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Taiwan news channel accidentally airs false report of Chinese invasion

CTS apologises for panic caused by broadcast of mocked-up captions it says it created for security drills

Helen Davidson in Taipei

@heldavidson

Wed 20 Apr 2022 05.43 EDT

A Taiwanese news channel has broadcast by mistake a fictional news alert that said Chinese armed forces had launched an invasion, firing missiles at cities and ports surrounding the capital, Taipei.

Several news captions declaring a violent attack by China’s People’s Liberation Army had been mocked up for forthcoming security drills, but were broadcast accidentally to Taiwanese viewers at 7am on Wednesday.

“New Taipei City was hit by communist missiles, the Taipei port has exploded, facilities and ships were damaged and destroyed,” the Chinese Television Systems (CTS) news ticker read.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/20/taiwan-news-channel-accidently-airs-false-report-of-chinese-invasion

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest outside Westminster Magistrates court Wednesday in London.

ALASTAIR GRANT, AP

JILL LAWLESS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 26 minutes ago

LONDON – A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.

The order, which brings an end to the yearslong extradition battle closer, comes after the U.K. Supreme Court refused Assange permission last month to appeal against a lower court’s ruling that he could be extradited.

District Judge Paul Goldspring issued the order in a brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court as Assange watched by video link from Belmarsh Prison and his supporters rallied outside the courthouse, demanding he be freed.

Home Secretary Priti Patel will now decide whether to grant the extradition.

The move doesn't exhaust the legal options for Assange, who has sought for years to avoid a trial in the U.S. on charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7379595001

Tennessee GOP kicks Trump-backed Morgan Ortagus, 2 other candidates off House ballot

Adam Friedman and Melissa Brown, Nashville Tennessean

3 hrs ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tennessee-gop-kicks-trump-backed-morgan-ortagus-2-other-candidates-off-house-ballot/ar-AAWoHAW?ocid=uxbndlbing

Secret Service fatally shoots intruder at Peruvian embassy in Washington, police say

Marlene Lenthang and David K. Li and Bianca Britton

53 mins ago

The Secret Service fatally shot an intruder who had been smashing windows at the Peruvian ambassador's home on Wednesday morning, Washington, D.C., police said.

Two uniformed Secret Service officers first used Tasers to try to detain the man who was armed with a "metal stake" and had been breaking windows in the rear of the residence, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee told reporters.

"They encountered this person, they pulled their less-than-lethal service weapons, their Tasers," the chief said. 

"The officers fired those Tasers, they did not take effect and … ultimately the officers pulled their service weapons, firing shots and this person is now deceased."

The family of the Peruvian ambassador called the Secret Service after hearing windows being broken, according to police.

The officers and those family members were not injured, police and the Secret Service said.

It wasn't immediately clear what, if any, connections the intruder had to the embassy.

“We don't know who this individual is," Contee said. "We don’t know why this person was on the ambassador's residential property, we don't know why this person smashed out several windows, we don't know why this person had a double stake, we don’t know why this person approached the officers with that double stake, but we’re investigating that now."

Reps for the Peruvian Embassy could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday.

But its Twitter feed confirmed that "a person entered the Official Residence without authorization, causing material damage to the property" before the fatal shooting.

"The Ambassador, his family, the Residential staff, and the Secret Service agents are safe, and the fact is being investigated by the competent authorities," according to the embassy statement.

Earlier, the Secret Service said that its officers shot "a reported intruder" at a residence in the 3000 block of Garrison Street NW “following a confrontation” just before 8 a.m.

The Peruvian Embassy is at 3001 Garrison St. NW.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/secret-service-fatally-shoots-intruder-at-peruvian-embassy-in-washington-police-say/ar-AAWoYiC?ocid=uxbndlbing