Saturday, October 3

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Donald Trump-Russia investigation now has specific concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion
America, ENGLISH

Donald Trump-Russia investigation now has specific concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion

    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...
Police warning over fake £5 notes just six months after launch of new fivers
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Police warning over fake £5 notes just six months after launch of new fivers

    Police have warned shoppers to lookout for counterfeit versions of the polymer £5 note just six months after the new fivers entered circulation. Officers warned the public to be on the lookout for fake banknotes after they were spotted in Wadebridge, Cornwall. Dorset Police had issued a similar warning in February saying counterfeit notes were found in circulation near Poole. The new warning comes just six months after the new £5 note was launched by the Bank of England. It is stronger than its predecessor and boasts new security features which the Bank of England said makes it harder to counterfeit. PCSO Pete Sobye, of Wadebridge police, said: "If you find yourself in possession of a fake £5 note, contact your bank. Or if you have been given a number of these as payment, ...
US mother of all bombs kills 36 Isis fighters
America, ENGLISH

US mother of all bombs kills 36 Isis fighters

    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...
North Korean official: US more vicious, aggressive under Trump
Asia, ENGLISH

North Korean official: US more vicious, aggressive under Trump

    North Korea's vice foreign minister on Friday blamed President Donald Trump for escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula through his tweets and expansion of military exercises, saying the U.S. was becoming more vicious and more aggressive under his leadership than it had been under President Barack Obama. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in Pyongyang, Vice Minister Han Song Ryol also warned the U.S. against provoking North Korea militarily. We will go to war if they choose, he said. Now we are comparing Trump's policy toward the DPRK with the former administration's and we have concluded that it's becoming more vicious and more aggressive, Han said, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "Whatever com...
United Airlines staff forced frail grandma, 94, out of £2,800 Business seat into Economy for 16-hour flight
America, ENGLISH

United Airlines staff forced frail grandma, 94, out of £2,800 Business seat into Economy for 16-hour flight

    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...
Living standards squeeze as inflation tops wages
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Living standards squeeze as inflation tops wages

    Wage growth has slipped below the rate of inflation, a development that threatens damage to living standards and the wider economy through an erosion of household spending power. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that average wages, when the effects of bonuses were excluded, grew by 2.2% in the three months to February. While that was slightly better than economists had predicted, it still marked a 0.1% fall on the previous month's figure, which meant salaries failed to keep pace with the rate of inflation for the first time since the summer of 2014. The Consumer Price Index measure stood at 2.3% in February and remained steady in figures for the following month, released on Tuesday. The development adds further pressure to family budgets already being sque...
Are we alone? NASA to reveal tantalizing discoveries Thursday
ENGLISH, Extras

Are we alone? NASA to reveal tantalizing discoveries Thursday

    An image provided by NASA shows Saturn's largest moon Titan passing in front of the giant planet in an image made by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The natural color view of Saturn and one of it's moons was made by Cassini's wide-angle camera on May 6, 2012 and released by NASA on Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012. NASA on Thursday will unveil its latest discoveries about ocean worlds in our solar system "and the broader search for life beyond Earth." The briefing will provide information gleaned from the Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Telescope, NASA says. The agency says the new discoveries will help "inform future ocean world exploration" — including NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission planned for launch in the 2020s. Cassini, which has been orbiting Saturn for almost 13 ye...
Man’s body seen tossed from plane: found on roof of Mexican hospital
America, ENGLISH

Man’s body seen tossed from plane: found on roof of Mexican hospital

    Police officers stand guard near a crime scene where the body of a man, who witnesses said was tossed from a plane, landed on a hospital roof in Culiacan, in Mexico's northern Sinaloa state April 12, 2017 The body of a man, who witnesses said was tossed from a plane, landed on a hospital roof in Mexico's northern Sinaloa state on Wednesday, according to a public health service official in the region, which is home to notorious drug traffickers. The body landed on the roof of an IMSS hospital in the town of Eldorado, around 7:30 a.m. local time, said the official, who was not authorized to give his name. Witnesses standing outside the health centre reported a plane flying low over the hospital and a person thrown out, the health official said. Later on Wednesday, Sinaloa's ...
Russia US relations have worsened under Trump: Putin
ENGLISH, Europe

Russia US relations have worsened under Trump: Putin

    President Vladimir Putin said ties between Russia and the United States appear to have worsened under Donald Trump in an interview released Wednesday as the countries' top diplomats met in Moscow. You can say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military side, has not improved but most likely worsened, Putin said in a transcript from an interview with Mir television posted by the Kremlin. The comments came out as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held tense talks following an alleged Syrian chemical attack and subsequent missile strike by Washington. Moscow and Washington are trying to figure each other out during the first visit by a senior member of Donald Trump's administration to Russia. The U.S. has bl...
Terrifying moment hero passenger grapples with knifeman on London Stoke Newington bus
ENGLISH, London

Terrifying moment hero passenger grapples with knifeman on London Stoke Newington bus

    This is the terrifying moment a heroic bus passenger grapples with an alleged knifeman on a London bus in broad daylight. Shocking footage emerged today of two men wrestling near the driver’s cab as one tries to disarm the other of the 12-inch kitchen knife clutched in his hand. After a fierce struggle the brave commuter rips the blade away from the alleged attacker, who flees out of the bus and down the street as the emergency alarm blares. As horrified passengers stand in shock, the man shouts after him: “I am an African. You will never take my life.” The encounter, which left the passenger with knife wounds to his hand and head, took place in on a route 149 bus in Stoke Newington on Tuesday afternoon. It came during a shocking day of knife crime in the capital. Less tha...