Good Morning Australia!! - NSW cops arrest a teen in an alleged Anzac Day terror plot - A political upheaval in the Alps - Investigators find no justice for the families of 43 Mexican student teachers who went missing in 2014 - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
New South Wales police have arrested and charged a 16-year old boy with one count of preparing for, or planning, an act of terrorism that was to coincide with Anzac Day commemorations. He has been refused bail and is expected to face a children's court later Monday. Cops arrested the teen near his home in Auburn in Sydney's west. "I want to assure the NSW community that our counter terrorism capability is such that we were able to move quickly to prevent harm," said NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione as quoted by Fairfax News, "Anzac Day should be observed by all in our community free from fear and I would encourage everyone to enjoy this special day."
A Dutch journalist is out of jail but forbidden from leaving Turkey after being arrested over a newspaper column that criticized
thin-skinned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his anti-democratic clampdown on dissent. Ebru Umar wrote the column for the Dutch Metro newspaper, and was arrested near her holiday home in southwestern Turkey. "We are aware of this and we are following the situation closely. We are in contact with her," said a spokesman for the Dutch Foreign Ministry. Ms. Umar joins 1,400 journalists targeted for lawsuits or criminal charges for speaking against Erdogan, who once had his
balls kicked in by a horse.
The far right candidate Norbert Hofer of the ironically-named Freedom Party appears to have
gotten the most votes in the first round of voting in Austria's presidential election. But his 36 percent, buoyed by anti-immigration paranoia and economic concerns, is not enough to avoid a run-off election. Fighting for second place are center-right independent Irmegard Griss and the Green Party's Alexander Van der Bellen. It means that for the first time since World War II, Austria's main center-right and center-Left parties that have governed the country alone or in coalitions will not make it to the run-off.
A year-long independent and international investigation has failed to determine what happened to 43 student teachers who went missing after a confrontation with police in Iguala Town in southern Mexico in 2014. The five-member panel appointed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued its final report Sunday. The IACHR could not link federal police or troops to the case, but the report notes their presence in the area. Investigators also accused the Mexican government of attempting to stymie the probe. The only firm conclusion drawn by the group is that the official government account of local police kidnapping the 43 and handing them off to a local drug gang is not credible.
The Solar Impulse 2 airplane has completed its oft-delayed voyage across the Pacific Ocean, getting one step closer to its goal of circumnavigating the earth without using a drop of conventional fuel. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the
Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, after flying over the
Golden Gate bridge and
Bay Bridge. The plane took off from Abu Dhabi in March 2015, and made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China, Japan, and Hawaii. The flight has been delayed several times because of damage to the fragile, ultra-lightweight aircraft, which is powered by an array of solar cells on the wings which power the propellers and charge the batteries for nighttime flight.