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Jokowi defends controversial Cabinet choices - National - Jakarta Post

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 10:38 PM PDT

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has defended his choices for his Indonesian Onward Cabinet, explaining the reasons behind the selection of his new ministers, some of whom have raised eyebrows. Perhaps one of the most surprising names is that of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto, who has been chosen to lead the Defense Ministry despite being Jokowi's staunch opponent in both the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections. His appointment to the Defense Ministry ─ a key post tasked with formulating the general national defense strategy ─ has also been met by criticism from human rights activists and experts who have pointed to Prabowo's checkered military career and questioned whether he was the right person to lead a ministry that should spearhead military reforms. Speaking to journalists at the State Palace, Jokowi said th...

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ISIS leader Baghdadi is believed to be dead after US operation in Syria - CNBC

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 10:08 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a video released on July 5, 2014 by Al-Furqan Media shows alleged Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi preaching during Friday prayer at a mosque in Mosul.

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the terrorist group ISIS, is believed to be dead after U.S. forces carried out an operation in Syria, NBC News reported, citing two American officials.

The operation was carried out around midnight in Syria. The U.S. was conducting forensic tests to confirm that Baghdadi was among the dead, according to NBC News, but officials believe he was killed.

The mission came after the U.S. received actionable intelligence regarding Baghdadi in recent days. Various media outlets had previously reported that officials believe Baghdadi was killed.

The news came hours after the White House said late Saturday night that President Donald Trump would be making a "major statement" at 9 a.m. ET Sunday. It wasn't immediately clear what the president would discuss.

The White House statement came more than an hour after Trump tweeted that "Something very big has just happened!" without disclosing further details.

The apparent attack on Baghdadi came days after Trump announced that Turkey agreed to a cease-fire against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Trump's decision to withdraw troops from the area had triggered concerns that the U.S. was not only abandoning a key ally in its fight against ISIS, but also potentially creating room for an ISIS revival.

Baghdadi, who was born in Iraq, became a key figure in the al Qaida in Iraq terror group in the years following the U.S. invasion of the country. Eventually, that group gave way to Islamic State in Iraq, and Baghdadi rose through its ranks. He would form his own group, the brutal Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which took over prominent parts of Iraq, including the city Mosul.

U.S.-led forces in turn routed ISIS, forcing it to give up much of the territory it had seized. Baghdadi has been on the run, and has often been rumored to have been killed or gravely hurt.

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ISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed to have been killed in a US military raid, sources say - CNN

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 09:38 PM PDT

The defense official said it appears that Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the raid.

The CIA assisted in locating the ISIS leader, the defense official said.

Newsweek first reported that Baghdadi was believed to have been killed.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a major announcement Sunday at 9 a.m., White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley announced. An administration official tells CNN that the announcement is foreign policy related.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Baghdadi, the leader of the terror group, has been in hiding for the last five years. In April, a video was published by the ISIS media wing al-Furqan that showed a man purporting to be Baghdadi. It was the first time Baghdadi has been seen since July 2014, when he spoke at the Great Mosque in Mosul.

In February 2018, several US officials said Baghdadi had been wounded in an airstrike in May 2017 and had to relinquish control of the terror group for up to five months because of his injuries.

Baghdadi became the leader of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in 2010. In 2013, ISI declared its absorption of an al Qaeda-backed militant group in Syria and Baghdadi said that his group will now be known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).

White House officials were at the White House late Saturday evening in preparation.

One official told CNN the announcement will be in the Diplomatic Reception Room.

Trump stoked speculation when he tweeted Saturday evening "something very big has just happened!"

CNN's Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.

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講談社、池袋にLIVEエンターテインメントビルの開設へ本格的なライブ事業に参入 - ねとらぼ

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 09:33 PM PDT

　講談社は、東京・池袋に「LIVEエンターテインメントビル（※名称未定）」を開設し、本格的なライブ事業に参入することを発表しました。2020年春開業予定。

施設の外観イメージ

　同施設は、池袋駅東口サンシャイン60通りにある"旧シネマサンシャイン池袋"を活用。テーマ演出したビル全体（地下2階〜地上9階※1〜3階を除く）で、さまざまなジャンルのLIVEエンターテインメントコンテンツを展開します。シアター、ライブスペースなどの4つのホールと、物販エリア、コラボカフェなどで構成されるとのこと。

　具体的には、漫画・小説・アニメ・ゲームなどのファンタジー世界のリアル体験から、アーティスト、役者、声優、YouTuberなど、新たな才能をここから発信する予定。現在はティーザーサイトが公開中で、今後パートナー企業より具体的な演目などを順次発表するとしています。

野球観戦の経験がない人のために、きっかけ作りの仕掛けを模索

　グラウンドの上で輝く選手やチームを支えているのはどんな人たちなのか。パ・リーグで働く全ての人を応援する、パシフィック・リーグオフィシャルスポンサーのパーソルグループと、パ・リーグインサイトがお届けする「パーソル　パ・リーグTVお仕事名鑑」で、パ・リーグに関わるお仕事をされている方、そしてその仕事の魅力を紹介していきます。

【PR】今季は国内外合わせて1450試合以上を配信！　ソフトバンク戦を観るなら「DAZN」、"初月無料キャンペーン"実施中

　球団経営においてチケットの売り上げは生命線。重要なのは、動員やファンづくりのためのイベントやプロモーションだ。「ソフトバンクホークス　事業統括本部　マーケティング本部　営業戦略部」の若山鉄兵さんの仕事は、その仕掛けづくりや施策の企画・実施。来場のきっかけをつくり、球場演出、ファンサービスなどで満足してもらうことでチケットセールスにつなげる。とはいえ、そこに簡単な方程式はない。ないから大変だし、だからこそ面白い仕事でもある。

「今一番の課題だと思っているのは、新しいファンを増やさなければいけないということです。既存の野球ファンでしたら成功例もあってイメージしやすいんです。例えばポイント制度（タカポイント）をはじめ、ファンクラブ加入や会員登録してくれた方へのアプローチもしっかりできるようになった。ファンの方としっかりコミュニケーションをとってチケットを買ってもらう取り組みはできているんですが……」

　既存の顧客に喜んでもらい、その一方で新たな来場者を開拓する。その両輪を回す。これが難しい。

「まず野球に興味をもってもらうとか、ホークスに興味を持ってもらうところからスタートしていかないといけないので、藁をも掴む思いというか、こうやれば正解というものがほとんどありません。裾野を広げるというのはとても難しい。そんな中でもこんなコンテンツをつくったら来てくれるんじゃないか、一度何かの機会で球場体験してもらったらまた来たいと思ってもらえるんじゃないか、そういう施策を強く意識しています」

　新しいファンを意識して……という仕掛けの中で、一つの例が野球アニメとのコラボイベントだ。

「熱狂的なファンがいらっしゃり、かつ野球にある程度親和性があるコンテンツとのタイアップです。声優さんのトークショーに参加できたとか、他で手に入らないグッズが貰えたとか、声優さんの人気に助けてもらっているところが大きいのですが、意外とホークスのユニホームを着てくれているファンも多かったりするんです」

　アニメ作品や声優を通じて野球に触れてもらう。今まで接点のなかった人に球場に来てもらうきっかけをつくって、「また来たいな」というものを提供していく。イベントはもちろん、球場という資産も武器となる。

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Boyan Slat talks up his latest invention, The Interceptor - CNET

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 09:01 PM PDT

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Vietnamese families fear relatives among Essex lorry dead - Al Jazeera English

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 08:43 PM PDT

British police arrested on Friday a fourth person in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a truck near London, amid signs that some of the dead may be Vietnamese.

As forensic experts began the process of identifying the victims, at least two Vietnamese families said they fear their relatives are among the victims.

A 26-year-old Vietnamese woman Pham Thi Tra My sent a text message to her mother saying she could not breathe at about the time the truck container was en route from Belgium to the United Kingdom.

"I'm sorry Mom. My path to abroad doesn't succeed. Mom, I love you so much! I'm dying bcoz I can't breathe," she said in the message, according to her brother Pham Manh Cuong.

Human Rights Space, a civic network based in Vietnam, said Tra My had gone to China and was planning to reach England via France.

Another Vietnamese man, Nguyen Dinh Gia, said his son told him two weeks ago he planned to travel to Britain from France, where he had been living illegally since 2018.

His 20-year-old son Nguyen Dinh Luong said he would pay 11,000 pounds ($14,000) for the journey.

But Gia got a call several days ago from a Vietnamese man saying, "please have some sympathy, something unexpected happened", he told AFP news agency.

"I fell to the ground when I heard that," Gia said. "It seemed that he was in the truck with the accident, all of them dead."

He has asked Vietnamese officials to help identify his son, who was believed to be looking for work in a nail salon in the UK.

The Vietnamese embassy in London said families from the Southeast Asian country had got in touch about missing relatives, and said it was working closely with British police. VietHome, an organisation for the Vietnamese community in Britain, said it had received news from 10 families that their relatives were missing.

Fourth suspect arrested

Police have said they believe the dead were Chinese but Beijing said the nationalities had not yet been confirmed.

"We owe it to those who have died to get this investigation right and speculation is not helpful," Essex police's deputy chief constable Pippa Mills told reporters. "It may in fact hinder our investigation and its progress."

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She said they would not give any more details about the identities or nationalities of the victims until the formal identification process was complete.

Her officers were still questioning the 25-year-old truck driver on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the bodies in the back of his truck.

He has not been formally identified but a source familiar with the investigation named him as Mo Robinson from the Portadown area of Northern Ireland.

On Friday, police also arrested a man and a woman, both aged 38, in Warrington, northwest England, and a 48-year-old man from Northern Ireland at London's Stansted Airport. They are suspected of conspiracy to traffic people and manslaughter.

The victims - 31 men and eight women - are being moved to a hospital mortuary from a secure location at docks near the industrial estate in Grays about 30km (18.5 miles) east of London where the bodies were found.

Post-mortem examinations were beginning to determine how exactly they died while the lengthy process of identifying the deceased was under way.

The tragedy recalls the deaths of 58 Chinese migrants who suffocated in a truck in Dover, England, in 2000 after a perilous, months-long journey from China's southern Fujian province.

"We hope that the British side can as soon as possible confirm and verify the identities of the victims, ascertain what happened and severely punish criminals involved in the case," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing.

The police investigation is focused on the movement of the trailer prior to its arrival at Purfleet docks near Grays little more than an hour before the bodies were found, and on who was behind the suspected human trafficking.

Irish company Global Trailer Rentals said it owned the trailer and had rented it out on October 15. The firm said it was unaware of what it was to be used for.

The refrigeration unit had travelled to Britain from Zeebrugge in Belgium and the town's chairman, Dirk de Fauw, said he believed the victims died in the trailer before it arrived in the Belgian port.

The Times newspaper reported that GPS data showed the container had arrived at the Belgian port at 2.49pm local time (12:49 GMT) on Tuesday before later making the 10-hour sea crossing to Britain.

Police said the cab unit of the truck was driven over from Dublin on Sunday, crossing the Irish Sea by ship and entering Britain in North Wales. It picked up the trailer in Purfleet shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

Figures last year from the UK's National Crime Agency, which targets serious and organised crime, showed Vietnamese nationals were the third most commonly reported victims of modern slavery or trafficking in Britain, although it did not have statistics about those entering the country illegally.

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Posted: 26 Oct 2019 08:39 PM PDT

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The State Department’s Philip Reeker testifies in impeachment inquiry hearing - Vox.com

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 08:31 PM PDT

Philip Reeker, acting assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, became the latest State Department official to testify on Capitol Hill in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump Saturday.

Although the testimony occurred behind closed doors, the Wall Street Journal reported that Reeker testified that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo actively neutralized support for ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch before she was abruptly removed from her post in May. Reeker also reportedly described concerns raised in a July White House meeting about defense aid being withheld from Ukraine.

When she appeared before lawmakers, Yovanovitch said her removal had been political, testifying that it had been a "concerted campaign against me," led by Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and supported by the president himself. Some of the president's critics are concerned Yovanovitch was removed because she was seen as an obstacle to White House efforts to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations into Democrats and one of Trump's potential 2020 rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden.

It is not clear whether Reeker provided any testimony to support or invalidate that concern; he did, however reportedly tell lawmakers he defended Yovanovitch, a respected career diplomat who he had known for 25 years, before and after she was relieved of her duties. According to the testimonies of Yovanovitch, Reeker, and others, that removal came following a whisper campaign within the State Department — allegedly orchestrated by Giuliani — that presented her as disloyal.

According to internal emails provided to Congress earlier in the inquiry, Reeker called that campaign a "fake news driven smear" in March. In those emails, Reeker and one of his deputies, George Kent, attempted to defend their colleague against the rumors surrounding her; in one email, Reeker wrote that attempts to paint Yovanovitch as a liberal operative working against White House interests were "without merit or validation."

According to the Wall Street Journal, Reeker and Kent both attempted to express their concerns about Yovanovitch's treatment to senior State Department officials, but Pompeo and others discouraged any kind of internal solidarity campaign. Pompeo and other top officials reportedly told Reeker to stop his efforts to defend Yovanovitch because Trump himself wanted her recalled.

Earlier this month, former State Department senior adviser Michael McKinley testified that he had directly asked Pompeo to show support for Yovanovitch, but was rebuffed. McKinley later resigned, in part out of solidarity with the former ambassador.

Beyond questions surrounding Yovanovitch, Reeker's testimony also reportedly detailed a July 31 meeting at the White House, during which Defense Department officials expressed concerns that the US was withholding aid to Ukraine. The White House has said in recent weeks it did, in fact, withhold about $391 million in congressionally approved military aid from Ukraine for months, although its reasons why are evolving.

The July 31 meeting was held after the July 25 phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump responded to Zelensky's mention of military supplies by asking his Ukrainian counterpart for favors — first an investigation into a Democratic National Committee server, and later into Biden, his son Hunter, and the Ukrainian company Hunter worked for: Burisma.

According to CNN, Reeker told lawmakers he was not aware of the attempts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Biden until the public release of a whistleblower complaint about the president's dealings with Ukraine in September.

That pressure is at the heart of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, which seeks to determine whether Trump engaged in quid pro quo with Ukraine. Previous testimonies have seemed to suggest the president did seek to trade something of value for those investigations.

For instance, former US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker, an early witness in the proceedings, provided text messages to lawmakers in which diplomats seemed to suggest that the Trump administration hoped to trade US military aid for a Biden investigation.

And Tuesday, Bill Taylor, acting US ambassador to Ukraine, told Congress the US ambassador to the EU told Ukraine "that the security assistance money would not come until President Zelensky committed to pursue the Burisma investigation."

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) told the Wall Street Journal Saturday afternoon that Reeker's testimony served to support the statements of previous witnesses; and though he refused to elaborate, Lynch suggested lawmakers are finding the assistant secretary to be a valuable resource.

"He's being helpful in some respects, he is corroborating previous witnesses and their testimony," Lynch said of Reeker. "It's a much richer reservoir of information that we originally expected."

House Democrats have worked to move through the impeachment inquiry at a rapid pace, and have already interviewed a number of former and current Trump administration officials in closed door sessions.

Those sessions will continue next week, when Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European affairs at the National Security Council; Kathryn Wheelbarger, acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs; and Tim Morrison, senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council are expected to appear.

Former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman was also scheduled to speak to lawmakers. It is unclear if he will do so — he filed a lawsuit asking for guidance about the legality of giving his testimony after the Trump administration claimed he had constitutional immunity from testifying.

The procession of testimonies from a range of current and former officials could soon include John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during Trump's phone call with Zelensky. Bolton was relieved of his duties last month. As Vox's Andrew Prokop explained, Bolton's testimony could be a very important one: "Given his high-level White House access, his unimpeachable Republican credentials, and his falling-out with Trump, Bolton's testimony could be explosive."

For now, the interviews will remain closed to the public as lawmakers work to establish basic facts, as Vox's Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen reported:

Not only is [holding closed door sessions] historically common in impeachment inquiries, it's also so that witnesses don't coordinate what they wind up saying.
"It is of paramount importance to ensure that witnesses cannot coordinate their testimony with one another to match their description of events, or potentially conceal the truth," Schiff wrote in a letter to his House colleagues last week. Schiff emphasized that public transcripts of these depositions would be released in the future, and also anticipated that testimony would ultimately be public as well.
"At a time that it will not jeopardize investigative equities, we will make the interview transcripts public, subject to any necessary redactions for classified or sensitive information," he said.

That time may be fast approaching. According to the Washington Post, House Democrats hope to have open hearings in the weeks before Thanksgiving.

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Phil Reeker: Could This Straight Shooter Bring Trump One Step Closer to Impeachment? - The Daily Beast

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 08:13 PM PDT

There's a new character about to take the stage in the impeachment drama. President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may not like what he has to say.

Phil Reeker, the assistant secretary of State in the Bureau of Europe and Eurasian Affairs, is set to appear for questioning Saturday on Capitol Hill. Congressional aides say they're unsure which members will show up to the weekend session but two individuals with knowledge of Reeker's plans say the State official will likely unveil additional details about the efforts to push out former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, including who above him at the department knew about the campaign, and when. Reeker is also set to touch on what he knew of Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland's involvement with Rudy Giuliani and the effort to convince Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden, sources say.

Reeker kicks off another long string of depositions in the impeachment inquiry that includes the highly-anticipated testimony of the first national security council witness—Senior Director for Europe and Russia Tim Morrison—as well as Charles Kupperman, former deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs.

Reeker is the sixth State Department official to testify in the inquiry, which has focused in part on how Pompeo and his staff learned of and handled a shadow effort by the president's personal attorney to run U.S. foreign policy on Ukraine. His testimony is expected to deal another blow to a department where officials are now working overtime to try and restore confidence in the U.S. foreign policy system.

An attorney for Reeker did not respond to a request for comment. But those who have worked with Reeker in the past describe him as a straight shooter who is well-liked in the department.

"He is a career guy. He's been at this a long time and he's not about to give that all up to protect anyone," one State Department official told The Daily Beast.

Since taking up his post in March, Reeker has spent a significant amount of time interacting with Sondland and dealing with Ukraine policy, according to officials with knowledge of his schedule. Reeker also holds a direct line to senior officials at the department including David Hale, the under secretary for political affairs, as well as Secretary Pompeo. During the effort to oust Yovanovitch, Reeker reportedly relayed concerns by George Kent, his deputy, about the campaign to Hale.

In his testimony earlier this week, William Taylor, the top diplomat in the country, said President Trump, in a phone call with Sondland, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had to "clear things up and do it in public" before the shipment of military aid to Ukraine. Individuals familiar with Reeker's plans say the career diplomat is likely to confirm parts of Taylor's testimony as it relates to Sondland and Yovanovitch.

"I have a feeling Phil will go in there Saturday and do exactly what Taylor said," the State Department official said.

Even before he assumed his current role, Reeker occasionally worked with Sondland. Reeker, a career diplomat, previously served as the civilian deputy commander at the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. In February he traveled to Odessa, Ukraine with Sondland, Kurt Volker, the former U.S. representative for Ukraine negotiations, Andrzej Sadoś, a Polish diplomat who serves as a permanent representative of Poland to the European Union, and Ana Birchall, the Romanian Minister of Justice.

In April, in the midst of the beginning of a campaign to remove Yovanovitch, Reeker attended a dinner hosted by Sondland in Brussels. The dinner was in honor of the EU Ambassador to the U.S. Stavros Lambrinidis.

Other U.S. officials in attendance included former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer, Larry Kudlow, top economic adviser to President Trump, Fiona Hill, Trump's former top Russia adviser and Urlich Brechbuhl, the State Department's counselor. Birchall also attended the dinner.

Birchall met with Attorney General Bill Barr in June in Romania and Barr subsequently invited the minister to Washington. In a recent interview with Fox News, Giuliani suggested he had information about the Bidens' dealings in Romania, saying "I haven't got to Romania. Wait til' we get to Romania."

Reeker inherited what State Department officials describe as a "beat-down" bureau in March, following the tenure of Wess Mitchell.

"Mitchell created a really uncomfortable dynamic for a lot of career people," a former State Department official said. "He pushed forward a log of Trumpian views, like engaging with autocrats, that had some geopolitical wrapping around them. The bureau was run into the ground on the back of these ideas that are just kind of ... not tenable."

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Ivan Milat and the Belanglo State Forest.

An evil man and a pine plantation inextricably linked and etched into the darkest pages of Australia's modern history.

Milat murdered seven young backpackers and dumped their bodies in the 3800-hectare forest south of Sydney between 1989 and 1992.

He died early on Sunday in Long Bay jail's hospital from oesophageal and stomach cancer.

While cancer took the elderly prisoner's life, his victims were slaughtered in the prime of youth.

"These seven young persons were at the threshold of their lives, with everything to look forward to - travel, career, happiness, love, family, and even old age," said Justice David Hunt who jailed Milat for life in 1996.

"It is clear that they were subjected to behaviour which, for callous indifference to suffering and complete disregard of humanity, is almost beyond belief.

"They would obviously have been absolutely terrified, and death is unlikely to have been swiftly applied."

Milat was born two days after Christmas 1944, one of 14 children of Australian-born Margaret and Yugoslavian-born Steven Milat who lived in Sydney's west.

He left school at 15, had minor dealings with the police and worked on the roads for years, around Sydney and country NSW.

The self-confessed gun enthusiast was regarded as a conscientious employee, with one boss saying he was "the best worker we ever had".

His former wife Karen, who left him in 1987 after four years of marriage, described him as "gun crazy", recalling him killing kangaroos on a visit to Belanglo State Forest.

"Ivan pulled out a rifle, shot the first kangaroo, shot the second kangaroo, slit its throat and kicked it to make sure it was dead," she said.

The outing could be seen as a gruesome preview of his frenzied attacks on the seven hitchhikers - Melbourne couple Deborah Everist, 19, and James Gibson, 19; German traveller Simone Schmidl, 21; German couple Anja Habschied, 20, and Gabor Neugebauer, 21; and British friends Joanne Walters, 22, and Caroline Clarke, 21.

Their bodies were found covered with branches and leaf litter in the forest between between September 1992 and November 1993.

One victim was decapitated, another shot 10 times in the head. Many were stabbed so savagely their bones were chipped, some had been gagged or bound, and some were suspected of having been sexually assaulted.

Milat also was found guilty of kidnapping British backpacker Paul Onions who escaped his clutches in January 1990, near the turn-off to the forest.

Mr Onions said he was so scared he bolted into oncoming traffic after Milat pointed a gun at him and reached for some rope.

The crimes made headlines around the world, shattering Australia's reputation as a safe haven for budget-conscious young travellers.

Over the years, Milat has been linked to the disappearance of other young men and women in areas where he worked with a road gang.

But while maintaining his innocence in the murders, Milat apparently made no deathbed confession to any other crimes or implicated any of his brothers in the forest slayings.

Justice Hunt had commented it was "inevitable" Milat was not alone in committing the murders.

In 1974, he was cleared of raping one of two young hitchhikers he picked up three years earlier near the same highway where the seven murdered backpackers were picked up.

Milat had denied one woman's evidence he produced two knives, threatened to kill them if they did not have sex with him, and had two lengths of pink nylon cords.

"He said he made a habit of picking up hitchhikers and was always prepared with the knives," she testified.

He told them he was going to kill them, saying: "You won't scream when I cut your throats, will you?"

But Milat told the jury that her 18-year-old friend agreed to have sex with him in the front seat of his car on a dirt road.

"It was a friendly trek down there and afterwards when I run them back to the shops, she was real friendly, she was okay, and everything seemed to be alright."

Milat gave evidence at his 1996 trial, coming across as cool as a cucumber, as he denied the overwhelming evidence against him.

Hundreds of pieces of information linked him to the murders including property of the victims: a jersey worn by Ms Clarke resembled one Milat gave his girlfriend.

The prosecutor accused him of "incredible arrogance and unbelievable self-confidence".

He'd tuck a pistol into one of his well-polished boots when he went to the movies, kept a pistol under his car seat and a "friendly machete" in his vehicle.

Karen Milat said her "very fit" ex-husband made a leather holster for a revolver and "ran around like a cowboy and called himself Tex".

He even posed in his lounge room as an armed cowboy wearing a sheriff's badge, telling the jury "I was trying to make up some cowboy pictures just to put in my album".

Milat watched cricket, had a cat called Gizmo, had a beloved Harley-Davidson motorcycle and used to paint model trucks and planes in camouflage colours.

Behind bars, Milat remained in the headlines.

A decade ago, he ended a hunger strike days after cutting off his little finger and handing it to prison officers inside an envelope padded with newspaper.

He severed the finger with a serrated plastic knife and addressed the envelope to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.

In early 2001, Milat swallowed razor blades, paper staples and a tiny metal chain, and then later that year he swallowed part of the flushing mechanism from the toilet in his cell.

Shockingly, his terrible legacy continued in 2010 when his great-nephew, Matthew Milat, lured his 17-year-old friend into Belanglo and murdered him with an axe.

The next day, he boasted: "You know me, you know my family. You know the last name Milat. I did what they do."

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Aaron Craddock's goal in the 87th minute propelled Wittenberg to a 2-1 North Coast Athletic Conference victory over Denison on Saturday night.

DU freshman Ethan Miracle had an early change inside the six-yard box, but the rookie's strong header was corralled by Witt goalie Jason Bowen. The Tigers Sean Williams netted the first goal in the 30th minute after burying a cross from Aaron Craddock from just inside the 18.

The lead was short lived however as Miracle tied the match at 1-1 with his team-leading sixth goal of the season at 33:43. The scored remained deadlocked as the two squads enter the intermission.

Denison's first shot attempt in the second half came in the 80th minute when Tucker Nuzum-Clark had a header attempt hit the post from close range. Nuzum-Clark's header was just the third shot of the period.

With 3:04 on the clock, Craddock ripped a shot from the top right corner of the box into the lower left corner for the go-ahead score. The Tigers successfully kept the Big Red away from the goalie over the final minutes of play to secure the conference victory.

Wittenberg held an 11-7 advantage in shots, including a 5-4 edge in shots on frame. The Tigers committed three more fouls than Denison (10-7) and attempted 10 corners compared to DU's three. Colin Cramer and Bowen each had three saves in goal for their respective teams.

Denison (6-8-1, 3-4 NCAC) returns home for a Wednesday night (Oct. 30) matchup against Hiram. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Kevin Gorman: Pitt's Pat Narduzzi gets it wrong on fourth-and-goal again - TribLIVE

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 06:08 PM PDT

Pat Narduzzi got it right, even though he got it wrong.

The Pitt football coach took the blame for a 16-12 loss to Miami on Saturday afternoon at Heinz Field, a loss that crushes the Panthers' chances of repeating as ACC Coastal champions.

That much he got right, pointing the finger first at himself.

Once again, Pitt had a fourth-and-goal at the 1. Once again, Narduzzi elected to kick a field goal instead of trying for a touchdown. If that decision blew up on the Panthers at Penn State — where Alex Kessman bounced the ball off the upright — Narduzzi's indefensible explanation only made it worse.

This time, when Pitt had Miami backed up against the goal line while trailing by a point midway through the fourth quarter, Narduzzi did the same thing. He sent Alex Kessman out for a field goal, first taking a delay-of-game penalty to create an easier angle from the same left hash Kessman bounced the ball off the left upright at Beaver Stadium last month.

"The smart play was to kick the field goal," Narduzzi said. "Some people say, 'Go for it.' If you don't get it then, now you're losing the game. You're down. To go ahead was huge momentum for us. Again, you can go back and forth and we can lose sleep over it, but it is what it is. … If you go for it and don't get it, you're saying the same thing. They don't even have to score to win the football game."

That's where Narduzzi was wrong — again.

The field goal gave the Panthers a 12-10 lead, and every point counted on a day when Pitt couldn't cross the goal line. A touchdown would have meant so much more, the perfect punctuation to a drive that covered 64 yards in eight minutes, 14 seconds in the fourth quarter.

That drive saw the Panthers convert a third-and-1 on a quarterback sneak by Kenny Pickett and a third-and-2 on an 18-yard run by V'Lique Carter.

Carter got a 1-yard gain on first-and-goal at the 7, followed by a 5-yard gain on second-and-goal. That's when Pitt made the curious choice to replace Carter, who had six carries for 37 yards on the drive, with A.J. Davis.

Davis hadn't touched the ball in a dozen plays and was stopped for no gain. That put Pitt in the same predicament as the Penn State game, a 17-10 loss on Sept. 14: fourth-and-goal at the 1.

Where the Panthers needed a touchdown to tie against the Nittany Lions, Narduzzi went for the field goal. Against Miami, he took the easy points and the lead, counting on Pitt's defense to hold a two-point lead for the final 7 minutes, 19 seconds.

That was a mistake.

Narduzzi should have learned his lesson the first time. The Panthers never were in better position to score a touchdown and had run a dozen times for 57 yards on that drive. But they abandoned the run after Davis was stuffed.

"I didn't even want Coach to be in that situation," Pitt center Jimmy Morrissey said of Narduzzi. "They put their trust in the O-line to run the ball, and we couldn't get it in. We didn't finish. That's on us."

Not entirely. Even if Pitt was stopped short, Miami would have had to drive 99 yards to score. The worst part: Narduzzi took that into consideration and still decided to go for the field goal.

"We weigh it a lot. You weigh it a lot," Narduzzi said. "Tough decision when you're down and three points puts you ahead, and the way the defense is playing. I don't know. It could go either way. You've got to play the odds, and I guessed wrong. That's my fault."

That's where Narduzzi is right and wrong.

It shouldn't be a guessing game. If Narduzzi believed as much in Pitt's running game, which gained 176 yards to Miami's 54, as he does in his defense or his kicker, going for it on fourth-and-goal would be a gimme instead of a gimmick.

The fearlessness he showed in running the "Pitt Special" against UCF was missing against Miami, which had shown little offensively. The Hurricanes scored 10 points on short fields, thanks to two first-half interceptions thrown by Pickett.

The momentum didn't last long, either. Pitt stopped Miami, then went three-and-out with a 32-yard punt by Kirk Christodoulou to the Hurricanes' 38. They answered with a nine-play, 62-yard drive capped by freshman quarterback Jarren Williams throwing a 32-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Osborn to make it 16-12.

But they could have kicked a field goal for the win just the same. That exposes the flaw in Narduzzi's field-goal logic, which he seemed to grasp afterward. Going for three instead of seven might have given Pitt the lead but it gave Miami the momentum it needed. His choice had consequences.

"It's hard to win when you kick four field goals," Narduzzi said. "Do I wish we'd have gone for it on fourth-and-1? Yeah, but when your defense is playing as well as they are playing, you thought, 'Shoot, let's win with four field goals.'

"We can look back and question every call, offensively and defensively – and we'd like to – but in the end, we had too many dropped passes and not enough touchdowns. It's hard to win with three field goals and on a short field."

It's even harder when you don't score a touchdown, especially when you aren't willing to go for it on fourth-and-goal at the 1.

That Narduzzi flinched again is on him.

The smart play isn't always the best play, and there's nothing worse than being right when you get it wrong.

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How Hamilton can win the title in Mexico

Win plus fastest lap with Bottas lower than third
Win with Bottas lower than fourth
Second plus fastest lap with Bottas lower than seventh
Second with Bottas lower than seventh
Second with Bottas lower than eighth if Bottas sets fastest lap
Third and fastest lap with Bottas lower than eighth
Third with Bottas lower than ninth

Verstappen on fire

Had he not been penalised, pole would have been only the second of Verstappen's career, after his first in Hungary in August.

Ferrari were expected to be unbeatable in qualifying in Mexico because of their formidable straight-line speed, but the track also rewards high downforce because of the thin air at an altitude of more than 2,000m.

In the end, Red Bull's aerodynamics cancelled out the low-drag of Ferrari's car and higher power of its engine. The Honda engine's need for relatively small changes to its cooling requirements in the thin air was also a factor, Verstappen said.

Vettel said: "I had a mistake on my first run and I was quite confident on the second I could make up for it but there was a double yellow so I had to slow down.

"I would like to have been further up but we have the speed and it is a long race. It will be a tough one on brakes and cooling in general, and on the tyres out will be quite an adventure. I am looking forward to it."

Hamilton said: "I think third was possible but I am generally happy with today. It was hard to keep up with the others. We knew it would be difficult here. I gave it everything and I think I am in a fighting position (for the race)."

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Christian Pulisic scores his first goal for Chelsea, then gets two more (highlights) - Yahoo Sports

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What was that about a slow start? Christian Pulisic celebrated this first of his two goals for Chelsea against Burnley on Saturday. (AP)

It's been a good week for Christian Pulisic. Three days after the 21-year-old American came off the bench to spark Chelsea's 1-0 Champions League victory at Ajax, Pulisic celebrated his first English Premier League start since August by scoring his first goal for the Blues before completing his hat trick in Saturday's 4-2 win at Burnley.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard rewarded Pulisic for a string of fine performances as a substitute by including him in his starting lineup for Saturday's trip. Pulisic rewarded Lampard by producing the best game of his young career.

Pulisic's first strike of the day came in the 21st minute after a surging run through the midfield. Once he got inside the box, he beat the defender with a step-over once and sent a left-footed shot between another defender's legs and into the bottom right corner of Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope's net:

The strike had been a long time coming for Pulisic, who didn't appear in five consecutive matches earlier this season after moving from German side Borussia Dortmund over the summer for a Chelsea-record transfer fee of $73 million.

But while Pulisic had to wait 10 games across all competitions to notch his first goal for Chelsea, it took him a mere 24 minutes to get his second. Once again, it came after a brilliant solo run through the center of the park. This time he beat Pope with his right foot, although a slight deflection may have wrong-footed the home backstop:

Pulisic would complete his hat trick with by nodding home Mason Mount's cross early in the second half — right foot, left foot, and header for a "perfect" hat trick, if you're counting — becoming just the second American with a Premier League hattie after Clint Dempsey did it during his stay at long stay Fulham years ago:

Brazilian veteran Willian added a fourth for the visitors before Jay Rodriguez and Dwight McNeil pulled two back for the Clarets inside the final five minutes to make the dying moments of the Chelsea's seventh consecutive win surprisingly interesting.

Still, the story of the game was Pulisic. It was a hugely impressive performance from a player who had never scored more than one goal in a game since bursting on the scene with Dortmund at 17 almost four years ago. His recent run of form also comes after perhaps the most disappointing of his 34 appearances of with the USMNT, as he was subbed out of last week's 2-0 CONCACAF Nations League loss in Canada after battling an illness in the days leading up to the match.

That seems like ancient history now. With three goals and two assists in his last three matches, Pulisic is at the height of his powers. He seems like a lock to keep his place for at least Chelsea's next couple of games, although Lampard may be tempted to rest him for Wednesday's League Cup tilt versus Manchester United in order to keep Pulisic fresh for next weekend's Premier League contest against Watford and then the return match against Ajax on Nov. 5.

For after all the hand-wringing about Pulisic's lack of playing time earlier this season, he's suddenly on his way to being a lock for Lampard's young side. What a difference a week makes.

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11月2日（土）放送の日本テレビ「嵐にしやがれ」にウィル・スミスが出演する。

今回の来日は3日間と短く、バラエティ番組の出演は「嵐にしやがれ」のみになったというウィル。二宮和也は貴重な共演に「なんでだろう……？」と驚きつつ、喜びを隠せない様子を見せた。番組では最近ウィルがYouTubeに動画を投稿していることを受け、二宮がプロデュースする映像を制作することに。2人は「箱の中身はなんだろな？」や「たたいてかぶってじゃんけんぽん」など、日本ではおなじみのゲームに挑戦する。

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Kanye West proves streaming services have made music mutable - Axios

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 05:55 AM PDT

Kanye West proves streaming services have made music mutable - Axios

We tend to think of our favorite music as unchanging, but streaming's rise to become our dominant form of consumption could begin to erode that norm.

Why it matters: Music's move to the cloud means that changes — sparked by creative, legal or other issues — can now easily be pushed out around the globe in a matter of seconds in a way that was impossible when the industry relied on CDs and vinyl records.

Driving the news: Kanye West released his latest album "Jesus Is King" on Friday after a series of lengthy delays — down to the very last minute — to tweak its tracks and mixes before it rolled out to streaming services.

Despite West's self-imposed midnight deadline, the album was finally finished at 4 a.m. ET so it could make its way online by noon, per West's associate Consequence.
These changes occurred despite the fact that West has released an IMAX movie based on the album and held listening parties in New York, D.C. and Los Angeles over the last month for thousands of people.

The state of play: This isn't the first time that West has felt zero-hour pressure over his art. He's gone so far as to edit his work significantly after it has already been released, calling his 2016 album "The Life of Pablo" a "living breathing changing creative expression."

Many of West's changes were purely creative, but vary in scope. Some of the tracks on "Pablo" only saw minor changes — like added background vocals — while others were granted entirely revamped production and new lyrics. (XXL has a full list.)
But some of his changes have occurred as a result of legal threats, like an unlicensed sample that was removed from his 2018 album "ye" five months after its release. Of course, that album also received a "cleaned up" mix, according to its engineer.

The big picture: While West is certainly the biggest offender when it comes to editing his music after the fact, Taylor Swift also got into the game this year. Her comeback single "ME!" featured a spoken line ("Hey kids, spelling is fun!") that was widely mocked online — and it mysteriously disappeared from the track's album version.

Creators tinkering with their art post-release isn't an issue relegated solely to the world of music. Fans of "Star Wars" have been clamoring for decades to see the original film's 1977 theatrical cut, despite George Lucas' belief that his 1997 "Special Edition" — with altered scenes and added CGI — is the canonical version.

The bottom line: The ability to instantaneously edit music after its release could be used in ways we can't expect in the future — perhaps by scrubbing a controversial lyric or deleting an estranged band member's contributions.

Because the original versions are wiped away from streaming services, an acceleration of this trend could force a reckoning with fans — who may either come to demand perfection or simply want the music they know and love back.

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　お笑いコンビ「チュートリアル」の徳井義実さん（４４）の芸能活動の自粛発表を受け、フジテレビは２６日、「テラスハウス　ＴＯＫＹＯ　２０１９―２０２０」と、「乃木坂４６のザ・ドリームバイト！」について、徳井さんの出演シーンをカットして放送することを決めた。

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Posted: 26 Oct 2019 03:13 AM PDT

Actress Felicity Huffman was released from prison Friday after serving 11 days of a 14-day sentence for her role in a scam in which she paid a bribe to help her daughter gain admission to college.

Huffman, 56, began serving her sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on October 15 and had been set to be released on Sunday.

A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told AFP that the Desperate Housewives and American Crime star was released early from the low-security facility east of San Francisco under rules that allow inmates to be freed prior to a weekend.

Huffman, who is married to actor William H. Macy, was the first of more than 30 parents to be sentenced in an elaborate and wide-ranging scam to help children of the elite secure places in top US colleges.

She pleaded guilty in May during a tearful court appearance to paying $15,000 to boost her daughter's SAT college entrance exam score.

The scandal erupted in March when the ringleader behind the scam, William "Rick" Singer, admitted running the fraud which ranged from cheating in entrance exams to bribing coaches to help non-athletic students get scholarships.

Authorities say he was paid about $25 million to bribe coaches and university administrators. He has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with authorities.

Actress Lori Loughlin from 1980s-90s sitcom Full House and her husband are among parents who turned to Singer for help and are also facing charges. The pair have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.

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Virginia couple adopts after viral pro-life post telling expectant mothers not to get abortion - FOX 10 News Phoenix

Posted: 26 Oct 2019 03:12 AM PDT

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The Thomas family: Blake, 31, Sarah, 30, Kayden, 3, and Elliott, 1. (Stephanie Parker Photography)

FOX NEWS - A Virginia couple who went viral earlier this year with their pro-life plea to pregnant women has had their dreams answered.

Blake and Sarah Thomas, of Radford, posted a photo on Facebook about nine months ago pleading expectant mothers to not have an abortion.

"Please don't abort. We will adopt your baby!" a sign in the photo said.

On Thursday, Dhoni shared a video along with daughter Ziva in which the two can be seen washing his new jeep -- Nissan Jonga, which the stumper recently bought from Punjab.

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A lot is being spoken about the future plans of former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ever since the culmination of 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.

However, Ranchi's favourite son is not at all withered about all the speculations and is currently enjoying the free time with his family.

On Thursday, Dhoni shared a video along with daughter Ziva in which the two can be seen washing his new jeep -- Nissan Jonga, which the stumper recently bought from Punjab.

"A little help always goes a long way especially when you realise it's a big vehicle," Dhoni tweeted.

The 38-year-old's love for cars and bikes isn't new and recently he added another collection in his garage -- the Jonga, which was being used by the Indian Army.

The wicketkeeper-batsman had used the same vehicle to visit the JSCA Stadium in the state capital when India defeated South Africa by an innings and 202 runs in the third and final Test of the series. After the win, Dhoni was seen spending some time with Shahbaz Nadeem and his other teammates in the Indian dressing room.

Earlier on Wednesday, newly appointed BCCI President Sourav Ganguly made it clear that Dhoni will be respected.

"I don't know what's in his mind. India is very proud to have M.S. Dhoni. Till I am around everybody will be respected. Dhoni's achievements make India proud," Ganguly said while addressing a press conference in Mumbai.

Dhoni, however, has kept everyone in suspense regarding his retirement from the limited-overs format.

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Tornado causes destruction across West Mobile - NBC 15 WPMI
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