North Korea's UN ambassador says denuclearization is off the table in talks with US
Updated 1938 GMT (0338 HKT) December 7, 2019
Denuclearization is off the table in negotiations with the United States, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations said in a statement Saturday.
In the statement, the ambassador, Kim Song, said the United States' pursuit of "sustained and substantial dialogue" was a "time-saving trick" to benefit a "domestic political agenda."
"We do not need to have lengthy talks with the US now and the denuclearization is already gone out of the negotiation table," he said.
Defiant protesters back in Baghdad square within an hour of slaughter
Demonstrators grow ever more determined to force real political change in Iraq despite a bloody crackdown which left over 20 dead
The gunshots emptied protesters from Baghdad’s Khilani square in minutes, but as nearby streets filled with the crush of people running for their lives, two men stayed on, waving a vast Shia banner in defiance of the bloodshed around them.
The pair must have known they were in the gunmen’s crosshairs, and soon one of them crumpled, hit by a bullet. But their determination to continue was a powerful message to authorities and militias trying to crush Iraq’s popular uprising by force.
Activists say 23 people were killed on Friday night in the deadliest incident to hit the Iraqi capital in weeks of protests. Among them was a photojournalist, Ahmed Mehana, who had survived reporting on the frontline against Isis. His brother said he had been stabbed in the back while covering the demonstration.
INSIDE IDLIB
After more than 8 years of war, the conflict in Syria has reached a grinding stalemate, but one part of the country remains a crucible of violence and suffering.
Idlib, Syria’s final rebel-held enclave, is the last sanctuary for opponents of President Assad and the Syrian regime. The province is controlled by various militant factions. The strongest amongst them is Hayat Tahrir al Sham, an alliance of jihadist groups.
There are thousands of fighters in Idlib but it is also home to 3 million civilians including 1 million children, people from all over Syria – already displaced from Homs, Aleppo, Daraa and other places across the country – who have taken refuge there.
Oceans losing oxygen due to climate emergency
The "deoxygenation" of oceans is having disastrous consequences for sea life. It will "affect hundreds of millions of people," environmental experts warn.
The oceans are losing oxygen due to climate change, with dire consequences for marine life and vulnerable communities and fisheries, a nature conservation report revealed Saturday.
This is the "ultimate wake-up call" for humanity on ever-increasing carbon emissions, according to the report, published at the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid.
The authors say the report, "Ocean deoxygenation: Everyone's problem," is the largest ever peer-reviewed study into the causes and impacts of, and possible solutions to, the ocean's oxygen loss.
'Hero' trainee alerted responders to shooter after being shot five times
By Katie Mettler
When a gunman opened fire at dawn on Friday morning in a Florida naval base classroom, Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, was shot at least five times before escaping and providing authorities with "invaluable" information they needed to stop the shooter.
That's what Watson's family claimed, after he died from his injuries at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola.
A recent graduate of the US Naval Academy, Watson made his way out of the training building at Naval Air Station Pensacola and described the shooter to first responders, his father, Benjamin Watson, told the Pensacola News Journal.
Russia doping: Athletes wait in fear of fresh world ban
Russia has become the master of denial in recent years. From military incursions to hacking to assassinations, the Kremlin has sworn blind it's not involved.
But now the country's athletes are waiting nervously, facing sweeping sanctions for another doping-linked scandal, and senior officials are keeping their silence.
There is one, striking exception.
Yuri Ganus has been warning for months that Russian sport stands on a "cliff-edge" and needs to radically clean-up its act. For that, the head of Russia's anti-doping agency, Rusada, says he has received pressure and threats.
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