Kamis, 01 Agustus 2019
Hamza Bin Laden 'killed in air strike' - BBC News - BBC News
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2019-08-01 11:09:27Z
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North Korea claims it tested new rocket system that could improve ability to strike South Korea, American b... - Fox News
North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Un supervised the first test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could improve the Hermit Kingdom’s abilities to strike targets in South Korea and American military bases there.
The report by the regime’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) contradicts the South Korean military’s claims that the Wednesday test was of two short-range ballistic missiles.
NORTH KOREA FIRED 'MULTIPLE' PROJECTILES OFF EAST COAST, SOUTH KOREA REPORTS
The launches from the eastern coastal town of Wonsan were the North’s second weapons test in less than a week and were perceived as an effort to pressure the U.S. and South Korean governments to restart the nuclear diplomacy that has stalled for months now.
People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (Associated Press)
KCNA said Kim was satisfied with the test firing and said the newly developed rocket system would soon serve a “main role” in his military’s land combat operations, creating “inescapable distress to the forces becoming a fat target of the weapon.”
Such rocket systems, along with new short-range missiles that the regime tested last week, could pose a serious threat to South Korea’s defense.
NORTH KOREA SAYS NEW MISSILE TEST WAS 'SOLEMN WARNING' TO SOUTH KOREAN 'WARMONGERS'
The state media report didn’t disclose how the new rocket system performed, but noted that the test confirmed the system’s “combat effectiveness.”
Released test photos show Kim watching the spectacle with binoculars while a rocket shoots from what appears to be a launcher installed on a vehicle.
According to analysis by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the tested missiles flew about 155 miles at an apogee of 19 miles. At this range, the North would be able to hit targets in the region surrounding Seoul and a major U.S. military base just south of the city.
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The North Korea regime has been increasingly lashing out amid a stalemate over nuclear talks, despite Kim meeting with President Trump in June on the North-South Korean border and agreeing to continue the talks.
The regime said last Friday that the new missile test was a “solemn warning” to “South Korean military warmongers” over its weapons development and plans to hold joint military drills with the U.S.
Earlier last week, Kim also visited a newly built submarine and expressed his satisfaction with its weapons system. North Korea said its deployment was “near at hand.”
https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-claims-it-tested-new-rocket-system-that-could-improve-ability-to-strike-south-korea-american-bases
2019-08-01 08:41:47Z
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Brexit: £2.1bn extra for no-deal planning - BBC News
The government has announced an extra £2.1bn of funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit - doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year.
The plans include more border force officers and upgrades to transport infrastructure at ports.
There will also be more money to ease traffic congestion in Kent and tackle queues created by delays at the border.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell described the plans as "an appalling waste of taxpayers' cash".
The package also includes money for stockpiling medicines to ensure continued supplies and a national programme to help businesses.
"With 92 days until the UK leaves the European Union it's vital that we intensify our planning to ensure we are ready," said Chancellor Sajid Javid, announcing the move.
"We want to get a good deal that abolishes the anti-democratic backstop. But if we can't get a good deal, we'll have to leave without one.
"This additional £2.1bn will ensure we are ready to leave on 31 October - deal or no-deal."
The shadow chancellor said the extra money was "all for the sake of Boris Johnson's drive towards a totally avoidable no-deal".
He added: "This government could have ruled out no-deal and spent these billions on our schools, hospitals, and people.
"Labour is a party for the whole of the UK, so we'll do all we can to block a no-deal, crash-out Brexit."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said he is willing to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October - whether a Brexit deal has been agreed or not.
"Turbo-charging" no-deal preparation is the energetic promise of the new Treasury, which under previous management had been accused by the now prime minister and his Brexiteer allies of dragging its feet on funding for such measures.
Some of this boost, however, is a repeat prescription for vital medicine supply - spending tens of millions again on reserving cross-Channel ferry capacity and for specialist warehousing and stockpiling that was not, in the end, required after the last Brexit deadline.
All this is designed to mitigate the anticipated freight gridlock around Dover and Calais.
But that is not entirely in the government's hands. Much depends on whether the French authorities choose to enforce full customs and health checks on freight from the UK.
The flow across the Channel also depends on the preparedness of many smaller traders, more than half of whom have not signed up to the most basic customs registration that will become mandatory for European trade under no-deal.
An advertising campaign will target this vital group. It will have to persuade them that no-deal is highly likely, even as the prime minister himself suggests the chances are vanishingly small.
Former Border Force director-general Tony Smith said the extra money was a "step in the right direction" but more should have been done earlier.
"I don't understand why this wasn't implemented three years ago when the government knew we were leaving the European Union," he said.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak insisted the latest funding was not a waste, even if the UK ended up leaving with a deal.
"A lot of the money we are spending is going to go on things that we would need to spend anyway because we're leaving the European Union," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"Investment in things like our ports, our border infrastructure... all of that is money we should be spending anyway for those new arrangements."
The new money consists of £1.1bn which will be provided to departments and devolved administrations immediately, while a further £1bn will be made available if needed.
This comes on top of £4.2bn, which has been allocated since 2016 for Brexit preparations by the previous chancellor, Philip Hammond.
But not all of that money would have been spent on getting ready for a no-deal scenario.
The measures announced by Mr Javid include £344m to be spent on new border and customs operations.
This includes recruiting an extra 500 border force officers, in addition to 500 already announced, while there will also be more money for training customs agents and processing UK passport applications.
Another £434m will be spent on ensuring continuity of vital medicines and medical products, including freight transport, warehousing and stockpiling.
Of the rest, £108m will go on promoting and supporting businesses "to ensure they are ready for Brexit", including a national programme of business readiness and "helping exporters to prepare for, and capitalise on, new opportunities".
There will also be a public information campaign and an increase in consular support for Britons living abroad, at a cost of £138m.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49183324
2019-08-01 07:14:21Z
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Brexit: £2.1bn extra for no-deal planning - BBC News
The government has announced an extra £2.1bn of funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit - doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year.
The plans include more border force officers and upgrades to transport infrastructure at ports.
There will also be more money to ease traffic congestion in Kent and tackle queues created by delays at the border.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell described the plans as "an appalling waste of taxpayers' cash".
The package also includes money for stockpiling medicines to ensure continued supplies and a national programme to help businesses.
"With 92 days until the UK leaves the European Union it's vital that we intensify our planning to ensure we are ready," said Chancellor Sajid Javid, announcing the move.
"We want to get a good deal that abolishes the anti-democratic backstop. But if we can't get a good deal, we'll have to leave without one.
"This additional £2.1bn will ensure we are ready to leave on 31 October - deal or no-deal."
The shadow chancellor said the extra money was "all for the sake of Boris Johnson's drive towards a totally avoidable no-deal".
He added: "This government could have ruled out no-deal and spent these billions on our schools, hospitals, and people.
"Labour is a party for the whole of the UK, so we'll do all we can to block a no-deal, crash-out Brexit."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said he is willing to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October - whether a Brexit deal has been agreed or not.
"Turbo-charging" no-deal preparation is the energetic promise of the new Treasury, which under previous management had been accused by the now prime minister and his Brexiteer allies of dragging its feet on funding for such measures.
Some of this boost, however, is a repeat prescription for vital medicine supply - spending tens of millions again on reserving cross-Channel ferry capacity and for specialist warehousing and stockpiling that was not, in the end, required after the last Brexit deadline.
All this is designed to mitigate the anticipated freight gridlock around Dover and Calais.
But that is not entirely in the government's hands. Much depends on whether the French authorities choose to enforce full customs and health checks on freight from the UK.
The flow across the Channel also depends on the preparedness of many smaller traders, more than half of whom have not signed up to the most basic customs registration that will become mandatory for European trade under no-deal.
An advertising campaign will target this vital group. It will have to persuade them that no-deal is highly likely, even as the prime minister himself suggests the chances are vanishingly small.
Former Border Force director-general Tony Smith said the extra money was a "step in the right direction" but more should have been done earlier.
"I don't understand why this wasn't implemented three years ago when the government knew we were leaving the European Union," he said.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak insisted the latest funding was not a waste, even if the UK ended up leaving with a deal.
"A lot of the money we are spending is going to go on things that we would need to spend anyway because we're leaving the European Union," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"Investment in things like our ports, our border infrastructure... all of that is money we should be spending anyway for those new arrangements."
The new money consists of £1.1bn which will be provided to departments and devolved administrations immediately, while a further £1bn will be made available if needed.
This comes on top of £4.2bn, which has been allocated since 2016 for Brexit preparations by the previous chancellor, Philip Hammond.
But not all of that money would have been spent on getting ready for a no-deal scenario.
The measures announced by Mr Javid include £344m to be spent on new border and customs operations.
This includes recruiting an extra 500 border force officers, in addition to 500 already announced, while there will also be more money for training customs agents and processing UK passport applications.
Another £434m will be spent on ensuring continuity of vital medicines and medical products, including freight transport, warehousing and stockpiling.
Of the rest, £108m will go on promoting and supporting businesses "to ensure they are ready for Brexit", including a national programme of business readiness and "helping exporters to prepare for, and capitalise on, new opportunities".
There will also be a public information campaign and an increase in consular support for Britons living abroad, at a cost of £138m.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49183324
2019-08-01 06:09:39Z
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China's Hong Kong PLA garrison releases video with scenes of... - Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong’s political crisis simmers amidst heated protests, China’s People’s Liberation Army in Hong Kong released a video showing footage of “anti-riot” exercises and its top brass warned violence is “absolutely impermissible”.
Protesters gather outside the Eastern Courts to support the arrested anti-extradition bill protesters who face rioting charges, as the typhoon Wipha approaches in Hong Kong, China July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
The three-minute video posted on the Hong Kong garrison’s official Weibo social media account late on Wednesday included footage of troops firing guns and rockets, and of light tanks, attack helicopters and missile launchers.
The PLA has remained in barracks since protests started in April, leaving Hong Kong’s police force to deal with the massive and often violent protests in the Asian financial hub.
On Wednesday, 44 people were charged with rioting, the first time authorities have resorted to using the rioting charge.
In one sequence in the PLA video, titled “anti-riot drill footage”, ranks of troops advance with shields and truncheons on protesters, firing rifles into the air. Tear gas and water cannons rained down on protesters, as armored personnel carriers with battering rams raced forward, and troops laid barbed wire coils on the ground.
“All consequences are at your own risk,” one soldier shouted in Cantonese, the main Chinese dialect in Hong Kong, during the video clip.
A red flag with the words “Warning. Stop charging or we use force” was also held aloft, similar to what Hong Kong police have long used during protests.
At the end of the clip, several protesters with their hands cuffed can be seen being taken away.
Hong Kong has been plunged into its biggest political crisis since the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule in 1997 with a wave of protests against a now suspended extradition bill which would see people sent to mainland China for trial in Communist Party controlled courts
The protests which started in April have now transformed into broader demands including the resignation of Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam, and calls for a “free Hong Kong”.
As tensions continue to rise in Hong Kong as clashes between protesters and police grow increasingly violent, Chinese authorities have strongly condemned the violence, and issued reminders that Hong Kong authorities can request the assistance of the PLA Hong Kong garrison if necessary.
Diplomats and foreign security analysts are watching the situation closely, but believe there’s little appetite in Beijing for the PLA to be deployed on the streets of Hong Kong.
The role of the PLA in Hong Kong has long been one of the most sensitive elements of the city’s handover to China.
Amid growing speculation troops could be unleashed to quell violence, police chiefs have insisted their forces are capable of maintaining order.
Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule with a guarantee of its freedoms, including the right to protest and an independent judiciary not enjoyed on the mainland, for at least 50 years.
Under its mini-constitution, the Basic Law, defense and foreign affairs are managed by Communist Party leaders in Beijing.
Chen Daoxiang, the commander of the PLA’s Hong Kong garrison said on Wednesday the violent protests in Hong Kong are “absolutely impermissible” according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.
Speaking at a reception to mark the 92nd anniversary of the PLA, Chen said the protests were “putting the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” principle to the test”.
He added the PLA would “resolutely safeguard” the country’s sovereignty and security, as well as Hong Kong’s stability.
In July, Reuters reported that Chen had assured a Pentagon official that Chinese troops will not interfere in the city’s affairs despite the political upheaval.
Reporting by James Pomfret, Greg Torode and Vimvam Tong; Editing by Michael Perry
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-pla/chinas-hong-kong-pla-garrison-releases-video-with-scenes-of-anti-riot-operations-idUSKCN1UR3HK
2019-08-01 05:12:00Z
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Rabu, 31 Juli 2019
VIDEO: Onlookers use blanket to save 3-year-old falling from 6-story building - WCVB Boston
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- VIDEO: Onlookers use blanket to save 3-year-old falling from 6-story building WCVB Boston
- Boy, 3, falls 6 stories in China from apartment balcony, saved by onlookers with blanket Fox News
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https://www.wcvb.com/article/boy-3-fell-six-stories-onlookers-used-a-blanket-to-save-him-1564583911/28564666
2019-07-31 15:52:00Z
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China seeks to remove Arabic script and Islamic images from restaurants | TheHill - The Hill
China is reportedly telling restaurant owners to remove any images associated with Islam and messages written in Arabic from their stores.
Reuters reports employees from 11 various restaurants and shops in Beijing had been told by Chinese officials to remove the images and Arabic signs. The stores visited by the news outlet were all selling halal products.
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One shop owner, who along with the rest of them declined to give his name due to the sensitivity of the issue, said a government official told him to cover the “halal” in Arabic on his noodle shop sign and watched him do it before leaving.
“They said this is foreign culture and you should use more Chinese culture,” the noodle shop owner told Reuters.
Several shop owners visited by the news outlet simply covered the Arabic and Islamic imagery and others replaced it with the Chinese term for halal.
It is not immediately clear if all of the roughly 1,000 halal shops and restaurants in Beijing have been told to cover the Arabic script and Muslim symbols.
The move is the latest step in the Chinese government’s push to have religions conform with Chinese culture, as part of a process to "Sinicize" its Muslim population, according to Reuters.
The campaign has reportedly also included having several mosques in China remove Middle Eastern-style domes and replace them with Chinese-style pagodas.
While China has 20 million Muslim residents and freedom of religion in the country, the government still adheres to Communist Party ideology and is pushing to bring religions in line with it.
One shop owner took issue with “erasing” Muslim culture.
“They are always talking about national unity, they’re always talking about China being international. Is this national unity?” a halal butcher shop owner told Reuters.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/china/455510-china-seeks-to-remove-arabic-script-and-islamic-images-from
2019-07-31 13:50:03Z
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