Palestinian-American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in West Bank, officials say
Sayfollah Musallet, who was born in Tampa, 'was martyred after being severely beaten all over his body by settlers in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah,' according to a news release from the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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‘Fake news': White House reacts after WSJ says Trump's name in Epstein files
A report by the Wall Street Journal claiming that the U.S. Justice Department informed President Donald Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files is 'fake news,' the White House says. A spokesperson for the president pushed back on the WSJ report, which cited 'senior administration officials,' on Wednesday by calling the reports into the administration's handling of the Epstein files 'fake news.' 'This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media,' White House director of communications Steven Cheung said in an emailed statement to Reuters. On Thursday, he posted on X, 'The democrats are so moronic and crackbrained they never learn from their mistakes.' Story continues below advertisement 'Instead of actually working for the American people, they are so consumed and obsessed with destroying this country because they suffer from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted their pea-seized brains,' he wrote. According to the report, which the WSJ called an exclusive, Trump was informed by Justice Department officials, including U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, during a routine briefing in May that his name appeared in the files alongside hundreds of others. Being mentioned in the files is not indicative of any wrongdoing. (Global News nor any other news outlet has independently verified the reporting, as of this writing.) View image in full screen U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images The WSJ reported that the briefing was routine and that the Epstein files were not the focus of the meeting. Story continues below advertisement Officials reportedly informed the president that documents containing his name also included 'unverified hearsay about many people' associated with Epstein. One department official told the WSJ that the documents contained hundreds of other names. Trump was also reportedly informed that the Justice Department had no plans to release more documents related to the convicted sex offender's case because they contained child pornography and personal information of victims. The president agreed with the department's decision to keep the material from view, the report says, marking a shift in a narrative that hinged on a promise to deliver the Epstein files in full to the public. In February, Bondi said Epstein's client list was 'sitting on my desk right now to review.' Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy In a statement to the WSJ on Friday, Bondi and the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, told the outlet that 'as part of our routine briefing, we made the President aware of the findings.' Story continues below advertisement Trump told reporters last week that Bondi hadn't told him that his name was in the files. His administration announced its decision not to release the files on July 7 through a memo on its website, which stated that an exhaustive review of the documents 'revealed no incriminating client list,' and that it found no more evidence that warranted public exposure or necessitated criminal charges against more individuals. 'We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,' the note said. It also stated that only a fraction of the material it reviewed would have been aired publicly had Epstein gone to trial, as the seal 'served only to protect victims.' On Tuesday, following a wave of criticism from Trump's allies — including Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who were pushing for the release of the files — Blanche announced that the Trump administration was reaching out to Epstein's former accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for her involvement in Epstein's underage sex trafficking ring. 'Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know?' he wrote. Story continues below advertisement Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi's direction, I've contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits. — Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) July 22, 2025 Earlier that day, Bondi shared a statement written along similar lines. Statement from @DAGToddBlanche: This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead. The joint statement by the DOJ and FBI of July 6 remains as accurate today as it was when it was… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 22, 2025 Story continues below advertisement 'This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead,' it said, adding that Trump had granted her department permission to release 'all credible evidence' in the Epstein case. Last week, Trump sued the WSJ for US$10 billion after it published new details about a sexually suggestive letter the president allegedly wrote to Epstein for his 50th birthday. 2:09 Trump sues Wall Street Journal for $10B over article tying him to Jeffrey Epstein The outlet said the note bore Trump's signature and contained 'several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker.' 'A pair of small arcs denotes the woman's breasts,' it says, with the president's alleged signature written in a 'squiggly' font below her waist and a final line that reads: 'Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.' Story continues below advertisement Trump denied the note was of his creation and, according to the WSJ, said the letter was 'a fake thing.' 'I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women,' he added. 'It's not my language. It's not my words.' Trump and Epstein have been photographed together at events throughout the '90s and early 2000s, including at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The two men reportedly fell out over an alleged business dispute in 2004 — according to the WSJ — and before Epstein pleaded guilty to a 2008 charge for procuring prostitution. This week, the Trump administration has been accused of attempting to distract from the fallout created by its handling of the Epstein files when it released hundreds of thousands of documents detailing intelligence on former Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. View image in full screen In this March 17, 1963, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, sit with three of their four children in their Atlanta home. From left are: Martin Luther King III, 5, Dexter Scott, 2, and Yolanda Denise, 7. AP Photo/File Included in the files are leads pursued by the FBI following King's assassination, as well as details of the CIA's investigation into King's focus on international anti-war and anti-poverty movements in the years before he was killed. Story continues below advertisement In a statement released on Monday, King's two living children, Martin III, 67, and Bernice, 62, said their father's death had been a 'captivating public curiosity for decades,' but reiterated that the files were deeply personal and urged people to read them 'within their full historical context.' Meanwhile, civil rights leader Al Sharpton says the release of the King files is 'not about transparency or justice,' but is merely a 'distraction' from 'the firestorm engulfing Trump over the Epstein files and the public unraveling of his credibility.' Despite King's children's disapproval of the unsealing of their father's file, other family members have expressed support for the Trump administration's actions. Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, said she was 'grateful to President Trump' for his 'transparency.' On Wednesday, Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate former president Barack Obama, after he claimed to have 'irrefutable' evidence that Obama's administration had acted treasonously by falsely accusing Trump's campaign of having ties to Russia in an attempt to undermine his 2016 election bid. View image in full screen President Barack Obama and president-elect Donald Trump, arrive for the 58th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. PhotoScott Applewhite / Getty Images Before the criminal investigation was announced, Obama responded to the allegations in a rare public comment, saying, 'Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response.' Story continues below advertisement 'But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.' 1:37 Obama slams Trump's 'weak attempt at distraction' from Epstein files in response to election-rigging allegation A day later, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard introduced intelligence she says details how 'President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false.' As of this writing, Obama has not responded to the Trump-ordered DOJ investigation or its subsequent claims of criminal misconduct.
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Controversial so-called street preachers charged with hate crimes in British Columbia
A pair of so-called street preachers known for verbally harassing women in Ontario are now facing hate crime charges in relation to allegations they interfered with worshippers at two churches in B.C.'s Lower Mainland last fall. According to court documents obtained by CBC News, Steven Ravbar and Matthew Carapella are accused of mischief motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression for a pair of incidents dating back to a Sunday in November 2024. The pair — whose beliefs trace back to an apocalyptic American preacher — last made headlines in 2022 when they were convicted of public nuisance in London, Ont., for assailing women with comments on how they should behave and dress. They now appear to be living in a hotel in Langley, B.C. — the address both Ravbar and Carapella gave on release documents signed last weekend after a first appearance in provincial court. 'It's obviously concerning' According to a Surrey Police Service spokesperson, the investigation began as a Surrey RCMP file on Nov. 3 when officers were called to two churches in the Cloverdale area. Ravbar and Carapella were accused of causing a disturbance by trying to enter the Sonrise and Hillside churches. It appears that they went into these places of worship and espoused views based on bias against someone's gender and their religious belief and that interrupted the proceedings in the churches, Sgt. Tige Pollock told CBC News. Enlarge image (new window) Cloverdale's Hillside Church is one of two places of worship allegedly disrupted by Ravbar and Carapella. The pair are facing hate-motivated mischief charges. Photo: CBC / Jon Hernandez Pollock said investigators consulted with B.C.'s provincial hate crimes unit before drawing up charge recommendations, which were ultimately approved by Crown last month. It's obviously concerning, Pollock said. People live in Canada because they enjoy certain freedoms, and one of those is freedom of religious worship. And so it's very concerning when someone decides to take their hate or biased opinion to a place of worship where people should feel safe. Ravbar and Carapella are charged under Section 430(4.1) of the Criminal Code — one of a number of offences targeting hate crimes, which the RCMP define (new window) as criminal acts against a person or property that is motivated in whole or in part by hate or bias against an identifiable group. Enlarge image (new window) Surrey's Sonrise Church is one of two places of worship allegedly disrupted by Ravbar and Carapella last November. Photo: CBC / Jon Hernandez Consideration of a hate-based motivation would come into play during sentencing if the charges were to result in a conviction. The offence is punishable by a prison term of up to 10 years. According to court documents, both men were released pending trial on promises to stay away from Hillside and Sonrise churches and not to go to any church or property while services are being conducted unless ... registered as a member of that specific congregation. Their next court appearance is Aug. 1. 'A total perversion' Ravbar and Carapella first made headlines in Ontario almost a decade ago when they drew complaints from London residents for standing on street corners and berating passersby through an amplifier. According to a CBC story from 2017, Carapella was heard telling a woman wearing pants that her attire was a total perversion in God's eyes. He also admitted to confronting any passerby who he thought might be gay, calling them an abomination. Enlarge image (new window) Steven Ravbar, left, and Matthew Carapella leave the Ontario Court of Justice in 2019 after they were charged with public nuisance. The pair were convicted in 2022 and now face mischief charges in B.C. Photo: CBC / Kate Dubinski The men were accused of disrupting services at various churches in the London area and the pastor at one chapel said he had to get a trespass order against Ravbar and Carapella after they confronted him and harassed female parishioners, who they called whores. At that point, women told CBC News that Carapella and Ravbar berated them for wearing a skirt or makeup, or having a short hair cut. London's mayor said their behaviour amounted to gender discrimination. The next year, the two men were arrested during a trip to Louisiana, where police said they were asked to leave at least three churches after disrupting services in the city of Shreveport. In 2019, back in London, Carapella and Ravbar were charged under the city's public nuisance bylaw. They were ultimately convicted and fined a collective $7,250. 'The world is about to end' Coverage of Ravbar and Carapella caught the attention of John Collins, who runs an organization dedicated to exposing the hateful legacy of William Branham, the American doomsday evangelist whose sermons appear to have served as inspiration for the street preachers. In the years after the Second World War, Branham influenced a movement called Latter Rain that increasingly deviated from mainstream Christianity. WATCH | Ravbar and Carapella accused of harassing B.C. worshippers: During his career, Branham had connections to the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Jones, who led more than 900 of his followers to kill themselves in Guyana (new window) in a mass suicide known as the Jonestown Massacre. Collins — who is based out of Jeffersonville, Ind. — rejected his own family's embrace of Branham's teachings. The belief system is that the world is about to end. Females are the cause of its destruction and it is closely tied to hate groups and hate ideology, Collins told the CBC this week. This movement does not recruit by normal means. You won't find advertisements or publications to join the cult. Instead what happens is it either recruits by producing offspring through marriage, or you have these splinter cells that emerge because of Branham's recordings. Enlarge image (new window) William Branham was an evangelist with connections to cult leader Jim Jones and the Ku Klux Klan. Photo: According to a London Free Press profile, Carapella — who is now 38 — was a former Western University football player with a good job in his family's development business when he decided to forsake his previous life and devote himself to God after waking up one day with a hangover. Ravbar, who turned 57 last week, was Carapella's Grade 7 teacher. In 2017, Carapella told CBC News that the older man introduced him to recordings of Branham's sermons. The first sermon I heard by brother Branham, I rejoiced, Carapella said. That's what I've been searching for my whole life. The two men now appear to live in a chain hotel in the centre of Langley, where a front desk clerk told CBC News they had been staying for an extended period of time. Ravbar and Carapella did not respond to a note left at the hotel by a CBC reporter, and a clerk later said the two men did not want any further contact from the media. Collins described the men as a cell of two. When I see this with Steven Ravbar and Matthew Carapella, I'm saddened for them in that they probably can't help what they're doing — they're under the mind control, he said. But they're causing such a chaos in the cities that they wreak havoc in, that I feel sorry for the people who are in the city. Jason Proctor (new window) · CBC News Jason Proctor is a reporter in British Columbia for CBC News and has covered the B.C. courts and the justice system extensively. With files from Andrew Lupton
Toronto Sun
3 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
Eight injured in suspected car-ramming attack in Israel
Israeli police cordon off the site of a suspected car ramming attack near the central town of Kfar Yona. Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP KFAR YONA, Israel — Eight people were taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a bus stop in central Israel on Thursday in a suspected car-ramming attack, emergency services said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) first responders said they received a report at 9:25 am (0625 GMT) that a vehicle crashed into a bus stop near Kfar Yona. A man and woman in their 20s were said to be in a 'moderate condition, with injuries to the chest and limbs', the MDA said. Three others were in a 'mild-moderate condition, with injuries to the head and limbs', it added. Three people were described as having 'mild' injuries. 'The vehicle hit several people and fled the scene,' police spokesman Aryeh Doron said. The car was abandoned and later recovered and the driver is being hunted using helicopters, motorbikes and a specialist dog unit, police added. The site of the crash was cordoned off as forensic investigators combed the scene, an AFP photographer said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There has been a spate of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank since the start of the war against Hamas in Gaza, triggered by the militants' attack on October 7, 2023. A teenager died in March this year when police said a car driven by a Palestinian man deliberately ploughed into civilians at a bus stop in northern Israel. At least 32 people, including soldiers, have died in attacks in Israel by Palestinians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. In the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, at least 958 Palestinians, including many fighters but also civilians, have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to Palestinian Authority figures. At the same time, at least 36 Israelis, including civilians and soldiers, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations, Israeli figures showed. Sports Golf Canada Canada Sunshine Girls
