What Trump's move on Iran means for the US and the world
Updated 0805 GMT (1605 HKT) October 13, 2017
President Donald Trump will not kill the Iran nuclear deal on Friday.
But when he declares that it has not been in US interests, he will consign the proudest legacy achievement of President Barack Obama's second term to a deeply uncertain future -- and could even set off a train of consequences that could eventually lead to its collapse.
Should that be the case, Trump, or one of his successors in the Oval Office, may one day face the fateful choice that the deal was supposed to circumvent -- whether to use military force to stop the Islamic Republic racing toward the bomb.
Death toll from Northern California fires jumps to 31; names of 10 victims releasedSonali Kohli , Louis Sahagun, Paige St. John, Nina Agrawal, Chris Megerian and Alene Tchekmedyian Contact Reporters
Fire crews began to make slow progress against wildfires that have killed at least 31 people in Northern California’s wine country as officials continued the grim search for more bodies amid the ashes.
In Santa Rosa, the hardest hit by the fires, officials said they were stunned by the scale of the destruction. An estimated 2,834 homes were destroyed in the city of Santa Rosa alone, along with about 400,000 square feet of commercial space, Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Coursey said in a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Flames left entire neighborhoods and commercial districts in ruins and even destroyed the city’s newest fire station, on Fountaingrove Parkway.
Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano told reporters that another person was found dead in his county as search crews and cadaver dogs began sifting through debris for the first time Thursday.
Philippines president Duterte threatens to expel EU ambassadors in 24 hours
Duterte claims Europe was trying to have his country expelled from the United Nations
The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has threatened to expel European ambassadors within 24 hours, accusing their governments without citing evidence of plotting to have Manila expelled from the United Nations.
Duterte signalled in a fiery speech he would not tolerate European criticism of his drug war, which has seen police kill at least 3,850 people since he took office 15 months ago and led rights groups to warn of a potential crime against humanity.
Duterte accused the European Union of interfering in the Philippines’ domestic affairs, and alleged it wanted to get the country removed from the UN.
Germany's Sigmar Gabriel warns Donald Trump: revoking Iran deal could push EU to Russia and China
Germany's top diplomat Sigmar Gabriel has warned that Donald Trump's potential move to "de-certify" Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal could have a profound effect on the international landscape.
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Thursday said that any move by US President Donald Trump's administration to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal would drive a wedge between Europe and the US.
"It's imperative that Europe sticks together on this issue," Gabriel told Germany's RND newspaper group. "We also have to tell the Americans that their behavior on the Iran issue will drive us Europeans into a common position with Russia and China against the USA."
Despite countless warnings from global leaders and even from within his own administration, Trump is expected on Friday to unveil a new strategy on confronting Iran, which would include "de-certifying" Iran's compliance to the nuclear accord. The deal, which was reached in 2015 between Iran and international powers, saw international sanctions related to Iran's nuclear program lifted in exchange for Tehran dismantling its nuclear program.
Fearing attack by Iraqi forces, Kurds take precautions
Kurdish peshmerga forces on Thursday blocked roads from Iraqi Kurdistan to the country’s second city Mosul in response to Iraqi troop movements, a senior Kurdish military official told AFP.
“The two main roads connecting Arbil and Dohuk to Mosul were cut off on Thursday with sand embankments as a precautionary measure after we detected an increase in deployments and movements of Iraqi forces near the front line with the peshmerga,” he said.
The move came after Kurdish authorities said late on Wednesday they feared Iraqi government forces and allied paramilitary units were preparing to launch an assault on the autonomous northern region.
“We’re receiving dangerous messages that the Hashed al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) and federal police are preparing a major attack from the southwest of Kirkuk and north of Mosul against Kurdistan,” the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Security Council said.
Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: 10 reasons why Allahabad HC acquitted Rajesh, Nupur Talwar
Dentist couple Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were acquitted on Thursday in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi who was found with her throat slit in her bedroom. They were also accused in the murder of their servant Hemraj whose body was found on the terrace of their building.
The Allahabad high court on Thursday overturned the conviction of dentist couple Dr Rajesh and Dr Nupur Talwar for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj for lack of material evidence and motive.
While a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court convicted the Talwars in 2013, the high court has taken a divergent view of the facts of the case and acquitted the parents.
Here are the 10 reasons the high court gave for its decision:
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