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Yasin Malik
personYasin Malik, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was convicted last week. Police fired tear gas and pellets to disperse stone-pelting protesters outside Malik's residence. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said it was a "black day" for Indian democracy.
Donald Trump
personHerschel Walker, a former University of Georgia football star, won the GOP Senate primary in Georgia on Tuesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination to run again for his seat. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is projected to win Arkansas' Republican gubernatorial primary. There are also key US House primaries taking place today.
Boris Johnson
personTiffany Jones spoke of her contempt for Boris Johnson and the 'disgusting' behaviour at No10. Sue Gray report published today shows staff gathered from 6pm until late into the night. Friday afternoons were apparently "wine time" for Downing Street staffers.
Senate
organizationDemocrats in Congress are trying, again, to pass legislation to expand background checks for gun buyers. But the prospects seem dim in the 50-50 Senate, with most Republicans opposed. This year, 213 mass shootings have already occurred in the US. In 2021, 692 mass shootings were recorded, in comparison to 610 over the course of 2020.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
personU.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu is out of the French Open. British No.1 lost in three sets to world No.47 Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The defeat marked the end of her first full year as a professional.
Stacey Abrams
personFormer Sen. David Perdue, who is running for governor in Georgia, made several racist attacks at presumptive Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams. "No, not at all," Abrams, said when asked by ABC News whether she wanted to respond to what was widely labeled as racist remarks.
Jarrod Bowen
personGareth Southgate has named his England squad for the UEFA Nations League. West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen and Leicester’s James Justin received their first England call-ups. Fikayo Tomori has also made the cut after helping AC Milan win Serie A. Jordan Henderson, Tyrone Mings and Emile Smith Rowe were absent.
Kellyanne Conway
personKellyanne Conway was Donald Trump's final campaign manager in the 2016 election. She later served as senior counselor to the president in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2020. Lorenz highlighted social media posts made by her then-15-year-old daughter.
Alexei Navalny
personA Russian court on Tuesday rejected opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for fraud. The rejection means Navalny will be sent to a high-security prison. He was arrested in January 2021 upon returning from Germany.
Brian Kemp
personGeorgia Republicans are expected to reject Donald Trump's campaign to oust Governor Brian Kemp. The former president has backed primary challenges to Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Another Trump endorsee, former football great Herschel Walker, looks set to easily snag the Republican nomination to run for U.S. Senate. Georgia is one of three states holding primaries on Tuesday.
David Perdue
personDavid Perdue accused Stacey Abrams of 'demeaning her own race' Trump joined Perdue in a Monday night tele-rally as the candidate trails his rival in the polls. Abrams is bidding to be the first Black woman to be a governor of an American state.
Grant Shapps
personMayor of London calls for Met Police to provide 'urgent clarity' over Partygate inquiry. Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who investigated lockdown breaches in Whitehall, is preparing to publish her final report. FTSE 100 has last ground in early trading as global sentiment turned sour again.
Ofgem
organizationEnergy price cap expected to rish to £2,800 by October says Ofgem CEO. Boris Johnson and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak will meet soon to sign off. Prime Minister invited a bunch of economists in to see him, with a range of views.
Snapchat
organizationSnap Inc's (SNAP.N) shares slumped 30% before the bell on Tuesday after a profit warning from the social media company. The owner of Snapchat was on course to erase about $10 billion from its market value. Snap plummeted 39%, while Facebook's parent, Meta, slumped 10%. Google's parent fell 8%.
Justin Thomas
personJustin Thomas eclipses Will Zalatoris in play-off to claim second US PGA title. Two birdies in the three-hole play- off from Thomas settled matters. Mito Pereira had led the tournament by three shots going into the final day. Chilean's disastrous finish on the 18th saw him finish tied for third.
Mark Zuckerberg
personDC Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Racine alleges that Zuckerberg was directly involved in decisions that led to the Cambridge Analytica data breach. The AG previously sued Meta (then known as Facebook) over the scandal.
Josh Donaldson
personJosh Donaldson received a one-game suspension and must pay an undisclosed fine for a comment made to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson. Donaldson admitted to calling Anderson, one of baseball’s ever-shrinking cohort of Black stars, “Jackie” The Yankees say Donaldson has been put on the COVID-19 injured list.
New York Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli chastised Facebook and Twitter. He said the companies failed to prevent distribution of a video clips of a mass killings. Both Meta and Twitter declined to comment but defended their content controls.
Naomi Osaka
personAmanda Anisimova beats Naomi Osaka 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open. The 20-year-old becomes the lowest-ranked woman to beat the No.2 seed in Paris since No.114 Rus upset Clijsters in 2011. Osaka bowed out of last year's French Open citing mental health reasons.
Mito Pereira
personMito Pereira birdied the last to card a 69 and remain ahead of overnight leader Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick. Rory McIlroy’s bid to end his major drought suffered a significant early blow, however. Tiger Woods withdrew after shooting 79 on Saturday.