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Analysis | Is this the turning point for the war in Yemen?

11/13/2018, 6:12:50 AM
Washington is souring on the war, but it's not clear if concrete policy action is coming. ✔ The U.S. refueling of coalition aircraft has long been controversial because of the large numbers of civilians that have been killed in coalition airstrikes, my colleagues reported ✔ There is no food, there is cholera, and children are continuing to die


World War 3: North Korea SECRETLY working on missiles which could HIT US, experts claim

11/13/2018, 6:08:25 AM
NORTH Korea is continuing to develop its ballistic missile programme at 16 hidden bases, including weapons which could potentially reach the US mainland, according to a new series of images. ✔ President Trump met Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 (Image: GETTY ) What everyone is worried about is that Trump is going to accept a bad deal ✔ The US State Department commented on the issue, saying: Should Chairman Kim follow through on his commitments, including complete denuclearisation and the elimination of ballistic missile programs, a much brighter future lies ahead for North Korea and its people


After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending war

11/13/2018, 6:18:45 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When U.S. forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than ever before — and many Afghans put the blame on the Americans. The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war and spent more than $900 billion on everything from military operations to reconstruction. Three U.S. presidents have pledged to bring peace to Afghanistan, either by adding or withdrawing troops, by engaging the Taliban or shunning them.


‘Separatists are not people’: Ukrainian kids taught to shoot & kill at far-right ‘summer camp’

11/13/2018, 5:12:50 AM
The Ukrainian far-right party ‘Svoboda’ is training children as young as eight to use firearms and shoot to kill, getting them ready to fight elusive “Russian aggression,” and stand up to the “perversions” of the West. ✔ Instructors tell the children that all the wrong in Europe is coming from modern leftists and warn that such challenges might completely destroy European civilization ✔ While the party holds only six of the 450 seats in the Ukrainian parliament, one of its founding fathers, Andrey Parubiy, enjoys the post of parliament’s chairman


Lebanon's 'lung' to Persian Gulf markets choked by politics

11/13/2018, 6:50:04 AM
AL-MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese exporters rejoiced last month when the Syrian government opened a key land crossing with Jordan that had been closed by years of war, restoring a much-needed overland trade route to lucrative Persian Gulf markets. But lingering disputes between Lebanon and Syria, and political gridlock in Beirut, mean that many Lebanese businesses still rely on longer and costlier transport by sea, further stalling efforts to restore an economy battered by years of war in its larger neighbor.


Pence, Abe discuss trade, N. Korea ahead of regional summits

11/13/2018, 4:23:01 AM
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss bilatera ✔ U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss bilateral trade and to touch base on their policies on North Korea as the two sides tried to showcase alliance ahead of key regional summits this week ✔ He said they would also talk about advancing the goal of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and that the United States supports Japan's commitment to free and open Indo-Pacific


Syrian Kurds resume final push against ISIS

11/13/2018, 7:18:34 AM
Syrian Kurdish forces are resuming the final phase of operations against ISIS, as the terrorist group is pushed back into its last remaining slivers of territory. ✔ A young SDF soldier receives first aid on the frontline during the operation in Sousa, on October 25 ✔ Chaim saw the heavy use of mortars by ISIS to try to push the SDF back, and the intense close-range use of artillery and airstrikes to flush ISIS out of urban positions ✔ Nick Paton Walsh and Salma Abdelaziz wrote from London and Waffa Munayyer contributed from Atlanta


Hunt talks with King Salman as UK piles on pressure over Khashoggi death

11/13/2018, 4:10:21 AM
BRITAIN is piling the pressure on Saudi Arabia after the regime is widely suspected of ordering the brutal murder of reporter Jamal Khashoggi in its own embassy in Turkey. Foreign secretary Jeremy … ✔ Speaking before the tricky diplomatic trip, Mr Hunt said: We encourage the Saudi authorities to cooperate fully with the Turkish investigation into his death, so that we deliver justice for his family and the watching world ✔ He also plans to visit the United Arab Emirates in a bid to try to broker a ceasefire in war-torn Yemen during his visit to the region ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk


PART2: Unelected Kim Jong Un seeks validation via public opinion

11/13/2018, 6:48:00 AM
The Pyongyang Teacher Training College was filled with high-tech gadgets, model students and technol ✔ The Pyongyang Teacher Training College was filled with high-tech gadgets, model students and technologically advanced instruction methods using virtual reality ✔ If the building was completed four months after Kim’s visit, it would have coincided with North Korea’s fifth nuclear test when friction with the United States was intensifying


Syrian refugee children enjoy a new start at school – in pictures

11/13/2018, 7:38:47 AM
Thousands of Syrians who have missed out on years of vital learning are being helped back into education in Lebanon and Jordan ✔ Many Syrian children in Jordan, but also Jordanian children, are at risk of being taken out of school early ✔ When a child performs poorly academically their parents may choose to put the child to work instead so they can help provide an income for the family ✔ Unfortunately we cannot say the crisis is anywhere close to being over


Global growth is slowing, and markets need to pay attention, IMF says

11/13/2018, 5:32:31 AM
Growth is slowing in a number of the world's big economies, and the International Monetary Fund is warning that investor sentiment could make a "sudden reversal" for the worse. ✔ The outlook for emerging and developing economies is also weaker, reflecting downward revisions for some large emerging market economies due to country-specific factors, tighter financial conditions, geopolitical tensions and higher oil prices, according to the report


Tuesday briefing: Michelle Obama's Becoming opens up on Trump

11/13/2018, 6:58:10 AM
Former first lady’s memoir tells of despair at Hillary Clinton’s defeat … ‘stop the badger blame game’ … and Marvel genius Stan Lee dies aged 95 ✔ Top story: ‘I wonder where the bottom might be’ Good morning – it’s Warren Murray helping you burrow into the news of the moment (pun explains itself further down) ✔ There will never be another Stan Lee, said the Captain America actor Chris Evans ✔ Sign up The Guardian Morning Briefing is delivered to thousands of inboxes bright and early every weekday


MIT and Harvard reconsidering Saudi ties after Khashoggi murder

11/13/2018, 6:10:43 AM
Saudi Arabia has paid more than $350m to dozens of US universities since 2011 – and now those institutions are re-examining it amid growing questions from their communities ✔ The moves by MIT and Harvard to reconsider their Saudi ties came amid growing questions from their communities ✔ We could instead choose a strategy of refusing to engage, he wrote ✔ In most instances, however, it appears to us that our not engaging neither creates nor encourages significant positive change


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