Friday, March 23, 2018
Global market volatility on U.S.-China trade war fears
Russia calls EU response over Skripal 'deplorable'
EU recalls ambassador to Moscow over Salisbury
Air India makes history with flight to Tel Aviv over Saudi airspace
EU RECALLS MOSCOW AMBASSADOR
EU leaders have agreed there's 'no plausible alternative explanation' for the incident other than Russian involvement.
Moscow denies responsibility for the poisoning in Salisbury of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
It's reported a number of European countries are also now considering recalling their ambassadors to Russia.
German MEP Manfred Weber says it's important to show a united front.
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she welcomes EU support.
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India's Election Commission says it may review Facebook partnership
Some sex charges to be withdrawn from Cardinal Pell committal
Arthur Stevens reports
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China announces counter tariffs on US goods
The move comes after President Trump announced some 60 billion dollars worth of tariffs on Chinese goods.
The White House says the move is an effort to tackle Chinese intellectual property theft.
Markets have plunged in response to the tit-for-tat, but US correspondent Steve Mort says the administration believes the tariffs are justified.
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B/A: Separate US tariffs on worldwide steel and aluminium imports are due to come into force on Friday.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
McMaster out as Trump's National Security Advisor
He'll replace H.R. McMaster who will retire from the Army and leave public service.
Rumors of McMaster's departure were dismissed by the White House as recently as last week.
US correspondent Steve Mort says John Bolton is likely to push for tough positions against Iran and North Korea as President Trump prepares for talks with Kim Jong un.
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ALT: The announcement comes the same day as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave his formal farewell speech.
He described Washington as a "very mean-spirited town."
US correspondent Steve Mort says Trump has nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson.
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Trump fires National Security Adviser, replaces McMaster with arch neo-con Bolton
President Trump has fired his top foreign policy official.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster becomes the latest high profile figure to leave the White House.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Trump administration approves $1bn arms sale to Saudi Arabia
to Saudi Arabia.
The deal includes more than six thousand missiles.
US Correspondent, Frances Read, reports.
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“House of horrors” children released from hospital
undergoing treatment in hospital.
The Californian couple are accused of holding their children captive
and torturing 12 of them.
They will appear in court in California on Friday (23rd March 2018),
although they deny the charges against them.
Frances Read reports from Los Angeles.
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124 million people in 51 countries face food insecurity - UN food crisis report
One hundred and twenty-four million people in 51 countries are severely hungry, facing food crises largely due to conflict and insecurity, according to a new UN-backed report.
That figure tracks an increase from last year, and comes with a call for urgent humanitarian action.
Our U.N. Correspondent Liling Tan reports from New York.
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First evacuations from Syria's Eastern Ghouta
Aid agencies helped to bus out some 600 fighters and one and a half thousands civilians.
The United Nations has welcomed the news, but is urging the Syrian government to allow the complete evacuation of the Damascus suburb.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said more help was needed.
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Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN Secretary-General had concerns about new reports of chemical weapons use.
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Trump and Joe Biden in war of words over who would win in fistfight
The US President and former Vice President are engaging in a back and
forth war of words, fantasizing about who would win in a fistfight.
This week's match started out at a rally in Florida.
US Correspondent Laura Cantekin reports.
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British police officer injured in spy poisoning case released from hospital
A British police officer who became seriously ill after being exposed to the nerve agent that targeted a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury has been released from hospital.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was one of the first people to respond to the incident on 4th March when Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found in an unconscious state.
In an update from Salisbury hospital, the pair were described as remaining in a critical but stable conditioon.
Earlier a UK court ruled blood samples can be taken from them at the request of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons which is investigating the incident. The court ruling said the Skripals are unable to communicate and added it was not possible to say when or to what extent either may regain mental capacity.
Cara Charles-Barks, chief executive of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust had this update about the pair.
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Cara Charles-Barks, chief executive of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust said many local people had sought medical advise following the nerve agent attack.
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Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Kier Pritchard read out a statement from Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who said he had been overwhelmed by messages of support.
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British police officer caught up in spy poisoning case released from hospital
A British police officer who became seriously ill after being exposed to the nerve agent that targeted a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury has been released from hospital.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was one of the first people to respond to the incident on 4th March when Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found in an unconscious state.
In an update from Salisbury hospital, the pair were described as remaining in a critical but stable conditioon.
Earlier a UK court ruled blood samples can be taken from them at the request of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons which is investigating the incident. The court ruling said the Skripals are unable to communicate and added it was not possible to say when or to what extent either may regain mental capacity.
Cara Charles-Barks, chief executive of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust had this update about the pair.
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Cara Charles-Barks, chief executive of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust said many local people had sought medical advise following the nerve agent attack.
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Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Kier Pritchard read out a statement from Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who said he had been overwhelmed by messages of support.
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US imposes $50 bn tariffs on China
The Trump administration says it is in response to intellectual property theft.
US correspondent Nick Harper reports.
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[ALT] US correspondent Nick Harper says there are fears it could spark
an international trade war.
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UK COURT: OPCW CAN TAKE SKRIPAL BLOOD SAMPLES
They'll be given to inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons who are investigating the incident in Salisbury on March 4th.
The court's also heard some details about the condition of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, as Olly Barratt reports.
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Police release video of Uber fatal collision with pedestrian
The car was going three miles over the speed limit and did not brake before hitting the pedestrian.
But, the police chief in Tempe, Arizona says the preliminary investigation shows no fault by the ride-sharing service.
US correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more:
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