A Pakistani man has been sentenced to death for committing blasphemy on Facebook, the first conviction on charges arising from social media.
Judge Shabbir Ahmad Awan handed down the verdict in Bahawalpur, around 600km (372 miles) south of capital Islamabad, finding Taimoor Raza guilty of insulting the prophet Mohammed, prosecutor Shafiq Qureshi said.
Source: Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook | World news | The Guardian
ISIS supporters celebrated online overnight following the blast in Manchester Arena which claimed the lives of at least 19 people and wounded more than 50 others.
Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which struck as 21,000 fans were leaving the venue at the end of the Ariana Grande concert.
Twitter suspended dozens of accounts, but other euphoric supporters posted messages across Telegram and other secured messaging systems.
Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee at 9am
One message on Twitter posted by a user called Abdul Haqq said: ‘It seems that bombs of the British airforce over children of Mosul and Raqqa has just came back to #Manchester.’
Others shared messages encouraging so-called ‘lone wolf’ attacks as well as videos threatening the west and the United States.
US security officials said initial signs pointed to a suicide bomber being responsible for the blast.
One counter-terrorism official said: ‘In the absence of conclusive evidence, the choice of venue, the timing and the mode of attack all suggest this was terrorism.’
Britain is on its second-highest alert level of ‘severe’, meaning an attack by militants is considered highly likely.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was monitoring the situation in Manchester closely but said it had no information to indicate a specific credible threat involving music venues in the United States.
British counter-terrorism police have said they are making on average an arrest every day in connection with suspected terrorism.
Source: ISIS fans celebrate Manchester terror attack | Daily Mail Online
It’s become tradition now that seasons open with a black and white catch-up on the life of post-Breaking Bad Saul Goodman. In ‘Mabel’ we find him still living as Gene, the manager of a mall-based Cinnabon, but growing increasingly frustrated with his sedentary, law-abiding life. Last season he scrawled his old name on a wall and this time around he helps police only have a change of heart. It’s unclear where these cold opens are going – is it the case that the creators simply can’t resist dipping back into the Breaking Bad era universe, or are we building towards a meaningful epilogue to the original show? There would be a nice symmetry with the main events of Better Call Saul if Gene returns to being Saul the same time Jimmy finds his inner Goodman…
When you fire up this week’s episode you’ll probably be met with a season 2 recap which Netflix prepared, which is just as well as BCS‘ plot is built on incremental changes and small court intrigue it’s hard to keep track of between seasons. Jimmy’s story is skinny this week, picking up where we left off, with Chuck taping his confession. It seems this wasn’t a false cliffhanger and Chuck does indeed intend to use it, but a slip up that sees his assistant Ernesto learn of the tape’s existence massively puts the ball back in Jimmy’s court.
She’s making a cameo in the highly-anticipated Ocean’s Eight film.
And Kim Kardashian reported to the set Monday to film scenes for her big debut in a sheer number that left very little to the imagination.
The 36-year-old is actually the pseudo star of the film as it centers around a jewelry heist at a fake Met Gala event with Kim Kardashian as the intended target.
Earlier this year, Kim filmed some scenes at the actual Metropolitan Museum Of Art to make it seem like they were attending the gala, and is now returning to set months later to do a few more.
The reality star wore a white see-through gown for the scenes that left little to the imagination as the design only covered parts of the sheer gown.
MORE: Kim Kardashian makes Ocean’s Eight debut in sheer gown | Daily Mail Online
