'Clock Boy' Will Be Transferred To New School

The Texas teen gets an offer for an internship from Twitter after he was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school.

A Muslim boy who was detained by police for taking a homemade clock into school that was mistaken for a bomb will not be returning to class, his father has said.

Ahmed Mohamed was led away in handcuffs at Irving MacArthur High School in north Texas on Monday after he brought in the device to his engineering class.

The 14-year-old is still suspended from the school, but his father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed said they will look for private or home-schooling options rather than returning to class.

In an interview with WFAA, he said: "I feel like everything is a better place now, since some of the racial discrimination has stopped. It should be 0% racial discrimination and 100% success rate.

"Before I was really scared that no one was going to care about me because I'm a Muslim. I felt like I was singled out.

"And now everyone wants to interview me because of what happened and I can reassure you in the interviews I will make sure this never happens to another child and globally ever again.

"It made me feel like I had the power to fight back for others who couldn't fight for themselves."

Ahmed, the son of Sudanese immigrants, had brought the homework project to impress his engineering teacher on Monday but when the digital clock beeped during an English class, the teacher confiscated it claiming it looked like a bomb.

Labour's McDonnell 'Sorry' Over IRA Comments

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent

John McDonnell, controversially appointed shadow chancellor by Jeremy Corbyn this week, has apologised for saying IRA members should be "honoured".

Confronted on TV, the left-wing Labour MP said his comments, made in 2003, had clearly caused offence and he apologised "from the bottom of my heart".

Mr McDonnell, who has been under fire since his appointment over previously speaking about the "bravery" of the IRA, said he had been urging militants to "put their weapons away".

Speaking on BBC TV's Question Time, he also said he was sorry for an "appalling joke" about former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

In 2010, he said if he could go back in time he would "assassinate Thatcher".

Apple And Samsung Big Winners At T3 Tech Awards

The gap in Apple's haul was Phone of the Year, which went to the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

The Apple Watch was named Gadget of the Year and Wearable Technology of the Year.

The Laptop or Tablet of the Year for the iPad Air 2 - which was sponsored by Sky's technology show Swipe - and the Brand of the Year were Apple's other awards at the ceremony.

The gap in Apple's haul was Phone of the Year, which went to the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

The S6 Edge broke HTC's two-year winning run at the T3s, beating its sister phone the Galaxy S6, as well as the iPhone 6, the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, LG's G4 and the HTC One M9

US Church Massacre Suspect's Friend Arrested

FBI agents have detained a friend of Dylann Roof, the suspect in June's massacre of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina.

The FBI has been investigating Joseph Meek, who gave Dylann Roof a place to stay at a mobile home weeks ahead of the killings

Joseph Meek, who gave 21-year-old Roof a place to stay at a mobile home in the weeks ahead of the killings, was held by FBI agents on Thursday afternoon.

Meek, 21, was being investigated for allegedly making false statements and concealing knowledge of a crime from authorities, according to a letter he received from the FBI.

He has previously described how Roof, while drunk on vodka, complained that "blacks were taking over the world" and that "someone needed to do something about it for the white race".

Meek told how Roof said he used birthday money from his parents to buy a .45-calibre Glock handgun, which Meek took away from him the night of his rant, but returned to him once Roof had sobered up

His arrest comes a day after Roof's lawyer said his client was willing to plead guilty to state murder charges if that would spare him a death sentence.

Attorney Bill McGuire said a guilty plea by Roof in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole also would spare the victims' families and survivors of the shootings the trauma of a trial.

His remarks came during a hearing in Charleston over whether a judge will release 911 emergency telephone calls and police reports about the 17 June shooting.

Prosecutors declined to comment afterwards on whether they would accept a guilty plea from Roof, who is white and has been linked to white supremacist views.

Judge JC Nicholson did not rule on Wednesday, but indicated he would probably release some materials.

In July, he cited concerns about the graphic nature of the evidence from the crime scene at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston.

Assistant US Attorney Nathan Williams, who is prosecuting Roof in federal court, argued on Wednesday for keeping the documents sealed.

He said the families and survivors were "re-traumatised" every time they heard or read about the killings.

In addition to state murder charges, Roof faces 33 federal hate crime and weapons charges that also could result in a death sentence

FIFA Secretary General 'Released From Duties'

Sepp Blatter's right-hand man is put on leave with immediate effect following allegations over the sale of World Cup tickets.

FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke has been put on leave and released from his duties with immediate effect following allegations over World Cup tickets.A statement on the international football organisation's website said it had become aware of "a series of allegations" involving Mr Valcke and had requested a formal investigation by the FIFA ethics committee.Emails and documents seen by journalists earlier on Thursday suggest Mr Valcke signed-off contracts with a Swiss marketing company that was selling thousands of tickets at five times their face value.

Paul Kelso said: "This isn't his first encounter with difficult allegations but it has come of something of a surprise that FIFA should have taken decisive action over this.

"It follows allegations by a former ticket agent, Benny Alon, that Mr Valcke was party to a deal to sell more than 8,000 tickets at the World Cup and profit on the proceeds; a clear conflict of interest if proven."