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News.com.au
30-06-2025
- News.com.au
Man who fatally stabbed cousin on NSW South coast sentenced
A man who stabbed his teenage cousin to death at a house party on the NSW South Coast wishes someone 'had a chance' to ask him what he was doing before the 'play fighting' between the pair escalated. Dominic Saliba, now 22, was charged with murder after stabbing his cousin Bailey Jones, 18, at a Bomaderry party on December 9, 2022. He was found not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser sentence of manslaughter in a judge-alone trial in March this year. In the Supreme Court of Sydney on Monday, Justice Dina Yehia sentenced the 22-year-old to seven years and nine months in prison, with a non-parole period of four years and three months. The court was told that Mr Jones and Saliba were cousins with a 'close relationship' who were 'mucking around' together at Saliba's house on the night of the killing. 'The offender and the deceased were play fighting in the garage and were mucking around and perhaps testing each other,' Justice Yehia said in sentencing. The incident then 'escalated' over a period of just a few short minutes, she said, before Saliba stabbed Mr Jones in the chest, resulting in a 85-90mm stab wound. Mr Jones died shortly after as a result of the injuries. The pair often interacted with each other by 'play fighting', kicking and slapping each other as a 'form of mucking around', the court was told. Saliba later admitted that he had 'f**ked up' and 'flipped the switch' before telling the court he 'wishes someone had a chance to say Dom what are you doing'. Eight emotional victim impact statements were read in an earlier sentence hearing, which referred to Mr Jones as 'an amazing football player' and a 'loving, kind and funny young man' who was close to his mother. Justice Yehia said Mr Jones's killing had resulted in 'deep and ongoing grief' to his family. 'He was a young man who had a whole life before him … he had aspirations to buy property, marry and become a father,' she said on Monday. She added while 'no jail term of any length can return a loved one', the offender must be held accountable. Saliba also pleaded guilty in the Nowra Local Court to the possession of an unauthorised firearm after a .303 rifle that had been spray painted was found by police in the roof cavity of his home. Saliba was arrested in December 2022 just days after the stabbing and has been remanded in custody since. He will be eligible for parole in July 2027.
SBS Australia
27-05-2025
- Politics
- SBS Australia
Emmanuel Macron says viral video of wife pushing him twisted by online 'crackpots'
They were just playfighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron's explanation for video images that appeared to show his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane to start a tour of Southeast Asia. The moment quickly made headlines in France, with media trying to decipher the interaction that cameras spotted through the just-opened door of the plane. The headline of a story on the website of the daily Le Parisien newspaper asked: "Slap or 'squabble'? The images of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron disembarking in Vietnam trigger a lot of comment." Macron later told reporters the couple — married since 2007 after meeting at the high school where he was a student and she was a teacher — were simply joking around. "We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife," Macron said, adding that the incident was being overblown into "a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe". In a video taken by the Associated Press as the couple arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday, a uniformed man can be seen pulling open the plane door and revealing Macron standing inside, dressed in a suit and talking to someone who wasn't visible. Two arms — in red sleeves — reached out and pushed Macron away, with one hand covering his mouth and part of his nose while the other was on his jaw. Macron recoiled, turning his head away. Then, apparently realising that he was on camera, he broke into a smile and gave a little wave. The video has been widely circulated online. This is the third time this month that Macron has been the subject of viral video footage at a time when France says it is being targeted by repeated disinformation campaigns as Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine. It was falsely claimed Macron took cocaine on a trip to Kyiv alongside United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and images also emerged purporting to show Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dominating the French leader in a handshake. Macron said the content of videos of him had been twisted by people he described as "crackpots". He referred to the other incidents, including the images shot on the train to Kyiv, where some accounts falsely claimed he shared cocaine. But the object Macron removed from the table when the media entered was a tissue. Erdogan, meanwhile, was filmed holding Macron's finger at a summit. "None of these are true," Macron said of the videos. "Everyone needs to calm down." Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, evoking the possible use of artificial intelligence, before they were confirmed as genuine. "In these three videos, I took a tissue, shook someone's hand and just joked with my wife, as we do quite often. Nothing more," Macron said. He blamed manipulations on "networks that are quite well-traceable", specifically pointing the finger at "the Russians" and "the extremists in France". He emphasised that all three videos were "completely authentic" but the meanings attached to them were not. Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, who had actively promoted the cocaine disinformation earlier this month, wrote on Telegram that Macron had received "a right hook from his wife". She said Macron's advisers would try to explain away the gesture by blaming Russia. "Maybe it was the 'hand of the Kremlin'?" she said. Macron's office also downplayed the interaction. "It was a moment where the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by horsing around. It's a moment of complicity. It was all that was needed to give ammunition to the conspiracy theorists."
Bloomberg
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Macron Says Shoving Incident on Plane Was Him and Wife ‘Joking'
PARIS (AP) — They were just playfighting. That was French President Emmanuel Macron 's explanation Monday for video images that showed his wife, Brigitte, pushing her husband away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane to start a tour of Southeast Asia this weekend.
Fox News
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Emmanuel Macron's wife seen shoving him in the face in viral clip as France's first couple arrives in Vietnam
French first lady Brigitte Macron was seen shoving her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, in the face while the couple was waiting to disembark their plane in Hanoi, Vietnam. Video of the incident showed a uniformed man opening the plane door as Macron was seen wearing a suit and standing in the doorway. Brigitte Macron's arms – in red sleeves – could be seen reaching out and pushing Macron away, with one hand covering his mouth and part of his nose while the other was on his jaw. The French president turned his head away but suddenly noticed news cameras capturing the moment. He quickly smiled and waved before exiting the door frame. Macron and his wife later disembarked the stairs of the aircraft together. The French president offered his arm, though the first lady – seen wearing a red blazer – did not take hold of it. As the clip, recorded by The Associated Press, quickly went viral, Macron said that he and his wife were play-fighting. The headline of a story on the website of the daily Le Parisien newspaper asked, "Slap or 'squabble'? The images of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron disembarking in Vietnam trigger a lot of comment." Macron told reporters that the couple — who met at a French high school where he was a teenage student, and she was a roughly 39-year-old married teacher — were simply joking around. Emmanuel was 29 when he married Brigitte in 2007. "We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife," he said, according to the AP, adding that the incident was being overblown into "a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe." The French leader argued that the images and reaction to them offered a cautionary tale about disinformation in the social media age. "Everyone needs to calm down," he said. Macron's office also downplayed the interaction. "It was a moment where the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by horsing around. It's a moment of complicity. It was all that was needed to give ammunition to the conspiracy theorists," his office said, according to the AP. Macron's office also reportedly told CNN that the clip showed a "moment of togetherness," and that the French president and his wife were unwinding after a long trip and playfully teasing each other. Macron is touring Southeast Asia this weekend.
CBC
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
#TheMoment two grizzly cubs were caught play-battling on camera
Vancouver Island photographer Callie Boyle recounts the moment she captured two grizzly bear cubs play-fighting on camera.
