His father can be seen waving at rescuers as he floats nearby. The family has remained in Thailand and continued their holiday, officials told AFP.
A French family was left stranded at sea for more than 16 hours overnight after their rented jet ski capsized off the coast of Thailand.A 50-year-old father and his young sons were left "pale" and "exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater" before being rescued, local government official Amorn Chomchoey told AFP.All three were taken to hospital for checks but were discharged shortly afterwards, Chomchoey said.The father had rented the jet ski for a 45-minute ride on Koh Samui, one of Thailand's most popular islands for tourists, at around 17:00 local time (10:00 GMT) on Thursday, the Bangkok Post reports.Rescuers were alerted after the jet ski was not returned at the agreed time.People used speedboats and more jet skis to comb the waters surrounding Koh Samui and towards the nearby island of Koh Phangan searching for the family, the Bangkok Post reports.Search efforts had to be suspended overnight before the family were found still drifting at sea the following day, Thai media report.The father and sons were found by rescuers at around 10:00 local time on Friday, according to AFP.The father told authorities that rough waves had struck the jet ski and caused the engine to stop towards the end of the rental period, the Bangkok Post reports.Footage of the rescue shows one of the boys sat on the top of the front of the jet ski while the rest of the vehicle submerged beneath choppy waves.His father can be seen waving at rescuers as he floats nearby. Both of them are wearing life jackets.English-language news site Nation Thailand reports that the boys' mother and older sister had been waiting on the beach when the trio were brought back to safety.The family has remained in Thailand and continued their holiday, officials told AFP.
Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on Aug. 11, 2026. Steven Hirsch/Pool New York Post hide caption toggle caption Steven Hirsch/Pool New York Post Federal prosecutors and Luigi Mangione's defense team will hold a special court conference Friday morning in Manhattan federal court, raising intense speculation the two sides may have reached a plea agreement. The two sides requested the surprise hearing before Judge Margaret Garnett less than a month before Mangione's state trial is set to begin. Asked about the purpose of the session at a press conference Wednesday, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York James McDonald declined to comment. "There's a conference scheduled for 11 a.m. on Friday, that's all we can say at this time," McDonald said. Mangione faces criminal charges in both state and federal court following the murder of Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO who was gunned down on a Manhattan street in December 2024. "Why would they be going to federal court tomorrow when they should be preparing for the state trial?" said Gary Galperin, a professor of law at Cardozo School of Law and former prosecutor in the New York County district attorney's office. "It would be reasonable to speculate that they may be trying to enter a guilty plea." After a nationwide manhunt, Mangione was later arrested in Altoona, Penn. Police officers seized a pistol and a notebook that included writings critical of the U.S. healthcare and insurance industries. The case has drawn intense media scrutiny. Mangione, despite facing state and federal murder charges in what some are characterizing as a vigilante-style action against soaring medical costs, has attracted surprising levels of public support. Federal charges against Mangione that threatened him with a possible death penalty were tossed by a judge in January 2026. Remaining charges, including a count of "interstate stalking resulting in death" could bring a sentence of life behind bars. NPR sent a request for comment on the scope of any possible plea deal to federal prosecutors and to Mangione's attorneys, but received no immediate response. Legal experts say a federal plea deal could limit or even derail efforts to try Mangione in state court on separate murder charges. That's because New York state has especially strict rules limiting "double-jeopardy" prosecutions, where a defendant is tried more than once on related charges. The same rules prevented state prosecutors from bringing fraud charges against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in 2019. A panel of state judges ruled that Manafort had already been convicted on similar counts in federal court. Manafort was later pardoned by President Trump. To avoid that kind of legal bottleneck, the Manhattan district attorney's office maneuvered to hold Mangione's state trial first, with jury selection scheduled to begin on Sept. 8. The federal trial is expected to start in January. In a letter sent last month to state Judge Gregory Carro, assistant Manhattan district attorney Joel Seidemann warned of possible complications if a federal plea deal is reached before a jury can hear the case. "If a proposed federal guilty plea would operate to defeat a just outcome in the state prosecution, the people [the Manhattan DA's office] could advise the federal district court of that consequence, and the court should consider that fact in deciding whether to accept the plea, as well as any opposition by the victim's family to such a resolution," Seidemann wrote. NPR asked the Manhattan DA's office if they expect to play any role in Friday's hearing. A spokesperson directed all questions to the U.S. attorney's office.
The rubble of a burned out residential home smolders in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on August 2, 2026. Fast-moving fires left a trail of destruction in the northwestern US city of Spokane on Sunday, with officials reporting hundreds of structures reduced to cinders. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes Saturday and overnight into Sunday, as three separate fires broke out in and around the city in the east of Washington state. ERICK DOXEY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ERICK DOXEY/AFP via Getty Images SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane County Sheriff's office has arrested a suspect in connection with its investigation into the Old Trails fire, the most destructive wildfire of the three burning in and around this eastern Washington city. Authorities say 37-year-old Aaron Farinacci, a convicted felon, was arrested at his home without incident and is being charged with arson in the first degree. The suspect's home was also searched. Sheriff John Nowels said a tip from a citizen, who reported seeing a man "bending down near some grass" in the area where the fire started led investigators to detain a suspect early in the investigation. The man, identified as Farinacci, was questioned and released, but was arrested again later by major crimes detectives and investigators as more details emerged during the investigation, Nowels said in a press conference. Nowels said authorities believe Farinacci used matches or a lighter to start the fire, both items found on him at the time of his arrest. The suspect will make his first court appearance on Tuesday, according to county's prosecutor Preston McCollam. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf, according to the Associated Press. Authorities said the cause of the fires is still under investigation. The blazes have been fueled by high winds and temperatures, and dry weather. Since last weekend, the wildfires have displaced 65,000 people, destroyed some 700 buildings and burned through 7,000 acres of land. Three members of the Spokane Fire Department sit on a curb in front of burned out residential homes in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on August 2, 2026. Fast-moving fires left a trail of destruction in the northwestern US city of Spokane on Sunday, with officials reporting hundreds of structures reduced to cinders. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes Saturday and overnight into Sunday, as three separate fires broke out in and around the city in the east of Washington state. ERICK DOXEY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ERICK DOXEY/AFP via Getty Images They have also forced the evacuation of businesses, the region's Veterans Affairs hospital campus and other healthcare facilities. There have been no reports of deaths or injuries so far. Those who have been evacuated are seeking refuge at the Spokane Convention Center, at a Red Cross shelter. Charlie Patrick evacuated on Saturday and is staying with her son at this shelter. Patrick, who is 54 and disabled, said she left her apartment with nothing and doesn't know whether it burned down. "I hope it is still there," she says, choking back tears. "I have a lot of memories and pictures and stuff of my family I can't get back." Firefighters on Monday and Tuesday were trying to take advantage of a brief reprieve in the high winds to contain the fires, before another heat wave is forecast to arrive mid-week. Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown told NPR's Morning Edition that the city of 230,000 people faced "an unprecedented situation." Hundreds of people, including many elderly, are staying at the Red Cross shelter in downtown Spokane. Nursing staff helped people change clothes behind blankets. In an interview with NPR's Here & Now on Monday, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson described Spokane as a "war zone." "It's devastating," Ferguson said, adding that neighborhoods in the city had been "wip
The family of one of the victims of Bryan Kohberger has hit out after it emerged that he was challenging his conviction for four murders of students in the US state of Idaho.Kohberger was sentenced last year to four consecutive terms of life in prison after pleading guilty to charges of murder in the November 2022 killings.In recent days, Kohberger told the New York Times, external he was taking back his plea, which was made to avoid the death penalty. He said it had rested on "false promises and blatant disinformation".The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the students who was killed, said that Kohberger was a "narcissist", who appeared to have changed his position."He chose not to leave his fate - or the facts of the case - to a jury," the statement from the Goncalves family said. "He never cried foul, never claimed he was uninformed or pressured, and never suggested there were problems with the discovery materials he and his counsel had reviewed for two years that should have been challenged."The Goncalves family went on to say "the real tragedy" was the amount of attention that Kohberger was now receiving at the expense of the victims.Kohberger was convicted of stabbing to death housemates Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen, who all attended the University of Idaho, in their off-campus home on 13 November 2022. The case shocked the small student town of Moscow and made national headlines for almost two months before Kohberger was arrested.Kohberger was a criminology doctorate student at a different institution, Washington State University. He never shared a motive with the court and it is not clear why he drove to another campus to brutally stab four students. Investigators were unable to link him to the victims, although they presented compelling evidence that put him at the scene of the crime.In his statement to the New York Times, declaring his new intention to enter a not-guilty plea, Kohberger protested his innocence and said he was offering prosecutors another chance to file for the death penalty if they wanted to.Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador paid tribute to the victims' families, saying they had "already endured unimaginable loss and now must face today's deeply painful news".Labrador's statement added: "My office stands ready to do whatever is necessary to ensure justice is fully carried out."But Kohberger's attempt to reverse his plea is a longshot, experts say."He told the judge under oath at the plea hearing that he understood the deal, was acting voluntarily, and was pleading guilty because he was guilty," Sam Newton, associate professor at University of Idaho College of Law, told the BBC. "That's a real problem, since courts don't take kindly to walking a voluntary plea back without hard proof that something went seriously wrong behind the scenes."Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu contributed to this report.
Burke's arraignment is scheduled for 31 August. The trial is to start within 90 days of that date.Prosecutors have alleged Burke stabbed the teen before dismembering her body after years of alleged sexual abuse.They allege he killed her because the teen had threatened to reveal his relationship with a minor and destroy his multi-million dollar music career.Evidence read in court on Monday showed threats Hernandez made to Burke on 22 April 2025, stemming from arguments about his friendship with another girl."I swear to GOD I will kill u", one expletive-laden text said, followed by a threat to strangle him and tell her dad lies about him. "i will end ur career and ur life I will damage anything," one text said.The following day, Hernandez went to Burke's Hollywood home in an Uber he had sent to pick her up.Prosecutors alleged that Burke stabbed her once she arrived.During questioning at the hearing on Monday, Detective Corey Farrell of the Los Angeles Police Department said text messages indicated that the defendant and the girl had attended church with her family. The detective also told the court that the teen had misrepresented her age to the defendant, telling him she was 16 and 18 at different times.Burke's defence lawyers argued there was not sufficient evidence that he had committed the crime.They said her parents were aware of what was going on between them and had even given written consent for her to travel to London with Burke for a week. The defence highlighted texts that suggested Celeste had insisted on going to Burke's Hollywood Hills home the night of 23 April 2025 and that he had argued against her coming that night.He "repeatedly expressed love and care for Ms Hernandez after they broke up", defence attorney Marilyn Bednarski said in court.The medical examiner's inability to prove how the two penetrating wounds found in the girl occurred and the lack of surveillance video capturing Burke being home on the night of 23 April proved a lack of evidence, the defence argued.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo ultimately said the prosecution met the threshold of proving that Burke had probable cause to commit the crime, a lower standard than beyond a reasonable doubt, which the prosecution will have to prove in trial."The people have met their burden on all counts," Judge Olmedo said.She found that prosecutors met the threshold for the charge of murder with special circumstances, including lying in wait, motive for financial gain and eliminating a witness.Following the hearing, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said his office only presented a fraction of the evidence it has against Burke, and that it would present everything in the coming trial.Hochman also said his office had not yet determined if it would pursue the death penalty against Burke.The BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast brings you the latest from inside the Los Angeles courtroom at the D4vd preliminary hearing.
Mary Jo Campbell, the mother of the Kardashian-Jenner momager Kris Jenner, has died aged 91. Jenner, 70, announced the news on Thursday on social media: "Today, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ."No cause of death was immediately provided. Campbell, also known as MJ Shannon, appeared on the family's reality programmes multiple times since they were first brought into the spotlight with Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which premiered in 2007. "She taught us that family is everything. She showed us how to love unconditionally and how to find joy in the little moments. She showed me how to face life's challenges with resilience and faith," Jenner wrote. The great-grandmother had two children, Kris and Karen Houghton, who died of cardiac arrest in March 2024 at 65.MJ - grandmother to both Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, along with Kendall and Kylie Jenner - has appeared multiple times alongside her daughter and grandchildren across their Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality series and The Kardashians show. The matriarch died just shy of her 92nd birthday. The family celebrated her 90th birthday on The Kardashians series on Hulu, with floral decor at a hotel party in San Diego, California.During the episode, MJ said her biggest accomplishment was having her two daughters. "How wonderful life is when you're in my world... that's all of you," she said.At the party, Kris Jenner was brought to tears about the prospect of one day losing her mother, calling her "my best friend and I couldn't live without you". MJ replied that she wasn't going anywhere, and would "have to wait for the next one (party)".Throughout her appearances on the show over the decades, MJ drew her own fanbase, with her sassy one-liners and sage advice. She would tease her family for their extravagant lifestyles and spoke fiercely about beating cancer twice - something her whole family admired her for.Kim Kardashian paid tribute to her grandmother on social media, describing her as "my best friend, my gossip buddy, my forever twin"."You taught all of us the importance of family, and those values are something we'll carry with us forever!!!!! You were the woman who showed me what it meant to be a hardworking businesswoman," the Skims founder wrote. She added that Campbell gave her her first job at her San Diego retail store and taught her lessons about having work ethics, strength and confidence that she has carried with her ever since. Alongside sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian's fire reality programme started with the trio launching their clothing store Dash in the upscale southern California city of Calabasas, which has become synonymous with the famous family.The siblings have since launched numerous ventures in clothing - including Kim's Skims business and Khloe's Good American denim brand.
Robinson is accused of fatally shooting Kirk as he addressed an audience at the campus on 10 September 2025The hearing included new footage that shows a man, who prosecutors say is Robinson, repeatedly on campus on the day of the killing. The video also appears to show the suspect jumping off the roof while holding an object.David Hull, Utah's state Bureau of Investigation lead investigator on the case, testified about the footage and Robinson's alleged movements that day. He took the court through surveillance footage that allegedly showed Robinson on campus about four hours before the attack, strolling around the college in a T-shirt and shorts and buying a meal at Chick-fil-A. Hull testified that Robinson was seen approaching members of Kirk's Turning Point USA organisation, but did not elaborate on the interaction. Hull testified that Robinson allegedly left and returned to the campus - about 90 minutes before the attack. When he reappeared on campus, the suspect was wearing different clothes and seemingly walking with a limp, according to Hull. Footage allegedly showed the suspect making his way to the Losee Building on the campus and rolling over a railing on to the rooftop.Shortly after the fatal shot rang out, the same man can be seen running across the roof, dropping down with an unknown object in his hands and making his way off campus, Hull testified.A rifle was later recovered "in the wooded area where we believe Mr Robinson entered the wooded area", Hull told the court.Hours after the attack, Robinson allegedly returned to the school, Hull testified. He told the court that an officer briefly interacted with Robinson near the campus while a manhunt was underway in the early hours of 11 September. Hull testified that Robinson had tried to drive a grey Dodge Challenger on to campus, but drove off after a police officer briefly spoke with him.The officer noted Robinson's vehicle licence plate. Robinson's defence team, led by attorney Kathy Nester, has sought to exclude much of the evidence and argued to have the death penalty taken off the table.Nester spent much of Tuesday aiming to discredit key pieces of evidence being displayed by prosecutors.Under questioning from Nester on Tuesday, Hull acknowledged that at least one other weapon had been found on campus on the day of the shooting.Hull also said no shell casings were discovered on the rooftop near a suspected "sniper pad" - an impression in gravel discovered by another officer which appeared to indicate where a shooter was lying down with a direct line of sight to where Kirk had been speaking. Nester also told the court some witnesses had described a different suspect on the rooftop, while a few others interviewed by police had claimed a bald man had been driving the vehicle alleged to be Robinson's in security footage shown on Monday.Robinson's defence team objected repeatedly to evidence and testimony during the first two days of the preliminary hearing. They argued that footage had been edited, and pointed out that those who had originally filmed the footage were not on the stand and not able to be questioned. Their repeated objections, calling into question key pieces of evidence, have helped shed light on their potential defence strategy, which has remained a mystery since Robinson's arrest. Following Hull's testimony, the prosecution called Jennifer Faumuina, a sergeant with the state bureau of investigation, who testified about how investigators processed DNA found on a screwdriver, rifle and towel recovered after the shooting. Prosecutors then introduced an FBI report which found that the DNA matched Robinson, as well as his roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs, who has co-operated with police.The defence also called its first witness, FBI forensic analyst Amanda Bakker, who signed the DNA report - questioning her at length about protocol and the potential for interpretation or error in testing.After the hearing - which is due to end on Friday - J
The woman suspected of carrying out a parcel bombing in Monaco which injured a sanctioned Ukrainian multi-millionaire and his family has been found dead, Ukraine's security service (SBU) has said.A cross-border manhunt had been launched for Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman who officials believed had fled the wealthy city-state after planting the bomb in the entrance hall of an apartment building on 29 June.The 39-year-old's body was found buried in a forest in the Kyiv region with gunshot wounds to the head, according to the SBU and Ukraine's prosecutor general.Two people, including a current officer within Ukraine's military intelligence service, have been charged over her murder.Berezovska arrived in Ukraine two days after the attack on 1 July, the SBU said in its statement, citing law enforcement sources.Two suspects met Berezovska in a car on a highway in the Kyiv region two days later, the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general told the BBC."The victim traveled a certain distance with them, after which she was killed."The SBU said she had communicated with her family and two men after entering Ukraine - a former law enforcement officer and a current officer in Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence, an agency of the Ministry of Defence. The two men were investigated as possible accomplices in the Monaco attack based on information they repeatedly transferred funds to Berezovska's "crypto and bank accounts".The intelligence officer subsequently confessed to Berezovska's murder and said he had done so with "another suspect", the agency said. Both men have since been charged with "intentional murder committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons".The SBU said a basement room "resembling a torture chamber" had also been found during a search of the former law enforcement officer's home in the Kyiv region.Ukraine's prosecutor general said it had "no evidence" the room had been involved in Berezovska's case and that it "simply reflect[s] the profile of one of the suspects".His office released a video of the room, which showed a mat dotted with what appear to be small spots of blood. Two axes, a pickaxe, tarpaulin spread on the floor and a large bag are also visible.Monaco's deputy prosecutor Morgan Raymond said Berezovska had spent days casing out the residence and was "disguised as a man" during the attack last Monday.Three people were injured, two of them seriously, when a package exploded just as they entered the building shortly after 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT).Berezovska was believed to have fled in a hire car to Italy and onwards to Germany - where special forces searched an apartment rented by a 39-year-old Ukrainian woman "currently on the run" in the central state of Hesse on Thursday, police said.Interpol issued a red notice alerting police worldwide that she was a fugitive wanted for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent and criminal conspiracy on Friday.The SBU said Ukrainian authorities had shared all available information with officials in Monaco, with who its prosecutor general was in "close co-operation".Law enforcement authorities were working to identify "other suspects" in the attack, it added.Authorities in Monaco have not confirmed the victims' identities, but local media reported Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and his 13-year-old son had been targeted.Yermolaiev, a real estate developer, was named the 39th richest Ukrainian by Forbes magazine in 2020 with a reported fortune of $230m (£173.8m).He has major interests in wine and alcohol in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, and has been the subject of sanctions imposed by the government in Kyiv since 2023.He is a Cypriot citizen, having renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019, and has been living in Monaco.Correction - 7 July 2026: An earlier version of this story said investigators believed Anastasiia Berezovska had been held in a basement belonging to one of the suspects. Ukra
The family of Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, released a statement to local media in advance of Monday's proceedings, which are scheduled to last through Friday."Every court proceeding serves as a painful reminder of his death and the loss that has irrevocably impacted our lives and the lives of his children," said Kirk's widow, Erika, his parents, Robert and Kathryn, and sister, Mary. They thanked people for the outpouring of prayers and kindness since Charlie's death. "Out of respect for the judicial process, we will not be commenting further at this time. We ask for continued privacy as we navigate this process and immense grief."New footage, evidence and witness testimony was presented during the hearing, including surveillance footage that law enforcement said showed Robinson on the Utah school's campus four times the day of the shooting - including hours after Kirk's death. The preliminary hearing acts as a way for a judge to decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence to present their case before a jury at trial. Both prosecutors and Robinson's defence team questioned witnesses who took the stand throughout the hours-long hearing. It offered a peak at what Robinson's defence could entail as it's remained a mystery due to his lack of a plea to the charges. His lawyers reportedly questioned footage presented, how Robinson was identified as a suspect and security at the school. In previous hearings, his attorneys have sought to exclude various evidence asked Judge Tony Graf to take the death penalty off the table.Robinson, wearing a light-coloured suit, sat between his attorneys at the defense table. Kirk was addressing a crowd from under a tent on 10 September as part of his American Comeback tour of college campuses, during which he invited attendees to debate him. A shot rang out as he was speaking about gun violence; Kirk slumped over to the side.Chris Bagley, one of four law enforcement witnesses expected to take the stand during the week-long hearing, had been stationed on a building above and realised from the noise that it had come from a rifle, not a handgun. In court on Monday, he described a chaotic scene of people shouting and running and told the court that he was informed by law enforcement that a shooter had been taken into custody. But he said he discovered suspicious evidence leading him to believe it might not be the right suspect. Bagley said he found a screwdriver and an impression in gravel on a roof indicative of a sniper and then viewed security footage showing an individual dropping down and escaping from the area. He described a telling impression the suspect had left behind. "I could see the disturbance of gravel; to me, it looks like a sniper pad, a person that has been laying in a prone position, and you've got markings of elbows, knees and feet - where somebody was in the line of sight of where Charlie's tent was."Robinson's defense attorney Kathryn Nestor voiced several objections throughout the testimony, asking him about staffing, planning and surveillance on the day of Kirk's event.Another witness, David Hull, told the court he'd been working as an agent with Utah's State Bureau of Investigation at the time of Kirk's shooting. He testified that he reviewed surveillance video from the day of the shooting and saw Robinson "on campus ... approximately four times throughout the day".Hull testified that Robinson appeared at the school twice before the attack, then again at the time of the shooting - then returned that evening, hours after Kirk's death. Prosecutors also played home surveillance footage from a neighbourhood near campus which they say shows Robinson parking his gray Dodge, then returning later and driving away.The hearing is set to continue all week and will examine evidence and witnesses in the case to determine whether prosecutors have enough to present it before a jury at trial.
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