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Although a multi-cornered fight is expected, pundits say it will most likely come down to liberal candidate Mr Moon and former software tycoon Ahn Cheol Soo, whose candidacy for the centrist opposition People's Party is due to be revealed today.

However, unlike similar vehicle attacks in Berlin, Nice, and London however, IS has not claimed the incident. "We need to detain people when there is a risk they will go underground, and there appear to be around 10,000 to 15,000 cases", Akesson said.

On Friday, two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles was barred from running for public office for 15 years amid an intense campaign waged by the government tying him to the protest movement that has grown into the most combative since a wave of unrest in 2014.

When asked whether Russian Federation had prior knowledge about the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons, Trump said it's "possible", but "unlikely" that Russian Federation had known in advance of Syria's plan to launch a chemical weapons attack on its own citizens.

However, a senior Japan Self-Defense Forces official confirmed the aircraft's arrival, according to a report Wednesday by Japan's Nikkei newspaper. According to Cenciotti , the Air Force's two WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft are Boeing C-135 transport and support planes derivatives belonging to the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron from Offutt Air Force Base, with mission crews staffed by Detachment 1 from the Air Force Technical Applications Center.

Attempting to grow, procure, or use marijuana outside the legal framework will be a serious punishable offence, the government said. Voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada voted a year ago to approve recreational use, joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.

Officials also looked at the notion of accepting North Korea as a nuclear state, the report said. In the end, however, they settled on a policy that appears to represent continuity. China is faces increasing pressure from the USA to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. They pointed to a recent editorial in a state-run Chinese newspaper advocating tighter restrictions on selling oil to North Korea.

Welcoming Turnbull on his first visit to India , Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the passage of Australian legislation meant the country was now able to export uranium to India. India and Australia have reaffirmed their commitment to a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific, based on mutual respect and cooperation. Wrapping up his four day visit, Turnbull said India, which is evolving as an economic superpower, is now enormously important in the region.

You can read the full interview here. Trump, who last week ordered airstrikes on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack, was asked Wednesday if Syria could have launched the attack without Russia's knowledge.

A South Korean court on Friday approved the arrest of former President Park Geun-hye over high-profile corruption allegations that already ended her tumultuous four-year rule and prompted an election to find her successor. "It is justifiable and necessary to arrest [Ms Park] as key charges were justified and there is risk of evidence being destroyed", the court said in a statement.

In another dramatic show of military force after the bombing of a Syrian airfield with 59 Tomahawk missiles, the U.S. military yesterday dropped a GBU-43/B, colloquially known as the "Mother Of All Bombs" or MOAB, to target tunnels and bunkers built by Islamic State fighter in Nangarhar province.