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A former member of Congress, who pulled off a rare win for a Democrat in Utah, is drawing early support from an influential national political action committee as new political boundaries offer an unexpected chance to pick up a seat in the deep-red state.
Former Rep. Ben McAdams is being touted by Welcome PAC, which backs more moderate candidates over progressives, for what is expected to be a newly created district, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
“Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. But it’s usually the best clue we’ve got,” says the fundraising email, which was expected to be distributed to Democrats nationwide on Friday. “Ben McAdams is a superstar.”
The email offers the early contours of a race that could help Democrats as they try to retake the House in the midterms — an effort that has been complicated by a nationwide redistricting war set in motion by President Donald Trump’s push to have Texas draw new congressional boundaries.
Democrats could pick up one or two seats under newly drawn lines in Utah under a redistricting fight that was underway before Trump pressured Texas and set off a wave of gerrymandering in states led by Republicans and Democrats, including Indiana and California.
The court-ordered map in Utah would provide Democrats with a somewhat improved chance of victory in the state: A Salt Lake Tribune analysis pegs the most competitive redrawn districts at R +6 and R+11, well below the 23+ point margins Democrats faced in federal races in 2024.
In 2018, McAdams unseated the late Rep. Mia Love, who won her previous election in the district by 12 points. In 2020, he lost by 1 percentage point to Republican Burgess Owens.
McAdams has not launched a campaign, but filed a statement of candidacy earlier this month with the FEC, allowing him to begin raising money. He is expected to announce a bid once a map is finalized, according to two people with direct knowledge of his thinking. The former lawmaker declined to comment.
“He’s clearly the strongest candidate Dems have had anywhere in nearly a decade,” said Liam Kerr, co-founder of Welcome PAC. “We want to take this bigger platform we have and clearly say that he should run — and that people who are listening to our view of the party should show that encouragement by contributing to his campaign account.”
McAdams isn’t the only name in the mix. The slate of potential primary candidates includes 2024 Senate candidate Caroline Gleich, state Sens. Kathleen Riebe and Nate Blouin, and 2022 Senate candidate Kael Weston. None have formally entered the race.
Welcome PAC has been making waves in center-left politics since Trump's reelection. Their WelcomeFest conference in June featured swing state and district Democrats like Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Maine Rep. Jared Golden. Earlier this week, they issued an expansive report on how Democrats can rebuild after their 2024 failures.
“People read the report and are like, ‘What should we do?’ And it’s like ‘well, shit, here’s a clear example,’” Kerr told POLITICO, about supporting McAdams.
As a member of Congress, McAdams was part of the Blue Dogs — the PAC and coalition now helmed by Golden and Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, both Democrats serving in districts Trump won — and the New Democrats caucus. Before Congress, he was mayor of Salt Lake County.
Utah’s new congressional map is not yet final. In August, a district judge ruled the current map — which divides blue Salt Lake County between four districts — ignored the intention of a 2018 ballot initiative calling for an independent commission to draw the boundaries. The GOP-controlled state legislature drew a new map that favors Republicans — but still gives Democrats a better shot than the current map.
A district judge has until Nov. 10 to approve the new map for it to be in place for 2026.
“Right now, Democrats are focused on winning,” said a Utah Democratic strategist, granted anonymity to speak openly. “We realize this is a huge opportunity to get serious.”
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法新社10月31日消息，据当局称，飓风“梅丽莎”在海地和牙买加造成近50人死亡后，于周五清晨“迅速远离”百慕大。
美国国家飓风中心（NHC）在其最新公告中表示，这场强风暴肆虐加勒比海岛屿，但预计将于当天晚些时候减弱为“温带气旋”。
据同一消息来源称，巴哈马群岛的洪水预计将会缓解，但古巴、牙买加、海地和多米尼加共和国的水位预计仍将居高不下。
房屋损毁、社区被淹、通讯中断……各方重点放在评估“梅丽莎”造成的损失上。周五，国际援助物资涌入遭受重创的加勒比地区。
受气候变化影响，这场飓风威力更大，成为90年来登陆牙买加的最强飓风。周二，飓风以萨菲尔-辛普森飓风等级中最高级别的五级飓风强度登陆牙买加，风速高达约300公里/小时（186英里/小时）。
牙买加新闻部长达纳·莫里斯·迪克森周四晚间告诉当地媒体：“目前已确认的死亡人数为19人”，其中9人来自该岛西端。
当局表示，许多居民仍然无法联系到亲人。据政府称，牙买加军方正在努力清理被堵塞的道路。
联合国负责多个加勒比国家事务的协调员丹尼斯·祖鲁在金斯顿表示：“基础设施、财产、道路、通信和电力网络遭受了前所未有的巨大破坏。我们的初步评估显示，该国遭受的破坏程度前所未有。”
“梅丽莎”飓风“夺走了我们的生命”
在海地，虽然没有直接遭受飓风袭击，但暴雨肆虐，据周四公布的最新官方数据显示，至少有30人死亡，其中包括10名儿童，另有20人失踪。在死者中有23人死于该国西南部一条河水决堤。
在古巴，电话和公路交通仍然严重中断。
法新社观察到，在古巴西南部的埃尔科布雷，铁锤声在阳光重现的午后回荡：那些屋顶被掀翻的居民正在朋友和邻居的帮助下努力修缮房屋。
居住在古巴南部埃尔科布雷附近的费利西亚·科雷亚告诉法新社，“梅丽莎”飓风“夺走了我们的生命，让我们遭受了毁灭性的打击”，“我们原本就面临着巨大的困难。现在，显然，我们的处境更加糟糕了。”
据古巴当局称，约有73.5万人已被疏散。
救援行动——国际援助物资正陆续运往受灾地区。
据美国国务院官员透露，美国已向多米尼加共和国、牙买加和巴哈马群岛派遣救援队。救援队也正在前往海地的途中。
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥还表示，美国也将意识形态上的敌人古巴纳入其救援行动。
委内瑞拉已向其盟友古巴运送了2.6万吨人道主义援助物资。
萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克莱在接受X光采访时宣布，他将于周五向牙买加派遣“三架载有人道主义援助物资的飞机”，运送“300多名救援人员”和“50吨”重要物资。
法国外交部表示，法国计划“在未来几天”通过海运向牙买加运送一批紧急人道主义援助物资，包括基本物资和净水设备。
英国已向受灾国家提供250万英镑（280万欧元）的紧急财政援助。
伦敦帝国理工学院的气候科学家周二发表的一项研究表明，人类活动导致的气候变化使飓风威力更大、破坏性更强。
联合国气候变化执行秘书西蒙·斯蒂尔表示：“每一次气候灾难都是一个悲剧性的警示，提醒我们必须尽快限制哪怕是零点几摄氏度的升温，而升温的主要原因是过量燃烧煤炭、石油和天然气。” 联合国气候变化大会（COP30）即将于几天后在巴西开幕。
联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）指出，随着海洋表面温度升高，最强烈的气旋（或飓风、台风）的出现频率增加，但其总数并未增加。
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About 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party has said.
Protests erupted on election day on Wednesday over what demonstrators said was the stifling of the opposition after the exclusion of key candidates from the presidential ballot.
John Kitoka, a spokesperson for the Chadema opposition party, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that hundreds of people had been killedsince then.
“As we speak, the figure for deaths in Dar [es Salaam] is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-plus. Added to figures from other places around the country, the overall figure is around 700,” he said.
He added that the toll could be much higher because killings could be happening during a night-time curfew that was imposed from Wednesday.
A security source told AFP there had been reports of more than 500 dead, “maybe 700-800 in the whole country”.
Amnesty International said it had received information that at least 100 people had been killed.
Kitoka said Chadema’s numbers had been gathered by a network of party members going to hospitals and health clinics and “counting dead bodies”.
He demanded that the government “stop killing our protesters” and called for a transitional government to pave the way for free and fair elections. “Stop police brutality. Respect the will of the people which is electoral justice,” Kitoka said.
The Guardian has approached the government for comment.
Tanzanians went to the polls on Wednesday in an election in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan was expected to strengthen her grip on the country amid rapidly intensifying repression and the exclusion of key opponents from the presidential contest.
In April, Tundu Lissu, the vice-chair of Chadema, was arrested and charged with treason and cybercrime offences. His party, which had led calls for a boycott of the election unless electoral systems were reformed, was later disqualified from participating.
Last month, Luhaga Mpina, the leader of ACT-Wazalendo, another opposition party, was also disqualified, meaning Hassan will contest only lesser-known opponents from minor parties.
Government critics were also abducted and arrested in the run-up to the election.
Since Wednesday, huge crowds of protesters have attacked police and destroyed property belonging to businesses connected to the ruling party.
The demonstrations were focused mainly in the port city of Dar es Salaam but have since spread across the country.
The government reacted by imposing a curfew. Internet disruption was also reported, with the global monitor NetBlocks saying it was countrywide.
On Thursday, the army chief, Gen Jacob John Mkunda, condemned the violenceand called the protesters “criminals”. He said security forces would try to contain the situation.
Demonstrators on Friday faced a heavy police and military presence.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it was “alarmed” by the deaths and injuries in the protests, noting it had received reports that at least 10 people had been killed by security forces.
The OHCHR said it had received credible reports of deaths in Dar es Salaam, in Shinyanga in the north-west and Morogoro in the east, with security forces firing live ammunition and teargas to disperse protesters.
An OHCHR spokesperson, Seif Magango, said the office had urged security forces to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force and for protesters to demonstrate peacefully.
Tito Magoti, a human rights lawyer, said it was “unjustified” for security agencies to use force, adding that the country’s president “must refrain from deploying the police against the people”.
He said: “She must listen to the people. The mood of the country is that there was no election … We cannot vote for one candidate.”
Agence France-Presse contributed to this story.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim to have arrested several of their fighters after outrage over the extent of killing in the city of El Fasher continues to build.
But the paramilitary group’s move has been met with scepticism from human rights campaigners and the Sudanese who see it as an attempt to temper criticism over the violence.
Much of the outrage has been focused on a single individual, Abu Lulu, whom RSF media outlets showed under arrest and taken to a jail cell. Lulu, a commander in the RSF, featured in numerous videos that emerged after Sunday’s attack on El Fasher of fighters executing people in civilian clothing.
“The detention of Abu Lulu appears to be a PR stunt to deflect global anger and shift attention away from the militia’s responsibility for this massacre,” said Mohamed Suliman, a Sudanese researcher and writer based in Boston. “However, many Sudanese did not buy into this and launched a hashtag: ‘You are all Abu Lulu’ – meaning the entire militia acts like him.”
Since the fighter’s arrest, images have been shared on social media of various RSF leaders, including the chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, as well as politicians considered to be tied to him, with the name Abu Lulu written underneath each of their faces.
Hala al-Karib, a prominent Sudanese activist focusing on violence against women with the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, said the focus on arresting one man was a “painful joke” intended to deflect from the scale of the violence inflicted by RSF forces in El Fasher and elsewhere.
“There is absence of accountability and indifference to our humanity. Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have perished daily, and young girls and women have been ruthlessly raped during the past three years. Still, all they do is try to silence our suffering,” she said.
Karib said the RSF could not be trusted to investigate itself, saying that it had not changed since its origins as a collection of ethnic-based militias known as the Janjaweed, who carried out massacres in Darfur during the 2000s on behalf of the Sudanese government.
A civil war between the RSF and the Sudanese army began in April 2023 after a power struggle between the two forces and the conflict quickly spread across the country.
The UN human rights office spokesperson Seif Magango told reporters in Geneva on Friday that hundreds of civilians and unarmed fighters could have been killed while trying to leave El Fasher.
“Witnesses confirm RSF personnel selected women and girls and raped them at gunpoint, forcing the remaining displaced persons – around 100 families – to leave the location amid shooting and intimidation of older residents,” he said.
There is concern about the fate of tens of thousands of people after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) raised alarm about only a few thousand arriving in the Tawila displacement camp west of El Fasher, which has previously been a key destination for displaced people in the area.
“[The arrivals are] far fewer than the 250,000 civilians estimated to be in El Fasher until last month. Reports from those who fled, as well as credible sources, indicate mass killings, indiscriminate violence and ethnic targeting inside the city and on the roads to escape it,” MSF said.
MSF added they had detected malnourishment in 100% of children under five, who are all being screened as they arrived. “They are victims of torture, gunshots on the road, travelling by night, they were forced in El Fasher to eat animal feed, which has caused really bad abdominal problems, especially in children,” said Giulia Chiopris, an MSF paediatrician in Tawila. “Our surgical teams are working non-stop.”
An activist who fled to Tawila after the RSF’s attack on the Zamzam displacement camp in April said those who had arrived had to walk for at least two days to arrive. “Many men were killed and some women were tortured,” he said. “Everyone is ill or injured.”
Sudanese civil society groups have reported that displaced families are also arriving in nearby villages in north Darfur.
ReutersAt least 19 people have died in Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Melissa, Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon has said, as search and rescue efforts continue and authorities try to get aid to hard-hit areas.
The hurricane, one of the most powerful to strike the Caribbean, has also killed at least 30 people in Haiti, officials said.
In Jamaica, "there are entire communities that seem to be marooned and areas that seem to be flattened," Dixon said, adding there are "devastating" scenes in western regions.
Electricity remains out to most of the island and as people try to salvage damaged homes and belongings from floodwaters and mud, many thousands are growing increasingly desperate for aid.
There are parts of the country that have been without water for several days and food is growing increasingly scarce.
Aid supplies are starting to arrive more rapidly with the main airport in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, largely back to normal.
But smaller regional airports, some of which are located near to where humanitarian assistance is most needed, remain only partly operational.
As such, aid agencies and the military are bringing in the urgently needed supplies from Kingston via road, many of which remain unpassable in places.
Satellite imagery shows nearly all buildings in some Jamaican villages have been destroyed by the hurricane.
Residents of towns in western Jamaica told the BBC on Thursday that "words can't explain how devastating" the storm has been on the country.
"No one is able to get through to their loved ones," Trevor 'Zyanigh' Whyte told the BBC from the town of White House in Westmoreland parish.
"Everyone is just, you know, completely disconnected... Every tree is on the road, right, so you can't get too far with the cars, not even a bicycle," he said.
In Haiti, many of the victims in the storm died when a river overflowed in Petit-Goave. A full assessment is ongoing, as there are still areas that authorities have not been able to access.
Around 15,000 people were staying in more than 120 shelters in Haiti, interim UN co-ordinator for the country Gregoire Goodstein said.
In Cuba, more than 3 million people were "exposed to life-threatening conditions" during the hurricane, with 735,000 people "safely evacuated", according to the UN's resident co-ordinator for Cuba Francisco Pichon.
No fatalities have been reported so far in Cuba, but almost 240 communities have been cut off due to flooding and landslides, Cuban authorities said.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday in Jamaica as a category five storm, packing winds of up to 185 mph (295 km/h), before impacting other countries in the Caribbean.
Governments, humanitarian organisations and individuals around the world are pledging support for the nations hardest hit by the storm.
The World Food Programme said it is collaborating with partners to coordinate logistics, cash and emergency supplies across Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The US State Department said it is deploying a disaster response team to the region to help with search and rescue operations, and assisting in efforts to provide food, water, medical supplies, hygiene kits and temporary shelters.
The UK government said it is sending £2.5m ($3.36m) in emergency humanitarian funding to support recovery in the Caribbean.
While Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti assessed the damage left in Melissa's wake, Bermuda braced for impact.
The Bermuda Weather Service expected Melissa to be a category two hurricane when it passed the British overseas territory on Thursday night.
Government offices in Bermuda will close until Friday afternoon and all schools will shut on Friday.
"Until the official 'All Clear' is issued, residents are urged to stay off the roads so Government work crews can safely assess and clear debris," a public alert from the government said.
ReutersProtesters have taken to the streets in Tanzania for a third day, defying warnings from the country's army chief to end the unrest.
Demonstrations have been taking place in major cities with young protesters denouncing Wednesday's election as unfair as key opposition figures were excluded from contesting against President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
An internet shutdown remains in place, making it difficult to confirm reports of deaths, and the authorities have extended a curfew in a bid to quell the protests.
The UN has called on the East African nation's security forces to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force.
"We are alarmed by the deaths and injuries that have occurred in the ongoing election-related protests in Tanzania. Reports we have received indicate that at least 10 people were killed," Reuters quoted the UN human rights spokesperson Seif Magango as saying, citing "credible sources".
Amnesty International in Kenya told the BBC that with communications down in neighbouring Tanzania the rights group was not able to confirm reports of deaths.
Hospitals in the country are refusing to give information to journalists or human rights groups when asked about causalities.
The government has sought to play down the scale of the violence.
The electoral commission has announced results from more than half of the country's total 100 constituencies, the state broadcaster, TBC, shows.
President Samia is expected to win the vote under the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, which has governed the country since independence in 1961.
Official results are expected on Saturday.
Tanzania's chief Muslim cleric - Sheikh Abubakar Zubeir bin Ally - has urged Muslims to perform Friday prayers at home amid fears of escalating violence.
On Thursday, army chief Gen Jacob John Mkunda ordered the protesters off the streets, saying the military would work with other security agencies to contain the situation.
"Some people went to the streets on 29 October and committed criminal acts. These are criminals and the criminal acts should be stopped immediately," Gen Mkunda said on state TV, adding that the army had "controlled the situation".
But the protesters have again taken to the streets of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
On Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar - which elects its own government and leader - the CCM's Hussein Mwinyi, who is the incumbent president, has won with nearly 80% of the vote.
The opposition in Zanzibar said there had been "massive fraud", the AP news agency reported.
Tourists on the archipelago are also reported to be stranded at the airport, with flight delays because of the protests, which have been on the mainland.
The protesters accuse the government of undermining democracy, as the main opposition leader is in jail and another opposition figure was disqualified from the election, bolstering Samia's chances of winning.
Tundu Lissu, the main opposition leader, is in jail on treason charges, which he denies, and his party boycotted the vote.
The only other serious contender, Luhaga Mpina of the ACT-Wazalendo party, was disqualified on legal technicalities.
Sixteen fringe parties, none of whom have historically had significant public support, were cleared to contest the elections.
Samia took office in 2021 as Tanzania's first female president following the death of President John Magufuli.
She was initially praised for easing political repression, but the political space has since narrowed, with her government accused of targeting critics through arrests and a wave of abductions.
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Pierre Crom/Getty ImagesThe Dutch centrist liberal party of Rob Jetten has won Wednesday's neck-and-neck election race, according to vote analysis indicating it cannot be beaten by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders.
Jetten's D66 currently has a narrow lead of 15,000 votes over Wilders' Freedom Party, and Dutch news agency ANP says even though the vote count is not complete, Wilders can no longer win.
Projections from almost 99% of the vote put both parties on 26 seats in the 150-seat parliament - but ANP says Jetten's centrists could win a 27th seat.
Victory will mean Jetten will be able to start work on forming a coalition.
Wilders had led opinion polls going into Wednesday's election, but Rob Jetten, 38, succeeded in winning in some of the main Dutch cities including Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht with a positive campaign using a catchphrase of "Yes, we can".
He has been careful not to declare victory until all votes are in, but ANP said based on figures from the postal voters he could now be declared the winner.
Although his path to forming a coalition is not straightforward, he is tipped to become the youngest prime minister in modern Dutch history.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ripped the Heritage Foundation on Friday, as conservatives clash over the organization’s continued embrace of Tucker Carlson in the wake of his friendly interview this week with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
“Last I checked, ‘conservatives should feel no obligation’ to carry water for antisemites and apologists for America-hating autocrats,” McConnell, the former Republican Senate majority leader, wrote in a post on X. “But maybe I just don’t know what time it is…”
In the interview, Carlson said Republican supporters of Israel have been “seized by this brain virus.” And Fuentes told Carlson that “organized Jewry” poses the main obstacle to keeping the country together.
But Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation’s president, defended Carlson in a video posted to X Thursday, and even spoke out against deplatforming Fuentes while adding he disagrees with and abhors “things that Nick Fuentes says.”
The real enemy force, Roberts contended, is “the vile ideas of the left.”
McConnell, who has spent the past several months sinceleaving leadership working to safeguard his foreign policy and ideological worldviews within the Republican Party, panned the conservative think tank’s stance.
“The ‘intellectual backbone of the conservative movement’ is only as strong as the values it defends,” he said.
The Heritage Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
But McConnell isn’t the only Republican senator taking aim at Carlson for his interview.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also went after the former Fox News host while speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit Thursday in Las Vegas. Cruz has long clashed with Carlson over Israel, including on an episode of Carlson’s podcast in July.
"If you sit there with someone who says Adolf Hitler was very, very cool, and that their mission is to combat and defeat global Jewry, and you say nothing, then you are a coward and you are complicit in that evil," said Cruz.
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美国芯片巨头英伟达周五宣布，将在其首席执行官黄仁勋与韩国总统李在明会晤期间，宣布向韩国提供26万块其最高性能的半导体芯片。
这家位于加州的公司表示，它“正在与韩国合作，为该国的人工智能（AI）基础设施提供超过25万个图形处理器（GPU）”，这些处理器将分布在云服务（分散式计算）和工厂中。
新闻稿特别指出，韩国科技巨头三星电子“正在建造一座配备5万多块图形处理器GPU的工厂，以加速其人工智能、芯片和数字化转型的路线图”。
SK集团（旗下拥有内存芯片制造商SK海力士）和现代汽车也将为其工厂配备英伟达最先进的人工智能半导体——Blackwell芯片。
运营韩国最大搜索引擎NAVER Cloud的NAVER Cloud将获得6万颗芯片，用于扩展其人工智能基础设施。另有5万颗芯片将部署在首尔国家人工智能计算中心和云服务提供商处。
黄仁勋评论道：“韩国的工厂已经凭借其船舶、汽车、芯片和精密电子设备令世界瞩目，而韩国在科技和制造业的领先地位使其处于人工智能产业革命的核心。”
新闻稿还提及与LG集团的合作，“以促进物理人工智能技术的发展”。
此次公告发布之际，包括黄仁勋在内的科技巨头们正在韩国参加亚太经合组织（APEC）峰会。
为人工智能系统提供动力的高级微处理器订单激增，使得英伟达市值跃居全球第一：周三，其市值突破了具有象征意义的5万亿美元大关。
然而，一些专家担心股市可能出现“人工智能泡沫”破裂，并对需求的可持续性提出质疑。
美国总统特朗普威胁要对进口芯片加征新关税，也令该行业的前景蒙上阴影。
此外，英伟达还发现自己身处中美两国的地缘政治博弈之中，两国正竞相研发尖端人工智能技术。
华盛顿以国家安全为由限制英伟达高端芯片（包括Blackwell芯片）出口中国，而北京则对该公司不予理睬，优先发展本国半导体产业。这使得韩国对英伟达而言，在芯片销售方面更具价值。
Family photoAn ex-Army sergeant major has been jailed for six months for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old soldier who later took her own life.
Warrant Officer Michael Webber, 43, pinned down Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck and tried to kiss her in July 2021. She was found dead five months later in her barracks at Larkhill, Wiltshire.
Webber, who was sentenced at the Court Martial Centre in Wiltshire earlier, will be placed in a civilian prison and on the sex offenders register for seven years.
Gunner Beck's mother Leighann Mcready said: "What he [Webber] did, and how the Army failed to protect our daughter afterwards, cost Jaysley her life."
The Army said it did not listen to Gunner Beck when she reported the assault and has apologised for its handling of her complaint.
Following an inquest into Gunner Beck's death, Webber pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault in September.
Ms McCready said her daughter should have been sitting with her family in court today, "to see the person she reported held accountable for what he did".
"Instead, we stand here without her, living a life sentence that no family should ever have to face," she added.
"She followed the rules, but those responsible didn't follow theirs. Those failures destroyed our daughter completely. "
PADuring sentencing, Judge Advocate General Alan Large said: "We have to consider whether it can be dealt with in another way. We do not consider it can.
"We are satisfied the seriousness of the offence means it can only be dealt with by immediate custody."
Major General Jon Swift, assistant chief of the General Staff, said: "Following Jaysley's inquest, work is going on to bring change - so staff can bring forward complaints knowing they'll be dealt with."
Speaking outside court after the sentencing, Ms McCready said the Army spoke about lessons learned but that she was "still waiting to see any real change".
"I stand here as a bereaved mother fighting for real change now, not hollow promises or recycled words that have already failed my daughter and continue to fail others.
"Our soldiers deserve a system they can trust, one that protects them, believes them, and values their lives above its own reputation.
"We can't bring our daughter back, but I'll keep fighting to make sure her life leads to change that helps.... and hopefully saves others."
In a statement read out to the court earlier, Ms McCready, said her daughter felt "powerless and betrayed".
"She had just turned 19 and will always be a teenager full of life and laughter," she said.
"She trusted people to protect her and after what he did, the trust was gone. She was very upset and scared of Michael Webber. She chose to lock herself in her car instead of the hotel.
"I saw the change before my own eyes. She felt powerless and betrayed. That assault shattered her faith in the set-up that was supposed to look after her."
Gunner Beck, who was originally from Oxen Park in Cumbria, had filed a complaint against Webber following the incident, despite attempts by superiors to persuade her not to.
An inquest into her death found the Army's handling of the complaint played "more than a minimal contributory part in her death".
The court was told that the incident took place during an adventure training exercise at Thorney Island, near Emsworth in Hampshire, in July 2021.
Webber, a Sergeant Major at the time, made a sexual advance towards Gunner Beck following an evening of drinking while on deployment for a training exercise.
Gunner Beck claimed Webber said he had been "waiting for a moment for them to be alone" before grabbing her leg, pinning her down, and trying to kiss her.
Judge Large told Webber: "She had the courage and good sense to tell you to stop and told you to go to bed, but you persisted to the extent she considered she wouldn't be safe from you even if she went back to her own accommodation."
He continued: "The next morning, she reported the incident to her family, her friends and her chain of command.
"Following the report, the unit decided to deal with you with minor administrative action.
"You were interviewed and you accepted your behaviour had been unacceptable. You wrote a letter of apology.
"Your career continued completely unaffected and you were in due course promoted to Warrant Officer 1."
At the inquest into Gunner Beck's death, the coroner said Capt James Hook put pressure on Gunner Beck to drop the allegations, and only reported it to a higher command "when the cat was already out of the bag".
At the time, Webber was given a "minor administrative action interview" with no further consequences.
The inquest was also told that just weeks after the assault Gunner Beck had also been subjected to "relentless harassment" by another soldier.
Bombardier Ryan Mason, her line manager, sent her more than 4,600 text messages confessing his feelings for her, along with a 15-page "love story" detailing his "fantasies about her".
Family handoutThe Ministry of Defence has said that "unacceptable and criminal behaviour has absolutely no place" in the Armed Forces.
The Army introduced the Defence Serious Crime Command (DSCC) in 2022, the year after Jaysley died, as part of a major reform of the UK military's justice system.
The MoD added: "The Defence Serious Crime Command assures all serving personnel that any reporting of a serious crime will be investigated independently from their chain of command and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
"This includes the Violence against Women and Girls Taskforce and our Victim and Witness Care Unit, which provides independent support to victims."
Additional reporting by Bea Swallow, Dawn Limbu and Clara Bullock
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ReutersProtesters have taken to the streets in Tanzania for a third day, defying warnings from the country's army chief to end the unrest.
Demonstrations have been taking place in major cities with young protesters denouncing Wednesday's election as unfair as key opposition figures were excluded from contesting against President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
An internet shutdown remains in place, making it difficult to confirm reports of deaths, and the authorities have extended a curfew in a bid to quell the protests.
The UN has called on the East African nation's security forces to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force.
"We are alarmed by the deaths and injuries that have occurred in the ongoing election-related protests in Tanzania. Reports we have received indicate that at least 10 people were killed," Reuters quoted the UN human rights spokesperson Seif Magango as saying, citing "credible sources".
Amnesty International in Kenya told the BBC that with communications down in neighbouring Tanzania the rights group was not able to confirm reports of deaths.
Hospitals in the country are refusing to give information to journalists or human rights groups when asked about causalities.
The government has sought to play down the scale of the violence.
The electoral commission has announced results from more than half of the country's total 100 constituencies, the state broadcaster, TBC, shows.
President Samia is expected to win the vote under the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, which has governed the country since independence in 1961.
Official results are expected on Saturday.
Tanzania's chief Muslim cleric - Sheikh Abubakar Zubeir bin Ally - has urged Muslims to perform Friday prayers at home amid fears of escalating violence.
On Thursday, army chief Gen Jacob John Mkunda ordered the protesters off the streets, saying the military would work with other security agencies to contain the situation.
"Some people went to the streets on 29 October and committed criminal acts. These are criminals and the criminal acts should be stopped immediately," Gen Mkunda said on state TV, adding that the army had "controlled the situation".
But the protesters have again taken to the streets of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
On Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar - which elects its own government and leader - the CCM's Hussein Mwinyi, who is the incumbent president, has won with nearly 80% of the vote.
The opposition in Zanzibar said there had been "massive fraud", the AP news agency reported.
Tourists on the archipelago are also reported to be stranded at the airport, with flight delays because of the protests, which have been on the mainland.
The protesters accuse the government of undermining democracy, as the main opposition leader is in jail and another opposition figure was disqualified from the election, bolstering Samia's chances of winning.
Tundu Lissu, the main opposition leader, is in jail on treason charges, which he denies, and his party boycotted the vote.
The only other serious contender, Luhaga Mpina of the ACT-Wazalendo party, was disqualified on legal technicalities.
Sixteen fringe parties, none of whom have historically had significant public support, were cleared to contest the elections.
Samia took office in 2021 as Tanzania's first female president following the death of President John Magufuli.
She was initially praised for easing political repression, but the political space has since narrowed, with her government accused of targeting critics through arrests and a wave of abductions.
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Getty ImagesNewly stripped of his "prince" title, Andrew is moving from his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge, to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, it is understood.
Formal notice was given to surrender the lease at the Royal Lodge on Thursday, and the move will take place as soon as possible.
The historic, sprawling estate covers approximately 20,000 acres (8,100 hectares) with 600 acres (242 hectares) of gardens, and is home to several properties.
The Palace has not yet said exactly where on the estate he will live - here is a look at some of the options.
AlamyOriginally known as Bachelor's Cottage, York Cottage is about a quarter of a mile from the main house - where the Royal Family traditionally gather at Christmas.
It has its own set of stables and kennel buildings, according to Historic England, and overlooks one of two man-made lakes on the estate.
There were reports ahead of Prince Harry's marriage to the Duchess of Sussex that the pair might have been gifted the use of York Cottage by Elizabeth II for use as a country home, but no such plan was ever confirmed and the move never materialised.
It has reportedly been used as an office and accommodation for staff in recent years.
AlamyThe birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales and her childhood home, Park House was rented by the Spencer family for many years.
In 1983 it was gifted to Leonard Cheshire, a disability charity, which used it to run a 16-bedroom hotel for the disabled, their carers and family.
The charity planned a £2.3m refurbishment before the pandemic hit, but announced in 2020 it would not go ahead with the proposal and said instead that it was working with the Sandringham estate to exit the lease.
Oliver's TravelsAnother option is the Gardens House, which was once the residence of the head gardener on the Sandringham estate.
The Edwardian house has six bedrooms and three bathrooms - and is one of two properties on the estate available to the general public as a holiday let.
It was put on the market in July at a weekly price of £4,110. It is not unusual for royal residences to rent out property to holidaymakers - with eight cottages and lodges available for hire at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
ShutterstockThis is one option that is understood to have been ruled out.
The farmhouse, described as "small and intimate" by former housekeeper Teresa Thompson, has strong associations with Andrew's parents.
His father, the late Duke of Edinburgh, chose the secluded property as his permanent home when he retired from public life in 2017.
He and the late Queen already regularly stayed there in preference to opening up Sandringham House when it was just the two of them.
Getty ImagesAnmer Hall was gifted to the Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales as a wedding present by the late queen in 2013 - so this may be an unlikely choice.
They spend much of the school holidays in the 10-bedroom, Grade II*-listed house, which is about 2 miles (3km) east of the main Sandringham house.
The Georgian property dates back to about 1802, but some parts are much older - and it has formed part of the Sandringham estate since 1898.
Pierre Crom/Getty ImagesThe Dutch centrist liberal party of Rob Jetten has won Wednesday's neck-and-neck election race, according to vote analysis indicating it cannot be beaten by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders.
Jetten's D66 currently has a narrow lead of 15,000 votes over Wilders' Freedom Party, and Dutch news agency ANP says even though the vote count is not complete, Wilders can no longer win.
Projections from almost 99% of the vote put both parties on 26 seats in the 150-seat parliament - but ANP says Jetten's centrists could win a 27th seat.
Victory will mean Jetten will be able to start work on forming a coalition.
Wilders had led opinion polls going into Wednesday's election, but Rob Jetten, 38, succeeded in winning in some of the main Dutch cities including Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht with a positive campaign using a catchphrase of "Yes, we can".
He has been careful not to declare victory until all votes are in, but ANP said based on figures from the postal voters he could now be declared the winner.
Although his path to forming a coalition is not straightforward, he is tipped to become the youngest prime minister in modern Dutch history.
Sotheby'sA second solid gold toilet is to be auctioned off, after the first casting was stolen from Blenheim Palace in 2019.
America, created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, is a fully functional toilet, fashioned from more than 15st 13lb (101.2kg) of solid 18-karat gold.
The first version of the work was initially installed in a public bathroom at the Guggenheim museum in New York in 2016 but hit the news again three years later when a gang of thieves stole it from Blenheim in Oxfordshire.
Now, the existence of a second golden toilet has been revealed which is due to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York City on 18 November.
It is estimated more than more than a 100,000 people used the first toilet while it was at the Guggenheim before it was moved and exhibited at Blenheim Palace.
It was there that in the early hours of 14 September 2019, five men smashed their way in, ripped out the £4.8m solid gold installation and fled in a stolen Volkswagen Golf.
The heist and the trial that followed made news across the world.
James Sheen, 40, from Oxford, pleaded guilty to burglary and transferring criminal property in 2024. Michael Jones, 39, from Oxford, was found guilty of burglary in March. Both were both jailed earlier this year.
Fred Doe, 36, from Windsor, was also convicted of conspiracy to transfer criminal property and given a suspended sentence.
Sotheby's has revealed that Cattelan created three toilets in 2016, with work number two now up for sale.
The second version will be on display in a bathroom at New York's Breuer Building until it goes under the hammer.
The auction house described it as a "cultural phenomenon" and an "incisive commentary on the collision of artistic production and commodity value".
David Galperin, head of contemporary art at Sotheby's New York, said: "America is Maurizio Cattelan's tour de force."
"Holding both a proverbial and literal mirror to the art world, the work confronts the most uncomfortable questions about art, and the belief systems held sacred to the institutions of the market and the museum," Mr Galperin explained.
The auction house said that in a world first, the starting bid on the artwork would be determined by the exact price of its weight in gold when the sale begins.
That means, if sold at today's rate, bidding on the solid gold toilet would begin at around $10m (£7.6m).
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PA MediaVictims of the Horizon Post Office scandal could meet face-to-face with Fujitsu and Post Office representatives as part of a restorative justice effort.
The charity overseeing a new scheme said the first five months were an initial pilot phase, but it hoped the scheme would last five years and include extra initiatives such as a special commemorative postage stamp.
It comes on top of the various financial compensation schemes in place for sub-postmasters.
The Horizon IT scandal saw hundreds of sub-postmasters falsely accused of embezzling Post Office funds after faulty software suggested money was missing from their branch accounts.
More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted because of incorrect information from the Horizon computer system.
Restorative justice is a process in the criminal justice system which brings the victims of an injustice and the people responsible together in a bid to repair harm caused.
The first face-to-face meetings under the scheme could take place as early as December, and also include representatives from the Department for Business and Trade.
However, the process is voluntary, so while victims can request to speak directly to specific individuals - for example the former boss of the Post Office, Paula Vennells - ex-executives are not obliged to take part.
The Post Office has already held some restorative meetings between sub-postmasters and its former chief executive, Nick Read.
But this would mark the first time representatives of Fujitsu, the company responsible for the faulty software at the heart of the scandal, have been involved in a restorative meeting with sub-postmasters affected.
Fujitsu representatives have met with Lost Chances, the group formed to campaign on behalf of the adult children of affected sub-postmasters.
The Restorative Justice Council (RJC), which was asked to come up with the programme, said the aim was to rebuild trust and support among the sub-postmasters and their families.
Jim Simon, chief executive of the Restorative Justice Council, said the process was not just about addressing past harms, but also about "creating a safe and compassionate space for individuals to share their stories and begin their healing journeys".
The RJC held events with over a hundred victims to establish what they wanted to see from a restorative programme.
The initial phase will operate from now until March next year, and include a phone helpline and support service staffed by restorative justice practitioners.
A full formal programme is expected to be launched in April 2026.
The idea for a commemorative postage stamp was suggested by sub-postmasters, and could help raise funds for Lost Chances and educational initiatives related to the scandal.
Funding is provided by the government, the Post Office, which is state-owned, and Fujitsu.
Current Post Office chief executive Neil Brocklehurst, said it was time to "establish a lasting and meaningful restorative justice programme which is directly informed by the wishes of those who were harmed."
Paul Patterson, Fujitsu's chief executive for Europe, said the restorative process was an important step and that it would help ensure "lessons are learned".
"We deeply regret Fujitsu's role in sub-postmasters' suffering and recognise the profound impact it has had on them and their families," he said.
数字遗产并非中国的法定概念。其可分为财产性的“死者虚拟财产”和人格性的“死者个人信息”，两者适用截然不同的法律规范。
数字遗产之所以牵动人心，就在于它模糊了财产与人格、生命与记忆、私人与公共之间的界限。但如何在法律上回应数字遗产，国际和国内并未形成共识。
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责任编辑：钱昊平
微信等社交平台早已超越了工具属性，成为自我存在的延伸。（视觉中国|供图）
数字化时代，每个人都在逐渐变成“数字人”。
试想我们的2024年，除了睡眠和运动之外，平均一天有5小时37分钟花在网络世界：微信记录着亲情往来，小红书定格着生活片段，微博承载着思想与表达，淘宝保存着消费的足迹。
这些平台早已超越了工具属性，成为自我存在的延伸。但当我们离世后，这些数字时代的自我会留在网络世界中。由此引出一个耐人寻味却又日益重要的问题：我们的数字遗产将何去何从？
数字遗产并不是一个新问题，在互联网兴起之初，它就已然存在。
2004年，一名20岁的美国士兵Justin Ellsworth在伊拉克安巴尔阵亡。此前两年间，Justin主要通过雅虎邮箱和他的朋友和家庭联系。Justin牺牲后，其父John Ellsworth向雅虎公司索取邮箱账号，因为作为继承人，他有权收集Justin的“遗言”——Justin发给家人或其他人以及他可能收到的电子邮件。但雅虎公司声称，受限于用户协议，其应保护用户的隐私，不得将邮箱向任何第三方转让。
法官做出了一个所罗门式判决，命令雅虎公司可以隐私政策为由不提供邮箱登录名和密码，但应制作一张包含邮箱内所有邮件的CD交付给John Ellsworth。
2012年，一个女孩在柏林地铁站被列车碾压而死，悲痛的母亲希望查明她的死因。由
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