Saturday, August 10, 2024

Let's Do The News! (August 10, 2024)

         

Your daily round-up of today's news...

- Suspended Labour councilor Ricky Jones is charged with encouraging violent disorder at the London counter-protest. At the same time, Jordan Parlour was jailed for 20 months for stirring up racial hatred on Facebook during the recent disorder.

- A passenger plane with 62 people on board has crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil, according to reports. All of the passengers and crew are killed. 

- King Charles praises police for "community spirit" and says he hopes for unity after the "aggression and criminality" of the recent disorder.

F1’s commercial rights holder Liberty Media has confirmed that the US Department of Justice is investigating its decision to block Andretti from entering the sport.

- The McMurty Speirling smashed the Castle Combe record in 54.559s, faster than a Formula 3 car.

- Singer Vehicle Design unveiled four reimagined 911 Turbos in honor of the Porsche 911 Turbo's 50th anniversary. All 25 allocations are sold.

- The official Cartoon Network website was shut down. Instead, Warner Bros. Discovery redirects users to the Max streaming service's Cartoon Network catalog.

- The recent D23 event announced a slew of new projects for Disney, including Tron: Ares, a live-action Lilo and Stitch movie for 2025, the second season of Star Wars Andor, the live-action Disney Snow White movie, Marvel's Ironheart, Toy Story 5, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, The Incredibles 3, Agatha All Along, Moana 2, Frozen III, and the Inside Out spinoff TV series for Disney+.

- The World Aquatics notes the unsportsmanlike misconduct of the Italian men's water polo team during their match against Spain in the Men's 5th-8th Classification round on August 9th at the Paris 2024 Men's Olympic Water Polo Tournament.

- TV5 is investigating the alleged harassment involving the network's employee and an independent contractor. The statement came after a researcher of the TV5 investigative show Budol Alert, alleged that he was sexually assaulted by the program manager.

TTFN.

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