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Russia Today
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Terrorist cell destroyed in tourist city
Egyptian security forces have killed several members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood's armed wing in a raid in Giza, the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. The ministry said the group was linked to the Hasm movement formed in 2015 – a faction it has designated as a terrorist organization. Officials claimed the cell was directed by leaders based in Türkiye and was planning to infiltrate operatives into Egypt to carry out coordinated attacks. The Hasm movement is 'preparing and planning to revive their activities and carry out hostile operations targeting security and economic facilities,' the ministry stated. The statement identified five individuals as leaders of the alleged plot. One of them, Ahmed Muhammad Abdel Razek Ahmed Ghanim, previously sentenced to death in absentia, entered the country illegally through desert routes and was hiding in an apartment in the Bulaq al-Dakrour neighborhood in Cairo. He was reportedly working with another wanted man, Ehab Abdel Latif Muhammad Abdel Qader, who had been convicted in a separate terrorism case. Security forces launched a raid on the hideout after receiving clearance from the Supreme State Security Prosecution. 'They initiated random gunfire toward the forces and the surrounding area, prompting the forces to engage them,' the statement noted. The militants died as a result of the shootout and a passing civilian was fatally shot. An officer was also injured while trying 'to rescue the citizen,' the ministry said. Authorities allege the operation was part of a broader plan by the Hasm movement to revive its armed activity. According to SkyNewsArabia, a video surfaced two weeks ago allegedly linked to Hasm in which the group called for military action and threatened to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt. The most recent activities linked to Hasm trace back to 2019, when Egyptian authorities accused the group of orchestrating a car bombing near the Cancer Institute in central Cairo, which resulted in 22 deaths. The Muslim Brotherhood, outlawed in Egypt since 2013, is considered a terrorist organization by Cairo. In 2019, figures from the Brotherhood denied ties to Hasm.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Yahoo
Ex-LMPD detective Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in prison
A federal judge sentenced former Louisville Police detective Brett Hankison to 33 months in prison for the shots he fired during the fatal 2020 raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment. The July 21 sentence was in defiance of a last-minute request from federal prosecutors that Hankison receive only a one-day sentence. Western Kentucky District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings said she was troubled by the prosecutors' sentencing memorandum, as well as their arguments toward leniency. In the July 16 sentencing memorandum, the DOJ recommended Hankison serve a day in prison for his conviction, writing that "reasonable minds might disagree as to whether Hankison's conduct constituted a seizure under the Fourth Amendment in the first place." The memorandum, signed by DOJ civil rights division senior counsel Robert J. Keenum, also said the DOJ "respects the jury's verdict, which will almost certainly ensure that Hankison never serves as a law enforcement officer again and will also likely ensure he never legally possesses a firearm again." The sentencing memorandum saw backlash locally, with Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg saying in a statement that Hankison's "actions warrant a serious prison sentence." Hankison's sentencing followed a total of three trials since 2022. He was found not guilty of state-level wanton endangerment charges related to shots fired that entered the apartment of Taylor's neighbors in March 2022. Then, in November 2023, a mistrial was declared in a federal trial over whether Hankison violated the civil rights of Taylor, her boyfriend and neighbors after the jury could not come to a decision. About a year later, in November of last year, a federal jury found Hankison guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights. None of the shots fired by Hankison during the raid on Taylor's apartment hit Taylor. However, he was fired from LMPD for "blindly" shooting into her apartment, and several of the shots fired by Hankison passed into a neighboring unit where a pregnant woman, a man and a young boy were present. More: Breonna Taylor's aunt among 4 people arrested near courthouse ahead of Hankison sentencing This story will be updated. Josh Wood is an investigative reporter who focuses on public safety and government. He can be reached at jwood@ or on X at @JWoodJourno. This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Brett Hankison sentencing: Ex-LMPD detective gets 33 months in prison
Wall Street Journal
18 hours ago
- Wall Street Journal
Officer Involved in Death of Breonna Taylor Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Prison
A federal judge sentenced former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison to nearly three years in prison for his role in the botched 2020 raid during which Breonna Taylor was fatally shot. Hankison was convicted in 2024 of civil-rights abuse after blindly firing 10 shots through Taylor's home during the raid. Hankison's shots, however, didn't strike Taylor. Investigators determined another officer on the scene shot and killed Taylor.
Russia Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Kiev targets Moscow in another drone raid (VIDEOS)
Ukraine has launched a major drone raid on Moscow and surrounding areas, with more than a dozen UAVs shot down just hours after Kiev claimed it was ready for another round of talks with Russia. Air defenses intercepted at least 15 drones en route to the Russian capital as of 2:30am Sunday morning, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. He reported 'no significant damage or casualties' on the ground, adding that emergency services were responding at the debris crash sites. The Defense Ministry said at least 19 drones were intercepted overnight in Moscow Region. In total, 97 drones were downed from 11:30pm Saturday to 7:00am Sunday – including 38 over Bryansk, 11 over Kaluga, eight over Tula, and five over Oryol Regions. At least one residential high-rise was reportedly damaged in Zelenograd, a district on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow. The explosion shattered windows, and at least two cars caught fire on the ground, according to videos shared on Telegram. Moscow's Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky airports suspended operations as a precaution during the air raid, and resumed flights after 4am. Kiev has intensified attempted drone attacks on Moscow over the past week, according to Sobyanin, who has reported similar nightly raids since Wednesday. Ukraine has conducted UAV raids deep into Russian territory for months, often striking residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. The Russian government has denounced the strikes as 'terrorist attacks' that deliberately target civilians. The raid comes just hours after Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky proposed a third round of talks with Russia in Istanbul next week. At their most recent meeting in June, the Russian delegation offered a conditional ceasefire, saying Moscow would agree to a truce if Kiev took meaningful steps to deescalate, including suspending Western military aid deliveries. Kiev rejected the offer. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kiev is seeking an unconditional pause in the fighting to rearm and regroup its forces. Moscow has warned that it will not tolerate the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine, even under the guise of peacekeepers.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Border Patrol carries out raid at Home Depot parking lot 600 miles from US-Mexico border
Border agents arrested at least 11 people during a Thursday raid outside a northern California Home Depot — including a U.S. citizen who was volunteering as an observer, according to local activists. The operation, which took place in the Sacramento area, nearly 600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, is the latest show of force from the Border Patrol in the state, which joined a full-cavalry raid in a Los Angeles park earlier this month. 'There is no such thing as a sanctuary city,' Border Patrol El Centro sector chief Gregory Bovino said Thursday in a video filmed in front of the state capitol building, referring to jurisdictions that don't voluntarily assist with federal immigration enforcement. 'There is no such thing as a sanctuary state,' Bovino added in the clip, which features images of masked agents arresting men, soundtracked by the Kanye West song 'Power.' Border Patrol agents conducted operations in the Sacramento area on Thursday, including a raid in a Home Depot parking lot that led to at least 11 arrests, including a man alleged to be a U.S. citizen (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) At least 11 people unlawfully in the U.S. were arrested in the early-morning operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security, including an immigrant man officials said was a 'serial criminal' with past charges including illegal entry, possession of marijuana for sale, and felony burglary. Bovino, in the video, said the arrests included a man who appears to have past fentanyl trafficking charges, and an individual arrested for impeding or assaulting a federal officer. However, Andrea Castillo said her husband Jose Castillo is a U.S. citizen and was among those arrested. Video shared with KCRA shows Andrea Castillo yelling at agents as a group of masked officers pile Jose into an unmarked black minivan. 'Leave him alone, he's a U.S. citizen!' she can be heard saying. Border Patrol agents have conducted aggressive operations far from U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, including an early July raid on Los Angeles's MacArthur Park (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) In the footage, one of the agents threatens to mace Castillo, and later says, 'Google me,' when she asks for his badge number. During the exchange, agents say they are detaining Jose Castillo because they believe he slashed the tires on a federal vehicle. The activist group NorCal Resist said Jose Castillo was volunteering on behalf of the organization to document the operation, but did not impede officers. The group added that he has since been released. Local lawmakers are questioning whether the operation violated a recent court order. Assembly member Rhodesia Ransom, whose district includes nearby Stockton, has reportedly asked the state attorney general's office to investigate if federal officers are running afoul of state and federal laws or the U.S. Constitution with the operations. Lawsuits accuse the Border Patrol of using illegal racial profiling to pursue arrests (Getty Images) 'The Border Patrol should do their jobs – at the border – instead of continuing their tirade statewide of illegal racial profiling and illegal arrests,' Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a spokesperson for the governor's office, told Cal Matters. While the Border Patrol can operate within 100 miles of any U.S. border, including the California coast and nearby cities, a federal judge held in April that the agency cannot conduct warrantless immigration stops throughout California's Eastern District, which includes Sacramento. The ruling came in response to a series of operations at the beginning of the year targeting farmworkers in Kern County, which critics said were based on little more than the men's appearance. 'You just can't walk up to people with brown skin and say, 'Give me your papers,'' U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer L. Thurston said in court at the time. A separate ruling last week barred the Border Patrol from making similar raids in the district including Los Angeles, after a lawsuit accused federal agents of making indiscriminate arrests in locations like Home Depot parking lots. When asked about the alleged arrest of a U.S. citizen and the legal criticisms, federal officials pointed to a Homeland Security press release announcing the operation, which did not mention either subject. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, the architect of much of the administration's immigration policy, has reportedly pressed immigration officials to reach 3,000 arrests per day, including by targeting hubs for day laborers like Home Depot parking lots. The Trump administration's recently passed 'Big, Beautiful Bill' domestic spending legislation contains about $170 billion in wider immigration and border funding, which officials say will fuel a surge in domestic immigration operations.
