Behind the Reporting: How the War in Yemen Became a Bloody Stalemate
11/2/2018, 8:03:49 PMRobert F. Worth writes about the local networks that helped him and Lynsey Addario safely report on the war in Yemen. ✔ It took months of work, two separate visas, talks with three different governments and endless negotiations with Yemeni friends and helpers ✔ Not only that, he was willing to push hard to help us get it ✔ Read more from At War here or follow us on Twitter
UN chief demands Yemen peace, warns of humanitarian 'precipice'
11/2/2018, 8:23:24 PMWithout resolution to ongoing conflict, Yemen could face world's 'worst famine' for decades, Antonio Guterres says. ✔ Discussions between the warring factions were planned for September in the Swiss city of Geneva but fell apart after Houthi representatives refused to attend, saying the UN had failed to meet the group's pre-summit demands ✔ Inside Story Can the UN revive talks to end the Yemen war
‘Irresponsible and incoherent’: British-backed bombing raids destroy UK aid in Yemen
11/2/2018, 10:15:58 PM'On the one hand British aid is a vital lifeline, on the other British bombs are helping to fuel an ongoing war,' says Oxfam, urging UK to withdraw support for war ✔ Instead of using our influence at the UN to secure a ceasefire and a peace process we are widely viewed as complicit in causing monstrous famine conditions ✔ This week Doctors Without Borders said their health facilities have been hit five times by the coalition since the war erupted in 2015, killing 21 patients and staff, and injuring 33 others
World War 3: Germany leads joint EU and NATO war games on Russia's doorstep
11/2/2018, 9:57:39 PMGERMANY is spearheading efforts to counter Russia’s military build-up in the Baltic Sea with a large-scale military exercise off the Finnish coast in a move which puts in direct opposition to the regime of Vladimir Putin. ✔ Mr Beck added: The aim of our exercise is to secure the sea lines of communication, those lines that you can’t see but that guarantee trade and prosperity in the countries along the Baltic coast ✔ Captain Beck said: We don’t have a big navy, but in relation to the Baltic countries it is huge
Trump Said US Soldiers Should Shoot Rock-Throwing Migrants, And Vets Were Having None Of That
11/2/2018, 8:38:21 PM“We had rocks thrown at us all the time in Afghanistan. Responding with lethal force is a fucking war crime.” ✔ Eaton, a former US Army captain and the daughter of a US Marine Corps colonel, said her immediate reaction was that all you need is someone to get a little scared to make the choice to overcome training and they’ll think 'the president says it's ok.' US troops deploying to the border will work on logistics, maintenance, medical aid and other support roles, and are barred from interacting with migrants or carrying out any law enforcement activities
Yemeni girl from heart-wrenching photo dies
11/2/2018, 8:12:48 PMThe 7-year-old Yemeni girl whose heart-wrenching photo exposed the famine plaguing Yemen has died. Nearly 8 million people are living on emergency food rations in the war-torn country. New York Times Magazine contributing author Robert Worth joined CBSN to discuss the status of the war and recent U.S. efforts to intervene.
Lie detector scheme to boost fight against 'terror threats' trialled at EU borders
11/2/2018, 8:36:39 PMAN EU-funded project aimed at tackling “terror threats” by requiring people trying to cross borders into the bloc to take lie detector tests is to be trialled in Hungary, Greece and Latvia. ✔ The IBORDERCTRL system will require travellers will use an online application to upload pictures of their passport, visa and proof of funds, then use a webcam to answer questions from a computer-animated border guard, personalised to the traveller’s gender, ethnicity and language
Syrian border town braces for new Turkish offensive, as SDF forced to pause battle against Isis
11/2/2018, 8:49:28 PMTurkish shelling has forced SDF to pause its battle against last remaining Isis stronghold in Syria, and wounded two journalists in last few days alone ✔ Ahmed Taufik fled his hometown of Tal Abyad once before, when Isis fighters stormed the streets where he grew up and eventually took control in 2014 ✔ In the past there were only a few soldiers, now there are tanks and snipers all the way along, he said
Corruption Currents: India, Turkey, Iraq Among Reported Recipients of Iran Sanctions Waivers
11/2/2018, 9:29:29 PM. ✔ 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 ✔ (NYT) The United Arab Emirates is moving to work with Pakistan on a money-laundering clampdown ✔ (WP, NYT) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was ordered to testify at an NYPD corruption trial
New British Army rifle is among world's 'most lethal' weapons, military chiefs say
11/2/2018, 9:42:55 PMThe newest version of the British Army's standard issue rifle, once dubbed the 'civil servant' for its notoriously poor performance, has been hailed as one of the world's "most lethal" weapons. ✔ The newest version of the British Army's standard issue rifle, once dubbed the 'civil servant' for its notoriously poor performance, has been hailed as one of the world's most lethal weapons ✔ For the first time ever, the Canadian Queen’s medal winner, the country’s top military shot, was beaten by two British soldiers firing the new weapon
How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General
11/2/2018, 10:28:02 PMThe attack that killed a powerful Afghan police chief and missed the top U.S. commander led to violence between allies, and the rumor that Americans were behind it all. ✔ Ahmad fled the compound 30 minutes before the shooting, officials said.) Mr. Mohammed made a final call to Pakistan, either five or 15 minutes before the attack, according to two different accounts by officials, and he spoke for about two and a half minutes to a Taliban commander responsible for leading suicide attacks
Erdogan points finger at Khashoggi ‘puppet masters’
11/2/2018, 11:36:41 PMundefined ✔ Recommended Jamal Khashoggi killing resets US relations in the Middle East Mr Erdogan has demanded greater co-operation from Riyadh, and laid down a series of unanswered questions for the Gulf kingdom to answer ✔ Although Mr Erdogan has stopped short of publicly blaming the young heir to the throne, Turkish officials say privately that they believe that the killing happened on his orders
Seed banks will not save over third of critically endangered plants, new study finds
11/2/2018, 8:49:40 PMScientists call for investment in alternative technologies to protect species from climate change and disease ✔ Mahtuf Ikhsan 1/10 A group of emperor penguins face a crack in the sea ice, near McMurdo Station, Antarctica Kira Morris 2/10 Amid a flood in Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, a woman on a raft searches for somewhere dry to take shelter ✔ Past efforts to get cryopreservation off the ground have failed, but the team at Kew said beyond 2020 there must be a renewed effort to save unbankable species
Saudi state blamed for Khashoggi murder
11/2/2018, 8:58:09 PMTurkey's president accuses the Saudi government directly of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ who, they say, will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia ✔ He complained that no action had been taken against the Saudi consul general, who has left Turkey, and accused the Saudi public prosecutor of failing to co-operate with the investigation and answer even simple questions
Another suspicious package addressed to Tom Steyer recovered, FBI confirms
11/2/2018, 8:49:35 PMThis is the second suspicious package sent to the billionaire who is calling for Donald Trump's impeachment ✔ LA will be the biggest city in the US to ban the sale of fur, as it follows San Francisco, Berkley and others AP 46/50 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 47/50 17 September 2018 Australia has launched a nationwide investigation into needles being hidden in strawberries
Trump administration appears in no hurry to judge Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi killing
11/2/2018, 11:37:13 PMThe president has emphasized the importance of military and economic ties with the kingdom. ✔ Whatever the administration concludes, it would be difficult to retain the current close U.S. ties to the kingdom while holding the crown prince responsible for the killing of Khashoggi ✔ In a speech Wednesday in Washington to the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, a senior member of the Saudi royal family strongly suggested that what he called the demonization of Saudi Arabia would have consequences ✔ Sudarsan Raghavan in Cairo contributed to this report
Pakistan’s ‘father of Taliban’ cleric killed in knife attack
11/2/2018, 11:58:16 PMISLAMABAD--Prominent Pakistani cleric Maulana Samiul Haq, also known as the ✔ Haq was a revered teacher with vast influence over Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban, many of whose leaders and commanders studied a strict interpretation of Islam at his Haqqani seminary, earning him the father of the Taliban title ✔ Haq's funeral is expected to be held Saturday in Akora Khattak
Some veterans say Trump is politicizing the military by sending troops to the border days before midterm election - Los Angeles Times
11/2/2018, 11:07:52 PMA growing number of retired military officers are calling President Trump’s decision to order troops to the southwest border days before the midterm election a damaging stunt that compromises the military’s position as an institution that should be shielded from electoral politics. ✔ If they have a moral objection to a policy decision, they are expected to resign from the armed forces ✔ The Pentagon rejected a request from the Department of Homeland Security to have troops perform emergency law enforcement missions, including crowd and traffic control, CNN reported
After treasuring a painting of Robert E. Lee for 40 years, Gen. Stanley McChrystal threw it away and began to question the leaders he admired
11/2/2018, 9:47:46 PMRetired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal discusses his new book "Leaders," as well as what he learned from the key moments in his long career. ✔ Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the US Army who led America's Joint Special Operations Command and NATO forces in the War in Afghanistan ✔ Lee helped convince him that our conception of leadership is too reliant on mythology ✔ And as it came it started to change the way we thought about leadership
Fearless girl statue dressed in bulletproof vest on Wall Street: #FearfulGirl
11/2/2018, 8:49:26 PMGroup behind demonstration founded by parents of victim in Parkland school shooting ✔ The group tweeted the photo Friday morning along with the caption, She can’t be fearless if she’s afraid to go to school ✔ Pictured here are the smashed windows of an office tower in Hong Kong ✔ Change the Ref did not immediately respond to requests for comment
Opinion | This time, our eyes are wide open
11/2/2018, 11:58:11 PMTuesday’s vote will mark the purest midterm referendum on a sitting president in modern times. ✔ He befriended some of the world’s most loathed autocrats, including Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, whose extralegal death squads have killed thousands; and he refused to take serious action after the Saudi regime murdered and dismembered a Post contributing columnist in Turkey
Trump’s election-eve border mission puts the military in partisan crosshairs
11/2/2018, 11:59:35 PMFormer generals worry that Trump’s border mission is deploying the military in the service of partisan aims. ✔ The military is not a political prize, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs wrote in a letter to The Washington Post ✔ An internal Pentagon document obtained by The Post said that lethal force was authorized in the operation only in situations where lesser means have failed or cannot be reasonably employed ✔ In any case, the migrants are still about 40 days from coming anywhere close to the U.S. border
Trump accuses reporter of 'creating violence' with question
11/2/2018, 8:37:41 PMPresident was asked about his divisive rhetoric ✔ Dozens of activists have been living in treehouses, but are now being forced out after tensions rose between them and energy company RWE, which plans to expand its coal mine further into the remaining woodland AFP/Getty 50/50 14 September 2018 Speaking in Malmo today, the Dalai Lama stated I think Europe belongs to Europeans and suggested that refugees should focus on returning home and developing their home countries Reuters 1/50 2 November 2018 A Salvadorean migrant with a girl walks next to Guatemalan policemen as they approach the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Tecun Uman
Hondurans in migrant caravan sue Trump administration
11/2/2018, 10:06:29 PMThe class-action lawsuit claims the Trump administration is violating the Fifth Amendment ✔ Speaking at a news conference today, councillor Bob Blumenfield said this is something that is not just a good legislative win, it’s a moral win ✔ When they throw rocks like what they did to the Mexican military and police I say consider it a rifle ✔ The caravan is about weeks away from reaching the US southern border
TV This Week, Nov. 4-10: 'Red Sparrow,' 'Outlander' and more - Los Angeles Times
11/2/2018, 8:34:19 PMBroadcast, cable and streaming TV highlights for Nov. 4-11: ✔ SUNDAY What’s next in politics, technology, etc. ✔ With Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson ✔ 10 p.m. FX WEDNESDAY Schmear campaign: A new episode of The Migrant Kitchen visits Jewish delicatessens around L.A ✔ With Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons
A Scary New Missile Could Start a New Arms Race
11/2/2018, 10:58:41 PMA new “hypersonic” missile, and America’s rising rivalry with China more broadly, are key for investors trying to make sense of the outlook for defense stocks. ✔ Text size Starry sky 2 sounds peaceful enough, and when China’s top aerospace scientists announced in August that they had successfully tested a device of that name, they described it as an aircraft ✔ In a report last year, Rand Corp. urged a hypersonics nonproliferation treaty among the U.S., Russia, and China, warning of hair-trigger states of readiness
In land of sushi, squid moves out of reach
11/2/2018, 10:35:41 PMTakashi Odajima picked up a cracked and faded photograph and dusted it off with his sleeve. He smiled a little sadly at the image from long ago, back when he was a baby boy. In the photo, he sits on his uncle's lap as his family poses at a nearby… ✔ Takashi Odajima picked up a cracked and faded photograph and dusted it off with his sleeve ✔ Now 60, Saito has steered dozens of ships all over Japan ✔ Folded copies of Tokyo's subway map peeked out of his large duffel bag ✔ Outside, leaning against the mall's glass façade, Odajima was happy – for the moment, at least
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