{
  "id": 12062406,
  "title": "Pro-Israel Samoa prime minister apologises for Nazi gesture in leaked video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/pro-israel-samoa-prime-minister-apologises-for-nazi-gesture-in-leaked",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T02:57:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3369742/pro-israel-samoa-prime-minister-apologises-nazi-gesture-leaked-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Samoa’s prime minister apologised on Monday after video surfaced showing him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi gesture. Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt said the footage was from a family gathering almost 20 years old and was never meant to see the light of day. “The footage shows me using the words ‘Heil Hitler’ and participating in a gesture associated with Nazi Germany in a private…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Samoa PM apologises after Nazi salute video emerges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/samoa-pm-apologises-after-nazi-salute-video-emerges",
        "published": "2026-10-05T05:08:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}