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world news Diahuebs 19 November 2020

3 dead in protests in Uganda's capital as Bobi Wine arrested

(AP) — Police in Uganda ern town of Luuka and taken man for Wine’s political party,
said three people died and to a police station in the city the National Unity Platform.
38 were injured in protests of Jinja.
that broke out on Wednes- Meanwhile it was “total
day in Uganda’s capital Police spokesman Fred En- chaos” in the capital, said
after police arrested Bobi anga said Wine, whose real the chairman of the Kam-
Wine, a musician and op- name is Robert Kyagulanyi pala City Traders Associa-
position politician who is Ssentamu, was arrested for tion, Evarest Kayongo. “The
seeking the presidency in violating COVID-19 guide- streets are empty ... We have
next year’s election. lines that require presidential closed business because of
candidates to meet or address tear gas and bullets,” he said.
Wine’s supporters blocked less than 200 people.
roads and burned tires in Wine, who has been arrested
Kampala, prompting police “We have not been allowed to many times in recent years,
to fire tear gas and bullets to see him and we don’t know has captured the imagination
disperse the protesters, after what is happening,” asserted of many Ugandans with his
Wine was arrested in the east- Joel Ssenyonyi, the spokes- persistent calls for President Yoweri Museveni to retire af- ter 36 years in power.

UK police arrest man over IRA bombings of pubs in 1974

ripped apart the Mulberry as the Birmingham Six, were after 21 people were blown
Bush and Tavern in the Town thrown out in 1991. up and more than 200 other
pubs in the city of Birming- Hambleton said she broke innocent souls were injured,
ham. down in tears when a senior nobody was looking for the
West Midlands Police officer perpetrators?”
The blasts were one of the telephoned her with news of
worst attacks committed by the arrest. In the day after the bomb-
the Irish Republican Army ings, six men were arrested
during its decades-long “I couldn’t speak. I was just and convicted the following
armed campaign to get Brit- inconsolable and was just summer. They were released
ain out of Northern Ireland looking at the picture of in March 1991, following a
that officially ended with the Maxine,” she said. “It’s wel- ruling by the Court of Ap-
signing of the Good Friday come news. It’s overwhelm- peal. Their convictions rep-
Agreement in 1998. Brit- ing news." Hambleton, who resent one of the gravest mis-
ish Home Secretary Priti is part of an advocacy group carriages of justice in British
Patel said a month ago that called Justice for the 21, said legal history.
she would consider hold- that whatever happens with
(AP) — Police arrested a working with colleagues ing a public inquiry into the regard to the arrest “does not The 1998 Good Friday
man Wednesday in North- from the Police Service of bombings. in any way lessen our desire Agreement helped end three
ern Ireland in connection Northern Ireland, arrested a for a full public inquiry to be decades of sectarian violence
with the 1974 bombings 65-year-old man at his home Julie Hambleton, whose held.” between paramilitary groups,
of two pubs that killed 21 in Belfast. The man was ar- 18-year-old sister Maxine mainly the IRA, that wanted
people and injured more rested under the U.K.'s Ter- died in the bombings, said She said there are “wider is- to unify Northern Ireland
than 200 in Birmingham, rorism Act, and his home was the arrest was “the most sues” that need to be exam- with Ireland, and those who
England. being searched, it added. monumental event” in the ined, including "why six men insisted it should remain part
criminal investigation into were arrested for a crime they of the U.K. Around 3,500
West Midlands Police said The arrest came days before the bombings since the 1975 didn’t commit.” people died during the so-
officers from the West Mid- the 46th anniversary of the murder convictions of six called Troubles.
lands counterterrorism unit, two Nov. 21, 1974 blasts that Irishmen, widely referred to “How was it that for so long,

China calls for action from Australia amid worsening ties

(AP) — China on Wednes- saying that “whoever started for an independent investi- and “strong opposition” to
day called on Australia to the trouble should end it.” gation into the origins of the In a joint statement, Austra- militarizing disputed islands
take action to stem wors- coronavirus pandemic that lian Prime Minister Scott and other unilateral attempts
ening relations between “I want to stress that the was first detected in China Morrison and his Japanese to change the status quo,
the two countries, in the Australian side is completely late last year. counterpart, Yoshihide Suga, without identifying China
latest indication that Bei- aware of the crux of the de- expressed “serious concerns — signaling their sensitivity
jing will offer few if any cline of the bilateral rela- China has retaliated mainly about the situation” in the toward their biggest trading
compromises to resolve tions," Zhao told reporters by barring Australian exports South and East China Seas partner.
their disputes. at a daily briefing. “We hope including barley, wine and
the Australian side should do coal, throwing billions of
Foreign ministry spokesper- more to improve the mutual dollars of trade into question.
son Zhao Lijian’s comments trust and cooperation and In a move likely to further
came the same day that Chi- enhance the comprehensive irk Beijing, the leaders of
na’s embassy in Canberra strategic partnership between Australia and China's his-
delivered a list of 14 areas of the two countries.” toric rival Japan reached a
disagreement between the basic agreement Tuesday on
sides in which China expects Relations have been strained a bilateral defense pact that
Australia to change direction, in recent years amid Chinese would allow their troops to
Australian media reported. anger over a range of issues, work more closely, part of a
including Australia’s crack- push to bolster their ties and
Zhao made it clear China down on perceived political counter China’s growing as-
holds Australia responsible interference by Beijing, Chi- sertiveness in the Asia-Pacific
for the deterioration in ties, nese investments and a call region.