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World War 3: Syria accuses Israel of ‘SUPPORTING TERRORISTS’ in south as tensions escalate

9/30/2018, 2:17:55 AM
SYRIA holds Israel responsible for supporting terrorist groups in the country’s southern regions through “military intervention” and for launching a series of attacks in the Middle Eastern nation, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has claimed. ✔ Almost two weeks ago the leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed to establish a demilitarised zone in the Syrian province of Idlib, the last major enclave held by rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ✔ We reserve the right to take commensurate measures in response


World War 3: North Korea 'WILL NOT' denuclearise as Kim Jong-un DOES NOT trust Trump

9/30/2018, 1:59:00 AM
NORTH Korea’s Foreign Minister said there is “no way” Kim Jong-un will denuclearise while the US continues to brutalise the reclusive nation with crippling sanctions. ✔ Kim Jong-un’s state has repeatedly appealed for UN and US sanctions to be lifted (Image: GETTY) North Korea currently has backing from Russia and China (Image: GETTY) Kim Jong-un’s state has repeatedly appealed for UN and US sanctions to be lifted


Stop the cuts and get ready for war, says LORD ASHCROFT

9/30/2018, 2:14:00 AM
A few months ago I travelled to the frontline of the war between Russia and Ukraine. It didn’t look very dramatic: there were no bodies lying in rubble; no tanks rolling across fields; no fighter jets roaring overhead. ✔ Though few can rival the superb training skills of the British military, when it comes to defence, size does matter ✔ White Flag: An Examination Of The UK’s Defence Capability, by Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott, is published Tuesday (£20, Biteback Publishing)


North Korea says 'Peace possible, but only if US ends hostility' [PHOTOS]

9/30/2018, 1:22:24 AM
undefined ✔ This was decidedly so during an exchange of threats between Washington and Pyongyang that accompanied a run of increasingly powerful weapons tests last year that put the North on the brink of its claim to be a full-fledged nuclear power, and had some fearing war


'North Korea process stalled because there's almost a consensus in the US wanting it to fail'

9/30/2018, 3:16:51 AM
North Korea is right to blame internal American politics for the lack of denuclearization progress, because almost everyone around the US president want it to fail, Brian Becker from the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition told RT. ✔ He argued that it became the hostage of the internal political struggle in the US, which has seen some forces attacking Pyongyang to gain ground on their opponents ✔ Unfortunately, China and Russia are hemmed in, because they originally voted for those sanctions at the UN Security Council, and of course the US has a veto ✔ Trends: Donald Trump newsKim Jong-un news North Korea news North Korea-US newsUS news


North Korea says it needs more trust in the U.S. before it will disarm - Los Angeles Times

9/30/2018, 2:17:27 AM
North Korea needs more trust in the U.S. and their developing relationship before it will get rid of its nuclear weapons, Pyongyang's top diplomat said Saturday. ✔ mission didn't immediately respond to an inquiry about Ri's comments, which came as President Trump and his secretary of State, Michael R ✔ But there is widespread skepticism that Pyongyang is serious about renouncing an arsenal that the country probably sees as the only way to guarantee its safety ✔ meetings to talk about ways to end North Korea's pursuit of an arsenal of nuclear-armed long-range missiles


Syria tells US, French and Turkish 'occupying forces' to withdraw immediately

9/30/2018, 1:01:21 AM
Syria's foreign minister on Saturday denounced US, French and Turkish forces operating in his country as occupying forces and demanded that they leave immediately. ✔ We have called upon the international community and humanitarian organizations to facilitate these returns, he said ✔ Moualem laid out conditions for the Syrian government's participation in the committee, saying the panel's work should be restricted to reviewing the articles of the current constitution, and warned against interference


Labour's party political broadcast is accused of hypocrisy

9/30/2018, 1:32:15 AM
Simon Baker, who runs a pro-Corbyn twitter account, was the toast of party activists for his three-minute ‘Our Town’ film showing how Labour would regenerate neglected parts of the UK. ✔ Simon Baker was the toast of party activists for his three-minute ‘Our Town’ film showing how Labour would regenerate neglected parts of the UK ✔ Criticise the Government for dealing with Saudi Arabia, but get their party videos made by a director who works with the Saudis


Trump professes love for Kim and hate for Kavanaugh torment in freewheeling speech

9/30/2018, 3:05:16 AM
President says he and North Korean dictator ‘fell in love’, decries nasty Democrats and believes UN speech drew respect ✔ Morrisey’s opponent, incumbent Joe Manchin, is perhaps the most conservative Democrat and considered a swing vote in the confirmation fight over Kavanaugh ✔ Manchin was one of the key backers of Arizona Republican Jeff Flake’s efforts to delay a final vote on Kavanaugh and reopen the FBI investigation on Friday ✔ A spokesman for the former president did not immediately respond to a request for comment


Donald Trump jokes he and Kim Jong-un ‘fell in love’

9/30/2018, 1:23:02 AM
President Trump joked Saturday that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have gotten along so well that they “fell in love.” ✔ The comments came at a political rally in West Virginia, where he’s stumping for Patrick Morrisey, the GOP candidate hoping to unseat Sen ✔ Mr. Trump again called Ms. Warren Pocahontas, reprising his nickname based on her previous unsubstantiated claims of Native American heritage, and said the Democratic Party has grown so liberal it’s even outflanked the famously left-wing crusader


Corbyn in power would wreck the economy — for our nation's sake give us hope

9/30/2018, 12:05:39 AM
THOUGH cowards flinch and traitors sneer, Jeremy Corbyn will keep the white flag flying here. Labour’s leader took his old Marxist carcass off to Brussels to lick the boots of EU leaders, promising… ✔ THOUGH cowards flinch and traitors sneer, Jeremy Corbyn will keep the white flag flying here ✔ And then there are the silent 17.4million who were told that their decision to leave the European Union was final and are watching the biggest vote for anything in our history slowly being betrayed


Let’s Get the U.N. Out of the U.S.

9/30/2018, 1:13:50 AM
As the General Assembly convenes in New York, the world body’s historic failures to protect human rights can no longer be ignored ✔ This week, New York City observed an annual ritual ✔ Increasingly, its debates and resolutions bury urgent questions of life and death beneath a welter of words ✔ I was personally involved in an organization called Keep Biafra Alive, and, at age 28, was sure the world would rally to our cause ✔ has become the symbol of the fading internationalist dream


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