#Myanmar#coup: Protesters face up to 20 years in prison under new law
Myanmar’s military has warned anti-coup protesters across the country that they could face up to 20 years in prison if they obstruct the armed forces.
Nearly all of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Donald #Trump in his #impeachment trial are facing strong condemnation from their home state allies, with at least six facing or having already received official censures from their local #GOP. #USA
#Trump lawyer tells #impeachment trial ‘clearly there was no insurrection’ – despite McConnell calling it one
#Donald_Trump’s defence lawyer has claimed “clearly there was no insurrection” on 6 January, despite then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying there was. #USA
The government has received backlash from both Conservative and Labour MPs for its refusal to pay for cladding removal from shorter buildings (below 18m), forcing many leaseholders to take out loans to cover the costs. #UK
#US Republican congressman Ron Wright dies of #Covid
The Texas lawmaker Ron Wright has died of #Covid_19 at the age of 67. He had also been suffering from cancer in recent years. He is the first sitting member of Congress to die with the #coronavirus. #USA
#France on Saturday reported a fall in new #COVID_19 infections and in the number of patients being treated in hospital, slightly easing pressure on the health system as the country rolled out shots with a third approved #vaccine.
#Marseille owner Frank H. McCourt compares attack on club’s training ground to #US#Capitol insurrection
Marseille’s home game against Rennes was postponed on Saturday after an angry group of supporters stormed the club’s training ground hours before kick-off.
The #EU has reversed its decision to trigger an emergency provision in the Brexit deal to control #Covid vaccine exports from the EU.
The move could have seen checks at the border of #Ireland and Northern Ireland to prevent shipments entering the #UK.
Robert, when did LEO start wearing friend or foe indicators to protests in Portland. You can see them on about half the officers in some of Sergio Olmos’s videos from tonight. Specifically on officers wearing uniforms that say “Police” rather than “Portland Police”.#blm
Federal officers in Portland, Oregon again were barred from forcing journalists and legal observers to leave protests nor arrest them, an appeals court ruled journalists #mediafreedom
@cremebruleepdx
wants our community to remember where our energy should be focused — on our city, on Black people. If there are concerns we need to act bc there is no time for anything else. No more infighting. #PortlandProtest#PdxProtest SafePdx
A homeowner asks a Portland police officer how do these protest end
Police officer responds “if people liked our trump government a lot more, we probably wouldn’t have this issue in the first place”
#portlandpolice#policebrutality