World news in brief
Power cuts on St Vincent after another eruption
Another volcanic eruption on the Caribbean island of St Vincent has triggered massive power outages and limited water supplies. The La Soufriere volcano on the island’s northern tip erupted at least twice on Friday, shooting ash 33,000 feet in the air, and again yesterday.
The National Emergency Management Organisation of St Vincent and the Grenadines wrote on Twitter that the “majority of the country [is] out of power and covered in ash” following “another explosive event”.
In an address broadcast by local radio station NBC News, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves urged people to “save water”, warning that supplies are “limited”. Mr Gonsalves also encouraged people to wear masks as it’s “difficult to breathe” because of the amount of ash blanketing the island. Nobody has been reported hurt or killed as a result of the eruptions.
21 trapped in Chinese coal mine
Rescuers are trying to reach 21 coal miners who are trapped by an underground flood in China's northwest, a state news agency reported. The mine in Hutubi County in the Xinjiang region flooded on Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said eight people were rescued. China's coal mines are among the world's deadliest, regularly suffering explosions and gas leaks despite repeated safety crackdowns.
LA mother accused of killing her three children
A 30-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her three children in Los Angeles, all of whom were under five years old. Officers arrested Liliana Carrillo late on Saturday in the Ponderosa area of Tulare County, following a reports of a carjacking.
Ms Carrillo was driving a stolen silver Toyota pick-up truck at the time of her arrest, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. It followed the identification of the 30-year-old as the sole suspect in the murder of her three children in the west of the city on Saturday morning.
First responders announced all of the children were dead at the scene, according to the LAPD.
The children’s grandmother told the Los Angeles Times the youngsters were aged aged three, two, and six months. She found their bodies early on Saturday before phoning 911.
Although their deaths were initially reported as a stabbing, the LAPD said on Saturday that a cause of death or a motive was still to be determined.
Twelve-year-old shot while out walking in New York
Police have launched a manhunt following the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Brooklyn. The child was out walking in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area, shortly before 10pm on Saturday night, when he was shot in the chest. Authorities are looking for at least one shooter, ABC7 reported.
The boy, who has not been identified by the authorities, is believed to have been fired upon as two groups fought close by, although it was not immediately clear whether he had been accidentally caught in the crossfire or intentionally fired upon by one of the groups. It is believed the shots were fired from a darkcoloured vehicle.
Police said the boy heard the shots ring out in the street before feeling a pain in his chest and realising he had been shot, the New York Post reported. Following the shooting, the boy ran into a liquor store for help, CBS News reported. Staff at the store called the emergency services.
The child, who was taken to Maimonides Medical Centre is expected to survive the shooting. Police at the scene managed to collect a number of shell casings, but have not yet mane any arrests.
Family of Ohio teen crushed to death receive $6m
The family of a Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6m (£4.4m) settlement.
Kyle Plush, 16, used voice activation to twice call 911 in April 2018 after a freak accident in the minivan he drove to school in Cincinnati left him squashed behind a passenger seat in the car park of his high school.
In one of the calls, in which he gave his location and make and model of the Honda Odyssey, he said: “I probably don’t have much time left, so tell my mom that I love her if I die.”
Two police officers allegedly searched the car park but did not find him. Kyle’s father Ron discovered his
body hours later when he did not return home from school, and later sued the city for wrongful death. On Friday, following a lengthy legal battle, the city awarded the Plush family $6m; the second largest settlement in the city’s history, as reported by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
As part of the settlement, the city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre, including spending $250,000 hiring experts to evaluate changes over five years, and publishing six-monthly reports available to the public.