Queen Elizabeth II's funeral today (Monday 19th September 2022) will bring together around 500 hundred Heads of State, Royals and other political luminaries in London. The monarch will be laid to rest in a State funeral at Westminster Abbey in London and the somber ceremony will draw some of the world's most powerful players. The Queen peacefully died at age ninety-six (96) on 8th September 2022.

From the Commonwealth, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen have all said they will attend the funeral. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will represent the United States, which shares a special relationship with the U.K. Newly-elected British Prime Minister Liz Truss will of course also mourn the monarch.

President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, President Sergio Mattarella of Italy and President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission will also be there.

President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Paula-Mae Weeks, will also be in attendance.

Watch the live stream of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral below from 5:30 AM, courtesy of TTT.

According to the Defense Attorney for former S.M. Jaleel Vice President Adil Mohammed, his client was actually charged with ten (10) counts of possessing child pornography images on his cell phone. In a Press Release issued today (Sunday 18th September 2022), Mark Eiglarsh, Esq. said, ”What he was NOT charged with was having any physical contact with any minor as erroneously reported by numerous ‘reputable’ media outlets.”

Mohammed was S.M Jaleel’s Vice President of Information Technology. He tendered his resignation on 11th August 2022 after S.M Jaleel learned about the criminal charge and engaged him in discussions.

Eiglarsh, who is now threatening legal action against local media outlets who published news of his client’s arrest, added, “A simple reading of his arrest affidavit makes clear that he’s not charged with molesting and/or coming into contact with any minor to engage in unlawful sexual acts.”

The Attorney noted that, “The false reporting by media outlets is especially troubling in light of the fact that Mr. Mohammed is innocent and didn’t willfully possess the disturbing images. As he informed investigators immediately after his arrest, and as supported by independent credible evidence, the images appeared in his camera roll through no fault of his own. They automatically downloaded onto his phone’s camera roll after Mr. Mohammed visited various lawful adult websites on WhatsApp. Miami prosecutors are aware of the defence and are currently investigating.”

Eiglarsh further stated that, “Mr. Mohammed is in the process of holding accountable all media outlets who erroneously reported that he was arrested for molesting children. He is demanding that all outlets who ran the false story immediately issue a retraction. Mr. Mohammed will likely be initiating defamation lawsuits against media outlets who grossly and maliciously defamed him.”

[Source: Loop]

An Executive at S.M. Jaleel Co. Limited resigned after he was charged in the United States for a sex crime concerning a child. Adil Mohammed was the company's Vice President of Information Technology. He tendered his resignation on 11th August 2022 after the Company learned about the criminal charge and engaged him in discussions.

In a brief statement, the company said: “S.M. Jaleel Co. Ltd accepted the resignation of its Vice President of Information Technology, Mr. Adil Mohammed on August 11, 2022. On hearing of the charge, the Company engaged him in dialogue which led to him submitting his resignation. Since the matter is currently before the Courts in the United States of America, and therefore sub judice, propriety demands that it is inappropriate to comment on the case. Our Company requires all employees and family members employed within the Company, to abide by the Company’s values, moral code of conduct and the laws pertaining to all the jurisdictions where we operate. Mr. Adil Mohammed is not a shareholder or a director of the Company.”

President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Paula-May Weekes, will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday (19th September 2022). The 96-year-old Queen was Britain's longest reigning monarch. She died on 8th September 2022 after reigning for seventy (70) years.

Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr. Amery Browne, said that expressions of condolence have been extended by the President of Trinidad and Tobago to His Majesty King Charles III. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, has done the same to the newly installed British Prime Minister, Elizabeth Truss.

The British will observe a holiday on the day of the funeral to mark the death of the Queen. Meanwhile, on that day the Trinidad and Tobago National Flag will be flown at half-mast, as previously announced by Minister of National Security, Fitzgerald Hinds.

Senator the Honourable Christine Kangaloo will act as President until President Weekes returns to T&T on Tuesday 20th September 2022.

Prime Minister Keith Rowley will travel to Washington, DC today (Tuesday 13th September 2022) where he will participate in a series of meetings with high-ranking U.S. Government Officials.

Prime Minister Rowley is scheduled to attend a hearing of the U.S.House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on the impacts of de-risking in the Caribbean tomorrow. The hearing will be held under the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

On Thursday (15th September 2022), the Prime Minister is scheduled to meet with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris who will meet with the Action Committee Caribbean Leaders.

These Committees were established following the high-level meeting between CARICOM/CARIFORUM leaders, U.S. President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in June, at the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California.

The Prime Minister is the co-chair of the U.S./Caribbean Energy Security Action Committee.

Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Stuart Young, will accompany the Prime Minister.

Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, will act as Prime Minister in the interim.

Apple released iOS 16 to the public today (Monday 12th September 2022) for iPhone 8 and later. iOS 16 brings the biggest update ever to the Lock Screen, the ability to edit and collaborate in Messages, new tools in Mail, and more ways to interact with photos and video with Live Text and Visual Look Up.

​Below are all the major new features in iOS 16.

A More Personal, Beautiful, and Helpful Lock Screen

The Lock Screen gets reimagined, offering deeper personalization. Now users can add a depth effect to their Lock Screen photo, artfully displaying the photo subject in front of the time, and they can even customize the font and type style. New widgets on the Lock Screen make it easy to get helpful information at a glance like upcoming calendar events, battery levels, alarms, time zones, Activity ring progress, and more.

The new Lock Screen gallery features a range of options. Users can choose an intelligently suggested photo from their personal library that will look great on the Lock Screen, or a dynamic set of photos that shuffle throughout the day. Apple collections include iconic imagery from Apple; Pride and Unity wallpapers; a Weather wallpaper to see live weather conditions as they change throughout the day; and an Astronomy wallpaper for views of the Earth, moon, and solar system. Users can also create unique designs with their favorite emoji and color combinations, and with multiple Lock Screens, users can switch between their favorites with just a swipe.

Redesigned notifications now roll in from the bottom to offer a clear view of the Lock Screen, and users can choose to view notifications in an expanded list, stacked, or as a count view.

​Stay in the Moment With Focus

With iOS 16, Focus is easier to set up and gets even more powerful by connecting to the Lock Screen, giving users a way to simply swipe to a designated Lock Screen to activate the corresponding Focus. With Focus filters, apps like Calendar, Mail, Messages, and Safari can display only the content that is relevant to a user’s Focus, helping them to find better balance.

​New Ways to Interact in Messages

Updates to Messages make it possible to edit, undo send, and mark conversations as unread, making it even easier to stay connected. With iOS 16, users can now invite friends and family to SharePlay via Messages, offering another way to enjoy synced content like movies or songs and shared playback controls. In addition, new collaboration features in Messages make working with others quick and seamless. When users choose to share files for collaboration through Messages, everyone in a thread will be automatically added, and when someone makes an edit to the shared document, activity updates appear at the top of the thread.

Increase Productivity With New Tools in Mail

Now users can schedule delivery of an email ahead of time or cancel delivery of a message before it reaches a recipient’s inbox. Users can also set reminders to come back to a message at a later date with Remind me, receive automatic suggestions to follow up on an email if they haven’t received a response, and get automatic alerts when they’ve forgotten to include a recipient or attachment in an email. With the biggest update to search in years, Mail features state-of-the-art techniques to deliver more relevant, accurate, and complete search results.

​Visual Look Up and Live Text Enhancements

Users can now tap and hold on the subject of an image to lift it from the background and place it in apps like Messages. Visual Look Up also expands to recognize birds, insects, spiders, and statues, helping users quickly get information about objects and scenes in photos.

Using on-device intelligence, Live Text can now recognize text in videos across the system. Users can pause a video on any frame to interact with text and take quick action, such as copy and paste, translate, convert currency, and more.

​More Secure Browsing in Safari With Passkeys

Browsing in Safari is even safer with passkeys, a next-generation credential that can’t be phished or leaked, making it more secure and easy to use. Designed to replace passwords, passkeys use Touch ID or Face ID for biometric verification, and iCloud Keychain to sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV with end-to-end encryption. Created as a joint effort in collaboration with the FIDO Alliance, Google, and Microsoft, passkeys will work across apps and the web, and users can sign in to websites or an app on non-Apple devices using just their iPhone.

Safari also adds shared Tab Groups to share a collection of websites with friends and family, making it seamless to add tabs and see what others are viewing.
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New Accessibility Features to Navigate, Stay Connected, and More

Accessibility updates include Door Detection, which helps users who are blind or low vision use their iPhone to navigate the last few feet to their destination; and Apple Watch Mirroring for users with physical and motor disabilities to mirror their Apple Watch display to iPhone, and control Apple Watch with Voice Control and Switch Control. Additionally, Live Captions make it easier for Deaf and hard of hearing users to follow along with any audio content — whether they are on a phone or FaceTime call, using a videoconference or social media app, streaming media content, or having a conversation with someone next to them.

​Additional Features

• Apple Pay Order Tracking enables users to receive detailed receipts and order tracking information in Wallet for Apple Pay purchases with participating merchants.
• ​Updates to Apple Maps enable further exploration of the world with improved driving and transit navigation, and multistop routing. Drivers can easily create routes with multiple stops and automatically sync routes from Mac to iPhone when they’re ready to go. Transit directions will now display how much a journey will cost, and users can add transit cards to Wallet to see low balances — and replenish transit cards — all without leaving Maps.
• Family Sharing offers an easier way to set up accounts for children with the right parental controls in place from the start. It includes suggestions for age-appropriate restrictions for apps, movies, books, music, and more, and a simpler process for setting up a new device for a child that applies existing parental controls automatically. When a child asks for more screen time, parents and guardians can now approve or decline right in Messages. A new Family Checklist provides tips and suggestions, such as updating a child’s parental controls as they get older or turning on location sharing.
• Dictation offers a new on-device experience that allows users to fluidly move between voice and touch. Users can type with the keyboard, tap in the text field, move the cursor, and insert QuickType suggestions, all without needing to stop Dictation. In addition, Dictation features automatic punctuation and emoji dictation.
• Siri adds the ability to run shortcuts as soon as an app is downloaded without requiring upfront setup. Users can add emoji when sending a message, choose to send messages automatically — skipping the confirmation step — and hang up phone and FaceTime calls completely hands-free by simply saying “Hey Siri, hang up.”
• The reimagined Home app offers users easier ways to navigate, organize, and view their accessories.
• The Fitness app is now available to all iPhone users to help track and meet fitness goals, even if they don’t have an Apple Watch. iPhone users can set a personal Move goal, check their trends, and share activity for additional motivation. iPhone motion sensors track steps, distance, and flights climbed to estimate active calories burned. Any workouts completed in third-party apps also contribute to closing the user’s Move ring. The new Fitness app Lock Screen widget offers Move ring progress, steps taken, and distance at a glance.
• The Health app adds Medications, allowing users to conveniently build and manage a medications list, create schedules and reminders, and track their medications, vitamins, or supplements. In the US, users can simply point their iPhone camera at a label to add a medication, read about the medications they’re taking, and receive an alert if there are potential critical interactions with their medications. Users can also now send loved ones an invitation to share their Health data, and easily create a PDF of available health records from connected health institutions, right from the Health app.
• Apple News introduces a new My Sports section, where users can easily follow favorite teams and leagues; receive stories from hundreds of top publishers; access scores, schedules, and standings for the top professional and college leagues; and watch highlights right in the News app. Favorites will sync with the Apple TV app to offer a seamless sports experience.
• Game Center makes it easy for users to play with or compete against their friends through the redesigned dashboard that shows friends’ games activity and accomplishments all in one place.
• Personalized Spatial Audio offers an even more precise and immersive listening experience. Using the TrueDepth camera on iPhone, users can create a personal profile for Spatial Audio that delivers a listening experience tuned just for them.
• Safety Check, a new personal privacy tool, can be helpful to users whose personal safety is at risk from domestic or intimate partner violence. It allows users to quickly review and remove any access they’ve granted to others. It also includes an emergency reset that helps users easily sign out of iCloud on all their other devices, reset privacy permissions, and limit messaging to just the device in their hand. Users can also understand and manage which people and apps they’ve given access to.

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• iOS 16 is a free software update that is available starting today for iPhone 8 and later.
• In an update later this year, Apple will introduce iCloud Shared Photo Library to give families a new way to share photos seamlessly with a separate iCloud library that up to six users can collaborate on, contribute to, and enjoy. Live Activities will make it even easier to stay on top of things happening in real time, right from the Lock Screen, such as a sports game, ride-share, or food delivery order, and Clean Energy Charging aims to decrease the carbon footprint of the iPhone by optimizing charging times for when the grid is using cleaner energy sources.8 The update will also bring support for the Matter smart home connectivity standard once it becomes available later this fall.
• For more information, visit apple.com/ios/ios-16. Some features may not be available in all regions, languages, or on all iPhone models.

[Source: Apple Newsroom]