Uti petitions police over rape allegation levelled against him

Nigeria reality TV star and actor, Uti Nwachukwu has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force over the rape allegation levelled against him.

A young lady, simply identified as Kambili Korie had taken to Twitter on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, where she alleged that the reality TV star forcefully had sex with her a few years ago.

The reality TV star took to his Instagram page on Friday, June 5, 2020, where he shared photos of the petition he addressed to the Inspector General of Police over the rape allegations levelled against him.He went on to caption the letter with a post where he talked about how he hasn't been able to keep calm because of the allegation of rape levelled against by Korie.

"I have today, June 5th, 2020 filed a petition to the Inspector General of Police, demanding a full-scale investigation. I don’t even know where to begin this from, or what words to use Because I’m angry, hurt, and utterly disgusted; but these are feelings I’m now too afraid to express without being attacked for," he wrote.

source: Pulse

Kanye West Donates $2Million to the Families of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery

Kanye West took many by surprise when he donated the sum of $2M to the families and legal teams of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.

Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd are African-Americans who met their untimely death in what has been described as racially motivated.

According to EOnline reports, West has set up a college savings fund to cover tuition for Floyd's 6-year-old daughter, Gianna.

Angelina Jolie Speaks Out on "Intolerable" System That "Might Not Protect" Daughter Zahara

Angelina Jolie said she is working to create a world where her daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt will be protected from "racism and discrimination."

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar U.K., the Special Envoy of the High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that the recent pandemic and ongoing political unrest has shifted her perspective on the humanitarian work she does. Jolie explained that for the past 20-years, she's worked internationally to combat issues across the board, but now, she intends to "rethink the needs and suffering within my own country."

"There are more than 70 million people who have had to flee their homes worldwide because of war and persecution—and there is racism and discrimination in America. A system that protects me but might not protect my daughter—or any other man, woman or child in our country based on skin color—is intolerable," she explained. 

Jolie adopted a 6-month-old Zahara from an Ethiopian orphanage in 2005. Though her now-estranged husband Brad Pitt accompanied her on her trip to meet Zahara, he didn't formally adopt Zahara and Maddox Jolie Pitt until a year later. 

For this reason, Jolie said she hopes to see true reform in the United States. 

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Prince of Wales and Emmanuel Macron to meet on quarantine exempt visit

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be the first Royal Family members to hold a major event during the coronavirus lockdown when they welcome the French president to the UK.

Charles and Camilla will meet Emmanuel Macron at their London home on 18 June.

They will mark the 80th anniversary of a famous speech by Charles de Gaulle.

Mr Macron will be exempt from a 14-day quarantine imposed on most people who travel to the UK, as a "representative of a foreign country on business".

A Clarence House spokeswoman said government guidelines on social distancing would be followed.

The royal couple will travel from Birkhall in Aberdeenshire, where they have been staying for almost three months, to Clarence House in London to attend the meeting.

Both had to self-isolate in March after Charles, 71, contracted coronavirus.

They have been carrying out royal engagements remotely - via video calls or recorded messages - and are said to be "pleased" to be welcoming Mr Macron to the country.

BBC news

UK’s Johnson says will not ignore anger over racial injustice

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged the “cold reality” behind angry protests against racial injustice but warned he would not tolerate violence or the breaking of coronavirus distancing laws.

Demonstrations have broken out across Britain following the death of George Floyd in the United States, most of them peaceful, although clashes in London left 35 police officers hurt.

“We simply cannot ignore the depth of emotion that has been triggered by that spectacle of a black man losing his life at the hands of the police,” Johnson said in a statement late Monday.

The Guardian

France police to ban chokehold arrest as protest anger mounts

France said it would ban the controversial chokehold used to detain suspects after the death in custody of George Floyd in the United States intensified anger over the conduct of French police.

A wave of global protests in the wake of Floyd’s fatal arrest magnified attention on the 2016 death in French police custody of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man, and renewed controversy over claims of racism and brutality within the force.

France’s police watchdog said it had received almost 1,500 complaints against officers last year half of them for alleged violence.

After a string of protests in recent days, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced the chokehold method “will be abandoned”.

After George Floyd, pressure on Biden to pick black VP

George Floyd’s death and the resulting wave of rage against racism and police brutality may have changed the political calculus for US presidential contender Joe Biden, who faces pressure to pick a black female running mate.

Senator Kamala Harris, an early favorite, House Democrat Val Demings, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms have each spoken with passion about the unrest gripping the nation, but also from their own experience as black women in America.

Their odds have risen substantially on internet sites that feature betting on who will become the Democratic nominee’s vice presidential pick.