Sunday, 8 October 2017

At least 12 Rohingya, mainly children, drown in latest boat disaster - police

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COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - At least 12 Rohingya Muslim refugees, mainly children, drowned when their boats capsized on the way to Bangladesh, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a million people from their homes.


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Venezuela leader thanks hostile Trump for making him 'famous'

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Venezuela leader thanks hostile Trump for making him 'famous'Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro baited U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday by thanking him for a barrage of criticism that had made him famous worldwide. "It's an honor that the head of the empire mentions me every day," said the 54-year-old president, just back in Venezuela from a trip to Russia, Belarus and Turkey. "That means I'm doing something right!" Maduro laughed, during his weekly program on state TV.




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Russian police detain 66 anti-Putin protesters: monitors

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Russian police detain 66 anti-Putin protesters: monitorsRussian police on Saturday violently broke up an opposition rally in Saint Petersburg and detained more than 60 people protesting against President Vladimir Putin on his birthday, a monitoring group said. Artyom Platov, spokesman for OVD-Info, a group that monitors politically motivated arrests, said at least 66 had been arrested in Russia's second city and Putin's hometown. Witnesses said police violently broke up the rally in which some 3,000 people took part, throwing protesters into police vans, injuring several demonstrators and forcing some to run for cover.




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Abe vows to tackle N. Korea threat ahead of Japan election

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Abe vows to tackle N. Korea threat ahead of Japan electionJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Sunday to impose "all possible pressure" on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programmes, promising to secure national security in a televised debate before a snap election. "Stepping up all possible pressure, we need to create a situation in which North Korea wants talks as it will change policy," Abe told the debate. Abe is seeking a fresh term as tensions with North Korea rise, with Pyongyang in recent months conducting what it described as a hydrogen bomb test and firing two missiles over Japan.




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Protesters rally across Russia on Putin's 65th birthday

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Protesters rally across Russia on Putin's 65th birthdayMOSCOW (AP) — In a challenge to President Vladimir Putin on his 65th birthday, protesters rallied across Russia on Saturday, heeding opposition leader Alexei Navalny's call to pressure authorities into letting him enter the presidential race.




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Donald Trump Says Tennessee Senator Is Retiring Because He Refused Endorsement

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Donald Trump Says Tennessee Senator Is Retiring Because He Refused EndorsementPresident Donald Trump said on Sunday that Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is retiring from office because Trump refused to endorse him for re-election next year ― a claim that a source familiar with the matter disputed.




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Russian protesters rally on Vladimir Putin's birthday

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Russian protesters rally on Vladimir Putin's birthdayPolice detained more than 100 supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday as thousands rallied nationwide on President Vladimir Putin's 65th birthday, calling for the leader to retire.  Mr Putin, who has now reached the official retirement age of lower-ranking state employees, is widely expected to run again in next year's presidential election and enjoys a high approval rating. Mr Navalny has declared his intention to run in the election next March and was campaigning in provincial cities as part of his long-shot bid for the presidency.  He was arrested late last month and a court last week sentenced him to 20 days in jail on charges of repeatedly violating a law on organising public meetings. Demonstrators attend an unauthorised anti-Kremlin rally called by opposition leader Alexei Navalny Credit: AFP Mr Navalny's arrest galvanised supporters in 80 cities, who turned out on Saturday in a nationwide protest against the ruling. "I came out to support the opposition because I don't agree with the course our country has taken," said Anatoly Morozov, a student dressed in a fox costume at the St Petersburg protest. "The ignorance and insanity has reached impossible levels." Protesters chanted "Free Navalny," "Putin's a theif" and "Fourth term in prison," referring to the president's expected run for re-election. Last year Mr Putin played hockey on his birthday, but the mood this year was not as light. The Kremlin said on Friday he would be taking phone calls and attending a meeting of the security council in Sochi. Russian riot-police seen blocking Liteiny Prospekt on today Navalny support march in St-Petersburg Credit: DMITRI BELIAKOV for The Telegraph Local authorities refused permission for many of the demonstrations and told residents not to attend. Mr Putin's spokesman warned that violators could be prosecuted, but activists declared they would go ahead anyway. “Many supporters want to see Navalny as president, they come out on the streets because for now that's the only format in which they can express this,” said Polina Kostyleva, the head of Mr Navalny's St Petersburg campaign office. She was detained and fined this week after police raided the office and found fliers about the protest. A demonstrator chats slogans during an unauthorised anti-Kremlin rally Credit: AFP Police in several cities detained campaign activists before the protests even began. In the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, where an estimated 700 people came to the demonstration including maverick mayor Yevgeny Roizman, police detained at least 18 people, according to independent monitoring group OVD-Info. In Moscow, protesters chanted “down with the tsar” and marched toward the Kremlin before running into a wall of riot police. Russian riot-police seen arresting protester on today Navalny support march in St-Petersburg Credit: DMITRI BELIAKOV for The Telegraph At least one protester was detained, but there were no mass arrests that took place at protests in June, when 850 people were taken into custody. Police said 700 people had participated while activists put the number as high as 2,000.




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Danish divers find missing body parts of Swedish journalist

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Danish divers find missing body parts of Swedish journalistBy Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish police said on Saturday divers had found the head and the legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who died in mysterious circumstances on an inventor's homemade submarine. Peter Madsen has been charged with killing the Swedish journalist who disappeared after she went on a trip with him in his submarine on August 10. Madsen, a Dane, was arrested after his submarine sank and he was rescued.




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Natural History Museum: Donald Trump Jr 'likes' tweet reporting Sadiq Khan's comments about victims injured in London car crash

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Natural History Museum: Donald Trump Jr 'likes' tweet reporting Sadiq Khan's comments about victims injured in London car crashAs speculation swirled about the car crash outside the Natural History Museum, Donald Trump’s son “liked” a tweet which quoted London Mayor Sadiq Khan as saying a number of people had been injured and a man detained by police. Donald Trump Jr was responding to the report about the incident by US broadcaster ABC News, clicking the like button on their story about the incident. A large number of Twitter users but not ABC News had claimed it was a terrorist attack.




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FEMA head Brock Long dismisses San Juan mayor's complaints: 'Political noise' - Fox News

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FEMA head Brock Long dismisses San Juan mayor's complaints: 'Political noise'
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FEMA Administrator Brock Long said his agency has "filtered out" San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, Reuters/Jonathan Ernst, File). FEMA Administrator Brock Long said on Sunday that as his agency responds to the crisis in Puerto ...
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FEMA's Brock Long: 'We filtered out' San Juan mayor 'a long time ago'Washington Examiner
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Iraq-Syria border set for last major assault on IS: US general

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Iraq-Syria border set for last major assault on IS: US generalThe "final large fight" in Iraq against the Islamic State group will take place on the border with Syria, a general in a US-led coalition against the jihadists said Saturday. "The next fight and the final large fight will be in the Middle Euphrates River Valley... on the Iraqi-Syrian border," Brigadier General Robert Sofge, the coalition's Deputy Commanding General, told AFP. IS seized vast areas of Iraq and Syria in 2014.




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Ivanka Trump could run for president in 15 years, mother Ivana says in new book

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Ivanka Trump could run for president in 15 years, mother Ivana says in new bookAfter almost 10 tumultuous months of Donald Trump as President of the United States, his former wife has suggested he may not be the last member of the family to hold the position. Speaking in her new book, the leader's first spouse, Ivana, says their daughter - Ivanka - could run for office in 15 years’ time. In the book, Raising Trump, Ivana discusses her marriage to the real estate magnate from 1977 to 1992 and the future for their three children, including Ivanka’s own political career.




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JJ Watt helped off field vs. Chiefs after apparent knee injury - ESPN

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JJ Watt helped off field vs. Chiefs after apparent knee injury
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HOUSTON -- Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has been ruled out with a knee injury. He was seen exiting the X-ray room on crutches before leaving the stadium in an ambulance. Watt injured his leg on the Kansas City Chiefs' first drive of the game.
The Latest: Houston star JJ Watt injures left kneeWashington Post
Texans DE JJ Watt will not return with knee injuryNFL.com
JJ Watt limps off, after Whitney Mercilus leaves gameNBCSports.com
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