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The Latest: UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect contests his extradition back to New YorkMax Verstappen blamed social media for making his relationship with Lando Norris sound worse than it really is after their title fight this season. ( More Sports News ) The pair have been good friends off the track since meeting in karting over a decade ago but went head-to-head in the Formula One drivers' championship for the first time in 2024. The Dutchman claimed his fourth world title, clinching it with two races to spare after following up a stunning win in Sao Paulo by finishing ahead of Norris in Las Vegas. However, there were moments of friction on the track, with the pair colliding in Austria in June before two controversial incidents in Austin and Mexico City in October. In the end, Verstappen finished 63 points ahead of his title rival but insisted their friendship was not affected. "People always make it really a lot worse on social media. There are a lot of idiots on that platform that always have something to say, something to complain about," Verstappen said on Red Bull's podcast, Talking Bull. "There are a lot of positive people, but also some proper idiots. I think it's better just to ignore all of that. "Lando and I, we got on very well. Of course, at times it got a bit tense on track, but off the track, that shouldn't matter. We always try to do the best we can on track to get the best possible result. "You're fighting for the World Championship. I think it's normal that these kind of things can happen, but we're good." pic.twitter.com/6NXBrwMgwc The turning point for the 27-year-old came in Brazil, as he stormed from 17th to cross the line in first, ending a run of four months without a win. However, a delayed qualifying session due to rain mixed with Lance Stroll's crash in the second qualifying session saw him fail to reach the final stage before being handed a five-grid penalty due to an engine change. Verstappen rallied perfectly to clinch his first victory since Spain, ending a 10-race streak, and was helped by Norris' sixth-place finish. "I was very upset with qualifying [in Brazil]. I wanted to destroy my room, but I walked into my room and my dad was sitting there," he said. "He was the calm one, very calm. I was so angry, then I saw him so calm, that it actually calmed me down. I just walked in... when I think back about the day, I could really feel us in the office when we were preparing for the race there were a lot of sad faces because you're starting P17, your main rival is starting first, so it could be a massive points swing, and we couldn't really have that at that point of the championship. "Everyone was quite nervous but then it rained. It was a wet day. I jumped in the car. I like to drive in the wet, but you never know what will happen because, at the same time, you might be taken out, or you spin off the track yourself, because it's very difficult. "But then as soon as the race went under way, it was good, it was nice. I enjoyed it a lot. I felt good with the car. Step by step, driving to the front again. It was relief on the podium. As soon as I won that race, I was like 'That's it'."
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian law enforcement authorities on Monday declared an arson attack on a synagogue last week a terrorist act in a decision that increases resources available to the investigation. Arson squad detectives have been investigating the blaze that extensively damaged the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on Friday. But the investigation was taken over on Monday by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team which involves Victoria state Police and Australian Federal Police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency. “The decision ... to transition the Adass Israel Synagogue fire attack to the Victorian Joint Counter-Terrorism Team is a crucial turning point in this investigation,” Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett told reporters. “I want to thank Victoria Police investigators for the significant information they have gathered so far, which has helped lead us to believe that this is likely to be a politically motivated attack. This is now a terrorism investigation,” Barrett added. The declaration gave investigators more resources, information and legal powers to pursue the three suspects, police said. Get the latest breaking news as it happens. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy . Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said investigators had made “significant progress,” but declined to detail that progress. Witnesses reported seeing two masked men spreading a liquid accelerant in the mosque before the fire. Police have not revealed what role the third suspect played. Police have also not revealed if they know the identity of any suspect. People gather outside the fire damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Credit: AP/Con Chronis The synagogue fire is the first declared terrorist incident in Australia since April when a 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a bishop and priest in a Sydney Assyrian church while a service was being streamed online. Some lawmakers had been calling for the arsonists to be charged with terrorism offenses so that they would potentially face longer prison sentences. The blaze is an escalation in targeted attacks in Australia since the war began between Israel and Hamas last year. Cars and buildings have been vandalized and torched around Australia in protests inspired by the war. In a separate initiative, Australian Federal Police announced on Monday the formation of Special Operation Avalite to target antisemiticism around the country. People gather outside the fire damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Credit: AP/Con Chronis The investigators were brought together in response to arson attacks on the synagogue, Jewish lawmaker Josh Burns' Melbourne office in June and on a car in a Sydney street last month that was related to antisemitic vandalism. “Special Operation Avalite will be an agile and experienced squad of counter-terrorism investigators who will focus on threats, violence, and hatred towards the Australian Jewish community and parliamentarians,” Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw said. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, who is Jewish, said his government was striving to make the Jewish community “feel safe.” "We’ve experienced in Australia, in the last year, the highest level of antisemitism that I’ve experienced in my lifetime. That’s a common reaction from members of the Australian Jewish community," Dreyfus said. The Victoria government on Friday offered 100,000 Australian dollars ($64,300) to help repair the synagogue and said there would be an increased police presence in the area. The federal government on Sunday offered the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, an umbrella body representing more than 200 Jewish organizations, AU$32.5 million ($20.8 million) to enhance security at community sites including synagogues and schools.Celebrations, Looting, And Statue Surfing: Scenes From Syria After Assad's Fall
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into the role as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year in February. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, and said “He was with me right from the beginning! Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!” Kellogg, an 80 year-old retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense issues, served as national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence , was chief of staff of the National Security Council and then stepped in as an acting security adviser for Trump after Michael Flynn resigned. As special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Kellogg will have to navigate an increasingly untenable war between the two nations. The Biden administration has begun urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18. The White House has pushed more than $56 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s February 2022 invasion and expects to send billions more to Kyiv before Biden leaves office in less than months. Trump has criticized the billions that the Biden administration has poured into Ukraine. Washington has recently stepped up weapons shipments and has forgiven billions in loans provided to Kyiv. The incoming Republican president has said he could end the war in 24 hours, comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies. As a co-chairman of the American First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security, Kellogg wrote several of the chapters in the group’s policy book. The book, like the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” is a move to lay out a Trump national security agenda and avoid the mistakes of 2016 when he entered the White House largely unprepared. Kellogg in April wrote that “bringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties.” Trump's proposed national security advisor U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) tweeted Wednesday that “Keith has dedicated his life to defending our great country and is committed to bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution.” Kellogg was a character in multiple Trump investigations dating to his first term. He was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 2019 call between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which Trump prodded his Ukrainian counterpart to pursue investigations into the Bidens. The call, which Kellogg would later say did not raise any concerns on his end, was at the center of the first of two House impeachment cases against Trump, who was acquitted by the Senate both times. On Jan. 6, 2021, hours before pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Kellogg, who was then Pence’s national security adviser, listened in on a heated call in which Trump told his vice president to object or delay the certification in Congress of President Joe Biden ’s victory. He later told House investigators that he recalled Trump saying to Pence words to the effect of: “You’re not tough enough to make the call.” Baldor reported from Washington. AP writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.
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