Ten shot in rush-hour attack on New York subway train - Financial Times

A suspect remained at large in New York City on Tuesday following an attack on a Brooklyn subway train in which 10 commuters were shot and at least 16 were injured.

Keechant Sewell, New York police commissioner, said that while five victims remained in critical condition, none of the injuries were life-threatening. The incident was not being investigated as a terrorist incident, she added.

The attack occurred at about 8:30am, during the morning commute, between the 25th Street and 36th Street stations in the Sunset Park neighbourhood of Brooklyn. Police said the suspect released a smoke grenade or other incendiary device before opening fire on passengers.

“As the train was pulling into the station, the subject put on a gas mask, he then opened a canister that was in his bag and then the car filled with smoke,” Sewell told reporters. “The suspect was in the train car. The shooting began in the train car.”

Mobile phone video showed panicked passengers rushing out of the subway carriage as it pulled into the 36th Street station, with smoke and haze wafting out from its interior. Photos showed victims lying on a blood-soaked platform. Several witnesses reported hearing a loud bang.

Police said the suspect was a black man, about five-feet five-inches tall and of “heavy-build” who was wearing a green high-visibility vest and a grey hooded sweatshirt.

On Tuesday afternoon, US president Joe Biden tweeted: “Jill and I are praying for those injured in the New York City subway shooting. We are grateful for the first responders and civilians who jumped into action. My team has been in touch with city officials and we are working to support efforts on the ground.”

Later at an event in Iowa, Biden added: “We are not letting up on it until . . . we find the perpetrator.”

Meanwhile, several local schools were locked down. The attack occurred at a time when many New Yorkers have been on edge from a sharp rise in shootings and hate crimes that have moved public safety to the top of the political agenda.

People lie wounded at the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn, New York City © Armen Armenian/Reuters

The nation’s busiest subway system has been the scene of several gruesome attacks. That has made many residents fearful about using it and prompted business leaders to call for improved security as they try to encourage workers and tourists to return to a city still struggling to reopen from the Covid shutdown.

Dozens of ambulances and NYPD vehicles were lining Fourth Avenue, which was blocked off south of 35th Street. Hundreds of authorities, firefighters and city personnel converged on the scene, a wide thoroughfare lined with Italian delis and Chinese restaurants near the Sunset Park subway station. At least three helicopters were circling overhead.

The neighbourhood boasts large Hispanic and Asian communities, the latter of which has grown rapidly in recent years.

Although details were scant, the attack brought to mind previous incidents, including a partial detonation of a pipe bomb in a Times Square subway station in 2017 that injured four people and a 1992 shooting on a Long Island Railroad train in which six people were killed.

Additional reporting by Lauren Fedor in Washington

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2022-04-12 20:47:28Z
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Boris Johnson's roast beef and salad during five hours in Kyiv - The Times

Boris Johnson was served roast beef by President Zelensky during his 36-hour round trip to Kyiv last weekend, Downing Street said yesterday.

Giving further details of the visit, No 10 said that Johnson had travelled by car, helicopter, military plane and train to reach the Ukrainian capital.

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While he spent only five hours on the ground, the prime minister left the UK on Friday evening and returned to Chequers on Sunday morning as part of elaborate safety precautions. It is understood that very few people in No 10 knew about the trip in advance and the size of the delegation was kept to a minimum.

No political aides travelled with Johnson, who was accompanied by a single private secretary alongside military and security officials.

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New York subway shooting: Five people shot in Brooklyn with 13 injured and taken to hospital, city's fire department says - Sky News

Five people have been shot at a New York City subway station in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources said.

13 people have been injured and have been taken to hospital, according to the New York City Fire Department.

Image: The incident happened on a subway line that runs through south Brooklyn in a neighborhood about a 15-minute train ride to Manhattan - map by Sky News

Fire personnel found multiple people shot and undetonated devices after responding to reports of smoke at around 8:30am at the 36th Street station in the Sunset Park.

US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the developments and senior staff are in contact with New York's mayor, Eric Adams, White House press secretary, Jen Psaki said.

A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station.

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Image: New York City police say they were responding to reports of people wounded

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Fire and police officials were investigating reports that there had been an explosion, but the city's police department said there are no active explosives at this time.

'My subway door opened into calamity'

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A man was spotted throwing a device in the Brooklyn subway station and then opened fire, law enforcement sources told NBC New York.

It is understood that preliminary information indicates a suspect was dressed in construction gear.

Eyewitness, Sam Carcamo, told radio station 1010 WIN he saw a gigantic billow of smoke pouring out of the train once the door opened.

"My subway door opened into calamity. It was smoke and blood and people screaming", he said.

A bystander video shows people lying on the subway platform amid what appeared to be small puddles of blood, as a loudspeaker announcement told everyone on the smoke-hazy platform to get on a train.

Image: Delays in the area are expected

Outside the station, a police officer yelled, "Let's go! Get out of the way".

The incident happened on a subway line that runs through south Brooklyn in a neighborhood about a 15-minute train ride to Manhattan.

Local schools, including Sunset Park High School across the street, were locked down.

Video footage also showed a large law enforcement presence around the subway station, including heavily armed officers and dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles.

Witnesses have been urged to provide information whilst the public has been advised to stay away from the area.

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2022-04-12 14:01:30Z
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8-mile convoy seen in eastern Ukraine prompts fears of intense battle - Metro.co.uk

The images show the convoy moving through the town of Velykyi Burluk, near Kharkiv, on Friday (Picture: Maxar Technologies / EPA)

Chilling pictures show hundreds of Russian armoured vehicles travelling to eastern Ukraine preparing for a huge battle.

Satellite imagery firm Maxar Technologies shared the images yesterday, which show the convoy moving through the town of Velykyi Burluk, near Kharkiv, on Friday.

Tens of thousands of troops are heading towards the areas of Luhansk and Donetsk – collectively knows as the Donbas – in eastern Ukraine.

The column of trucks stretches back for an estimated eight miles and includes many vehicles towing artillery.

Decisive conflicts are expected there in the coming days, with Russian commanders reportedly thinking their best chance of success lies in the East.

Soldiers have retreated from other areas in Ukraine, including around the capital of Kyiv, to focus on the Donbas.

Moscow is looking for a victory so it can justify its ‘special military operation’, which so far has failed to capture any major cities.

But Ukrainian forces say they are prepared to push back Russian troops.

Tens of thousands of Russian troops are heading towards the areas of Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, collectively knows as the Donbas (Picture: Maxar Technologies / EPA)

The column of trucks stretches back for an estimated eight miles and includes many vehicles towing artillery (Picture: Maxar Technologies / AP)

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak said last night: ‘Ukraine is ready for big battles.

‘Ukraine must win them, including the Donbas. And once that happens, Ukraine will have a more powerful negotiating positions.’

He added he expects the fighting to continue for a further three weeks, then predicts presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin will meet to negotiate a settlement.

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week: ‘Russia has tried to subjugate the whole of Ukraine, and it has failed.

‘Now it will attempt to take parts of the country under its rule. It may succeed in taking some territory through shear force and brutality.

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‘But no matter what happens over the coming weeks, it is clear that Russia will never be welcomed by the Ukrainian people.

‘Instead, its gains will be temporary as the brave Ukrainian people resist Russian occupation and carry on the fight for an independent sovereign nation that they so richly deserve.’

Thousands of Ukrainian people were seen desperately fleeing the Donbas region last week ahead of the expected conflict.

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2022-04-11 09:26:00Z
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Pakistan: Shahbaz Sharif replaces ousted Imran Khan as prime minister - Sky News

Shahbaz Sharif is the new prime minister of Pakistan, replacing the ousted Imran Khan.

He was elected with 174 votes in favour after more than 100 politicians from Mr Khan's party walked out the national assembly in protest.

Mr Shahbaz, 70, is the younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and led the bid by opposition parties to remove Mr Khan.

Mr Khan, the cricket star turned politician became the first Pakistani prime minister to be ousted by a no-confidence vote in the early hours of Sunday.

Image: Imran Khan has accused critics of colluding with the US to unseat him

He had been in office since 2018 but opponents blamed him for failing to revive the economy and tackle corruption.

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Mr Khan has accused critics of colluding with the US to unseat him but has provided no evidence, and urged people to take to the streets in protest.

Thousands of his supporters demonstrated until the early hours of Monday in cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. They blocked roads and shouted slogans against rival parties and the US government.

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Hundreds also gathered outside the London home of Nawaz Sharif on Sunday.

Image: Khan's supporters rallied in Karachi on Sunday

After losing the vote, Mr Khan tweeted on Sunday: "Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change.

"It is always the people of the country who defend their sovereignty and democracy."

Shahbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be prime minister on Sunday, a move endorsed by other opposition parties.

But Mr Khan's party also nominated the former foreign minister, saying their members would resign en masse should he lose, potentially triggering by-elections.

Mr Khan had clung on for almost a week after a united opposition to remove him saw a key coalition partner and party allies jump ship.

He managed to avoid an initial no-confidence vote by dissolving parliament and calling elections. However, the supreme court ruled it was illegal.

Image: Mr Sharif pictured arriving at parliament in Islamabad, where he was later declared PM

Shabaz Sharif will have a small majority of 174, enough to pass laws in the 342-seat assembly.

He has served three times as chief minister of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, home to 60% of the country's population.

His brother's last spell in office ended in 2017 when he was barred from office following financial details in the Panama Papers.

He went abroad for medical treatment after serving just a few months of a 10-year sentence for corruption, while Shabaz became leader of the PML-N party.

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French elections: Macron and Le Pen to fight for presidency - BBC

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Emmanuel Macron has won the first round of the French election and far-right rival Marine Le Pen will fight him for the presidency for a second time.

"Make no mistake, nothing is decided," he told cheering supporters.

In the end, he won a convincing first-round victory, but opinion polls suggest the run-off could be much closer.

Ms Le Pen called on every non-Macron voter to join her and "put France back in order".

With 97% of results counted, Emmanuel Macron had 27.6% of the vote, Marine Le Pen 23.41% and Jean-Luc Mélenchon 21.95%.

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Veteran far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon polled even better than five years ago and now has the unlikely role of kingmaker.

"You must not give a single vote to Marine Le Pen," he warned his supporters, but unlike other candidates, he pointedly did not back the president instead. Later in the evening, Mélenchon activists gathered outside his campaign HQ thinking he might even come second, but it was not to be.

Making up more than a fifth of the vote, Mélenchon voters could decide the final round of this election, yet many of them may just sit the second round out and abstain.

Twelve candidates were in the running, but these were the only three who polled more than 10%. Many voters appeared to embrace the idea of tactical or "useful" voting, deciding that the other nine candidates had no hope of making the run-off.

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Several of the nine had little chance anyway, but the 2022 presidential election will be partly remembered for the disaster that befell the two old parties that used to run France, the Republicans and Socialists. They sank almost without trace, with Socialist Anne Hidalgo falling below 2%.

It was only a few months ago that Valérie Pécresse was still in the race for the right-wing Republicans. She performed so badly, her party could not even scrape the 5% needed to claim its election costs.

This is potentially terrible news for a party already tearing itself apart. Parties that fail to reach 5% only get €800,000 (£670,000) of their campaign funding covered by the state, and the Republicans will have paid out far more than that.

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A renewed battle for votes is under way. Marine Le Pen can count on supporters of Eric Zemmour, whose more hardline nationalism won him fourth place and 7%. Nationalist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan has also backed her. She can already count on an impressive 33% of the entire vote.

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Mr Macron's team is planning a series of big rallies and major TV appearances. Most of the other candidates on the left have backed him, as has Valérie Pécresse, but one-time Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal said the president now had to "earn" victory.

Ifop pollster François Dabi said his company's 51%-49% estimate for the run-off was the closest they had ever predicted. An Elabe poll put the gap at 52%-48% and an Ipsos poll suggested it was wider still.

Addressing his supporters, Mr Macron looked a relieved man and he promised to work harder than in the first part of the campaign. He had only started campaigning eight days before the vote, his mind more focused on Russia's war in Ukraine.

"When the extreme right in all its forms represents so much of our country," he said, "we cannot feel that things are going well."

He addressed Le Pen voters too: "I want to convince them in the next few days that our project answers solidly to their fears and challenges of our time."

Ms Le Pen said it was time for a "great changeover", with a fundamental choice on 24 April of two opposite views: "Either division and disorder, or a union of the French people around guaranteed social justice."

She has built her campaign around the cost-of-living crunch facing much of Europe, promising to cut taxes and waive income tax for under-30s. There has been less emphasis on nationalism, but she wants a referendum on restricting immigration, radical change to the EU and a ban on the Islamic hijab in public areas.

The campaign only sparked into life in the final fortnight, first because of the Covid pandemic and then the Russian war. But in the end, the spring sunshine meant turnout was not as low as feared, at almost 75%.

One in four young voters backed the president, although more than one in three 18-24 year-olds opted for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to Elabe pollsters.

Marine Le Pen performed best among 35-64 year-olds, while the president was favoured by over-65s.

It was already clear from Mr Macron's speech that he planned to target Ms Le Pen's close links with the Kremlin. Although she has condemned Vladimir Putin's war, she visited him before the previous election in 2017 and her party took out a Russian loan.

He wanted a France that made alliances with great democracies to defend itself, he said, not a state that would leave Europe and have only populists and xenophobes for allies.

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French election 2022: Marine Le Pen spies her chance to prove mightier than Macron's status quo - The Times

Those queueing in the sun in Perpignan for Marine Le Pen’s last rally before today’s presidential election agreed on one thing: France has lost its way. They just could not decide when this began — was it during the past five years under Emmanuel Macron or is the malaise far more deeply rooted?

For Thierry Vidal, 54, who works for the council and takes home just €1,300 (£1,086) a month, day-to-day reality makes him angry. “Filling up my trolley at the supermarket costs me €200. Not long ago, it used to be half that,” he complained. “But my wages don’t go up. Is that normal?” Jeannette, 63, still hesitating between Le Pen and Éric Zemmour, who has outflanked her on the right, is more worried

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