Trump disclosed secrets to Russia: Washington Post
White House denies Washington Post report that US president shared classified info with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov.
US President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russian officials during a meeting last week, potentially jeopardising a source of intelligence about ISIL, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing current and former US officials.
The newspaper said the information Trump relayed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak had been provided by a US ally through a highly sensitive intelligence-sharing arrangement.
The ally had not given Washington permission to share the material with Moscow, and Trump's decision to do so risks cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Post said, citing unnamed officials.
Israel-Palestine: the real reason there’s still no peace
The possibility of a lasting deal seems as far away as ever – and the history of failed negotiations suggests it’s largely because Israel prefers the status quo
Tuesday 16 May 2017 05.30 BST
Scattered over the land between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea lie the remnants of failed peace plans, international summits, secret negotiations, UN resolutions and state-building programmes, most of them designed to partition this long-contested territory into two independent states, Israel and Palestine. The collapse of these initiatives has been as predictable as the confidence with which US presidents have launched new ones, and the current administration is no exception.
In the quarter century since Israelis and Palestinians first started negotiating under US auspices in 1991, there has been no shortage of explanations for why each particular round of talks failed. The rationalisations appear and reappear in the speeches of presidents, the reports of think tanks and the memoirs of former officials and negotiators: bad timing; artificial deadlines; insufficient preparation; scant attention from the US president; want of support from regional states; inadequate confidence-building measures; coalition politics; or leaders devoid of courage.
Renata: Cameroon’s ‘army of aunties’ unite to protect vulnerable girls from sexual abuse
More than 21,000 female volunteers across 350 support groups come together to help victims of rape and violence
With its sunset-like colours, Charnelle Lumiere's painting would seem warm and happy, were it not for the limp body of a young girl hanging from a tree, suspended by a rope around her neck.
“This was me,” the 27-year-old says in a voice barely louder than a whisper, staring at the painting, oblivious to the rumble of traffic outside the window in Cameroon's capital Yaounde.
Having been raped at the age of six by a 23-year-old friend of her brother, Lumiere recalls how she kept crying, blood trickling down her legs, as her mother recoiled in shock.
Jewish life in Iran was 'always better than in Europe'
Iran is frequently at odds with Israel, despite having the second biggest Jewish community in the Middle East. DW's Theresa Tropper spoke with the director of Tehran's Jewish Committee, about why that is the case.
DW: How is life as a Jew in the Islamic Republic?
Siamak Morsadegh: It's a lot better than many people think. Jews are a recognized minority here, so we can practice our religion freely. We have more than 20 working synagogues in Tehran and at least five kosher butcheries. In some European countries that is not allowed because of animal rights. In Iran, it is.
Generally speaking, the Jews' condition in Iran has always been better than in Europe. In our country's history, there was never a time when all Iranians had the same religion, race or language, so there is a high degree of tolerance. Jews and Muslims respect each other, but at the same time, we know there are differences. So the rate of intermarriage between Jews and other groups in Iran is the lowest one in the world, it's less than 0.1 percent.
In desperation over dying bees, one beekeeper turned to social media
The footage shows hundreds of bees twitching and writhing as they die by their hive. This video has been viewed more than two million times since it was posted on May 5 by French beekeeper Christophe Nedelec. He blames his bees’ deaths on insecticides that were used on a nearby rape field and is calling for a halt in the use of agrochemicals.
For the past two years, this beekeeper has been distressed to see large numbers of his bees dying. This spring, it got even worse. When he discovered hundreds of dying bees on May 5, he decided to film the scene and post it on Facebook. Since then, his video has been viewed more than two million times and was even reposted by the popular Belgian blogger Mr. Mondialisation.
"They are collecting nectar in a place that is killing them"
Indian teen builds world's 'lightest satellite'
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world's lightest satellite, which will be put into orbit at a Nasa facility in the US in June.
Rifath Shaarook's 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was selected as the winner in a competition co-sponsored by Nasa.
The 18-year-old says its main purpose was to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre.
Rifath told local media his invention will go on a four-hour mission for a sub-orbital flight.
During that time, the lightweight satellite will operate for around 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space.
"We designed it completely from scratch," he said. "It will have a new kind of on-board computer and eight indigenous built-in sensors to measure acceleration, rotation and the magnetosphere of the earth."
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