British counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the suspected murder of former UK lawmaker Ann Widdecombe “following new information and evidence,” UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said on Monday. Police had previously said there was no information to suggest Widdecombe’s murder was an act of terrorism or politically motivated. “The police are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack,” Mahmood said in an update. She later said the suspect was not previously known to the government program that works to stop individuals at risk of becoming terrorists.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/uk/ann-widdecombe-killing-uk-counterterror-police-intl
Amanuel wakes up each day not knowing if it will be his last. A rap at his cell door could mean his time is up; no farewell call, no last meal. Executions in Saudi Arabia often arrive without warning. “I’m a dead man walking,” he says. “After my friends were executed, I don’t eat food, I don’t drink water.” Amanuel is a pseudonym for one young prisoner who’s been imprisoned for several years. CNN obtained his account from inside Khamis Mushait prison, in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. CNN is not naming him for his own protection.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/africa/ethiopian-migrants-saudi-arabia-death-row-intl
A federal judge on Monday said a controversial lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the IRS sought to “manipulate the judicial process” and that he acted in bad faith in bringing it. US District Judge Kathleen Williams is ordering sanctions for the attorneys involved in the lawsuit, which led to an attempt to create the now-defunct $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for allies of the president. It was also used to justify a Trump administration order giving the president and his businesses amnesty for any past tax issues. Williams’ 56-page opinion blasted the behavior of both the Justice Department — arguing that the administration’s response to the case disregarded DOJ policies and potentially the law — and of the private attorneys who brought the lawsuit on Trump’s behalf.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/trump-irs-judge-ruling-settlement-sanctions
Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli Police. The journalists were near the village of Sinjil north of Ramallah to cover the one-year anniversary of the killing of Saif Musallet, a Palestinian-American who was beaten to death by Jewish settlers, last July. Within minutes of arriving at the location where Musallet was killed, Israeli settlers descended on the area. As the CNN team and other journalists tried to leave, a group of four settlers blocked the road with their car and tried to keep the vehicles from moving forward.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/settlers-arrested-attack-on-journalists-intl
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