Nikhil Gupta accused of plotting to kill US resident who advocated for sovereign Sikh state in northern India

An Indian man suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil has been extradited to the US from the Czech Republic, the Czech justice minister said.

Nikhil Gupta has been accused by US federal prosecutors of plotting with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US resident who has advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India.

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First hearing of journalist, who denies charges of spying for the US, scheduled for 26 June in Yekaterinburg

Russia will hold the espionage trial of the detained American reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the CIA, behind closed doors later in June, a court in the city of Yekaterinburg has said.

Gershkovich, 32, was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on 29 March 2023 in a steak house in Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that carry up to 20 years in prison.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war Cabinet, an Israeli official said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war Cabinet, an Israeli official said.

A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India’s West Bengal state, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens.

• ‘I want to be proud to represent France,’ says Les Bleus star
• France kick off Euro 2024 campaign against Austria on Monday

Kylian Mbappé has found himself at the centre of his country’s political turmoil on the eve of France’s opening game at Euro 2024, describing the tumultuous events back home as a pivotal moment for French history.

Usual questions about the challenge Austria might pose in the Group D clash in Duesseldorf were relegated at the pre-match media conference with Mbappé speaking openly about his fears, saying the situation in France “was dire”.

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• Thomas Tuchel among those contacted by board
• Says agreeing a new contract ‘isn’t easily done’

Erik ten Hag has admitted that Manchester United contacted other managers about his job and revealed that he is yet to agree a new contract with the club.

Ten Hag’s comments, made on a television sports show in the Netherlands on Sunday, confirmed the speculation swirling around the club since they won the FA Cup last month before it emerged last week that the Dutchman was to stay in his post.

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China views the annexation and “elimination” of Taiwan as its great national cause, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling cadets at the military’s premier academy they must know their enemy and not give in to defeatism.

Russian special forces freed two guards and killed several men linked to Islamic State who had taken them hostage at a detention center in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, the prison service said.

Men linked to militant group took two guards hostage at facility in southern city of Rostov

Russian special forces have freed two guards and killed six men linked to Islamic State who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov, the prison service said.

State media said that some of the men had been convicted of terrorism offences and were accused of affiliation with IS, which claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall in March.

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• Three-stage race will not take place in London next year
• ‘Alternative dates at this late stage are impossible’

Organisers of the Ford RideLondon Classique have described cycling governing body the UCI’s decision to move next year’s race as a sad day for women’s cycling.

This year’s Classique was a three-stage professional race culminating in London during a weekend cycling festival also featuring a mass participation amateur ride. However, a change to the UCI’s 2025 calendar means the Classique will not be held in London next year.

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• Both national sides to receive same basic remuneration
• Danish players’ union director hails ‘extraordinary step’

Denmark’s male footballers have decided to refuse a pay rise for playing for the national team in order to ensure their female counterparts get equal basic pay, the global players’ union Fifpro said on Friday.

The national football association (DBU) had been looking to ensure equal pay for both teams but players from both squads were not in favour of taking money from the men’s team to pay the women.

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Leading Chinese #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was handed a five-year sentence after being found guilty of state subversion at a court in southern China.

Country asks Argentina to identify rioters’ whereabouts and status before deciding to request extraditions

Brazil has asked Argentina for information about dozens of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro seeking refuge in the neighboring country to avoid legal consequences for rioting in Brasília last year as part of an alleged coup attempt.

Brazilian police officials said the request was a precursor to possible extradition requests.

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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the agency was “too hands off” in oversight of Boeing before a January mid-air emergency in a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9, as it pursued multiple investigations into the planemaker.

A federal judge in Texas said the Biden administration improperly attempted to rewrite a federal law barring sex discrimination in schools by applying it to LGBTQ students.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country is an “invincible comrade-in-arms” with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin, KCNA said.

Pontiff says speaking should be limited to eight minutes because ‘attention is lost’

Priests should keep their homilies short and speak for a maximum of eight minutes to prevent members of the congregation from nodding off, Pope Francis has said.

The homily, or message delivered during a church service, “must be short: an image, a thought, a feeling”, the pope said during his weekly audience on Wednesday.

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The leader of France’s conservative Republicans on Tuesday called for an alliance between his party’s candidates and the far right National Rally in a snap parliamentary election — a political shift that will have wide repercussions.

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said she would encourage discussions over proposed constitutional reforms, including a judicial overhaul that would replace an appointed Supreme Court with popularly elected judges, which has spooked markets.

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition from Britain to the United States will be heard next month, court officials in London said on Tuesday.

• Barcelona star had hoped to recover for tournament
• Robert Lewandowski limps off in Poland’s victory

The Netherlands’ delight with an emphatic 4-0 win over Iceland in their last warm-up match on Monday before heading to the Euros turned to despair when it was announced that the playmaker Frenkie de Jong would not be going to the tournament in Germany.

The 27-year-old had been battling to be fit in time after suffering several ankle injuries this season playing for Barcelona. De Jong attempted training for the first time with his teammates on Sunday, after a week of individual work, but after examinations on Monday doctors said he would not be ready in time.

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Moderna said on Monday its combination vaccine to protect against both Covid and influenza generated a stronger immune response in adults aged 50 and over when compared to separate shots against the viruses in a late-stage trial.

Ukrainian forces have for the first time hit a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base inside Russia, Kyiv’s GUR defense intelligence agency said on Sunday, showing satellite pictures which it said confirmed the strike.

ATHENS/SYMI, Greece — British TV presenter and healthy living advocate Michael Mosley has been found dead in a rocky area on the Greek island of Symi, just metres away from his destination, local mayors told Reuters on Sunday.

Voters in 21 EU countries including France and Germany will conclude a four-day election for the European Parliament on Sunday, which is expected to shift the assembly to the right and boost the numbers of eurosceptic nationalists.

The Philippine coast guard on Friday accused its Chinese counterpart of blocking efforts to evacuate a sick member of its armed forces in the South China Sea.

Papua New Guinea is at risk of further landslides, experts warned, as officials ended search and rescue efforts in a village where thousands may have been buried alive.

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch was acquitted of fraud on Thursday by a jury in San Francisco, a major win for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal problems since the disastrous sale of his company to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011.

President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Friday as the United States clashes with its ally and with the Kremlin over the decision to let Kyiv strike inside Russia using American weapons.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a U.S. judge to convert his bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 liquidation, giving up on an effort to settle massive legal judgments related to his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday a death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with a subtype of bird flu.

Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, hosted an alarming piece about a small town shooting.

Australia’s cyber safety regulator decided to drop a legal challenge against X over the removal of videos of the stabbing of a church bishop in Sydney.

A ransomware incident is having a significant impact on the delivery of services at some of London’s busiest hospitals, the region’s health service said on Tuesday.