Yemen is in freefall and half of its population is at risk of famine
11/9/2018, 12:55:03 PMHunger became starvation and is about to lurch into famine. A failing state failed and an economic crisis became a catastrophe. An insurgency became a civil war and then a regional conflict involving Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. ✔ A failing state failed and an economic crisis became a catastrophe ✔ In turn, the Houthis have goaded their enemies with symbolic but useless ballistic missile attacks against Saudi Arabia and committed abuses of their own ✔ According to the United Nations, one dies every 10 minutes
Intensified Yemen Attacks Complicate U.S. Peace Plans
11/9/2018, 12:56:03 PMA Saudi-led coalition and its allies have intensified attacks on a key Yemeni port city to improve their position ahead of peace talks, posing a potential obstacle for U.S. attempts to end Yemen’s war. ✔ Supporters of the Houthi rebels ride on humvees during a military parade to mobilize more fighters into the intensifying battlefront of Hodeidah, Yemen, on Oct. 16 ✔ What we’re trying to do is clear up any issues so that we can get a successful round of talks as soon as possible
British bomb disposal expert says Syrian puppy is now an 'Essex girl'
11/9/2018, 1:25:04 PMBomb disposal expert Sean Laidlaw, 30, credits 'Barrie' (together today) - given that name because he initially thought she was a boy - with saving his life after struggling with working in a war zone. ✔ Barrie, pictured with Sean today, is a calm and happy dog despite the trauma of his early life in Syria Sean made a jacket for Barrie and the pair travelled together on his jobs across Syria Sean who now runs a gym is getting Barrie used to life in Essex after she moved from Syria and she helps with his training Sean, who now runs a gym, said: 'I think as soon as Barrie and I bonded, where I could pick her up, for me she'd already become my dog
Taliban join Moscow talks to kick start Afghanistan negotiations
11/9/2018, 12:55:01 PMTaliban envoys have taken part for the first time in a high-level international talks, meeting Afghan officials in Moscow as part of a Russian-sponsored peace effort. ✔ The long running Afghan conflict has seen steadily escalating casualties this year The Afghan delegation includes four members of the country's High Peace Council ✔ The Taliban have so far dismissed Ashraf Ghani's government as a puppet regime and said they will only talk with the US to find an end to America's longest war
Afghan peace conference: India shares table with Taliban
11/9/2018, 1:11:52 PMIndia, among other regional countries, is a part of the Russia-hosted peace conference in Moscow to end war Afghanistan. ✔ Moreover, would the rank and file follow the leaders or will they join groups like Daesh (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group) ✔ Taliban officials have set withdrawal of all foreign forces, the release of prisoners and the lifting of a ban on travel as a preconditions for any peace talks ✔ With additional reporting by Asad Hashim from Islamabad, Pakistan
Exclusive: 'Can't eat, can't sleep' - Rohingya on Myanmar...
11/9/2018, 12:19:53 PMFor Nurul Amin, a Rohingya Muslim living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the da... ✔ REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo I can hardly sleep at night for fear of getting forcibly repatriated ✔ We have not started the process yet but we will be carrying out an assessment of the voluntariness, he said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Poppy sellers say ‘society has changed’ as war veteran has door SLAMMED IN HIS FACE
11/9/2018, 12:33:57 PMWAR veterans have hit out at snowflakes abusing them for not selling the white poppy days before the 100th year commemoration of the end of World War One. ✔ Mr Thomson served with the RAF for 12 years including overseas detachments in Afghanistan and Bahrain and selling poppies for three years in Chartham, Kent ✔ It is human nature that where there is a big change there will always be conflict due to politics, religion, money and power ✔ And it seems to me that it is the way of the world these days for people to get easily offended by anything
Yemen government announces new push to seize key port, U.N. warns...
11/9/2018, 2:54:48 PMYemeni forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition launched on Friday a "vast ... ✔ As testament to how dire the situation is, some 445,000 people from al-Hodeidah Governorate have been forced to flee since June, according to UN data, spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo told a news briefing in Geneva on Friday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
US Declares War on Troika of Russia's Latin American Allies
11/9/2018, 12:16:57 PMThe US is going to extend its “combat operations” — the sanctions war aimed at reshaping the world — to Latin America. ✔ Rosneft, the Russian state oil giant, has recently resumed fuel shipments to Cuba and is negotiating a major energy agreement ✔ Russia’s Sputnik media outlet has been broadcasting in Spanish since 2014, offering radio- and web-based news and entertainment to audiences across Latin America
S-300 fear factor: Will Israel risk bombing Syria now?
11/9/2018, 4:00:05 PMThe Israeli Air Force reportedly hasn't conducted a single air mission in Syria after Russian S-300 systems were delivered to the Arab Republic. How may the situation develop further? ✔ That means that two battalions of this system can effectively cover nearly half of Syria ✔ Worked as an analyst at Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000-2003) and editor-in-chief of Voyenno-Promyshlennyi Kuriyer (2010-2015) ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
Friday Morning Briefing
11/9/2018, 2:13:29 PMFBI hopes to learn what drove ex-Marine to kill 12, Russian state bank secretly ... ✔ But her killing did renew interest in her many different claims, leading to media reports about such subjects as banking regulation and Malta’s sale of passports ✔ Volkswagen intends to sell electric cars for less than $22,836 and protect German jobs by converting three factories to make Tesla rivals, a source familiar with the plans said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Trump Heads to Paris After Turbulent Week
11/9/2018, 1:43:15 PMPresident Trump departs for Paris to meet his French counterpart and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. ✔ Most Western companies and banks pulled out of Iran before the sanctions were reimposed, fearing a loss of access to the U.S. economy ✔ More Democratic Win Sets Up Clash Over Trump Tax Cuts November 9, 2018 Appeals Court Says Trump Can’t Cancel DACA November 8, 2018 Brian Kemp Resigns as Georgia Election Head to Plan for Governor Job; Stacey Abrams Not Conceding November 8, 2018 Pelosi’s Speaker Bid Isn’t Quite a Done Deal November 8, 2018
How Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike Transformed to Play Slain War Correspondent Marie Colvin
11/9/2018, 3:41:16 PMRosamund Pike's preparation for A Private War included months of research and learning to walk and talk very differently ✔ Not only has she received rave reviews for her performance but she’s almost fooled herself with how she was able to change her voice from a proper English accent to Colvin’s east coast American one ✔ Once I started looking, I couldn’t stop finding more and more and more
'I looked at the spot between his eyes. I am a sniper': Usyk reveals his bullet target for Bellew
11/9/2018, 2:10:40 PMThe undefeated, undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world, Oleksandr Usyk, has fired a pre-fight warning to his opponent Tony Bellew this weekend, saying that the spot between his eyes is the ‘target for my bullet’. ✔ Usyk, in response to Bellew’s pre-fight forecast, says that he has taken his training to a new level in advance of Saturday’s clash, living the life of a monk which included sleeping on a straw bed at a gym just outside of Kiev ✔ READ MORE: Khabib teammates & McGregor coach Danis to learn fate at Nevada meeting on UFC 229 brawl While I cannot outbox Usyk I can put his lights out in the blink of an eye at the height of a war
Fatal stabbing attack in Melbourne street was linked to terrorism, Australian police say - Los Angeles Times
11/9/2018, 3:07:55 PMPolice say the attacker got out of a pickup, which then caught fire, and attacked three bystanders with a knife. He also tried to attack police ✔ It said the man was one of Islamic State fighters and had responded to the group’s calls for attacks in countries that are part of the international coalition fighting the militants in Syria and Iraq ✔ However, at a later inquest, the coroner of New South Wales state said the gunman's actions fell within the accepted definition of terrorism
Usyk vs Bellew: Live stream, TV channel, ticket information and undercard
11/9/2018, 3:45:36 PMTONY BELLEW has the final fight of his illustrious career when he takes on Oleksandr Usyk for ALL of the world cruiserweight titles on Saturday night. The British boxer used to hold the WBC cruiser… ✔ Anthony Crolla vs Daud Yordan (WBA lightweight final eliminator) Ricky Burns vs Scott Cardle (10 rounds lightweight) Josh Kelly vs Walter Fabian Castillo (welterweight) Dave Allen vs Ariel Esteban (heavyweight) Sam Hyde vs Richar Riakporhe (10 rounds cruiserweight) 2 What have the fighters said
Fighting preventing Yemenis from fleeing Hodeidah city: UNHCR
11/9/2018, 1:22:49 PMNearly half a million people have fled their homes in the Yemeni port city of Ho... ✔ They are trapped by military operations, which are increasingly confining populations and cutting off exit routes, Manjoo said ✔ bodies have warned that an all-out attack on the Red Sea city, an entry point for 80 percent of Yemen’s food imports and aid relief, could trigger famine in the impoverished state ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Impressionistic and ultra-gritty, these four documentaries tackle diverse subjects in striking ways - Los Angeles Times
11/9/2018, 2:19:33 PM'Hale County This Morning, This Evening,' 'On Her Shoulders,' 'Free Solo' and 'Of Fathers and Sons' are gaining attention. ✔ Selections for the 2018 Academy Award documentary shortlist will be announced Dec. 17, with some 160 titles and counting to be considered ✔ Alex Honnold as he holds all of his climbing gear atop the summit of El Capitan,in Yosemite National Park ✔ The dangers were physical as well as psychological
Trumps head to Paris for Armistice Day after calling off $92M parade
11/9/2018, 1:37:42 PMThe president and first lady Melania Trump were on their way to France for a program celebrating the 100th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in World War One with other world leaders. ✔ The Pentagon called off the show of American military might after the projected price of the vanity project hit $92 million, allegedly over a dispute with the local government over costs, and Trump decided to join fellow world leaders in France for the annual Armistice Day celebration at the Arc De Triomphe ✔ Businesses in Europe will suffer mightily if they continue to do business with Iran and have not received a U.S. waiver ✔ 'We believe that trade must be fair and reciprocal ✔ He insisted later that he meant it to be a laugh line for friends in the room
Vibrant photos capture the mesmerizing patterns of civilization
11/9/2018, 3:55:40 PM"Civilization," a new book from Thames & Hudson, aims to condense how people live today into a single volume. ✔ Magnum photographer Mark Power captured the scene as hundreds mourned the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 ✔ Through aerial photos, Alex S. MacLean shows the impact of humanity on the natural world ✔ Look through the gallery for a sampling of life on Earth ✔ Top photo: DPRK -- North Korea from the series Datazone (2006) by Philippe Chancel
Islamic State claims responsibility for Melbourne attack
11/9/2018, 12:18:11 PMAsia-focused English-language publication that brings you insights about business, finance, economic and political news, comments and analysis for Asia, by Asia on asia.nikkei.com ✔ The group's Amaq news website provided no evidence for the claim ✔ The text was referring to a call in August by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to use bombs, knives or cars to carry out attacks in countries taking part in the U.S.-led coalition that put an end to the caliphate he declared in 2014 over parts of Iraq and Syria
Yemeni forces, Saudi-led coalition launch 'vast' Hodeidah push
11/9/2018, 2:47:53 PMFierce battles taking place over strategically important, Houthi-held Red Sea port city, Yemeni government says. ✔ The Saudi-UAE alliance, which is backed by the United States, launched a wide-ranging operation to take the seaport in June but suspended it ahead of planned United Nations-sponsored peace talks between Hadi's government and the Houthis ✔ The campaign resumed in September after the talks collapsed before even starting
Dirty little secret: ‘Think tanks’ are among top culprits in media disinformation crisis
11/9/2018, 2:04:52 PMMost consumers are unaware off the mainstream media’s dirty little secret. Think tanks are increasingly taking advantage of tight news budgets to influence the press agenda in favour of their sponsors. ✔ Now, isn’t that a weird sort of thing for a Hungarian analyst to be worrying about ✔ Another example of how the ‘think tank’ tail is wagging the mainstream media dog these days ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
California shooting: Ex-Marine hero kills 12 in bar
11/9/2018, 3:36:51 PMA MASKED gunman who killed 12 people in California was yesterday named by police as a decorated ex-Marine. ✔ He is then believed to have turned the gun on himself ✔ Sergeant Ron Helus, 54, was the first to arrive at the scene at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles at around 11.20pm ✔ Mental health professionals sent to evaluate him concluded he did not need to be taken into custody
Syrian government, rebels clash in northwest: Observatory, SANA
11/9/2018, 1:48:02 PMSyrian government forces clashed with rebels in Hama province on Friday in some ... ✔ Intermittent exchanges of fire have broken out in northwest Syria since a deal in September between Russia, a key Damascus ally, and Turkey, which has backed the opposition ✔ An array of insurgents control Idlib, the dominant force being Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist alliance led by fighters formerly linked to al Qaeda ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Gas-laden truck set afire, three stabbed, one dead in Australia...
11/9/2018, 1:48:05 PMA Somali-born man set fire to a pickup truck laden with gas cylinders in the cen... ✔ The utility truck carrying barbecue gas cylinders burned on busy Bourke Street just before the evening rush hour as the driver stabbed bystanders and attacked police ✔ He declined to release their names because police were still in the process of contacting families ✔ Police later said the two wounded men were aged 26 and 58 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
As California city reels from shooting, wildfires threaten
11/9/2018, 2:44:55 PMEven as the South California city of Thousands Oaks reeled from a mass shooting ... ✔ Long fired seemingly at random inside the Western-themed bar with a .45 caliber Glock handgun equipped with a high-capacity magazine, Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said ✔ Long was in the Marine Corps from 2008 to 2013 and served as a machine gunner in Afghanistan ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Thousand Oaks gunman went from Marine vet to mass shooter. Investigators want to know why.
11/9/2018, 12:55:47 PMA day after a Marine Corps veteran stormed into a country music dance hall in California and opened fire into the crowd, killing 12 people, investigators said there is no clear motive behind the attack. ✔ The shooter Long's friends say he was a frequent visitor at the bar for years and that he liked going there ✔ CNN's Eric Levenson, Jose Pagliery, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Faith Karimi, Emanuella Grinberg, Gisela Crespo and Hollie Silverman contributed to this report
‘It can’t be any worse.’ Thousand Oaks grieves after massacre as questions remain about gunman
11/9/2018, 3:30:20 PMThe gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar had encountered police but been cleared by a mental-health specialist. ✔ By Tony Biasotti and Mark Berman Mark Berman National news reporter Email Bio Follow November 9 at 10:16 AM THOUSAND OAKS, Calif ✔ In at least one instance, Long’s issues came to the attention of law enforcement ✔ I’ll be here tomorrow, and I don’t know where I’ll be Saturday
'I don't want prayers, I want gun control': Mother of man killed in California after surviving Las Vegas attack
11/9/2018, 2:42:20 PMTelemachos Orfanos escaped mass shooting in Las Vegas, only to be among 12 killed in Thousand Oaks ✔ My son was in Las Vegas with one of his friends and he came home, she told ABC TV reporters ✔ Only reason we are alive is the shooter chose a different night, he said on Twitter ✔ Obviously, he had something going on in his head that would cause him to do something like this, Dean said
Analysis | The Finance 202: Voters send mixed messages on Wall Street regulation
11/9/2018, 2:18:41 PMCandidates who railed against big banks -- and ones the industry supported -- both lost. ✔ It’s something of a placeholder ahead of a planned meeting at the end of the month between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at a Group of 20 summit in Argentina ✔ And he does: Dutch 69-year-old asks court to change his age to 49:
The Violence Driving Migration Isn’t Just Gangs
11/9/2018, 3:53:30 PMBrutal criminals are part of the problem, but too many governments are complicit in the carnage ✔ When Honduran security services killed 32 people protesting the president’s re-election this past January, no one was charged for the use of excessive force ✔ More Essays To Make a Cup of Coffee, It Takes More Than a Village November 8, 2018 The Reinvention of Warfare November 8, 2018 The Paradox of American Anti-Semitism November 2, 2018 A Great Day in Harlem, Revisited November 2, 2018
Analysis | The Daily 202: Four ways the midterm results challenged conventional wisdom
11/9/2018, 3:31:15 PMLatinos voted. Liberal stars faded. Ohio reddened. Calls for gun control resonated in red districts. ✔ Rep.-elect Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.) carries a campaign sign outside a polling station in El Paso on Tuesday ✔ But Trump’s advisers, including his personal attorney Rudolph W ✔ From Ian Livingston: With 55.90 inches, the city’s rainfall total ranks as the sixth wettest on record for any calendar year dating to the 1870s
All the new films coming to British cinemas ahead of the Oscars
11/9/2018, 12:34:21 PMSuspiria, Creed II and Mary Poppins Returns just some of the hotly anticipated titles arriving between November and March ✔ Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, it offers an utterly winning mix of humour, poignancy and sharp-eyed social observation ✔ Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett return among the voice cast while original creators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller this time write and produce but hand over directorial duties to Mike Mitchell and Trisha Gum
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The fake video era of US politics has arrived on Twitter
11/9/2018, 2:41:11 PMA reporter, an altered video clip, and a chance to choose your own reality ✔ President Donald Trump gets into an exchange with Jim Acosta of CNN after giving remarks a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC ✔ Pichai also promises to provide more granularity in internal reports about harassment at Google
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