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Couple slammed after posing for 'povert-mocking' wedding snaps in the Congo

10/25/2018, 2:53:22 PM
AN American couple have been slammed by hundreds after images from their 2017 marriage re-surfaced on Twitter. John Milton and his wife travelled to the war-torn African republic to take incredibly… ✔ Responses to the tweet are all of a similar tone, one user named  Zoe Samudzi said: I'm trying to figure out the worst part of this, but I feel like the use of the wanderlust hashtag juxtaposed with this violence trivialising backdrop might be the worst part



Merkel & Macron’s presence at Syria talks will seal Putin’s diplomatic triumph – on one condition

10/25/2018, 12:01:17 PM
By coming to Saturday’s summit in Istanbul, European leaders are admitting that Russia is now dictating the terms on Syria. But Vladimir Putin’s 3-year gambit won’t be vindicated until a resolution comes in Idlib and beyond. ✔ But the gloating amid the geopolitical games will ring hollow for as long as the war, which has taken around half a million lives, continues ✔ Igor Ogorodnev Trends: Kurds in Syria news Recep Tayyip Erdogan newsSyria-Turkey news Vladimir Putin news



Trump blames ‘purposely false and inaccurate reporting’ by media for anger in society amid bomb threats

10/25/2018, 2:07:19 PM
The bombs and suspicious packages were delivered to the homes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other prominent Democrats ✔ Rescuers scrabbled through mud for survivors after the powerful earthquake sent hillsides crashing down onto homes, killing at least nine people and leaving dozens of people missing AFP/Getty 50/50 5 September 2018 US Capitol Police arrest a protestor as Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the second day of his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court



Business as usual: US INF pullout will delight arms industry as it threatens to reignite Cold War

10/25/2018, 2:26:49 PM
Trump has been tearing up treaties since taking office, from halting negotiations on the TPP to NAFTA, but his latest threat to pull out of the nuclear deal, negotiated by President Reagan in the 80s, may be his biggest mistake. ✔ During that same period 60 Thor ballistic missiles, with a slightly longer range and a 1.4 megaton warhead were based in the UK where they were under the command of the British Royal Air Force ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT



South Korea finds likely war remains on DMZ during border demining with North

10/25/2018, 2:08:16 PM
Sixty-five years after he died in a battle, the dog tag and possibly remains of a South Korean sergeant were finally recovered from a front line where the rival Koreas have only begun clearing mines, Seoul officials said Thursday. ✔ Sixty-five years after he died in a battle, the dog tag and possibly remains of a South Korean sergeant were finally recovered from a front line where the rival Koreas have only begun clearing mines, Seoul officials said Thursday ✔ troops repelled a series of Chinese attacks to secure a strategically important hilltop position



‘Don’t let Syrians down’: Top Red Cross official tells RT of despair and destruction in Ghouta

10/25/2018, 12:01:18 PM
People in Ghouta, Syria are in desperate need of support, lacking access to water, sanitation and healthcare, a top Red Cross official told RT. He said that he was overwhelmed by the scale of destruction he saw. ✔ Finally, in March of this year, the breakthrough came after the army gained control over the highway connecting Damascus to the rest of the country ✔ And yet, there doesn’t appear to be a sufficient political convergence to bring this conflict to an end



MEPs back call for EU members to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia

10/25/2018, 1:52:22 PM
Vote on non-binding resolution puts pressure on Theresa May to follow Germany’s lead ✔ Two weeks later, under mounting international pressure, the Saudi regime claimed Khashoggi had been killed accidentally in a fight with officials ✔ Sánchez reminded MPs that the bomb contract had been signed by the previous, conservative government in 2015



European Parliament urges ban on Saudi Arabia weapons sales, but Europe takes no action yet

10/25/2018, 2:27:11 PM
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly approved measure urging ban on weapons and surveillance technology ✔ If the U.S. or Britain were to renege on the contracts to supply fighter jets or other weapons like tanks, it would be a serious blow, that would push Saudi Arabia to buy arms from Russia like T-90 tanks or Su-35 planes, he said ✔ And the signal so far has been of an unshakable support with timid criticism toward Saudi Arabia, said Amirah Fernandez



'Did they bury Jamal Khashoggi with his feet toward Mecca?

10/25/2018, 12:27:59 PM
He knew all about power and danger. Almost a quarter of a century ago, he turned up at my hotel in Khartoum and drove me into the Sudanese desert to meet Osama bin Laden ✔ Under Islamic law, a mutilated body must be sewn up before being placed in a shroud ✔ Though woe betide anyone who thought that Khashoggi’s round spectacles and roguish sense of humour was a sign of spiritual laxity ✔ The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal



Trump Is Tearing Up the INF Treaty Because Russia's Hypersonic Missile Advances Have Left the US Behind

10/25/2018, 2:37:03 PM
Translated by Ollie Richardson and Angelina Siard at Stalker Zone I think that Vladimir Putin at Valdai not at all incidentally started talking about the increased danger of nuclear war, repeated the axiom about the readiness of Russia to take away the whole world with itself, and discussed the existence of the right to make a preventive strike. ✔ But just like how an outdated tank can destroy its super modern counterpart if it appears to be in rather close proximity for an effective strike, the shortcomings of the missile weapon can be compensated for by the proximity of its placement ✔ The US’ confrontation with China is tougher than the one it has with Russia, and now America starts to also speak about imposing sanctions on India



Three days of violence that emptied an Angolan town of Congolese

10/25/2018, 12:47:05 PM
Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighborhood in the Angolan town of Lucapa, sc... ✔ A few informers began looting houses of those that had left ✔ Poorer neighborhoods are reachable only by motorbike, along narrow muddy paths ✔ The group clashed with Angolans outside a school, with a young girl slashed in the head with a machete ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Pakistan releases two senior Taliban commanders: sources

10/25/2018, 1:32:56 PM
Pakistan has released one of the co-founders of the Afghan Taliban along with an... ✔ Security experts in Kabul said the move could be a result of talks launched by the U.S. special representative Zalmay Khalilzad with the Taliban ✔ He said the Taliban leaders were released from jail a week ago but were united with their family on Wednesday ✔ It is not clear what charges the men faced in Pakistan ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



AP probe finds hospitals detaining patients who can't pay

10/25/2018, 12:51:17 PM
Investigation finds that hospitals in more than 30 countries refuse to let patients leave if they cannot pay their medical bills. ✔ Festus Njuguna, an oncologist at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, about 300 kilometres northwest of Nairobi, said the institution regularly detains children with cancer who have finished their treatment, but whose parents cannot pay



Ex-Doctor Who boss Steven Moffat says show 'looks cheap' next to Netflix hits

10/25/2018, 1:30:44 PM
THE new series of Doctor Who may have got off to a great start but its old boss fears it risks looking cheap. Steven Moffat was executive producer from 2009 up to the moment Broadchurch creator Chr… ✔ In an exclusive interview, Cassidy said of his switch into acting: It was definitely my island – it was definitely my lighthouse ✔ And because I was able to do that, my body healed as my mind focused on something I love to do ✔ RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



Why Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing Has Resonated

10/25/2018, 2:45:44 PM
The killing of a dissident writer has set off international outrage in a way that previous Saudi actions have not. Here's why his death has had such broad geopolitical implications. ✔ The Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is a protected space under international law ✔ This would be murder by a state or the organs of a state of an unarmed journalist, without judicial process, on diplomatic ground outside the territory of the perpetrators’ country, Dr. Rasheed wrote ✔ It is this dreadful cocktail of circumstances that explains the general outrage that it has sparked



Opinion | Mohammed bin Salman is a menace. So is our crown prince.

10/25/2018, 1:24:08 PM
Two crown princes, one big mess. ✔ As a result, Kushner and Trump engaged in what can only be described as the worst bargaining in recent history since President Barack Obama recognized Cuba with no promises on human rights ✔ Related:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/editorial/tldr–memo-to-trump-beware-saudi-arabias-reckless-prince/2017/11/10/5bfa2218-c651-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_video.html



Republican healthcare policies are pushing America closer to Third World life-expectancy levels

10/25/2018, 2:05:34 PM
The GOP's failure to reform America's healthcare system or come to grips with the opioid crisis is leaving the US behind the rest of the developed world in life expectancy. ✔ In high-income North America, meaning Canada and (mostly) the U.S., drug use disorders rank fourth undoubtedly a reflection of our inability to get our arms around the opioid epidemic ✔ Medicaid has been attacked by Republicans for causing the opioid crisis; that’s utterly untrue, but what is true is that it’s a key to solving the crisis if it’s properly funded



Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian 'hell'

10/25/2018, 2:54:47 PM
Jumpei Yasuda had been held captive by militants since 2015 ✔ Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Thursday ✔ I could not see faces of people living in the country which was called part of an 'axis of evil' from any information provided by Japanese media, which only reported diplomatic matters and inspections by the United Nations, he wrote



Analysis | Canada’s response to Jamal Khashoggi’s death is a test for Trudeau

10/25/2018, 12:19:54 PM
An arms deal with Saudi Arabia has complicated Canada’s messaging on the killing. ✔ The deal is so secret and politically toxic that Ed Fast, who was minister for international trade in Harper’s government and announced the deal in 2014, now says he knows little about the details, including the cancellation penalty that Trudeau mentioned



Schoolgirls wanted to 'murder classmates and drink their blood to be close to Satan'

10/25/2018, 12:45:48 PM
Pair thought they 'would go to hell so they could be with Satan', police say ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 46/50 9 September 2018 Participants wave flowers as they march past a balcony from where North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was watching, during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang



Saudi King 'will REPLACE Crown Prince to restore credibility'

10/25/2018, 2:58:09 PM
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has faced claims he may have been behind the death of the journalist who went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. ✔ Saudi Arabia's King could replace the Crown Prince to restore the credibility of the monarchy amid turmoil over the Jamal Khashoggi murder, a former Britain's defence attaché to the kingdom has claimed ✔ 11.50am: Khashoggi is called to confirm his appointment at the consulate later that day, Erdogan says



The Morning Download: Army Research Lab Chief Scientist Looks to Integrate AI into Battlefield

10/25/2018, 12:41:23 PM
The long history of technological innovation emerging from the military and moving into the civilian sphere runs from the Jeep to the internet to autonomous vehicle research. That process continues now as the military leads the effort to integrate artificial intelligence into its operations. ✔ U.S. soldiers patrol at an Afghan National Army base in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2018 ✔ Subscribe to WSJ Pro Cybersecurity for in-depth coverage on cybersecurity trends, breaches and best practices ✔ For  Alphabet Inc ., which is scheduled to announce third-quarter earnings after the market closes Thursday, profits hinge on partner payments



Trump wants to remove 'gender' from UN human rights documents in 'brazen attack on trans community'

10/25/2018, 1:13:52 PM
'If you only say violence against women, it doesn’t really tell the whole story,' says senior UN diplomat ✔ - Morrison on October 22 issued an emotive apology to children who suffered sexual abuse, saying the state had failed to protect them from evil dark crimes committed over decades AFP/Getty 4/50 21 October 2018 A derailed train in Yian, eastern Taiwan



Honeymoon over for Spain's socialists as rivals seize on scandals

10/25/2018, 12:17:32 PM
Tensions running high five months after PSOE kicked Mariano Rajoy out of power ✔ The PSOE’s critics and opponents have seized on such cases in an attempt to inflict further damage on Sánchez’s minority government ✔ It remains to be seen, though, whether Franco will yet end up reinterred in Madrid’s cathedral and whether the PSOE will get its 2019 budget passed ✔ It’s about that sense of relief – and about the divisions suddenly erupting on the right



California white supremacists vowed to 'reimagine' racist movements with new look, secretive tactics - Los Angeles Times

10/25/2018, 12:08:01 PM
When the so-called Rise Above Movement formed in Southern California late in 2016, its founders had a goal: to reimagine what it meant to be a white nationalist. ✔ Joanna Mendelson, senior investigative researcher for the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism in Los Angeles, called Rundo a key RAM leader who had a significant role in producing the propaganda that helped to recruit others into their cause



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