U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump Support for Saudi War In Yemen
10/10/2018, 1:52:15 PMU.S. lawmakers from both parties are challenging the Trump administration’s support for Gulf allies battling Iran-aligned fighters in Yemen, putting new pressure on the U.S. president to scale back ties with Saudi Arabia. ✔ In a letter expected to be delivered to Sec ✔ The three nations work closely together in a parallel fight against al Qaeda and Islamic State militants who are using lawless sections of Yemen as sanctuary ✔ And they asked him to justify his actions by Oct. 31
Congo doctor wins Nobel Peace Prize for treating sexual assault victims in war-torn nation
10/10/2018, 2:27:01 PMDr. Denis Mukwege was honored with the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for treating sexual assault victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He shares the award with victims' advocate Nadia Murad. CBSN revisits a heartbreaking "60 Minutes" report from 2008 featuring Anderson Cooper traveling to Congo to interview victims. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta also joins CBSN to explain why Dr. Mukwege is so deserving of this award.
Civilian deaths from airstrikes up 39% in Afghanistan, UN says
10/10/2018, 12:59:34 PMThe number of civilians killed by airstrikes in Afghanistan has risen a startling 39% year on year, according to new UN figures, casting fresh scrutiny on the use of air power by the US and its Afghan partners at a time of near-record bombing. ✔ The airstrikes recorded include the use of machine gun fire and bombs by the Afghan Air Force's planes and helicopters, which mostly deploy less accurate, non-guided munitions that are more likely to cause unintended civilian deaths ✔ Though still in its infancy, the Afghan Air Force continues to grow in size and capability
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church
10/10/2018, 1:01:10 PMUkraine’s leaders seek an independent church, breaking centuries of ties with Moscow. ✔ By David Stern and Amie Ferris-Rotman Amie Ferris-Rotman Reporter focused on all things Russia Email Bio Follow October 10 at 8:42 AM KIEV For centuries, the golden cupolas of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery and catacombs have been a refuge of tranquility and prayer in Orthodox Christianity ✔ According to an investigation by the Associated Press, Russian efforts to impede the process included a cyber hack attack on the email accounts of Bartholomew’s top aides
Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp
10/10/2018, 12:26:00 PMKUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) — At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans. From the refugee camp in southern Bangladesh wher ✔ KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans ✔ Akter was born and has lived her whole life in the camp, a makeshift settlement of bamboo and tarpaulin huts spread out over rolling hills that were once protected forestland ✔ Rahima Akter speaks to Hosen Ali, a Rohingya refugee, inside his hut in Balukhali Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, on Aug. 27, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance fits in to a growing trend we must fight | Simon Tisdall
10/10/2018, 1:18:50 PMState-directed kidnappings, abductions and killings are on the rise – having a quiet word with the perpetrators will not suffice, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall ✔ In 2016, Prince Sultan was reportedly kidnapped again, along with members of his entourage ✔ Similarly blatant outrages are occurring every day, and every day go unpunished ✔ Britain’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, needs to wake up – and stand up ✔ Amid the tortured screams of the disappeared, having a quiet word is not enough
U.N. tallies more than 8,000 Afghan civilian casualties so far this...
10/10/2018, 12:16:18 PMAt least 8,050 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first nine months ... ✔ With parliamentary elections due on Oct. 20, security officials warn that attacks are likely to pick up on polling stations and other election sites, many of which are located in schools, mosques or health clinics ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Morning Update: Facebook's Pretty Sure You're Not Gonna Quit Facebook
10/10/2018, 12:34:57 PMNikki Haley leaving her UN post, a war that lasts a generation, Kanye heads to the White House. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, October 10. ✔ Haley immediately shut down guesswork about her future plans, saying she’s not running for president ✔ A white woman followed and called the police on a black man babysitting two white kids ✔ I don’t want to spoil it for you, but let’s just say Marla’s kids have a good sense of humor about this
Syrian Rebels Withdraw Heavy Weapons to Avert Regime Assault
10/10/2018, 2:24:07 PMRebel groups in Syria have withdrawn most of their heavy weapons from a planned demilitarized zone in the country’s northwest, a move that could forestall an offense by Assad, but falls short of a lasting political settlement. ✔ Displaced Syrian children are shown in the yard of a makeshift school built inside an old mosque, in the eastern countryside of Idlib province, earlier in October ✔ It has previously signaled its opposition to the deal, calling it a plot by Mr. Assad to weaken opposition to his government
World War 3: Romania in urgent warning to NATO - Russia RAMPS UP activity in Black Sea
10/10/2018, 1:44:35 PMROMANIA has warned of Russia ramping up naval activity in the Black Sea and has vowed to boost European defence when it takes over the rotating EU presidency in January. ✔ Russian Black Sea Fleet’s guard ship Pytlivy is heading for Crimea (Image: TASS) British troops take part in NATO exercises in Romania (Image: GETTY) It also hosts a US ballistic missile defence station and has contributed troops to US-led and NATO campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan
Marine, businessman battle in unusual congressional district
10/10/2018, 2:44:19 PMLEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Democrat Jared Golden, who served in the Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan, wields a bolt-action rifle in a television ad in his campaign against two-term Rep ✔ LEWISTON, Maine (AP) Democrat Jared Golden, who served in the Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan, wields a bolt-action rifle in a television ad in his campaign against two-term Republican Rep ✔ His 10-point victory allowed him to collect an electoral vote in Maine, one of two states that can split electoral votes
15 places you wouldn't have visited 15 years ago
10/10/2018, 2:28:39 PM15 places you wouldn't have visited 15 years ago ✔ If you were to shape your existence by reading only the more lurid news headlines, you might believe that the world is an increasingly dangerous place ✔ But tourists can pass a pleasant week in the upper potion of the country – which has developed at a slower rate than its counterpart, and has a certain country-fried charm for doing so
Afghan officials get 20 years for handing secrets to Pakistan
10/10/2018, 12:16:23 PMTwo Afghan military officials were jailed for 20 years after a two-year trial fo... ✔ Afghanistan’s Western-backed government has long accused Pakistan of harboring Afghan Taliban insurgents, a charge that Islamabad denies ✔ A defense lawyer representing the two army officials rejected the court’s verdict, which was delivered on Tuesday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Is Nikki Haley getting ready to challenge to Donald Trump?
10/10/2018, 1:55:38 PMThe 46-year-old former governor claims she is not running, which is sometimes a sign of the opposite ✔ The vessel arrived with 177 migrants on board, but the Italian Interior Ministry denied them to disembark, calling EU member states to find a solution on how to distribute them ✔ The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal
Commentary: How Khashoggi’s disappearance could change Middle East...
10/10/2018, 2:58:14 PMThe disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has ca... ✔ While these efforts have mostly failed to achieve their objective and even occasionally backfired, confirmation of any state-sponsored violence against Khashoggi would make it even harder for Saudi leadership to portray Iran as the ultimate villain of the region
Explosion in Wisconsin leaves house severely damaged
10/10/2018, 3:44:39 PMLocal residents left without power by blast ✔ A house has exploded in a village in Wisconsin, according to local police ✔ The vessel arrived with 177 migrants on board, but the Italian Interior Ministry denied them to disembark, calling EU member states to find a solution on how to distribute them ✔ Calumet County Officials said the home is a seasonal residence and that no one was home at the time of the explosion
Michael Bloomberg re-registers with Democrats eyeing 2020 presidential bid
10/10/2018, 2:35:49 PM'At key points in US history, one of the two parties has served as a bulwark against those who threaten our Constitution,' says former New York mayor ✔ The vessel arrived with 177 migrants on board, but the Italian Interior Ministry denied them to disembark, calling EU member states to find a solution on how to distribute them ✔ If he chooses to run in 2020, this would mark Mr Bloomberg’s first Democratic campaign
Everything we know about Melania Trump's big ABC interview
10/10/2018, 1:55:10 PMMs Trump expected to open up about marriage to president in sit-down chat with presenter Tom Llamas ✔ The vessel arrived with 177 migrants on board, but the Italian Interior Ministry denied them to disembark, calling EU member states to find a solution on how to distribute them ✔ For those who are unable to watch the live coverage, the interview with Ms Trump is expected to be published on ABC News’ YouTube page after being broadcast
Why four million people risk being left stateless in India
10/10/2018, 2:20:36 PMFOCUS : Imagine losing your nationality and even being deported if you don't have papers to corroborate your heritage. Some four million people a... ✔ Imagine losing your nationality and even being deported if you don't have papers to corroborate your heritage ✔ Critics say the policy discriminates against the region's Muslim minority ✔ A report by Suyash Shrivastava, Thomas Denis, Vivek Vishal and Anna Sherrade
Perspective | Assessing Nikki Haley
10/10/2018, 12:42:35 PMWhat can we infer from Nikki Haley's announced departure? ✔ Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything ✔ She was often a lone voice of support for Israel among a body that is hostile toward it as well as a powerful foil to Russia, Syria and Iran ✔ That, in and of itself, is what makes her extraordinary
Best Part of Russia's S-400 Sales Is How they Damage US Relations With Other Powers
10/10/2018, 12:47:47 PMOn October 5, 2018, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Russian president Vladimir Putin signed off in New Delhi on a deal to transfer five advanced S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems in exchange for $5.43 billion—Delivery of the S-400s is to follow in two years. Additionally, India will spend $2.2 billion to purchase four Russian missile frigates and negotiate license-manufacture of AK-103 assault rifle. ✔ But if you’re more concerned by enemy aircraft, the Russian systems probably offer the best bang for buck ✔ In the end, for Moscow, weapons sales are a key source of income, not something done in service of an ideological cause or notional alliances ✔ It’s also about reassuring Moscow that it still has time to invest in its relationship with an old ally
Analysis | The Daily 202: Following in Bush 41’s footsteps? Five takeaways from Nikki Haley’s departure as U.N. ambassador.
10/10/2018, 1:15:13 PMDina Powell is the early favorite in what will be covered as a gauge of Trump’s foreign policy. ✔ -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said he would not take up a Supreme Court nomination in 2020, appearing to contradict Mitch McConnell ✔ While Trump's latest fire drill is underway, here's something else to think about: why young Americans don't vote ✔ 😳 pic.twitter.com/zvsoAXe6Ge SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 9, 2018
Trump claims 'centrist Democratic party is dead' in op-ed
10/10/2018, 1:18:51 PMPresident also warned that a Democratic win would bring the US ‘suffering, misery and decay’ in a USA Today opinion article ✔ He went on to say Democrats were in favor of open border socialism and raised the alarm about the country swinging to the left, particularly with the emergence of younger, progressive insurgents who have shaken up the liberal establishment this election cycle ✔ Democrats are also pushing massive government control of education, private-sector businesses and other major sectors of the US economy ✔ This radical agenda would destroy American prosperity
Turkish TV airs VIDEO of missing journalist walking into Saudi consulate, black van leaving
10/10/2018, 1:20:47 PMA Turkish TV station has aired CCTV footage of missing dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi walking into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday, with a black van later arriving and presumably taking him away. ✔ The report added that most of the men stayed at the Wyndham Grand Hotel and Movenpick Hotel, both located close to the consulate ✔ A columnist with the Washington Post, Khashoggi was living between Washington DC and Istanbul at the time of his disappearance, and was visiting the consulate in order to obtain documents proving an earlier divorce so that he could marry his Turkish fiancée
Brexit aside, British troops test ability to reinforce Europe
10/10/2018, 2:57:31 PMBritish troops disembarked in the Netherlands on Wednesday en route to Norway to... ✔ Britain branded Russia a pariah state last week when, along with the Netherlands and United States, it accused Russian military intelligence of cyber attacks on the West ✔ Allies will train in sub-zero temperatures to see how they fare when fuel threatens to freeze, equipment jams and survival means keeping on special snow boots even inside sleeping bags ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Analysis | Trump’s op-ed confirms it: The central issue of 2018 is health care
10/10/2018, 3:53:27 PMDespite how Trump tries to frame the election, his essay makes clear what's worrying his party. ✔ President Trump hopes to position the upcoming election on turf that's favorable to his party ✔ The Democrats, he has said, want to erase the country’s borders and allow crime to flourish ✔ About half of ads supporting Democrats have mentioned health care over the course of 2018
Opinion: The tough questions we should be asking about the Skripals and Bellingcat
10/10/2018, 2:35:45 PMBellingcat has grown rather a lot beyond its shoestring origins. It has money – where from? It has been hiring staff. It has transatlantic connections. It has never, so far as I am aware, reached any conclusion that is inconvenient to the UK or US authorities ✔ On the one hand, the GRU is being presented as a bunch of duffers, whose decorated and highly qualified agents were booked into an east London dive, behaved badly, were deterred by a bit of snow, abysmally failed in their mission, and now face the wrath of Putin
These are the companies being blamed for the most plastic pollution in the world
10/10/2018, 3:33:41 PMEnvironmental charity Greenpeace has released data showing the 10 brands whose products were most frequently found in oceans across the globe ✔ We’ve set ambitious goals for our global business, starting with helping to collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one we sell – regardless of where it comes from – by 2030 ✔ Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Invasion of STD-riddled ladybirds Woman who spent £16m in Harrods revealed Mum axed from pageant over 'secret' Inside 'world's scariest' haunted house
Turkish daily names Saudis in Khashoggi case, raising pressure on...
10/10/2018, 2:58:03 PMA pro-government Turkish daily on Wednesday published preliminary evidence from ... ✔ It did not say how it obtained the pictures and data ✔ The Sabah report said that the Saudis stayed at the Wyndham and Movenpick hotels in Istanbul, in the same neighborhood as the Saudi consulate ✔ REUTERS/Osman Orsal Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Who is Jamal Khashoggi? How did the journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of Al Arab News disappear and why did he visit the Saudi Consulate?
10/10/2018, 2:26:11 PMFEARS are growing for missing Arab journalist Jamal Khashoggi after reports he was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. The 59-year-old was last seen entering the building in Istanbul to ca… ✔ Prior to entering the consulate, Khashoggi told her to call an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if he did not return ✔ He also met bin Laden in Tora Bora and lastly in Sudan in 1995 ✔ It is reported that Khashoggi once tried to persuade Bin Laden to stop his violence
Israeli frankincense farmer cashes in on rare honey
10/10/2018, 1:59:29 PMALMOG, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli farmer has cashed in by making exotic honey from a rare tree that produces frankincense — the resin once worth its weight in gold and vene ✔ I would be very happy to one day see this as an international project, he said, the Palestinian city of Jericho behind him in the distance ✔ But the Palestinians and the vast majority of the international community consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank, along with their use of local natural resources, to be illegal
Why the Wilder Storms? It’s a ‘Loaded Dice’ Problem
10/10/2018, 2:48:02 PMGlobal warming is bringing an era of wilder, more dangerous rains. The good news is that we’re getting better at evacuating flood zones. The bad news is everything else. ✔ In the United States, heavy downpours in most parts of the country have increased in both intensity and frequency since 1901, a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concluded in 2017 ✔ Opinion: Donald Trump Versus the Jungle Beto O’Rourke May Benefit From an Unlikely Support Group: White Evangelical Women Opinion: Wake Up, World Leaders
Apple Watch, hired jet, mystery vehicle figure in search for...
10/10/2018, 2:46:09 PMJamal Khashoggi believed he was safe in Turkey. ✔ Khashoggi was wearing his black Apple Watch, connected to one of the phones, when he entered the building ✔ I miss being in a newsroom.’ We spoke about editing and what it was like to talk to writers ✔ I just thought, ‘Who would be so brazen to go after him?’ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Iraq water shortages could force four million people to flee their homes
10/10/2018, 1:54:50 PMExperts warn the country’s next security crisis could be sparked by the devastation of agricultural lands from chronic water shortages, Bel Trew reports in the second part of her new series, Water Wars ✔ Islanded by cracked and caustic earth, a dome-shaped hut sits beached in the beating heat of the south Iraqi sun ✔ His friend Najim Eliwi, also a farmer, says rampant illegal plundering of precious waterways for fish farms has exacerbated the crisis ✔ The boat’s captain gets out, and wades for a bit before giving up
James Gunn enters talks to write and direct Suicide Squad 2
10/10/2018, 3:44:46 PMHe was previously fired by Disney from 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' ✔ James Gunn has reportedly entered talks to write and direct the upcoming sequel to Suicide Squad ✔ It is loosely based on a true story of a boy called Giuseppe Di Matteo whose father, an ex-member of the Sicilian Mafia, turned grass against his erstwhile associates
An all-star covers version of The Greatest Showman soundtrack is being released
10/10/2018, 1:55:39 PMAlso featuring Craig David, Kelly Clarkson, Years & Years, Missy Elliot, James Arthur and Zac Brown Band ✔ It’s a wartime story in which, for a change, the men are relegated to supporting roles ✔ It follows in a tradition of French rural family sagas like Jean De Florette or Manon Des Sources ✔ This Is Me (The Reimagined Remix) – Keala Settle, Kesha and Missy Elliott 8
Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: The Pentagon's new weapons systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, government watchdog finds
10/10/2018, 12:22:40 PMThe Government Accountability Office said the military ignored tests that revealed security weaknesses. ✔ Doing these things after the fact is a lot harder than baking it in from the beginning ✔ A computer keyboard in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2013 ✔ The indictment alleges that Chita led a cyber fraud ring that operated in the United States, Romania, Canada, China, Jordan and other countries ✔ Google's Pixel 3 screens your calls and judges your photos:
Trump calls Democrats an 'angry mob' who would plunge nation into ‘poverty’ and ‘chaos’
10/10/2018, 1:55:03 PM'The only reason to vote Democrat is if you are tired of winning' ✔ Donald Trump described Democrats as unhinged and an angry mob during a campaign pitch to voters in Iowa, four weeks ahead of the midterm elections ✔ You don’t give power to an angry left-wing mob, Mr Trump said, warning that if Democrats win congressional majorities next month they would turn our country so fast into Venezuela
The Health 202: The clock is ticking on stricter 'public charge' rules for immigrants
10/10/2018, 1:46:42 PMThe proposed rule is now open for comments. ✔ Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 10, 2018 I have kept that [preexisting] promise, and we are now seeing health insurance premiums coming down ✔ SUGAR RUSH 'Not going to happen': Trump slams Democrats for talk of Kavanaugh impeachment President Trump that Nikki Haley will resign from her position as U.N
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