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Portland, Oregon delays vote to cut $18M more from police

(AP) — City councilors The council adjourned after al headlines since the police he didn't want to rush it. cuts was advanced by Hard-
in Oregon's largest city three council members, in- killing of George Floyd in “I know every member of esty.
have delayed a vote on cluding Wheeler, asked for May. the Council is committed She said that nearly one-third
an additional $18 million more time to consider the Wheeler's challenger, Sarah to this work. We will make of the additional police bud-
in cuts to the Portland proposal. Iannarone, supports cutting changes. We will adopt re- get cuts could be achieved by
police budget until after $50 million from the police forms,” Wheeler said in his not filling police officer posi-
next week's presidential That angered Councilwom- budget, an amount Wheeler statement. “And, to do that tions that are vacant follow-
election amid a heated an Jo Ann Hardesty, the first has resisted amid concerns well, we need to listen to ev- ing August retirements.
mayoral race and mount- Black woman elected to the about how police services eryone and ensure that we
ing tension over the police council, and she abruptly left would be replaced. have a shared understanding She is also proposing more
handling of near-nightly the virtual meeting, The Or- Iannarone was one of more of what will happen as a re- than $3 million in cuts to po-
protests. egonian/OregonLive report- than 150 people who testified sult of our decisions.” lice materials such as impact
ed Thursday. in favor of the additional po- munitions and riot gear that
Mayor Ted Wheeler said in Wheeler, a Democrat, is run- lice cuts. City lawmakers over the have been used by officers
a statement after the deci- ning for re-election Tuesday summer already cut nearly patrolling Portland's protests.
sion late Wednesday that the in a tight race against a chal- Wheeler said he supports $16 million from the nearly Wheeler said he was not
council needs more time to lenger to his political left police reform and reallocat- $230 million police budget. convinced the cuts could be
evaluate the impact of the where racial injustice pro- ing money from police to the achieved without police lay-
cuts on police services. tests have dominated nation- city's social services but said The proposal for additional offs.
IOM: 140 dead in weekend migrant ship sinking off Senegal

(AP) — A weekend mi- a major departure point for
grant shipwreck off Sen- those hoping to migrate to
egal has left at least 140 Europe. However, in recent
people dead, making it the years it had become more
deadliest so far this year, common for Senegalese to
the International Organi- travel over land to Tunisia or
zation for Migration con- Libya before attempting to
firmed Thursday. cross the Mediterranean.
Those traveling by sea have
About 200 passengers set off been refused visas for Euro-
in the vessel from the Sen- pean countries but take the
egalese town of Mbour on risk of a perilous voyage for
Saturday, heading for Spain's the chance to earn enough
Canary Islands, but the boat money to support their fami-
soon caught fire and sank off lies back home.
Senegal's northwestern coast “We call for unity between
near Saint Louis. Fifty-nine governments, partners and
passengers were saved, IOM the international commu-
said. nity to dismantle traffick-
The deadliest shipwreck ing and smuggling networks
comes as the number of boats that take advantage of des-
trying to reach the Canary Is- in recent weeks," the U.N. tempted the voyage, and an incident or shipwreck,” perate youth,” said Bakary
lands from Senegal's shores migration agency said. about one-quarter “were re- IOM said. Doumbia, IOM Senegal
has “significantly increased Last month, 14 boats at- ported to have experienced Senegal's shores were once Chief of Mission.

3 politicians from India's ruling party killed in Kashmir

wing and one was general as an independent country. Earlier Thursday, police
secretary of the party’s Kul- The attack comes two days detained several pro-India
gam district. In a tweet, the after India enacted laws al- Kashmiri politicians who
BJP condemned the killings, lowing its citizens to buy oppose the new land laws as
calling them a “barbaric ter- land in Kashmir, exacerbat- they tried to protest the pol-
ror attack.” ing concerns from residents icy in the region’s main city
and rights groups who see of Srinagar.
“Those who are responsible such measures as a way to
for this will not be spared,” change the demographics of Altaf Thakur, a local BJP
it said. the Muslim-majority region. spokesman, said the party has
Government forces launched Until last year, Indians were lost nine members in mili-
a search for the shooters, not allowed to buy property tant attacks so far this year. In
police said. Officials did not in Kashmir. But in August July, militants shot and killed
immediately reveal other de- 2019, Modi’s government a top politician along with his
tails, and no rebel group has scrapped the region’s special father and brother, who were
claimed responsibility for the status, annulled its separate also party members.
(AP) — Assailants shot members of Prime Minister attack. constitution, split it into two India describes the Kashmiri
and killed three politi- Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Kashmir is divided between federal territories — Ladakh militancy as Pakistan-spon-
cians from India’s rul- Janata Party, or BJP, in south- India and Pakistan, and both and Jammu-Kashmir — and sored terrorism. Pakistan
ing party in Kashmir late ern Kulgam district, police claim the region in its entire- removed inherited protec- denies the charge, and most
Thursday, police said, said in a statement. The three ty. Rebels have been fight- tions on land and jobs. The Kashmiris call it a legitimate
blaming militants fighting were taken to a hospital, ing against Indian rule since move triggered widespread freedom struggle.
against Indian rule in the where they died, it said. 1989. Most Muslim Kash- anger and economic ruin Tens of thousands of civil-
disputed region. miris support the rebel goal amid a security clampdown ians, rebels and government
The party says they were that the territory be united and communications black- forces have been killed in the
Militants fired at the three members of the BJP's youth either under Pakistani rule or out. conflict.