Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger found dead in prison

Infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, 89 years, has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia.

He was discovered unresponsive in his cell at the maximum security facility shortly after being transferred there from a Florida jail.
Bulger was the head of a violent South Boston crime ring known as the Winter Hill Gang from the 1970s into the 1990s. In 1995, Bulger was tipped off about his imminent indictment by an FBI agent and escaped, remaining on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list until getting apprehended in 2011 in Santa Monica, California.
The former leader of South Boston's Winter Hill gang inspired the film Black Mass featuring Johnny Depp, and The Departed, which won the Academy Award for best picture in 2006.
His death comes on the same day that he was transferred to the Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia, which houses 1,385 inmates, according to reports.
An inmate with mafia ties is now under investigation for Bulger's killing, three sources briefed on the incident told the Boston Globe.

Babies born in US may lose citizenship as President Trump takes hard stance on immigration

President Donald Trump has disclosed his plan to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born on US soil.

The action, which Trump previewed in a television clip broadcast Tuesday, would be the most aggressive by a president elected to office pledging to take a hard line on immigration, an issue he has revived in advance of next week’s midterm elections.

“We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits,” Trump said during an interview with Axios scheduled to air as part of a new HBO series starting this weekend. “It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.”

Chris Coons, a US Senator and Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday that Trump "was driving a false narrative on immigration"  to stoke fear ahead of the November 6 congressional vote.

The 14th Amendment states that: "all persons born or n

aturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

A legal challenge would prompt the nation's courts to weigh in on what would be one of the most sweeping moves of the Trump administration. It has already targeted immigration through a travel ban from several Muslim-majority countries, child-parent separations for migrants, refugee policies and other actions.

Death toll in Iran alcohol poisoning rises to 84

Iran´s health ministry said Monday a total of 84 people have died and nearly 1,000 been poisoned from consuming bootleg alcohol over the past six weeks, ISNA news agency reported.

Despite tough penalties against alcohol consumption since the Islamic revolution of 1979, the use of smuggled or bootleg liquor remains widespread.

Multiple cases of poisoning by a deadly batch of moonshine were first reported in late September and have spread across the country.

The spokesman for the health ministry, Iraj Harirchi, said 959 people had been treated for poisoning, describing the wave of cases as “very unusual,” according to the semi-official agency ISNA.

As well as 84 deaths, 305 have been treated for kidney damage and 27 suffered eye damage, he added.

He said the main cause was the use of toxic methanol in place of the ethanol found in properly distilled spirits.
“Some have been arrested in this regard and people should know that even alcohol packed and sealed in foreign packages can easily be fake,” Harirchi said.

The most poisoning cases were reported in Alborz province north of Tehran and Hormozgan on the south coast.

Only members of state-recognized religious minorities have the right to produce or purchase alcoholic drinks in Iran.

Those who break Iran’s alcohol laws can be fined, lashed or jailed, but bootleg liquor is widely available through illegal dealers.

John Obi Mikel's 2018 World Cup jersey added to Fifa museum

The Super Eagles were the first team to beat debutant Iceland at the World Cup in Russia thus earning the skipper a place in the gallery.

The football governing announced that the shirt will be at the museum located in Zurich after Gernot Rohr's became the first team to beat Iceland at the World Cup finals.

"Argentina couldn't claim three points against hardy newcomers, Iceland, but the Super Eagles did - and they did it in style," the statement reads.

When Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 at the Volgograd stadium they created a fair race against Argentina for second place in Group D.

This special new 50p coin to mark Brexit

Plans have been unveiled for a new 50p coin to mark Brexit, it will become available on the day Britain leaves the EU.

It will be available from March 29 next year, the day Britain exits the EU at 11pm.

The coin will reportedly feature the Queen's head and the date March 29, 2019 and on the reverse the phrase "Friendship with all nations".

A 50p coin was struck when the UK joined the European Economic Community in 1973 and when the UK held the presidency of the EU in 1998.

It is not yet known exactly what the new Brexit coins will look like.