Buzzfeed's Trump lawyer report not accurate - Mueller's office
US special counsel Robert Mueller has disputed a claim that President Trump told his long-time lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
Mr Mueller's office said the report by by Buzzfeed News was "not accurate".
The website said that Cohen had told investigators that Donald Trump had instructed him to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Mr Trump later denied the report saying his ex-lawyer had lied to investigators to "reduce his jail time".
Zimbabwean activists on run as protests crackdown raises spectre of Mugabe era
Security forces arrest hundreds since ‘stay-at-home’ protest called by unions
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
Hundreds of activists remain in hiding in Zimbabwe, on the fifth day of the worst government crackdown since the ousting of Robert Mugabe.
Soldiers and unidentified armed men conducted door-to-door searches in poor areas of cities on Friday, dragging “random” residents out of homes to be beaten and often detained, activists said. The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said it had treated 68 cases of gunshot wounds and 100-plus other cases of “assaults with sharp objects, booted feet, baton sticks” and more in recent days.
Security forces have arrested between 400 and 600 suspects since Monday, the start of a national “stay-at-home” protest called by unions after a massive increase in the price of fuel began on Monday, well-informed NGOs estimate. Twelve people are thought to have died after being shot.
Gdansk: A city in mourning buries its murdered mayor
The Polish city of Gdansk is saying farewell to its mayor, who was stabbed to death at a charity concert. The suspected attacker's mother has told police she was concerned that her son was planning political revenge.
Residents of Gdansk have been mourning the killing of their mayor, Pawel Adamowicz, all this week. Around the city, people have appeared contemplative and teary-eyed. They've lit candles and have posted signs like one seen near the city's European Solidarity Centre (ECS) that reads, "Pawel, thank you. The people of Gdansk won't forget you."
A tireless city official
ECS was one of the murdered mayor's major projects. It is a reminder of the city's central role in the anti-Soviet Solidarity Movement in the 1980s. Now, it's where the late mayor has been lying in state, accompanied by a condolence book. Mourners have waited for hours in long lines to give their personal farewells. Schools and public buildings have put out black-and-white photos of the mayor with black ribbons. They aren't official photos, but images showing Adamowicz during less formal moments.
The female athletes speaking out about South Korean skating's culture of abuse
Updated 0036 GMT (0836 HKT) January 19, 2019
The nervous 18-year-old sits picking furiously at her nails.
Once an Olympic speed skating hopeful, she is one of a number of women to come forward in recent weeks with stories of physical abuse and sexual harassment within one of South Korea's most prestigious sports.
"I used to get called into the coach's room, where she would hit me with a skate blade sleeve 10 to 20 times," she said. "I suffered muscle rupture, severe bruises and split skin. My older brother was beaten with a golf club."
Sudan police fire live rounds outside home of slain protester
About 2,000 people gather in a Khartoum suburb where a man was killed for allegedly sheltering demonstrators.
Sudanese police fired live ammunition at mourners outside the home of a protester who died early on Friday from a gunshot wound sustained the night before.
About 2,000 mourners gathered in the Burri neighbourhood where the man, Moawia Bashir Khalil, 60, was shot on Thursday. According to local reports, Khalil was killed inside his home for helping unarmed protesters hide from security forces.
The procession turned into a spontaneous anti-government demonstration, the latest in a series of protests against the leadership of President Omar al-Bashir. The capital, Khartoum, has witnessed weeks of pitched battles between police and demonstrators over the state of the economy and other issues.
The shutdown’s effect on the US economy, explained
“The longer it goes on, the bigger the risk is of broader damage.”
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The government shutdown isn’t catastrophic for the US economy on a broad level — at least not yet. But real risk lies in letting it go on longer.
The partial government shutdown initiated over an impasse between President Donald Trump and Congress amid his insistence that a funding bill include $5 billion for his border wall will reach its 28th day at midnight on Friday. As a result of the shutdown, some 800,000 federal government workers have been furloughed or are forced to work without pay, and an estimated 4 million contractors could be affected. Small businesses aren’t getting loans, private companies aren’t going public, and federal courts are running out of money.
“The longer it goes on, the bigger the risk is of broader damage,” Ian Shepherdson, an economist at research firm Pantheon Economics, told me. “If the shutdown lasts for the whole quarter, it won’t be trivial.”
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