US police admits killing of black man in Los Angeles

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• US police have admitted that an African American killed by officers in Los Angeles last month for alleged carjacking was neither armed, nor involved in the incident. The family of Donnell Thompson has demanded a public apology from police and an independent investigation. They say the killing was racially motivated.
• The US Special Forces have abandoned their military hardware after Daesh terrorists attacked them in eastern Afghanistan. The Daesh offshoot in Afghanistan has released photos of the equipment and weapons, including an American rocket launcher, grenades, and radios. The US has taken a more active role in Afghanistan in recent months.
• The United States has approved the potential sale of a huge amount of armored vehicles and other military equipment, worth 1.15 billion dollars to Saudi Arabia. The US state department’s approval for the equipment comes at a time when Riyadh is conducting deadly airstrikes against its southern neighbor Yemen.
• Brazil's Senate has voted to hold impeachment trial for suspended President Dilma Rousseff. The first female Latin American president will stand trial over accusations of manipulating government records. Rousseff's opponents say the impeachment process aims to defend democracy and the country’s constitution. She has condemned the push for impeachment as a coup.
• A bus carrying journalists between the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has been struck by gunfire. The bus was moving from the Games basketball venue to the main Olympic park when two shots hit it. Windows shattered and flying glass left two people with minor injuries.
• Australian rights activists have called for the public to pressure the government over alleged sexual abuse of asylum seekers in detention centers. British newspaper The Guardian has published files that document over two-thousand abuse cases between May 2013 and October 2015. More than half of the incidents involved children.
• The Syrian government forces and their allies have inflicted heavy losses on foreign-backed militants in the city of Aleppo where the United Nations has warned of a serious situation. The Syrian army backed by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has advanced on the flashpoint city.
• Clashes have erupted in the Peruvian capital Lima between police and students protesting against alleged corruption in the country’s universities. Security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd who were trying to reach government buildings. Several people have been injured and many more arrested.

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