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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not open to giving Iran compensation for sanctions on its economy imposed by Washington since Washington pulled out of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. “But they may need some money to get…
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NPR White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe joins Morning Edition to report on President Trump’s latest remarks at the G-7 summit in France. He delivers remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Dorian is currently forecast to grow into a lower-level Category 1 hurricane, meaning its sustained winds would narrowly top the 74-mph threshold for a hurricane.
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State prosecutors are seeking to take a newborn and a toddler into state custody after their parents were filmed with them at a street protest, the second such case as huge demonstrations for free elections have shaken the Russian capital this summer. Authorities have responded to the peaceful protests, which were sparked by the disqualification of independent candidates from September’s city council elections on technicalities, by bringing criminal cases and other forms of pressure against those filmed or arrested there. Prosecutor Yana Starovoitova filed a complaint to strip Pyotr and Yelena Khomsky of their parental rights, alleging that they brought their three-month-old and three-year-old daughters to a protest on August 3 “to prevent their own possible arrest by police officers”. A court will begin hearing the case next week. The complaint reports by the REN TV channel that showed the two parents wheeling the girls in strollers away from a line of advancing riot police. The channel bizarrely claimed that the couple had “pushed law enforcement with their backs” and falsely described the father as the bodyguard of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Speaking with the Telegraph, Mr Khomsky denied the prosecutor’s allegations and said the family had not been yelling slogans or carrying signs. “What law are we violating?” he asked. “We’re endangering our kids? You’re endangering our kids!” “They want to make a show trial out of us, accuse us of putting our children at risk, accuse of us of all sorts of sins and take away our kids so that others won’t go to demonstrations with children,” he added. “They want to intimidate protesters.” Police detain a man during the July 27 protest Credit: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters On Wednesday, a court will hear a state prosecutor’s motion to strip another couple of parental rights after they were filmed with their young child at a demonstration on July 27, even though the national children’s rights ombudswoman has criticised the case. State television accused protesters of exploiting the infant as a “human shield” after father Dmitry Prokazov was seen handing the child to his wife’s cousin near police. The relative now faces up to eight years in prison on charges of participating in mass riots. Mr Prokazov said the young family and the cousin had simply been walking in the city centre when they were caught up in a cat-and-mouse game between protesters and police, who forced crowds down various side streets and arrested more than 1,300 people. The children’s ombudswoman said she was looking into the case against the Khomskys and that taking a child away from parents should be a “last resort”. The Moscow children’s rights ombudsman called the prosecutor’s complaint “political blackmail”. “Only in rare cases when nothing helps does the question of removing parental rights arise. In these two cases this state policy is being completely destroyed,” Yevgeny Bunimovich told Interfax news agency. “This worries me. It’s a signal for everyone. Every family will feel unsafe if these things happen.” As part of the “Moscow case” opened after the July 27 protest, a dozen people face prison time on charges of mass rioting and fighting with police, accusations that look dubious given the nonviolent nature of the demonstrations. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny after what he said may have been a poisoning attempt in jail Credit: AFP/Getty/Navalny.com On Monday, guards refused to let press or relatives into court hearings involving a defendant charged with attacking a national guard soldier at the protests and another accused of tweeting about a movement to “de-anonymise” riot police by publishing their names and personal details. Other people arrested at the protests have suddenly come under official scrutiny for outstanding debts or dodging Russia’s universal military conscription, a widespread practice. Several independent candidates have been jailed for weeks as Moscow has seen the biggest protests since the 2011-12 movement against a fraudulent parliamentary elections and Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency. Mr Navalny spent a month in jail and was briefly hospitalised after what he said may have been a poisoning attempt.
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The SEALs and potential adversaries Iran and Russia both use personal watercraft.
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French President Emannuel Macron said on Monday that preparations were under way for a meeting between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming weeks to find a solution to the nuclear standoff. “Two things are ver…
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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he doesn’t expect to make money if the U.S. hosts next year’s Group of Seven summit at his Trump Doral golf resort, even as he delivered an extended sales pitch to hold the meeting at his Miami property.“Each …
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The trade war between the United States and China has grabbed headlines, rattled markets and sparked a heated beltway debate on the future of Sino-American relations. U.S. policy is shifting rapidly, forcing U.S. allies to shift, as well. Now, an unlik…
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“Under present-day U.S. posture in the region, most American and allied bases and forward-deployed ships, troops and aircraft would struggle to survive a PLA salvo attack, and would be initially forced to focus on damage limitation rather than blunting…
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America is an empire and President Donald Trump is an emperor, at least that is how both behave. Why shouldn’t Washington swallow up the self-governing territory of Greenland with nary a nod to its people? Why shouldn’t the president cancel a trip beca…
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EU leaders should pay no heed to British lawmakers who say they can stop Brexit, a senior UK government source said on Monday, repeating Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s line that Britain will leave the bloc on Oct. 31 with or without a deal. Britain ha…
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