32. They say all passengers evacuated the plane. Firefighters said two women in their 50s and 80s sustained slight injuries.

Officials said that the plane, which left Narita Airport near Tokyo for Cebu in the Philippines, was diverted to Kansai Airport after a warning of a fire in the cargo compartment appeared in the cockpit. Passengers evacuated the plane on emergency slides at around 7:30 p.m. No firefighting activities took place.

Airport officials said the plane declared an emergency as it was flying over the Pacific Ocean near the coast.

Editor’s note: The number of people on board the aircraft has been amended in this story to 141, based on information from the transport ministry.

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