Trump adviser John Bolton headed to Russia amid reports US is quitting nuclear deal
10/19/2018, 11:09:45 PMJohn Bolton, US national security adviser, will meet Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, on Saturday in Moscow, amid reports that Washington will tell Russia it plans to quit a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. ✔ The New York Times said that the Trump administration plans to inform Russian leaders in the coming days that it is preparing to leave the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as the INF ✔ The newspaper said the US accuses Russia of violating the deal, signed in 1987 by Ronald Reagan, by deploying tactical nuclear weapons to intimidate former Soviet satellite states that are now close to the West
US goals in Afghanistan seem ever more distant after attack
10/19/2018, 9:01:52 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — A brazen attack that the Taliban says targeted the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is a stark reminder of the formidable task the Trump administration faces as it tries to extricate America from its longest war. The commander, Army Gen. Scott Miller, escaped unharmed from Thursday's deadly attack. Elections for the lower house of parliament are expected to be held as scheduled Saturday in much of the country. And administration officials said U.S. resolve is unshaken. But the timing of the attack makes U.S. goals seem ever more distant. It came just a week after reported U.S. back channel talks with the Taliban and as the administration steps up efforts to kick-start peace negotiations between the militant group and the Afghan government to end the 18-year war.
Khashoggi outcry galvanizes critics against Saudi arms sales
10/19/2018, 11:41:55 PMEfforts could affect billions of dollars in weaponry made by U.S. contractors. ✔ (Mnuchin said Friday, however, that he will attend a separate anti-terror finance meeting in Riyadh.) But defense executives have been quiet, fearing, analysts said, insulting the oil-rich kingdom, which has the third-biggest defense budget in the world behind the United States and China
Bolton readies Moscow visit amid U.S. concerns about missile treaty
10/19/2018, 10:23:37 PMPresident Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, will visit... ✔ Critics of Trump have accused him of being soft on Russia, and both Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress are pushing for more sanctions on Moscow ✔ Sanctions had been imposed for Russia’s suspected meddling in elections in the United States and other countries, the Ukraine crisis, and allegations it was behind a nerve agent attack in Britain ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Old suspicions resurface as Afghans vote in parliamentary polls
10/19/2018, 10:34:59 PMA daring attack that killed an leading anti-Taliban Afghan security official while sparing the top US commander in Afghanistan has sparked Afghan suspicions about the US as Afghans vote in Saturday’s parliamentary elections. ✔ But the Afghan president has repeatedly expressed concern over the prospect of talks between US and Taliban representatives that did not include his government ✔ For the nearly 8 million Afghans who have registered to vote in Saturday’s polls though, their commitment to exercising their democratic rights is a sign that many Afghans may be bloodied by the brutal insurgency, but they remain unbowed
European, Asian leaders want free trade; push back at Trump
10/19/2018, 10:11:06 PMEurope and Asia presented a united front Friday in support of free trade based on international rules and cooperation, starkly underscoring their differences with U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policy. That support for free trade "is the most important signal from this summit, especially valid in the current geopolitical context,"… ✔ In their closing statement, the leaders expressed profound concern that current global efforts are insufficient to meet goals set out in the 2015 Paris climate accord ✔ On the sidelines of the meeting, the EU signed a pact with Vietnam that aims to tackle illegal logging and was to sign a free trade deal with Singapore ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Corruption Currents: Indonesian Authorities Raid Conglomerate Amid Bribery Probe
10/19/2018, 10:19:43 PMIndonesian authorities raided the offices of conglomerate Lippo Group as they widened an investigation into bribery associated with a $21 billion real estate project outside of Jakarta. ✔ We also provide a daily roundup of important risk & compliance stories via our daily newsletter, The Morning Risk Report, which readers can sign up for here ✔ (Punch, Today, Vanguard) A former president of soccer club FC Barcelona will face a money-laundering trial next year ✔ (Bloomberg, Politico, Guardian, ABC, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg)
Jamal Khashoggi obituary
10/19/2018, 11:26:21 PMSaudi Arabian journalist who fell foul of his country’s ruling dynasty after moving abroad so he could criticise it more freely ✔ The Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was well known for much of his adult life – certainly to anyone following the notoriously opaque politics of his native country ✔ Jamal went to school in Saudi Arabia before leaving for the US where, in 1982, he gained a BA in business administration at Indiana State University – providing the basis for the fluent English that enhanced his professional profile
Asia and Europe unite in support for multilateral order
10/19/2018, 9:45:03 PMNoting 'recent developments,' summit suggests unease with Trump's nationalism ✔ Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were among the attendees at the summit ✔ The statement also pledged that participants would fight all forms of protectionism, including protectionist unilateral measures and unfair trade practices
One European Leader Pushed Fellow EU States To Stop Selling Bombs To Saudi Arabia Over Jamal Khashoggi's Suspected Murder. They Haven't.
10/19/2018, 10:09:33 PMDutch prime minister Mark Rutte raised Jamal Khashoggi’s case at an EU summit on Thursday, but while leaders expressed concern, some noted Riyadh was a strategic partner. ✔ Multiple media reports, citing Turkish government and intelligence officials, claim Khashoggi was tortured and killed by a team of Saudi agents inside the consulate ✔ Saudi Arabia denies any knowledge of what happened to Khashoggi, but hasn’t provided any evidence of the journalist leaving the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul
Glory of the British Bayeux Tapestry, a masterpiece by WWI veterans
10/19/2018, 9:39:38 PMThe stunning wall hanging at the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent honours the 5th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment. ✔ Here hangs an epic pictorial history of conflict and conquest, captured on fabric in intricate detail for the benefit of future generations ✔ It, too, commemorates a monumental, bloody cross-Channel military expedition ✔ It was then brought out for display at regimental gatherings
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Step Out to Open Anzac Memorial on Royal Tour
10/19/2018, 11:33:29 PMPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are continuing their royal tour Down Under with a tribute to fallen Australian and New Zealand veterans ✔ Anzac Day commemorates the first major battle involving Australian and New Zealand forces during World War One ✔ The royal couple will next travel by boat to attend the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge on Cockatoo Island, before kicking off the games at a welcoming reception and opening ceremony
13-year-old girl still missing after parents found dead in home
10/19/2018, 8:43:41 PMPolice have received more than 1,000 tips, but no substantial clues about the teenager's whereabouts ✔ A Somali police officer says a number of people were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint outside the headquarters after being stopped by security forces AP 49/50 1 September 2018 A Utair-operated Boeing 737-800 which skidded off the runway and caught fire during landing, at Sochi international airport, in the Russian Black Sea resort
Opinion | Hey, Facebook, Don’t Make Journalists Do Your Work
10/19/2018, 11:56:24 PMSocial platforms have a responsibility to address misinformation as a systemic problem, instead of reacting to case after case. ✔ And you’re just sitting there refreshing, and then you see it come down and afterward you get this boilerplate reply via email ✔ Rank-and-File Tell of Discontent Over Sessions’s Approach How a Garden for the Poor Became a Playground for the Rich In 2020, Democrats Expect a Female Front-Runner
Mega Millions reaches biggest ever jackpot - and it might go even higher
10/19/2018, 8:43:49 PM'It's busy... It's madness going on,' says one ticket seller ✔ There were no deaths reported among the 164 passengers and six crew members aboard the Utair Boeing 737, but the Russian health ministry said 18 people were injured ✔ Others argue that buying a reasonable number of lottery tickets is not a bad idea if you think it’s worth it to take part in a hopeful dream
Russian woman 'charged with conspiring to interfere' with 2018 midterm elections
10/19/2018, 8:43:46 PMElena Alekseevna Khusyaynova accused of waging 'information warfare' against American voters ✔ A Russian woman has been charged with interfering with American elections - including the upcoming midterms - through an online propaganda effort aimed at swaying US voters ✔ There were no deaths reported among the 164 passengers and six crew members aboard the Utair Boeing 737, but the Russian health ministry said 18 people were injured
Saudi ‘electronic army’ floods Twitter with insults and mistruths after Khashoggi’s disappearance
10/19/2018, 10:27:10 PMResearchers and activists say they have tracked a sprawling web of loyalist social media accounts. ✔ Researchers said many of those accounts then fell dormant, only to spring back to life in recent weeks ✔ In research shared with The Washington Post, Jones traced one cluster of apparently automated accounts to a programmer in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria who has publicly advertised software to create Twitter profiles en masse ✔ Zakaria Zakaria in Istanbul contributed to this report
How Turkey Is Exploiting the Khashoggi Crisis
10/19/2018, 9:16:22 PMFollowing the disappearance of the dissident journalist, Ankara has effectively bolstered international pressure on Saudi Arabia and the U.S. for answers. ✔ Others on Capitol Hill point to the Turkish government's own established history of cracking down on journalists, questioning why it chose to highlight this particular incident and suspecting the attention on Khashoggi's disappearance is largely based in opportunism
Study claims these are the 25 things British people forget
10/19/2018, 10:39:03 PMA poll of 2000 adults claims nine out of 10 wonder if they forgot their keys, paid the bills or left a window open - just some of the niggling thoughts many find hard to shake off ✔ LA will be the biggest city in the US to ban the sale of fur, as it follows San Francisco, Berkley and others AP 32/50 18 September 2018 South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wave during a car parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Reuters 33/50 17 September 2018 Australia has launched a nationwide investigation into needles being hidden in strawberries
Rep. Comstock’s donors: ‘A who’s who of the conservative movement in Washington’
10/19/2018, 10:27:29 PMMike Pence, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are all supporters of her campaign ✔ Romney won Virginia’s 10th congressional district that year by one percentage point over Obama, who had carried the district four years earlier ✔ Outside groups are pouring millions of dollars in TV ads into the district, which includes all of Loudoun County, parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties, Manassas, Manassas Park, Clarke and Frederick counties and Winchester
Four members of Saudi hit squad visited Britain in March
10/19/2018, 9:25:09 PMOne of the bodyguards, named as Maher Abdul Aziz Mutreb, was seen emerging from a black car outside No10 at the start of the three-day tour in March. ✔ Separate surveillance footage showed Mutreb walking into the consulate and later walking outside the consul-general’s residence ✔ A few minutes after leaving the car park the van’s GPRS system was torn out and discarded on the road, it was said ✔ The source said police were now combing the areas, using crime scene investigation teams and sniffer dogs
Analysis | The world has a question for the White House: When do murders matter?
10/19/2018, 10:38:04 PMTrump’s inconsistency weighs on allies and emboldens adversaries. ✔ President Trump talks to reporters about journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance before boarding Air Force One to travel to Montana from Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Oct, 18 ✔ A rupture between the United States and Saudi Arabia now could play into the Kremlin’s hands
Charge of Treason Escalates Tensions in Close Arizona Senate Race
10/19/2018, 9:37:54 PMMartha McSally drew national attention this week when she accused her Democratic opponent, Kyrsten Sinema, of treason. ✔ Hispanics now make up 31 percent of the state’s population, and independent, issue-driven voters, many who have migrated from other states in recent years, have fueled the area’s growth ✔ I Intended to Find Out In Khashoggi Disappearance, Turkey’s Slow Drip of Leaks Puts Pressure on Saudis The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail
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