North Korea to fete 70th birthday with tanks, dancing masses
9/9/2018, 12:34:38 AMundefined ✔ While it remains to be seen what kind of weaponry will be rolled out Sunday, North Korea is clearly trying to switch its emphasis away from just military power to its efforts to improve the country's domestic economy ✔ On Saturday, they were bussed to a cosmetics factory and a very well-funded cooperative _ and not very representative _ farm on the outskirts of the capital
North Korea celebrate 70th anniversary of its official birth as nation
9/9/2018, 3:40:10 AMThe celebrations began on Saturday evening with a concert in front of an invited audience of several thousand people at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium. ✔ We are confident in his powerful leadership, taking us to the future, Oh, Comrade Kim Jong-un.' Pictured: students performing at the concert Every time Kim's grandfather, the North's founder Kim Il Sung, or his successors appeared on screen the audience broke into applause, with the loudest reserved for the current leader But in a dramatic turnaround on the peninsula triggered by the Winter Olympics in the South in February, the North is engaged on multiple diplomatic fronts, even as the US insists it give up its weapons
Is this Britain's SICKEST ever toy?
9/9/2018, 3:29:53 AMIt’s an all-too-familiar scene of war… an Afghan home reduced to rubble by an explosion. Yet this recreation of the horrors of battle is being marketed as a toy by Airfix. ✔ It’s an all-too-familiar scene of war… an Afghan home reduced to rubble by an explosion ✔ Earlier this year, the company secured £18 million in new loans to keep them in business ✔ Customers can also buy a range of US and UK aircraft that saw action in Afghanistan, including the Harrier GR9A
PETER HITCHENS writes a book challenging all we think about WW2
9/9/2018, 3:32:59 AMPETER HITCHENS reveals eight myths about the second world war which we grew up on. He details in a section of his new book why we didn't win the war. ✔ In a chilly, high-ceilinged room in a Sussex preparatory school in the winter of 1959, I work intently on my model of the destroyer HMS Cossack ✔ Expenditure on the Navy increased from £56,626,000 in 1934-5 to £149,339,000 in 1939-40 ✔ None of the justifications for this policy stands up
Syrian state YouTube channels ‘terminated’ amid fears of looming false flag chem attack
9/9/2018, 3:42:11 AMA number of Syrian state and media-linked YouTube accounts have gone dark, as the battle for Idlib looms, amid Russia’s warnings of an imminent false-flag chemical attack and Western preparations for retaliatory strikes. ✔ On Saturday afternoon, the channels belonging to the Syrian Presidency, the country’s Ministry of Defense, and SANA news all showed a message saying: This account has been terminated due to a legal complaint or This account has been terminated for a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service ✔ #YouTube shutting down #Syria govt channels bad, whatever the reason
We examine evidence for who blew up Home Secretary in BBC's Bodyguard
9/9/2018, 3:31:49 AMMore than ten million viewers saw Home Secretary Julia Montague – played by Keeley Hawes – blown up at the climax of last week’s episode of BBC1’s Bodyguard. ✔ It’s the most gripping TV thriller since Broadchurch, with a dramatic cliffhanger that’s left the nation demanding to know ‘whodunnit?’ ✔ Mahmood was handed the case by Macdonald, who told him it contained briefing notes for Julia’s speech ✔ This weak, craven character shows no trace of the steely determination required of a cold-blooded killer
China engages in Australia's largest maritime drill for first time
9/9/2018, 1:22:42 AMChina is participating for the first time in Australia's largest maritime exercise as more than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries engage in joint training off the strategic northern port of Darwin. ✔ 15, is supported by the Royal Australian Air Force and involves 21 aircraft ✔ Darwin, on the doorstep of Asia, is Australia’s most strategically important city and has been home to a contingent of U.S. Marines since 2011 making it the logical place for the exercise ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Prince Harry sheds tears for fellow soldier who took his own life
9/9/2018, 3:31:09 AMThe 33-year-old Royal, who completed two tours of duty fighting the Taliban in Helmand province, threw his arms around the mother of Warrant Officer Nathan Hunt when they met last week. ✔ Nathan found a lot of Taliban bombs, any of which could have killed Harry.’ The death of WO Hunt, who served in a desert reconnaissance unit with Prince Harry in 2008 and was mentioned in dispatches for his work to find roadside bombs, inspired a campaign by The Mail on Sunday for a 24-hour mental health helpline for serving military personnel
Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio reveals plans for second series
9/9/2018, 3:36:33 AMFollowing the success of BBC's political thriller Bodyguard, writer Jed Mercurio has revealed plans for second series are in the pipeline. ✔ Well received: The series, written and created by Line Of Duty's Jed Mercurio, kicked off on August 26, when it scored the highest overnight audience for a drama launch this year Delighted with the response to the political thriller, Jed shared the article, writing: 'Thanks to Amber Rudd for an interesting and thought provoking article on Bodyguard
Meghan dazzles as she arrives with Harry for 100 Days to Peace concert
9/9/2018, 3:44:02 AMMeghan, 37, accompanied her husband, Prince Harry, to 100 Days to Peace, a musical evening in aid of mental health charities, at Central Hall Westminster on Thursday evening. ✔ The Duchess of Sussex brought out her glamorous side in a dress by Jason Wu as she attended a gala concert tonight ✔ The couple arrived at Central Hall Westminster by car - ten minutes late because of the large crowd - and were greeted by Lord Dannatt, former head of the British army, who is also a trustee of the Royal Armouries and a friend of the prince ✔ The charities are Help for Heroes, Combat Stress and Heads Together – The Royal Foundation's campaign and mental health initiative
Russia's deadly super steal subs could give Navy the slip, MoD admit
9/9/2018, 3:45:04 AMPutin’s latest high-tech submarines can sail so quietly, they cannot be picked up by our underwater defence systems, including sonar. ✔ Last night, a defence source said: ‘We believe that a specific Russian submarine is focusing its attentions on the UK naval base in Western Scotland [Faslane] and on undersea piping in the English Channel ✔ They are increasingly confident and aggressive.’ ‘Meanwhile, the Royal Navy is arguably in a weaker position because so much manpower and resources has been concentrated on the new aircraft carriers.’
JON SOPEL: Are Trump's enemies proving his conspiracy theories TRUE?
9/9/2018, 3:30:44 AMveteran NBC News anchor Brian Williams ‘The portrait of a volcanic President who wants a newspaper to hand over a mole in his own government. Or, as we call it, Wednesday night.’ ✔ But it was the events of the next 24 hours that took the lid off the volcano ✔ Nearly 63 million Americans voted for Trump, and by the rules of the electoral college he was the duly elected President ✔ Jon Sopel is author of If Only They Didn’t Speak English, Notes From Trump’s America, which is available in paperback
The day the Queen hid in a bush to avoid Romania’s murderous dictator
9/9/2018, 3:35:56 AMThe Queen has had some atrocious guests to stay over the years, not least the brutal Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who came to stay at Buckingham Palace in June 1978. ✔ There was an awkward moment towards the end of the 1961 tour of West Africa ✔ For one night only, Windsor Castle’s Waterloo Chamber officially became ‘The Music Room’ ✔ To order a copy for £20 (offer valid to 20/9/18; p&p free), visit www.mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640
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