Thailand cave rescue: Mission to save boys under way
Rescuers in Thailand have begun a hazardous operation to lead 12 boys and one adult out of a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks.
The group are stranded on a ledge 4km inside the Tham Luang cave but amid fears of rising waters, officials have decided they cannot wait any longer.
Expert divers who have been keeping the group supplied since they were found last week will guide them out.
Officials have called it D-Day, saying the boys are fit and ready to move.
But early on Sunday, journalists were told they had to move down the road, sparking speculation that a rescue mission was about to begin.
Narongsak Osottanakorn, who has been leading the operation, then confirmed that 18 divers had gone in to get the boys.
North Korea accuses US of 'gangster-like' behaviour after Pompeo talks
Pompeo responds that if US is a gangster, so is the whole world, as it also wants North Korea to dismantle nuclear weapons
North Korea has said that high-level talks with a US delegation led by Mike Pompeo were regrettable and accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressurise the country into abandoning its nuclear weapons.
The North’s statement came on Saturday, hours after the US secretary of state wrapped up two days of talks with senior North Korean officials without meeting Kim Jong-un but with commitments for new discussions on denuclearisation and the repatriation of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean war.
Trump UK visit: US president’s arrival to put 'unquestionable pressure' on police, Federation says
'We cannot do it all and this type of event puts a service which is already creaking at its knees under unquestionable pressure,' says Police Federation of England and Wales
Donald Trump’s visit will put “unquestionable pressure” on police forces across the country, according to an association that represents rank-and-file officers.
The Police Federation warned that providing backup for the event will add to the already considerable stress on British forces following major events like the World Cup.
Almost all forces will send extra officers to help keep order at massive demonstrations planned in the capital and elsewhere during Mr Trump’s stay.
Turkish authorities sack more than 18 000 state employee
Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday.
The Official Gazette said 18,632 people had been sacked including 8,998 police officers in the emergency decree over suspected links to terror organisations and groups that "act against national security".
Some 3,077 army soldiers were also dismissed as well as 1,949 air force personnel and 1,126 from the naval forces.
Another 1,052 civil servants from the justice ministry and linked institutions have been fired as well as 649 from the gendarmerie and 192 from the coast guard.
With Friends Like These ...Inside the Battle that Almost Brought Down Merkel
From the outside, the internecine battle between Germany's two conservative parties looked rather absurd. From the inside, though, it became clear it was all about one man's desire to finally get revenge on Angela Merkel.
At first glance, it is but a trifle, a bit of marginalia in the ludicrous conflict that almost brought down the German government. On Monday, after the battle had finally come to an end following several tortuous weeks, after a compromise had finally been found between Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), it was time for the chancellor and CSU head Horst Seehofer to jointly address the press.
Outside of CDU headquarters in Berlin, reporters were waiting in the gentle evening light for the conclusion of the crisis summit, but the leaders of the two "sister parties" couldn't even agree on the wording of a joint statement.
At least 70 killed, 60 missing after torrential rain in southwest Japan
By Elaine Lies
The death toll from unprecedented rains in Japan rose to at least 66 on Sunday after rivers burst their banks and forced up to 4.3 million people from their homes in 23 prefectures, media reports said, with more rain set to hit some areas for at least another day.
Torrential rains pounded some parts of southwestern Japan with three times the usual precipitation for a normal July and set off landslides and sent rivers surging over their banks, trapping many people in their houses or on rooftops.
The hardest hit prefectures were Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Okayama, Yamaguchi, Gifu, Shiga, Ehime, Kochi and Fukuoka.
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