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US analysts identify 13 'hidden' North Korea missile bases

11/13/2018, 1:27:33 PM
None of bases acknowledged by North Korea, as analysts say accurate disclosure of nuclear and missile capabilities would be important part of any denuclearisation deal ✔ A group of American analysts say they have identified at least 13 of an estimated 20 undeclared missile bases inside North Korea ✔ Since that summit, Pyongyang says it has closed its Punggye-ri nuclear testing site and the Sohae missile engine test facility



Kim Jong-un DEFIES Trump to develop North Korea nuclear arsenal

11/13/2018, 1:47:43 PM
KIM Jong-un will defy Donald Trump to ramp up North Korea’s nuclear arsenal even as the hermit state negotiates with the United States on denuclearisation, experts have warned as tensions between the two nations escalate.  ✔ But with scant sign of progress on negotiations since and recent high-level meetings cancelled, Mr Trump said last week he's now in no rush and still wants to meet Chairman Kim for a second time ✔ They are not seeking any 'security assurance' other than the indefinite possession of nuclear weapons



Saudi-led coalition to allow evacuation of wounded Yemen rebels

11/13/2018, 1:26:57 PM
Britain says coalition will permit the UN to oversee a Huthi medical evacuation ✔ I leave the region encouraged by these signs of progress, and I am determined to do what it takes to convert this into a lasting peace for the people of Yemen ✔ Britain and the United States are major suppliers of arms to Saudi Arabia, which leads a military coalition backing the Yemen government in its fight against Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels ✔ Griffiths is due to brief the Security Council on the situation in Yemen on November 16



Rabbi warns that Gaza clashes could mark the start of a Biblical war

11/13/2018, 3:56:30 PM
Pinchas Winston, a former chief rabbi of the Israel Defence Force (IDF) said he believes the current fighting in the Gaza strip or Israel's battle with neighbouring Syria could cause an apocalyptic war. ✔ The Israel Air Force struck over a hundred Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets on Monday overnight, including a munitions warehouse, weapons factory and a military compound and Hamas' Public Security offices, said the spokesperson ✔ Everyone must step back from the brink.'  Missiles being launched toward Israel as hundreds of deadly rockets have been intercepted by the Iron Dome system Scores of people have been killed and hundreds injured in the recent violence which has been going on for days



Few surprised by report of 13 secret North Korean missile sites

11/13/2018, 2:06:15 PM
Report highlights North's clandestine activities, but one expert says the real deception may be suggesting North Korea is no longer a threat ✔ at a time when we need dialogue between North Korea and the United States ✔ Kim Jong Un only committed voluntarily to halt long-range missile tests ✔ The administration has said repeatedly that sanctions will not be lifted until a denuclearization agreement is fully implemented



Russia Keeps Israel’s Netanyahu at an Arm's Length

11/13/2018, 1:18:04 PM
It is over a month since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that he was going to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin with a view to open a new page in the relations between the two countries following the incident over Syrian skies on September 17 when a Russian reconnaissance plane was shot down killing 15 personnel. ✔ In reality, though, Israel has been all along using the ‘Iranian threat’ as a pretext to attack Syria, thereby staking claim to have a voice in any peace settlement ✔ It seems Moscow deals with Israel strictly on the basis of its willingness to behave responsibly



Girl, 7, 'left in vegetative state after being electrocuted in school canteen'

11/13/2018, 1:24:37 PM
Aisha Suliman was queuing at the school in Kiev, Ukraine, when she touched a metal buffet food warmer ✔ The metal table at the school canteen (Image: CEN/kanalukraina.tv) Schoolgirl Aisha before it happened (Image: CEN/cylimanmarina) Read More 'Appalling' Jamal Khashoggi torture recordings 'played for anyone to hear' Aisha was in a coma for the first three days then she started to come round



Superbugs: New stain of 'highly' drug resistant typhoid detected

11/13/2018, 3:54:43 PM
Highly drug resistant strains of typhoid fever have been discovered in Bangladesh, raising concerns that antibiotics could be rendered an ineffective treatment for the disease within just a few years. ✔ But the study found that, despite some similarities, the strains of drug resistant typhoid discovered in Bangladesh developed independently from those found in Pakistan ✔ Newsletter promotion - global health security - end of article Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security



Families get food in Yemen's Hodeidah during lull in fighting

11/13/2018, 3:35:51 PM
After a night of air strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah, calm descended to allow h... ✔ It was unclear if the fighting stopped because of Beasley’s visit and whether the U.N ✔ An air strike hit the port’s entrance on Monday and killed three guards, a witness and Houthi media said ✔ The WFP is still unable to access grain silos containing 51,000 tonnes of wheat which were seized by coalition forces during the fighting, spokesman Herve Verhoosel said on Tuesday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Chemical weapons team to begin assigning blame for Syrian attacks

11/13/2018, 4:00:14 PM
The global chemical weapons watchdog will in February begin to assign blame for ... ✔ The decision was supported by the United States and European Union but opposed by Russia, Iran, Syria and their allies, highlighting deep political division at the agency ✔ In Salisbury, England, a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in March with the military-grade nerve agent novichok, and the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong UN was assassinated in Malaysia with VX in February 2017 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Haftar indicates he won't topple Libyan PM Serraj until election

11/13/2018, 3:22:50 PM
General Khalifa Haftar seems to have extended an olive branch to rival Fayez al-Serraj at Palermo conference. ✔ Creating a climate of security is an essential step for any further process, an Italin government source told reporters in Palermo ✔ Libya is caught in a spiral of violence, division and political chaos since 2011, when its former leader Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and later assassinated



Dozen migrants became first ever to reach Britain in stolen fishing boat

11/13/2018, 3:20:47 PM
The small vessel was stolen last night in the port town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French authorities revealed ✔ She was intercepted by Britain’s Border Force after landing on the English coast at around 1am on Tuesday ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Bronson seen for first time in years Brit who died of rabies is pictured Blizzards and big freeze due in weeks Students investigated for 'Nazi salute'



Theresa May’s deputy refuses to say that Britain will be 'better off' under her proposed Brexit deal

11/13/2018, 1:27:35 PM
Cabinet office minister refuses to echo prime minister's claim that Britain's 'best days lie ahead' - as he says an agreement is 'almost within touching distance' ✔ AFP/Getty 13/14 It comes amid that Ms May’s former aides drew up a dossier on Mr Johnson’s sexual encounters with the aim of undermining his leadership prospects.The document was compiled in 2016, when the Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP was seen as the main rival to Ms May in her bid to enter No 10.Downing Street and Conservative Campaign Headquaters (CCHQ) both denied having leaked the 4,000 word memo after it was circulated around Westminster AFP/Getty 14/14 Mr Johnson confirmed that his 25-year marriage to wife Marina had ended AP 1/14 Internal divisions in the Conservative Party have exploded into a bitter public row over Boris Johnson‘s disgusting criticism of Theresa May.Some senior Tories furiously denounced the former foreign secretary after he accused the prime minister of having wrapped a suicide vest around Britain Reuters 2/14 Sajid Javid, Home secretary Sajid Javid, the home secretary, rebuked his former cabinet colleague and said: I think there are much better ways to articulate your differences.He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that the public wanted politicians to use measured language BBC/PA 3/14 But other MPs leapt to Mr Johnson’s defence, as dividing lines ahead of a possible leadership contest begin to take shape



Perspective | Who are the real villains in American politics?

11/13/2018, 12:57:23 PM
Some people just want to see the neoconservatives burn. ✔ Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything ✔ Even for Washington, the capital of do-overs and the soulless swamp where horrendous mistakes never prevent you from cashing in and getting another security clearance, this is a repellent spectacle



French officials mark third anniversary of Bataclan attack

11/13/2018, 1:12:26 PM
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo led commemor... ✔ Dignitaries, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, stood on the street in silence with heads inclined ✔ Seven attackers, most of whom had French or Belgian citizenship, were killed ✔ The threat remains elevated even if it has changed, he told BFM TV ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



How not to solve Tunisia's extremism problem

11/13/2018, 1:35:51 PM
By silencing critics and expanding police powers, authorities are pushing Tunisian youths into extremism. ✔ Back in July, Human Rights Watch's Tunisia director Amna Guellali had said the law would transform members of the security forces into super citizens: no one will be allowed to criticize them, film them, question their arbitrary behaviour, or call for justice when they use unjustified force



Eurozone CRISIS: Euro area growth forecast to SLOW as global economies 'in BLEAK outlook'

11/13/2018, 3:48:47 PM
EUROZONE growth is forecast to slow as the outlook for a number of big global economies faces a bleak outlook, according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund. ✔ Real GDP in the euro area is forecast to slow to 1.9 percent in 2019 (Image: GETTY) Real GDP in the Euro area will slow to 1.9 percent in 2019, compared to 2.9 percent in 2018 International Monetary Fund Sticking to a guidance first unveiled in June and repeated at every meeting since, the group reaffirmed its €2.6 trillion ($2.97 trillion) asset purchase scheme will end this year and rates could rise after next summer



Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: The U.S. was notably absent from a global cybersecurity pact. But American companies signed on.

11/13/2018, 1:15:07 PM
They are becoming a global political force of their own. ✔ Russia’s online disinformation efforts weren’t well understood until nearly a year later ✔ EASTER EGGS Some of the Trump administration investigations Democrats plan to pursue: Newly revealed North Korean ballistic missile bases operational: Remembering Stan Lee, godfather to all Marvel superheroes:



Jamal Khashoggi's killers carried syringes, electro-shock devices and cutting tools as they left Istanbul, says new report

11/13/2018, 3:19:26 PM
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt becomes highest-ranking UK official to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman since killing of Washington Post journalist ✔ Syringes, electro-shock devices, and a blade similar to a scalpel were among the tools carried by Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged killers as they departed Istanbul after murdering the Washington Post journalist inside a Saudi consulate last month ✔ When the Saudi intelligence officer listened to it, he was so shocked that he said ‘[the perpetrator] must have done heroin



12 amazing random acts of kindness that will warm your heart

11/13/2018, 3:16:29 PM
Small acts of kindness can go a very long way ✔ AP Photo/John Locher 13/18 American runner Abbey D'Agostino takes a tumble Abbey D'Agostino of the USA (R) is assisted by Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand after colliding during the Women's 5000m heats ✔ The man was seen by paramedics following the incident, but fortunately didn't sustain any serious injuries



Merkel backs Macron’s EU army calls with demands for ‘real, true’ Euro force

11/13/2018, 2:58:49 PM
GERMAN leader Angela Merkel has joined the French President in calling for a “real, true” European army. It came a day after France’s finance minister has called for the EU to bec… ✔ I use the term to raise awareness that the world of tomorrow will be about power ✔ We will not protect the Europeans unless we decide to have a true European army ✔ The UK is in that preamble and risks being kept in it ✔ That means helping and not obstructing a strong partnership with Britain and strengthening the NATO alliance



The Health 202: McCain's Obamacare vote isn't why Republicans lost the House

11/13/2018, 1:40:06 PM
There's plenty misleading about Rep. Jason Lewis's op-ed. ✔ The trial will test whether experimental Ebola therapies improve patients’ chances of survival in the DRC's outbreak, Stat News’s Helen Branswell reports ✔ SUGAR RUSH Key takeaways from Michelle Obama's new memoir:  Some of the investigations Democrats plan to pursue of the Trump administration:



Trump Assails Macron and Defends Decision to Skip Cemetery Visit

11/13/2018, 3:29:50 PM
“The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%,” wrote Mr. Trump, whose approval rating in France is 9 percent. ✔ Mr. Macron had told the interviewer that Europe needed to defend itself against cyberattacks that originate in a variety of places, including Russia, China and even the United States ✔ But he did not explain why he did not overrule the Secret Service and make the trip by road anyway, as White House veterans said other presidents might have done



Analysis | What a lost Florida ballot says about how difficult it is for U.S. citizens abroad to vote

11/13/2018, 12:20:16 PM
More than 5 million Americans are estimated to be living abroad. Only 4 percent voted in 2014. ✔ During the first round of presidential elections last year, a stunning 44 percent of those living abroad cast their ballot ✔ More on WorldViews: Is this the turning point for the war in Yemen ✔ Newly revealed North Korean missile bases cast doubt on value of Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un



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