What Trump tax report could mean for his campaign
Updated 0439 GMT (1239 HKT) October 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton's campaign Saturday night seized on a New York Times report about Donald Trump's 1995 tax records, in which the Times showed he declared a $916 million loss that could have allowed him to legally skip paying federal income taxes for years.
The revelations threatened to put the controversy over Trump's refusal to follow recent precedent and release his tax returns at the center of the presidential campaign less than 40 days before the election, after a week in which the Republican nominee has struggled to bounce back from a debate in which most analysts and scientifically conducted polls scored Clinton as the winner.
Syria civil war: Turkey sends 1,000 special forces on secretive mission to secure ‘security zone’ across border
Exclusive: Tensions increase between Ankara and Washington as relations between Erdogan and Putin begin to thaw
While international focus is on the devastating bombing going on in Aleppo, another offensive is taking place, much of it in the shadows, which could be a game-changer in Syria’s bloody civil war.
The Turkish military, with armour, air-power and troops on the ground – a thousand of them special forces – are moving deeper into Syria, along with Syrian opposition fighters, setting up a “security zone” across the border.
Operation Euphrates Shield has been marked for Ankara by increasing acrimony with Washington and warming of relations with Moscow. The Turkish forces have attacked Kurdish fighters who are America’s key allies in the fight against Isis, while Russia, busy securing Aleppo for ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has given tacit approval for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s actions in northern Syria.
Doubts about AuthenticityMomentous Syria Interview Under Fire
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer filmed an interview with an alleged rebel commander near Aleppo. The claims made by the commander -- that the US was supporting al-Qaida -- made headlines around the world. But was the interview authentic?By Christoph Reuter
The interview lasted around 10 minutes. It was filmed in the picturesque setting of a stone quarry near Aleppo and caused a stir around the world. Even the Russian foreign minister is reported to have mentioned it in a telephone conversation with his American counterpart. In the video, an alleged commander in rebel-held eastern Aleppo made statements that strangely confirmed the war propaganda being propagated by the Assad regime -- that America is indirectly supporting al-Qaida and that the rebels are opposed to aid deliveries to civilians. But indications are mounting that the interview may not have been authentic.
Jürgen Todenhöfer, a former member of German parliament with the conservative Christian Democratic Union party and a prominent author, conducted the interview.
02 October 2016 - 09H25
Thousands protest steel plant over Vietnam fish deaths
Dead fish and other marine life began washing ashore in central Vietnam in April, the country's worst ecological disaster in decades that devastated livelihoods in coastal towns where fishing is the main source of income.
In former FARC zones, Colombians hope for peace but grapple over vote
UNDERSTANDING OTHERS
After almost four years of negotiations and an official peace accord between the government and the FARC, Colombians will vote this weekend on the future of peace. Few see it as an easy choice.
URIBE, COLOMBIA — Throughout the 52 years of war between government forces and leftist rebels, this small ranching and agricultural town in central Colombia has seen it all.
It was here that a small band of guerrillas in 1966 took on the name Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that would become internationally synonymous with terror, violence, and destruction. Uribe was also home to two attempts at peace agreements, in the 1980s and late 1990s, both of which failed to endure. Throughout the past several decades, locals have been unable to escape the Army bomb raids, rebel assaults, and civilians caught in the cross hairs of the war taking place in their fields, backyards, and town square.
Hungary votes on EU refugee quotas referendum
Right-wing government opposes EU resettlement plan, but rights groups accuse PM Orban of stoking fears and xenophobia.
Hungarians on Sunday began voting on a referendum over European Union plans to relocate refugees and migrants among member states.
The right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has fiercely opposed the EU plan, which seeks to share 160,000 asylum seekers around the 28-member bloc via mandatory quotas. Hungary has not accepted a single person allocated under the scheme.
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