Sources: Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly taping Trump
Updated 0432 GMT (1232 HKT) September 22, 2018
In the days after FBI Director James Comey's May 2017 firing, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a "wire" to record conversations with President Donald Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, according to sources familiar with memos authored by former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe documenting the discussions.
The extraordinary allegations, depicting a panic-stricken No. 2 official at the Justice Department who has been a target of the President in the past,immediately raised questions about Rosenstein's future and how Trump would react. The revelations prompted Rosenstein to take the remarkable step of denying the report in two separate statements.
French Muslim rapper calls off shows at Bataclan after protests
Far-right groups say concerts were ‘sacrilege’ to 2015 shooting victims but Medine accused them of exploiting families’ pain
A French rapper known for his provocative pro-Muslim lyrics has cancelled two concerts at the Bataclan, where 90 people were shot dead when gunmen stormed the venue during the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
Medine, a French-born singer of Algerian descent, had drawn fire from rightwing politicians as well as some of the victims’ families after announcing the shows at the historic concert hall.
Tickets for the October shows quickly sold out when they went on sale a few weeks after Medine released an album featuring the song Bataclan, where he recounts years of dreaming he would one day play there.
Venezuela government guilty of 'worst human rights crisis in its history'
'Authorities are using the language of war to try to legitimise the use of excessive force by police and military officials,' says organisation's Americas director
Venezuela's government is responsible for the “worst human rights crisis in its history”, Amnesty International has said in a new report.
The organisation claimed several human rights abuses had taken place the South American country, including the use of lethal force against the most vulnerable in its society.
Its report argued that the Venezuelan government had failed to protect its people and has implemented deadly and repressive measures.
It said 8,292 extrajudicial executions taking place between 2015 and 2017.
Casualties reported following shooting at military parade in southwest Iran
Unknown attackers have fired on a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, state television says. Several people were reported to have been killed and injured.
Iranian state television said on Saturday that several people have been killed and wounded after gunmen attacked a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz held to mark the start of Iran's 1980-88 war with Iraq.
The report called the attackers "Takifiri gunmen," a description that has previously been used for members of the "Islamic State" (IS) group. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The attack was carried out by two gunmen on a motorcycle, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. State media said at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard were killed in the attack.
Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” Aims Not at Trump But at Those Who Created the Conditions That Led to His Rise
For that reason alone, Moore’s film is highly worthwhile regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum. The single most significant defect in U.S. political discourse is the monomaniacal focus on Trump himself, as though he is the cause – rather than the by-product and symptom – of decades-old systemic American pathologies.
Brett Kavanaugh: Judge accuser 'given more time' for hearing
A woman who accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault has been given more time to decide whether she will testify against him at a confirmation hearing.
Allegations from a university professor, Christine Blasey Ford, emerged in the US media last week.
She alleges the incident happened at a party in 1982.
Her lawyer has accused Republicans of trying to "bully" her with "arbitrary" and "aggressive" deadlines.
Prof Ford had agreed to testify at the Senate judiciary hearing, but asked for certain conditions, including it not taking place until Thursday.
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