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WikiLeaks, Manafort reps reject Guardian report alleging meeting with Assange in 2016

November 27, 2018

Mueller has reportedly been investigating possible contacts between WikiLeaks and a slew of Trump associates including Roger Stone and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. His long-standing relationship with an oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin was another reason Manafort's cooperation was seen as important to Mueller's probe.

American service members in Afghanistan killed in roadside bombing, US forces say

November 27, 2018

The deaths are the latest in a growing toll on USA forces in Afghanistan following the death of an army Ranger during an operation against al Qaeda militants in Nimruz province on Saturday. While no fresh financial commitments are expected, the conference will be a chance for donors to measure results against the $15.2 billion committed for Afghanistan at the last funding meeting in Brussels in 2016.

Gender-reveal party explosion starts massive wildfire

November 27, 2018

Remember the gender reveal party that went horrifically wrong and ended up causing a massive 47,000-acre wildfire that cost $8 million (£6.2m) to deal with? The incident, which happened in April 2017, resulted in 800 firefighters being called as the fire burned for nearly two weeks.

Trump Lashes Out at Mueller's 'Conflicts of Interests'

November 27, 2018

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz predicted Sunday that the special counsel's report will be "devastating" to President Trump while falling short of finding criminal wrongdoing. "There's their account and there's our account.' And the American public will have to judge the credibility". Mueller was appointed to lead the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election after Trump fired then FBI Director James Comey in May a year ago while he ...

Zimbabwe president Mnangagwa: Robert Mugabe is so sick he can't walk

November 27, 2018

He led the movement for Zimbabwean independence from white minority rule. "For two months now, he has been in Singapore receiving treatment". Mugabe , who ruled Zimbabwe for almost four decades since independence from Britain in 1980, will be 95 next February.

UK Parliament seizes internal Facebook documents

November 27, 2018

As reported by The Guardian , which broke news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the company abused Facebook's platform to gather considerable data on voters so they could be targeted with misleading political advertising ahead of votes on events including leaving the European Union and electing Donald Trump as USA president, Damian Collins of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has seized internal Facebook documentation which the company is now fighting ...

Ukraine's Martial Law Declaration Explained

November 27, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignored Western leaders' calls to release the three Ukrainian ships and 24 crew members and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have condemned Moscow's actions. The Kerch Strait - a shallow, narrow stretch of water just 2-3miles wide at one point - connects the Azov Sea with the Black Sea and runs between the Crimean Peninsula and Russian Federation.

Group of Dem lawmakers plan to withhold votes for Nancy Pelosi

November 27, 2018

House of Representatives responded Friday to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appeasement effort by saying it is not good enough and they can not support her for House Speaker. "There is a reason no one has publicly announced they are running against Leader Pelosi: there is no tested comparable alternative", Cuomo said in the statement.

Nooses found hanging on grounds of MS state capitol

November 27, 2018

Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff Tuesday against Democrat Mike Espy . In an effort to get out the GOP vote and stifle any momentum Democrats may have leading into Tuesday's special election, Trump has organized a 5:30 p.m. Two nooses and hate signs were removed from the Mississippi State Capitol Monday morning. Capitol police would not show the signs or surveillance video while they are actively investigating.

GM to close plant in Ontario, eliminating 2,500 jobs

November 27, 2018

Four factories in the US and one in Oshawa, Ont. could be shuttered by the end of 2019 if the automaker and its unions don't come up with an agreement to allocate more work to those facilities, GM said in a statement Monday. He stressed that GM will remain one of the biggest employers in Oshawa, with over 2,000 people working at the company's Canadian headquarters and engineering centre and an OnStar call centre.

Manafort broke cooperation deal by lying, special counsel Robert Mueller says

November 27, 2018

Special counsel Robert Mueller is accusing Manafort of lying to federal investigators in the Russian Federation probe in breach of his plea agreement. Manafort, who has remained in jail throughout this, has met with prosecutors at least nine times but Monday's filing indicates that - despite those hours with him - investigators may not have been able to garner any information they could verify.

Iran's Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor'

November 27, 2018

Addressing an annual Islamic Unity Conference on Saturday, Rouhani said "one of the ominous results of World War II was the formation of a cancerous tumor in the region". The Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, routinely calls Israel a "cancer" of the region that must be removed. Despite those differences, Rouhani said Iran considers the Saudis "brothers".

US closes Mexican border crossing, repels some migrants with tear gas

November 27, 2018

Mexico has pledged to deport the 500 or so migrants that stormed the border on Sunday back to their home country of Honduras. "But we also understand that our constituents have stated quite clearly that they want to see our border protected", she added .

More Republicans challenge Trump on defense of Saudi crown prince

November 27, 2018

Here was the president pushing back on the Central Intelligence Agency assessment - not necessarily conclusion, but.it's an assessment of high confidence that the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi . Congress as a problem - and that's on us. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) stopped short of saying Trump had given the Saudis "a pass", but acknowledged Congress should continue to examine the CIA's findings on Khashoggi's death.

CHAOS: Over 50 Migrants ARRESTED After STORMING US-Mexico Border

November 27, 2018

Founder and director of Border Angels, joins News.Views.Hughes to share his insight. He said that it was a "very risky situation" for agents and they responded appropriately. Traffic in both directions was suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry between San Diego and Tijuana, the busiest land border in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S.

US Reopens Entry Point After Group of Migrants Rushed Border

November 27, 2018

Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin, described the Remain in Mexico plan as a strategy to take away the ability of migrants to live and work in the US while cases are processed.

Nooses Found Outside Mississippi State Capitol On Eve Of Senate Runoff

November 27, 2018

Espy is trying to become the first African-American U.S. senator from MS since Reconstruction. The matter was under investigation, he said, adding that he did not know what was on the signs. Police say they are reviewing surveillance video of the grounds to see who hung it there. She has recently come under controversy for remarks she made referencing "public hangings", and for once supporting a resolution aimed at praising a Confederate solder's effort to "defend his homeland".

Turkish police raid Saudi businessman's villa in search for Khashoggi's body

November 27, 2018

Turkey has maintained pressure on Saudi Arabia over killing of the USA -based columnist for The Washington Post . Istanbul's chief prosecutor said that on October 1 - a day before Mr Khashoggi's death - a member of the 15-man Saudi hit squad called Mr al-Fawzan.

Ukrainian Air Force on high alert, standoff with Russian Federation escalates

November 27, 2018

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg "expressed NATO's full support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, including its full navigational rights in its territorial waters under global law", according to a statement Monday.

Melania Trump Unveils 'American Treasures'-Themed WH Holiday Decor

November 26, 2018

White House pastry chefs have created a gingerbread house during the holidays since the early 1970s. One such person is current US president and fervent Santa Claus-enthusiast Donald Trump, who repeatedly promised on the campaign trail to start saying Merry Christmas "again", despite staggering empirical evidence that suggests his predecessor never didn't do that.

Over 50 Migrants ARRESTED After STORMING US-Mexico Border — CARAVAN CHAOS

November 26, 2018

Migrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled to reach the USA border, catching rides on buses and trucks for hundreds of miles in the last leg of their journey Wednesday as the first sizable groups began arriving in the border city of Tijuana.

Indian police investigate who helped young American…

November 26, 2018

He came back later that day with arrow injuries. "We have to respect the utmost sensitivities in this case", he said, adding it was a moral duty to protect and respect the tribe that has lived in isolation for millennia. In a diary shared with The Washington Post by Chau's mother, the adventurer from Washington state tells of how he "hollered" at the isolated tribe: "My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you".

'Bin the backstop': DUP leader's conference plea to PM

November 26, 2018

Those who say this backstop is good for our economy, or business, need to consider the effect of the trade barriers and growing divergence that would inevitably emerge - some immediately, most in future years - between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, our main market and from where most of our inward trade comes.

Storm strands United States holiday travelers, more than 1240 flights cancelled

November 26, 2018

The canceled flights come the morning after KCI was forced to close its airfield because blowing snow from a major winter storm reduced visibility at the airport to less than a 1/4 mile. Airlines were forced to cancel or delay almost 6,000 flights on Sunday as a unsafe winter storm blanketed parts of the Midwest with heavy snow. That included semitrailers jackknifed across the highway.

Tunisia activists protest Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince visit

November 26, 2018

A Turkish newspaper also reported on Thursday that CIA director Gina Haspel signalled to Turkish officials that the agency had a recording of a call in which the crown prince gave instructions to "silence" the journalist. On Sunday, several USA senators - including members of Trump's own Republican party - rejected his attempts to discredit the U.S. intelligence agency's findings, however.

U.S. posts $5m reward to find Mumbai terror attacks masterminds

November 26, 2018

The announcement came on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the assault, which left 166 people dead and hundreds injured after Islamist militants from Pakistan unleashed a wave of violence across India's financial capital lasting three days.

Journal Reveals Last Days of Man Killed By Isolated Tribe

November 26, 2018

Joshi, an anthropology professor at Delhi University. Chau was killed by arrows fired by the Sentinelese hunter-gatherers last week after he illegally went ashore in an apparent attempt to convert the tribe to Christianity. Chau made two or three trips to the island by canoe from November 15, making contact with the tribe but returning to his boat, Police Chief Pathak said.

California's deadliest and most destructive wildfires have been contained

November 26, 2018

Task force leader Craig Covey, in blue jacket at center, says his team is doing a second search because there are outstanding reports of missing people whose last known address was at the mobile home park. It dropped an estimated 7 inches (18 centimetres) of rain over the burn area during a three-day period without causing significant mudslides, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley of the National Weather Service.

Over 400 hurt in 6.3 quake in western Iran

November 26, 2018

The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 quake has struck western Iran near its border with Iraq . "The situation is now under control", Bazvand said. There were no official details of any damage to buildings and infrastructure after the latest natural disaster. The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society, Mahmoud Nasab, told TV that there were no fatalities.

Trump lawyer confident he'll win in charity suit

November 26, 2018

In her 27-page decision, Scarpulla called New York's lawsuit "replete" with allegations that foundation funds were misused, including at Trump's direction. Scarpulla rebuffed the contention of Trump's lawyers that the lawsuit was politically motivated. So, the Democrats make up a phony crime, Collusion with the Russians, pay a fortune to make the crime sound real, illegally leak (Comey) classified information so that a Special Councel will be appointed, and then Collude to make this pile ...

145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach

November 26, 2018

Half of the whales were already dead and the rest were put down by conservation workers due to their condition. "It's always a heart-breaking decision to make". Southland District councillor Bruce Ford said pilot strandings were not uncommon at Mason Bay. It is not known precisely why whales and dolphin strand, but some contributing factors are thought to be navigational error, sickness, extreme weather, geography and in an attempt to escape from a predator.

The Big Push For Ram Temple At Ayodhya

November 26, 2018

More than 900 extra police and a large number of military, including elite commandos, will be deployed at Sunday's event, Vivek Tripathi, a spokesperson for the Uttar Pradesh police said. "We hope that these meetings will remove roadblocks to the construction of the Ram temple and force the politicians, especially in the opposition, to support any move (in favour of the temple) inside the parliament", Vinod Bansal told AFP .

Pakistan police arrest radical Islamic cleric who led Asia Bibi protests

November 26, 2018

The TLP almost paralysed Pakistan in the days after Asia Bibi , a Christian woman held for almost a decade on death row, was acquitted of blasphemy late last month, after it called its protestors out to block major roads. "Law shall take its course and it can not be left to individuals", he added. The notification said there was "credible" information that the cleric would create a law and order situation.

Macron condemns violence at French protests

November 26, 2018

Two people have died and over 750 people, including 136 police officers, were injured during the week of demonstrations that shone a light on frustration over stagnant spending power and the rollback in public services in some areas of France .

Matthew Hedges: Pardon For British Academic Jailed For Spying In UAE

November 26, 2018

Matthew Hedges , 31, was sentenced on Wednesday on charges of spying for the British government, in a move described as deeply disappointing by Prime Minister Theresa May. The UAE claimed it had evidence he was collecting sensitive economic data and information on its military. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the pardon was "fantastic news" but said the United Kingdom did not agree with the charges lodged against the 31-year-old.

US Lawmakers Split With Trump on Khashoggi Killing

November 26, 2018

Jamal Khashoggi ", Trump said in the statement released by the White House. Several news organizations including the Washington Post and New York Times have reported that the Central Intelligence Agency concluded Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi , carried out at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.

Judge Orders Former Trump Campaign Adviser Papadopoulos to Jail

November 26, 2018

When contacted via email and phone, his new lawyer, Caroline Polisi, did not respond to NPR's requests for comment. He pled guilty past year to lying to investigators about his contact with Russian affiliates during the campaign, including a mysterious European man who told him Russians had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton.

Rain helps douse California fire but slows search crews

November 26, 2018

The number of people who died in the blaze near Paradise rose to 84 on Thanksgiving Day , as more bodies were found amid the ashes of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history. Paradise was a popular destination for retirees: two-thirds of the victims named so far were older than 65. Shoemaker says the rain is expected to subside by midnight, followed by light showers Saturday.

Moving Winter Snow Storm to Blanket Midwest on Major Travel Day

November 25, 2018

Sunday to 12 a.m. midnight Monday. That wind, combined with snow, will reduce visibility and make driving conditions risky. The service upgraded a winter storm warning to a blizzard warning around 11:30 a.m. Winds are near 45 to 50 at times. Rain was expected to change from snow from west to east, with temps falling into the low 30s during the day. The weather service also warned to avoid overexertion when shoveling during or after the storm.

Thousands of US Soldiers Spending Thanksgiving Day on Duty at Southern Border

November 25, 2018

Trump has said he's generally happy with his cabinet but expects to make several additional changes. Referring to "credible evidence and intelligence", the document warns that migrant caravans originating from Central America "may prompt incidents of violence and disorder that could threaten US Customs and Border personnel" as the reason for the decision.

Canadian Jewellery Store Employees Ward Off Robbers With Swords, Video Goes Viral

November 25, 2018

Three jewelry store workers wielded swords to fight off four would-be thieves during an attempted robbery in Mississauga police said. The employees continue to swing their swords at the suspects and they eventually flee the area. "I have to say that property is not of equal value to a human being." According to police, the suspects headed northbound on Airport Road in a dark-coloured Dodge Durango.

Russia Sends Experts To Aleppo After Reports Of Chemical Attack

November 25, 2018

One patient said a foul smell filled the air after projectiles were lobbed. "The resistance forces do not have chemical weapons or the ability to hold them", the rebel leader said, arguing that Assad's regime launched the offensive in order to incriminate the rebel groups.

Russian vessel blocks Kerch strait after Ukrainian Navy ships violate border

November 25, 2018

Military helicopters and fighter jets were seen patrolling overhead. Russia's ships "carried out openly aggressive actions against Ukrainian naval ships", it also said, adding that its ships were continuing on their way "despite Russia's counteraction".

'All Will Stay in Mexico': Trump Threatens to Close Southern US Border

November 25, 2018

Critics on both sides of the border have long assailed the notion of Mexico serving as a way station or detention grounds for Central Americans and others applying for asylum in the United States. The proposal is a variant of the Trump administration's " remain in Mexico " plan, under which asylum seekers would wait in Mexico until their cases were adjudicated in the United States.

Why Roberts responded to Trump

November 25, 2018

It's not unusual for those challenging a president's policies to sue in courts they consider likely to back their claims. "Every case gets filed in the Ninth Circuit". Last year Flake complained, "A state with admittedly little in common with states like Arizona or OR or the six other remaining states in the circuit can decide the majority of appellate judges for the western half of the country", according to the Washington Times.

European Union must learn lessons from Brexit, says Macron

November 25, 2018

Mr Tusk wrote on Twitter: "EU27 has endorsed the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the future EU-UK relations". In the lead-up to a historic summit Sunday in Brussels , where a Brexit deal is expected to be rubber-stamped, tiny Gibraltar suddenly loomed large.

Pakistan Attacks: Deadly gun and bomb attacks hit Pakistan

November 25, 2018

Pakistani police have eliminated all the terrorists. The cross-firing between the assailants and the security official continued for some time when heavy contingent comprising Rangers and police covered the area quickly responding to the situation.

Police likely killed wrong man responding to USA mall shooting

November 25, 2018

The 18-year-old is hospitalized. This undated image provided by Emantic Bradford Sr. shows Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr ., 21, posing at his father's home near Birmingham , Alabama , in his senior year of high school. "We will never forget EJ, and ask for your continued prayers during this incredibly hard time". There's a twist in the investigation into a deadly shooting at a mall in Alabama that happened on Thanksgiving night as shoppers were getting a jump on Black Friday deals.

Ugandan divers pull bodies from Lake Victoria boat accident

November 25, 2018

Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko who arrived at the scene moments after the tragic incident, commended the "swift" joint rescue operation by the marine units of Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). The boat usually docks at Ggaba landing site to take partiers to KK Palm beach every weekend. Prince David Wasajja, the brother of Buganda King Kabaka Ronald Mutebi, had been on board but he was rescued.

Deadly blast hits mosque in Afghanistan's Khost province

November 25, 2018

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among the participants of Friday prayers in mosque located inside an Afghan army brigade in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan . Reuters reported that as many as 50 people were wounded. Earlier in the week at least 55 scholars were killed in Kabul during a religious ceremony.

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