Good Morning, Australia! – Protesters say they feel betrayed by a new Catholic bishop – Tunisia confirms a third suspect in the museum attack – This might be the week we learn if Jeremy Clarkson still gets to make fun of cars – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:
Hundreds of protesters tried to stop the ordination of a Catholic bishop they say covered up rampant sexual abuse of young boys. Juan Barros, who denies the allegations, was ordained Bishop of Osorno, Chile anyway – shortly before being escorted out of the church by police guard. Most of Chile’s top Roman Catholic leaders stayed away from the ceremony. Survivors say Barros was actually present several times as his mentor Fr. Fernando Karadima molested them during the 1980s and ‘90s. Chilean authorities declined to prosecute citing the statute of limitations, but the Catholic Church found Karadima guilty in an internal probe in 2011, and ordered him to live out his remaining days in “penitence and prayer”.
Liberia says its latest Ebola patient – the first in 20 days – has no known connections to any past patients. And that’s a big worry for health officials who want to prevent any further infections of the deadly virus. The UN World Health Organization say a country must go 42 days from the last known case to be declared Ebola-free.
Tunisian authorities are hunting a third suspect in last week’s attack on a major museum in which 25 people died. “There were certainly three attackers.” President Beji Caid Essebsi said during a live TV interview. “There is one who is on the run, he won't get far,” Essebei vowed. Two other gunmen were killed inside the Bardo Museum by security forces. 29-year old Sydney man Javier Camelo and his Colombian mother were among 20 tourists killed at the Bardo National Museum on Wednesday. Islamic State took responsibility for the carnage.
A Syrian government helicopter crashed in an area held by rebels, including the al Qaeda-linked al Nusra front. One crewmember was killed, but four are being held by rebels.
Women in Kabul broke with local customs and carried the coffin of a 27-year old woman named Farkhunda who was beaten to death by a mob that wrongly believed she burned a Koran. The activists had the permission of the slain woman’s father, and hundreds attended the ceremony. Authorities arrested 13 people in the killing.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with the major vote-getters in last week’s elections to hear their recommendations for forming a new government. Rivlin is pushing for a national unity government, but it seems conservative parties are sticking with pre-election pledges to ally with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and take the country to the hard-right. On Monday, Rivlin will meet with minor parties that might hold the keys to Rivlin’s dream of a broader coalition.
The son of former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych drowned in a mishap on Russia’s far eastern Lake Baikal. 33-year old Viktor Yanukovych, Jr.’s VW van crashed through the ice while photographing an event on the lake; four others managed to escape. Six other officials linked to the elder Yanukovych have died under mysterious circumstances since he fled Ukraine in February 2014 during the Euro-Maidan revolution.
Has the garage door shut on Jeremy Clarkson? In his Sunday Times column, he hinted he was no longer working for the BBC with the line, “I used to work on a television show called Top Gear.” The Beeb suspended Clarkson from the world’s number one automotive TV show on 10 March after he allegedly punched a producer, and he was reportedly on his last warning after years of racial incidents and misbehaving. In a tweet on Friday, Clarkson thanked his fans and wrote, “We shall all learn next week what will happen.” The BBC isn’t commenting.