A Florida man who works for a Disney cruise line has been accused of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home.
Orange County deputies arrested 53-year-old Keith Seitz on Nov. 25, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday.
The girl told her mother Seitz raped her multiple times between 2016 and 2019, beginning when she was 10 years old, according to testimony in an arrest affidavit.
The victim told sheriff's officials Seitz also took photos of her while she was naked and stored them on his phone for when he's on the cruise ship," a deputy wrote.
Seitz is charged with two counts of sexual battery on a child under 12, two counts of sexual battery on a physically helpless person and one count of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim under 12, records show.
He's in Orange County Jail without bond.
Seitz has been placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of his charges, Cynthia Martinez, director of communications and public affairs for Disney Signature Experiences told the ...

Disney cruise worker charged with raping 13-year-old girl

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The wife of a 73-year-old Japanese physician killed earlier this week in a roadside shooting in eastern Afghanistan wept softly as she stood by her husband's coffin in a Kabul hospital Friday.
She arrived in the capital earlier Friday with her daughter and three of Dr Tetsu Nakamura's colleagues, including a childhood friend.
They will take his body home to the city of Fukuoka on Saturday.
The killing of Nakamura, known as Uncle Murad to the villagers whose lives he helped change for the better, has shocked many Afghans across the country.
Nakamura was gunned down along with five Afghans on Wednesday as they travelled to the Nangarhar provincial capital of Jalalabad.
The gunmen fled the scene and police say their investigation is still looking for those behind the attack.
The Taliban have denied any connection to the slaying.
A Japanese flag was placed nearby Nakamura's coffin, which was draped in a white cloth and covered with yellow flowers.
Uniformed Afghan soldiers stood nearby as 

Japanese doctor's family to bring body home from Afghanistan

Iranian security forces were shooting to kill in their deadly crackdown against protesters in recent weeks, according to credible video footage, the U.N. human rights chief said Friday.
The unrest left at least 208 people dead nationwide, the office of High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, echoing a count also tallied by Amnesty International. Iran disputes death toll figures released by foreign organizations but has so far refused to any countrywide casualty or arrest figures.
Bachelet said footage received by her office appears to show demonstrators were gunned down while running away, or being shot directly in the face and vital organs.
Such actions amounted to serious violations of human rights," Bachelet said. She urged Iran to allow independent investigations into the violations, and release of all protesters who were unfairly stripped of their liberty during the crackdown.
Verified video footage indicates severe violence was used against protesters, ...

UN office: Iranian forces were 'shooting to kill' protesters

Boris Johnson came under fire on Friday for failing to face one of Britain's top political interviewers as he prepared for a final head-to-head debate with the main opposition leader before next week's election.
Four other major party leaders have subjected themselves to an uncomfortable grilling from the BBC's Andrew Neil but the prime minister has so far declined to do so.
The spat comes before the second and final televised showdown between Conservative party leader Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, of the main opposition Labour party, at 8:30 pm (2030 GMT).
Neil, a former editor of the Sunday Times, said he wanted to put questions of trust to Johnson.
After quizzing Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage on Thursday night, Neil told viewers the series of 30-minute leaders' interviews was done "on your behalf to scrutinise and hold to account those who would govern us. That is democracy.
"We've always proceeded in good faith that the leaders would participate. And in every election they have. ..

UK PM faces flak for ducking TV grilling

Looking at page after page of childhood photos, Xiaogunzhu was drawn to an image of a French-Irish boy with smiling dark blue eyes.
But she was not admiring her lover's family album, she was browsing a catalogue of potential sperm donors -- the 39-year-old is one of an increasing number of affluent single women in China that are seeking a child, but not a husband.
Unmarried women in China are largely barred from accessing sperm banks and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, forcing them to seek options abroad.
Her choice made -- donor #14471 on the website of a Californian sperm bank -- Xiaogunzhu flew to the US to begin the first rounds of treatment.
"There are many women who won't get married, so they might not fulfil this fundamental biological mission," Xiaogunzhu told AFP, using the name she blogs under to avoid any negative attention.
"But I felt another path had opened up," she added.
Her baby, now nine months old, is called Oscar after a character in a comic about the ...

China's single women seek sperm donors overseas

China said Friday it will now require U.S. diplomats to give five days' notice before holding meetings with Chinese officials and academics in retaliation for a similar restriction by Washington.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily briefing that the rule was a direct response to Washington's move in October to require all Chinese diplomats to preregister for meetings with officials down to the municipal level as well as visits to educational and research institutions.
Hua said the U.S. should "correct its mistakes, revoke the relevant decision, and provide support and convenience for Chinese diplomatic and consular staff in the U.S. to perform their duty." The tit-for-tat restrictions come amid a trade war between the world's two largest economies and U.S. allegations that China's massive telecommunications technology provider Huawei poses a security threat to Western democracies.

China places new restrictions on American diplomats

The death of all the four accused in the sensational rape and murder of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad on Friday received prominent coverage in the world media which highlighted the enormous public support while also drawing attention to concerns over the extra-judicial executions.
All four men arrested on November 29 for allegedly raping and killing the 25-year-old woman by smothering her and later burning her body were shot dead by police on Friday during a pre-dawn exchange of fire near Hyderabad, a top police official said.
The Washington Post in a detailed report said the deaths sparked praise in some quarters in a country that has grappled with a series of gruesome crimes against women and girls. But activists and lawyers said the shootings bore the hallmarks of extrajudicial killings.
Killings by police of suspected criminals are so widespread in India that they have their own terminology. Such incidents are known as "encounter" killings, and the officers involved typically .

Global media gives prominent coverage to police action in Hyderabad rape-murder case

Suspected militia fighters have decapitated 16 people in a new village massacre near Beni in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civil society sources said on Friday.
Three more civilians were wounded in Beni town by an explosive device on Thursday night, an official source said, in a new tactic in a region beset by militia violence for decades.
The killings on Thursday in the Mbau region north of Beni have been blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia group responsible for a string of massacres since the start of November.
"Sixteen decapitated bodies have been found in searches that started in the evening," Jamal Moussa, spokesman for the network of civil society organisations in Mbau told AFP.
The massacre targeted the small village of Mantumbi.
"The ADF terrorists attacked in daylight (on Thursday), first in the bush where people were in their fields, and then in the village," Moussa said.
DR Congo forces launched operations against the ADF in the eastern ...

Militia beheads 16 people in new DR Congo massacre: civil society

Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority called Friday for the formation of a new government within the allotted deadline, and without foreign interference, as the clock ticks down on lawmakers to select a new premier following the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi last week.
Thousands of anti-government protesters from across southern Iraq joined demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the protest movement in the capital, hours after the sermon, according to security officials.
"We hope the head of the new government and it's members are chosen within the constitutional deadline and according to the aspirations of the people and away from outside influence," the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said in his weekly Friday sermon in the holy city of Najaf. The sermon is always delivered by a representative.
He added that the Shiite religious establishment would not take part in the government formation process.
At least 400 people have died since the ...

Iraq cleric calls for new premier without foreign influence

Polluted air, noise, dry wells.
The Turow lignite coal mine in Poland is causing trouble for the environment and local communities - even in Germany and Czech Republic, whose border is just a short walk away.
Plans to further expand the huge open pit mine have caused alarm among residents who fear things might get even worse.
With Poland set to remain heavily reliant on coal for energy, the state-controlled PGE utility is aiming to extend until 2044 its license to mine in Turow, due to expire in March.
The move has spawned a rare diplomatic dispute with the Czech government, a longtime ally.
And it comes in the face of the United Nation's call to cut greenhouse gas emissions immediately and sharply.
What they do is horrible, said Milan Starec from the tiny Czech village of Uhelna.
The village is two kilometers from the mine, but that distance would be almost halved if the mine is expanded.
And a piece of land with a forest that currently forms a natural barrier and keeps the mine out .

Massive Polish coal mine sparks international dispute

A sharply dressed crowd of Japanese singletons shuffle awkwardly around conference-room tables, exchanging small-talk and CVs in an attempt to find a marriage partner -- all of them accompanied by their parents.
One 38-year-old woman, who declined to give her name, said she "didn't have the courage" to find a spouse and move away from her mother, who had come with her to the match-making party.
"I didn't have many good opportunities to meet someone," she explained, adding: "My workplace has lots of women but not many men."
Roughly a quarter of Japanese people between 20 and 49 are single, according to government data.
And while people of this age routinely express a wish to get married, outdated social attitudes and increasing economic pressure is making tying the knot more and more difficult, experts say.
Sociology professor Masahiro Yamada from Tokyo's Chuo University told AFP that the norm of single people living with their parents until marriage means there is less immediate ...

'Parasite singles': why young Japanese aren't getting married

Ashmita Chaliha and Siril Verma were crowned the men's and women's singles champions as Indian shuttlers claimed eight medals in the individual events of the 13th South Asian Games here on Friday.
While Ashmita and Siril claimed gold medals, Dhruv Kapila bagged double gold after emerging champion in the men's and mixed doubles category.
Overall, India won four gold, two silver and two bronze, besides the two gold in men's and women's team events to finish at the top of the badminton medal standings.
Former world junior championships silver medallist Siril lived up to his top seeding as he came back from a game down to outwit Aryaman Tandon 17-21 23-21 21-13 in an all-Indian men's singles final.
In women's singles, Ashmita overcame a late surge from fellow Indian Gayatri Gopichand to finish off with a 21-18, 25-23 win.
In doubles, there was double delight for Dhruv who emerged victorious in both men's and mixed doubles.
The men's doubles proved to be the tougher outing for the young ...

Siril, Ashmita bag gold medals as India claim 10 medals in badminton

The roof has collapsed on a 94-year-old Florida church that was only recently granted historic landmark status, further endangering efforts to preserve the surrounding black community.
No one was injured when the roof of the Black Bottom House of Prayer in Parramore crumbled in on itself Thursday morning, news outlets report.
It's unclear what caused it, fire spokeswoman Ashley Papagni told the Orlando Sentinel.
The slightest little change in shift of weight or wind and the rest of the building will collapse," Orlando Fire District Chief Bryan Davis told WKMG-TV.
City officials ordered the unstable structure to be demolished.
Pastor Dana Jackson and her two grandchildren raced inside Thursday trying to prevent that, and prayed for several minutes before leaving.
City Commissioner Regina Hill also arrived and had the demolition work temporarily halted, but it was expected to resume on Friday.
Jackson bought the church in 2015 and was leading restoration efforts. She said it's painful ..

Roof collapses at historic church in black Florida community

Travellers faced a second day of chaos across France on Friday as unions pressed on with a strike aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon pension reforms that brought nearly a million people onto the streets.
Dozens of trains, metros and flights were cancelled, many schools were again closed or offering only daycare, and four of the country's eight oil refineries remained blocked, raising the prospect of fuel shortages.
Rail operator SNCF has already halted ticket sales through the weekend, with 90 percent of high-speed TGV trains again cancelled Friday and little improvement expected over the weekend.
Half of the Eurostar trains between Paris and London have been dropped, and just two of three Thalys trains serving Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam were running.
"I was supposed to take a train to Metz (northeast France), I reserved my ticket three days ago but it's been cancelled and I've gotten no information," Rachel Pallamidessi told AFP at a deserted station in the city 

Travel turmoil grips France as strike enters second day

Ministers from the powerful OPEC group of oil producers got together again on Friday, a day after failing in a marathon meeting to agree on a fresh output reduction deal they hope would stem prices which have been under pressure from abundant reserves and weak global economic growth.
Friday's so-called OPEC+ meeting included Russia, the world's second-largest oil producer and not a member of the cartel.
Saudi Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz Ben Salman, who is attending his first meeting in the post, admitted that Thursday's six-hour meeting had seen delegations "labouring... until 11 o'clock in the evening, squashing their heads, squeezing their brains" in search of an agreement.
However, ministers seemed hopeful about the prospects of an eventual deal on an overall output level and each member's share.
Arriving at Friday's meeting, the chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation Mustafa Sanallah said of the negotiations that there was "no problem at all, just discussions".
OPEC ...

OPEC has another go at oil deal after night of 'brain squeezing'

A British judge on Friday dismissed torture charges against the ex-wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
Agnes Reeves Taylor was arrested in 2017 by the war crimes unit of London's Metropolitan Police and charged with participating in torture in 1990, during Liberia's civil war.
She denied the charges and had been due to stand trial next month.
But Judge Nigel Sweeney dismissed the charges Friday, saying there was insufficient evidence to prove the alleged crimes were committed in areas controlled by Taylor's government.
Reeves Taylor watched by video link from prison, where she has been held for more than two years awaiting trial.
She will now be freed, though she has not been formally acquitted.
Reeves Taylor, 54, is a former university lecturer and was previously married to Charles Taylor, the onetime warlord who was Liberia's president between 1997 and 2003.
He was convicted in The Hague in 2012 of war crimes including murder, rape and using child soldiers. He is ...

UK drops torture charges against ex-wife of Liberia's Taylor

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said acknowledging Nazi crimes was an integral part of Germany's national identity in a message aimed at calls from the far right for a shift away from a culture of remembrance.
"Remembering the crimes... is a responsibility which never ends. It belongs inseparably to our country. To be aware of this responsibility is part of our national identity," Merkel said during her first visit as chancellor to the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp.

Remembering Nazi crimes inseparable from German identity: Merkel

Investigators in southern Poland are questioning witnesses and gathering evidence in their probe into a gas blast that killed eight members of one family, including children.
Spokeswoman for regional prosecutors Agnieszka Michulec said Friday they suspect that damage to a local pipeline during works led to a gas leak, a blast and a fire that destroyed the family's house in the popular mountain resort of Szczyrk on Wednesday.
She said autopsies are planned for early next week to determine the exact cause of death of three generations of the family of ski instructors.
The victims were identified as Jozef K and his wife Jolanta, both aged 60, their grandson Szymon, aged 10, their nephew Wojciech K, 39, his 38-year-old wife Anna and three children aged 10, 6 and 3.
A water company that was carrying out works near their house on the day of the blast denied in a statement that its activity could have caused the explosion.

Polish experts seek evidence in gas blast that killed 8

Australia's decision to repeal a law allowing ill asylum-seekers in Papua New Guinea and on Nauru to travel to the country for medical treatment was "cruel, inhumane and unnecessary," the United Nations said Friday.
The so-called "Medevac" law was passed in February, permitting refugee transfers from the Pacific nations if they were requested by two or more doctors.
About 180 were brought to Australia for medical support under the law, before the country's conservative government repealed it this week.
"Medical experts, not politicians, should be at the heart of decisions about people's medical care," the UN rights office said in a statement.
"Removing a fair, transparent and doctor-led process for accessing essential, and in many cases, life-saving medical care is cruel, inhumane and unnecessary."
UN refugee agency spokesman Babar Baloch added that the law's repeal "may negatively impact vital care for asylum-seekers in offshore processing facilities."
Canberra has sent anyone ...

Australia's repeal of refugee 'Medevac' law 'inhumane': UN

Bangladesh authorities have ordered a leading Rohingya rights group to lock up its headquarters, said a spokesman for the group, which has emerged as a key voice for the Muslim minority stuck in refugee camps.
Officials told community leaders in the camps in south-east Bangladesh to keep the office of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) padlocked until further notice.
The order comes amid rising impatience in Bangladesh more than two years into hosting around a million Rohingya refugees, who fled the Myanmar military in a mass exodus.
"The CIC (Camp-in-Charge) directed us to padlock the office and not to gather in it without his prior consent," Sayed Ullah, an ARSPH spokesman, told AFP on Friday.
He said all activities by the rights group have now ground to a halt.
The ARSPH has been led by Mohib Ullah, a teacher turned rights activist who has emerged as a key refugee leader and spokesperson in international meetings.
The bamboo and tarpaulin office at ...

Bangladesh orders Rohingya rights group office locked

A Pakistani Hindu dental college student, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her hostel room, committed suicide as she was under "severe stress", a judicial commission concluded on Friday, contradicting her final autopsy report which said she was murdered.
Namrita Chandni, the 25-year-old final-year student of Bibi Asifa Dental College in Sindh province, was found dead on a cot by her friends on September 16 with a rope tied to her neck.
The Sindh government ordered a judicial inquiry into the mysterious death of the minority community student following massive outrage.
The judicial panel concluded that "Nimrita was under severe stress following refusal of her marriage proposal by her friend," The News International reported.
"Owing to severe stress and dejection and frustration, Nimrita committed suicide," it said, adding that the judicial panel while reviewing the investigations and evidence could not detect murder in the case.
The judicial commission into ...

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