Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
First Lady Trump and the president?s daughter Ivanka carefully waded into the debate over the separation of migrant children this week. Richard Lui talks to Jennifer Rubin and Gabriela Domenzain, former Obama campaign spokesperson. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:45 (about 6 hours ago)
?I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully,? Sarah Sanders said. A tweet by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders about her ejection from a Virginia restaurant on Friday broke federal ethics rules, a leading expert said. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
Turks were voting Sunday in dual parliamentary and presidential polls seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's toughest election test, with the opposition revitalised and his popularity at risk from growing economic troubles. Over 56 million eligible voters were for the first time casting ballots in both elections, with Erdogan looking for a first round knockout and an overall majority for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to extend his 15 year grip on power. "I hope for the best for our nation," said Ince as he cast his ballot in his native port town of Yalova south of Istanbul, vowing to spend the night at the headquarters of Turkey's election authority in Ankara to ensure a fair count. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
Donald Trump has described media coverage of his summit with Kim Jong-un "almost treasonous" as he embarked on a customary tirade at his critics in a TV interview. The president boasted that he was seen as a "world hero" in Japan because of the "wonderful agreement" he reached with the North Korean leader two weeks ago. "It's a shame that the fake news covers it the way they do," Mr Trump told Mike Huckabee, the father of his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and former governor of Arkansas. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
Gary Harman, 66, of Washington state, was charged Friday with raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in Tacoma over three decades ago. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi called on the European Union (EU) on Friday to "find a new and united approach" to migration and asylum, saying it was achievable. Europe is no longer caught in the crux of a large Mediterranean migrant influx, as in 2015, he said. "Today I am urging European states to seize this opportunity to find a new and united approach that answers the shared needs of all countries to be able to manage their borders and their migration policies, in a way that simultaneously upholds the European and international asylum standards that emerged from the Second World War," he said. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
Travelling by bus or taxi with children in tow, scores of mothers have fled fighting in Yemen's key port city of Hodeida in recent weeks, finding shelter at a school in the rebel-held capital Sanaa. Ismail told AFP this was the first time she had been to the capital. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has introduced a new national oath playing down the achievements of his father and grandfather and instead praising his own ideology and leadership. The oath, which must be recited by all citizens, was originally introduced in the 1970s, when Kim Il-sung, the founder of the nation and the grandfather of the present dictator, exercised control over the nation. The oath was made up of 10 articles that extolled the wisdom and greatness of Mr Kim and, after his death in July 1994, his son, Kim Jong-il. Declared by workers, students and members of the armed forces on national holidays and key anniversaries of the Workers? Party, citizens have been required to swear to ?arm themselves with the ideals? of the nation?s first two leaders, the Seoul-based DailyNK news site reported. Citizens were then required to commit themselves to applying those ideals to every facet of their lives - in the workplace, school and family - and ?to forever dedicate their lives as if they were worth nothing but for the great achievements of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and the Workers? Party of Korea?. Former North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il shakes hands with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File Quoting sources in the North, the media outlet said failing to attend an oath meeting would mark a citizen out as being potentially politically unreliable. The oath has not been changed for more than 40 years, the sources said, although the present hereditary ruler of North Korea has apparently decided that it needed to be revised. The new version of the oath reduces the number of articles from 10 to five, shortening the time required to recite the full text. The revised oaths have effectively edited out Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, leaving only a brief comment on their ?will and spirit?, DailyNK reported. Kim Jong-un's family tree Instead, a passage has been inserted that is a declaration of loyalty to the ideology and leadership of Kim Jong-un. The complete white-washing of past leaders has never been attempted before in North Korea and runs counter to the concept of the Kim family being benevolent parent-figures to the population through the generations. Mr Kim?s efforts to eclipse his forefathers is likely to be another attempt to shore up his own domestic support base at the same time as reinvigorating his subjects' revolutionary spirit. North Korean soldiers carry flags and a photo of late leader Kim Il Sung during a military parade Credit: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E It has also been suggested that it may be part of a manoeuvre to weaken the ?old guard? in political and military circles who may have been more loyal to previous regimes. In Washington, meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Friday extended US sanctions on North Korea for another year, citing the ?unusual and extraordinary? threat posed by the regime?s nuclear weapons programme. The announcement came 10 days after Mr Trump?s summit in Singapore with Mr Kim, during which the North Korean leader committed himself to the ?complete denuclearisation? of the Korean Peninsula in return for US security guarantees. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 10:16 (about 7 hours ago)
Netflix sacked its chief spokesman Jonathan Friedland, he revealed on Friday, after he used the N-word twice in the space of a few days during meetings with staff. The head of communications announced his departure after being upbraided for a second time for using the racial slur, which is controversial for its ubiquity in hip-hop culture and completely taboo in almost every other context. Former journalist Friedland -- not to be confused with Jonathan Freedland, a prominent columnist at the London-based Guardian newspaper -- had served in communications roles for Disney. #