Trump touts 'billions of dollars and millions of jobs' from trip
And in Brussels, Trump chided assembled leaders of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies for not spending enough on defense costs and urged them to spend at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense, as outlined in the alliance's charter.
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Manchester suspect called mother before attack to ask for forgiveness, official says
Greater Manchester Police say two men were arrested overnight in Manchester and in the Withington area in the south of the city. Police chiefs have made clear they are furious about the publication of confidential material in US media , including bomb site photographs in the New York Times , saying such leaks undermined relationships with trusted security allies.
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Manchester police arrest another man in connection with concert terror attack
She returned to her Florida home on Tuesday. Northern rail said Friday that Manchester Victoria Station "suffered structural damage that still needs to be properly assessed and repaired". Britain's Foreign Office said Thursday that Tillerson and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will hold talks and write messages of condolence for the victims.
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Ariana Grande to perform benefit concert in Manchester
British police on Saturday released surveillance-camera images of the Manchester concert bomber on the night of the attack as they appealed for more information about his final days. The de-escalation in the country's threat level from "critical" suggests confidence that the police operations conducted in the last week have headed off any immediate threats.
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Manchester police release images of bomber moments before arena blast
The terror threat in Britain was lowered from "critical" to "severe" as officials said they had rounded up a majority of Abedi's associates, CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti reports. They are appealing to the public for more information about the bomber and the days leading up to the attack, in which 22 were killed and almost 120 wounded following an Ariana Grande concert.
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Shutdown in Kashmir Valley due to protests over killing of Hizbul commander
The restrictions have been imposed on seven police station areas of Srinagar , officials said. Clashes between rock-throwing protesters and government forces erupted in different places in the area, with police and paramilitary soldiers firing shotgun pellets and tear gas to stop the protests.
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Army leaker Chelsea Manning released from prison
After the sentencing , Manning changed her name to Chelsea and identified herself as a transgender. Download our Expert Edition e-book, Cyber: Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation. Manning was convicted of 20 charges in connection with the leaks, including espionage. Chelsea Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth in the dead of night with no fanfare according to a U.S.
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Jared Kushner 'discussed back channel for talking to Russian Federation about Syria'
But it is unclear why the Russian ambassador would misreport his conversations to his own people, particularly at a time when the Kremlin still saw the prospect of dramatically improved relations with Mr Trump. "What that allows you to do is communicate in a discreet manner so I'm not concerned". Kislyak, according to The Post, told higher-ups in Moscow that Kushner suggested the proposal in a December meeting at Trump Tower - which former national security adviser Michael Flynn also ...
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US President Trump condemns Manchester terror attack, calls perpetrators 'evil losers'
He did not say anything about moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem or recognize the city as Israel's capital. "Returning to the Kotel with these people was nearly as exciting as my first time", Karasenti, the first paratrooper to reach the Western Wall in 1967, said in a statement.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians
The buses were on a desert road headed to a monastery in the Minya governorate south of Cairo when assailants wearing fatigues and masks fired on them from three four-wheel-drive vehicles, Egypt's Interior Ministry said. They rallied behind the country's general-turned-president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in 2013 when he ousted Islamist predecessor Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood group.
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Trump promises climate decision next week after G7 stalemate
The US president tweeted he would make his final decision on the Paris Agreement after his return to Washington. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters Saturday , "The whole discussion about climate has been hard". Trump, who once said the concept of global warming "was created by and for the Chinese in order to make USA manufacturing noncompetitive", repeatedly said during his election campaign that he would he would pull out of the Paris, but has sidestepped the issue since ...
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North Korea tests new anti-aircraft weapon system
The recent test, in June 2014, was a success, but followed three failures. The country has been making efforts to upgrade its weapon systems amid threats of military action against it by Washington . He told reporters on Monday that France hopes the council will move ahead on a strong resolution that demands better implementation of existing sanctions and tougher new sanctions against North Korea .