United States: The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle away from a gunman at a Nashville restaurant told Tennessee lawmakers today he faced "the true test of a man," drawing a standing ovation during his brief address. As the House hailed him as a hero, James Shaw said he acted to save his own life at a Waffle House, and saved others in the process. "I never thought I'd be in a room with all the eyes on me, but you know, I'm very grateful to be here," Shaw told House members. The 29-year-old said he has since gone to see some of the shooting victims in the hospital and they all remembered him. He apologised to the people whose loved ones died in the attack. The Senate also honoured Shaw.
Britain: Joanna Lumley says she is "terrified that all men are seen as bad" in the wake of the sexual misconduct scandal which engulfed Hollywood. The Ab Fab star, 71, recently hosted the film Baftas, which was dominated by the Time's Up and MeToo movements. She's told Good Housekeeping: "This year I do feel the spirit of the suffragettes is with us and we're speaking out about women being treated badly around the world. That said, I am terrified that all men are seen as bad." She added: "I love and respect men. I am married to one, I work with some wonderful men and I have a son. We mustn't deride all men, as only the few are bad and we need to remember that too."
Australia: A 13-year-old girl is in hospital after being shot in the leg in a possible targeted attack at a home in Sydney's west. The teenager was sitting with a group of a people in an open door garage on Constance Street in Guildford when a number of shots were fired on Tuesday night. Emergency services rushed to the scene and found she had been struck in the thigh. Police believe the shooting was "not random".
United States: A Northern California city has agreed to pay US$2.65 million to the family of a mentally ill Gulf War veteran fatally shot by police in 2014 after his family called emergency services. The Sacramento Bee reports that the agreement between the city of Lodi and the family of Parminder Singh Shergill settles a federal lawsuit the family filed accusing the officers of excessive force. Officers fatally shot Shergill as he walked through his neighbourhood after they said he charged at them with a knife. Shergill's family disputes that account.
Germany: The head of Germany's leading Jewish organisation warned people to avoid wearing skullcaps following a series of anti-Semitic attacks. Josef Schuster, of the Central Council of Jews, said: "I have to advise people to avoid showing themselves with a kippah in a big city setting in Germany and to wear a baseball cap or something else to cover their head instead." The warning follows an attack on two men wearing kippahs in Berlin. They were whipped with a belt by three men who shouted "Yahudi", Arabic for Jew.
