The alleged perpetrator from Chicago was charged with the deadly shots on two Israeli embassy employees in Washington in front of a federal court of the first degree. The 31-year-old is accused of opening fire on a group of people in front of the Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday evening (local time). He killed a young couple who worked in the Israeli message. The man also had German citizenship, learned the Reuters news agency from diplomatic circles.
The provisional US prosecutor Jeanine Pirro said at a press conference on Thursday (local time) that the indictment against the alleged perpetrator is a case for whom the death penalty is even eligible. “We will continue to investigate this as a hate crime and as a terrorist crime,” said Pirro in front of reporters.
The accumulated documents said that the accused told the police at the scene: “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.” When he first appeared in court on Thursday, the defendant waived his right to hear a detention. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 18. The US’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, had previously stated that the alleged perpetrator probably acted alone. After the crime, the security measures in the Israeli messages all over the world were immediately tightened.
In the dispute over the Iranian nuclear program, negotiations between Washington and Tehran go into a decisive phase. Today in Rome, the US specialist Steve Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi are expected to be the fifth round of negotiations. The Golf state of Oman conveys between the two countries. According to Iranian media reports, negotiations against noon begin.
Both sides had been optimistic at the beginning of the conversations. After the recent meeting in the Omani capital Maskat, however, significant differences came to light.
The spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry in Washington, Tammy Bruce, said the fifth meeting of the negotiators only takes place because the United States thought an agreement was possible. “We believe that we will be successful.” The Iranians understand the US demands and continue to take part in the negotiations, she said.
Melania Trump has announced the publication of an audiobook created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI)-although she recently campaigned against AI generated images in connection with so-called revenge pornography. She feels “honored” to present the public “Melania-the AI audio book”, explained the wife of US President Donald Trump in online networks on Thursday. The audio book is completely spoken by AI with her “own voice”, she added. “Let the future of the publisher begin.”
