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UNITED KINGDOM

BBC urged to stand firm against Trump lawsuit

Stephen Kinnock, minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, said on Tuesday that he believed the BBC was right to stand firm against Donald Trump after the US president sued the broadcaster for defamation over edited clips of a speech linked to the Jan 6 Capitol attack. The BBC, Britain's publicly funded broadcaster, has apologized for the edit and admitted an error of judgment but said there was no legal basis for Trump's claim and that it would defend its position. Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC.

RUSSIA

Child stabbed to death by fellow student

Russian authorities said a 10-year-old child was killed on Tuesday in a stabbing by a fellow student at a school in the Odintsovo District near Moscow, with the suspect now apprehended. "Police received a report that a student had stabbed a security guard, sprayed pepper spray and then stabbed a 10-year-old student, who died from his wounds," local police said on Telegram, adding that "the attacker was detained" and taken into custody. The attacker has been detained and is being transported to investigative authorities, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

AUSTRALIA

Bondi Beach shooting inspired by IS: Police

A mass shooting in which 16 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State", Australia's federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said on Tuesday. The suspects were a father and son, aged 50 and 24, authorities have said. The older man, whom state officials named as Sajid Akram, was shot dead. Indian police said on Tuesday that Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen who had left the country 27 years ago.

Xinhua - Agencies