Tuesday, July 25, 2017

World News Briefs -- July 25, 2017 (Evening Edition)



Reuters: U.S. says progress with China on N.Korea U.N. sanctions, true test is Russia

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is making progress in talks with North Korean ally China on imposing new United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest missile test, but Russia's engagement will be the "true test," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said on Tuesday.

The United States gave China a draft resolution nearly three weeks ago to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea over the July 4 missile launch. Haley had been aiming for a vote by the 15-member Security Council within weeks, senior diplomats said.

"We're constantly in touch with China ... Things are moving but it's still too early to tell how far they'll move," Haley told reporters, adding that she was pleased with China's initial response to the U.S. proposal because it showed "seriousness."

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MIDDLE EAST

US Navy fires warning shots near Iran ship in Persian Gulf.

Trump says won't let Assad get away with 'horrible' crimes.

Al Aqsa Mosque: Israel to replace metal detectors at Jerusalem holy site with 'smart' surveillance. Israel removes flashpoint metal detectors at Jerusalem holy site.

Muslims keep up shrine boycott despite Israeli concessions.

Russia says military police deployed to monitor Syria cease-fire.

Al-Qaida in Syria snuffs out competition in northwest.

Iran in no mood to renegotiate nuclear deal.

Houthi leader: Yemeni forces will take part in any future conflict with Israel.

Yemeni Houthis release video of missile launch on Saudi oil refinery.

Erdogan: Era of bowing to Western pressure is over.

Jordan mourners chant 'death to Israel' after deadly embassy shooting.

Israel removes Jerusalem metal detectors, Palestinians reject new measures.

ASIA

US ambassador reports progress on new North Korea sanctions. U.S. likely to target more Chinese entities over North Korea 'fairly soon': official.

US detects signs of new NKorea missile test.

China will protect border with India ‘at all costs’.

Dispatch from Doklam: Indians dig in for the long haul in standoff with China.

N. Korea threatens 'merciless' nuclear strike if U.S. targets Kim Jong Un.

China reinforcing border with North Korea amid tensions.

Vietnam halts South China Sea drilling 'after Chinese threats'.

China backs joint energy development with Philippines in disputed sea.

China shores up claim on South China Sea with high-tech cinema.

Man tipped as China's future president ousted as Xi Jinping wields 'iron discipline'.

Oppression of Muslim minority continues in Myanmar.

Sri Lanka finalises $1.12 bn port deal with China.

AFRICA

New militia attack in Central African town kills two peacekeepers.

Angola's likely next president hits the campaign trail.

Libyan rivals agree in France to cease-fire, elections.

'Libyan rivals committed to ceasefire, elections'.

Four years into South Sudan’s civil war, sexual violence being perpetrated on ‘massive scale’, Amnesty report says.

Deepening food crisis pushes Nigeria's northeast closer to famine.

Call for Boko Haram peace talks masks ethnic tensions in Nigeria.

Nigeria has over 50% of the world's out-of-school children.

Tanzanian MP charged for calling president a 'dictator'.

Mali YouTube activist hurt in assassination bid.

Nelson Mandela: Ramlakan book on final days withdrawn.

EUROPE

Russia's Putin, Iraqi VP discuss tanks supply deal.

EU to Turkey: respect for rights 'imperative' to join bloc.

EU urged to call off Turkish accession talks.

Italy seeks 'code of conduct' for charity ships as death toll rises. Italy, NGOs argue over migrant rescue 'code of conduct'.

Europe-wide police operation saves hundreds of sex trafficking victims.

Poland's president signs controversial law despite protests.

Heated rhetoric ahead of EU-Turkey showdown.

Swiss chainsaw attacker arrested after international manhunt.

Vatican turns off historic fountains amid Rome drought.

AMERICAS

Kushner, Manafort meet with congressional investigators.

Trump lashes out at EU again on trade.

Trump 'disappointed' in attorney general, decision 'soon'. Trump rips into Jeff Sessions as being ‘very weak’ on Clinton, leakers.

Cheers, whoops for McCain’s return, then impassioned speech.

Colombia's ELN rebels propose three-month ceasefire.

Venezuela: Boycott of constitution overhaul vote urged.

Despacito stars condemn Venezuela's Maduro over political remix.

El Salvador issues warrants for guerrillas who killed US soldiers during civil war.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Trump, Lebanese leader pledge solidarity against terrorism.

Uruguay: Ex-Gitmo detainee also tried to travel to Russia.

Australian terrorists 'may be among 173 ISIS extremists planning to bomb Europe' in revenge of military defeats in the Middle East.

Children survive 'Islamic State' hungry and traumatized.

US soldier pleads not guilty to support for Islamic State.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Earnings, bank shares propel S&P 500 to record high.

US Commerce Secretary: NAFTA talks need quick outcome.

Google asks US court to block Canadian global delisting order.

China set to launch an 'unhackable' internet communication.

Jimmy Choo bought by Michael Kors in £896m deal.

IMF may soon be moving to China – Christine Lagarde.

15 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Oh Ho!

Wasserman Schultz [IT} staffer arrested trying to leave the country.

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/343723-house-dem-staffer-arrested-on-bank-fraud-charges
A House IT aide working for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, was arrested Tuesday on bank fraud charges while trying to leave the country.

Fox News reported that Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles International Airport.

Unknown said...

"Deepening food crisis pushes Nigeria's northeast closer to famine."

Where was Boko Haram strongest? The North East.

Nature creates drought. Man creates famine.


Not sure of there is even a drought in the area.

Maybe it is like the Holodomor.


Obama wanted to lower the oceans. He could not, would not, prevent famine in one region of one middles size country.

Obama was going to heal the planet. He did not bring back our girls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0tuAJkbUWU

Unknown said...

LIBERAL Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) will look good in orange.

Anonymous said...

AS-
unrelenting venom tosser

fred said...

Hey, Mr Smith
you forgot to mention THIS

Unknown said...

Trump has some good points.


There are investigations that Sessions could be doing like of Hillary.

Those of us who are honest know that Obama, Lynch & Comey killed that investigation.

Sessions is stronger than McConnell, but he is weak.

That B____ Hillary had a server in her bathroom! REALLY?!?! she gets away with that?

Unknown said...

President Obama again leaves Nigeria off his Africa trip itinerary

http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-obama-africa-20150720-story.html


"To Aid Boko Haram Fight, Obama Orders 300 Troops to Cameroon - NYT

'I thought I saw a putty tat' - Tweety Bird

"Fighters with the Islamist militant group have displaced entire villages in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon" - NYT

There is now a famine. What could have caused it? Hmmmmmm, that is a poser!

Did Boko Haram get outside support from other Muslim entities in terms of money, material or men?

Obama's 300 was a Potemkin military effort.



Maybe it is because Obama is a East African and he could care less about West Africans or descendants of West Africa (except for a few rich ones or their votes).

fred said...

Ho hum

Unknown said...

Like I said Fred.

You are a racist.

You did not want to see those 300 black girls get safely back home.

I used the liberal disparate impact to ascertain your prejudices.

Jay Farquharson said...

“I don’t know – it’s hard for me to see any U.S. ties to Russia…
except for:

the Flynn thing,

and the Manafort thing

and the Tillerson thing

and the Sessions thing

and the Kushner thing

and the Carter Page thing

and the Roger Stone thing

and the Felix Sater thing

and the Boris Ephsteyn thing

and the Rosneft thing

and the Gazprom thing

and the Sergey Gorkov banker thing

and the Azerbajain thing

and the “I love Putin” thing

and the Donald Trump, Jr. thing

and the Sergey Kislyak thing

and the Russian Affiliated Interests thing

and the Russian Business Interests thing

and the Emoluments Clause thing

and the Alex Schnaider thing

and the hack of the DNC thing

and the Guccifer 2.0 thing

and the Mike Pence “I don’t know anything” thing

and the Russians mysteriously dying thing

and Trump’s public request to Russia to hack Hillary’s email thing

and the Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king thing

and the Russian fertilizer king’s plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign thing

and the Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night thing

and the Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery thing

and the Cyprus bank thing

and Trump not releasing his tax returns thing

and the Republican Party’s rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing

and the election hacking thing

and the GOP platform change on the Ukraine thing

and the Steele Dossier thing

and the Leninist Bannon thing

and Sally Yates prevented from testifying thing

and the intelligence community’s investigative reports thing

and Trump’s reassurance that the Russian connection is all “fake news” thing …

and Spicer’s Russian Dressing “nothing’s wrong” thing …

and the Chaffetz thing,....

and Session's non-recusal from the Russian thing after promising to recuse himself after lying to Congress about the Russian's thing,

and the Yate's firing,

and the Comey firing,

and the Bharara firing,

and the Larov/Kislyak/Trump meeting,

and the Russian Photographer thing,

and the Indicted Stone for the Russian Thing talking to Trump about firing Comey thing,

and Trump's Spokeswoman, Saunder's saying the Comey Firing was about shutting down the Russia/Trump Investigations thing,

and Lying Spice in the bushes with the candlestick,

and the Trump Lawyer's "No Russians" letter by the Russian Law Firm of the Year,

and the Comey/Trump/Tapes threat,

and the Larov/Russia trolling the US thing,

and Trump's Dirty Fucking Hippie "Peace in the Ukraine" Flower Power tweet after meeting Larov thing,

and the Guelen kidnapping and rendition thing,

and the Cohen/Artimenko/Sater Ukraine deal thing,

and the Eric Trump/Golf Courses/Russian Backers thing,

and the "Comey told me three times" thing,

and the 180 current and former Attorney General's letter calling for a special prosecutor,

and the Dutch TV ( Zembla) Investigative documentary, "The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump: Part 1, The Russians",

and Deutsche Bank executive William S. Broeksmit's "suicide",

and the sudden settlement of the Prevezon LLC money laundering case, in the wake of Attorney General Preet Bharara's firing by Trump,

Jay Farquharson said...

and the "thinking" then publicly saying that "Loyalty Oaths" to Hair Furour by Government Bureaucrats in violation of the Constitution is "normal" thing,

and Trump sharing classified intel with the Russian's during their meeting that was not cleared to be shared with the Russians,

and the War Zone Blood Diamonds thing,

and the Putin asked and Trump "couldn't say no" Kislyak thing,

and the Manifort tax free, $3.5 million dollar open term "loan" from the Russian Mob connected Bank of Cyprus Numbered Account,

and the Comey Meeting Memo noting that Trump tried to shut down the Flynn Investigation the day after Flynn was fired.

and the last minute Trump Toronto VEB/Schnaider bankruptcy bail out, while Putin was Chairman of the VEB Board.

and "the Family"/McCarthy/Ryan tape leak discussing who's on Putin's payroll,

and the SGM/Williams/IRI/Pence Political Consulting thing,

and the Flynn/Turkey cancellation of the US Militaries' anti-ISIS plan

and Flynn's lawyer rejecting the Senate subpena,

and Flynn taking the 5th,

and the Dana Rohabatcher thing,

and the Coates/Rogers thing,

and the Flynn/Svetlana Lokhova/GRU thing,

and the "they said I said Israel thing, but I never said it was Israel, but it was Israel," thing,

and the Russian disinfo op against the FBI faking a AG Lynch email,

and Trump lawyering up,

and Trump's lawyer Kazowitz also being Putin's Sberbank's lawyer,

and Session's non-disclosure of contacts with the Russians on his #86 NSC form,

and the reports of the FSB discussions on how to best leverage Flynn and Manifort,

and the Trump Administration's ramping up and full staffing of the Trump/Russia "war room" to push back against the Investigations,
while 445 Federal Appointee's havn't even been nominated by the Trump Administration, and remain vacant, (80%),

and Nevins/Stone/Mast/Florida GOP/Guccifer2.0/Russian collusion in Florida using the hacked and stolen DNC data sets.

and Pence being scared that Comey and McCabe also took notes of the conversations where he tried to get them to drop Trump/Russia

and Manifort's post resignation collusion with Prebius and other Team Trump members to get the FBI investigation quashed,

and the Kushner/Kisliak/Flynn meeting to set up secret, secure communications between Team Trump and the Kremlin using the Russians secure diplomatic channels,

and that the same meeting set up the Blackwater Prince's secret meeting in the Seychelles,

and the Senate subpoena-ing the Trump Campaign for all records and documents from 2015 forward thing

and Kushner's own Observer newspaper reporting that not only did the NSA's Rogers tell Trump that there was collusion between Team Trump and the Russians, but the NSA has the SIGINT.

and Deripaska offering to testify to the Senate Committee only in exchange for full immunity from all crimes, past and present. ( It was declined),

and Kushner's concealment of his meetings with Venesheconombank on his underwater 666 5th Ave project and it's balloon payments.

and the intercepted communications that suggested to US intelligence that Russians believed "they had the ability to influence the administration through the derogatory information."

and the Senate Investigation now targeting Michel Cohen, Little Big Boy's personal lawyer,

any Flynn now complying with the Senate Subpena's after being threatened by the Senate with contempt charges if he did not comply.

and May 31, 2017, A) Sean Spicer: "Our job, we are focused on the President’s agenda and going forward all questions on these matters will be referred to outside counsel, Mark Kasowitz."

Jay Farquharson said...

and the FBI now investigating the Campaign meeting at the Mayflower hotel between Kislyak, Sessions, Kushner and Trump.

and Team Trump attempts to immediately lift the Russian Sanctions only to be stopped by the Republican House and Senate,

and Meuller and the FBI are taking over a criminal Manifort Corruption investigation that predates Trump/Russia.

and Trump asking both Coate's and Pompeo to tell Comey to shut down the Trump/Russia investigation.

and Comey demanded that Session's stop Trumps attempts to interfere in the Investigation,

and Comey's Testimony of Trumps attempts to Subvert Justice,

and Trump's nomination of Chris Wray as FBI Director who was not only Christie's Bridgegate/ Missing Cell Phone lawyer, but part of Russian Oil Company Rosneft's law team.

and Eric Trump confirming in an interview, that yes, Comey was right, Trump did indeed tell Comey to stop the Trump/Russia investigations.

and Trump's Lawyer, Kasowitz's admission to friends, that he convinced Trump to fire AG Pareet Bahara, because his investigation into Russian Mob money laundering, was going to "take Trump down".

and the 39 State Russian attempts to hack US Election systems, so severe Obama used the hotline to Russia,

and Mueller is now directly investigating Trump for Obstruction of Justice,

and Richard Burt, a paid Lobbiest for the Russians, stating that he was present a two working dinners with Kisylak and Sessions, that Session's has not disclosed,

and the Republican Senate making sure Russian Sanctions passed with a veto proof majority because they don't trust Trump on Russia,

and VP Pence lawyering up,

and Cohen, Trumps lawyer, has now lawyered up,

and the White House Special Counsel has ordered the Trump Transition Team to preserve all documents and emails.

and the House Committee's subpoenaing the Trump Campaigns IT guy, Pascale,

and Session's has lawyered up,

and Trump's FBI nominee has "scrubbed" his resume of Russian ties,

and the FBI is now investigating Bijan Kian, Gen. Flynn's partner,

and Trump asked the NSC for "deliverables" that he can give to Putin at the G20 Meeting,

and DJT Jr's meeting with Russian Mob and Government lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, ostensibly over Russian Orphans, then Hillary dirt, but Natalia Veselnitskaya role is to get the Magnitsky Act revoked, prevent EU adoption of the Magnitsky Act's provisions, so that Putin and his Mob Cronies can keep stashing stolen Russian Tax money offshore,

and DJT Jr's lawyering up with well known Mob/Hacking Criminal Defence Lawyer Alan Futerfas.

and DJT Jr's release of his emails showing attempted collusion with Russia in election interference,

and the Trump/ Agaralov/ Chaika triangle,

and after resisting a court order for day's, Trump's Justice Department released only one page of Atty. Gen. Jeff Session's SF86 National Security Application Form, in which he reported that he had no contacts whatsoever with Agents of Foreign Governments for the past 7 years. In other words, blatant lies.

and Jared Kushner's sudden updating of his SF86 form, with the reported number contacts with Agent's of a Foreign Government, going from zero, to over 100 names and 490 meetings,

and Jared Kushner's Infometric's Digital Trump campaign is now under NSA/FBI investigation for collusion with Wikileaks/Russian Hackers and the Targetted Fake News generated and propagated by FSB hackers, bots and trolls.

Jay Farquharson said...

and now it turns out that the "Russian Lawyer", at the DJTJr/Manifort/Kushner meeting,Natalia Veselnitskaya,had come to the US on a Tourist Visa, then overstayed that visa, while working in the US on lobbying efforts and legal efforts, on behalf of unnamed "Russian Clients". Under US Law, a "Russian Spy".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program

and now it turns out that also at that meeting, was Rinat Akhmetshin, a former GRU Counter Intelligence Officer, also acting as an illegal lobbiest and influencer, aka, another Russian Spy.

and now it comes out that DJT Jr. was shown hacked DNC Email documents during the meeting, and that there were two more in attendance, an as yet unnamed "Russian Translator", and as yet, an "unnamed" representative of the Agalarov Family, bringing the number up to 8, not DJT Jr's lie about 5,

and now we learn that Trump once again lied, knowing about the meeting before it happened, not only after as he claimed,

and Translator Anatoli Samovichi is another "unregistered Agent of a Foreign Government, at the meeting,

and the folder contained segments of the DNC emails hacked by Fancy Bear, and later leaked to wikileaks,

and the "Kushner Staffer", who "mistakenly hit send", to submit Kushner's SF86 form with the Foreign Contacts list blank, would have had to "mistakenly" hit 26 keys, cursored through 6 pages, filled out a signature page, and ignored 16 prompts, to submit the empty form,

and Jared Kushner's lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, has resigned,

and released Campaign Finance Disclosure forms show that the Trump for President Campaign hired Futuferas as DJT Jr's Criminal Defence Lawyer, 11 days before the Trump/Russia meeting,

and now it comes out that Trump had a secret hour long meeting with Putin at the G20, that violated National Security Protocol and the White House tried to keep concealed,

and that according to Bank of Cyprus records, Manifort was $17 million dollars in debt to a variety of Russian numbered companies in the form of loans, debts and fees at the time he became the Trump Campaign Chairman,

and , Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia’s FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show. She specialized in using Lawfare to steal properties from their owners and transfer them to the FSS.

and Session's Confirmation Lie, ( no Russian's) was a multilevel lie. He not only discussed the Trump Campaign with the Russian's, but he did it on the Campaign's dime,

and Jared and Ivanka just updated their SC86 form disclosing $77 million dollars in assets, holdings, debts and properties that they had "forgotten" about,

and Ivanka has now lawyered up,


http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449480/donald-trump-russia-witch-hunt-narrative-hard-believe


https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-04-04%20CEG%20to%20DHS%20(Akhmetshin%20Information)%20with%20attachment.pdf

ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fyastreblyansky.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F05%2Frequired-reading.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/07/russian-crown-prosecutor/533295/

https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate?utm_content=buffer976d1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2017/7/14/123354/769

The list just keeps getting longer, day by day, week by week,

LMFAO.com/SethAbramson/status/867172280350146561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fyastreblyansky.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F05%2Frequired-reading.html

Nope, nothing to see here,

all "perfectly normal",

The list just keeps getting longer, day by day, week by week,

LMFAO

Jay Farquharson said...

and President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice’s criminal division, Brian Benczkowski used to represent a major Russian bank whose owners have ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

War News Updates Editor said...

Jay. "Show me the evidence and the statue that covers it". Alan Dershowitz would like to know.