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Pompeo seeks allied unity in dealing with North Korea

10/6/2018, 11:56:26 PM
America's top diplomat left Tokyo for Pyongyang on Sunday after pledging that the U.S. will coordina ✔ Japan's foreign minister, Taro Kono, said the accounting continues to be a priority for his country ✔ He said they would develop options, if not finalize, the location and timing of a second Trump-Kim summit ✔ U.S. officials have thus far said sanctions will remain in place until the North's denuclearization is fully verified



At least 50 dead, 100 burned in Congo tanker truck fire

10/6/2018, 10:13:43 PM
At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 were badly burned when a tanker truck in Congo collided with another truck and, as villagers rushed to collect the leaking fuel, burst into flames, witnesses and officials said Saturday. Faced with one of the country's deadliest traffic accidents, President… ✔ Photos posted online by a local journalist showed some of the injured, their skin raw from burns, piled into the back of a pickup truck and squeezed between people on a motorbike as they sought aid ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



Pompeo says U.S. will seek help from allies to persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons - Los Angeles Times

10/6/2018, 8:31:58 PM
America's top diplomat said Saturday the U.S. will coordinate with allies Japan and South Korea on efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. ✔ Pompeo has repeatedly refused to discuss details of negotiations, including a U.S. position on North Korea's demand for a declared end to the Korean War and a proposal from Seoul for such a declaration to be accompanied by a shutdown of the North's main known nuclear facility



5,500 Brit troops' high-tech war games in the desert go on from dusk till dawn

10/6/2018, 11:24:50 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Elaborate training push in the hostile environment in the Omani desert involved 200 armoured vehicles, six warships and eight Typhoon fighters ✔ Deep in the dust and sand of the Omani desert, Britain is training for war at 3am ✔ Infantrymen in full combat gear ­swiftly deploy to face the enemy ✔ At sea a huge Navy task force has entered Omani waters while RAF jets have made their way to the Gulf State ✔ The fact is the world’s very uncertain, there are a lot of threat vectors



Car blast kills four in Turkey-backed Syrian town: reports

10/6/2018, 9:53:56 PM
A car blast in a town controlled by Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups near the ... ✔ The number of dead is likely to rise, it said, because other people were seriously injured ✔ Northern Syria has become a haven for large numbers of displaced people who have sought refuge from fighting elsewhere in the country, or who do not want to live under Assad ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Army major probed after Facebook message told PTSD soldier to 'die from AIDS'

10/6/2018, 9:56:01 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Rob Walker is now being investigated after the shock message was sent ✔ The message also accused the ex-soldier of sleeping with a 10-year-old Filipino boy ✔ Rob Walker is being investigated (Image: Western Mail) Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Man pushed in front of train Bus roof sliced off Two week old baby 'raped' School meal not fit for a dog Last night the poorly veteran’s wife said: I don’t understand why someone would say such hurtful and disgusting things about my husband ✔ She added he was now receiving expert mental health care



Washington Post: Turkish officials say Saudi writer killed

10/6/2018, 11:06:15 PM
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish investigators believe a prominent Saudi journalist who contributed to The Washington Post was killed in "a preplanned murder" at the kingdom's consulate in ✔ ISTANBUL (AP) Turkish investigators believe a prominent Saudi journalist who contributed to The Washington Post was killed in a preplanned murder at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, the Post reported Saturday night, citing two anonymous officials ✔ In the early 1990s, he tried to persuade bin Laden to reconcile with the Saudi royal family and return home from his base in Sudan, but the al-Qaida leader refused



Banksy's disappearing artwork

10/6/2018, 9:06:24 PM
Girl With Balloon may have self-destructed at Sotheby's stunning the art world, but many other Banksy's have been lost in far less mysterious circumstances through the years. ✔ However, there is speculation that the shredded art could be fake ✔ A Facebook page which is thought to represent the mysterious Banksy posted a photo of the ink with the caption: 'controversial.' A version of the artwork painted onto the cardboard backing of an Ikea frame sold for £73,250 in 2012



Turkey probe into missing Saudi writer

10/6/2018, 11:28:24 PM
Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, disappeared after entering the building in Istanbul. ✔ And we will continue our dialogue with the Turkish government to see what happened to Jamal there ✔ AFP The Saudi consulate said Khashoggi left after completing paperwork My understanding is he entered and he got out after a few minutes or one hour ✔ To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison



Teenagers across the world tell us where and why they work

10/6/2018, 11:15:30 PM
ACCORDING to recent UK research, having a job in your teens can set you up for life. But do the same rules apply across the globe? Fabulous finds out. ‘I’m saving to go travelling aroun… ✔ ACCORDING to recent UK research, having a job in your teens can set you up for life ✔ During the summer and other school holidays I try to fit in a lot more hours, but in the winter the club isn’t very busy so I hardly work at all ✔ At the height of the season the hotel can get really busy



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