News Headlines - 13 September 2020
▽US official claims pressure to downplay intelligence reports - BBC News
An intelligence analyst at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said he was put under pressure to downplay the threat of Russian interference in the 3 November election as it "made the president look bad".
In a whistleblower complaint, Brian Murphy said he had been demoted for refusing to alter reports on this and other issues such as white supremacy.
The directives were illegal, he said.
The White House and DHS have both denied the allegations.
▽Chinese embassy in UK says ambassador's Twitter account was hacked | Reuters
The Chinese embassy in Britain said on Wednesday that ambassador Liu Xiaoming’s Twitter account had been hacked into.
"Recently, some anti-China elements viciously attacked Ambassador Liu Xiaoming's Twitter account and employed despicable methods to deceive the public," the embassy's spokesperson said in a statement.
▽Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques, senior executives resign over Juukan Gorge destruction
Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques and two senior executives will be replaced after an investor revolt forced the mining giant's board to escalate its response to the blasting of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters.
Mr Jacques, Rio's iron ore division boss Chris Salisbury and corporate affairs boss Simone Niven will depart the company within six months, the board said, following a series of crisis meetings held this week.
▽Nazi warship found off Norway coast after 80 years - The Local
A Nazi cruiser torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Norway in 1940 has been found by chance at a depth of 490 metres (535 yards) during a subsea power cable inspection, the finders said on Thursday... The German navy ship Karlsruhe, measuring 174 metres (571 feet), took part in the invasion of Norway during World War II.
▽Sir Terence Conran: 'Visionary' designer dies at 88 - BBC News
Sir Terence Conran, the British designer who revolutionised retail and decor, has died at the age of 88.
Best known as the founder of Habitat, he brought modern style and simplicity to UK homes in the 1960s and later helped found the Design Museum... Sir Terence started his career in the late 1940s, but became a household name as one of the key designers of the swinging '60s.
