Day: April 14, 2017

    The official investigation into relations between Donald Trump and Russia now has specific, concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion, it has been reported. New evidence proves discussions took place between people in the Trump campaign and agents of [Russian] influence relating to the use of hacked material, a source allegedly told the Guardian. The developments come as it has emerged that Britain’s spy agencies were among the first to alert their American counterparts to contact between members of Mr Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives. British and other European intelligence agencies first intercepted suspicious “interactions” between people associated with the US President and Russian officials in 2015 as part of routine surveillance of Rus...

    As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," its largest non-nuclear device ever unleashed in combat, the Afghan defense ministry said on Friday. Thursday's strike came as U.S. President Donald Trump dispatches his first high-level delegation to Kabul, amid uncertainty about his plans for the nearly 9,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan. The deaths have not been independently verified, but ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said no civilians were harmed in the massive blast that targeted a network of caves and tunnels. No civilian has been hurt and only the base, which Daesh used to launch attacks in other parts of the province, was destroyed, Waziri said in a statement. He was u...

    United Airlines staff forced a frail 94-year-old grandma to leave her £2,800 Business Class seat and sit in discomfort in Economy, her family have claimed. Paz Orquiza was travelling from Los Angeles back to Melbourne, Australia, after visiting relatives. Her granddaughter Marianne Santos Aguilar said Mrs Orquiza has a number of disabilities including severe arthritis . Her relatives had all chipped in to buy her a Business class seat with United in the hope of making the 16-hour journey more comfortable. But Ms Aguilar claims her grandma was left "in tears" due to her treatment by United staff. She claimed staff would not allow Mrs Orquiza's daughter Rose, who was also on the flight in Economy class, to help her with tasks such as reclining her seat or opening her food un...