Trump blames Charlottesville violence on both sides
US President Donald Trump has again blamed both sides for the violent unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one protester dead and others injured.
In a statement on Monday, he had condemned white supremacists.
But in New York on Tuesday he also blamed left-wing supporters for charging at the "alt-right".
His latest comments drew swift criticism, including from many in his Republican party.
Many echoed Senator John McCain's view: "There is no moral equivalency between racists & Americans standing up to defy hate & bigotry".
Philippines police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs
Raids near Manila result in single largest death toll in one night of operations in ongoing campaign that has killed thousands
Philippine police have killed 32 people in a series of raids near the capital Manila in the bloodiest night of president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
Duterte won a landslide victory in presidential elections last year after promising an unprecedented war on drugs in which tens of thousands of people would be killed.
The raids from Monday to Tuesday resulted in the single largest death toll in one night of police operations since officers killed 16 people, including a city mayor, in a raid on a southern city on 30 July.
Polish police forcefully removes feminist and anti-fascist activists to clear way for far-right march on Army Day
Female protesters were holding up photos of Heather Heyer, who was killed at the white supremacists rally in Charlottesville
Polish police broke up a feminist rally and forcefully removed activists to clear the way for a march for far-right extremists.
A live stream of the protest shows members of the All-Polish Women's Strike group and activists from Obywatele RP, which aims to defend democratic principles in Poland, taking part in a sit-in in central Warsaw, to block the far-right rally's route.
Many of the women were holding up photos of Heather Heyer, the American woman killed when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter-protesters during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.
Where did North Korea get its missile technology?
A new media report claims North Korea was able to develop its missile system after buying rocket engines on the black market in Ukraine. Kyiv denies the link. In this international mystery, the clues lead to Russia.
Anyone who asks Vitaly Zushtchevski about the allegations being made against his former employer is quickly interrupted. "It is a lie," said the ex-deputy production manager for engines at Yuzhmash, the former Soviet rocket manufacturer based in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. According to a New York Times report published on Monday, North Korea's surprising progress in missile technology may be linked to Yuzhmash.
The engineering plant is in financial strife, and this may be the reason why criminals and former employees reportedly smuggled old Soviet engines - or parts of them - into North Korea. The Times referred to a study conducted by Michael Elleman from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London and assessments by US intelligence agencies. The newspaper did not provide evidence, only clues.
Rohingya insurgency gains momentum in Myanmar
Evidence is mounting the new Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is gearing up for a more lethal and sophisticated campaign against state forces
By ANTHONY DAVIS
A village headman assaulted by machete-wielding men in a tea-shop; six villagers stabbed and shot dead in their fields; a blast in a house as locals attempt to assemble a home-made bomb.
This month has seen a marked increase in violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state and the unrest is sending security forces a blunt message: despite the ferocity of last year’s army-led crackdown which left scores of Rohingya civilians dead and sent over 70,000 refugees into neighboring Bangladesh, a renewed and almost certainly wider conflict is brewing.
Floods kill more than 300, fears rise for 600 missing
Calls for aid grow as fears rise for at least 600 missing people, while aid agencies warn of risk of disease.
Sierra Leone entered a week-long mourning period for the victims of flooding that killed more than 300 people, with fears rising for at least 600 missing people.
Three days of torrential rain triggered mudslides on Monday in the Regent area of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, and massive flooding elsewhere in the city, one of the world's wettest urban areas.
The exact death toll was unclear. Rescue workers recovered almost 400 bodies, Reuters reported, citing Freetown's chief coroner. A Red Cross official told the AFP news agency that the death toll was around 300 people on Tuesday evening.
No comments:
Post a Comment