Nigerian Prison Break: 13 Inmates Escape In Kogi Prison Break

A prison break has occurred at the Koton Karfe Medium Security Prison in Kogi State.

The incident occured at about 7.10am on Saturday.

About 13 inmates are said to have broken their cells and escaped through the fence. Three of the 13 are convicts.

The inmates at the new prison site broke the wall of the parameter fence and escaped into the bush.

Governor Yahaya Bello in the company of the Commissioner of Police and some political office holders were at the Koton-Karfe prison to see things for himself, but was denied access to the prison yard as there was no prison official to take him round.

The officer in charge of the prison, Kosso Lawal, was said to have left before the Governor’s arrival.

Bello was received and briefed by his Special Adviser on Security, Jerry Omodara, who was already at the prison.

Some of the information available to Governor bello was that the welfare officer of the prison allowed the inmates access to their phones and this enabled them to communicate with their family members and gangs outside.

It was also reported that military men who were deployed to the prison yard to guard it were not allow to go inside, their beds and property are kept outside where they sleep.

A prisons officials said that this is one of the rules guiding the prisons that only their officials are allowed in.

Governor Bello was  displeased and had to put a call across to the Kogi State Prison Controller, Musa Yahaya Maza, who was said to be at home in Lokoja.

This is about the third time a prison break is taking place at the Koton Karfe Prison.

The Kogi State Governor, Bello Yahaya, has called on the federal government to investigate the incident.

While addressing pressmen, he said it was a conspiracy involving some prison officials and promised to get to the bottom of the incident. He told the officials to arrest the escapee inmates or risk losing their jobs.

Tokyo 'elects first female governor', projections suggest

Ms Koike is a former TV journalist and was Japan's defence minister. (Image: Reuters)

Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the Japanese capital's first woman governor, exit polls project.

Public broadcaster NHK and other media forecast Ms Koike as the winner after polls closed at 20:00 (11:00 GMT).

If confirmed, one of her key challenges will be curbing the financial problems plaguing Tokyo's preparations to host the 2020 Olympic Games.

Scandals linked to the Games forced the last two governors to resign.

"I will lead Tokyo politics in an unprecedented manner, a Tokyo you have never seen," Ms Koike, 64, told cheering supporters,

n all, 21 contenders were vying to lead the sprawling capital and a number of other cities in the prefecture.

Ms Koike, politician Hiroya Masuda and journalist Shuntaro Torigoe were the front-runners.

Sunday's election was called after previous governor Yoichi Masuzoe resigned last month following fierce criticism over allegations that he used official funds to pay for holidays, art and comic books for his children.

Mr Masuzoe, who won election promising a scandal-free administration, denied breaking the law, but admitted to ethical lapses around his spending.

His predecessor, Naoki Inose also quit over a funding scandal in 2013, soon after Tokyo won the right to host the Olympics.

In all, 21 contenders were vying to lead the sprawling Japanese capital and other cities in the prefecture

Since then Tokyo's preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics have been hit by scandals, overspending, administrative fumbles and construction delays.

One of the new governor's first duties will be to travel to Rio at the end of the 2016 Olympics in August to accept the Olympic flag as the next host.

US skydiver jumps without parachute into net from 25,000ft

Luke Aikins trained for about two years for the jump

American Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from 25,000 ft (7,620m) without a parachute, landing safely in a net.

Mr Aikins - who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt - fell dead centre into the 100x100ft net in Simi Valley, southern California.

During the two-minute fall aired live on Fox television, the 42-year-old reached the speed of 120mph (193km/h).

To loud cheers, he climbed out of the net and hugged his wife and young son.

"I'm almost levitating, it's incredible," he said after Saturday's jump.

"This thing just happened! I can't even get the words out of my mouth," he said, admitting that he was nervous beforehand.

He also admitted that he had nearly had to cancel the jump because he was ordered to wear a parachute for safety and this would have made his landing more dangerous because of the extra weight.

However, the organisers had lifted the ban just minutes before the jump.

Luke Aikins landed dead centre into the 100x100ft net

"Aikins' leap represents the culmination of a 26-year career that will set a personal and world record for the highest jump without a parachute or wing suit," his spokesman Justin Aclin said.

Mr Aikins, who is a safety and training adviser for the US Parachute Association, said his friend came up with the idea two years ago.

US Election 2016: Fury as Trump mocks Muslim soldier's mother Ghazala Khan

Donald Trump said Mrs Khan had nothing to say - Mary Bruce reports for ABC News

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has attracted outrage by mocking a dead US Muslim soldier's mother.

Ghazala Khan stood silently next to her husband as he attacked Mr Trump in an emotional speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.

Mr Trump suggested she may not have been allowed to speak.

Republicans and Democrats said the Republican candidate's comments were no way to talk of a hero's mother. Mrs Khan said she was upset by his remarks.

Last week her husband Khizr Khan told Democrats Mr Trump had sacrificed "nothing and no-one" for his country.

Khizr Khan: "You have sacrificed nothing - and no one!"

At the convention in Philadelphia, he said his son would not even have been in America if it had been up to Mr Trump, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering the US.

Humayun Khan was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in Iraq at the age of 27.

Mr Trump responded to the criticism in an interview with ABC's This Week.

"If you look at his wife, she was standing there," he said, "She had nothing to say... Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me."

But former president Bill Clinton, the husband of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, said: "I cannot conceive how he can say that about a Gold Star mother."

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine said Mr Trump's remarks were inappropriate.

"He was kind of trying to turn that into some kind of ridicule," he said, quoted by AP. "It just demonstrates again kind of a temperamental unfitness. If you don't have any more sense of empathy than that, then I'm not sure you can learn it."

Some Republicans also rounded on their candidate.

Ohio Governor John Kasich, a former rival to Mr Trump for the Republican nomination, tweeted: "There's only one way to talk about Gold Star parents: with honour and respect."

In an interview for ABC on Saturday, Ghazala Khan said: "When I was standing there, all of America felt my pain, without a single word. I don't know how he missed that."

"Please Mr Trump, feel that pain and you will be better.

"I was upset when I heard that I didn't say anything because I was in pain."

Khizr Khan said that Mr Trump was "devoid of feeling the pain of a mother who has sacrificed her son".

"Running for president is not an entitlement to disrespect... a Gold Star mother, shame on him," he said.

"He has no decency, he has a dark heart."

Mrs Khan said on Friday that she did not speak during her husband's speech because she was still overcome with grief and could not look at her son's photos without crying.

'Tremendous success'

Mr Trump's campaign issued a statement on Saturday in which he praised Mr Khan's son Humayun.

"Captain Humayun Khan was a hero to our country and we should honour all who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe," he said.

"The real problem here are the radical Islamic terrorists who killed him, and the efforts of these radicals to enter our country to do us further harm."

But Mr Trump rejected Mr Khan's criticism.

"While I feel deeply for the loss of his son, Mr Khan, who has never met me, has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim I have never read the Constitution, (which is false) and say many other inaccurate things," he said.

In the ABC interview to be broadcast on Sunday, a transcript of which was released by the Trump campaign, Mr Trump was asked what sacrifices he had made.

"I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures," he said.

"...I've had tremendous success. I think I've done a lot."

The remarks prompted ridicule on Twitter under the hashtag #TrumpSacrifices, with users listing such hardships as flying commercial class and playing on a municipal golf course.

IOC panel to have final say on Russian athletes' participation

IOC president Thomas Bach was speaking at a two-day executive board meeting ahead of the Rio Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says a three-person panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games.

Last week the IOC said individual sports' governing bodies must decide if Russian competitors are clean amid claims of state-sponsored doping.

But it now says the newly convened panel "will decide whether to accept or reject that final proposal".

More than 250 Russian athletes have so far been cleared to compete.

The three-person panel comprises Ugur Erdener, president of World Archery and head of the IOC medical and scientific commission, Claudia Bokel of the IOC athletes commission, and Spanish IOC member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, son of the ex-IOC president of the same name.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) had recommended all Russian athletes be banned after its independently commissioned report found evidence of a four-year "doping programme" across the "vast majority" of Olympic sports.

The IOC stopped short of applying a blanket ban in a move criticised by Wada and others, while swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev have become the first Russian athletes to appeal against their ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Olympics start in Rio on Friday.

IOC stands by Stepanova decision

Meanwhile, Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova has asked again for the IOC to reassess her exclusion from Rio.

The 800m runner's testimony helped shed light on the scale of doping in Russian sport, and she was to compete under a neutral flag in Rio.

But the IOC ruled that she should not be allowed to take part as she had previously failed a doping test.

In a letter to the IOC on Saturday, Stepanova and her husband Vitaly asked the body to "reassess the decision on Yulia".

The IOC responded by saying it had rejected any review of her case and had not discussed the matter at its executive board meeting.

"The final decision has been taken already," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.

Lewis Hamilton's victory in the German GP makes it fourth in a row

As Hamilton drove away and Rosberg was swamped, Verstappen overtook team-mate Daniel Ricciardo brilliantly around the outside

Lewis Hamilton dominated the German Grand Prix to move into a 19-point lead in the championship over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton shot into the lead at the start from second on the grid as Rosberg slipped to fourth, where he finished after a difficult afternoon.

Rosberg was penalised for forcing Red Bull's Max Verstappen off the track.

The German finished behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Verstappen after being unable to make up the lost time.

Hamilton in control - of the race and the title

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It was the icing on the cake for a perfect afternoon for Hamilton, who has put a stranglehold on the championship after a remarkable recovery from a difficult start to the season.

In seven races, Hamilton has turned his season around, moving from a 43-point deficit to Rosberg after five races to his current advantage of just six points short of a entire win.

Hamilton knows he will have to take a grid penalty for using more than the permitted number of engine parts at one of the first two races after the summer break, starting with the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of August.

And he targeted a result like this to try to ensure that when he does have to start from the back, he will not leave that race with another big deficit to Rosberg.

Hamilton joins the greats as three-time German GP winners: Ayrton Senna, Jackie Stewart, Juan Manuel Fangio and Fernando Alonso. Source: Forix

Rosberg the aggressor, Verstappen the 'victim'

This victory was determined by the start. Rosberg, who had taken a superb pole position under highly pressured circumstances on Saturday, bogged down off the line.

Hamilton shot into the lead, and Rosberg exited the first corner behind both Red Bulls as well, with Verstappen slotting into second ahead of Ricciardo.

Despite the Mercedes' inherent pace advantage, Rosberg was unable to pass either Red Bull before the second pit stops just before the 30-lap mark.

The key moment for Rosberg's attempt to recover ground on Hamilton came after that stop.

Verstappen was overtaken by Rosberg for second place, but Rosberg was penalised for being too aggressive

Mercedes tried the 'under-cut' on Verstappen, getting an advantage by stopping a lap earlier, and when the Red Bull emerged from its stop at the start of lap 29, Rosberg was right behind Verstappen.

Rosberg dived late for the inside into Turn Six, as Verstappen moved to the right to defend in the braking zone - a manoeuvre which he has made something of a trademark, to the anger of the other drivers, who feel it breaks a gentleman's agreement between them about a dangerous tactic.

In response, Rosberg went straight on deep into the corner, and emerged ahead.

But Verstappen complained on the radio he had been "forced off the track", the stewards looked into it and penalised Rosberg five seconds.

Rosberg, who passed Ricciardo into second when the Australian made his second stop on lap 33, had to serve that at his third and final pit stop on lap 44, dropping back to fourth again.

He emerged 5.4 seconds behind Verstappen but could make no progress towards the Red Bulls and had to settle for a disappointing fourth.

Rosberg now has a four-week break to ponder how his season has fallen apart, and his best chance yet of winning the title appears to have already as good as evaporated.

Ferrari in the doledrums, McLaren in the points

Ferrari had an underwhelming first race following the departure of technical director James Allison, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen an anonymous fifth and sixth, ahead of the Force India of Kimi Raikkonen.

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Behind Force India's Nico Hulkenberg, McLaren's Jenson Button passed Williams' Valtteri Bottas for eighth place on the penutimate lap, just after team-mate Fernando Alonso had lost out to Force India's Sergio Perez for the final point after a mix-up with Verstappen as the Red Bull lapped the McLaren and then slowed down.

Alonso backed out of an attempt to unlap himself, and Perez took advantage of the McLaren's wearing tyres to slip by after Alonso locked up on the entry to Turn Six.

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Boxing: Carl Frampton beats Leo Santa Cruz to win WBA world featherweight title in New York (Video Highlights)

Carl Frampton outpointed WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz

Carl Frampton has won the WBA world featherweight title by beating champion Leo Santa Cruz on points in a superb contest in Brooklyn.

It means the 29-year-old from Belfast becomes the first Northern Ireland fighter to win a world title in two weight divisions.

Frampton was declared the clear winner by two of the judges, with the third seeing it as a draw.

It was a first defeat of the 27-year-old Mexican Santa Cruz's career.

"I wanted to be in a fight people would remember," said Frampton, having made good on his pre-fight promise to give fans a "shock".

His mentor and manager Barry McGuigan, who held the same title three decades ago, said: "This is one of the greatest nights of my life. It doesn't get much better than this."

It was Frampton's first pro bout at featherweight, having moved up a division after unifying the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight titles by beating England's Scott Quigg in Manchester in February.

The Belfast boxer, in his fifth world title fight, made the stronger start, rocking the champion on to the ropes with a series of heavy punches in the second round.

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The classy Mexican, with a two-inch reach advantage, was clearly throwing more punches, but the more effective, cleaner work came from the challenger.

Frampton seemed to be building up a lead but Santa Cruz, who has held world titles at three weights, was on top in rounds six and seven of what seemed a close contest.

The Belfast man regained the initiative but was hit by a clean right-hand punch during the 10th and Santa Cruz finished strongly as he bid to sway the verdict.

One judge scored it a 114-114 draw but the others made Frampton the winner, 116-112 and 117-111.

It gave Frampton the belt McGuigan won more than 31 years earlier, when he memorably defeated Eusebio Pedroza at Loftus Road football stadium in London.

The new champion said he wanted to defend the title in his home city and did not rule out a rematch, although he also has IBF champion Lee Selby in his sights.

What they said

New WBA featherweight champion Carl Frampton: "I wanted to be in a fight people would remember.

"I wanted to be in with true champions like Leo Santa Cruz.

"This guy is a three-weight world champion. He is a true warrior and I respect him a hell of a lot.

"I would love to bring him to Belfast and show them an amazing fighter but I have a good relationship with Lee Selby's team. I want to be the best and be involved in big fights."

Defeated Leo Santa Cruz: "It was a pretty tough fight but now I want a rematch. I don't care where.

"He's a great champion and he's got a very difficult style. It's hard to forget your first loss but I will go back to the gym and get a rematch."

Game of Thrones to end after season eight in 2018

Game of Thrones is based on novels written by George R R Martin

Game of Thrones - the record-breaking fantasy drama TV series - will end after its eighth season, American broadcaster HBO has confirmed.

HBO programming chief Casey Bloys made the announcement at the Television Critics Association's conference.

The seventh season - made up of seven episodes instead of the usual 10 - is expected in summer next year, while the final season will be in 2018.

Game of Thrones is based on novels written by George R R Martin.

Now the programme has overtaken the source material, meaning producers are telling a story no-one has read before.

Spin-off 'possible'

Speaking on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California, Mr Bloys said the number of episodes for the final season was yet to be determined.

"We'll take as many as the (producers) will give us," he said.

Mr Bloys did not rule out a spin-off, saying that "we're open to it, (the producers) aren't opposed to it, but there's no concrete plans right now".

Last year, Game of Thrones won a record 12 Emmy Awards for a series in a single year.

The series has picked up 23 nominations - another record - ahead of this year's annual ceremony to be held in September.

Rio 2016: 'Small fire' at Australia team building

The Australia Olympic Team tweeted this picture with the caption: "All athletes were safely evacuated and are now back in the building"

The Australian Olympic Team have confirmed there was a "small fire" in the basement of their building in Rio.

They tweeted: "The fire brigade were quickly on the scene and the AOC's emergency plan was put in place."

The fire involved two pieces of cardboard in a basement car park, Rio 2016 officials said.

The Australian delegation initially refused to move into the building on Sunday citing "blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring".

"The incident in the basement car park of building 23 in the Olympic Village was quickly controlled by the fire authorities who are constantly present," said Rio 2016 media manager Philip Wilkinson.

"The occupants of the building were evacuated and were allowed to return inside the building after 30 minutes. The incident is being investigated."

Australia: Hundreds rally in over juvenile 'torture' footage

Demonstrators gathered in major cities across Australia (Image: Reuters)

Hundreds of people have rallied in cities across Australia following allegations of abuse against boys in juvenile detention.

Demonstrators gathered in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to express shock at footage showing indigenous boys being tear-gassed.

The video also shows a boy wearing a "spit hood" while cuffed to a chair.

Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has called for an investigation.

However, he rejected calls for a broader national inquiry.

round 700 people rallied in Melbourne and 300 in Sydney, according to Reuters.

Footage of the abuse first emerged on national broadcaster ABC's Four Corners programme.

Filmed at the Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory, the programme focuses on the treatment of Dylan Voller, who was assaulted, stripped naked and kept in solitary confinement aged 13 and 14.

At one stage he was strapped to a restraint chair while wearing a hood for almost two hours. He was also among a group of six children who were subdued with tear gas.

The United Nations Human Rights Commission said it was shocked by the footage.

"We encourage the Government to extend the scope of the investigation... to establish that such appalling treatment is not taking place in any other place of detention in Australia," it said in a statement - adding that authorities should compensate the children.

The six boys are seeking damages for mistreatment, according to ABC.

Indigenous people represent about 3% of Australia's population but are 26 times more likely to be in detention than non-Indigenous youth, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

German GP: Nico Rosberg beats Hamilton to German Grand Prix pole

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after the Formula One qualifying in Hockenheim, Germany

Nico Rosberg pipped Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position at the German Grand Prix in a dramatic qualifying session.

Rosberg had to abort his first run in the top-10 shootout because of an electronic error but had the fastest lap of the weekend on his final run.

Hamilton went out to do his final lap afterwards but two errors meant he ended up 0.107secs adrift.

Daniel Ricciardo headed Max Verstappen in an all-Red Bull second row.

The Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were fifth and sixth.

Rosberg beats Hamilton fair and square

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Rosberg's pole was his second in a row and his fifth of the season but, perhaps more importantly, it is the first time he has beaten Hamilton on merit when the two have been fighting it out in the final seconds of the session.

Of his past four poles, Hamilton was unable to compete in China and Russia because of engine problems, he crashed in the European Grand Prix in Baku after an error-strewn performance and had to back out of his final lap in Hungary last weekend when he came across Fernando Alonso's McLaren, which had spun.

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As such, it was an important step for Rosberg, who lost the championship lead to Hamilton for the first time this season following the Briton's fifth win in six races last weekend.

The two title rivals are now tied 6-6 on their head-to-head pole position record this season.

"It is a great feeling," said Rosberg. "Just a great lap. I also had extra fuel because to make sure I do have another shot, so I had fuel for three laps."

Hamilton said afterwards: "It has been a good weekend. I had no problems. I had the pace but I just didn't finish it off on the last lap."

What's wrong with Vettel (and Ferrari)?

Red Bull continued their recent surge in form, which looks as though it could move them ahead of Ferrari as the second team in the championship, and Ricciardo confirmed his position as a qualifying ace.

The Australian edged Verstappen by 0.108secs and has still been beaten only once in qualifying by a team-mate all year.

Ferrari were again disappointing. On a weekend that started with news they had parted company with their highly rated technical director James Allison, Raikkonen was 0.779secs off pole - and 0.173secs ahead of Vettel, who looked out of sorts.

Vettel also incurred the wrath of Alonso, who accused him of holding him up on his final run. Alonso stormed out of the McLaren garage after being knocked out in the second session, which he ended 14th, two places and 0.132secs behind team-mate Jenson Button.

Briton's Jolyon Palmer put in a strong performance to line up 16th, a place and 0.061secs ahead of his more experienced team-mate Kevin Magnussen as both face questions over their futures at the Renault team in 2017.

There was drama on the pitwall when Rosberg suffered an electrical problem

Watch out! Hamilton faced a potential 10-place grid penalty following an unsafe release in final practice

Mercedes have four pole positions in Germany now. But Ferrari (piloted by Ickx, above) lead the way with 19. Source: Forix

It was 30 years ago this week that Nico's father Keke qualified on pole at Hockenheim. He finished fifth


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