Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror – but I don’t feel anger
In an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France’s biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing and choosing the right path.
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Gisèle Pelicot’s powerful interview with BBC
Gisèle Pelicot has told BBC Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire that her strength comes from her “DNA”. Ms Pelicot was at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history. For almost a decade, she had been drugged unconscious by her husband Dominique Pelicot and raped by dozens of men he had recruited on internet chat […]
Continue Reading‘Canadians are with you,’ says PM at Tumbler Ridge vigil
The Canadian prime minister attended a vigil with federal leaders and paid tribute to the eight victims.
Continue ReadingUS homeland security shutdown could mean airport delays, travel groups say
The shutdown won’t affect air traffic controllers but some TSA workers may go without pay.
Continue ReadingUS doesn't want to separate from Europe 'but revitalise' alliance, Rubio tells allies
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to assuage European leaders’ worries about fraying ties with Washington as he addressed the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, telling the annual gathering that Europe and the US “belong together” and that Washington wants to “revitalise” the transatlantic alliance.
Continue ReadingCuba oil refinery fire hits as fuel crisis deepens
“Authorities have introduced fuel rationing, scaled back public services, and made temporary changes to healthcare, education, transport and tourism operations to conserve severely limited energy supplies,” the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office warned recently.
Continue ReadingTrusting Trump is hard but NATO’s newest member won’t ditch the US yet – POLITICO
What Kristersson’s comments lay bare is the lasting damage done to relations between many European governments and the U.S. after Trump’s demands to take “ownership” of the island away from Sweden’s neighbor Denmark. “For very obvious reasons, trust took a hit, no doubt,” Kristersson said this week, shortly before traveling to the Munich Security Conference. […]
Continue ReadingIndian man admits plot to kill US-based Sikh separatist leader
Nikhil Gupta faces a possible 40-year sentence in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
Continue ReadingIndian writer Arundhati Roy’s cult classic college film returns to spotlight
At its first screening in Delhi, Roy recalls that “students jammed into the hall and crowded on to the floor. Within a few minutes the audience began to yell, roar with laughter and wolf-whistle through the film. They recognised themselves, their language, their clothes, their jokes, their silliness.”
Continue ReadingOfficials investigating DNA found in Nancy Guthrie’s home
The sheriff’s department says it is working to identify who the DNA belongs to, but would not disclose where it was found.
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