Trump touts North Korea gesture. Lawmakers warn of perils.
9/20/2018, 12:38:04 AMPresident Donald Trump sought to project momentum into his dealings with North Korea on Wednesday, saying a summit between leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in boded well for peace despite little indication that the two leaders had made any real progress toward denuclearization. In contrast, lawmakers and experts urged caution. ✔ While North Korea has stopped testing missiles and nuclear devices, they have NOT moved toward denuclearization, the South Carolina Republican said in a tweet ✔ The rapid warming of relations between North Korea and South Korea is also raising some eyebrows at the State Department, according to Mintaro Oba, a former Korea desk officer who served under President Barack Obama ✔ CNN's Joshua Berlinger, Jenna McLaughlin and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report
WW3 date REVEALED? ‘Time traveller' makes shock claim about world-changing conflict
9/20/2018, 12:46:24 AMA SELF-proclaimed time traveller has apparently revealed the date of WW3 and who the game-changing battle will be fought between. ✔ He added: The conflict started off small, however, it soon spread and Russia soon took the side of North Korea ✔ While Mr Smith went into great detail about the apparent future conflict, there is no evidence to support his claims ✔ He is the latest in a number of so-called time travellers to have made wild claims about the future
Ruling party calls for bipartisan cooperation in ratifying April summit deal with North Korea
9/20/2018, 3:24:59 AMundefined ✔ We anticipate a declaration to end the 1950-53 Korean War this year, Hong Young-pyo, the floor leader of the DP, said at a policy meeting with party officials ✔ A resolution to support the April summit was put up for a vote in May, but rival parties failed to approve it as they differed on the wording with respect to North Korea's denuclearization
My holiday with the Afghan mujahideen
9/20/2018, 2:43:57 AMA man's neighbour invited him on holiday to war zone in Afghanistan for an extraordinary experience. ✔ My holiday with the Afghan mujahideen In the late 1970s, John England, from High Wycombe, was befriended by his neighbour Rahmatullah Safi, originally from Afghanistan ✔ John England Transportation in Afghanistan at that time was either brightly painted trucks, often Russian-built, or Toyota jeeps
UK ruling sets stage for Ukraine-Russia ‘odious debt’ battle
9/20/2018, 3:56:03 AMundefined ✔ But that decision was unexpectedly but unanimously overruled last week by the Court of Appeal, a move that some legal observers attributed to the increasingly toxic international reputation of Russia ✔ Russia would then most likely choose to walk away rather than try to collect its money from Kiev
Dream comes true for Moon: climbing North Korea's sacred Mount Paektu
9/20/2018, 3:12:23 AMSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in will clear a top item off his bucket list on Thursday: climbing Mount Paektu in North Korea. ✔ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was said to have climbed Mount Paektu in smart shoes last year ✔ Photo: KCNA/AP Kim's has previously visited the mountain around major developments in North Korea, such as in late 2013 before he executed top officials including his uncle Jang Song-thaek, and after North Korea's fifth nuclear test in 2016, North Korea watchers say ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
Satellite pics show Syria strike as IAF chief goes to Moscow to explain Il-20 incident
9/20/2018, 12:01:35 AMTimely released satellite images have revealed the destruction left by IDF air strikes in Syria’s Latakia after Israel was forced to make a rare admission to the raid which resulted in the downing of the Russian Il-20 recon plane. ✔ On Tuesday, the IDF expressed sorrow for the deaths of Russian airmen, but once again said the responsibility lies with the Assad regime ✔ At the request of Damascus, Russia sent an expeditionary force to Syria in September 2015, to help the government defeat Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and other terrorist groups
Former launch officer warns Trump strategy fuels nuclear arms race
9/20/2018, 12:38:52 AMA former nuclear launch officer is warning that President Donald Trump's nuclear weapons strategy is encouraging an arms race that could increase the chances of a catastrophic nuclear war. ✔ One such recommendation is for the Trump administration to phase out its arsenal of silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles over the next 10 years and adopt a deterrence-only model by dramatically cutting its arsenal of nuclear weapons and bomber force
Syria's Bashar al-Assad blames Israel over downing of Russian plane, heightening tensions
9/20/2018, 12:41:47 AMPresident Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian plane, which was accidentally hit by Syrian anti-aircraft fire during an Israeli missile strike. ✔ Israel said it had targeted a Syrian military facility where weapons manufacturing systems were about to be transferred on behalf of Iran to Lebanese Shia group Hizbollah ✔ In recent months Israel has increased its attacks in Syria against the regime or its ally Iran
Koreas summit kick-starts stalled nuclear talks with U.S.
9/20/2018, 1:52:53 AMWASHINGTON--A better-than-expected outcome of the summit between the two Koreas immediately kick-sta ✔ WASHINGTON--A better-than-expected outcome of the summit between the two Koreas immediately kick-started stalled negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, boosting President Donald Trump's high-stakes push to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons by the end of his first term in office ✔ Trump also declared, we're making tremendous progress with North Korea, citing its halt in nuclear and missile testing since last November
Trump praises Kim Jong-un denuclearization pledge: ‘tremendous progress’
9/20/2018, 12:57:50 AMA new pledge by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to allow international inspectors to observe the closing of a key missile test site and his vow to consider destroying a major nuclear complex drew swift praise from President Trump on Wednesday. ✔ Tongchang-ri, said Mr. Maxwell, is a liquid-fueled launch facility, which means it’s very easy to observe preparations for a launch of a missile in contrast to solid-fueled mobile missile launchers that really are a threat to the United States because they can be driven around to different launch locations
Kim agrees to dismantle main nuke site if US takes steps too
9/20/2018, 2:03:06 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The leaders of North and South Korea announced a wide range of agreements Wednesday which they said were a major step toward peace on the Korean Peninsula. But the premier pledge on denuclearization contained a big condition, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stating he'd permanently dismantle his main nuclear complex only if the United States takes unspecified corresponding measures. Compared to the vague language of their two summits earlier this year, Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed in their second day of meetings to an ambitious program meant to tackle soaring tensions last year that had many fearing war as the North tested a string of increasingly powerful weapons.
Imran Khan gives U.S. at chance to reset Pakistan relations
9/20/2018, 12:32:35 AMThe election of outsider Imran Khan as prime minister of Pakistan last month presents the U.S. with a rare window to reset relations with a critical but troublesome ally, but the two sides face a slew of difficult issues and a lack of trust in any effort to improve relations. ✔ Sixteen senators from both parties sent a letter to the Trump administration warning against an IMF bailout to repay what they called predatory Chinese infrastructure financing projects ✔ It is imperative that the United States counters China’s attempts to hold other countries financially hostage and force ransoms that further its geostrategic goals, they wrote ✔ It is one of the world’s most complex relationships
Michael Palin: waking to North Korean music was like a 'terrible dream’
9/20/2018, 12:41:23 AMNORTH Korean men are given tokens for five litres of beer every month, a choice of half a dozen haircuts at salons, and every adult must wear a pin showing the revered leaders on their left breast.… ✔ NORTH Korean men are given tokens for five litres of beer every month, a choice of half a dozen haircuts at salons, and every adult must wear a pin showing the revered leaders on their left breast ✔ Off the train he meets his two guides - who turn out to actually number eight
Poverty key challenge for human rights
9/20/2018, 1:23:28 AMChina highlighted the importance of poverty reduction in promoting human rights worldwide, as hundreds of officials and scholars from around the globe gathered in Beijing for the 2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights, which concluded on Wednesday. ✔ Huang said that China has lifted almost 800 million people out of poverty since its reform and opening-up began in 1978, accounting for more than 70 percent of the world's total reduction of poverty ✔ The forum followed the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, during which China pledged to help the continent with development and poverty alleviation
Putin aims to CRANK UP armed forces with modern HYPERSONIC weapons to rival US military
9/20/2018, 3:05:21 AMRUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin intends to ramp up his country’s armed forces by developing futuristic weapons that incorporate “modern” military trends so Russian arms can outclass those of rival troops. ✔ In a show of military might and friendship, the biggest war games since Soviet Russia involved 300,000 troops and 40,000 vehicles ✔ The document read: China and Russia are developing advanced weapons and capabilities that could threaten our critical infrastructure and our command and control architecture
No Ronaldo? No problem for Madrid, Juventus in Champs League
9/20/2018, 3:59:37 AMundefined ✔ Just before halftime, Joao Cancelo hit the crossbar with a shot and was then fouled by a high boot to the face while chasing the rebound ✔ In the Johan Cruyff Arena, Ajax dispatched AEK Athens with the help of two goals from Argentina defender Nicolas Tagliafico
Why Xi Jinping vowed to 'safeguard free trade' at Abe meeting
9/20/2018, 3:46:22 AMChinese leader seeks an anti-Trump alliance but home market has many barriers ✔ But many Chinese companies, flush with capital after racking up profits through exports, have gone on acquisition sprees abroad and targeted Western companies with advanced technologies in recent years, taking advantage of the free trade and capitalist systems
How the killing of a cornershop manager shattered two families
9/20/2018, 1:57:58 AMIf anything good has come from Vijay Patel’s (pictured left) killing, the three lives saved by his donated organs apart, it is that it has cemented unity in his corner of London, writes DAVID JONES. ✔ When a teenager was jailed at the Old Bailey earlier this month for killing a shop worker, the case made barely a few paragraphs in the newspapers ✔ The success of these operations owed much to Mr Patel's healthy lifestyle ✔ 'The police can't do anything they just zoom off on their bikes
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