Carola Rackete (31), the captain of a migrant rescue ship has been arrested at the Italian port of Lampedusa. She was arrested after a two-week stand-off with police at sea.

Her vessel named Sea-Watch 3 was carrying dozens of African migrants rescued off the coast of Libya. The vessel, which was banned by the Italian authorities had entered the port late on Friday night.

The media footage and videos showed a very large security presence at the port and police escorting Rackete off the vessel.

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right interior minister is taking a tough line against migrant rescue ships. According to Italian state broadcaster RAI, Rackete was arrested for “resisting a war ship” that would not allow her access to the port.

On Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in the the G20 summit in Japan that several EU countries had agreed to take in the 40 remaining migrants on board the ship.

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‘Wolf Pack’ . 5 men are sentenced to prison for 15 years, by the Supreme Court of Spain, for raping an 18-year-old woman.

The attack on the teenage woman that shocked Spain was earlier explained as a sexual abuse alone. But, the court finds that it was a case of rape.

Five men known as ‘Wolf Pack’ has been convicted for the rape. They were originally given nine years in jail when they were cleared of rape. But as a result of the appeal that was given to the Supreme court by the prosecutors, the judges increased their sentences to 15 years.

The incident happened in 2016, during the countries famous bulls festival in Pamplona. The men, known as La Manada,” or “Wolf Pack” (in a WhatsApp text chain) dragged the teen to the lobby of an apartment building. The convicts are José Ángel Prenda Martínez, Ángel Boza, Antonio Manuel Guerrero Escudero, Alfonso Jesús Cabezuelo Entrena and Jesús Escudero Domínguez.

She was raped by these men and some among them had filmed it. The victim’s phone was also stolen. The men had sent the video to their WhatsApp group. This video was the key point to the question that whether the victim was sexually abused or rapped.

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Two boys of age 14 have found guilty in the murder of the 14-year-old girl Ana Kriegel, Republic of Ireland. They are marked as the youngest people in the history of the State to be convicted of murder.

The girl had been taken by one of the boys from her home. At the time of murder, the boys were of age 13. They had denied the charges and were granted anonymity during the trial due to their age.

The boys were refereed as Boy A and Boy B. After a trial of 6 weeks, the boys were found guilty of the murder. Boy A was convicted of the murder and brutal sexual abuse of the young girl. The other boy was convicted of murder.

The boys were remanded in custody in Oberstown children’s detention centre until July 15th. The time when the verdicts were read out, both the boys’ parents were present at the court and had cried and hugged the teens before they were led away.

The parents of Ana Kriegel were also present at every moment of the trial wept and embraced their supporters before thanking the prosecution team and the gardai.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott said, “This has been a very difficult trial”, “I can’t offer you anything apart from, of course, sincere gratitude”, he added.

Ana’s naked body was found from Derelict Glenwood House in Lucan, with a ligature around the neck. The body was found after three days since she was missing.

About 50 injuries had been identified the girl’s body by a former state pathologist.

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