A judge who has ruled against Donald Trump and is a tough critic of the events of January 6 in Washington is to preside over the former president's criminal case for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington was randomly assigned to the case after Special Counsel Jack Smith's office indicted Mr Trump on three counts of conspiracy and one account of obstruction.
Mr Trump has maintained his innocence and claims, without evidence, that the indictment will be used to interfere with the 2024 presidential election.
Ms Chutkan has presided over a ruling that have gone against Mr Trump.
Mr Trump tried to block the January 6 House Committee from obtaining White House records, citing executive privilege. But that was denied by Ms Chutkan, who said that Congress had a strong interest in obtaining those records.
She also said only President Joe Biden had the authority to waive executive privilege, rejecting Mr Trump's claim that executive privilege "exists in perpetuity".
“Presidents are not kings and plaintiff is not president,” she wrote.
Her ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court.
A tough January 6 sentencer
Ms Chutkan has also presided over a handful of cases for people who participated in the deadly 2021 assault on the Capitol Building.
And she is among a handful of Washington judges to sentence those convicted to harsher punishments than suggested.
In December 2021, she sentenced Robert Palmer to more than five years in prison after he was convicted for attacking police officers who were protecting the Capitol. It was the longest prison sentence in connection to the events issued at the time.
"It has to be made clear … trying to stop the peaceful transition of power and assaulting law enforcement officers is going to be met with certain punishment," Ms Chutkan said.
Ms Chutkan has imposed prison sentences for every January 6 case she has handled, a database compiled by the Washington Post shows.
Ms Chutkan was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and received her law degree at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
She was appointed to the US District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.
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Conflict, drought, famine
Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.
Band Aid
Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.
What to watch out for:
Algae, waste coffee grounds and orange peels will be used in the pavilion's walls and gangways
The hulls of three ships will be used for the roof
The hulls will painted to make the largest Italian tricolour in the country’s history
Several pillars more than 20 metres high will support the structure
Roughly 15 tonnes of steel will be used
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The biog
Marital status: Separated with two young daughters
Education: Master's degree from American Univeristy of Cairo
Favourite book: That Is How They Defeat Despair by Salwa Aladian
Favourite Motto: Their happiness is your happiness
Goal: For Nefsy to become his legacy long after he is gon
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Other key dates
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Finals draw: December 2
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Finals (including semi-finals and third-placed game): June 5–9, 2019
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Euro 2020 play-off draw: November 22, 2019
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Euro 2020 play-offs: March 26–31, 2020
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Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto
Four stars
The National's picks
4.35pm: Tilal Al Khalediah
5.10pm: Continous
5.45pm: Raging Torrent
6.20pm: West Acre
7pm: Flood Zone
7.40pm: Straight No Chaser
8.15pm: Romantic Warrior
8.50pm: Calandogan
9.30pm: Forever Young
If you go:
Getting there:
Flying to Guyana requires first reaching New York with either Emirates or Etihad, then connecting with JetBlue or Caribbean Air at JFK airport. Prices start from around Dh7,000.
Getting around:
Wildlife Worldwide offers a range of Guyana itineraries, such as its small group tour, the 15-day ‘Ultimate Guyana Nature Experience’ which features Georgetown, the Iwokrama Rainforest (one of the world’s four remaining pristine tropical rainforests left in the world), the Amerindian village of Surama and the Rupununi Savannah, known for its giant anteaters and river otters; wildlifeworldwide.com
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Biog
Mr Kandhari is legally authorised to conduct marriages in the gurdwara
He has officiated weddings of Sikhs and people of different faiths from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Russia, the US and Canada
Father of two sons, grandfather of six
Plays golf once a week
Enjoys trying new holiday destinations with his wife and family
Walks for an hour every morning
Completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Loyola College, Chennai, India
2019 is a milestone because he completes 50 years in business
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