Jared Kushner's team turned over documents to special counsel in Russia investigation
Updated 0651 GMT (1451 HKT) November 3, 2017
Jared Kushner has turned over documents in recent weeks to special counsel Robert Mueller as investigators have begun asking in witness interviews about Kushner's role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, CNN has learned.
Mueller's investigators have expressed interest in Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a White House senior adviser, as part of its probe into Russian meddling, including potential obstruction of justice in Comey's firing, sources familiar with the matter said.
Revealed: male rape used systematically in Libya as instrument of war
Videos and testimony expose brutal tactics used by several factions in fractured country
- Warning: graphic information in this report may upset some readers
Male rape is being used systematically in Libya as an instrument of war and political domination by rival factions, according to multiple testimonies gathered by investigators.
Years of work by a Tunis-based group and witnessed by a journalist from Le Monde have produced harrowing reports from victims, and video footage showing men being sodomised by various objects, including rockets and broom handles.
In several instances, witnesses say a victim was thrown into a room with other prisoners, who were ordered to rape him or be killed.
Osama bin Laden's hatred of West developed after visiting Shakespeare's birthplace
The terrorist wrote that he was 'not impressed' with British culture
Emily Shugerman New York
Osama bin Laden’s distaste for western culture grew when he visited the UK as a teenager, newly released documents have revealed.
The CIA recently released more than 470,000 files recovered from the 2011 raid on bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. The files include the terrorist’s personal notebook, which confirms for the first time that he visited – and quickly grew disillusioned with – the West.
“We went every Sunday to visit Shakespeare’s house," bin Laden wrote of his travels to the UK as a teenager. "I was not impressed and I saw that they were a society different from ours and that they were a morally loose society.”
Venezuela introduces 100,000 bolivar bill worth $2
The new note unveiled by President Nicolas Maduro is meant to curb out-of-control inflation that has left the country reeling. Just one year ago, a 100 bolivar bill was the largest amount of cash on the market.
Venezuela announced plans to begin issuing 100,000-bolivar notes on Wednesday as the government struggles to control skyrocketing inflation. One year ago, the largest bill was only 100 bolivars – an amount that is now practically worthless.
President Nicolas Maduro unveiled the note at a cabinet meeting. It will be worth about €2 euros or $2.3 on black market exchanges.
Caracas said the new bill is only a stop-gap measure amidst a more comprehensive financial overhaul, one facet of which is to eventually rid the country of paper money entirely.
Manus Island refugee crisis and the Australian media
by Bill Code
Port Macquarie, Australia - Refugees say supplies of food and water are running desperately low inside the former Australian-run refugee detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
Almost 600 men refusing to leave because of a perceived lack of security are now drinking water extracted from a well they dug in the sand. The toilets are blocked and they fear dysentery may soon spread.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on Australia to take immediate action to stop what it's called an "unfolding humanitarian emergency". But immediate action from Australia does not appear forthcoming.
Australia dual citizenship: Turnbull decries 'witch hunt'
Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has said he will not conduct a "national witch hunt" to resolve a dual citizen saga that has rocked the country's politics.
Six politicians who were dual citizens when elected have lost their jobs since July. Under the constitution, MPs must be citizens of Australia alone.
Mr Turnbull has faced calls to resolve the saga with a parliament-wide audit.
But he again rejected the idea on Friday, after criticising what he called "absurd" scrutiny of a minister.
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