US warns Syria preparing chemical attack
9/7/2018, 3:59:23 AMA senior diplomat says there is "lots of evidence" chemical weapons are being readied for use in Idlib. ✔ Despite Syrian denials, experts from the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have said they are confident government forces were behind that killed more than 80 people ✔ UN officials say as many as 800,000 people could be displaced and that the already high number of people in need of aid could increase dramatically
Kim Jong-un North Korea denuclearization an effort to secure legitimacy
9/7/2018, 12:30:20 AMSome key officials and analysts in South Korea and in Washington argue that they can see major policy shifts as evidence of how seriously the North Korean leader is committed to changing his nation’s isolationist ways and cutting a deal on his nuclear and missile programs. ✔ North Korea carried out its latest missile test nine months ago and hasn’t detonated a nuclear device in more than a year ✔ With recent satellite photos showing North Korean weapons factories continuing to operate, reportedly producing fissile materials to make nuclear weapons, skeptics argue that the nuclear talks are going nowhere despite Mr. Trump’s expansive claims
SKorea's Moon wants 'irrevocable' progress on nuke diplomacy
9/7/2018, 2:38:30 AMSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president says he's pushing for "irrevocable" progress on efforts to denuclearize North Korea by the end of this year. Presid ✔ President Moon Jae-in made the comments in an interview with Indonesian newspaper Kompas published on Friday ✔ Moon sent a group of top officials to Pyongyang this week to help resolve a stalemate over nuclear diplomacy ✔ U.S. officials have demanded North Korea take serious, concrete disarmament steps before receiving outside concessions
British jihadists who fight with ISIS will face 10 years in jail
9/7/2018, 1:48:16 AMHome Secretary Sajid Javid is introducing measures to make it illegal to travel to terror hotspots without good excuse. ✔ It would mean the only evidence needed to prosecute so-called 'foreign fighters' would be that they had entered a place listed by the Government as off-limits ✔ Pictured, Mohammed Emwazi, the ISIS executioner known as Jihadi John He has tabled an amendment to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill which was unveiled in June and is going through Parliament
In a shift, Trump approves an indefinite military and diplomatic effort in Syria, U.S. officials say
9/7/2018, 12:29:29 AMThe shift stems from concerns about Russia and a desire to eject Iranian military and proxy forces. ✔ Idlib has now become a crowded holding pen for up to 70,000 opposition fighters, along with about 2 million Syrian civilians displaced from other battle zones, and activists and aid workers trying to assist them ✔ Now all of them have accomplished their primary jobs there
The real outrage? We always let Putin's gangsters get away scot-free
9/7/2018, 1:48:28 AMIn a fashionable basement nightclub in central Moscow, I spotted the man accused of murdering the Russian defector (pictured) Alexander Litvinenko, writes Owen Matthews. ✔ He wore a blue patterned silk shirt and expensive-looking linen trousers ✔ And this, ironically, for a murder committed not on US soil – but here in Britain ✔ Given the irrefutable evidence of Putin’s involvement in the Skripal attack, it is time to take such comments seriously
Russia reportedly says it is prepared to attack a key base where dozens of US troops are located
9/7/2018, 12:03:51 AMRussia has reportedly warned that it was prepared to attack a base where dozens of US troops and Syrian rebels have launched counter-ISIS operations, ✔ Omar Sanadiki/Reuters US troops would not need permission to defend themselves if attacked, which the US reiterated to the Kremlin, CNN reported ✔ President Donald J. Trump has warned that such an attack would be a reckless escalation of an already tragic conflict and would risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement
‘A never-ending cycle’: Some aides work to slow-walk or ignore Trump’s directives
9/7/2018, 12:19:03 AMThe successive and devastating disclosures this week crystallized what has long been evident throughout the Trump presidency — a cadre of administration officials have worked to curb his instincts on a range of issues, from national security to trade to immigration. ✔ He blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in May during a Cabinet meeting over a surge in illegal border crossings a meltdown that went on for a half-hour and demanded she close the border, according to a person with knowledge of what transpired
Moscow on the march: Russia moves to build-up of military power
9/7/2018, 12:02:13 AMRussia is conducting a ‘worrying and alarming’ build-up of military power in regions across the world, it was revealed last night. ✔ A miscalculation could very easily lead to an escalation.’ While Nato has beefed up defences in Eastern Europe, the Russians have been accused of undermining international efforts for an Afghan-led peace process by inviting the Taliban to Moscow for peace talks
Social media users slam Ivanka Trump as she champions women's rights
9/7/2018, 12:02:14 AMThe first daughter, 36, shared a video of herself on Twitter and Instagram on Thursday after addressing a conference that was held on Wednesday in Astana, Kazakhstan. ✔ During his decade as a judge, Kavanaugh, now 53, has not ruled directly on abortion but has signaled sympathy for legal arguments made by anti-abortion advocates ✔ 'You had women making clothes and shoes for peanuts in China, You seem to support separating kids form [sic] their parents
We must take a tough stand with the tyrant Putin, says TIM NEWARK
9/7/2018, 3:47:28 AMTO use military intelligence agents to attempt to assassinate a former agent in our country, all in order to ensure that Russian leader Vladimir Putin gets back into power, has got to be the most breathtaking example of a tyrant’s arrogance in recent history. It is a brazen two fingers raised to the Western world. ✔ To put it bluntly they look like very dangerous idiots ✔ In fact, it’s welcoming a massive new Nord Stream II pipeline to bring in even more of it ✔ During his meeting with Nato leaders in July, US President Donald Trump put his finger on it when he said that the effectiveness of that military alliance is compromised by Germany and the EU getting most of their energy from Russia ✔ But I wouldn’t hold my breath – or start burning candles yet…
Ain Zara prison break pushes Libya to failed-state status
9/7/2018, 12:06:51 AMThe mass prison break Sunday south of the capital highlights how the oil-rich North African country still teeters on the edge of failed-state status nearly eight years after a NATO-backed campaign helped oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi. ✔ Bewildering alliances The political crosscurrents can be bewildering even for the locals to follow ✔ The children were terrified from the sound of exploding mortar shells, street gangs take advantage of clashes to rob people, and militias extort what they can at their roadblocks
Idlib residents await the inevitable attack by Syrian forces
9/7/2018, 12:09:04 AMFor weeks Syrian forces have been massing around the edges of Idlib province, preparing for an offensive to retake the last major part of the country still under the control of the armed opposition. ✔ Nearly half Idlib province's population of over 3 million fled or was bussed by the Syrian government under safe-passage agreements to other parts of the country restored to Damascus' control ✔ A diplomatic breakthrough might postpone Idlib's day of reckoning
Why the Trump wall should be privatized
9/7/2018, 2:10:52 AMWith 470 BC destruction at Thermopylae of the 300 Spartans and a group of Greek auxiliaries at the hands of a huge invading Persian army under King Xerxes, all Greece appeared open to conquest. The Athenians were particularly at risk and were not much comforted when the Oracle of Delphi predicted than Athens would be saved by her wooden walls. ✔ Sadly, once the leakers were on the U.S. side, there were simply not enough law enforcement assets to apprehend them ✔ If we allow interested contractors to look at the terrain and submit bids, it could significantly reduce the actual number of present leakers ✔ • Gary Anderson lectures in alternative analysis at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs
Arm wrestling looks to climb beyond barroom bragging rights
9/7/2018, 1:45:35 AMATLANTA (AP) — Geoff Hale is a mild-mannered, bespectacled geologist by day. He takes on a whole new persona when he steps into The Pit. Eyes bulging. ✔ ATLANTA (AP) Geoff Hale is a mild-mannered, bespectacled geologist by day ✔ We all hold it in, because we're a civilized society, but to be put in an environment where you can just go crazy out there .. ✔ While the league has a policy against performance-enhancing substances, it is merely based on the honor system
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