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A major obstacle blocking controversial British arms sales to Saudi Arabia has been partially removed after Germany relaxed a ban on weapons exports to the Gulf kingdom.

Angela Merkel’s government agreed the ban would no longer apply to existing joint projects with European partners after intense lobbying from the UK and France.

The decision means British contractors will be able to resume supplying parts for Tornado and Typhoon fighter aircraft used by the Saudi air force in the war in neighbouring Yemen.

Germany imposed a complete ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia last year in the wake of the killing of the journalist Jamal Kashoggi.

To the anger of the UK and France, the ban also applied to German components for joint projects with European partners.

The leader of the Houthi movement in Yemen condemned Mr Hunt’s demand for Germany to relax the ban.

“Britain sending aid does not change the tragic reality of its arms sales. Jeremy Hunt cannot promote peace while at the same time acting as an arms salesman,” Mohamed Ali al-Houthi told the Guardian.

Mrs Merkel has also come under pressure from German defence manufacturers to end the ban, and the chancellor made clear in recent weeks she was open to at least a partial lifting.

People ride a motorbike past a collapsed building after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike in the northwestern city of SaadaCredit:
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But she faced intense opposition from her main coalition partner, the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD).

The decision to relax the ban for joint projects was a compromise hammered out in closed-door meetings between the coalition partners.

Under the compromise, the ban will be extended for another six months but existing joint projects with European partners will be exempt provided they meet strict conditions.

One condition is that no fully assembled new weapons may be shipped to Saudi Arabia, which would appear to prevent the delivery of new Eurofighters.

The other condition is that Germany’s European partners ensure any arms they supply to Saudi Arabia are not used in the war in Yemen.

The UK has come under fire from human rights groups for granting export licenses to Saudi Arabia, which has used Tornado and Typhoon fighters in its operations in Yemen.

A House of Lords committee found last month that government export licenses to Saudi Arabia breach international humanitarian law.

The government denies that British arms are used by the Saudis in breach of international law, and argues that maintaining good relations enables Britain to exert influence over the kingdom.

An angle with Ronda Rousey closed Raw’s go-home show for Fastlane.

Rousey interrupted Stephanie McMahon, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair in the main event segment. She said she didn’t vacate the Raw Women’s Championship last week, she gave Stephanie a week to think about things and add Lynch to the match at WrestleMania. Rousey got her title back from Stephanie.

Rousey then cut a promo where she spoke out against the fans. She brought up that the crowd booed her out of the Staples Center and people chant for Lynch while Rousey’s working her ass off to entertain them. She then kicked Charlotte and put the armbar on Lynch three times, with Charlotte backing away instead of getting involved.

Lynch vs. Charlotte is set for Sunday’s pay-per-view. The stipulation is that — if Lynch defeats Charlotte — she’ll be added to the Raw Women’s title match at WrestleMania, officially making it Rousey vs. Lynch vs. Charlotte.

The Shield also reunited and will face Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley at Fastlane, and Triple H responded to Batista after Batista returned and attacked Ric Flair last week.

More coverage from last night —
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King Kong Bundy passes away at 61 years old
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Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair added to WWE Fastlane
Asuka ‘fine’ following back injury at WWE SmackDown house show
The Shield vs. Lashley, Corbin & McIntyre set for WWE Fastlane
WWE announces ‘special guest correspondents’ for WrestleMania
WWE Raw live results: Fastlane go-home show
WWE Raw video highlights —

Roman Reigns wants one more Shield reunion, Elias lays out Ambrose with a guitar shot

McIntyre, Corbin & Lashley vs. Strowman, Balor & Angle

Otis has a tendency to hurt those who hurt his feelings

Natalya vs. Ruby Riott

Michael Che and Colin Jost will be special guest correspondents for WrestleMania 35

Triple H responds to Batista

Stephanie McMahon announces that Becky Lynch has been reinstated

Gauntlet match: Heavy Machinery vs. The B-Team

Gauntlet match: Heavy Machinery vs. The Ascension

Gauntlet match: Heavy Machinery vs. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins

Michael Che and Colin Jost meet EC3, Titus O’Neil, and No Way Jose

WWE adds Torrie Wilson to this year’s Hall of Fame class

Elias insults Philadelphia

Dean Ambrose vs. Elias

The Shield reunite

Sasha Banks vs. Tamina

Colin Jost asks Braun Strowman if any of this stuff is even real

The Revival vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black for the Raw Tag Team titles

Ronda Rousey interrupts Stephanie McMahon, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair

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Ronda Rousey turns against the fans, puts Becky Lynch in three armbars

Stephanie McMahon says Ronda Rousey will get what’s coming to her at WrestleMania

Raw fallout: Ronda Rousey’s attack on Becky Lynch continues after the show

Raw fallout: Nia Jax & Tamina expect to win the Women’s Tag Team titles at Fastlane

Raw fallout: More footage of Elias’ performance

Raw fallout: Heavy Machinery aren’t going to let people get away with insulting them

Raw fallout: Michael Che and Colin Jost recap their appearance

The nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has been rocked by allegations that one of its MPs is a Russian intelligence asset.

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Markus Frohnmaier denied any links to the Kremlin on Friday after alleged Russian intelligence documents emerged which describe him as “under our absolute control”.

The BBC, Spiegel magazine and ZDF television in Germany, and Italy’s La Repubblica published what they claim is a Russian strategy paper from April 2017 detailing plans to influence policy and public opinion in the European Union.

The paper names Mr Frohnmaier as a candidate in German national elections later that year and recommends “material and media support” for his campaign.

If he is elected, it concludes: “We will have our own MP under our absolute control in the Bundestag”.

Mr Frohnmaier denied any knowledge of the strategy paper in a statement issued by his lawyers and said he could not explain why he was named in it.

He said he was “never under the control of any third party” and had “never solicited financial or media support in Russian political, economic or civil circles”.

In a separate interview with the BBC he suggested the paper could be fake.

The AfD denied any of its MPs are foreign intelligence assets. “All claims to the contrary are false. We have a member sitting on the parliamentary intelligence oversight committee so we have full information on this,” a spokesman said.

The AfD became the first nationalist party to sit in the German parliament since the 1960s after making dramatic gains in 2017’s election campaigning on an anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim platform.

It has faced repeated questions over alleged links to Russia after trips to the country by senior party figures emerged, but the allegations against Mr Frohnmaier are the most serious yet.

The MP has been outspoken in his support for Russian positions over Crimea and other matters.

The media organisations who published the alleged Russian strategy paper say they obtained it from the London-based Dossier Centre, an organisation funded by Russian businessman and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

They claim the paper was attached to an email to Vladimir Putin’s presidential office from Petr Premyak, a former naval counterintelligence officer and former member of the upper house of the Russian parliament.

The allegations come days after Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Brexiter MP, was accused of quoting the far-Right after he tweeted Brexit comments from the AfD’s parliamentary leader, Alice Weidel.

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EVOLVE 123 results: Velveteen Dream vs. Orange Cassidy
WWE Edmonton live results: Strowman vs. Corbin no DQ match
UFC on ESPN+ 5 live results: Darren Till vs. Jorge Masvidal
New Japan Cup night seven results: Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
NXT Venice, FL, live results: Matt Riddle vs. Adam Cole, four debuts
G1 Supercard notes: Tag title match, Dalton Castle vs. Rush, Bully Ray
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Jeff Cobb-Will Ospreay title vs. title match set up for G1 Supercard
ROH 17th Anniversary PPV live results: Jay Lethal vs. Matt Taven

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F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: WWE’s road to Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch

Though the road getting here was as convoluted as possible, WWE has finally confirmed Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch for WrestleMania 35.

Storyline suspensions, injuries, and even an “arrest” for Lynch, the McMahons getting involved and Vince replacing Lynch with Charlotte, Charlotte fully turning heel and Rousey turning against the crowd, and dozens of tweets all led to Lynch facing Charlotte at Fastlane. The stipulation was that if Lynch won, the Raw Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania would officially become a triple threat.

WON NEWSLETTER: March 18, 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2018 Observer Newsletter Awards

One of the two biggest issues of the year, the awards issue, is out right now.

The awards issue contains not only the award winners, but also top placeholders in every category and an all-time history of award winners dating back to 1980.

Have a look at the career and life of Dick “The Destroyer” Beyer, from football to college wrestling to TV stardom in Japan to teaching school. It’s really an amazing story of one of the first Americans to become a TV celebrity in Japan and the greatest American masked wrestler of all-time.

Read full coverage of the road to WrestleMania with most of the card as well as full coverage of Fastlane with a match-by-match rundown with star ratings, poll results and business notes.

Look at SummerSlam tickets, WWE creative, Bruce Prichard, Jeff Jarrett, AEW vs. WWE, Takeover Brooklyn’s complete card, newcomers to WWE this week, Dwayne Johnson award, Harlem Heat Hall of Fame notes, WrestleMania 2020 week updates, new WWE hire, WWE ticket sales, WWE stock price, most watched shows of the past week no the WWE Network plus notes from all the weekend house shows with results, angles and business.

This issue has updated coverage of the New Japan Cup, with this week’s shows, a rundown of every match so far in the tournament and an updated look at the brackets.

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SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE
A new episode of Photo Shoot will air on the WWE Network after Raw on Monday. Natalya will be featured on the episode.
WWE Network News has a listing of the 20 episodes of WCW Thunder that are being uploaded to the Network on Monday. The episodes range from September 1999 to January 2000.
SportsCenter’s Twitter account celebrated 3:16 Day by posting an old Steve Austin ESPN commercial.
Austin tweeted today: “Many thanks to EVERYONE for the HAPPY 316 DAY wishes!!! I had the time of my life doing what I loved. Thank you to the fans and of course @WWE and @VinceMcMahon.”
WWE uploaded a playlist of August’s greatest moments.
Ronda Rousey uploaded her “On the Road” video from Fastlane.
Finn Balor will walk boxer Michael Conlan to the ring for his St. Patrick’s Day fight against Ruben Garcia at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden tomorrow.
Mark Henry thinks AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania 35 is a main event-level match.
In an ad for orange vanilla Coke, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd reunited to discuss their favorite classic tag teams.
Pat McAfee has a video on his first road trip for WWE.
Kyle O’Reilly appeared on this week’s episode of the Edge & Christian podcast.
Kevin Owens finally got to see Elton John in concert. The concert was rescheduled from November to last night, with the November show being canceled while Owens and his wife were in their seats waiting for it to start.
Pro Wrestling
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi in second round tournament matches on this morning’s New Japan Cup show. Sabre vs. Tanahashi in a quarterfinal match is now set for Thursday (March 21).
Sabre and Will Ospreay have been confirmed for NJPW Royal Quest at the Copper Box Arena in London on August 31.
With Jay Lethal and Matt Taven’s ROH World Championship match ending in a 60-minute draw, LifeBlood (Mark Haskins & Tracy Williams) vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) and Jonathan Gresham vs. Silas Young didn’t happen at last night’s 17th Anniversary pay-per-view. It was said that The Kingdom left the building after Taven’s match, and ROH filmed an angle where Young attacked Gresham backstage. ROH noted that the two matches will happen at future shows.
ROH has yet to officially confirm their World Championship match for G1 Supercard, though that might come at tonight’s TV tapings. Marty Scurll, who has been announced as the World title challenger for G1 Supercard, came out and took the title belt after Lethal and Taven’s draw.
After it was revealed that Jeff Cobb had challenged him to a title vs. title match at G1 Supercard (without Ospreay being eliminated from the New Japan Cup yet), Will Ospreay responded to the timing of the announcement by tweeting that he could pull double duty.
Mike Mooneyham’s latest column for the Charleston Post and Courier is on the passing of Dick “The Destroyer” Beyer.
Marko Stunt uploaded his first vlog documenting his recovery from a broken leg.
UFC/MMA
The UFC uploaded Michael Bisping’s Hall of Fame announcement video.
Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards brawled backstage after Masvidal’s win over Darren Till at the UFC’s show in London today. Edwards received cuts from punches that Masvidal hit.
Dana White criticized the refereeing in today’s Claudio Silva vs. Danny Roberts fight and apologized to Roberts: “Kills me when these refs F*CK UP and steal such a great fight and opportunity from the not just the fighters but the fans!!!!! @danhotchocolate SO SORRY!!!!! #ESPN+” Roberts lost by verbal tap out but said he didn’t submit.
Conor McGregor showed support for Tony Ferguson after a temporary restraining order was filed against Ferguson by his wife.

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Kim Jong-un said the US must change its attitude to talks by the end of this year if there was to be a third summit with Donald Trump.

The North Korean leader made the comments during a speech on Friday at a session of North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, which made a slew of personnel changes that bolstered his diplomatic lineup amid deadlocked negotiations with the United States.

His speech came hours after Mr Trump and visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in met in Washington and agreed on the importance of nuclear talks with North Korea.

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"We of course place importance on resolving problems through dialogue and negotiations. But US-style dialogue of unilaterally pushing its demands doesn’t fit us, and we have no interest in it," Kim said during the speech.

According to the Korean Central News Agency, he blamed the collapse of his summit with Trump in February on what he described as unilateral demands by the United States, which he said raised questions over whether Washington has genuine willingness to improve relations. But Kim said his personal relationship with the American president remains good and that they could exchange letters at "any time."

The United States has said the summit in Vietnam broke down because of the North’s excessive demands for sanctions relief in return for limited disarmament measures. In their first summit last June in Singapore, Mr Trump and Kim issued a vague statement calling for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula without describing when and how it would occur.

Kim said the United States has been refusing to withdraw what the North perceives as "hostile policies" while sticking to "mistaken judgment that we would succumb to maximum pressure." He said the North would not compromise on the "fundamental interests of our country and people, even by a speck," and blamed the United States for arriving in Hanoi with "completely unrealisable plans."

"If the United States approaches us with the right manner and offers to hold a third North Korea-U.S. leaders’ summit on the condition of finding solutions we could mutually accept, then we do have a willingness to give it one more try," he added. "We will wait with patience until the end of the year for the United States to come up with a courageous decision. But it will clearly be difficult for a good opportunity like last time to come up."

Kim Jong-un poses in a photo with newly-elected members of the leadership bodies of the state at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee in PyongyangCredit:
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Kim also during the speech made a nationalistic call for South Korea to support the North’s positions more strongly and criticised Seoul for acting like an "overstepping mediator" between Washington and Pyongyang. Kim held three summits last year with Moon, who lobbied hard to revive the nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea.

Following collapse of the Trump-Kim summit, the North had been urging the South to break away from Washington and proceed with inter-Korean economic projects that are currently held back by U.S.-led sanctions against the North.

"The South should not act as an ‘overstepping mediator’ or a ‘facilitator’ and should rather get its mind straight as a member of the (Korean) nation and boldly speak up for the interest of the nation," Kim said.

When asked about Kim’s comments, South Korea’s presidential office said Seoul is committed toward keeping the atmosphere of dialogue alive and helping negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang resume at an early date.

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We’re looking for reports on these weekend shows:

WWE Raw last night in Anaheim
WWE Smackdown last night in Denver
WWE Raw tonight in San Diego
WWE Smackdown tonight in Salt Lake City
We’re looking for reports to [email protected]

AAA VERANO DE ESCANDALO SUNDAY FROM THE POLIFORUM ZAMINA IN MERIDA AT 6 P.M. EASTERN ON THE AAA TWITCH CHANNEL

Lady Shani vs. Keyra vs. Chik Tormenta for the Reina de Reinas title
Faby Apache vs. El Hijo del Tirantes
Mamba & Maximo vs. Australian Suicide & Sammy Guevera
Laredo Kid & Taya Valkyrie vs. Daga & Tessa Blanchard
Aerostar & Pagano & Puma King vs. Chessman & Killer Kross & Monsther Clown
La Parka & El Hijo del Vikingo & Myzteziz Jr. vs. La Hiedra & Rey Escorpion & El Texano Jr.
Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix for AAA tag titles
Blue Demon Jr. & Black Taurus vs. Psycho Clown & Dr. Wagner Jr.

NEW JAPAN FROM KORAKUEN HALL IN TOKYO AT 5:30 A.M. EASTERN MONDAY ON NEW JAPAN WORLD

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino vs. Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
Kota Ibushi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Sanada & Shingo Takagi & Bushi
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Mikey Nicholls & Ren Narita vs. Jay White & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori
Togi Makabe & Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Phantasmo & Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi for Never six man titles
Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi & Sho & Yoh vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru in an elimination match

Raw will be Monday from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. There is no Smackdown house show on Monday night. Raw has Baron Corbin making his choice to be referee of his match with Seth Rollins at Stomping Grounds, plus a five-way for a shot at Samoa Joe’s U.S. title with Braun Strowman, The Miz, Bobby Lashley, Ricochet and Cesaro. Daniel Bryan is also on the show.

Smackdown and 205 Live will be taped on Tuesday in Ontario,CA. Announced so far is A Moment of Bliss segment with Bayley as guest as well as Dolph Ziggler vs. Xavier Woods.

F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: WWE’s Super Showdown embarrassment

The ending of Super ShowDown brought a scary end to what was an embarrassing night for WWE.

Goldberg vs. The Undertaker reinforced the amount of risk that exists when you put two 50-year-old wrestlers against each other. The match was laid out exactly as it should have been and was on its way to being good, but things fell apart when Goldberg got knocked out.

Goldberg (who already had a mark on his forehead going into the match) got busted open when he went for a spear into the corner and rammed his head into the post less than three minutes in. From there, things only got worse.

WON NEWSLETTER: June 17, 2019 Observer Newsletter: Scary incidents in the ring, NJPW Dominion review

A look at Undertaker vs. Goldberg, Naito vs. Ibushi and why referees and doctors need to be stopping matches when talent is legitimately hurt is the lead story in the new issue of the Observer. Look at how small independents are ahead of the game when it comes to precautionary measures involving talent this past week.

Read complete coverage of New Japan Dominion, WWE Super Showdown and UFC 238, with business notes, poll results, match-by-match coverage and star ratings for the pro wrestling shows.

Look at the injury situation and risks, look back at the Undertaker vs. Mick Foley Hell in a Cell match and what resulted from that, and the heyday of All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Look at what happened with the attempt to put on a women’s match in Saudi Arabia, the silliness of TV coverage in the past and not allowing women to wrestle there, and more behind the scenes at the show.

Also look at the upcoming G-1 Climax tournament and who to expect to be in it, TV coverage in the U.S. expanding, the newcomers to G-1, who is out from last year, the new Super J Cup tournament, a history of the Super J Cup, G-1 announcement plans and New Japan going to Australia.

Look at a wrestling television show being voted on for a nomination for a major award, John Cena’s future, FS 1 talk show on wrestling, HHH working in Japan and latest cards, and a Sasha Banks update.

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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

We have one weekend show up with Garrett Gonzalez and myself talking AEW ticket sales, AAF folding and the meeting they had with Vince McMahon before the season started, the back story behind the Antonio Inoki vs. Willie Williams match in 1980 and a lot of other news. Bryan and I have a weekend show tonight and you can send questions to [email protected]. The Inoki vs. Williams match is available on New Japan World (make sure to get the 1980 match and not the 1997 rematch).

Happy Father’s Day to everyone.

Northeast Wrestling had a free show with park admission at Six Flags in Jackson, NJ last night with 3,800 fans attending: Darby Allin won Battle Royal, Private Party won over Insanely Rude and The Amazing Graysons, Karissa Rivera b Tasha Steelz, Wrecking Ball Legursky won over Brad Hollister and Mike Verna, Darby Allin b JT Dunn for the NEW title, Big Cass b Thirllride, Jon Moxley b Big Cass.

For the weekend, Tyson Fury had 500,000 Google searches for fourth place yesterday. Bellator’s Madison Square Garden show had 100,000 for sixth place on Friday. AEW did not crack the top 20 on Friday even with the big ticket sale day.

Davey Boy Smith Jr. has left New Japan, but any stories he’s going to ROH aren’t true.

Stardom announced its members for the 5 Star Grand Prix tournament this year: Mayu Iwatani, Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima, Tam Nakano, Hana Kimura, Konami, Jungle Kyona, Momo Watanabe, Utami Hayashishita, Bea Priestley, Kagetsu, Hazuki, Andras Miyagi, Natsu Sumire, Natsuko Tora, Jamie Hayter, Avary and Kasey Owens.

WWE
WWE executives Stefan Kastenuller, SVP & Group GM EAEM and Tracy Keenan, VP and GM are guest speakers at SportsPro OTT Summit in Madrid in November. (thanks Jose Gonzalez)
MISCELLANEOUS
PCW on Friday night in San Pedro, CA before a sellout and turn away crowd: TJP b Chris Brookes, Schaff b 3 guys, Brian Pillman Jr. b Douglas James, Mil Muertes b Sami Callihan to keep his heavyweight title, Tessa Blanchard b Jordynne Grace to keep the women’s title (said to be great), Jake Atlas b Trey Miguel to keep the light heavyweight title, Josef & Jacob Fatu b Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix to keep the tag titles. (thanks to Russell Griffith)
A fan jumped the guard rail on this show and went after Josef & Jacob. Fatu knocked him down and kicked him and security rushed around. Fatu threw a chair at him after.
EPW from last night in Bunbury, Western Australia: Gavin McGavin won Battle Royal, Tyler Jacobs & Chadwick Jackson b Del Cano & Toro Blanco, Kiel Steria b Tipene, Davis Storm b Bobby Marshall, Street Gang Hooligans b Untouchables to keep tag titles, Jay Taylor b Taylor King, Michael Morleone b Gavin McGavin. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
ExpoLucha takes place 8/17 in San Diego at San Diego City College. The show features Penta 0M & Rey Fenix vs. Jack Evans & Teddy Hart, Juventud Guerrera vs. T.J.Perkins vs. Rey Hours vs. Flamita, Drago & Aerostar vs.Aeroboy & Septimo Dragon, Psicosis & Black Taurus & Demus vs. Daga & Ryan Kidd & Tiago, Joey Ryan & Ruby Raze vs. Peter Avalon & Christian Von Eerie. Also appearing include Human Tornado, La Mascara, Laredo Kid, Vinny Massaro and Seprentico. The actual Expo is 8/17 and 8/18 at the Harry West Gym on the SDCC campus.
Wrestling Go last night in Sydney, Australia: Bel Pierce b JT Robinson, Jessica Troy won four-way over Jax Jordan, Sam Osborne and Silvio Milano, John Whelan & Josh Gatt b Donnie Mako & Jay Sorbet, Massive Q b Harley Wonderland, Ricky South b Shazza McKenzie, Artificial Jude & Jude London b Giant Juan & Tough Juan, Robbie Eagles d Kai Drake 20:00 draw. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
Stardom from today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo: Leo Onozaki b Hina, Death Yama-San & Bobbi Tyler & Ruaka b Saki Kashima & Zoe Lucas & Saya Iida, Bea Priestley & AZM b Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid, Hana Kimura & Jungle Kyona & Konami b Kagetsu & Natsu Sumire & Andras Miyagi, Momo Watanabe & Utami Hayashishita b Hazuki & Natsuko Tora, Arisa Hoshiki b Tam Nakano to keep Wonder of Stardom title. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net and Tomi Yamada)
Smash Wrestling on 7/6 in Toronto at the Franklin Horner Community Center. They also run 7/7 in London, ONT at Music Hall.
House of Hardcore tonight in Kingston, ONT has Willie Mack vs. Sami Callihan for the TV title with Jimmy Korderas as referee, Tommy Dreamer & Billy Gunn vs. Tyson Dux & Tarik, Madison Rayne vs. Jessie Mack vs. Beautiful Beaa vs. Addy Starr, a Battle Royal plus Swoggle.
A story on a U.S. airman who is a pro wrestling champion in South Korea. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)

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Italian actors have joined women rights’ groups in revolt against the "sexist" state broadcaster after it announced it was closing a film channel and replacing it with separate channels targeted to women and men.

RAI said it planned to improve its offer by targeting its TV shows, films and series specifically to women and men through the different channels.

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According to RAI Chief Executive Fabrizio Salini, the aim of the new plan is to reposition programs to better reach different audiences without reducing the film offer or limiting the channels’ audience. The new plan also includes the creation of a new channel in English and one focused on politics.

Mr Salini claimed that the programming changes were in line with a “more strategic and contemporary vision".

However, popular actors and women’s associations accused of being “sexist” and “incomprehensible”. The protest exploded on social media with the hashtag #nonchiudeteraimovie (Don’t close Rai Movie).

Alessandro Borghi, one of the most popular among Italy’s emerging actors, tweeted that RAI’s decision “didn’t make any sense” and urged the broadcaster to “use its head”.

His call was echoed by his colleague Alessandro Gassman – son of Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy’s most famous actors ever – who supported a petition on change.org asking RAI not to shut down Rai Movie.

Women activists also accused RAI, describing the proposal as “grotesque and even dangerous”.

Lella Palladino, the president of the Women against Violence Network, said the plans will end up reinforcing the prejudices that fuel discrimination between men and women in a macho society.

“This is a structural phenomenon of a society that is still struggling to overcome a patriarchal supremacy,” Palladino said.

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.

The shootout between troops and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara, to the south of the town of Batticaloa, site of one of the Easter Sunday blasts at three churches and four luxury hotels.

A police spokesman said that three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead after the shoot out.

Military spokesman Sumith Atapattu said in a statement that as troops headed towards the safe house three explosions were triggered and gunfire began.

"Troops retaliated and raided the safe house where a large cache of explosives had been stored," he said in a statement.

Sri Lankan police and army soldiers secure the site after the explosion and a gunbattle in Kalmunai, in eastern Sri LankaCredit:
Achala Upendra/AP

He said the militants were suspected members of the National Thowheed Jama’at (NTJ), which has been blamed for last Sunday’s attacks.

Mohamed Saleem, President of Jamiathul Ulema, a governing Muslim body, told the Telegraph: “The house had been rented out to two men from Kathankudy on the 16th of April.

"It was rented out by two men who claimed that they were planning to start a business in the area. Four days after they rented the place, more than two people started moving in. The landlord and the neighbours became suspicious when a larger crowd moved in and they started moving boxes in and out of the house in a van.

The landlord, mosque authorities and local residents then complained to the police, according to Mr Saleem. On Friday, four mosque officials, the village leader and the landlord visited and demanded to search the house where the terrorists were staying.

The men initially refused saying there were women in the house, then pulled out a AK47 rifle and shot up in the air, trying to frighten them away. He then took stacks of money, all in 5,000 Rupee bundles, screaming at them to take it.

As they landlord and others ran for cover there was another explosion and the military arrived and there was a shootout.

Earlier, detectives had found explosives, drones and an Islamic State group banner and robes used in a propaganda video recorded before the bombers detonated in crowded hotels and restaurants. The bombers filmed themselves swearing allegiance to Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Isil) before they killed 253 Christians, hotels guests and staff.

The clashes on Friday came as the country remained on high alert and thousands of extra security forces had been drafted onto the streets.

Sri Lankan authorities also said the extremist preacher suspected of masterminding and leading the bombings died in the blast at the Shangri La hotel, where British victims died.

The interior of St Anthony's Shrine five days after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter SundayCredit:
AFP

Mohamed Zahran, the leader of the local jihadi group National Thowheed Jamath, known for his incendiary speeches on social media, was one of the suicide bombers who carried out the attacks on three hotels and three churches, the police said on an official Twitter account.

Detectives had also arrested the group’s second-in-command and said the militants’ military training was provided by “Army Mohideen” and weapons training had taken place overseas and at some locations in Sri Lanka’s Eastern province.

Maithripala Sirisena, the president, said the group was driven by “religious fanaticism,” suggesting its leader had killed himself to “set an example” and gain more followers.

However, Chula Senaviratne, the national security chief, said there was “still ambiguity whether he is dead or not” while DNA tests are being carried out.

Members of the public join in an interfaith candlelight vigil during a Mass of Remembrance Credit:
BIANCA DEMARCHI/REX

“There is strong likelihood that the decapitated head of the suicide bomber at Shangri La was the same person we identified in the photographs…” he added. “However, we cannot be absolutely certain.”

Sri Lankan officials have made claims and counterclaims in the chaotic aftermath of Sunday’s atrocities as security forces rush to detain suspects and the government reels from failures to act on warnings that bombings were imminent.

Security agencies are also trying to track down hauls of explosives, some of which may have been left over from Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war.

President Sirisena told reporters in Colombo that some 140 people had been been identified as having links to the Islamic State group, although he reassured the public that the Sri Lankan government has “the capability to completely control ISIS activities”.

The government has apologised for its failure to act on precise and repeated alerts from India that named suspects planning to attack local churches. Sri Lanka’s Catholic leader said he felt “betrayed” by the failure to act on warnings that could have prevented the bloodshed. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, said he had asked for an explanation, but not received an answer.

olice officers patrol the area around Dawatagaha Jumma Masjid ahead of Friday prayersCredit:
Carl Court/Getty

As fears of retaliation or follow-up attacks continued, Muslims were asked to stay at home to pray rather than attend Friday prayers in mosques that could also be targeted by extremists.

The Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed that seven suicide bombers carried out the attacks, including Adbul Lathief Jameel Mohammed who studied engineering for a year in the UK. They said all the bombers came from a middle-class, educated background.

In new details that emerged on Friday, the police said that the attackers had worked out at a local gym and by playing soccer using their authentic national identity cards. They added that the vehicles used in the attack were purchased from a car dealership in Kadawatha, a suburb of the capital.

They said that the operator of a copper factory who was arrested in connection with the bombings had helped Mohideen make improvised explosive devices and purchase empty cartridges sold by the Sri Lankan military as scrap copper.

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the prime minister, has said investigators are still working to determine the extent of the bombers’ foreign links.

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