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Police Officer Found Guilty In Murder Of George Floyd
US President Joe Biden has said the conviction of a former police officer in the killing of George Floyd "can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America".
White officer Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on African-American Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, sparking mass protests against racism. He was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Sentencing is likely to happen in two months, and Chauvin could spend decades in jail. He is expected to appeal against the verdict.
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Mass Shooting At FedEx Facility Leaves Eight Dead
Eight people have been killed and seven injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say.
Witnesses heard several gunshots at a FedEx facility and one said he had seen a man firing an automatic weapon. The gunman, thought to have been acting alone, is believed to have killed himself, police say, adding that there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Police say several of the injured are in hospital. Flights from the nearby airport are not affected.
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French Embassy Advises Citizens To Leave Pakistan Due To Serious Threats
France has urged all its citizens in Pakistan to leave the country temporarily amid violent anti-French protests across the country.
In an email obtained by French news agency AFP, the country's embassy in Pakistan warned of "serious threats to French interests in Pakistan". Two police officers died this week in renewed clashes with protesters.
Protests were sparked months ago after a French magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The government of French President Emmanuel Macron has defended the magazine's right to publish, angering hardliners in Pakistan.
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UK And Germany To Follow US Troops Out Of Afghanistan By September
The final UK troops in Afghanistan are expected to leave at the same time as US forces, which have announced they are set to pull out by 11 September.
The UK military has been in Afghanistan since 2001, with more than 450 British troops dying during the conflict with the Taliban and fighters from al-Qaeda. The last UK combat troops left in 2014, but around 750 remain as part of the Nato mission to train Afghan forces.
Nato has repeatedly said its members will leave together.
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Trial Opens In Germany Of Far Right Terrorist Group
The trial of 11 suspected members of a far-right "terror" group has begun in the German city of Stuttgart.
The suspects, aged between 32 and 61, were arrested in February last year.
Prosecutors say the 11 men - all Germans - were members of Gruppe S (Group S), which planned attacks on migrants, Muslims and politicians, with the aim of sparking a civil war. A twelfth man, a former police officer, is accused of offering material support to the group. He is also on trial.
One of the group is still at large and is being tried in absentia.
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St Paul's Cathedral Bomb Plotter Charged
A man has been charged in Norway over his alleged role in a terror plot to bomb St Paul's Cathedral in London.
The Norwegian man - who has not been named - was originally arrested in September 2019. Safiyya Shaikh was jailed for life last year after admitting she had planned to blow herself up inside the building.
Norwegian prosecutors allege the pair spoke over social media in the run-up to the planned bombing. The 24-year-old man denies all charges. It is alleged that Muslim convert Shaikh told the man she was going to target the cathedral, and that he said it was a good plan.
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Protesters Demand Justice Over Police Shooting Of 20 Year Old Black Man In Minneapolis
Tear gas has been fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop in the US city of Brooklyn Center, just north of Minneapolis.
The man has been identified by relatives as 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Brooklyn Center's mayor issued a curfew that lasted until 06:00 (11:00 GMT), telling people to "be safe, go home".
Tensions in Minneapolis are high as the trial of a former officer accused of killing George Floyd takes place.
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Tensions Rise Between Russia And Ukraine
A top Russian official has warned that Moscow could intervene to help Russian-speaking residents in eastern Ukraine if Ukraine launches an all-out assault on separatists there.
Russian-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian troops have been clashing in the east of the country. Russia has also been building up troops on the border with Ukraine.
The official, Dmitry Kozak, said that Russian forces could intervene to "defend" Russian citizens. "Everything depends on the scale of the conflagration," he said. He is deputy head of Russia's presidential administration.
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Police Say Disorder In Belfast On A Scale Not Seen In Years
Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said.
During several hours of violence, police officers were attacked, petrol bombs were thrown and a bus was burnt. Eight officers were injured at an interface between loyalist and nationalist areas in west Belfast.
Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive said it was "gravely concerned" by recent street violence and has called for calm to be restored. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also condemned the disorder.
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Turkey Sentences 22 Former Soldiers To Life For Failed Coup
Former top-ranking officers in the Turkish army have been jailed for life in a mass trial of 497 defendants accused over the failed July 2016 coup.
Among those convicted were two men who stormed the public broadcaster to have the coup declared on live TV. Tens of thousands of people have been held since the failed coup, which killed 251 civilians.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the plot on a movement led by US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. Mr Gulen, once an ally of the president, denied involvement.
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