Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine was beaten and Palestinians were injured during an Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank as they harvested olives. The incident, reported amid a surge of similar attacks, was condemned by Reporters Without Borders as "brazen violence." Levine later recounted the attack in an NPR interview.
BBC News – World BBC News – World Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine was beaten and Palestinians were injured during an Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank as they harvested olives. The incident, reported amid a surge of similar attacks, was condemned by Reporters Without Borders as "brazen violence." Levine later recounted the attack in an NPR interview.
NYTimes – US White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the role after about five days, multiple outlets reported on Friday. President Donald Trump had told her to "reconsider" the job following public scrutiny and a rocky debut, according to News24. If confirmed, her tenure would be the shortest in White House history.
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BBC Sport Manchester United manager Michael Carrick said the club has 'moved on' from defender Lisandro Martinez's outburst ahead of the Leeds trip. Martinez had apologised after talks with Carrick and was fined by the club for criticising its hierarchy in a post-match interview.
BBC Sport Real Madrid have called for the immediate resignation of La Liga president Javier Tebas after he compared the club's media strategy and efforts to discredit referees to the propaganda techniques of Nazi Germany's Joseph Goebbels. Tebas had accused select journalists of acting as an official mouthpiece for the club to air grievances and promote the views of high-ranking Real Madrid officials.
NYTimes – US Las Vegas police identified the man found in a barrel at drought-stricken Lake Mead in May 2022 as Edward Lelburian Jackson, an Arkansas man. Authorities said he was shot once in the head in the early 1980s; a DNA match from Arkansas family members helped solve the case after four years.
BBC Sport White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the role after about five days, multiple outlets reported on Friday. President Donald Trump had told her to "reconsider" the job following public scrutiny and a rocky debut, according to News24. If confirmed, her tenure would be the shortest in White House history.
