Friday 31 May 2019

Florida Gov. DeSantis meets with Netanyahu in Israel

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Florida Gov. DeSantis meets with Netanyahu in IsraelJERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, calling the embattled Israeli prime minister a "strong leader" on the governor's final day of a trade mission to Israel.




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Trump Tariffs on Mexico Irk Key Republican Allies in Congress

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Trump Tariffs on Mexico Irk Key Republican Allies in CongressThe president’s announcement Thursday surprised many Republicans who hoped to focus on passing a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada known as the USMCA. Trump said he will impose a 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico -- ramping up 5 percentage points every month until hitting 25% in October -- unless Mexico takes "decisive measures" to stem migrants entering the U.S.




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Riyadh rallies allies against Tehran at Mecca summits

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Riyadh rallies allies against Tehran at Mecca summitsGulf and Arab allies rallied around Saudi Arabia Friday as it ratcheted up tensions with regional rival Iran after a series of attacks, drawing accusations from Tehran of "sowing division". Tehran, which has strongly denied involvement in any of the attacks, expressed disappointment that Riyadh plans to level the same "baseless accusations" at a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) early on Saturday.




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Police confirm missing Utah girl's body has been found

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Police confirm missing Utah girl's body has been foundSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A body found after a five-day search is that of a 5-year-old girl taken from her home and killed by her uncle, Utah police confirmed on Thursday.




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Amit Shah: Modi's enforcer emerges from behind India's throne

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Amit Shah: Modi's enforcer emerges from behind India's throneAs the battle-hardened drill sergeant for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah has long been considered India's second most-powerful person, and his appointment Friday as home minister elevates his position to leader-in-waiting. While Modi is the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party's people person, firing up rallies and mastering Twitter, Shah has for years made sure that Modi's orders are carried out to the letter while turning the world's biggest political party into the undisputed force across the nation of 1.3 billion people. Shah's piercing stare and strongarm tactics have made him a feared and respected figure in the Hindu nationalist party -- opposition parties and critics call him "ruthless" -- a status only increased by his role masterminding the BJP's second straight landslide election victory this month as the party president.




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MALEAH DAVIS: Remains found in bag amid search for girl in Arkansas

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MALEAH DAVIS: Remains found in bag amid search for girl in ArkansasAfter a revelation in the disappearance of the 4-year-old, Quanell X has told ABC13 a body was located during the search for the girl in Arkansas




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Barr: Counter-intelligence Probe of Trump Campaign Crossed ‘Serious Red Line’

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Barr: Counter-intelligence Probe of Trump Campaign Crossed ‘Serious Red Line’Attorney General William Barr said Friday that the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign "crossed" a "serious red line" and should be "carefully looked at.""The use of foreign intelligence capabilities and counterintelligence capabilities against an American political campaign to me is unprecedented and it's a serious red line that's been crossed," Barr said in an interview with CBS.The attorney general is currently investigating the origins of the probe to determine whether the U.S. intelligence community's surveillance of the Trump campaign was warranted. He has expressed skepticism about the explanations for some of the investigative actions taken.During testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee last month, Barr stated that "spying did occur" on the Trump campaign, angering Democratic lawmakers."I guess it's become a dirty word somehow," Barr told CBS. "I think there is nothing wrong with spying. The question is always whether it is authorized by law.""There were counterintelligence activities undertaken against the Trump campaign, And I'm not saying there was not a basis for it, that it was legitimate, but I want to see what that basis was and make sure it was legitimate," he added.The New York Times reported that the FBI sent an undercover agent posing as a research assistant to ask former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos whether the campaign was working with Russia. Papadopoulos was told by a Maltese professor in early 2016 that Russia had damaging information on Trump's opponent, Hillary Clinton, but said he told the undercover agent he had “nothing to do with Russia.”"Republics have fallen because of Praetorian Guard mentality where government officials get very arrogant, they identify the national interest with their own political preferences, and they feel that anyone who has a different opinion, you know, is somehow an enemy of the state," Barr remarked. "That can easily translate into essentially supervening the will of the majority and getting your own way as a government official."FBI director Chris Wray said earlier this month that he had seen no evidence that the FBI illegally spied on the Trump campaign.




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Saudi Arabia seeks Arab unity over Iran after attacks

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Saudi Arabia seeks Arab unity over Iran after attacksSaudi Arabia and the UAE, which have lobbied Washington to contain their foe, Shi'ite Muslim Iran, have said they want to avoid war after drone strikes on oil pumping stations in the kingdom and the sabotage of tankers off the UAE. Riyadh accused Tehran of ordering the drone strikes, which were claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group. U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Thursday that evidence of Iran being behind the tanker attacks would be presented to the U.N. Security Council as early as next week.




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Chicago detectives knew a Jussie Smollett deal was in the works, new documents show

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Chicago detectives knew a Jussie Smollett deal was in the works, new documents showNewly released documents from the Jussie Smollett case show Chicago police detectives knew a month in advance a deal was in the works.




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Stone Was Like ‘Uncle Roger,’ Miller Testifies to Grand Jury

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Stone Was Like ‘Uncle Roger,’ Miller Testifies to Grand JuryProsecutors focused their examination on Miller’s relationship with Stone and Stone’s connection to WikiLeaks founder Assange, Miller’s attorney Paul Kamenar told reporters after the proceeding. Stone was indicted by the grand jury in January on charges of lying to Congress about communications with Assange, obstruction and witness tampering.




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Utah First Responders Cope with Trauma After Discovery of Elizabeth Shelley`s Body

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Utah First Responders Cope with Trauma After Discovery of Elizabeth Shelley`s BodyThe search for Elizabeth Shelley has taken an emotional toll, first and foremost on the family and also on folks in the community of Logan, Utah.




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The iron fist: BJP's Shah becomes India's home affairs minister

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The iron fist: BJP's Shah becomes India's home affairs ministerHe made his name as a ruthless backroom politician and master strategist who won election victories for his boss, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Now, 54-year-old Amit Shah will have to demonstrate he has the temperament to run India's most sensitive cabinet portfolio, home affairs. "A brilliant strategist and an excellent administrator, his appointment as HM is bad news for forces inimical to the interests of India," tweeted the new minister for oil and steel, Dharmendra Pradhan.




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Cadillac expands high-performance V-Series with new CT4-V and CT5-V sedans

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Cadillac expands high-performance V-Series with new CT4-V and CT5-V sedansCadillac has unveiled a pair of brand-new models that take their place within the company's high-performance V-Series sub-brand: the 2020 CT4-V and CT5-V. Following the announcement of the latest CT6-V sedan earlier this year, a model added to the segment in March of 2018, Cadillac on Thursday revealed two additional brand-new sedans that will be joining the V-Series lineup for the 2020 model year: the CT4-V and the CT5-V. The two luxury sedans will be effectively replacing the ATS-V and CTS-V that are nearing the end of their careers, replacements that are likely to underwhelm those who have a need for speed.




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Trump: I was 'not informed' about order to move John McCain warship during Japan trip

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Trump: I was 'not informed' about order to move John McCain warship during Japan tripTrump's comments come after the White House reportedly requested that the USS John S. McCain be "out of sight" during Trump's visit to Japan.




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U.S. judge rejects Trump administration move to start wall construction

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A federal judge rejected on Thursday an effort by the Trump administration to begin construction on a wall on the border with Mexico while it appeals a ruling that found funding for the wall was likely not authorized by Congress.


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NBCUniversal says abortion laws would 'strongly impact' decision on where it films

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Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal said if anti-abortion laws in various U.S. states are upheld, it would "strongly impact" where it produces films and television shows in the future.


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New Hampshire becomes 21st U.S. state to repeal death penalty

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New Hampshire abolished the death penalty on Thursday, becoming the 21st U.S. state to do so, after the state's Senate voted 16-8 to override the Republican governor's veto of a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature


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North Korea executes envoy in a purge after failed U.S. summit: media

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North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for a failed summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.


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Navy SEAL charged with war crimes freed from base confinement in San Diego

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A Navy SEAL platoon leader court-martialed on war crimes charges was unexpectedly ordered released from base confinement in San Diego on Thursday, 11 days before he is due to stand trial in a case that has attracted President Donald Trump's attention.


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