Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW
Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
Federal agents had barred state investigators from the scene of Saturday’s shooting in Minneapolis, the head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said, despite the agency taking the rare step of obtaining a search warrant. “We’re in uncharted territory here,” he said. Follow updates.
“Heartbroken but also very angry… sickening lies by the administration… reprehensible and disgusting… Alex is clearly not holding a gun… please get the truth out about our son, he was a good man…”
NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is
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What is happening on the streets of Minneapolis is a test. The administration is testing the limits of its power and the strength of the resistance it encounters.
The intention is to provoke street violence in order for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Carole Cadwalladr
The rising star in *Star*mer. 💫
It's difficult to imagine any other wannabe PM coming anywhere close to this PM's performance this week
Serious, calm, pragmatic, behind-the-scenes diplomacy in response to the chaotic world of Trump.
It matters here at home.
Failure is not an option
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
I'm old enough to remember the Tories/Reform, the instigators of Brexit, calling the UK-US bond "Indestructible" & built on shared values while describing the EU as undemocratic & a threat to UK sovereignty
There's enough egg on their faces to make the world's biggest omelette.
There's no comparison between this government and what went before and what might come again.
Mistakes? There'll be some. Nobody sensible will claim that governing is easy, not least when there is a 14-year backlog of neglect.
But we've embarked on a renewed Britain.
I wish PM Starmer well in 2026.
Happy New Year to one and all!
Wishing you joy, health, and peace.
Mostly peace.
Heres the new beginnings and 365 new chances. 🕯
my theory: social media has whipped up impatience, scorn, hatred, anger, polarisation and frustration with anything other than immediate results
NEW: There have been several detailed complaints about the GB News interview with Trump - on impartiality, accuracy & lack of pushback.
Ex-Ofcom official said they'd never seen anything like it.
Is this the moment Ofcom acts on increasingly politicised media?
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Labour’s focus for 2026:
* growth with stability,
* stronger workers’ rights,
* a skills revolution,
* clean energy and nature recovery,
* fairer housing
* better public services
Rebuilding Britain
This time next year they’ll be half way through their first term!
Finally, I made it into my new apartment just in time for the new year.
Exhausted, bearded, undernourished, and unwashed.
But the final push was worth it in the end.
Now, I can finally settle and embrace life's adventures again.
New beginnings
Happy New Year to one and all.
Peace✌️
To all who celebrate.
I wish you a merry Christmas filled with joy, peace, and happiness.
Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights.
The Lords voted to support a string of Conservative-backed amendments to the employment rights bill late on Monday for the third time running.
Breaking:
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has voted to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition.
GB News investor and Spectator owner Paul Marshall is in the running to buy the Telegraph now that the RedBird takeover plan has collapsed, the Guardian reports.
Hard to see this being anything other than a disaster for public discourse in Britain if that goes ahead.
Well, well.
Boris Johnson approved the China’s super-embassy proposal in 2018 welcoming “China’s largest overseas diplomatic investment”
The Chinese government bought the site for £255m the same month, after Johnson's assurances, it could proceed with a proposal
Treasury warns employees not to take pictures of Trump’s White House demolition
A Bulgarian minister has said his govt has evidence.
Yvette Cooper, the UK's foreign secretary, said: “It is clear that illegal migration into Europe and beyond is being driven not just by organised crime networks seeking to make a profit, but by hostile state actors seeking to destabilise Europe"
Starmer, Zelensky, EU leaders agree that Ukraine borders should not be changed by force
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Struggled to get back into my account. But anyway I'm in now.
Not long back from a wonderful holiday in Copenhagen.
We also visited a waffle house in Dragor. Yummy.
Which put me in mind of Boris Johnson, who is attending the Covid inquiry today.
60 seconds on María Corina Machado and why her Nobel Peace Prize win really matters 👏👇
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16 years ago
What a difference a president makes.
The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States president Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
2025 -Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is awarded 🕊
I'm astonished at how many plastic gadgets I have found lurking in the kitchen cupboards. Egg slicers, carrot twirlers, and heaven know's what else.
All going to the recycling centre. Some to charity.
Never again. It's madness.
My madness, of course.
I'm astonished at how many plastic gadgets I have found lurking in the kitchen cupboards. Egg slicers, carrot twirlers, and heaven know's what else.
All going to the recycling centre, some to charity.
Never again. It's madness.
My madness, of course
Sweden and Norway, which also experienced a similar drone incursion. Both Copenhagen and Oslo airports shut down late Monday night after drones were spotted in their airspace, forcing flights to be diverted or canceled and leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded. /ends
