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In a public event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Prince William, the heir to the British throne, sidestepped a question related to his uncle Prince Andrew and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. According to a report by ‘The News International’, a reporter at the sports ground asked Prince William, “What effective action has the royal family taken on the Prince Andrew and Epstein case so far?” The prince moved forward without answering the question, nor did he provide any response. Eventually, Kensington Palace issued a statement on the ongoing controversy involving Prince William and Kate Middleton. It is worth noting that King Charles and Prince William have already stripped Prince Andrew of his royal duties.
The case has resurfaced in recent days following the emergence of new documents related to the Epstein files in the United States. In a statement, Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s spokesperson expressed concern over the revelations and stated that their focus is on the victims. The statement was issued during Prince William’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, prominent British anchor Piers Morgan criticized the royal family’s statement, calling it insufficient and stating that merely expressing concern would not mitigate the effects of the crisis. In other news, voters in Bangladesh will cast their ballots in the upcoming general election and referendum. In the occupied West Bank, Israel has begun demolishing 14 Palestinian buildings in the southern neighborhood of Sultan. In Mumbai, a young woman was killed in a tragic accident after a waiter mistakenly filled a water bottle with boiling water instead of cold water. In Eskisehir, Turkey, Mayor Zeynep Gonca Aksoy of the Mehal Gazli district attended a parliamentary group meeting of the AK Party, where she sat alongside the president.
Amnesty International has expressed solidarity with Pakistani students and demanded the removal of restrictions on student unions. In a separate development, a Pakistani politician, Manzoor Ahmed Maneshi, has been summoned by the election inquiry and judicial committee for allegedly misleading voters. According to reports, the accused was serving a prison sentence for deception and armed intimidation.
In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro revealed that a plot to assassinate him has been foiled. This comes days after the assassination of his daughter, Lucy Harrison, by her father last year over a discussion about US President Donald Trump. In Karnataka, India, a college student’s fabricated abduction story was exposed after police investigations revealed that she had staged the drama to fake a kidnapping. In another incident, a 19-year-old girl was killed in Mumbai after being shot by a waiter who had mistakenly filled a water bottle with boiling water instead of cold water.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the family of a man who was killed in a suicide bombing while trying to stop the attacker. In Turkey, Mayor Zeynep Gonca Aksoy of the Mehal Gazli district attended a parliamentary group meeting of the AK Party, where she sat alongside President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
