June 19 2000 UTC Brief

In international news Police in Victoria, Australia, have charged a third man in the December 2024 arson attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue. In Norway, the government has opened consultation on a bill that would ban trade with Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. And Cuba’s parliament has approved 174 economic reforms in a week, the biggest policy shift there in 15 years, though the details are still thin. In the U.S. A Boeing 747-200 has made its final flight as Air Force One after bringing President Trump home from Europe, as the Air Force unveiled the newer 747-8 that is expected to enter service after commissioning flights. Separately, California Governor Gavin Newsom brushed off reported Justice Department investigations involving him and his wife, daring the White House to “go after” him. And federal prosecutors say Mark Milk, whose life sentence was commuted by Kristi Noem in 2023, has now been charged in the death of his 14-year-old niece, along with a second man accused of helping conceal evidence. In crime and court cases Los Angeles police detained a streamer identified by other online creators as StomperIRL after shots were fired into a crowd of thousands at a World Cup watch party. One fan suffered a leg wound. In Massachusetts, passengers described the Bedford train crash scene as looking and feeling like a bomb went off. Meanwhile, Canadian auto parts mogul Frank Stronach, 93, has been found guilty of sexual assault and indecent assault for conduct dating back decades.