Interesting stuff to share
The Beach boys in a recording studio in 1962
Karen and her husband blocking parking spots for their family who were "right around the corner"
West Malling, UK
People queue for fuel at a BP station in Kent. The Petrol Retailers Association, which represents almost 5,500 of the UK’s 8,000 filling stations, said about 20% of forecourts in London and the south-east were out of fuel on Monday
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Perth, Australia
Family and supporters demonstrate outside the district court of West Australia where a police officer is charged with murder over the shooting of an Aboriginal woman
Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP
Australia must be ready for the “possibility” of a major international conflict between western and eastern powers should Xi Jinping’s China decide to take Taiwan, according to ASPI Senior Analyst Dr Malcolm Davis. It comes as tension has further escalated between China and Taiwan after Chinese fighter jets were seen off the island’s coast. Dr Davis said China fully expects to face US and allied nations in conflict should it attempt to take Taiwan. “I think they’re quite ready for that” he said.
This man using a measuring tape to divide a baguette in exact thirds, says something about his personality but not sure what. lol
This creature now walks among us.
Convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf walks from Long Bay Correctional facility. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Dylan Coker
A WA police officer is on trial for murder, believed to be the first time a police officer has been charged with such an offence in almost 100 years in WA
The court was shown CCTV footage from a house on Petchell Street of JC being shot.
One police car arrived on the scene and drove alongside JC, with an officer calling out for her to drop the knife.
The officer in the passenger seat radioed back that they had located someone carrying a knife and a pair of pink-handled scissors.
She radioed back again, saying they had told her to drop the knife or they would taser her, but she had ignored them.
Another marked police car arrived and pulled in front of her, an officer got out of the vehicle and began trying to talk to JC.
Ms Forrester said that officer, Senior Constable Barker, was of the view he could talk her down.
He was one of the officers who had dealt with her when she called on September 7 with mental health concerns.
Another officer got out of his vehicle and drew his taser but did not arm it.
An orange unmarked police car then arrived on the scene carrying the accused in the passenger seat.
CCTV footage showed he jumped out and ran towards the woman who seconds later was lying crumpled to the ground.
Ms Forrester said the accused shot JC in the abdomen, severing her iliac vein.
She was taken to hospital but died of internal bleeding…..
This case reminds me of an over zealous police officer IMO, remember Mohamed Noor?
Mohamed Noor was sentenced to 12 and a half years for murder but not sentenced for manslaughter. The ruling means his murder conviction is overturned and the case will now go back to the district court, where he will be sentenced on the manslaughter count.
A dead guitar fish on the beach after an oil spill believed to have originated from a pipeline
Photograph: Allen J Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock
Eisenhuttenstadt, Germany
A girl from Iraq poses for a photo next to a holding facility. Police have been detaining a growing number of migrants, many from Iraq, who have been arriving at the German border from Poland. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images
Amritsar, India
A man practices yoga on a pavement
Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
Hundreds of Afghans gathered outside the passport office in Kabul today after the Taliban announced that tens of thousands of people would be allowed to leave the country. From the early morning hundreds gathered waving paperwork at guards as crowds surged towards a concrete barrier outside the passport office. The crowds began to form after the Taliban announced that 25,000 passports were ready to be issued.
Adrian James 2, who tested positive for the coronavirus, breathes with the help of a ventilator at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Reuters/Callaghan O’Hare
Gladys Berejiklian, has been approached by senior Liberals in the state to run for the federal seat of Warringah. Some federal MPs say Berejiklian is seriously considering the proposal to switch to federal politics, but believe she wants to wait until the investigation being undertaken by the independent commission against corruption is complete.