The Sussex Instagram account has been the subject of controversy before. But recently, they shared a quote from a figure that’s been problematic to the feminist community. Meghan Markle has always been a staunch supporter of feminism, but now the public is confused about her stance. How could she quote a person with such antiquated ideas about women? The public figure Prince Harry and Markle choose to quote and the problems it’s caused might surprise you.
The Sussexes quoted the Dalai Lama on their Instagram
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Earlier this month, the Sussexes shared a Dalai Lama quote on their official Instagram account. The quote read: “I believe that at every level of society — familial, tribal, national and international — the key to a happier and most successful world is the growth of compassion.”
This isn’t the only time Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have shown support for the Buddhist leader. At their wedding in 2018, the couple wanted the Dalai Lama to deliver the sermon. However, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who married them, denied their request because the Dalai Lama isn’t Christian. Instead, they settled on American Bishop Michael Curry.
According to the Daily Mail, Markle, who is a known yoga devotee, is fond of a Dalai Lama quote: “Don’t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” And since marrying Markle, Prince Harry revealed that he’s fond of meditation, one of the key components of the Buddhist religion.
The Dalai Lama is often held up as a hero to those who advocate for social justice. This is similar to Markle’s reputation: She is sometimes referred to by critics as the “Woke Duchess” because of her fondness for social justice issues.
For example, when Markle acted as the guest editor for the September issue of Vogue, she toed the line royal tradition by pushing issues like feminism and global warming. Markle was accused of “wading into politics by promoting Trump-hating celebs” in her “left-wing” edition of Vogue. But that’s not the only reason the Dalai Lama has become a problem for the Duchess of Sussex.
The Dalai Lama thinks a female successor would need to be ‘attractive’
In 2015, the Dalai Lama made comments that surprised and angered feminists. He stated that if he was to have a female successor, she would need to be “very attractive” or she would be of “not much use.”
Recently, a BBC reporter challenged him on that comment, but the Dalai Lama stuck to his original statement. “If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive,” he said while laughing.
According to the Dalai Lama, in Buddhist literature, both inner and outer beauty matter. But he stressed that equality is still important, and stated that he supports both women’s right and equal pay in the workforce.
Markle has long considered herself a feminist. As a child, she fought against sexist advertising by Procter & Gamble. A TV commercial for Ivory soap caught her attention at the age of 11 when she thought it implied that only women should do the dishes. She wrote letters expressing her concern, and a few months later, the advertisements were changed to be more gender-inclusive.
She continues to promote feminism today with charities like Smart Works, which provides clothing to women for job interviews. Considering that the duchess is such a stout feminist, how can she continue to support the Dalai Lama after his comments implying that a woman is not valuable unless she’s beautiful?
Is Meghan Markle still a feminist after supporting the Dalai Lama?
Markle hasn’t responded to the Dalai Lama’s comments about women, so we’re not sure of her thoughts on the matter, or if she’s even aware of the issue. But others have found even more reasons to criticize Markle usage of the quote.
Piers Morgan, a long-time critic of Markle, called her a hypocrite for choosing the quote which focused on compassion. According to Morgan, Markle needs to focus on her own house first before lecturing others on compassion. Meaning, she should reach out to her estranged family and friends to offer them compassion before telling the rest of the world what to do.
Others have found reasons to criticize Markle’s support of feminism altogether. Pushing the idea of feminism on the public, while in a role she obtained purely by marriage to a man who earned his position from birth, could be considered hypocritical. Markle considers herself a feminist, but many disagree with this categorization because of her role.
Unfortunately, as hard as Markle tries, almost everything she does is taken badly by the public. Although, her main problem seems to be her need to lecture and push political agendas in the first place. When the public pays for your lifestyle, it’s never a good idea to try to force ideas or lecture the people.
HONG KONG — Raw anger was building in Hong Kong on Wednesday over the shooting of a teenage demonstrator a day earlier, the first such incident since antigovernment demonstrations began in the territory nearly four months ago.
The question now is whether the shooting will further incite a protest movement that was already seething with grievances, and which has been driven by young people who see the city’s pro-Beijing leaders as illegitimate.
In an early sign of anger over the shooting, a Wednesday morning meeting between administrators at the teenager’s high school and more than 100 of its alumni quickly devolved into a bitter confrontation. Many of the former students cried, shouted questions and asked why the administrators had not condemned the police officer who shot the student.
“Can you see how many people are crying here?” one woman pleaded.
But others suggested the school take action against the student for his conduct in the protests, including Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong’s former chief executive.
The Hong Kong Police Force said on Tuesday evening that the protester was an 18-year-old who had been shot in the left shoulder, and that he was conscious as he was taken to the hospital for surgery.
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Left, a protester in Hong Kong on Tuesday seen minutes before he was shot by a police officer. Right, the same protester just after being shot.CreditJasmine Leung/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Students' Union
In a video circulating online that appears to show the shooting, the protester is first seen joining a mob of black-clad people who chase a riot officer and tackle him to the ground. They kick him and beat him with what appear to be pipes.
A few seconds later, the protester approaches a second police officer who is nearby with a handgun drawn. Just after the protester hits the officer with the pole, the officer fires at the man at point-blank range.
Hours after the shooting, the Hong Kong police commissioner, Stephen Lo, said the officer who shot the protester had acted in a “legal and reasonable” manner, having given a verbal warning before opening fire.
The officer had been assaulted at close quarters, Mr. Lo said, and had no other choice but to shoot. “The range was not determined by the police officer, but by the perpetrator,” he said.
But the Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association, which represents doctors working in public hospitals and medical departments at the University of Hong Kong, condemned the officer on Tuesday for not using a less powerful weapon, such as a rifle that shoots beanbag rounds, to subdue the protester.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, the protester’s high school, Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College, said that faculty members and the student body “all feel very sad and worried” about the shooting. The school’s administration had opened a crisis management unit that includes psychologists and social workers to help students cope, the statement said.
Mr. Lo, the police commissioner, told reporters at an overnight news conference that the police had arrested the protester who was shot, but that the force would decide later whether to press charges. At the meeting with the alumni on Wednesday, the school's principal and vice principal said that the student would not be punished and would keep his place in the school.
The principal, Tse Yun Ming, lowered his gaze as he absorbed an onslaught of criticism from the former students.
“My emotions are also fluctuating,” he told them at one point.
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Students stand outside the Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College during a demonstration held to show solidarity with the injured student, on Wednesday.CreditJerome Favre/EPA, via Shutterstock
But Mr. Leung, the city’s former chief executive, criticized the student’s conduct. “Could you not directly denounce his wrongdoing,” he asked in a Facebook post, suggesting that before being shot the student “surrounded and beat the police on the streets in full gear along with other rioters.”
Sit-in protests were expected Wednesday afternoon in at least seven Hong Kong districts, including in Tsuen Wan, where the shooting occurred. Tsuen Wan is a working-class district miles from the gleaming skyscrapers of the city’s financial district.
HONG KONG — Raw anger was building in Hong Kong on Wednesday over the shooting of a teenage demonstrator a day earlier, the first such incident since antigovernment demonstrations began in the territory nearly four months ago.
The question now is whether the shooting will further incite a protest movement that was already seething with grievances, and which has been driven by young people who see the city’s pro-Beijing leaders as illegitimate.
In an early sign of anger over the shooting, a Wednesday morning meeting between administrators at the teenager’s high school and more than 100 of itsalumni quickly devolved into a bitter confrontation. Many of the former students cried, shouted questions and asked why the administrators had not condemned the police officer who shot the student.
“Can you see how many people are crying here?” one woman pleaded.
But others suggested the school take action against the student for his conduct in the protests, including Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong’s former chief executive.
The Hong Kong Police Force said on Tuesday evening that the protester was an 18-year-old who had been shot in the left shoulder, and that he was conscious as he was taken to the hospital for surgery.
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Left, a protester in Hong Kong on Tuesday seen minutes before he was shot by a police officer. Right, the same protester just after being shot.CreditJasmine Leung/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Students' Union
In a video circulating online that appears to show the shooting, the protester is first seen joining amob of black-clad people who chase a riot officer and tackle him to the ground. They kick him and beat him with what appear to be pipes.
A few seconds later, the protester approaches a second police officer who isnearby with a handgun drawn. Just after the protester hits the officer with the pole, the officer fires at the man at point-blank range.
Hours after the shooting, the Hong Kong police commissioner, Stephen Lo, said the officer who shot the protester had acted in a “legal and reasonable” manner, having given a verbal warning before opening fire.
The officer had been assaulted at close quarters, Mr. Lo said, and had no other choice but to shoot. “The range was not determined by the police officer, but by the perpetrator,” he said.
But the Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association, which represents doctors working in public hospitals and medical departments at the University of Hong Kong, condemned the officer on Tuesday for not using a less powerful weapon, such as a rifle that shoots beanbag rounds, to subdue the protester.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, the protester’s high school, Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College, said that faculty members and the student body “all feel very sad and worried” about the shooting. The school’s administration had opened a crisis management unit that includes psychologists and social workers to help students cope, the statement said.
Mr. Lo, the police commissioner, told reporters at an overnight news conference that the police had arrested the protester who was shot, but that the force would decide later whether to press charges. At the meeting with the alumni on Wednesday, the school's principal and vice principal said that the student would not be punished and would keep his place in the school.
The principal, Tse Yun Ming, lowered his gaze as he absorbed an onslaught of criticism from the former students.
“My emotions are also fluctuating,” he told them at one point.
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Students stand outside the Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College during a demonstration held to show solidarity with the injured student, on Wednesday.CreditJerome Favre/EPA, via Shutterstock
But Mr. Leung, the city’s former chief executive, criticized the student’s conduct. “Could you not directly denounce his wrongdoing,” he asked in a Facebook post, suggesting that before being shot the student “surrounded and beat the police on the streets in full gear along with other rioters.”
Sit-in protests were expected Wednesday afternoon in at least seven Hong Kong districts, including in Tseun Wan, where the shooting occurred. Tsuen Wan is a working-class district miles from the gleaming skyscrapers of the city’s financial district.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume a long-stalled official dialogue this weekend in an effort to narrow their differences on how to terminate the North’s nuclear weapons program, officials of both countries said on Tuesday.
“I can confirm that U.S. and D.P.R.K. officials plan to meet within the next week,” Morgan Ortagus, a spokeswoman for the State Department, told reporters, using the abbreviation for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “I do not have further details to share on the meeting.”
Choe Son-hui, first vice foreign minister of North Korea, said her government and Washington had agreed to hold preliminary contact on Friday, to be followed by official working-level negotiations on Saturday.
“It is my expectation that the working-level negotiations would accelerate the positive development of the D.P.R.K.-U.S. relations,” Ms. Choe said in a statement carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea praised the removal of Mr. Bolton as a “wise political decision,” having long blamed hawkish aides to Mr. Trump for the stalemate in negotiations.
When Mr. Trump held his first summit meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in Singapore in June 2018, Mr. Kim committed to “work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” in return for better ties and security guarantees with the United States.
But subsequent talks quickly stalled over how to enact the vague agreement. The second meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February ended without a deal on how fast and how thoroughly North Korea should dismantle its nuclear program and how soon the United States would start easing or lifting sanctions.
On Tuesday, South Korea welcomed the agreement to resume dialogue.
“We hope that both sides will use these working-level talks to make quick and concrete progress for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a permanent peace there,” said Ko Min-jung, a spokeswoman for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea.
Mr. Trump has not clarified what his new method might be.
In Hanoi, Mr. Trump followed Mr. Bolton’s advice when he demanded a quick and comprehensive elimination of North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction — including its nuclear warheads and long-range missiles — before lifting sanctions.
But Mr. Kim would not budge from an insistence on a phased rollback of his country’s nuclear program. He offered to first dismantle the facilities at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, where the regime enriches uranium and plutonium, without giving up any existing atomic bombs or missiles.
In return, he demanded that the United States lift the most biting of United Nations sanctions imposed since 2016, including a ban on crucial North Korean exports like coal, iron ore, fish and textiles.
Since the Hanoi talks collapsed, North Korea has threatened to abandon diplomacy completely unless Washington returns to the negotiating table with a more flexible offer by the end of the year. The North has escalated its pressure by conducting a slew of short-range weapons tests since July.
A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester has been shot in the chest after a police officer opened live fire during clashes on Tuesday, as China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the communist-led government in Beijing.
The incident was the first time a protester has been shot, in an escalation of the months-long unrest that has rocked the city.
Local media said that the prostester is in "critical condition".
A video of the incident, shot by the City University Student Union and shared on social media, showed a dozen black-clad protesters hurling objects at a group of riot police pursuing them. Television channels also showed footages of the incident.
In the video, one officer, who is surrounded, draws his revolver and points it at the group. He fires and one protester collapses on the street while others flee.
During the day, protesters spray-painted slogans aiming at the government, such as "Topple the Commies" and "Communist China, go to hell," before street battles broke out in several neighbourhoods across the city, including ones near the government office headquarters.
Riot police repelled mobs of protesters with round after round of tear gas bombs, the stinging smell was thick in the air. A smattering of protesters hit back with Molotov cocktails, but most huddled behind a patchwork shield of umbrellas in non-violent self-defense.
In one neighbourhood far from downtown, the police fired at least one other live around into the air.
Over the past 16 weeks, Hong Kong has been in the throes of anti-government protests - triggered by a proposed bill that would have allowed the extradition of accused individuals to the mainland for trial - that have since morphed into a wider movement for democracy.
Demonstrators are also demanding an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality in suppressing the protests, blanket amnesty for all those charged with offences stemming from participating in demonstrations, and a retraction of police claims that protesters are guilty of rioting - a charge that carries a heavy prison sentence.
The protesters also want to be able to elect Hong Kong's top leader and all its legislators.
'Not feeling Chinese'
A former British colony, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 under a 'one country, two systems' framework, which guaranteed Hong Kong people rights and freedoms largely absent in mainland China.
However, in recent years, critics say Beijing has increasingly interfered in the territory and resentments have bubbled to the surface.
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In some neighbourhoods on Tuesday, demonstrators scattered paper offerings meant for the deceased in front of businesses operated by the Chinese government, such as China Travel Services.
Over the past 10 years, the number of Hong Kongers who took pride in being Chinese has gone down significantly, according to a survey conducted in June by the University of Hong Kong's Public Opinion Programme.
The survey showed a record high number of respondents describing themselves as Hong Kongers and a record low of those identifying themselves as Chinese citizens.
Among those under age 30, the percentage of respondents identifying as Chinese is in the single digits.
Another Trump call with a world leader is raising questions
Key facts and latest news
Attorney General William Barr and the president asked foreign officials for help investigating the origin of the Mueller probe.
Three House committees subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani for documents about his dealings with Ukraine, and sent letter requesting documents from three business associates.
In a July phone call, President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to open an investigation targeting Joe Biden.
Soon after the call, White House officials moved a record of the call to a highly classified computer system, severely restricting who could access it.
Washington -- A series of rapid-fire developments brought the House impeachment inquiry into clearer focus Monday afternoon, with Democrats issuing new demands for evidence and new revelations about the circumstances of the president's call with Ukraine coming to light.
Just before 4 p.m., three House committees announced they had subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, for documents related to his work on behalf of President Trump to persuade Ukraine to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden. The committees also requested material about Giuliani's work to secure Ukraine's cooperation into a Justice Department review of the origins of Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
Shortly after the subpoena was announced, The Wall Street Journal reported Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the July 25 call between the president and the Ukrainian leader. CBS News has confirmed Pompeo was on the call.
The New York Times reported Mr. Trump had called the prime minister of Australia to request assistance in the Justice Department review. The call came at the behest of Attorney General William Barr.
A Justice Department official then told CBS News that Barr had asked Mr. Trump to reach out to a number of foreign officials to request their assistance in his review, which is being led by the U.S. attorney in Connecticut. A source familiar with the matter said Barr traveled to Italy as part of his effort, and The Washington Post reported he has also reached out to intelligence officials in the United Kingdom.
In the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, Mr. Trump repeatedly asked him to work with Barr to pursue a fringe conspiracy theory about the origins of the 2016 U.S. counterintelligence investigation that would became the Mueller probe.
"I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it," Mr. Trump told Zelensky, according to the summary released by the White House.
It was in that conversation that Mr. Trump also urged Zelensky to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, and said he would put him in touch with both Giuliani and Barr.
"There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great," the president said.
A Justice Department spokeswoman said last week that Barr was not aware of the call until several weeks after it took place, and had not discussed "anything relating to Ukraine with Rudy Giuliani." The spokeswoman said the U.S. attorney conducting the 2016 review had received information from Ukrainian citizens, and that Barr "has yet to contact Ukraine in connection with this investigation."
Later Monday night, the inspector general for the intelligence community issued a statement defending the whistleblower from critics, saying the individual acted appropriately and had first-hand knowledge of the events in question. -- Stefan Becket
Trump suggests Democrats, media pushing "hoax" of Ukraine call
7:50 a.m. President Trump started his morning by weighing into the Ukraine call controversy early Tuesday, tweeting that the Democratic party and news media are working in concert to perpetuate their latest "hoax."
"The congratulatory phone call with the Ukrainian President was PERFECT, unless you heard Liddle' Adam Schiff's fraudulently made up version of the call. This is just another Fake News Media, together with their partner, the Democrat Party, HOAX!
"The congratulatory phone call with the Ukrainian President was PERFECT," Mr. Trump wrote. Earlier, he tweeted an un-sourced U.S. map seemingly showing overwhelming GOP support with a banner that reads "Try to impeach this."
The president has no public events on his official schedule Tuesday.
Hillary Clinton says impeachment is the "'right thing to do"
7:30 a.m. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Stephen Colbert she believes the impeachment inquiry is the right thing to do. She appeared on "The Late Show" with her daughter Chelsea Clinton to promote their new book Monday night.
During her appearance, Clinton called out Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who CBS News confirmed was listening to the president's call with the Ukrainian president, saying he should have been the first person to say something was wrong. She also says it's the job of the Secretary of State to know what the president is going to say.
Clinton explained that a lot of preparation usually goes into these types of calls, but thinks that scenario is unlikely this time since the president has trouble "following instructions."
She also pointed out that while presidents and Secretaries of State in the past have used special envoys to deliver messages, these discussion are usually carefully thought out. She says from what she's seen, careful thinking isn't one of Rudy Giuliani's "strong points."
-Emily Tillett and Gillian Morely
Warner says he concerned about threat to whistleblower's life
6:40 a.m. Senator Mark Warner, Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tells CBS News' Nancy Cordes that he's concerned President Trump is putting the whistleblower's life at risk as he continues to suggest he wants a meeting over social media with the so-called "spy."
"I think this is a clear example of reprisal," Warner told CBS. "I think the potential threat to this whistleblower's life is a realistic concern."
Warner's comments come as Mr. Trump told reporters he was actively trying to uncover the whistleblower's identity.
"Well, we're trying to find out about a whistleblower, when you have a whistleblower that reports things that were incorrect," the president said Monday. "As you know, and you probably now have figured it out, the statement I made to the president of Ukraine, a good man, a nice man, new, was perfect. It was perfect. But the whistleblower reported a totally different statement."
Later Monday night, the inspector general for the intelligence community issued a statement defending the whistleblower from critics, saying the individual acted appropriately and had first-hand knowledge of the events in question.
Kiev mayor says Giuliani is one of the "most famous men in Ukraine"
6:15 a.m. Mayor of Kiev, Ukraine, Vitali Klitschko, says that President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani needs no introduction in his country -- that he's one of the most "famous" men in Ukraine due to his business dealings. Klitschko is named in Giuliani's congressional subpoena and is a long-time friend of the former New York City mayor.
He told CBS News that Giuliani never discussed former Vice President Joe Biden or Hunter Biden with him and never asked for his help in looking into election interference in 2016.
Klitschko told CBS that the two are "old friends" and Giuliani is "the best mayor in the world." When we asked if Klitschko helped make introductions for him here in Ukraine he said Giuliani needs no introduction - he's one of the most famous men in Ukraine.
He also denied that any money passed hands between the two, despite multiple reports to the contrary. Giuliani was reportedly "consulting" for Klitschko in the run up to his own election.
"I'm responsible not only for international politics, I'm mayor of Kiev, I'm responsible for my city and we need knowledge, we need experience from people [on] how to make our city much more successful, much more modern," Klitschko explained when pressed about his relationship to the former mayor.
- Erin Lyall and Roxana Saberi
Kurt Volker will appear before House Committees Thursday
10:43 p.m. Former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker will testify in a deposition before three House committees Thursday, as noted in documents that were issued Friday by Congress, CBS News confirms, according to three sources, two of whom are Arizona State University officials. MSNBC first reported that he would appear Thursday.
Volker resigned from his position Friday after his name appeared in the whistleblower complaint, which alleged that he had gone to Kiev in late July, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian political figures and advised them on "how to 'navigate'" the demands Mr. Trump made of Zelensky.
The committees also scheduled depositions for other witnesses mentioned in the whistleblower complaint, but it is not yet clear whether they will appear. -- Olivia Gazis and Nancy Cordes
Inspector general says whistleblower followed procedure when filing complaint
5:52 p.m.: The intelligence community inspector general concluded the whistleblower who filed a complaint involving the president's Ukraine call acted appropriately and by the book, pushing back on insinuations by a number of Republicans that the individual didn't follow federal rules for whistleblower disclosures.
"In summary, regarding the instant matter, the whistleblower submitted the appropriate Disclosure of Urgent Concern form that was in effect as of August 12, 2019, and had been used by the ICIG since May 24, 2018," the inspector general's office concluded Monday. "The whistleblower stated on the form that he or she possessed both first-hand and other information. The ICIG reviewed the information provided as well as other information gathered and determined that the complaint was both urgent and that it appeared credible."
Some Republicans in the Senate are questioning why the intelligence community last year changed its rules allowing whistleblower protections for those who don't necessarily have first-hand knowledge. Republicans have argued the whistleblower's claims aren't based on eyewitness testimony, even though the whistleblower's complaint and the call summary with Ukraine's president are consistent.
The inspector general's office noted the whistleblower claimed to have both direct and second-hand knowledge of the matters detailed in the complaint. -- Kathryn Watson
Barr and Trump asked foreign officials for help investigating origin of Russia probe
5:54 p.m.: Attorney General William Barr has asked Mr. Trump to reach out to a number of foreign officials to request assistance in the Department of Justice's review of the origins of the Mueller probe, a department spokeswoman said Monday.
Barr asked Mr. Trump to call Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to alert him that the attorney general would be reaching out, a department official told CBS News. The New York Times first reported the two leaders had spoken.
John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, is heading up a review of the FBI and CIA's activities in 2016. The status of that review, which Barr ordered in May, is unclear at this time.
"Mr. Durham is gathering information from numerous sources, including a number of foreign countries. At Attorney General Barr's request, the President has contacted other countries to ask them to introduce the Attorney General and Mr. Durham to appropriate officials," Kerri Kupec, a Department of Justice spokeswoman, said in a statement.
The department official declined to say which other countries were involved. The Washington Post said the other countries included the United Kingdom, and a source familiar with the matter said Barr traveled to Italy last week to discuss the review.
The Justice Department official said other countries have been helpful in regards to the Durham review and said no "pressing" has been required to obtain their cooperation.
Mr. Trump continues to be frustrated by the Russia probe, which arguably posed the greatest threat to his presidency until the House launched its impeachment probe last week.
The Times reported the White House restricted access to a transcript of Mr. Trump's call with the Australian prime minister, akin to what was done with records of his call with Ukraine's president. -- Clare Hymes and Kathryn Watson
Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters at Sha Tin, Hong Kong, on Tuesday.
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As goose-stepping soldiers marched in Beijing to mark 70 years of Communist Party authoritarian rule, marchers in Hong Kong chanted "power to the people," demanding universal suffrage and the right to elect their own leaders.
The contrast was one that Beijing and its embattled representative in Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, had hoped to avoid in the weeks ahead of the Oct. 1 anniversary. But the protesters who have been out in force for 17 straight weeks in Hong Kong had other ideas.
In an ominous first during the weeks of civil unrest, a protester in Tseun Wan in the Western New Territories was shot in the chest by police, according to The South China Morning Post.
Video on local media shows a young man, blood on his chest, dressed in black with goggles and helmet. He's slumped on the ground complaining of chest pain and asking to be taken to a hospital. Another video circulated on social media purports to show the protester being shot by police at close range.
The hospital authority of Hong Kong confirmed to NPR that a male protester was hospitalized and is in critical condition. Police say they are trying to confirm local media reports that the man was hit in the chest with a live round.
One of the protesters' key demands has been for an independent investigation into police handling of the protests, where demonstrators have been subjected to what they call excessive force. The apparent shooting is likely to further inflame tensions.
Earlier, in Kowloon, the peninsular part of Hong Kong that adjoins mainland China, police also used live ammunition for warning shots to ward off protesters.
Peaceful demonstrators on the main Hong Kong island devolved into confrontations with police, who fired tear gas in hopes of subduing the crowd.
Rounds of tear gas are fired at Hennessy Road in Wan Chai. Protesters have set fire to a tram stop
In an apparent effort to restrict the movement of protesters, authorities shut down nearly 20 subway stations, a vital transit link in the sprawling territory.
Earlier in the day, Hong Kong officials assembled at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai to witness a flag-raising ceremony meant to show fealty to China. But Lam, was not present. Instead, she sat with dignitaries at the military parade in Beijing.
Although the protests have been largely sustained by young, university-aged activists, many of the largest peaceful demonstrations in recent months – some that drew hundreds of thousands of people – have shown that a cross-section of Hong Kong people support the call for greater freedoms.
"They are squeezing our necks so we don't breathe the air of freedom," King Chan, a 57-year-old homemaker who came out to protest with her husband, told The Associated Press.
"If the people of Hong Kong win against dictatorship then it's also a lesson for the world," former Hong Kong lawmaker Lee Cheuk Yan told NPR. "You know people think the regime is so powerful that it's impossible, but we can do the impossible if we continue to fight."
