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Charlottesville: James Fields guilty of murder for driving car into crowd

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  • Jury finds Fields, 21, guilty of first-degree murder
  • Heather Heyer, 32, was killed in August 2017 crash

A jury has found 21-year-old James Alex Fields Jr guilty of first-degree murder for intentionally driving his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally, killing one woman and injuring dozens.

Fields was charged with first-degree murder and other felonies in the August 2017 crash that killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Her death came after police forced a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville to disband, after participants had clashed with counter-demonstrators earlier.

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Deadly pig virus could hit US in a year, warn experts

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African swine fever has been spreading rapidly in China and has also travelled from Russia and Eastern Europe to Belgium. Experts fear it is only a matter of time before it reaches the US.

A global outbreak of African swine fever will reach the US within a year unless border protections are tightened and imports of high-risk pork products banned, warn biosecurity experts. It would cost the US economy $16.5bn (£12.9bn) in the first year alone, it has been estimated.

An ongoing epidemic of the virus, which is deadly for pigs but cannot yet be transmitted to humans, has prompted the US Department of Agriculture to review and strengthen its border protections. After outbreaks in Belgium and China this year, the USDA has increased the use of sniffer dogs at major ports, airports, land borders crossings, and has also built quarantine stations and increased passenger and cargo inspections on flights from China and Russia, the worst hit countries.

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EU, France step up security, development aid for Africa’s G5 Sahel

So why is it so many from the area are trying to seek refuge in Europe? Old colonialists trying to help or just bribing politicians to hold on to privilege gained initially by force and slavery?

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The EU and France have increased their financial support for projects in the five Sahel states which sit on the southern rim of Africa’s Sahara desert. Terrorism and lawlessness have blighted the region for years.