A Belarusian prisoner detained in protests against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed reelection was filmed stabbing himself in court on Tuesday after saying he was tortured and threatened by the police. 

According to Viasna, a human rights organization, 41-year-old Stepan Latypov said he had been tortured in a jail cell for 51 days, and that police told him that his family and neighbors would face prosecution if he did not plead guilty to the charges against him. 

Latypov then proceeded to stab himself with an object that appeared to be a pen. 

A friend of Latypov, named Irina, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that he "took something white in his teeth, and started literally to cut his throat. Everyone started screaming. Police officers could not open the defendant's cage for awhile. He fell unconscious. We were taken out of the courtroom," according to Reuters.

"Some of the 25 kilogram (55 pounds) bags from the containers fell overboard, and the beads have now carpeted beaches all the way down to the south coast of Sri Lanka," Darshani Lahandapura, chair of Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority told Mongabay.

The Washington Post spoke to Sri Lankan marine biologist Asha de Vos, who called the layer of plastic an "environmental disaster." She added that the granules could have far-reaching consequences for the wildlife and ecosystems in the region, because currents may sweep the pellets and debris even further out.

Andrii Beshta, the Ukrainian ambassador to Thailand, died suddenly early Sunday while vacationing with his son in the Thai island of Koh Lipe.

Beshta, 45, was found dead in his hotel room at 5:30 a.m. local time. He was appointed as the Ukrainian ambassador to Thailand in 2016, according to the Agence France-Presse. He first began working in Thailand in 2007 as a diplomat, the report said.

Beshta's son, Ostap, who was traveling with him, told authorities his father had gone to bed around 11 p.m. Saturday but woke up around 4:30 a.m. Sunday and began to vomit before he fell unconscious.

Beshta and his son had arrived at the Koh Lipe resort hotel for a vacation on Friday, according to the Bangkok Post.

A "lethal" weaponized drone "hunted down a human target" without being told to for the first time, according to a UN report seen by the New Scientist.

The March 2020 incident saw a KARGU-2 quadcopter autonomously attack a human during a conflict between Libyan government forces and a breakaway military faction, led by the Libyan National Army's Khalifa Haftar, the Daily Star reported.

The Turkish-built KARGU-2, a deadly attack drone designed for asymmetric warfare and anti-terrorist operations, targeted one of Haftar's soldiers while he tried to retreat, according to the paper.

Boris Johnson married his girlfriend Carrie Symonds at Westminster Cathedral in London over the weekend, according to UK newspapers including the Daily Mail and The Telegraph.

The British prime minister tied the knot in front of 30 guests, including close friends and family, on Saturday, the publications said.

No. 10 Downing Street confirmed the marriage to the BBC, saying that the couple were wed in a "small ceremony" on Saturday afternoon and planned to celebrate with friends and family in summer 2022.