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Tom BatemanBBC News, Minneapolis andMax MatzaBBC NewsWatch: Minneapolis shooter “wanted to watch children suffer”, says officialInvestigators say that the attacker who opened fire on pupils as they were praying at a church in Minneapolis was “obsessed with the idea of killing children”.Robin Westman, who killed two children and injured 18 others, did not seem to have any specific motive, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. The attacker “appeared to hate all of us”, the chief said on Thursday, adding: “More than anything, the shooter wanted to kill children”.The murdered children have been identified by family as Fletcher Merkel, eight,…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Europe imported record amounts of jet fuel from Asia over its peak summer holiday season, helping to push prices down and underlining the increasing market dominance of Chinese and South Korean refineries. Almost 11.5mn barrels of jet fuel were transported from east to west so far in August, according to data from Vortexa, an energy data company. While orders peaked in June and July, flows remain elevated. “We have record arrivals from the Far East if you look at the amount…
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Nicole Eggert is sharing an update amid her breast cancer battle. The Baywatch star shared in an Instagram post on Wednesday that she underwent a mastectomy last week. “Had a mastectomy with reconstruction on Thursday. How was ur weekend?” she wrote in the post, in which she included the hashtags #breastcancer #breastcancerawarness #feelyourselfup. The post also included a photo of her taking a selfie, wearing a black sports bra and white underwear. In a subsequent post on Thursday, she reshared a video about recovery and grief, alongside a caption with a quote attributed to Martha Washington. “The greater part of our…
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