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Trump’s criminal trial in Georgia is suspended by order of the Court of Appeals

The criminal trial of former American president and Republican pre-candidate Donald Trump in Georgia (USA) for trying to reverse the results of the 2020 elections in that state was suspended on Wednesday by order of the Court of Appeals.

The process will not resume until there is a decision on the request of the former president (2017-2021) to disqualify the prosecutor of that case, Fani Willis, for an alleged conflict of interest, according to the decision signed by that court.

That order affects Trump and eight other defendants in this case and complicates the possibility that the process will take place before the presidential elections next November, in which he is expected to face the US president, Democrat Joe Biden.

Trump, who is accused of interfering in Georgia in the vote counting in the 2020 elections, where he lost to Biden, got the Georgia Court of Appeal to agree to examine his request to disqualify Willis on May 8.

The prosecutor is in the spotlight because of the relationship she had with a subordinate: the special prosecutor Nathan Wade, something that according to the complainants created a conflict of interest that vitiated the process.

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Of the four criminal trials opened against Trump, the only one that has already taken place is the one launched in New York for forgerying commercial records to buy the silence in 2016 about a relationship he had with the porn actress Stormy Daniels. The jury found him guilty last week and the sentence will be announced on July 11.

In Washington he has another open for electoral interference, while in Florida he is accused of taking classified documents from the White House when leaving power, which he kept in his mansion in Mar-a-Lago. Neither of those two processes has a start date set.

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Hiroshima survivor who embraced Obama dies at 88

The emotional embrace between Barack Obama and Hiroshima survivor Mori—who was eight years old when the United States dropped the atomic bomb in 1945—resonated around the world.

According to Asahi Shimbun and other local media, Mori died on Saturday at a hospital in Hiroshima.

Mori, known for his research on the fate of American prisoners of war in Hiroshima, was thrown into a river by the force of the explosion on August 6, 1945, during the atomic bombing of the city.

In a past interview with AFP, ahead of his meeting with Obama at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in 2016, Mori recalled the chaos and desperation that followed the blast.

He described how, after emerging from the water, he encountered injured civilians seeking help amid the devastation, an experience that stayed with him throughout his life.

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In 2016, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where he paid tribute to the victims of the first atomic bomb used in warfare. During the visit, Mori was visibly moved as he met the president, sharing a brief but powerful moment that symbolized remembrance and reconciliation.

The bombing of Hiroshima resulted in the deaths of approximately 140,000 people, including those who succumbed to radiation exposure in the aftermath.

Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people and contributing to the end of World War II.

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Colombia seeks ‘total suffocation’ of armed groups with regional support

Colombia is advancing a strategy aimed at the “total suffocation” of illegal armed groups, seeking to corner them in border regions with the support of Ecuador and Venezuela, Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said in an interview with AFP.

According to the minister, coordinated pressure from neighboring countries—backed by United States—aims to dismantle criminal networks that use cross-border routes to traffic Colombian cocaine toward North America and Europe.

For decades, armed groups involved in Colombia’s internal conflict have relied on border territories as strategic rear bases to evade military operations and maintain logistical support.

However, Sánchez said that dynamic is beginning to change.

“We expect a total suffocation between both nations so they have no spaces where they can live or feel safe […] to close off any room they might have,” he stated during the interview in Bogotá, less than five months before the end of President Gustavo Petro’s term.

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Regional developments have reinforced this strategy. Following the capture of Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. military operation, Washington has increased its influence in Caracas, where interim leader Delcy Rodríguez has implemented a renewed anti-narcotics policy.

Meanwhile, in Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa—a key U.S. ally in the region—has launched a two-week security plan under strict curfews to combat criminal gangs, with U.S. support.

Sánchez argued that these combined efforts leave illegal organizations with fewer escape routes and operational spaces, effectively placing them in a “dead end.”

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Two killed in shooting at restaurant near Frankfurt Airport

Two people were shot dead early Tuesday at a restaurant in Raunheim, near Frankfurt Airport, according to local police.

Preliminary findings indicate that an armed individual entered the establishment at around 03:45 local time (02:45 GMT) and opened fire on the victims, who died at the scene from their injuries.

The suspect fled and remains at large, while the motive behind the shooting is still unclear, German media reported. Authorities have launched a large-scale search operation.