ICE officer kills a Colombian man in Maine

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2:09And we hear about the eight-week kidnap ordeal of schoolchildren and teachers now rescued in Nigeria. Also in the podcast. At the start we didn't really know what it was and it took me about a year before we heard it would be unlikely that I would be back to playing with two hands again. The one-handed pianist who's passed the top music exam.

2:36Although fears of ice raids at World Cup games have not been borne out, the US has continued its immigration crackdown. Opposition has been relatively muted since the end of the operation that led to two killings in Minneapolis. But the controversy has continued. In the past week, immigration agents have killed two more people, neither of whom were supposed to be the target of enforcement operations. The latest came in the state of Maine, where an ICE agent shot dead a Colombian man who reportedly had the right to work in America. Rachel Wright has been following the story. This is what we know so far.

3:12The federal ICE agents shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man identified as Joan Sebastian Garoro by a neighbour during an immigration enforcement operation on Monday morning. The ICE agents say they were watching what they said was the last known address of an individual with a removal order. They say that a man got into his car and tried to drive away. And when he wouldn't stop, an ICE officer, according to officials, feared for public safety and discharged his weapon, which means he shot him. Now, one of the senators from Maine, an independent called Angus King, says the head of Homeland Security told him that the man was shot because he weaponised his vehicle.

3:58But there are various videos on social media and US networks which clearly show a white car driving around in circles as a man tries to open the car door. Though it's not clear whether this was before or after the shots were fired. what they don't show is the car being driven at anyone. Senator King also said the Department of Homeland Security has told him that the victim of the shooting was not the intended target of the warrant. One of the problems is apparently there are no cameras involved. Body cameras were not on the agents and so we have no video evidence of what occurred in this case.

4:41Meanwhile, Maine's top prosecutor said the ICE agent who fired has been placed on administrative leave whilst an investigation into whether an appropriate level of force was used is completed. Now, with other ICE shootings, there's been plenty of anger from local people. What's been the reaction this time? Well, the Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition says the man who was shot was authorised to work in the US and they said he was a valued member of the community and that his life was cut tragically short. A neighbour of the Colombian man told the Associated Press news agency that he watched a woman fall to her knees as she saw her husband's dead body and a little girl with a pink backpack burst into tears as she saw her father lying dead on the ground, which has given rise to a lot of anger following the incident.

5:33Demonstrators in Biddeford marched to the office of Senator Susan Collins, who's the other senator for Maine, and she's a Republican who voted to fund ICE. And some actually entered the building where her office was chanting voter out and ICE out. Then later, around 200 protesters gathered in the Maine Park. No KKK, no fascist USA! No ice! No KKK! No fashion! They also lit candles and wrote messages expressing their support for migrants. And this shooting in Maine in the northeast of the country followed another one last week down south in Texas. Tell us about that. Yes, on July the 7th, an ICE officer shot a 52-year-old builder who was of Mexican descent as he was driving to a construction site in Houston.

6:27Federal officers later acknowledged that he wasn't the intended target of the ICE operation, but they claimed the man had tried to run them over. Now, there are various figures suggesting that ICE and border agents have shot and killed at least seven people, maybe as many as 10, since President Trump's second term in office began. And people may remember two of the most well-known shootings in Minneapolis, Alex Preti and René Goode, which sparked protests all across America. Replying to criticism, an ICE spokesman said its officials are trained to use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve dangerous situations to prioritise the safety of the public and our officers.

7:13Rachel Wright. Nearly a month after the US and Iran signed their interim peace deal, the two sides appear back where they started, with rival blockades on the Strait of Hormuz. Both nations have gone further by claiming to be guardians of the vital waterway with right to charge fees. They've also stepped up their attacks.

7:39Footage from US Central Command, which said it launched five hours of strikes overnight, aimed at weakening Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping. Iran said it targeted US military facilities in Bahrain and Jordan and hit two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. There were later reports that a missile had hit another tanker off the coast of Oman. And in the past few hours, Iran said there'd been new American airstrikes. With her thoughts, here's our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette. Ever since this memorandum of understanding was signed last month, it's been plagued by, let us say, violations by both sides.

8:17A situation which we often describe as no war, no peace. There are occasional exchanges of fire, then frantic efforts behind the scene by mediators, including Pakistan and Qatar. Then President Trump says, oh, Iran is desperate for a deal. We're going to talk now. And then it's calm for a bit. And then it goes back to the exchanges. They've now reached a point where this so-called ceasefire is hanging by a thread. We do believe that neither side wants to return to all-out war. But President Trump is understandably frustrated by the way in which he doesn't seem to be able to bend Iran to his will.

9:02He talked last night in his comments. He said they seem to have found something in the deal they didn't like. But one of the fundamental problems is that both sides can find whatever they like in that deal. The language of it is so imprecise that Iran can point to one of the clauses and say, but that deal, that 14-point memorandum of understanding, gives us control over the strait and deciding, say, over the future management of that critical waterway. President Trump can point to the clause before that and say, no, we agreed that we would return to a free flow of maritime traffic. The Strait of Hormuz, Iran has made clear time and again, is a red line.

9:46It is not going to return to the situation before the war. Now, we know President Trump likes to make waves with his social media posts. The Iranians have been trolling him somewhat, saying he's right to say that we should charge ships in the Strait of Hormuz. With this 20 % charge proposal from President Trump, has he opened the door now to the fact that Iran will be able to make money from the strait? Well, Iran wants to make money from the strait. If they don't call it tolls, they'll call it service fees. And there is a precedent for service fees elsewhere in the world. But most countries, including countries in the region, are saying, no, these are international waterways.

10:26waterways. Yes, there is a small strip along the Omani coast, which is Omani waters, and then on Iranian waters. The foreign minister, Mr. Araqchi, mocked President Trump because of the very steep toll that President Trump says he wants to charge. Now, we must underline that his Secretary of State, Margot Rubio, has repeatedly said that American policy is that no tolls should be charged. How they're going to square that circle? Is this just a trial balloon by President Trump that loses air and comes down to the ground. Let us see. He's often made these sweeping statements, talked about new operations, and then they came to nothing.

11:06What President Trump is talking about, if it's logistically and politically possible to do, would, shipping experts are saying this morning, would double the cost of now taking oil tankers and other vessels through the straits. So we're not sure. But Iran is trying to find some form of words that allows it to keep control of this strait. The parliament in Iran, the head of the Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee, Ibrahim Azizi, has put on social media that they passed a law, which is a long-term strategic plan for control of the strait of Hormuz. He put it in black and white, as others do.

11:41This is a red line for us. And it certainly is a red line for the hardliners, who have never liked the deal signed last month and who had wanted to keep this war going. Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette. As parts of Europe sweltered through the hottest June ever, a quarter of the EU's energy was provided by solar power, the largest single energy source. It's the first time that's happened. Chris Roslow is an analyst from the think tank Ember. People can see it with their own eyes, but what this data really shows us is that such a major transformation has happened in Europe's energy mix.

12:16Solar has gone in just a few years from being a relatively small part of the system to being an essential part. And now, as you say, we're at the quarter in June and solar being the top source in these sunny months. In some countries, though, we are seeing definite benefits of this renewable energy rollout. So in the past, when we had gas prices spiking, when Russia attacked Ukraine, we saw the energy prices increase for nearly everyone in Europe because there was a very strong connection between the price of gas and the price of electricity. This time around, we had another fossil fuel crisis.

12:53We had gas prices rising again because of the situation with the Strait of Hormuz. But some of the countries which have gone the fastest with renewables, for example, Spain in the last few years, we saw that consumers in Spain were actually measurably shielded from the impact of this latest crisis because of the expansion of renewables. So I think what's happening here is that the expansion of solar has happened much faster than almost anybody predicted. And of course, that's going to bring challenges. And I think in many ways, we're seeing infrastructure and also policy and regulation catching up to this expansion in solar power.

13:31So, you know, why is the expansion in solar happened so quickly? Well, I think it's understandable that citizens and governments have tried to pivot towards, amid all this energy chaos with the price of fossil fuels spiking every few years, it makes complete sense that citizens and governments have looked towards cheaper sources, which are quick to deploy, and are also very popular, which is the case for solar. Chris Roslow. In the UK, grade 8 is the top qualification for most aspiring musicians, equivalent to a 10 in the Royal Conservatory of Music standard used in the US. And it's hard. But for 17-year-old Freya Terrace, it was tougher than for most, as she became the first person to pass grade 8 piano using only one hand.

14:19Freya had already reached grade 7 when an injury and surgery caused her to lose the use of her right hand, and she had to learn to play with just the left. James Kumarasamy has been speaking to Freya, and the world's only professional one-handed concert pianist, Nicholas McCarthy. He was born without a right arm and has just co-written the first syllabus for one-handed pianists. Freya started by telling Jamie about learning to play one-handed. I would have played with two hands and I'd noticed that I was in pain, but at the start it was very much if I practice for two hours, I have to stick an ice pack on for 20 minutes afterwards and it would then go away and I'd be absolutely fine and it took about eight months maybe for it to get to a point of I couldn't pick up a pen, I couldn't hold a hairbrush to do my own hair in the morning.

15:07I just, I think, ignored it for so long that it became something I couldn't ignore anymore and then finally gave in to get it treated. And at the start, we didn't really know what it was and it took maybe about a year before we heard it would be unlikely that I would be back to playing with two hands again. Nicholas, can I bring you in at this point? because I understand you were pretty instrumental in Freya being able to take her grade eight. Well, yeah, I mean, Freya, it's lovely to get to chat to you. And congratulations. I mean, obviously, I know how much hard work goes into preparing anything concert or a grade.

15:43So huge congratulations to that. But yes, it was lovely to be following your story, Freya. I was very keen to create this syllabus alongside my colleagues, ABRSM and Sally Cathcart. We decided to throw it open to the world. You know, when I was young and doing my grades, it just didn't exist. You know, I stopped at grade four because by that point I was going to music school. I was at the Junior Guild Hall and then the RCM. And there was no need for me then to pursue kind of any more grades. But I didn't want, you know, other people to have to necessarily jump through those scoops that I had to jump through.

16:16I was very keen as well, not just having a left hand alone repertoire. You know, there's a huge wealth of repertoire for left hand alone. There's very few pieces for right hand alone. I'm just fascinated, Nicholas, in why there are so many more left-hand only repertoires than right-hand only. Yeah, it really started in the 19th century. If you think most people in the world are right-handed, so your left hand tends to be your slightly weaker hand. Back then, you know, concert pianists were like rock stars in the 19th century. Take the great fans list, for example. Often as a way to wow their audiences, they would play on irony a little bit.

16:51you know, you thought I was good with two hands, wait till you see what I can do with my weaker hand. And they'd play your left hand alone work and drive the crowd wild. And then we fast forward in time to the 20th century. And as we know, the First World War happened. And because of a similar statistic, if you're in a wartime scenario, a battle scenario, most people are right handed, therefore you're probably statistically likely to injure or lose your right limb, therefore leaving the left hand. And there was one particular man, Paul Wittgenstein, he came back from battle after losing his right arm in the First World War.

17:23And he commissioned all the leading big celebrity composers of the 20th century to write left-hand alone works for him. And this is when we were putting this syllabus together. And Freya, Nicholas talking there about rock star musicians of the past. I think it's fair to call him a rock star pianist, certainly amongst the one-handed pianist community. Has he inspired you? Has his technique inspired you? Very much so, actually. Funny that you say that. I was going to say, Nicholas, I'm sure you remember coming to Belfast maybe two years ago. You played the Revival Concerto and you played a set of Britain versions.

17:57And on a very personal level for me, it was sort of as I was just coming to the conclusion that I wouldn't be getting back to playing with two hands. And this was sort of me really in the world of left-hand repertoire. And I was coming to grips with that. I still very fondly remember that concert. I've still got the programme sitting in my room. You were absolutely phenomenal. Oh, that's so lovely. Oh, thank you. Well, it's lovely to have you there. and hopefully our paths will cross in person, I hope, and, you know, I'll be coming to one of your concerts soon. That would be a treat for me. Nicholas McCarthy and Freya Terrace.

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20:26This is the Global News Podcast. In May, more than 40 pupils and teachers were abducted from schools in the southern Nigerian state of Oyo. Now, after eight weeks in captivity, they've been rescued, according to the authorities. The abduction sparked angry protests with demands for better protection for schools. Such attacks are unusual in this part of Nigeria. Islamist militant kidnappings tend to be concentrated in the northeast of the country. The freed captives are having physical and mental health checks before being reunited with their families. The BBC's Peter Musembi spoke to Felicia Olatunde, whose husband Zacchaeus was one of the kidnapped teachers.

21:05I got the news on Friday evening and I was very, very excited. When I said a picture of my husband, all I can say is thank God. And someone sent it to me on my phone, on my WhatsApp directly. I was like, maybe it's fake news that we used to receive before. So one of my guys said, now call me that. I've seen your husband's picture. Your husband is there. So I said, send the picture to me. and I saw my husband and I was so happy. But the condition made me, I feel very sad. But all I can say is thank God. Of course, there will be time for him to recover once he's reunited with the family. The abductors occasionally shared videos showing those they had abducted, the children, the teachers.

22:05Did you at any one time see your husband in the videos? I did not see him. In fact, for those 56 days, it was hell or not. Even for we that is, they are family. It was hell or not. We don't know how they are doing. We don't know anything about them. We don't say anything from them. Can you describe how that changed your life and that of your children during that time? I thank God. There are some times that it's only me and my kids at home. That's my five years old. She used to encourage me a lot. If they see me crying, both of them will come and take the clothes and wipe my teeth. My mommy, please stop crying.

22:52If anybody comes to greet you, please just don't cry again. And do they understand this situation that dad has been away and it is not for a good reason? My five years old, she understands because if anyone asks of her dad, she will say that he is with the bandits. And anytime I'm scrolling on my phone, going through my social media, anytime she saw the picture of these people, she will say that, are they the people that kidnapped my dad? And I will say, yes, but we have to pray for him to come back all my life and save. And you're really looking forward to meeting your husband when everyone is handed over to their families?

23:40It's more than that. I'm very anxious, looking forward to meeting him. Because 56 days without my husband, without hearing about him, without seeing him, it's a long, long something for me. Felicia Olatunde talking to Peter Musembi. The first scientific study into possible links between hormonal changes and ADHD symptoms is being carried out in London. Researchers say that looking at neurodiversity in adult women is long overdue and have asked 50 women on ADHD medication to track the impact of their menstrual cycle on their symptoms, as Vicky Loder reports. They vary in age from their teens to middle age but the women on the study have all been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder and been taking medication for it.

24:31The word that keeps being used is they feel disabled at certain times of their cycle when their ADHD symptoms go into overdrive. Leila is 30 and a primary school assistant. She sets a bunch of alarms on her phone every day. As we talk she She scrolls through them on the screen to try and keep her ADHD brain focused and establish a routine. But when she hits her period, she says those structures collapse. So even if I'm managing to keep things relatively in control, it kind of feels like you're sort of clinging on, like for dear life, onto the ball that is continuing to roll and sort of cursing yourself and the world the entire time.

25:18Eloise is 19 and studying for three university degrees. The medication she uses for her ADHD, Ritalin, she calls a lifeline. It gives her a three-hour window of focus to study. Eloise takes the pill, sits in the library and waits for it to kick in. But during her period, she says she just waits and waits for a reaction that never comes. Ritalin is so helpful for me and I really felt like I had that as something solid I could rely on and then suddenly it disappeared. It felt like losing a cane really. It's quite confusing, yes. All of a sudden it was broken. It felt really weird. Researchers believe dips in estrogen, just like that before a period, affect the dopamine or feel-good hormone in the body, making ADHD symptoms much stronger.

26:13Like Eloise, lots of the women didn't realise until they mapped their cycle for the study, there was a pattern to their symptoms. The results of the study hasn't been published yet, but the researchers say it's a good starting point in an overlooked area of women's health. ADHD used to be seen as a condition only men had and then mainly boys. Women are interested in the effect the menopause and perimenopause major hormonal transitions have on their ADHD. Vicky Loda. Andy Serkis is best known as a master of motion capture, playing Gollum in Lord of the Rings, Caesar in Planet of the Apes and King Kong.