Trump says 'seems to me' Syria shot down Russian plane
9/18/2018, 7:18:36 PMU.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Syria likely shot down a Russia... ✔ REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque It sounds to me and it seems to me based on a review of the facts that Syria shot down a Russian plane ✔ We have done a tremendous job in Syria and in that region eradicating ISIS, which is why we are there ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
War crimes prosecutor begins examining alleged Rohingya deportations
9/18/2018, 6:41:46 PMThe prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday said her office ha... ✔ The decision by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda follows a ruling at the court earlier this month that it has jurisdiction over alleged forced deportations and related crimes because, while Myanmar is not a member of the court, Bangladesh is ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Putin seeks to defuse downing of Russian plane off Syria
9/18/2018, 7:05:10 PMMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Syria forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, killing all 15 people aboard, in what President Vladimir Putin sa ✔ Some Russian lawmakers and retired military officers called for a forceful response, saying Russia should provide Syria with the S-300 air defense systems and other sophisticated weapons to prevent any further strikes ✔ (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, FILE) Map locates Lattakia, Syria, where Russian military says one of its jets disappeared; 1c x 2 1/2 inches; 46.5 mm x 63 mm;
Injured war veteran who lost leg in Afghanistan is set to join Coronation Street
9/18/2018, 7:57:52 PMCORONATION Street has recruited its first ever real-life war veteran — former Royal Marine medic Lance Corporal Cassidy Little. The marine-turned-actor, 36, will join the ITV soap later this month … ✔ New ideas complement old ideas and fresh ideas revitalise dated concepts ✔ I am so pleased to continue my recovery in a project like Soldier On, created by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy, allowing me access and opportunity with actors, writers, creators and like-minded people on a similar path of recovery ✔ RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk
Russia defers one crisis in Syria, but is embroiled in another
9/18/2018, 5:13:01 PMThe assault on Idlib is halted for now. But the downing of a Russian plane highlights the risk of escalation among foreign powers ✔ The war in SyriaRussia defers one crisis in Syria, but is embroiled in another The assault on Idlib is halted for now ✔ It fears that Turkey is reinforcing its troop presence and, as in Hatay province, another piece of Syrian territory Turkey hived off in the 1930s, may never leave
'Ignored, criticised, sidelined': experts slam UN response to Myanmar crisis
9/18/2018, 6:34:45 PM"What we have found are not only the most serious human rights violations, but crimes of the highest order under international law," UN-backed investigators said. ✔ Loading Though the investigators looked at the treatment of minority groups across the Southeast Asian nation, their mandate came just six months before the crackdown against the Rohingya in Rakhine, injecting the mission with far greater importance to help detail those abuses, crimes and human rights violations
World court opens preliminary probe into Rohingya expulsions
9/18/2018, 6:29:30 PMTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor announced Tuesday that she is launching a preliminary investigation into deportations of hundreds ✔ The fact-finding team presented the report to the U.N.-supported Human Rights Council in Geneva ✔ A team of independent investigators examining alleged violence and killings in Myanmar that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee their homes have issued a searing critique of the United Nations' own operations in the country just as bloodshed erupted in August 2017
Ex-Blackwater CEO's plan to end Afghan war
9/18/2018, 4:59:21 PMTroops would be replaced with military contractors working alongside Afghan forces says Mr Prince. ✔ The role of defence contractors in warfare sparked international debate after the killings in in 2007 ✔ Since the US-led invasion in 2001, with the Taliban controlling more territory than at any point since their removal of their regime 17 years ago ✔ Watch the full interview on (UK only) 18 Sep 2018
Imprisonment, torture and rape: Why Myanmar must be referred to the ICC
9/18/2018, 5:41:51 PMOnly a credible process that takes steps to prosecute those responsible to account will end the government's vicious cycle of violence against its own people ✔ MUST WATCH What these Rohingya refugees want you to know 02:33 Shirin Ebadi is the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize ✔ Most importantly, the international community can neither support nor trust Myanmar authorities to deliver justice to its own victims
The Latest: Putin warns Israel over Russian plane downing
9/18/2018, 6:52:48 PMMOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on a Russian military aircraft shot down over the Mediterranean Sea and other issues related to Syria (all times local): 9:30 p.m. ✔ Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban after their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept ✔ 18, 2018 by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board, as the Syrian military fired on Israeli fighter jets attacking targets in northwestern Syria
Netanyahu tells Putin Syria is to blame for downing of Russian...
9/18/2018, 4:38:29 PMIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin ... ✔ Israeli officials say Israel has carried out about 200 such raids, often targeting Iran or Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia group, both close allies of the Syrian government, over the last two years ✔ to transfer to (Iranian-backed) Hezbollah, lethal weaponry (to be used) against Israel ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Putin sees chance circumstances behind downing of Russian plane off...
9/18/2018, 4:53:53 PMPresident Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the shooting down of a Russian mil... ✔ After the incident, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, that Moscow held Israel wholly responsible, Russian news agencies reported ✔ Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
The women who lift N. Korea leader Kim Jong Un's image: sister Kim Yo Jong, wife Ri Sol Ju
9/18/2018, 7:24:38 PMNorth Korea Kim Jong Un's improved image in South Korea emanates from the public role played by his sister Kim Yo Jong and his wife Ri Sol Ju. ✔ That gives them hope for the Korea people that maybe he's different ✔ Chung In Moon, who spoke to USA TODAY with the help of the Korea Press Foundation and the East-West Center, supports leaving the human rights issue aside in pursuit of peace ✔ Tempers cooled since as the two exchange diplomatic niceties ✔ How Hwee Young, EPA-EFE Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide Follow Sean Rossman on Twitter: @SeanRossman MORE:
Russia-Turkey deal may delay, but not prevent, a battle for Syria's Idlib province
9/18/2018, 6:31:12 PMThe deal has been welcomed as a chance to avert widespread bloodshed, but it is so short on details that it is unclear whether it will work. ✔ But no further details were spelled out, leaving many questions unanswered, including the eventual fate of the province ✔ According to Russian diplomats quoted by the pro-regime Syrian daily al-Watan, the plan envisages a second deadline in November by which all rebel and extremist groups are to surrender all their heavy weapons throughout Idlib province ✔ Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul and Susan Haidamous in Beirut contributed to this report
Surprise truce brokered by Turkey and Russia spares Idlib – for now
9/18/2018, 5:16:23 PMOne-month pause could lead to Syrian province staying out of the hands of Assad indefinitely ✔ Give or take, the distance between the opposition and regime will be 15 kilometres, he said ✔ Thousands of men had joined the organisation because of its strength ✔ Our voices went hoarse with demands and no one listened ✔ They violated most, if not everything else that’s been agreed on
North Korean's Kim Jong-un and South Korea's Moon toast to peace talks
9/18/2018, 7:51:41 PMThe two Korean leaders, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, clinked red wine glasses today during the summit at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse today in Pyongyang. ✔ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in 'toasted' to peace at talks held during a lavish banquet in Pyongyang ✔ Trump has said that sanctions on the isolated nation will only be removed when the nation fully denuclearises and says he will keep his maximum pressure campaign on North Korea until Kim budges
Russia tells Israel it will take all steps to protect its personnel...
9/18/2018, 4:53:54 PMRussia has told Israel it will take all necessary measures to protect its milita... ✔ The ministry said earlier the aircraft was shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft systems, but accused Israel of indirectly causing the incident, saying its jets nearby had put the Russian plane in the path of danger ✔ President Vladimir Putin said the downing was the result of a series of tragic and chance circumstances ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Pompeo says downing of Russian plane an 'unfortunate incident'
9/18/2018, 4:34:56 PMU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the shooting down of a Russi... ✔ REUTERS/Alex Wroblewski Yesterday’s unfortunate incident reminds us of the need to find permanent, peaceful, and political resolutions to the many overlapping conflicts in the region and the danger of tragic miscalculation in Syria’s crowded theater of operations, Pompeo said in a statement ✔ He also called for an end to Iran’s provocative transit of weapons through Syria, which he said was a threat to the region ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Mueller document leads to Israeli whodunit over anti-Semitism
9/18/2018, 6:08:46 PMA single paragraph in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has provoked a political whodunit in Jerusalem, over news that Manafort coordinated with a senior Israeli official to tarnish a Ukrainian leader as an anti-Semite. ✔ In addition, he expressed doubt that any declaration on a subject as delicate as anti-Semitism in the middle of an election in an important nation could have been released without his having been informed the move was under consideration ✔ In a best-case scenario, he says, the official may have done it for money
Oil gains 1 percent on signs OPEC not prepared to boost output
9/18/2018, 7:39:45 PMOil futures rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday on signs that OPEC would not be ... ✔ Oil futures also drew support from geopolitical risk on Tuesday ✔ Russia has told Israel it will take all necessary measures to protect its military personnel in Syria, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said ✔ The data is due to be released at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT), while the government’s weekly report is due on Wednesday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Fate of jihadists will make or break Idlib peace plan
9/18/2018, 5:38:15 PMThe Russian-Turkish agreement to avert a Syrian government offensive against Idl... ✔ It is just a postponement of the question that does not have a crystal clear solution, the diplomat said ✔ NOWHERE TO GO For the foreign jihadists, Idlib is the last haven in Syria after President Bashar al-Assad, backed by his allies Russia and Iran, reversed years of rebel gains and drove his opponents from remaining pockets in southern and western parts of the country ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Congress opens the books, puts internal research online
9/18/2018, 4:25:58 PMCongress’ treasure trove of internal reports written by the authoritative research staff at the Library of Congress went online Tuesday, giving average Americans access to the same information their lawmakers see on everything from border security to unemployment insurance to building and naming Navy ships. ✔ The reports posted online are mostly the same as the ones members of Congress can see though the email addresses and phone numbers for the CRS analysts have been stripped from the public versions ✔ Open access to information is vital to a functioning democracy, and this rollout is long overdue
Melania Trump wears £2,400 Gucci wool coat with Donald to meet Polish President
9/18/2018, 5:25:49 PMMELANIA TRUMP, 48, is the wife of Donald Trump, 72, and the First Lady of the United States. Today she met President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda in a £2,400 Gucci wool coat. ✔ They both wore navy suits and blue ties, with badges of their country’s flags on their lapels ✔ A fashion psychologist has now revealed the hidden meanings behind Melania Trump’s famous looks ✔ There are three main strands to the initiative: well-being, social media, and opioid abuse
Opinion | Francis Fukuyama: Identity politics is undermining democracy
9/18/2018, 6:31:00 PMIdentity politics is hampering empathy and communication. ✔ In recent years, this has been vastly abetted by the business models of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, whose self-interest lies in virality, which is often fed by conspiracy theories and personal abuse ✔ This was produced by The WorldPost , a partnership of the Berggruen Institute and The Washington Post
Kevin de León’s First Ad Blasts Dianne Feinstein For Past Immigration Hawkishness
9/18/2018, 5:36:59 PM“Where did all this horror begin?” the California progressive asks. ✔ De León is also critical of Feinstein’s leadership as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee ✔ I’m no stranger to crafting complex, arcane policies like 100 percent clean energy ✔ That’s not an easy feat in the fifth largest economy in the world, de León said
How much you save may be influenced by your heritage:
9/18/2018, 5:19:55 PMResearchers from the London School of Economics and Political Science used long-term data to explore the saving habits of UK migrants, their children and their grandchildren. ✔ THIRD PLACE: £15.259 billion Music mogul Sir Len Blavatnik who was knighted for his jaw-dropping charity donations Sir Len Blavatnik owns Warner Music Group, which raked in a mouth-watering £2.65 billion last year ✔ Jessie J - £18m Up £1m 11= Winston Marshall - £16m Up £1m 11= Rita Ora - £16m New Entry
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