Trial over Sacramento’s deadliest shooting ends in mistrial

Mtula Payton and Dandrae Martin were tried together over shooting on K Street in April 2022 that left six dead

The trial of two men accused of carrying out the deadliest shooting in the city of Sacramento, California, ended in a mistrial on Tuesday.

The suspects, Mtula Payton and Dandrae Martin, were tried together and faced up to 15 years to life in prison for their role in the shooting, which killed six people and injured at least a dozen. While they were not convicted for the deaths, they were found guilty of being in possession of firearms despite having prior felonies.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/sacramento-k-street-shooting

Bay Area city manager charged for allegedly breaking into 66ft yacht while drinking

Sausalito city manager Elaine Forbes faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly trying to steal the three-story vessel

A Bay Area city manager will face misdemeanor charges for allegedly breaking into a 66ft yacht while drinking and trying to steal the vessel.

Elaine Forbes, Sausalito’s city manager, was arrested on the morning of 18 July after police received a call for a noise disturbance. Police say Forbes had “apparently broken into” a three-story yacht, where she was consuming alcohol.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/bay-area-city-manager-charged-stealing-yacht

Zelenskyy replaces military leader and brings back defence minister he sacked

Mykhailo Drapati new head of the armed forces as Mykhailo Fedorov returns to government after mass protests

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Ukraine’s commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and offered a “prominent position” to the defence minister he sacked last week in a move that sparked nationwide protests.

In a late-night TV address, Zelenskyy said he was appointing Mykhailo Drapati, a popular and innovative general, as the new head of Ukraine’s armed forces. Drapati would oversee a reorganisation of the army’s command structure, Ukraine’s president said.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/zelenskyy-replaces-military-leader-and-brings-back-defence-minister-he-sacked

Australia news live: Barnaby Joyce dogged by Tommy Robinson questions – and by a dog – in spiky ABC interview

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Anthony Albanese has congratulated the new UK Prime Minister Anthony Burnham after the latter took over the job yesterday. The Australian PM posted a note to X, emphasising the strategic allyship:

Congratulations Prime Minister Burnham on your appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Australia and the United Kingdom are longstanding friends, allies and partners, united by shared values and deep ties between our peoples.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/21/australia-news-live-barnaby-joyce-pauline-hanson-one-nation-anthony-albanese-labor-antisemitism-royal-commission-ntwnfb

Trump says Benjamin Netanyahu ‘will not be arrested’ if he visits the US

Israeli prime minister is subject of an arrest warrant issued by international criminal court over alleged war crimes in Gaza

Donald Trump has said Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, “will not be arrested” if he visits the US.

His comments came days after Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, said he was exploring whether his administration could arrest Netanyahu if he visits the city during the UN general assembly in September.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/trump-benjamin-netanyahu-will-not-be-arrested

Deadly 5.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Peru #wanitaxigo

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fight

César Alcaraz had only just become a firefighter in the late 1990s when he found himself ambushed by a fast-moving blaze. Barely able to breathe and with no more water left in his truck, he and his colleagues fled an inferno ravaging Spain’s Montgó mountain region, wishing their bosses had sent more support.

But nearly three decades on, as an officer with Alicante’s provincial firefighters, Alcaraz has more sympathy for the agonising choices that commanders have to make. When wildfires overwhelm an area, his job resembles that of a doctor in an emergency room with too few ventilators.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/18/the-impossible-choices-of-a-deadly-wildfire-season