Stories for April 20th 2023

Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
US Judge orders arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition

US Federal Judge Thomas Hixson ordered former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to surrender to marshalls in the Californian city of San Jose next Friday, April 21, at 9 am local time for his extradition to Lima to face corruption charges in another spinoff of the Odebrecht case in his country. In the meantime, Toledo will be housed in a jail in the Californian county of San Mateo.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
BAS Rothera Research Station has new scientific and operational support facility

Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city, Birmingham, around the globe for a quarter of a century.A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weather-tight, with the cladding complete and an operations tower installed.

US Judge orders arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition