Britain sees large rise in hate crimes
Reuters, London
Britain saw a sharp rise in the number of hate crimes recorded by police last year with the vast bulk of offences motivated by race, official figures showed on Tuesday.
There were 52,528 hate crimes in the 12 months to March, up 18 percent on the year before, with the Home Office (interior ministry) suggesting that the increase was due to more victims coming forward and police becoming better at identifying such offences.
Hate crimes are defined as a criminal offense which the victim believes was motivated by a personal characteristic such as race, religion, or disability.
13 killed in Pak landslide
AFP, Karachi
Thirteen people including seven children were crushed to death in Karachi Tuesday when a rare landslide struck their thatch huts as they slept, officials said.
The victims, who police said were from three families, were living on a plot of land carved out of a hill in the eastern neighbourhood of Gulistane Jauhar when the tragedy struck in the early hours.
Tearful relatives gathered at the scene, watching as the bodies were pulled from the rubble and wrapped in shrouds. One victim was a girl believed to be as young as six months, a rescue worker told AFP.
Jerusalem attacks kill two, wound five
AFP, Jerusalem
A gun attack on a bus and a car and knife assault in Jerusalem on Tuesday killed at least two people and wounded five in two separate incidents, authorities said.
It was the bloodiest violence in Jerusalem since the current wave of unrest began at the start of October and the first time an attack has seen gunfire on a bus.
A 60-year-old was killed and four people wounded in the bus attack in a Jewish neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, while the attackers were also killed, medics and police said.
Hillary, 4 others set to face off in Democratic debate
Agencies, Washington
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her four party rivals face off for the first time at today’s first Democratic primary debate with all her opponents hoping to challenge her aura of inevitability.
Ahead of the debate in Las Vegas, the former first lady and secretary of state remains the most popular Democrat with a 52 to 40 percentage advantage over her closest rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed socialist, according to the latest Gallup Poll.
Landslide kills 17 in Myanmar
AFP, Yangon
A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more, state media said Tuesday.
The landslide hit a village in Hpa-saung township in the remote Kayah state on Monday afternoon, killing 10 men and seven women, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported.
More than 360 people areas have been relocated to temporary relief camps.
