UN chief meets NZ mosque victims, decries online hate

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres visited the Al Noor mosque, one of two Muslim centers in the New Zealand city where a self-described white supremacist killed 51 people in a March 15 shooting that the attacker live-streamed on Facebook. He warned hate speech was spreading online `like wildfire` at a meeting with victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings Tuesday, vowing the world body will lead efforts to extinguish the problem.Guterres The UN chief is traveling the South Pacific to highlight the impact of climate change but said he also wanted to show his support for Christchurch’s Muslim community during Ramadan.`I know there are no words to relieve the hurt and sorrow and pain, but I wanted to come here personally to transmit love, support and total and complete admiration,` he said.He told victims of the worst mass shooting in modern New Zealand history that there had been `a dangerous upsurge in hatred` as social media was exploited to promote bigotry.`Hate speech is spreading like wildfire in social media. We must extinguish it,` the Portuguese diplomat said.`There is no room for hate speech — online or offline.`He highlighted a previously announced plan for his special adviser on genocide prevention Adama Dieng to combat online extremism.He said Dieng’s mission was to `bring together a United Nations team to scale up our response to hate speech and present a global plan of action.`His remarks come as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who hosted Guterres when he arrived in Auckland on Sunday, embarks on her own quest to tame social media in Paris this week. She has been highly critical of social media giants in the wake of the Christchurch killings, saying they should be `taking ownership and responsibility over their platforms.`Ardern will co-host a meeting of world leaders and tech firms to promote a `Christchurch call` aimed at curbing online extremism.

argentine lawmaker olivares dies from injuries after mafia style shooting

Argentine lawmaker Hector Olivares died on Sunday after he was shot in what authorities called a `mafia-style` attack outside Congress in downtown Buenos Aires on Thursday, according to state-run news agency Telam. Olivares underwent surgery after being shot and had been listed in “serious condition,” officials said. But he died at Ramos Mejia hospital in Buenos Aires, Telam reported, citing police and judicial sources. Argentine lawmaker Héctor Olivares and his adviser and friend Miguel Marcelo Yadón, were walking side-by-side on a sidewalk near Argentina’s National Congress in Buenos Aires on Thursday morning when gunmen ambushed them.Government aide Miguel Yadon was also shot in the attack and died at the scene.Argentine authorities announced the arrests of members of a mafia gang on Friday. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said that all members of the group had been detained, including one who had fled across the border to Uruguay.Local officials and media have indicated the motive was personal, rather than political, and that the gang had targeted Yadon specifically.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 6:Atlast virat kohli casts his vote

On sunday India goes to polls for phase 6 of general elections voting to be held for 59 seats. After casting vote, Rahul Gandhi said, "The election was fought on key issues including demonetization, farmer problems, Gabbar Singh Tax and corruption in Rafale. Narendra Modi used hatred in the campaign and we used love and I am confident love will win."Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives to cast his vote at a polling booth in NP Senior Secondary School in Aurangzeb Lane.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came to cast his vote at a polling booth in Civil Lines.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was spotted at a polling booth in NP Senior Secondary School in Aurangzeb Lane.Cricketer Kapil Dev was spotted at a polling booth with wife Romi and daughter Amiya at a polling booth in DPS Mathura Road.AAP Candidate from East Delhi, Atishi after casting her vote at a polling booth in Kamla Nehru Govt Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Jangpura. She is up against BJP's Gautam Gambhir and Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely.President Ramnath Kovind also came to cast his vote at a polling booth in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir cast their votes.Team India Captain Virat Kohli after casting his vote at a polling booth in Pinecrest School in Gurugram.Kohli had earlier tried voting on 29th April in Mumbai - Phase 4 election, however he could not do it then as it was too late for him to register himself through online procedure.  Later, Kohli  took to Twitter to announce that he will vote from Gurugram.Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra came to cast their vote at a polling booth in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya at Lodhi Estate.

stage set for penultimate phase of lok sabha polls

The 17^th Lok Sabha general elections phase NO.6 will be held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. The fate of several Union ministers including Radha Mohan Singh, Harshvardhan and Maneka Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia will be decided on Sunday in the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held in 59 constituencies in six states and Delhi. Over 10.17 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose among the 979 candidates in fray. The Election Commission has set up over 1.13 lakh polling stations for smooth conduct of polls. Elections in this phase are seen as a big test for the BJP which had won 45 of these seats in 2014, with the Trinamool Congress bagging 8, the Congress two and the Samajwadi Party and the LJP one seat each among others. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP had won 13 of the 14 constituencies in 2014, the only exception being Azamgarh, won then by SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.However, the BJP had to face defeat in the bypolls in Phulpur and Gorakhpur constituencies last year.