Trump Russia probe: Mueller improperly obtained emails, lawyer says
A lawyer for a group set up to help Donald Trump's transition to the White House has accused special counsel Robert Mueller of unlawfully obtaining thousands of emails.
Kory Langhofer made the comments in a letter to congressional committees.
But a spokesperson for Mr Mueller said the "appropriate criminal process" had been followed.
Mr Mueller is investigating allegations of collusion between Mr Trump's presidential campaign and Russia.
Mr Langhofer works for the Trump for America group, which used a government agency, the General Services Administration (GSA), for their offices, equipment and email hosting in the period between Donald Trump's election and his inauguration in 2017.
Minnie Driver: men like Matt Damon 'simply cannot understand what abuse is like'
Actor calls former co-star’s remarks about ‘spectrum of behaviour’ in sexual misconduct ‘Orwellian’ and questions defence of disgraced comedian Louis CK
The actor Minnie Driver has told the Guardian that men “simply cannot understand what abuse is like on a daily level” and should not therefore attempt to differentiate or explain sexual misconduct against women.
Driver was discussing comments by Matt Damon, whom she once dated and with whom she starred in the Oscar-winning 1997 film Good Will Hunting. In an interview with ABC News this week, Damon said alleged sexual misconduct by powerful men involved “a spectrum of behaviour”.
Damon said there was “a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation. Both of those behaviours need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated.”
Ibrahim Abu Thuraya: Disabled Palestinian activist shot dead by Israeli troops in Jerusalem protest
Outrage after double amputee among of eight Palestinians killed since Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital
A Palestinian activist who lost his legs in an air strike has been shot dead by Israeli troops as he protested against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Wheelchair-bound Ibraheem Abu Thuraya, 29, was one of four Palestinians killed during Friday’s violent clashes, according to officials. Witnesses said he was unarmed.
The Palestinian Authority’s health ministry said Mr Thuraya was shot just east of Gaza City, with the Israeli army saying it opened fire on the “main instigators” of violent protests at the Gaza border. A 31-year-old, Yasser Sokhar, was killed in the same clash.
2016 Berlin Christmas Market AttackTerror Survivors Feel Abandoned by German Authorities
One year after the terror attack on the Christmas market in Berlin, the relatives of the victims feel like the German authorities have treated them callously or neglected them. Some of their anger is also directed at German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
It's all supposed to come to an end on Dec. 19, the day they meet on Breitscheidplatz square, next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. They will travel to the city from Israel, from the United States and from closer by in the German state of Brandenburg and. They will kneel at the gouge in the ground that continues through the stairs of the church. The names of the 12 deceased have been placed on the steps. Surviving family members will sink a few ounces of liquid gold into the ground in order to complete the memorial commissioned by the city government, finally closing a wound.
If only things were that easy.
A year has passed since the terrorist attack on the Christmas market at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz and the memorial ceremony has been scheduled to mark the end of a year of mourning. But the weight of that attack and what has come since cannot simply be neatly relegated to the past. Twelve people died on the night of the crime and close to a hundred people were injured and some of the victims are still in clinics today. And few have been able to overcome their loss -- either to their personal health or the loss of a family member. Most wounds are far from being healed.
Candidates vie to succeed Zuma as head of South Africa's ruling ANC
Members of South Africa’s scandal-hit African National Congress (ANC) party gathered Saturday in Johannesburg to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the two main candidates vying for the top spot.
While there are seven candidates for the party leadership, only two are seen as having a real chance of winning: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, 65, who is favoured by the business community, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, 68, a onetime chairwoman of the African Union Commission and President Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife. Zuma, whose term expires in 2019, has endorsed Dlamini-Zuma to succeed him.
But voters are frustrated with Zuma’s ANC. His administration has been plagued by scandal and corruption allegations. Since he took power in 2009, unemployment has risen to 28 percent while economic growth has slumped. The party’s majority fell below 60 percent for the first time after a poor performance in 2016 municipal elections.Australian police accuse man of acting as North Korean economic agent
Updated 0823 GMT (1623 HKT) December 17, 2017
Australian authorities arrested a 59-year-old man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for North Korea with the intent of raising revenue for the Pyongyang government.
The Australian Federal Police identified the man as Chan Han Choi, who is a naturalized Australian citizen originally from South Korea, CNN affiliate Seven Network Australia reported. He lives in Sydney.
Police said the man allegedly brokered the sale of missiles, missile components and expertise from North Korea to other international entities, and discussed the supply of weapons of mass destruction.
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