Top U.S. Diplomat Backed Continuing Support for Saudi War in Yemen Over Objections of Staff
9/20/2018, 11:18:14 AMSecretary of State Mike Pompeo backed continued U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen over the objections of staff members after being warned that a cutoff could jeopardize $2 billion in weapons sales to America’s Gulf allies. ✔ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a news conference at the State Department on Sept ✔ That included the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
The babies who are too weak to cry with bodies exhausted by hunger
9/20/2018, 10:05:57 AMWARNING - UPSETTING IMAGES. The war in Yemen risks killing an entire generation of the country's children, whose bodies are exhausted by hunger ✔ In one hospital I visited in north Yemen, the babies were too weak to cry, their bodies exhausted by hunger ✔ People haven’t received salaries for years and they don’t have another source of income, so they simply don’t have the money to get their children to hospital
Michael Palin in North Korea: Incredible unseen pictures of Pyongyang revealed
9/20/2018, 11:21:34 AMMICHAEL PALIN IN NORTH KOREA will be hitting screens this evening as the Monty Python star gets unprecedented access to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which has been cut off from the rest of the world for 70 years. Here are some incredible pictures from the Channel 5 series. ✔ Travelogue Michael Palin in North Korea will be starting this evening (Thursday, September 20) on Channel 5 at 9pm ✔ He also revealed that he was told to re-shoot a piece to camera after the minders saw him with his hand in his pocket, which they felt was disrespectful to the nation’s former leaders
Michael Palin in North Korea: What time does the series start tonight on Channel 5?
9/20/2018, 10:02:21 AMMICHAEL PALIN IN NORTH KOREA is a fascinating travelogue set to be airing on Channel 5 tonight. But what time does it start and what’s it about? Here’s everything you need to know about the new series. ✔ What time does Michael Palin in North Korea start tonight ✔ He also revealed that he had a number of minders monitoring his every move with two guides seen onscreen and about fiver or six people off-camera ✔ There’s not a lot of food outside Pyongyang and I could see that that was something that they know has to change and they want to change it
Israel to improve coordination with Moscow over Syria after plane...
9/20/2018, 10:52:26 AMIsrael said on Thursday it would not halt strikes on Syria but would do more to ... ✔ REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Fifteen Russian crew were killed when the IL-20 surveillance plane crashed near Latakia in northern Syria on Monday ✔ Speaking to Army Radio, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman made clear that Israel would not halt attacks in Syria ✔ We will do whatever is necessary to safeguard the security of Israel’s citizens .. ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Hezbollah leader says has rockets despite Israeli efforts in Syria
9/20/2018, 9:08:05 AMThe leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday that his group had obtai... ✔ REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban No matter what you do to cut the route, the matter is over and the resistance possesses precision and non-precision rockets and weapons capabilities, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, addressing Israel in a broadcast speech ✔ Iran’s Revolutionary Guards helped form Hezbollah in the early 1980s to resist Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon, which ended in 2000 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
South Korea's leader: Pyongyang seeks second Trump-Kim summit
9/20/2018, 11:44:43 AMMoon Jae-in says North Korea wants to speed up the agreed denuclearisation process and arrange a new meeting with Trump. ✔ The takeaway that we have so far is that [the situation] is very much in line with what we have expected ✔ I also asked for North Korea to release its restrictions on Kumgangsan facilities in December ✔ North Korea's Kim agrees to 'dismantle' key missile test sites
Russia, Turkey still working on Idlib deal but optimistic: U.N.
9/20/2018, 11:33:05 AMRussia and Turkey told a weekly meeting of the U.N. Syria humanitarian taskforce... ✔ FILE PHOTO: Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 4, 2018 ✔ A lot of areas would not see war, hopefully, but there could be more clashes between armed opposition groups, Egeland said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Gulf Arab states should be party to proposed Iran treaty talks: UAE...
9/20/2018, 9:08:21 AMWashington's Gulf Arab allies should be included in proposed treaty negotia... ✔ FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An Iranian national flag flutters during the opening ceremony of the 16th International Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Exhibition (IOGPE) in Tehran April 15, 2011 ✔ It is prudent for Tehran to avoid sanctions and to take these proposals seriously, he tweeted ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
This Morning fans slam 'pointless' segment as Kim Jong-un lookalike swears on TV
9/20/2018, 10:58:25 AMThe Supreme Leader had his own interpreter for part of the interview, before getting rude very quickly ✔ His X-rated story was quite a shocked after his entrance (Image: ITV) Read More Seann Walsh reveals which celeb dancers are his top picks to win Strictly Come Dancing Howard continued: Well it's Valentine's Day so I thought.. ✔ One wrote: Hey #ThisMorning stop with the stupid look-a-likes! Pretending you have Kim Jong Un or Donald Trump is a waste of air time! Another simply said: This is stupid #thismorning A third added: Oh dear car crash telly #ThisMorning This Morning airs weekdays at 10.30am on ITV
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Moon brings progress in inter-Korean relations, denuclearization
9/20/2018, 9:03:33 AMundefined ✔ President Moon Jae-in puts water from the crater lake on top of Mt ✔ Russia's presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred to the agreements as good news and stated Russia's support for effective steps towards the settlement of the Korean problem ✔ Cheong Wa Dae stated it was significant that all of the relevant states showed their support
Iran and Israel call each other nuclear threats, ask U.N. to take...
9/20/2018, 10:05:57 AMIran asked the United Nations to condemn what it described as Israeli nuclear th... ✔ It is trying to lobby world powers to follow the United States in withdrawing from the 2015 deal with Iran that capped the Islamic Republic’s nuclear capabilities in return for lifting of sanctions ✔ The Israelis say the agreement does not do enough to denying their arch-foe the means to eventually build a bomb ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Analysis | Who spread disinformation about the MH17 crash? We followed the Twitter trail.
9/20/2018, 10:20:36 AMThe answer might surprise you. ✔ Igor Konashenkov, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, speaks to the media during a news conference in Moscow on Sept ✔ A link between two nodes (profiles) is established if one profile has retweeted the other ✔ He is a member of the Digital Disinformation research group
A quarter of a century after Oslo, Trump torches two-state vision
9/20/2018, 11:27:04 AMundefined ✔ Donald Trump’s preference for posturing over policy has been especially damaging in the Middle East ✔ Even though this had eluded all his predecessors, he was given some benefit of the doubt ✔ Reclassify the latter, the thinking goes, and the problem is off the table as Mr Trump claims to have done with the future of Jerusalem
The Il-20 Loss Is Nothing to Get Worked up About
9/20/2018, 11:11:32 AMundefined ✔ These Syria events are going to happen from time to time anyway, so I don’t know if it’s worth getting too worked up over them ✔ There is only so much (which is not a lot) that Russia can do to push them around ✔ And Syria’s 85 average national IQ isn’t going anywhere ✔ But that’s the price of placing your training arena in the middle of a real conflict
Samsung heir faces high price for cold noodles in Pyongyang
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Analysis | There are one or two problems with Trump’s idea to build a Spanish border wall in the Sahara
9/20/2018, 11:34:44 AMCost is probably the least significant one. ✔ A migrant looks at the sea from the deck of the boat of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms on July 1 ✔ Specifically, it controls two regions named Ceuta and Melilla ✔ They would need a leader who was particularly adept at deal-making, to say the least ✔ Spain’s coastline is about 7,000 kilometers in length
Korean Leaders Take Diplomacy to New Heights
9/20/2018, 10:18:19 AMThe leaders of North and South Korea stood atop a volcano, smiling and joining hands, ending a three-day summit heavy on symbolism with a pilgrimage to the 9,000-foot peak where the first Korean kingdom is reputed to have been founded. ✔ The mountain is the tallest on the peninsula and is known in scientific circles for a massive eruption around the year 946 ✔ They will be given to families in the South who have relatives they haven’t seen for decades in North Korea, a spokesman for Mr. Moon said
The lowdown on Cassidy Little who's joining Corrie as Jack Webster's mentor
9/20/2018, 11:08:14 AMCASSIDY Little is a Paralympic champion who’s joining Coronation Street as a mentor to young Jack Webster. Here’s everything you need to know about him and his character… Who is C… ✔ 3 Cassidy Little is a war veteran who's turned to acting Who will Cassidy Little play in Coronation Street ✔ In 2018 he also appeared in Soldier On - a play about PTSD after serving in the armed forces ✔ It was written and directed by Jonathan Lewis and half of the cast were veterans like Cassidy
It could be worse: Why we're lucky to have Trump
9/20/2018, 8:35:54 AMundefined ✔ Previous presidents did not see fit to exploit the lack of formal rules about releasing tax returns or divesting assets, nor did they use national security as a pretext to silence critics despite the nearly unlimited power of the president in that sphere
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Inter-Korean military agreement raises concerns
9/20/2018, 8:36:03 AMundefined ✔ This is because reducing military tension on land will pose less of a security threat to both sides, while at the same time allowing both sides to enhance trust ✔ But the ongoing peace momentum on the peninsula is subject to change anytime, so the South Korean government is placing top priority on extending the momentum by creating an environment for lasting peace, according to him
Shinzo Abe insists on reforming pacifist constitution as he is set to break record for longest serving PM
9/20/2018, 10:37:30 AMShinzo Abe was re-elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday and is expected to quickly attempt to follow through on a campaign promise to revise the nation’s pacifist constitution. ✔ Shinzo Abe was re-elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday and is expected to quickly attempt to follow through on a campaign promise to revise the nation’s pacifist constitution ✔ Mr Abe is expected to play on those fears when he puts forward the first proposals to amend a constitution that many conservatives still believe was imposed on a defeated Japan by the vengeful Allies in the aftermath of World War Two
Female New Zealand lawmakers celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage by re-creating all-male photo from 1905
9/20/2018, 11:51:19 AM“Still so much more to do,” one female MP tweeted. ✔ Most of the changes have occurred in Africa, where four countries made it into the global top 10 ✔ pic.twitter.com/XXUaAg10mH Hon Nikki Kaye (@nikkikaye) September 19, 2018 Read more: Despite a big year for women in politics, national legislatures are still dominated by men
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