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US ready to boost arms supplies to Ukraine naval and air forces, envoy says

9/1/2018, 5:13:13 AM
Exclusive: Former ambassador to Nato Kurt Volker tells the Guardian US and Russia still divided on how to deploy UN peacekeepers to end four-year war ✔ Volker appeared to make progress in January with his Russian counterpart, Vladislav Surkov, a Putin aide ✔ As long as the system itself remains unreformed, there is room for the Russians to make inroads … That is the other piece of it that only the Ukrainians can do


The Rohingya crisis, a year on: four generations of one family on life in limbo

9/1/2018, 5:13:11 AM
One year after being forced out of Myanmar, Nur Begum, 70, and 13 of her relatives are among the million Rohingya sheltering in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh ✔ The Rohingya were always keen to be considered distinct from the other communities in a country that is home to 135 ethnic groups ✔ If you would like to comment on this piece for Weekend magazine’s letters page in print, please email weekend@theguardian.com, including your name and address (not for publication)


Civilians in Syria's last rebel stronghold brace for final battle

9/1/2018, 4:17:38 AM
In the second part of our series looking at the conclusion of the 21st century’s most devastating conflict, people in Idlib province speak of their fear as Assad’s army prepares to strike ✔ It’s totally ludicrous to attempt to address the situation in Idlib through ‘humanitarian corridors’ towards regime areas – especially for civilians who fled from the regime’s controlled areas and preferred to live in refugee camps ✔ It’s much bigger than the blood of the people and the soil it bleeds into


Syria air defences on 'HIGH ALERT' amid rumours of impending US AIRSTRIKE

9/1/2018, 5:40:46 AM
SYRIA’S air defences were placed on “high alert” amid fears of an impending US-led airstrike, according to a report in the pro-regime news site Al-Masdar. ✔ French President Emmanuel Macron made similar claims this week ✔ The three million Syrians, who have already been forced out of their homes and are now in Idlib, will suffer from this aggression ✔ The airstrikes were carried out before formal investigations were conducted to determine whether chemical weapons were used


The 20 photographs of the week

9/1/2018, 7:05:12 AM
The Venezuelan migration crisis, protests in Gaza, Novak Djokovic in the US Open and the heat in New York – the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists ✔ Gaza Strip Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the border fence between Israel and Gaza ✔ Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Hanyuan, China The floodgates are opened as heavy rain falls at the Pubugou dam on the Dadu river


World's biggest unfinished plane hidden in a hangar

9/1/2018, 6:08:28 AM
The world's biggest unfinished airplane lies in a hangar outside Kiev, Ukraine, awaiting completion since the collapse of the Soviet Union decades ago. Will this enormous plane ever take off? ✔ The wings that would give it a span of 88.4 meters are unattached, stretching off to one side ✔ The nose gear, a mechanism the size of a house, is also nearby ✔ A similar rendering starred alongside Vin Diesel in Fast and Furious 6 ✔ With performances like that, maybe an encore is overdue


The Latest: del Potro through to fourth round at US Open

9/1/2018, 4:57:10 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12:35 a.m. Juan Martin del Potro is through to the fourth round at the ✔ NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12:35 a.m. Juan Martin del Potro is through to the fourth round at the U.S. Open ✔ (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Karen Khachanov, of Russia, reacts against Rafael Nadal, of Spain, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in New York


Trump's summer from hell

9/1/2018, 6:08:13 AM
Summer break? Ha. Imagine how it felt for the Trump administration. ✔ Paul Manafort found guilty, won't flip MUST WATCH Manafort found guilty on 8 counts 02:34 The Russia investigation continues, but special counsel Robert Mueller got his first conviction when Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chief, was convicted last week in a Virginia federal court on eight of 18 counts of tax and bank fraud


Trump to skip summits in Singapore, Papua New Guinea; Pence to attend

9/1/2018, 7:04:49 AM
WASHINGTON--U.S. President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua ✔ The Trump administration has touted an Indo-Pacific strategy aimed at increasing regional cooperation, notably with India, Australia and Japan, to counter China's influence, including in the disputed South China Sea, where Washington has mounted naval patrols to challenge what it sees as Beijing's excessive territorial claims


Young Russians posting memes face jail for 'extremism'

9/1/2018, 5:25:31 AM
People in regions being tried in court as police crack down on jokey social media posts ✔ The 24-year-old from the Siberian city of Barnaul is facing up to six years in prison because of a series of jokey pictures she reposted online, including a huddle of nuns lighting cigarettes with the caption quick, while there’s no God ✔ Responding to a question about similar prosecutions during a phone-in radio show in June, President Vladimir Putin said those that are guilty must be called to account


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