Police investigating the fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust have obtained a search warrant for the actor’s phone. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza was injured in October, when Mr Baldwin was rehearsing drawing a prop gun. Mr Baldwin, 63, has insisted he “didn’t pull the trigger”. The warrant was issued by a Sante Fe court in New Mexico – the state where Rust was being filmed. It says “there may be evidence on the phone” that could be “material and relevant to this investigation”. Investigators asked to confiscate Mr Baldwin’s Apple iPhone that is “believed to be in his possession”. They wanted to look at text messages, emails, web browser history and other information stored on the phone.(BBC)…[+]

A search is under way for suspected Palestinian gunmen over a deadly attack on a car carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank. A 25-year-old passenger, Yehuda Dimentman, was killed and two other occupants were wounded in the shooting near a Jewish settlement in the north. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said every effort was being made to catch those responsible. The incident follows a recent spike in Palestinian attacks on Israelis. The Israeli military said the men were ambushed as their vehicle left a religious seminary at Homesh, a so-called outpost settlement, one of a type built without government authorisation. Israeli settlements on territory occupied since the 1967 Middle East war are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. Palestinians claim the land for a hoped-for independent state.(BBC)…[+]

At least 27 people are feared to have died after a fire broke out in a building in downtown Osaka, Japan. Police are investigating whether the blaze was started deliberately, public broadcaster NHK said. They are investigating reports that a man spilled liquid that started the fire. The victims suffered cardiopulmonary arrest, a term often used in preliminary reports before a death is officially confirmed, reports say. Footage showed blackened windows after dozens of firefighters extinguished the blaze on the fourth floor. All of those feared dead were reportedly in a psychiatric clinic on the fourth floor of the building, located in a busy commercial and entertainment district. A man who appeared to be in his 50s or 60s was seen carrying a bag of liquid into the building, before knocking it over near a heater, spilling the liquid and starting the fire, Kyodo News reported.(BBC)…[+]