Afghanistan war veteran opens up playing 'unhinged' Corrie character
10/31/2018, 9:15:55 AMFormer Marine Cassidy Little, 36, lost a limb like character Jack and will play a Paralympic champion ✔ A source told The Sun : It’s a real honour to have Cassidy joining the cast ✔ I am so pleased to continue my recovery in a project like Soldier On, created by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy, allowing me access and opportunity with actors, writers, creators and like-minded people on a similar path of recovery ✔ *Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV
North Korea 'preparing to allow international inspectors to visit Punggye-ri nuclear test site'
10/31/2018, 8:04:54 AMNorth Korea is preparing to allow international inspectors into its Punggye-ri test site, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a South Korean politician. ✔ The meeting is expected to take place early next year despite concerns in Washington that North Korea is dragging its feet over nuclear disarmament and frustration in Pyongyang that the US has not agreed to ease economic sanctions or an official end to the Korean War of 1950-53
US raises pressure on Saudi Arabia with call for Yemen peace talks
10/31/2018, 11:57:45 AMundefined ✔ In Yemen, Saudi Arabia has been criticised for exacerbating what aid workers describe as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster ✔ The UN says more than two-thirds of the Yemeni population are in need of humanitarian assistance, with 14m people facing pre-famine conditions ✔ At the time Mr Mattis defended US support for the coalition
US calls for ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days, sparking hopes of diplomatic breakthrough
10/31/2018, 10:35:59 AMThe US has called for a ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days followed by UN-brokered peace talks, sparking guarded hopes of a breakthrough in the international effort to end the country’s disastrous three-year war. ✔ David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, hailed the US announcement as the most significant breakthrough in the war in Yemen for four years ✔ Both sides have been accused of war crimes during the conflict, although the vast majority of civilian deaths have been caused by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, according to the UN
Norwegian diplomat to be new UN envoy to Syria
10/31/2018, 8:50:23 AMUN chief Antonio Guterres informed the Security Council he intends to appoint Geir Pedersen as his special envoy. ✔ In his letter @antonioguterres tells Security Council I call on the international community and the Syrian Government to give Mr. Pedersen unified and unwavering support in order for him to succeed in his mission ✔ Talk to Al Jazeera UN envoy Staffan de Mistura: 'No plan B for Syria'
Russia Will Decide the Fate of Syria Without America
10/31/2018, 9:56:25 AMTranslated by Ollie Richardson and Angelina Siard at Stalker Zone On Saturday, a symbolic meeting of four national leaders took place in Istanbul. Vladimir Putin held talks with the presidents of France and Turkey, as well as with the Federal Chancellor of Germany. The topic of the Syrian settlement was mainly discussed. ✔ Translated by Ollie Richardson and Angelina Siard at Stalker Zone On Saturday, a symbolic meeting of four national leaders took place in Istanbul ✔ The topic of the Syrian settlement was mainly discussed ✔ The allies did not flee with such speed and so demonstratively even from a disintegrating USSR
Afghan helicopter crash kills at least 20, including top military commander and civilian officials
10/31/2018, 8:30:48 AMTaliban claimed to have shot it down, but the army’s fleet is largely made up of aging Soviet-era machines. ✔ The helicopters are the major source of transportation of troops and supplies for these remote and volatile areas ✔ A security source said the casualties could go higher ✔ Afghanistan held parliamentary elections on Oct. 20, which were marred by attacks from both the Islamic State and Taliban
Top former intel official says Singapore summit was "serious misstep"
10/31/2018, 9:55:07 AMFormer CIA deputy director David Cohen says sanctions programs in North Korea and Iran require “amplification” by world partners ✔ The U.S. has also accused Russia of actively working to subvert international sanctions ✔ Today, that diplomatic isolation is frankly ours, not theirs ✔ For much more from Michael Morell's conversation with David Cohen, you can listen to the new episode and subscribe to Intelligence Matters here
War veteran goes on hunger strike: Falklands hero’s protest over lack of mental care
10/31/2018, 8:41:01 AMA FALKLANDS veteran has gone on hunger strike demanding better treatment for former servicemen. Former paratrooper Gus Hales, 62, launched his protest over the "disgraceful" lack of mental health care for former soldiers. ✔ In Northern Ireland there's veterans being put on trial ✔ The regime they gave me was three two-week periods a year - once every four months ✔ Then two years ago the welfare officer appeared at my doorstep and discharged me ✔ The charity's chief executive Sue Freeth said: Mr Hales's wellbeing is of paramount importance to us
The stunning winners of the acclaimed Siena International Photo Awards
10/31/2018, 9:05:15 AMThe images that wowed the jury this year include a leopard seal hunting a penguin, lightning ripping through a volcanic eruption in Chile, and a car lost in a sea of sheep on a Polish road. ✔ If your photograph is commended or a winner in the Siena International Photo Awards it’s certainly significant – because it’s enormously popular ✔ The previous night she had entered Tenkhali Rohingya refugee camp with her family from Kumar Khali in Rohingya state
Public opinion, legal hurdles cloud outlook for Japan-South Korea...
10/31/2018, 8:05:07 AMJapan and South Korea will try to keep a row over World War Two forced laborers ... ✔ We’re just starting to explore next steps, with a task force to be created under the prime minister with private experts too, a South Korean government official told Reuters on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
South Sudan rebel leader returns to Juba after two years
10/31/2018, 11:47:52 AMFor the first time since fleeing South Sudan more than two years ago, opposition leader Riek Machar returned on Wednesday to take part in a nationwide peace celebration. ✔ This will be the third time the two men will try to work together since the country erupted into civil war in 2013 ✔ Since the deal was signed six weeks ago it has been criticised for slow implementation, missed deadlines and continued cease-fire violations ✔ I'm not sure what else it means, Eva Lopa, South Sudan radio personality told AP
Transcript: David Cohen talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters" podcast
10/31/2018, 10:12:40 AMCohen, a former Treasury under secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, talked with Michael Morell about the use of sanctions as a foreign and national security tool ✔ CBS NEWS - WASHINGTON BUREAU INTELLIGENCE MATTERS - INTERVIEW WITH DAVID COHEN, FORMER TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CORRESPONDENT: MICHAEL MORELL PRODUCER: OLIVIA GAZIS MICHAEL MORELL: David, thanks for joining us ✔ And so what you've got in Europe, essentially, is a coalition of the unwilling
Secret no more: Israel's outreach to Gulf Arab states
10/31/2018, 10:15:45 AMPrime Minister Netanyahu has for years boasted about ties with key Arab states, but those ties were rarely visible. ✔ While the visits by Netanyahu and his Likud Party ministers are a huge public relations boost for him domestically, they do not immediately signal an Arab embrace of Israel ✔ Oman can show that it's a go-between, a conduit not just between Israel and the Palestinians, but more ambitiously between Iran and I
French foreign minister: sanctions against Saudi Arabia possible
10/31/2018, 8:18:20 AMFrance doesn't rule out any sanction against Saudi Arabia if its authoritie... ✔ REUTERS/Amr Alfiky France has called on Saudi Arabia to establish the truth about the case having already changed its story several times identify those behind the killing and punish them ✔ Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and has not been seen since ✔ Saudi Arabia has admitted he was killed in what it described as a botched rendition attempt ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Taliban assign ex-Guantanamo inmates as future peace brokers
10/31/2018, 11:46:46 AMThe Taliban have appointed five former commanders who spent more than a decade a... ✔ A Taliban official in Qatar said that while the former commanders, who were close to the movement’s late founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, had not been attached to the political office earlier, but the office has sought their opinions and advice in the past
Iraq looks to snuff out ISIL remnants in remote Anbar province
10/31/2018, 8:12:30 AMSleeper cells use vast desert of Anbar province for regrouping and planning new attacks, Iraqi army says. ✔ That is why it is key to have the security apparatuses strengthen their relationship with the people who will, in turn, compare the dark times under ISIL and the current situation that has better security and stability ✔ Iraqis suffer with no water or electricity after ISIL's defeat
Okinawa’s new leader wants Americans to stop U.S. base
10/31/2018, 10:05:06 AMThe bicultural, newly elected governor of the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa plans t ✔ Tamaki plans to visit New York and other U.S. cities in November, although dates and other details are not yet decided, according to the governor's office ✔ Early construction has begun at Henoko, but it's far from finished ✔ Maybe I grew up a little bit, he said with a smile
Oil prices rise ahead of U.S. sanctions on Iran
10/31/2018, 11:46:44 AMOil prices rose on Wednesday, recovering some ground after two days of losses, a... ✔ The bullish argument for crude still centers on Iran sanctions which are due to begin in November, and continued output declines from Venezuela, said William O’Loughlin, investment analyst at Rivkin Securities ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Iran sanctions seen keeping oil above $75, but 2019 demand outlook...
10/31/2018, 11:23:30 AMOil is likely to stay above $75 a barrel, fueled by supply disruptions exacerbat... ✔ I expect (Saudi Arabia and Russia) to raise output if necessary - as a shortage on the supply side and an even higher oil price could be a major risk to the global economy in 2019, Schallenberger added ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Halloween in Paris: The ten spookiest sites to visit
10/31/2018, 8:57:27 AMThe experts at Dark Paris have shared the spookiest stories from the French capital. ✔ He is said to have risen from the dead and cursed the French Royals who inhabited the Louvre, many of whom died in a string of mysterious circumstances ✔ The human zoo remains standing today, but is overgrown and in limbo, as destroying it may be considered to be a cover up by authorities ✔ The team offers small group and private tours to see the Dark side of the City of Lights
Syrian accused of raping girl 'already had a warrant for his arrest'
10/31/2018, 11:31:51 AMMen aged 19-29 raped girl, 18, for four hours outside Freiburg club on Oct 14. An arrest warrant for suspect, who was known to police, was issued on Oct 10 and warned he was violent. ✔ He is a Syrian Kurd, and his family including parents, brother and uncle also live in Freiburg ✔ The horrific story will bolster Angela Merkel's critics, as support for her coalition has wavered in the face of the migrant crisis ✔ Merkel who has held the Chancellorship since 2005 is stepping down at the end of her term in 2021
Perspective | This is how republics end
10/31/2018, 10:18:30 AMWarnings from the fall of Rome. ✔ Ruins of the ancient Greek and Roman city of Cyrene, in Shahhat, Libya ✔ Some in the Roman leadership could see clearly by the 130s and 120s B.C ✔ Julius Caesar and Augustus both introduced a raft of reforms designed to do by autocratic fiat what the once-cooperative republican government had failed to achieve
Open hearts, minds on menu at Syrian refugee's falafel shop, the 'Nicest Place in America'
10/31/2018, 8:57:42 AMAs we mourn the Pittsburgh tragedy, it's heartening to know trust and generosity are blooming across America in places like a Knoxville falafel shop. ✔ A final corn roast capped by a singalong with s’mores under the stars was followed the next day by tearful goodbyes on both sides ✔ After a public vote (63,000 votes were cast), Yassin’s Falafel House emerged from the pack ✔ Bruce Kelley is the editor in chief of Reader's Digest
Sylvester Stallone will not be prosecuted for 1990s rape allegations
10/31/2018, 9:28:16 AMNone of the witnesses provided by the alleged victim corroborated her allegations ✔ Curzon Artificial Eye 1/17 The Guardians From its slow-burning beginning, The Guardians develops into an epic melodrama ✔ It’s a wartime story in which, for a change, the men are relegated to supporting roles ✔ Stallone will next appear alongside Michael B Jordan in the sequel to Creed , once again playing the iconic boxer Rocky
Julian Assange: The house guest who overstayed his welcome?
10/31/2018, 10:59:26 AMThe WikiLeaks founder's stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London may finally be nearing an end. ✔ A few days earlier, Ecuador announced that it had granted asylum to Assange ✔ In his public address, Assange demanded that the United States drop its witch hunt against WikiLeaks ✔ CNN's Claudia Dominguez contributed to this report from Atlanta while Ana Maria Canizares contributed from Quito
The scam leaving Iranians with thousands of scorpions on their hands
10/31/2018, 11:54:57 AMFollow international news through our Observers' amateur images and eyewitness testimony. All the content is verified and explained by our journalists. ✔ There’s just one problem – it turns out nobody actually wants to buy it from them ✔ My situation is becoming difficult, so I am considering my options ✔ That farm’s purpose is not to harvest venom, but to repopulate the five types of scorpions that are now being poached so heavily that their populations are at risk
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