AT LEAST 30 people have been injured in a Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian passenger train, which left the carriage burning and ripped apart.
Emergency services were rushed to Shotska, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, after the “savage” attack.
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In a post on X, he said: “A savage Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region.
“All emergency services are already on the scene and have begun helping people.
“All information about the injured is being established. So far, we know of at least 30 victims.
“Preliminary reports indicate that both Ukrzaliznytsia staff and passengers were at the site of the strike.
“The Russians could not have been unaware that they were striking civilians. And this is terror the world must not ignore.
“Every day Russia takes people’s lives. And only strength can make them stop.
“We’ve heard resolute statements from Europe and America – and it’s high time to turn them all into reality, together with everyone who refuses to accept murder and terror as normal.
“Lip service is not enough now. Strong action is needed.”
Ten days after a Russian man was mysteriously killed amid a crowd of tens of thousands at the Burning Man festival, Russian media is reporting that the man’s father has asked President Donald Trump to have the FBI investigate.
Vadim Kruglov, 37, had been living in Washington state and, according to friends’ Instagram accounts, was making his first pilgrimage to Burning Man. He was killed sometime between 8 and 9:30 pm on the night of August 30, his body found “in a pool of blood” around the time the giant wooden effigy of a man was lit on fire.
The Pershing County Sheriff’s Department, which has jurisdiction over the Black Rock Desert where the annual event takes place, is leading the homicide investigation but has made no public comments about what might have happened. The agency has issued public appeals for information about “any person who would commit such a heinous crime against another human being.”
The agency has also announced that Kruglov’s family has been formally notified of his death, and that “our sincerest condolences from the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office go out to Vadim Kruglov’s family for their tragic loss.”
The sheriff’s department declined to comment on reports of the father’s appeal, or his criticisms of the pace of the investigation.
The Moscow Times reported Thursday that the pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda published a video from Kruglov’s father Thursday. In it, the father, Igor Kruglov bemoaned that “ten days have passed” and yet the investigation is “being conducted by one local sheriff.”
“Evil must be punished,” the father continues, “therefore, I appeal to you, dear Mr. President, and ask you to order the FBI to immediately begin investigating the murder of my son.”
Kruglov’s friends have been pushing a similar message to their tens of thousands of Instagram followers.
One post claimed that Kruglov died “from a professional knife strike to the neck —a single fatal blow. This happened in a place where more than 80,000 people from all over the world were gathered.” The Pershing County sheriff’s office declined to comment on the manner in which Kruglov was killed or say whether the friend’s post was accurate.
The Instagram post contained several photographs of Kruglov enjoying himself at the festival.
“A young and talented man, who made a big contribution to this world, has been killed,” the friend wrote. “And the person who did this is still walking free.” The post added: “We strongly believe a federal investigation is needed.”
Mitchum has apologised after customers were left with “burning armpits”
A well-known deodorant brand has apologised after some of its roll-on products reportedly left customers with itchy, burning armpits.
Consumers of Mitchum’s 48-hour roll-on anti-perspirant and deodorant complained on social media of having “agonising weeping spots”, redness and irritation after using the product.
Posting on TikTok, one customer claimed she wanted to “rip my armpits out”, while another said her underarms felt like they were “on fire”.
The company said it was “truly sorry” and explained how a change in the manufacturing process had affected 100ml batches sold in the UK, Ireland and South Africa. It said it was removing the affected products from shelves.
Hundreds of people have taken to sharing videos of their experience on TikTok.
One woman said she was unable to sleep after using the roll-on because it left her with “second degree chemical burns on my armpits”.
Another described her underarm skin as developing a pink rash which had “scabbed over”.
A third said she was left in agony because of “weeping spots” under her arm.
“I won’t be using any Mitchum products again because I’m not risking this happening again,” she said.
A Mitchum spokesperson said the brand was “truly sorry some of our customers have experienced temporary irritation”.
In a statement, the company said: “We want to reassure there has been no change to the formula of our products, but we have identified a change in the manufacturing process affecting one of our raw materials.
“This has impacted how the roll-on interacts with the skin of some users.”
It did not give details of what the change to its manufacturing process was but said the issue had since been resolved and it was working to “remove the small amount of product” left in shops.
“In addition, we have reverted to the original manufacturing process to ensure no other batches are affected,” the spokesperson said.
Mitchum advised all those affected to contact its customer services team so it could “make this right”.
The firm has issued a list of all the affected 100ml roll-on products. These are:
Sept. 4 (UPI) — The body of man found in a pool of blood Saturday in Nevada’s Black Rock City during the Burning Man alternative art scene festival has been identified, authorities said, as they continue to search for a suspect.
The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that the Washoe Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim of the Burning Man homicide as Vadim Kruglov, 37, of Washington State.
“Our sincerest condolences form the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office go out to Vadim Kruglov’s family for this tragic loss,” it said in a statement, adding the deceased’s family have been notified.
Police were notified at about 9:14 p.m. PDT Saturday of “a male subject lying in a pool of blood” at a Black Rock City campsite, according to the sheriff’s office, which said that when deputies arrived to the scene they “found a single White adult male lying on the ground, obviously deceased.”
Black Rock City is a temporary settlement in the Back Rock Desert area in northwest Nevada, about 90 miles north of Reno, which exists for only one week during the Burning Man festival. Tens of thousands attend every year.
Authorities continue to search for Kruglov’s killer, and has called on the public for assistance, asking anyone with information regarding the homicide to contact them immediately.
“At this time, no information is too small to disregard, so do not hesitate to contact my office,” Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said in a statement.
Burning Man said Kruglov was a Russian national, and that it is doing everything it can to help the sheriff’s office investigation.
“Burning Man Project extends our deepest condolences to Mr. Kruglov’s loved ones as they prepare to return him home to Russia,” Marian Goodell, CEO of the Burning Man Project, said in a statement.
“We also extend our compassion to our wider community of participants, volunteers and staff alike. Together, we strive to uphold the values at the heart of the Burning Man community.”
A 37-year-old Russian, Vadim Kruglov, was allegedly found murdered at Burning Man festivalCredit: Instagram / sofi.co__
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Police are investigating, and funds are being raised to return his body to OmskCredit: Instagram / sofi.co__
On Wednesday, organisers confirmed his identity and said they were working with the Pershing County sheriff’s office, which is leading the investigation.
In a statement, Burning Man said: “Our hearts go out to Vadim’s family and friends, and we grieve the loss of a community member.
“Burning Man Project is doing everything we can to assist the sheriff’s investigation so the perpetrator can be caught and brought to justice.”
The festival added that it was donating to a programme allowing witnesses to share information anonymously and urged anyone with knowledge to come forward.
Friends said Kruglov had been missing for four days before his body was found.
His pal Sofiia Shcherbakova wrote on Instagram: “His tent and belongings were left at camp, but he never returned.”
She later confirmed his death, calling him a “true hero of Burning Man”.
“He poured his soul into our community: building the camp, creating an art installation, always ready to help others, and being kind and responsive to everyone,” she wrote.
“His energy and contribution will forever remain part of the Burn’s history.”
In a follow-up post, Shcherbakova said she was raising funds to bring his body back to his hometown of Omsk, Siberia.
Racing driver Danica Patrick enjoys her adventure in the desert at the Burning Man festival
“Now we want to honour his memory and support his family,” she said.
“We are raising funds to bring him home to Omsk, so that his parents can say their last goodbye and lay him to rest with his loved ones.”
As of Thursday, the GoFundMe had collected $4,063 of its $15,000 goal.
The sheriff’s office has condemned the killing, calling for information that could lead to the arrest of “any person who would commit such a heinous crime against another human being”.
They have so far declined to release further details about how Kruglov died.
Burning Man — famous for its giant effigies, art installations and eccentric camps — attracts tens of thousands of revellers every year, including tech billionaires and celebrities.
About 70,000 people from 102 countries attended this year’s gathering.
The festival was already rocked last week by intense dust storms that left some attendees injured.
It also saw the shock birth of a baby in an RV after a woman who did not know she was pregnant went into labour on site.
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Burning Man is famous for its giant effigies, art installations and eccentric campsCredit: PA
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Tens of thousands of festivalgoers attend the event every yearCredit: AFP
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A Palestinian man trapped under rubble in a burning building spoke to his cousin by phone, pleading for help after an Israeli airstrike flattened their home in Gaza City. Rescue teams later found Ibrahim al-Daly dead from severe burns. (Warning: Distressing Content)
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock
By Jonathan Gould Mariner Books: 512 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
When an author decides to tackle the story of a popular and important band like Talking Heads, the contours of which are familiar to many of its fans, the remit should be to illuminate the unexplored corners, the hidden details and anecdotes that provide a more full-bodied narrative and ultimately bring the band into sharper relief than ever before. Unfortunately, Jonathan Gould has almost completely ignored this directive in “Burning Down the House,” his new Talking Heads biography. This lumpy book, full of redundant stories and unnecessary detours that provide little illumination but plenty of needless bulk, lacks participation by the group’s members and is not the biography that this great and important band deserves.
As fans of the Heads already know, three of the four members met as students at the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-’70s, children of privilege with artsy aspirations and not much direction. David Byrne came from Baltimore by way of Scotland, a socially awkward dabbler in conceptualist experiments with photography and a veteran of various mediocre cover bands. It was drummer Chris Frantz who enlisted Byrne to join one such band; bassist Tina Weymouth, Frantz’s girlfriend and the daughter of a decorated Navy vice admiral, played bass. They were an anti-jam band and pro-avant; the first decent song they came up with was a shambolic version of what became “Psycho Killer,” with Weymouth contributing the French recitatif in the song’s bridge.
For the emergent Heads, timing was everything. When Frantz signed the lease on a spacious loft on Chrystie Street in East Village in October 1974, he had unwittingly found the practice space where the three musicians would hone their craft. The loft was also a short walk to CBGB, soon to become the proving ground of New York’s punk revolution and the Heads’ primary live performance venue at the start of their career.
In March 1975, Byrne, Weymouth and Frantz attended a gig by Boston’s Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers at the Kitchen, an arts collective space in Soho, and it showed them a new way to approach their music. Richman, “who dressed like a kid that everyone laughed at in high school,” influenced the band’s preppy visual template and Byrne’s clenched singing voice. Within a year of moving to the city, Talking Heads had found its look, sound and favored club. When Frantz bumped into Modern Lovers bassist Ernie Brooks in a West Village Cafe, Frantz inquired about keyboardist Jerry Harrison; Brooks gave him Harrison’s number, Harrison joined the band and the classic Talking Heads lineup was complete.
What followed was a contract with Seymour Stein’s label Sire and the band’s collaboration with producer Brian Eno, beginning with its second album, “More Songs About Buildings and Food.” By the time the band released 1980’s groundbreaking “Remain in Light,” Eno’s role had expanded beyond his production duties. He was now writing songs with Byrne, which created friction within the band. When Byrne allegedly reneged on songwriting credits (the album listed “David Byrne, Brian Eno and Talking Heads,” rather than the individual band members), it created a rift that never healed, even as the band was selling millions of copies of its follow-up “Speaking in Tongues” and the soundtrack to the Jonathan Demme concert film “Stop Making Sense.” The final act was recriminatory, as Byrne commanded an ever greater share of the spotlight while the other members quietly seethed. The band’s final album, “Naked,” was its weakest, and Talking Heads dissolved in 1991, after Byrne removed himself from the lineup to explore outside projects.
Author Jonathan Gould
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Gould does a serviceable job of telling the Heads’ story in a book that arrives 50 years after the band’s first gig at CBGB. Curiously, for someone who has tasked himself with explaining Manhattan’s late ‘70s downtown renaissance, Gould regards many of the key players in that scene with derision bordering on contempt. Gould refers to Richard Hell, a prime architect of New York punk, as a mediocrity whose “singing, songwriting and bass playing remained as pedestrian as his poetry.” Patti Smith’s music “verged on a parody of beat poetry,” while the vastly influential Velvet Underground, a band that made New York punk possible, is hobbled by its “pretensions to hipness, irony and amorality.” Even Chris Frantz’s drumming is “exceptionally unimaginative.” Gould is also careless with his descriptors. Jonathan Richman’s band displays a “willful lack” of commercial instinct, the Heads assert a “willful conventionality” to their stage appearance, Johnny Ramone is a “willfully obnoxious” guitarist and so on.
It’s hard to fathom how a biographer intent on cracking the code of one of rock’s seminal bands can do so with so much contempt for the culture that spawned it. An inquiring fan might want to go to Will Hermes’ 2011 book “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire” for a more nuanced and knowledgeable portrait of the creative ferment that made the Heads possible. As for a biography of Talking Heads, we are still left with a lacuna that Gould has unfortunately not filled.
Weingarten is the author of “Thirsty: William Mulholland, California Water, and the Real Chinatown.”
