Rudy Giuliani's home and office 'searched by federal investigators' - Sky News

Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home has reportedly been searched by federal investigators.

The ex-New York City mayor has been under investigation for a number of years over his dealings in Ukraine.

A law enforcement official, speaking anonymously, confirmed to Associated Press that search warrants had been executed.

Sources said electronic devices were confiscated as searches took place at Mr Giuliani's home on Madison Avenue and his office on Park Avenue.

The probe into his business and overseas dealings stalled last year due to a dispute over tactics as Mr Giuliani, acting as President Trump's personal lawyer, helped him dispute the US election results.

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The full scope of the current investigation is unclear, a law enforcement official told AP.

Mr Giuliani was also central to Mr Trump's attempt to press Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and son Hunter over alleged impropriety in dealings with a Ukrainian gas firm.

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The former mayor also tried to undermine America's former ambassador to Ukraine, and met a Ukrainian politician several times who later released edited phone recordings to try to discredit Mr Biden before the election.

In a statement through his lawyer, Mr Giuliani accused authorities of a "corrupt double standard" and said the Justice Department was "running rough shod over the constitutional rights of anyone involved in, or legally defending, former President Donald J Trump".

"Mr Giuliani respects the law, and he can demonstrate that his conduct as a lawyer and a citizen was absolutely legal and ethical," the statement said.

Image: Mr Giuliani helped Donald Trump's failed bid to dispute the US election results

Federal prosecutors tried last year to obtain search warrants, including for some of Mr Giuliani's communications, but the requests were blocked by Trump-era Justice Department officials, according to multiple AP sources.

The allegations now appear to be actively pursued once again after new attorney general Merrick Garland took office last month, with deputy Lisa Monaco sworn in last week.

Applications for search warrants served on lawyers must be signed off by senior Justice Department officials.

The US Attorney's office in Manhattan and the FBI's New York office declined to comment on the search warrant reports.

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India's Covid crisis: NI donate oxygen generators to India Covid fight - BBC News

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Three oxygen generators capable of producing 500 litres of oxygen a minute are being sent to India from Northern Ireland.

They are among eight oxygen units built as back ups for local hospitals at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The donation will form part of a wider UK consignment of aid being sent to India which is struggling to cope with a ferocious second surge.

The country's official death toll has surpassed 200,000.

However, experts believe the actual number may be higher.

Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann described the scenes coming from India as "terrifying and worrying".

He said: "One of these units is able to produce 500 litres of oxygen a minute.

"To put that into perspective our Mater Hospital uses 200 litres a minute. So a stand-alone unit is able to supply a hospital twice the size of our Mater Hospital."

Mr Swann said the offer was a "significant contribution" to the international response.

"This is more than PPE (personal protective equipment). This is more than facemasks and gowns," he said.

"This is actually a real, tangible resource that can go into the hospitals in India; hospitals that are crying out for oxygen."

Meanwhile, four other oxygen generators have been installed at hospital sites across Northern Ireland and one has been retained as a reserve.

Mr Swann added: "I hope we never get to the position where we have to actually deploy these but it makes sense still to have."

On Monday, the Irish government announced that the Republic of Ireland would be sending 700 oxygen concentrators to India.

The devices are used to draw oxygen from the air and deliver it to patients at more than 90% concentration.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the machines "will support frontline healthcare workers in India to deliver care to patients who need it".

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President to say US must turn ‘peril into possibility’ in address - The Independent

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India coronavirus: Delhi builds makeshift funeral pyres in public parks as it runs out of space for dead - The Independent

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Two Spanish journalists and Irish citizen killed in Burkina Faso ambush - Sky News

Two Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen have been killed after they were ambushed during an anti-poaching mission in Burkina Faso.

Reporter David Beriain, 44, and photographer Roberto Fraile, 47, had been filming a documentary.

Spanish media producer Movistar+ paid tribute to those killed including Mr Beriain, who had worked on a number of films for the company.

Image: Spanish journalist David Beriain was among those killed in the attack. Pic: Jose Carlos Cordovilla/Diario de Navarra via AP

The Irish citizen has been named as Zambian-born Rory Young, head of the anti-poaching organisation Chengeta Wildlife.

Mr Young was also the co-founder of Chengeta Wildlife, a charity that trains anti-poaching rangers in Africa and which said he had dedicated his life to wildlife protection.

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He was leading a patrol in Burkina Faso's Arly National Park when the team was attacked, the charity said in a statement.

The two journalists had been documenting Mr Young's efforts to protect wildlife, it said.

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A member of the Burkinabe armed forces also went missing on Monday when the convoy of security forces and forest rangers was ambushed. The soldier is still missing.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the ambush, but officials described the attackers as "terrorists".

The team that was attacked was part of a new joint army, police and forestry unit that had just gone through six months of training and was starting operations in conservation areas around Pama on the border with Benin and Togo.

Ireland's foreign ministry said it had been in contact with the family of Mr Young as well as with European Union and Spanish colleagues.

It said "the situation is complex" and added that officials are working with "relevant actors on the ground".

Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed the "worst of news" and paid tribute to the journalists and recognised their "brave and essential" work in zones of conflict.

The Burkinabe government has reported an increase in violence elsewhere in the past 72 hours, with around 10 civilians killed in a spate of armed raids on villages.

Burkina Faso, like much of West Africa's Sahel region, faces a deepening security crisis as groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State step up attacks on the army and civilians despite the presence of French and UN forces.

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Fury as Narendra Modi says parliament building works should continue during crisis - The Times

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, faces mounting criticism for pressing ahead with construction work on the country’s new parliament building in Delhi, despite chaos in the capital as hospitals buckle with record Covid-19 infections.

India recorded 362,757 new cases this morning, setting another new record for the highest daily tally worldwide since the pandemic began. Another 3,200 Indians died yesterday with now more than 200,000 killed by the virus, with the true death toll thought to be much higher. Amid widespread allegations of a cover up, one state governor with Modi’s ruling party prompted uproar with comments that it was “pointless” to establish the true death toll, as “the dead won’t come back to life”.

Despite the growing crisis, with Delhi hospitals facing crippling shortages

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'Most hated man in Australia': Porsche driver jailed for 10 months after filming dying police officers - Sky News

A Porsche driver who filmed four police officers as they lay dying after a horrific crash has been jailed for 10 months.

Richard Pusey pleaded guilty to a rare charge of outraging public decency and other offences after filming the crash on the Eastern Freeway in the Australian city of Melbourne on 22 April last year.

But, having spent 296 days in custody, his sentence could be complete within days.

Pusey, a mortgage broker and property developer, had been pulled over for driving at 149kmph (92mph) and the officers had been discussing impounding his vehicle when they were hit by a truck.

Pusey, who had MDMA and cannabis in his system, had been urinating on the side of the road when the truck, driven by Mohinder Singh, drove into the emergency lane - and the officers and their vehicles.

Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King and constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney were killed.

Pusey recorded two videos at the scene, a total of three minutes and eight seconds.

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He zoomed in on the officers' injuries and damaged cars, saying while filming a police car: "That is f***ing justice. Absolutely amazing, that is f***ing amazing."

Filming the truck, he said: "Look at that, man, you f***ing c***s. You c***s, I guess I'll be getting a f***ing Uber home, huh."

Prosecutors accepted he was not taunting the officers but they said he had refused requests to help the injured and to stop filming.

Image: Pusey was not hit by the truck as he was urinating on the side of the road

He told police the next day that he was ashamed of the videos and that he said offensive things because "that's how s**t comes out of my head".

In comments reported by Melbourne newspaper The Age, County Court judge Trevor Wraight said Pusey's words and actions had been "not only derogatory and horrible... but also callous and reprehensible".

The judge noted Pusey's personality disorders and shock at what he had seen, but said his actions were a long way from what would be considered normal: calling for emergency services and trying to help the dying officers.

He added: "Your conduct...was heartless, cruel and disgraceful."

Image: The truck had crashed into the four police officers

The other charges admitted by Pusey were speeding, possessing a drug of dependence, and reckless conduct endangering serious injury - related to him speeding on the same road a month earlier.

His lawyer Dermot Dann QC had suggested a good behaviour bond as punishment, citing time already served, the guilty plea, mental health problems, and the condemnation he had received from the media and the public.

The judge had said last month that Pusey was "probably the most hated man in Australia".

On Wednesday he imposed a 10-month jail term, a two-year good behaviour bond and a fine of $1,000 (£556) for the four charges.

His driving licence was also suspended for two years.

The truck driver, Singh, who was impaired by fatigue and drugs, was jailed for 22 years after admitting four charges of culpable driving causing death among other offences.

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