Royal wedding LIVE: Meghan Markle prepares to marry Prince Harry at Windsor Castle
Key Points
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry at noon in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- With her father too ill to travel to the UK, Markle will be walked down the aisle by the Prince of Wales
- The couple will today become the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
- Thousand of Americans have flown across the pond to join the celebrations in Windsor
After months of build-up, today Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will get married.
The ceremony is at noon in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Thousands of people have descended on Windsor to be part of the festivities.
St George's Chapel has been specially decorated for today's ceremony with multiple impressive flower displays.China lands nuclear strike-capable bombers on South China Sea islands
Exercise described by air force as preparation for ‘the battle’ for the disputed waters
China’s air force has landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region, it said in a statement.
Several bombers of various types – including the long-range, nuclear strike-capable H-6K – carried out landing and take off drills at an unidentified island airfield after carrying out simulated strike training on targets at sea, the Chinese airforce said.
“A division of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) recently organised multiple bombers such as the H-6K to conduct take-off and landing training on islands and reefs in the South China Sea in order to improve our ability to ‘reach all territory, conduct strikes at any time and strike in all directions’,” it said.
US accuses Cameroon of 'targeted killings' against English-speaking separatists
The US ambassador to Cameroon has accused government forces of abuses in the fight against Anglophone separatists. Militants in the mainly French-speaking nation are seeking independence for two English-speaking regions.
US Ambassador Peter Barlerin on Friday called for dialogue to end an 18-month separatist crisis in Cameroon's English-speaking regions. The rebels want to turn the areas in the northwest and southwest of the country into an independent nation named Ambazonia.
Barlerin called on both sides of the conflict to stop the violence immediately. He said the month of April had proven the bloodiest so things are not getting better.
"On the side of the government, there have been targeted killings, detentions without access to legal support, family, or the Red Cross, and burning and looting of villages," Barlerin said in a press statement following a meeting with Cameroon's President Paul Biya on Thursday. "On the side of the separatists, there have been murders of gendarmes, kidnapping of government officials, and burning of schools. People on both sides of the conflict have engaged in speech that dehumanizes the opposite side."
Shattered Syrians face new ordeal over state property grab
Fears grow that Assad regime will confiscate homes and land of those who fled war-torn Eastern Ghouta under new 'land law'
MAY 19, 2018 10:16 AM
A new urban development law in Syria has put the onus on citizens, millions of whom are displaced, to prove ownership of their homes — or potentially risk losing them to postwar developments.
The full implications of Law 10 of 2018 are yet to be seen. There are provisions allowing distant relatives to register properties for absentee landlords, allowing for flexibility.
But in the political context of an ongoing conflict between government loyalists and opponents, it has been a cause for anxiety — especially among those forced to abandon their homes in areas where the rebellion has now been crushed.
I’ve covered gun violence for years. The solutions aren’t a big mystery.
America can prevent shootings. But it has to come to grips with the problem.
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These mass shootings don’t keep happening because we don’t know what to do.
With another mass shooting in the US — this time, in Santa Fe High School in Texas — many Americans are once again horrified and bewildered by what feels like constantly occurring tragedies. Calls for action are already popping up on social media. But if this plays out like it has before, there’s a very high chance that little to nothing will happen on a national scale.
Since I began covering mass shootings at Vox, I have seen this pattern play out again and again: A shooting happens. There are demands for action. Maybe something gets introduced in Congress. The debate goes back and forth for a bit. Then people move on — usually after a week or two. And so, with little to nothing changed, there’s eventually another mass shooting.
Tokyo to introduce step-free buses ahead of Olympics
Flat-floor buses with fewer steps leading to rear seats will start operating in Tokyo later this year as the Japanese capital gears up for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tokyo already had 1,464 buses with a step-free entrance as of April last year, but passengers need to go up steps inside the bus to get to seats in the rear area that is elevated to accommodate space for the transmission and other equipment.
The Tokyo metropolitan government will introduce 29 new flat-floor buses designed specifically for the Japanese market by the Japan arm of Swedish commercial vehicle maker Scania.
"We want to make the flat-floor buses the standard type in the future," said a Tokyo government official.
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