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Ex-Ambassador Khalilzad to become U.S. adviser on Afghanistan

9/5/2018, 12:39:25 AM
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad will join the State Department as an adviser on Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday as he headed to Pakistan to discuss Islamabad's role in helping to end the Afghan conflict. ✔ The very reason for this trip is to try to articulate what it is our expectation is, the things that they can do, the things that they expect us to do, and see if we can’t find a path forward together ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


South Korean envoys leave for North Korea to set up summit

9/5/2018, 2:44:47 AM
SEOUL--A South Korean presidential delegation flew to North Korea on Wednesday for talks to arrange ✔ South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his national security adviser will be carrying a personal letter for Kim ✔ We are always maintaining close communication with the United States ✔ Moon has made an end-of-war declaration an important premise of his peace agenda with North Korea


U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan identified

9/5/2018, 1:07:23 AM
A U.S. soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan in an apparent insider attack has been identified as Army Command Sergeant Major Timothy Bolyard, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. ✔ Bolyard, 42, of Thornton, West Virginia, died on Monday of wounds sustained from small arms fire in Logar province, the Pentagon said in a statement ✔ Insider attacks, often known as green on blue attacks in which Afghan service members or attackers wearing Afghan uniforms fire on U.S. or coalition troops, have been a regular feature of the conflict in Afghanistan, although their frequency has diminished in recent years ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Trump tweeted a warning to Syria and its allies — and then the Russian strikes began

9/5/2018, 12:50:10 AM
Russian jets began an intense barrage on Syria’s northwest, pounding rebel-held areas on Tuesday in Idlib and the surrounding regions that have become the last sanctuary for what remains of the opposition to President Bashar Assad. ✔ The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition U.K.-based monitoring group with a network of activists in Syria, said Russian warplanes had conducted about 45 strikes on rebel areas in Idlib, the Ghab plains and the mountains of neighboring Latakia province


Ebola outbreak: Disease 'SPREADING' claims as fresh case reported in neighbouring country

9/5/2018, 2:19:00 AM
THERE are fears the latest Ebola outbreak is spreading after a new case was reported in a previously unaffected country. ✔ GETTY CONTAGIOUS: At least 13 new Ebola cases have been reported in the DRC GETTY CIVIL WAR: The DRC has been torn apart by a decades-long conflict GOOGLE MAPS WARNING: There are fears the disease has spread to neighbouring Zambia Everything is under control and there is no need to panic as the government has taken all the necessary measures to ensure heightened prevention, preparedness and response activities against Ebola, he added


Southern GOP senators reject Trump’s criticism of Sessions

9/5/2018, 12:36:07 AM
‘We lost the civil war, but I think we’re winning the economic war since then,’ says Sen. Isakson in defending the South after the fallout over Bob Woodward’s book on Trump. ✔ Inhofe (R-Okla.) added to the chorus of disapproval, joking that Sessions was not a dumb Southerner but a smart Southerner ✔ The White House did not respond to the specific allegation that Trump referred to Sessions as a dumb Southerner, but said Woodward’s new book was based on fabrications as a whole


The craziest Republicans are those who keep Trump in office

9/5/2018, 1:10:06 AM
It's time for President Trump to be removed from office via the 25th Amendment because he is clearly "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." ✔ There is also ample evidence to buttress economic adviser Gary Cohn's conclusion that Trump is a professional liar ✔ Trump even lied in a telephone conversation with Woodward, denying any knowledge that the veteran reporter wanted to interview him before admitting that Senator Lindsey Graham had relayed the request ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


Accused troops treated like terrorists with same deal as IRA

9/5/2018, 1:27:35 AM
FURY has erupted over plans to treat soldiers accused of causing the deaths of suspected terrorists  in Northern Ireland the same  as IRA killers. Veterans accused of causing the deaths of suspecte… ✔ As part of the Good Friday Agreement and under the Northern Ireland Sentences Act 1998 anyone convicted of a Troubles- related terror offence can have sentences capped at 24 months, subject to strict criteria ✔ RING on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk


BBC Radio 3 plans 30 minutes of relaxation sounds

9/5/2018, 1:18:14 AM
BBC Radio 3 boss Alan Davey said he will broadcast 30 minutes of relaxing sounds each month, featuring audio such as church bells or clocks ticking for a chance of 'quiet mindfulness'. ✔ One programme will be a ‘sonic journey through industrial and domestic technology’ ✔ Microphones were sent to battlefields across the world, from the Lochnagar crater in the Somme to modern conflicts such as Helmand in Afghanistan ✔ Mr Davey also announced the station’s first voice-activated project – a play that will use Amazon’s Alexa device


The 'forgotten' people of an unforgettable story

9/5/2018, 1:33:58 AM
Four years after the IS invasion, Yazidis in northern Iraq feel they have been abandoned by the world. ✔ It helped push the United States to join the military campaign against IS extremist rule ✔ Hundreds of thousands of Yazidis now live in displacement camps scattered across Iraq's northern Kurdistan region ✔ Hade asks, knowing there is no simple or easy answer


‘Five Eyes’ nations quietly demand government access to encrypted data

9/5/2018, 3:27:06 AM
The Trump administration and its closest intelligence partners have quietly warned technology firms that they will demand "lawful access" to all encrypted emails. ✔ It is far from clear that Congress is ready to take on the technology companies on this issue, especially because more companies and citizens are turning to encryption to protect sensitive conversations and financial transfers ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


Corbyn says it isn't anti-Semitic to call Israel racist

9/5/2018, 12:03:56 AM
The Labour leader wanted his party’s ruling body to endorse a statement that it is not ‘anti-Semitic to describe Israel, its policies or the circumstances around its foundation as racist’. ✔ I was a young journalist in London over a decade ago ✔ The Daily Mail exclusively publishes photos of Jeremy Corbyn holding a wreath at a ceremony where a terrorist linked to the Munich massacre was honoured ✔ The Labour leader insists he was there to honour others killed - but faces fresh calls to quit over the scandal


I never called Trump 'an idiot' claims John Kelly after Woodward book

9/5/2018, 2:24:58 AM
'The idea I ever called the President an idiot is not true,' Kelly said in a fiery statement. He always knows where I stand, and he and I both know this story is total BS.' ✔ Their quotes were made up frauds, a con on the public ✔ MAYBE HE MADE IT UP: That was Trump's charge on Tuesday as he tried to get out from under Woodward's damaging allegations ✔ Woodward's account relies on deep background conversations with sources, meaning their identities are not disclosed


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