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Hajj set to begin amid Qatar-Saudi tensions and Egypt's economic woes
https://www.dw.com/en/hajj-set-to-begin-amid-qatar-saudi-tensions-and-egypts-economic-woes/a-45129535
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of blocking its citizens from attending this year's hajj because of the ongoing diplomatic feud. The Saudi government has denied the charge, saying Qataris are still traveling to Mecca.
A quota system entitled about 1,200 Qataris to attend this year's ritual ceremony but Qatar said it has been impossible for its citizens to get permits. It blames the ongoing diplomatic dispute with its Gulf neighbors — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
Qatar's National Human Rights Committee said Riyadh had shut down an electronic registration system used by travel agencies to obtain permits for Qatari pilgrims.
A Saudi official denied the allegation and put the blame on Qatar, saying they were the ones who had blocked access to the registration links.
A group of Qatari pilgrims have arrived in Mecca, according to an official at Saudi Arabia's hajj ministry, although he didn't say how many had arrived or if they traveled directly from Qatar. Last year more than 1,600 Qatari pilgrims attended the hajj, he said
https://www.dw.com/en/hajj-set-to-begin-amid-qatar-saudi-tensions-and-egypts-economic-woes/a-45129535
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of blocking its citizens from attending this year's hajj because of the ongoing diplomatic feud. The Saudi government has denied the charge, saying Qataris are still traveling to Mecca.
A quota system entitled about 1,200 Qataris to attend this year's ritual ceremony but Qatar said it has been impossible for its citizens to get permits. It blames the ongoing diplomatic dispute with its Gulf neighbors — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
Qatar's National Human Rights Committee said Riyadh had shut down an electronic registration system used by travel agencies to obtain permits for Qatari pilgrims.
A Saudi official denied the allegation and put the blame on Qatar, saying they were the ones who had blocked access to the registration links.
A group of Qatari pilgrims have arrived in Mecca, according to an official at Saudi Arabia's hajj ministry, although he didn't say how many had arrived or if they traveled directly from Qatar. Last year more than 1,600 Qatari pilgrims attended the hajj, he said
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U.S. forces to stay in Iraq as long as needed: spokesman
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-usa/u-s-forces-to-stay-in-iraq-as-long-as-needed-spokesman-idUSKBN1L408A
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. forces will stay in Iraq “as long as needed” to help stabilize regions previously controlled by Islamic State, a spokesman for the U.S.-led international coalition fighting the militants said on Sunday.
“We’ll keep troops there as long as we think they’re needed ... The main reason, after ISIS (Islamic State) is defeated militarily, is the stabilization efforts and we still need to be there for that, so that’s one of the reasons we’ll maintain a presence,” Colonel Sean Ryan told a news conference in Abu Dhabi.
The number of American soldiers could go down however, depending on when other forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation deploy to help train the Iraqi army, he said, adding that about 5,200 U.S. troops are currently based in Iraq.
The United States also has about 2,000 troops in Syria, assisting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) clear pockets still under the control of Islamic State along the border with Iraq.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-usa/u-s-forces-to-stay-in-iraq-as-long-as-needed-spokesman-idUSKBN1L408A
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. forces will stay in Iraq “as long as needed” to help stabilize regions previously controlled by Islamic State, a spokesman for the U.S.-led international coalition fighting the militants said on Sunday.
“We’ll keep troops there as long as we think they’re needed ... The main reason, after ISIS (Islamic State) is defeated militarily, is the stabilization efforts and we still need to be there for that, so that’s one of the reasons we’ll maintain a presence,” Colonel Sean Ryan told a news conference in Abu Dhabi.
The number of American soldiers could go down however, depending on when other forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation deploy to help train the Iraqi army, he said, adding that about 5,200 U.S. troops are currently based in Iraq.
The United States also has about 2,000 troops in Syria, assisting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) clear pockets still under the control of Islamic State along the border with Iraq.
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Britain's May could face trouble over Brexit deal, Conservative lawmaker warns
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/britains-may-could-face-trouble-over-brexit-deal-conservative-lawmaker-warns-idUSKBN1L409R
Jacob Rees-Mogg, chair of the European Research Group, a faction within May’s Conservative Party, is strongly opposed to the government’s so-called Chequers plan for Brexit and favors a clean break with the bloc on March 29 next year.
“If she sticks with Chequers, she will find she has a block of votes against her in the House of Commons,” Rees-Mogg, tipped as a possible successor to May, told The Sunday Times newspaper, describing the Chequers proposals as “surrender” to the EU.
Rees-Mogg said letting it run to December would be “very risky”, the newspaper reported, as that would only leave three months to get the deal approved by the British parliament.
That would mean the government “must come forward with a deal that Brexiteers like, because otherwise they might find it’s much harder to get through parliament than they think”, he was quoted as saying.
Rees-Mogg said he believed a “Canada-plus” deal, a free trade pact along the lines of the EU’s 2016 agreement with Canada but with deeper ties given Britain’s already closer trading links, could command a majority in parliament.
“If the prime minister came to the House of Commons with a Canada-plus style Brexit, people like me would say, ‘Yes, that’s all right,’ and people who are strongly pro-European would say, ‘Yes, that’s better than leaving on World Trade Organisation terms,’” Rees-Mogg said. “So although that wouldn’t be what people might choose, it could command a majority.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/britains-may-could-face-trouble-over-brexit-deal-conservative-lawmaker-warns-idUSKBN1L409R
Jacob Rees-Mogg, chair of the European Research Group, a faction within May’s Conservative Party, is strongly opposed to the government’s so-called Chequers plan for Brexit and favors a clean break with the bloc on March 29 next year.
“If she sticks with Chequers, she will find she has a block of votes against her in the House of Commons,” Rees-Mogg, tipped as a possible successor to May, told The Sunday Times newspaper, describing the Chequers proposals as “surrender” to the EU.
Rees-Mogg said letting it run to December would be “very risky”, the newspaper reported, as that would only leave three months to get the deal approved by the British parliament.
That would mean the government “must come forward with a deal that Brexiteers like, because otherwise they might find it’s much harder to get through parliament than they think”, he was quoted as saying.
Rees-Mogg said he believed a “Canada-plus” deal, a free trade pact along the lines of the EU’s 2016 agreement with Canada but with deeper ties given Britain’s already closer trading links, could command a majority in parliament.
“If the prime minister came to the House of Commons with a Canada-plus style Brexit, people like me would say, ‘Yes, that’s all right,’ and people who are strongly pro-European would say, ‘Yes, that’s better than leaving on World Trade Organisation terms,’” Rees-Mogg said. “So although that wouldn’t be what people might choose, it could command a majority.”
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Fleeing Venezuelans face suspicion and hostility as migration crisis worsens
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/fleeing-venezuelans-suspicion-hostility-migration-crisis-ecuador
Nicolás Maduro has belittled the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans fleeing across the Andes as gullible “slaves and beggars” duped into scrubbing foreign toilets by enemies of the Bolivarian revolution.
The United Nations says 2.3 million people, more than 7% of Venezuela’s population, have left the country since 2015, with most heading to Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Half a million have arrived this year in Ecuador alone.
The exodus appears to have accelerated in recent weeks with almost 43,000 Venezuelans streaming into Tulcán over Rumichaca Bridge in the first 14 days of August alone.
Brazil, which has taken in tens of thousands of Venezuelans, briefly sealed its northern border in early August, with regional authorities claiming they could no longer cope. “If we carry on like this, by the end of the year we will have lost control of the city,” warned the mayor of Boa Vista, which near the border.
Earlier this year, Chile and Colombia introduced measures designed to deter Venezuelans from coming, and this week Ecuador and Peru followed suit, announcing they would only admit those with passports, something many lack because of the turmoil back home.
Ecuador’s decision was denounced by activists as unconstitutional and inhumane. But it will please some in Tulcán, a picturesque but economically depressed settlement of about 60,000 residents.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/fleeing-venezuelans-suspicion-hostility-migration-crisis-ecuador
Nicolás Maduro has belittled the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans fleeing across the Andes as gullible “slaves and beggars” duped into scrubbing foreign toilets by enemies of the Bolivarian revolution.
The United Nations says 2.3 million people, more than 7% of Venezuela’s population, have left the country since 2015, with most heading to Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Half a million have arrived this year in Ecuador alone.
The exodus appears to have accelerated in recent weeks with almost 43,000 Venezuelans streaming into Tulcán over Rumichaca Bridge in the first 14 days of August alone.
Brazil, which has taken in tens of thousands of Venezuelans, briefly sealed its northern border in early August, with regional authorities claiming they could no longer cope. “If we carry on like this, by the end of the year we will have lost control of the city,” warned the mayor of Boa Vista, which near the border.
Earlier this year, Chile and Colombia introduced measures designed to deter Venezuelans from coming, and this week Ecuador and Peru followed suit, announcing they would only admit those with passports, something many lack because of the turmoil back home.
Ecuador’s decision was denounced by activists as unconstitutional and inhumane. But it will please some in Tulcán, a picturesque but economically depressed settlement of about 60,000 residents.
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Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko sacks his PM
http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/19/belarusian-president-alexander-lukashenko-sacks-his-pm?
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the country's prime minister and other top ministers, the presidential press service said on Saturday, in the biggest government reshuffle since 2014.
The shake-up comes days after Lukashenko, who has run Belarus along Soviet-style command lines since 1994, criticised government leaders for their ineffectiveness.
Lukashenko named Sergei Rumas, the head of the country's Development Bank, as new prime minister, the presidential press service said in a statement. Rumas replaces Andrei Kobyakov, who had served as Belarus' prime minister since 2014.
Lukashenko also named four new deputy prime ministers, as well as new ministers of the economy, communications and industry, among other posts.
The 63-year-old leader has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency towards political opposition, but opponents say their freedom to operate remains severely limited.
http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/19/belarusian-president-alexander-lukashenko-sacks-his-pm?
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the country's prime minister and other top ministers, the presidential press service said on Saturday, in the biggest government reshuffle since 2014.
The shake-up comes days after Lukashenko, who has run Belarus along Soviet-style command lines since 1994, criticised government leaders for their ineffectiveness.
Lukashenko named Sergei Rumas, the head of the country's Development Bank, as new prime minister, the presidential press service said in a statement. Rumas replaces Andrei Kobyakov, who had served as Belarus' prime minister since 2014.
Lukashenko also named four new deputy prime ministers, as well as new ministers of the economy, communications and industry, among other posts.
The 63-year-old leader has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency towards political opposition, but opponents say their freedom to operate remains severely limited.
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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/malcolm-turnbull-removes-all-climate-change-targets-from-energy-policy-in-fresh-bid-to-save-leadership-20180820-p4zyht.html
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has staged another dramatic retreat on energy policy in the face of a dire threat to his leadership, removing climate change targets from the National Energy Guarantee in his second policy reset in four days.
The revised scheme will go ahead without federal legislation to stipulate a 26 per cent cut to greenhouse gas emissions under changes aimed at averting a challenge from Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
Asked on Monday morning whether his leadership was under threat, the Prime Minister declared: "I enjoy the confidence of the cabinet and my party room."
Mr Turnbull also said he had the support of Mr Dutton in the wake of reports that the Home Affairs Minister was being asked to challenge for the leadership and was inclined to run, with his supporters claiming he had majority support in the Liberal party room.
"Peter Dutton was at our leadership team meeting this morning. He is a member of our team, he has given me his absolute support," Mr Turnbull said.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-all-know-how-this-ends-and-australians-are-failing-to-see-the-joke-20180820-p4zyi0.html
We all know how this ends and Australians are failing to see the joke
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has staged another dramatic retreat on energy policy in the face of a dire threat to his leadership, removing climate change targets from the National Energy Guarantee in his second policy reset in four days.
The revised scheme will go ahead without federal legislation to stipulate a 26 per cent cut to greenhouse gas emissions under changes aimed at averting a challenge from Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
Asked on Monday morning whether his leadership was under threat, the Prime Minister declared: "I enjoy the confidence of the cabinet and my party room."
Mr Turnbull also said he had the support of Mr Dutton in the wake of reports that the Home Affairs Minister was being asked to challenge for the leadership and was inclined to run, with his supporters claiming he had majority support in the Liberal party room.
"Peter Dutton was at our leadership team meeting this morning. He is a member of our team, he has given me his absolute support," Mr Turnbull said.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-all-know-how-this-ends-and-australians-are-failing-to-see-the-joke-20180820-p4zyi0.html
We all know how this ends and Australians are failing to see the joke
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https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1031182464809689088
“Look, I am not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury,” Giuliani said. “And when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he’s going to tell the truth and he shouldn’t worry, well that’s so silly because it’s somebody’s version of the truth. Not the truth. He didn’t have a, a conversation …”
TODD: Truth is truth. I don’t mean to go like…
GIULIANI: No, it isn’t truth. Truth isn’t truth. The president of the United States says, “I didn’t…”
TODD: Truth isn’t truth? Mr. Mayor do you realize, what, I, I, I –
GIULIANI: No, no –
TODD: This is going to become a bad meme.
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“Look, I am not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury,” Giuliani said. “And when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he’s going to tell the truth and he shouldn’t worry, well that’s so silly because it’s somebody’s version of the truth. Not the truth. He didn’t have a, a conversation …”
TODD: Truth is truth. I don’t mean to go like…
GIULIANI: No, it isn’t truth. Truth isn’t truth. The president of the United States says, “I didn’t…”
TODD: Truth isn’t truth? Mr. Mayor do you realize, what, I, I, I –
GIULIANI: No, no –
TODD: This is going to become a bad meme.
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Shots fired at U.S. embassy in Turkish capital, no casualties: police
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-usa-embassy/shots-fired-at-u-s-embassy-in-turkish-capital-no-casualties-police-idUSKCN1L50B4
ANKARA (Reuters) - Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties, police and broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washington over the trial of a U.S. pastor in Turkey.
A police officer told Reuters at the scene the drive-by shooting occurred around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) and that nobody was hurt. The embassy was set to be closed this week for a public holiday to mark the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival.
Police teams were searching for the assailants, who fled in a white car after the attack, CNN Turk said. Four or five gunshots were heard, it said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-usa-embassy/shots-fired-at-u-s-embassy-in-turkish-capital-no-casualties-police-idUSKCN1L50B4
ANKARA (Reuters) - Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties, police and broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washington over the trial of a U.S. pastor in Turkey.
A police officer told Reuters at the scene the drive-by shooting occurred around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) and that nobody was hurt. The embassy was set to be closed this week for a public holiday to mark the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival.
Police teams were searching for the assailants, who fled in a white car after the attack, CNN Turk said. Four or five gunshots were heard, it said.
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Greece ends EU aid dependency as bailout formally ends
https://www.dw.com/en/greece-ends-eu-aid-dependency-as-bailout-formally-ends/a-45139341
Greece no longer depends on European Union aid after formally exiting on Monday its third and final bailout program which had been signed in August 2015.
"Today we can safely conclude the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) program with no more follow-up rescue programs as, for the first time since early 2010, Greece can stand on its own feet," Mario Centeno, the chair of the intergovernmental organization's board of governors said in a statement issued early Monday.
"This was possible thanks to the extraordinary effort of the Greek people, the good cooperation with the current Greek government and the support of European partners through loans and debt relief," Centeno said. The ESM disbursed €61.9 billion ($70.8 billion) over the past three years to recapitalise banks and in support of macroeconomic adjustments.
The German parliament approved a debt relief package for Greece in June, pushing back by ten years repayment deadlines on about 40 percent of the total Greece needs to repay the eurozone in the coming decades.
The package covers €96 billion of bailout loans which were to be repaid in 2023 but will now fall due in 2033. The aim is to help the country move away from the rescue loans, as Scholz told parliament at the time: "What we are sending here is a signal of European solidarity."
https://www.dw.com/en/greece-ends-eu-aid-dependency-as-bailout-formally-ends/a-45139341
Greece no longer depends on European Union aid after formally exiting on Monday its third and final bailout program which had been signed in August 2015.
"Today we can safely conclude the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) program with no more follow-up rescue programs as, for the first time since early 2010, Greece can stand on its own feet," Mario Centeno, the chair of the intergovernmental organization's board of governors said in a statement issued early Monday.
"This was possible thanks to the extraordinary effort of the Greek people, the good cooperation with the current Greek government and the support of European partners through loans and debt relief," Centeno said. The ESM disbursed €61.9 billion ($70.8 billion) over the past three years to recapitalise banks and in support of macroeconomic adjustments.
The German parliament approved a debt relief package for Greece in June, pushing back by ten years repayment deadlines on about 40 percent of the total Greece needs to repay the eurozone in the coming decades.
The package covers €96 billion of bailout loans which were to be repaid in 2023 but will now fall due in 2033. The aim is to help the country move away from the rescue loans, as Scholz told parliament at the time: "What we are sending here is a signal of European solidarity."
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Germany not considering financial aid for Turkey: spokesman
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-currency-germany/germany-not-considering-financial-aid-for-turkey-spokesman-idUSKCN1L50WM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is not considering financial aid for Turkey as a measure to help Ankara weather its currency crisis, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
“The question of German aid for Turkey is not on the government’s agenda at the moment,” Steffen Seibert said during a regular government news conference.
He was responding to a question about the possibility of German financial assistance for Turkey that was raised by Social Democrat (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles at the weekend.
Seibert also said that it was up to Turkey to decide if it wanted to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance. He added that the question of financial aid was not the focus of talks between German and Turkish leaders.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-currency-germany/germany-not-considering-financial-aid-for-turkey-spokesman-idUSKCN1L50WM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is not considering financial aid for Turkey as a measure to help Ankara weather its currency crisis, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
“The question of German aid for Turkey is not on the government’s agenda at the moment,” Steffen Seibert said during a regular government news conference.
He was responding to a question about the possibility of German financial assistance for Turkey that was raised by Social Democrat (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles at the weekend.
Seibert also said that it was up to Turkey to decide if it wanted to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance. He added that the question of financial aid was not the focus of talks between German and Turkish leaders.
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Korean reunions: Families divided by war meet in North
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45243108
A group of elderly South Koreans are in North Korea meeting relatives they have not seen since the Korean War of 1950-1953.
The war left the Korean peninsula divided and people who lived on the northern side were unable to leave.
The two Koreas, which are technically still at war, have organised reunion events before, but this is the first in three years.
The South Koreans were chosen by lottery - the oldest of them is 101.
These brief meetings are likely the last and only time many will see each other.
There are 83 North Koreans and 89 from the South taking part.
A hundred people had been selected by each side, but some dropped out after realising the relatives they had hoped to see were no longer alive.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45243108
A group of elderly South Koreans are in North Korea meeting relatives they have not seen since the Korean War of 1950-1953.
The war left the Korean peninsula divided and people who lived on the northern side were unable to leave.
The two Koreas, which are technically still at war, have organised reunion events before, but this is the first in three years.
The South Koreans were chosen by lottery - the oldest of them is 101.
These brief meetings are likely the last and only time many will see each other.
There are 83 North Koreans and 89 from the South taking part.
A hundred people had been selected by each side, but some dropped out after realising the relatives they had hoped to see were no longer alive.
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Kerala floods: Relief teams rescue 22,000 as rains ease
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45242793
About 22,000 people were rescued from the flood-hit Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, officials say, after monsoon rains finally eased.
Military teams as well as disaster response forces and local fishermen reached some of the worst hit areas.
Helicopters also brought much-needed supplies to communities cut-off by two weeks of incessant rain.
More than 350 people have been killed, most of them in landslides, since the monsoon started in June.
Kerala's chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the number of people taking refuge in the 5,645 relief camps now stood at 725,000.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45242793
About 22,000 people were rescued from the flood-hit Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, officials say, after monsoon rains finally eased.
Military teams as well as disaster response forces and local fishermen reached some of the worst hit areas.
Helicopters also brought much-needed supplies to communities cut-off by two weeks of incessant rain.
More than 350 people have been killed, most of them in landslides, since the monsoon started in June.
Kerala's chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the number of people taking refuge in the 5,645 relief camps now stood at 725,000.
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Spain terror alert: man armed with knife shot dead at police station
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/20/spain-terror-man-shot-dead-police-station-cornella-barcelona?
An man armed with a knife has tried to attack a police station in Catalonia, in what police are treating as a terror incident.
He was shot dead after he entered a police station in Cornella, near Barcelona, just before 6.00am (04.00 GMT) “to attack the officers”, Catalonia regional police said.
Anti-terrorism police sources said the man, a 29-year-old Algerian who lived in the area, had shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) as he entered the station. Police confirmed they were treating the incident as an attempted act of terror.
The police station was cordoned off and the attacker’s body removed from the building, a photographer at the scene said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/20/spain-terror-man-shot-dead-police-station-cornella-barcelona?
An man armed with a knife has tried to attack a police station in Catalonia, in what police are treating as a terror incident.
He was shot dead after he entered a police station in Cornella, near Barcelona, just before 6.00am (04.00 GMT) “to attack the officers”, Catalonia regional police said.
Anti-terrorism police sources said the man, a 29-year-old Algerian who lived in the area, had shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) as he entered the station. Police confirmed they were treating the incident as an attempted act of terror.
The police station was cordoned off and the attacker’s body removed from the building, a photographer at the scene said.
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In the Liberal Party room meeting that began a short while ago, Malcolm Turnbull has declared the leadership of the Liberal Party vacant.
He will recontest his position.
It's on. This is the PM challenging agitators to put up or shut up.
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In the Liberal Party room meeting that began a short while ago, Malcolm Turnbull has declared the leadership of the Liberal Party vacant.
He will recontest his position.
It's on. This is the PM challenging agitators to put up or shut up.
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Malcolm Turnbull has emerged victorious in the spill. He attracted 48 votes to Peter Dutton's 35.
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El Salvador breaks diplomatic ties with Taiwan to favor Beijing
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/el-salvador-breaks-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-to-favor-beijing-idUSKCN1L6058
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador’s President Salvador Sanchez Ceren announced in a nationally televised speech that his government has broken off diplomatic relations with Taiwan and instead established new diplomatic ties with China.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/el-salvador-breaks-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-to-favor-beijing-idUSKCN1L6058
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador’s President Salvador Sanchez Ceren announced in a nationally televised speech that his government has broken off diplomatic relations with Taiwan and instead established new diplomatic ties with China.