POLICE TRIAL - The trial of a police officer who shot a driver in April 2018 begins today in Bonnevoie. Multiple charges will be brought against him, including possible homicide. The officer is accused of shooting and mortally wounding a driver who evaded a traffic stop. The trial will seek to give clarity about what happened, the circumstances and whether the police officer acted out of necessity or not.
REFUGEES IN HOTEL - Consdorf residents expressed dismay over the sale of a local hotel and its potential use as a home for refugees. During a town meeting, some voices proposed that the municipality should purchase the hotel, which is up for sale, an idea that Mayor Edith Jeitz quickly dismissed. As a result, some individuals countered that the municipality should remember to “think about us Luxembourgers, not only about foreigners”.
LUXAIR CEO ON RTL - Gilles Feith, Luxair’s CEO will be the guest of the morning programme on RTL LU. He is expected to talk about the working conditions at Luxair, the impact of the pandemic, and the decisions taken during yesterday’s aviation-focused tripartite. The interview is at 8:10 (in Luxembourgish), and we’ll have a summary later in the morning.
MEXICO PROTESTS - Thousands of Mexicans marched yesterday demanding justice, on what was the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students, after investigators branded the atrocity a “state crime” involving the military and other institutions.
ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES - Annexation polls organised by Kremlin-installed authorities in four regions of Ukraine mostly controlled by Russian forces are due to close today. Kyiv and its allies have denounced the votes as a sham saying the West would never recognise the results of the ballots.
WHISTLEBLOWER SNOWDEN - Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden. He had exposed massive surveillance by the US National Security Agency on Americans back in 2013 and then sought refuge in Russia. Snowden has received Russian citizenship at his own request. He asked for it in 2020 to make it easier for his American wife to travel back and forth. “After two years of waiting and nearly ten years of exile, a little stability will make a difference for my family,” he said on Twitter.
BULLSEYE - A NASA spaceship has struck an asteroid 11 million kilometres away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity’s ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (or DART) impactor hit its target, the space rock Dimorphos, yesterday, 10 months after blasting off from California on its pioneering mission.
ROYAL CYPHER - Buckingham Palace has revealed King Charles new royal cypher -- the monogram of his initials that will feature on government buildings, state documents and new post boxes. Charles’s will be CIIIR for Charles III Rex (which means king in Latin).
FOOTBALL - England fought back from 2-0 down to salvage a 3-3 draw against Germany last night in what was another night full of games. Big game for Italy as well, which beat Hungary 2-0 and an impressive 4-0 for Estonia over San Marino.
FAIRYTALE BASKETBALL - Puerto Rico has made the women’s World Cup basketball quarters for first time after a 92-73 win over South Korea. “It is like a fairytale... it shows that if you work, you can achieve everything” said Puerto Rico coach Jerry Batista.
Today’s weather extends the weather we had yesterday evening. A mix of clouds, wind and light rain showers.
Temperatures at 6-8°C this morning, rising to between 10-12°C in the afternoon.
For the full weather update and traffic report, see here.
