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‘We do not want war’: Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son
The Guardian 18 Oct 2019
Cartel gunmen on Thursday surrounded security forces in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, and made them free the drug lord’s son Ovidio Guzmán López after his detention triggered raging gunbattles and a prison break .......
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Top Navy Seal who oversaw Osama bin Laden raid: ‘Our Republic is under attack’ by Trump
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
A top US Navy admiral hailed as the architect of the Osama bin Laden raid has denounced Donald Trump, writing in a scathing editorial on Friday that the president was seeking to “destroy” the country. ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now....
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Erdogan says Turkey will take necessary steps against Trump's 'disrespectful' letter
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Donald Trump's recent letter broke with "diplomatic and political courtesy." . The letter "was not in line with diplomatic and political courtesy. We will not forget this lack of respect. This is not a priority for us ... More follows… We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Comments....
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In the Age of Trump, Language and Words Should Matter More Than Ever
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2019
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On September 19, 1796, President George Washington delivered America's first farewell address ... He warned of the "baneful effects of the spirit of party" and "the danger of political parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations."...
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Clashes erupt in Barcelona as half a million separatists rally
Daily Star Lebanon 18 Oct 2019photo: US DoD / Sgt. Amber I. Smith
'He earned his spurs from a doctor': Gen James Mattis mocks Donald Trump – video
The Guardian 18 Oct 2019
The ex-defence secretary is laughing off an insult hurled at him by the US president. Speaking at a New York charity event a day after Trump demeaned him as ‘the world’s most overrated general’, Mattis joked that he took it as a compliment ... ‘So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals’ ‘He earned his spurs from a doctor’....
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French intelligence services thwart ‘9-11-style terror attack’
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
A terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York has been foiled by the French intelligence services. One person is being held in custody in France on preliminary terrorism charges after apparently planning a September 11-style plane hijacking and attack ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Subscribe now ... 1/6....
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Jennifer Aniston Hilariously Throws Her Cell Phone While Joking About Breaking Instagram
Yahoo Daily News 17 Oct 2019photo: UN / Mark Garten
UN investigates alleged use of white phosphorus in Syria
The Guardian 18 Oct 2019photo: AP / Hector Parra
El Chapo's son freed as Mexican cartel gunmen chase away security forces
Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2019
Mexico City. Heavily armed cartel fighters surrounded security forces and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's sons, whose brief apprehension triggered intense gunbattles across the city of Culiacan ... Murders this year are set to be at a record high ... He is believed to have about 12 children including Ovidio ... .......
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Spain seeks to extradite Carles Puigdemont as Catalonia braces for general strike
The Irish Times 18 Oct 2019
Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who led the region’s failed bid for independence two years ago, has handed himself into judicial authorities in Belgium in response to the reactivation of an international arrest warrant against him earlier this week ... In a statement, Puigdemont’s office said ... Photograph. Pau Barrena/AFP ... Photograph ... ....
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Dutch farm mystery: Father held as police unpick secret farm 'sect'
BBC News 18 Oct 2019
The alarm was raised when the 25-year-old eldest son, Jan, turned up at a local bar in Ruinerwold in the northern province of Drenthe. The bar-owner raised the alarm with police after the son revealed he had never been to school and said he had run away and needed help ... A large sum of money was said to have been found on the farm ... Related Topics. ....
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Extinction Rebellion protester climbs London's Big Ben clock tower
The National 18 Oct 2019
A protester from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion climbed up to the top of London's famous Big Ben clock on its Houses of Parliament on Friday. The man, who was dressed up in a blonde wig and costume resembling British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has been named as 43-year-old tree surgeon Ben Atkinson ... Please. Pretty please.... He added ... ....
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Lady Gaga suffers a gut-wrenching fall offstage during a dance with fan
The News International 18 Oct 2019
Lady Gaga went through a dangerously gut-wrenching fall during her concert in Las Vegas, after a fan she was dancing with, slipped and fell off the stage. Lady Gaga had her legs wrapped around the fan’s torso when he accidentally turned and slipped, taking Lady Gaga with him, nose diving off the stage ... “Everything’s okay,” Gaga said ... ....
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Lebanon paralysed by nationwide protests over proposed taxes
Belfast Telegraph 18 Oct 2019
Nationwide protests have paralysed Lebanon as demonstrators blocked major roads in a second day of rallies against the government’s management of a severe economic crisis and proposed new taxes. The protests were the largest since 2015, and could further destabilise a country with one of the highest debt loads in the world ... PA. ....
