By CNN’s Tim Lister and Kosta Gak

(CNN) — Russia’s Investigative Committee has accused Ukrainian intelligence of being behind the assassination attempt on a Russian general in Moscow on Friday – and says the alleged perpetrator was arrested in Dubai after fleeing Moscow.

One other suspect – described as an accomplice – was also detained, the Committee said. Another alleged accomplice escaped to Ukraine.

The Investigative Committee named the alleged assailant as a man in his mid-60s born in the Ternopil region of Ukraine. He had arrived in Russia in December “on the instructions of the Kyiv special services,” it said.

Early on Friday morning an attacker fired several shots at Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev in a residential building on Volokolamskoye Highway in Moscow and fled the scene.

Alekseyev had regained consciousness after surgery, TASS reported Saturday. “Doctors cautiously say that his life is not in danger,” it added, citing medical sources.

The Investigative Committee said a Makarov pistol with a silencer was discovered at the scene.

The Russian security service – the FSB – said Sunday that immediately after the shooting the suspect boarded a flight from Moscow to Dubai, where he was detained and returned to Russia.

The Kremlin said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and thanked him for assistance on apprehending the suspect.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told Reuters on Friday that Kyiv had nothing to do with the attack.

Alekseyev, 64, is the first deputy head of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, the GRU.

In 2023, Alekseyev was sent by the Russian military to negotiate with Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private mercenary group, during the Wagner group’s mutiny. At the time, he called Prigozhin’s actions a coup as well as “a stab in the back of the country and the president.”

He was one of several GRU officials sanctioned by the United States in 2016 for wide-ranging malicious cyber activity directed at undermining US democratic processes.

He was also sanctioned by the European Union in January 2019 following a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, which the British government said was carried out by GRU agents to poison a former Russian spy. The EU sanctions describe Alekseyev as “responsible for the possession, transport and use in Salisbury… of the toxic nerve agent ‘Novichok’ by officers from the GRU,” along with sanctioned Russian military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov.

The attack on Alekseyev is the latest aimed at senior figures in the Russian military and security services.

In December, a Russian general was killed in a car bombing in Moscow, with officials also pointing the finger at Ukraine.

Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who ran the armed forces operational training department, died after a device installed under the chassis of a car exploded, Russia’s Investigative Committee said.

The 56-year-old had previously “carried out the tasks of organizing and conducting an operation in Syria,” when Russian forces were backing the Assad regime, TASS said.

Other senior Russian officers killed in Moscow have included Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational department of the General Staff, who was the victim of a car bomb attack near Moscow in April last year.

CNN’s Lauren Kent and Anna Chernova contributed to this story

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(CNN) — The father of the teenager who allegedly killed four people at his Georgia high school in 2024 is set to stand trial on murder and manslaughter charges in the latest case testing the limits of who is responsible for a school shooting.

Colin Gray, the father of Colt Gray, has pleaded not guilty to nearly 30 charges, including two counts each of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

The case stems from the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, when then-14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly used an AR15-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers and injure nine others. He ultimately surrendered to police and has admitted to the shooting, according to authorities.

More than a year earlier, law enforcement had questioned the teen and father about “online threats to commit a school shooting,” though no charges were filed, authorities said. Even so, Colin Gray bought a firearm for his son as a Christmas present in December 2023 – the same firearm he used in the mass shooting, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

The indictment alleges Gray allowed his teenage son access to a firearm and ammunition after receiving “sufficient warning” that his son would harm and endanger others, actions that constitute “criminal negligence” by “consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk.”

A defense attorney did not respond to a request for comment.

The trial is part of a broader push to hold more people accountable for a school shooting, a group that has grown to include parents and responding law enforcement officers. Testimony is also likely to include emotional stories from those who were in the school that day.

This case bears similarities to the trials of James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose then-15-year-old son killed four students in 2021 at his high school in Oxford, Michigan. Prosecutors accused the parents of allowing their son access to the firearm and ignoring warnings about his declining mental health and risk to others.

The Crumbleys were each convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison. That was believed to be just the first and second time that a parent was held criminally responsible for a mass school shooting committed by their child.

Andrew Fleischman, a criminal defense attorney in Atlanta, said the jury’s sympathy for the victims and desire to blame someone could make it a difficult case for Colin Gray’s defense.

“The state is going to probably argue that, but for this father’s negligence, these kids would all be alive,” he said. “That’s very hard to get past.”

Still, the case could depend on what specific steps the father took to address the risks: Did he safely secure the firearm and ammunition? Did he take steps to address his son’s mental health in therapy or in school?

“There are lots of ways that you can show that you are not being fully criminally negligent,” Fleischman said.

Colin Gray has remained behind bars since his arrest a day after the sh

By Ray Sanchez, CNN

Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) — Her long dark hair flowing from a bright pink beanie, the 11-year-old from Ecuador calmly recalled her mother venturing out of their small South Minneapolis apartment last Monday morning for the first time in a month and a half.

“Bye, dear, take good care of yourself,” her mother said in Spanish.

“Mami, please be careful,” the girl, whose name CNN is not publishing because of her age, responded. “That was the last time I saw her.”

The sixth grader was groggy that first Monday in February. She was up late with her mom the night before, contemplating the risks of a quick run to a nearby grocery store for supplies. Food and money were running low. They had relied on food donations from her school but her mother, who had not worked in more than a month, was embarrassed to ask for more.

“She decided it was too dangerous to go out,” the girl told CNN, reflecting the widespread paralysis and fear among many families in a city where for weeks aggressive federal immigration officers carrying out raids near schools, at homes and in workplaces have been on a collision course with enraged residents.

“It was like mother had a premonition something was going to happen. She reminded me where she kept an envelope with our immigration documents. She had trouble sleeping.”

The next morning, the girl got a brief call: Crying, her mom said federal immigration agents were after her. Then the call ended. On a video posted to social media moments later, she watched as federal officers took her mother into custody.

Her mother had been transferred from the federal building in Minneapolis to a controversial Texas detention facility 1,400 miles away, according to John Hayden, an attorney who within days secured a federal court order demanding her return to Minnesota. Hayden asked that his client, who has applied for asylum in the US, not be identified for fear of retaliation. She was returned to a Minneapolis detention facility Friday morning.

Days after federal agents arrested the Ecuadorian mother hiding under a trailer on a snowy Minneapolis street, White House border czar Tom Homan said 700 federal law enforcement personnel will be withdrawn from the state. Still, a few hundred departing would leave more than 2,000 agents in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas – a federal force more than three times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department.

Even with the so-called “drawdown,” many Minneapolis-area activists say little has changed and they’re preparing for prolonged resistance. Reports of federal officers near schools and homes continue to circulate on chat groups and social media, keeping many immigrant families in their homes.

Anxiety has mounted since two fatal shootings of US citizens by federal agents in January: Mother of three Renee Nicole Good and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Small armies of residents still gather to observe federal officers from cars or on foot – honking horns and blowing whistles to alert neighbors. Volunteers shuttle people to and from job sites. Teachers and school workers monitor parents dropping off and picking up students. Individuals, nonprofits and local businesses collect bags of food, baby formula, diapers and other items and deliver them to people too scared to leave their homes.

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A medida que se acerca la cuenta regresiva para el inicio del Super Bowl LX, las autoridades policiales dicen que no existen amenazas conocidas ni creíbles para el evento.

“Tenemos varios grupos de inteligencia que están trabajando y monitoreando diferentes fuentes de información, y no hemos tenido ninguna amenaza creíble o específica en absoluto”, dijo Jeff Brannigan, coordinador principal de seguridad de eventos del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, en una conferencia de prensa esta semana.

La planificación de la seguridad para el evento ha estado en marcha durante más de un año, señaló Sanjay Virmani, quien dirige la oficina local del FBI en San Francisco.

“El FBI está operando un centro de mando conjunto a tiempo completo junto a nuestros socios de las fuerzas del orden y la seguridad pública durante toda la semana de eventos del Super Bowl”, dijo Virmani. “Dentro de ese centro de mando, agentes del FBI, analistas de inteligencia y especialistas técnicos, junto con nuestros socios, trabajan las 24 horas para recopilar y evaluar información sobre amenazas y compartir inteligencia en tiempo real”.

Aunque el personal del DHS forma parte del esfuerzo de planificación de seguridad, la jefa de seguridad de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (NFL), Cathy Lanier, enfatizó: “No hay operativos de ICE ni de control migratorio programados en torno al Super Bowl ni a ninguno de los eventos relacionados con el Super Bowl”.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) Surfers of all ages from the 805 area code converged on the Rincon for the 2026 Rincon Classic.

They turned out watch or compete on the first day of the 2026 Channel Islands Surfboards Rincon Classic presented by Merrick Lager and produced by Surf Happens.

It is located off of Bates Rd. near the the Santa Barbara and Ventura County line.

Hawk Modisette, 16, of Carpinteria enjoyed the conditions.

"I am super glad they picked this weekend it was super fun out there just perfect Rincon practically everyone pretty stoked it is a really good day," said Modisette.

Locals and tourists alike enjoyed the action.

Keith and Patti Markstrum of Wassa Wisconson watched it for the first time.

"We have never been here before we have heard a lot about it we stay in Santa Barbara every year and thought we got ti make it is is fascinating, makes me want to on a board and i have never been in my life," said Keith Markstrum.

Longtime surfers who keep an eye on the area can often be found in the so-called pit.

Chris Cochrane is one of them.

He competed in the 55 and older Legends surf competition.

"The waves were the biggest I have seen them in this contest this is my 4th time I don't think I have ever seen them this big since I started doing this."

Our News Channel forecaster Shawn Quinn competed again this year as well.

Most of the participants surf all year preparing for the chosen Rincon Classic weekend.

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