Новости за 03.12.2017

Israel won’t allow Iran to entrench itself militarily in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday.   His remarks, in a taped message to a forum in Washington, came just a day after Israeli aircraft attacked a suspected Iranian base outside Damascus and could suggest the Middle East is entering a new volatile phase in a confrontation between Israel and Iran. “Let me reiterate Israel’s policy,” Netanyahu said.  “We will not allow a regime hell bent on the annihilation of the Jewish state to acquire nuclear weapons. Читать дальше...

Four-decade-old sexual misconduct allegations against Alabama Republican Roy Moore are playing a major role for voters in his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat, but nine days ahead of the election two major polls are split whether he is ahead of Democrat Doug Jones.   A CBS News/YouGov poll on Sunday said Moore, twice deposed from the Alabama Supreme Court for failing to adhere to federal court rulings, is ahead of Jones, a former federal prosecutor, by a 49-to-43 percent margin among likely voters. Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether he will officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said Sunday. “He’s still looking at a lot of different facts, and when he makes his decision, he’ll be the one to want to tell you, not me," Kushner said at an annual conference on U.S. policy in the Middle East in Washington, D.C. Kushner's comments follow reports in the past few days that Trump will most likely declare Jerusalem... Читать дальше...

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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he does not plan to “prod” Pakistan, but expects it adhere to its promises to combat terrorism, as he embarks on his first visit to Islamabad as Pentagon chief. Speaking aboard a military plane, Mattis said he does not expect to butt heads during his Monday meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa. “That’s not the way I deal with issues,” Mattis said. “I believe that we [can] work hard on finding common ground and then we work together.” In October... Читать дальше...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he does not plan to “prod” Pakistan, but expects it adhere to its promises to combat terrorism, as he embarks on his first visit to Islamabad as Pentagon chief. Speaking aboard a military plane, Mattis said he does not expect to butt heads during his Monday meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa. “That’s not the way I deal with issues,” Mattis said. “I believe that we [can] work hard on finding common ground and then we work together.” In October... Читать дальше...

Kurdish forces in Syria announced Sunday that they had regained control of a key area east of the Euphrates river from Islamic State militants. The People's Protection Units (YPG) thanked Russian forces as well as the United States-led coalition for logistical and air support in retaking Deir al-Zour's eastern countryside. Speaking at a news conference Sunday, YPG's spokesperson Noureddine Mahmoud said that he hoped for more coordination with the two international powers. A day earlier, U.S. Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday he "never asked" former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief James Comey to stop investigating his one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to Washington. Trump said Comey, whom he fired last May when he was heading the FBI's investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help Trump win, lied when he testified to Congress in June that Trump had said to him... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a series of Sunday morning tweets from the White House, attacked his own Federal Bureau of Investigation and said he never asked then-FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating his one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to Washington.   The FBI’s reputation is “in Tatters – worst in History,” but the Trump administration will “bring it back to greatness,” the president declared on Twitter. In a separate... Читать дальше...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is warning a U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the embassy from Tel Aviv could destroy the Middle East peace process. Reports say President Donald Trump may make an announcement as early as Monday. He could declare that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital but put off physically moving the embassy. “He’s still looking at a lot of different facts, and when he makes his  decision, he’ll be the one to want to tell you... Читать дальше...

The U.N. refugee agency reports the number of refugees that have fled into Zambia to escape militia violence in Haut-Katanga and Tanganyika Provinces of Democratic Republic of Congo now has topped 12,000. The agency reports more than 8,400 Congolese refugees have arrived in Zambia in just the last three months, indicating a worsening of the situation in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Government forces reportedly are killing many civilians in response to the rebellion in Haut-Katanga... Читать дальше...

The World Health Organization reports the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen’s sea ports is hampering efforts to contain a diphtheria outbreak that, so far, has caused 197 cases of the disease, including 22 deaths. Diphtheria has spread to 13 of Yemen’s 22 governorates, including the capital Sana’a, since the first case was detected less than two weeks ago.  World Health Organization spokesman Christian Lindmeier, says the Saudi blockade is hindering WHO’s ability to import the vaccines needed to keep the disease in check. Читать дальше...

The Australian state of Victoria has become the first in the nation to legalize assisted dying. Terminally ill patients must be at least 18 years old and have less than six months to live. Victoria state Health Minister Jill Hennessy said the state parliament had considered what a "good death looks like.” The assisted suicide law is designed for patients with a terminal illness who are in severe pain. It will allow them to obtain a lethal drug within 10 days of asking to die. They must administer the drug themselves... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump  seemed Saturday to change his story on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security advisor. Initially, the president said he let Flynn go because Flynn was not honest with Vice President Michael Pence about his contacts with Russians during the presidential transition. But then Trump tweeted Saturday: "I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies.  It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. Читать дальше...

A suicide blast killed at least six civilians in eastern Afghanistan Sunday and wounded 13 others. The bomber was on a motorcycle and apparently wanted to reach the venue of a massive pro-government rally in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province. But Afghan security forces intercepted him far away from the event, prompting him to donate explosives strapped to his body. A provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, while confirming the casualties, told VOA one woman and a child were among the dead. Читать дальше...

The White House national security advisor says the  possibility of war with impoverished, but nuclear-armed North Korea is "increasing every day." "There are ways to address this problem short of armed conflict," H.R. McMaster said Saturday, "but it is a race because he's getting closer and closer and there's not much time left," in a reference to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea announced last week that it can now hit the U.S. mainland with a warhead, after its test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile. Читать дальше...

Senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that time has come to start moving dependents of U.S. military personnel out of South Korea. "It's crazy to send spouses and children to South Korea, given the provocation of North Korea," Graham said on CBS News's Face the Nation.  "And I think it's now time to start moving American dependents out of South Korea." Last week, North Korea shattered months of relative quiet by firing off an intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers... Читать дальше...

The leader of the U.S. Senate's Republican majority on Sunday dismissed the possibility that the government could shut down later in the week when funding runs out. “Look, there’s not going to be a government shutdown. It’s just not going to happen,” Senator Mitch McConnell told ABC’s “This Week.” Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund the government through the end of next September. But lawmakers could approve a temporary spending plan for a couple weeks or longer into January, pending further... Читать дальше...

Members of Venezuela's government and opposition coalition failed to reach a deal in a new round of talks in the Dominican Republic on Saturday aimed at resolving the OPEC nation's protracted political crisis, but planned to meet in two weeks to try again. Various mediation efforts have failed in recent years. Foes accuse President Nicolas Maduro of exploiting dialogue to buy time, while he says the opposition prefers violence. Few Venezuelans expect further talks to yield a breakthrough, with... Читать дальше...

The special counsel examining alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election removed a top FBI investigator from his team for exchanging text messages with a colleague that expressed anti-Trump views, two U.S. newspapers reported on Saturday. The New York Times and the Washington Post identified the investigator as FBI agent Peter Strzok, the deputy head of FBI counter-intelligence. He was reassigned last summer to the FBI's human resources department after the Justice Department's... Читать дальше...

Recent pro-Iranian and Syrian regime remarks by an Afghan Shiite leader may attract regional sectarian rivalries to Afghanistan, and incite more violence and terror by the Islamic State terrorist group in the war-torn country, analysts warned. Deputy Afghan Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqeq, a leader of the country's Shiite minority, said last week, "I thank all the warriors who cooperated in these wars from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other parts of the world." He was speaking about... Читать дальше...

Romanian protesters clashed with riot police Saturday when they stopped construction workers from building a Christmas fair at the site of anti-corruption demonstrations in Bucharest. Victory Square saw big street protests at the beginning of the year following attempts by the ruling Social Democrats to decriminalize some corruption offenses. It has been a gathering place for largely peaceful protests since. Further demonstrations have been announced on social media as parliament gears up to... Читать дальше...

Liz Whitehurst dabbled in several careers before she ended up on a Maryland farm, crating fistfuls of fresh-cut arugula in the November chill. The hours were better at her nonprofit jobs. So were the benefits. But two years ago, Whitehurst, 32 — who graduated from a liberal arts college and grew up in the Chicago suburbs — abandoned Washington for a three-acre plot in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She joined a growing movement of highly educated, ex-urban, first-time farmers who are capitalizing... Читать дальше...

The city of Zibo, China’s ceramics capital, is undergoing environmental shock therapy to clear its filthy skies and transform its economy — and not everyone is happy. Much of Zibo’s sprawling industrial district has become a ghost town of shuttered factories, empty showrooms and abandoned restaurants after a cleanup campaign that began last year intensified this winter. Dozens of chimneys stand inactive. “There used to be a lot of workers here, but now they are demolishing the entire place,” said a caretaker who gave his surname as Wei... Читать дальше...