In an interview with Russia's RT global broadcaster, Assad said he would negotiate with fighters backed on the ground by Washington, but would reclaim territory they control by force if necessary, whether or not American troops supported them.

How can a state with an arsenal of deadly weapons as big as Israel and which considers itself a regional force superior to the rest of the region's countries on a military level, pursue a ship carrying the ill and students who's only aspiration is to leave the besieged Gaza Strip for treatment and education? At least three Israelis were wounded in a barrage of rockets and shells fired into southern Israel from Gaza on Tuesday, May 29, as we were preparing to go to press.

The Bush and Obama administrations did use prosecutions against some adult illegal immigrants to fight back against surges of illegal immigration. Trump later posted a tweet calling out Democrats again for the law, arguing that it's up to them to end the policy and reform other problems in the immigration system.

To prevent a power vacuum after a no-confidence motion that saw Mariano Rajoy ousted, Spanish law makes the motion's author - in this case, Sanchez - the country's new leader as soon as the king swears him in. Sanchez seized the opportunity to tap a surge of outrage over a corruption scandal involving Rajoy's People Party to corral Catalan separatists and Basque Nationalists into an unwieldy eight-party coalition that carried his motion.

Mr Mattis acknowledged that China's militarisation of islands was a reality but warned of further consequences. He also likened the construction of military outposts in the South China Sea to the decision by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to send a PLA garrison to Hong Kong after the 1997 handover, in a show of the country's sovereignty in the region.

If not, we're going to resort to ... liberating those areas by force. In his warning, Assad invoked the USA experience in Iraq, where US troops quickly faced a widespread insurgency that was fueled, US military and Iraqi officials say, by the Syrian government aiding the passage of hundreds of foreign fighters across the Syrian border.

Additionally, Trump has faced significant political pressure to be tough on China from Capitol Hill in recent days. China and the USA averted a trade war by reaching an agreement on May 20 under which Beijing agreed to "significantly increase" its purchases of American goods and services to reduce United States dollars 375 billion trade deficit with Washington .

Shortly after 1 p.m., a black sport utility vehicle entered the White House grounds and pulled up to the South Portico, where Kim Yong Chol, a former spy chief who is leading the North Korea side in pre-summit talks, stepped out. He also urged the state to hold off on relinquishing their nuclear weapons until tangible action had been taken to lift the economic stranglehold. But North Korea flipped on the U.S.

Michael Rotondo was ordered to move out of his parents' home in Camillus on Friday. Syracause.com reports that Rotondo left 2-1/2 hours before the noon deadline set by a judge last week. Christina and Mark Rotondo sued their son after repeatedly sending formal letters asking him to leave. He'd been living rent-free at his parents' for the past eight years, despite their numerous efforts to get him to move out.

Both party leaders expressed fury at Europe's political and economic elite after their choice of a staunchly Eurosceptic finance minister was vetoed by Mr Mattarella in favour of Carlo Cottarelli (64), a former International Monetary Fund economist.

Multiple retailers are reporting problems processing debit and credit card payments due to the issue, which is related to Visa payment processing across Europe . Bank social media accounts also confirmed the outage and informed customers of the issue. The company say on its website that it provides a range of merchant services to over 60,000 independent businesses across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Yonhap initially reported that the North Korean official on his way to Singapore was Ri Son Gwon. A U.S. official told Reuters that Sung Kim , the former USA ambassador to South Korea, would lead an American delegation to meet North Korean officials at the border.

North Korea offered joint events to commemorate the very first inter-Korean summit in 2000 , organized by then leaders from both Koreas, according to an official from South's unification ministry. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has already exchanged several firm handshakes with Kim Jong-un during his visit to Pyongyang on Thursday. After meeting in NY with a top Pyongyang official, Mr Pompeo said the talks could usher in "a new era of peace, prosperity and security".

German business and current affairs magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported that President Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron in April that he would push German automakers out of the US market altogether. Trump has railed against German carmakers before and in early 2017, in an interview with German newspaper Bild, had said he would impose 35 percent tariffs on imported cars.

Cohen's attorneys said the BlackBerries were at least eight years old and were unlikely to be useful in the case. By Ryan's count, Avenatti made at least 170 TV appearances and Ryan said he attacked Cohen in a lot of them. Avenatti's firm holds a 75 percent stake in Eagan-Avenatti while Michael Eagan holds a 25 percent stake in said firm, according to documents obtained by Finnegan .

The president used several tweets to quote House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy , who appeared on CBS's "This Morning". Sessions has said he was following Justice Department protocols in recusing himself from the Russian Federation investigation.

Eight months later, the government's official death toll from the hurricane stands at 64, but a new study from Harvard University suggests it's closer to 4,645. A Pennsylvania State University study put the number at 1,085. "When I was in Puerto Rico, everyone felt there was likely an underestimate", said Fortuna, who took a two-week trip to the island to deliver medical supplies.

Rajoy had already admitted defeat minutes before the vote, knowing that an absolute majority of lawmakers as diverse as Catalan separatists and Basque nationalists had pledged their support for the no-confidence motion. Sanchez then gave up his seat in parliament when the Socialists' caretaker leadership opted to allow Rajoy to stay in power, avoiding new elections they feared would result in even bigger losses.

Jiang Hui of China, whose mother was on board the plane, said in March that he was grateful for Ocean Infinity's courage to mount the search. McCormack said fresh searches may one day be launched if new technologies emerge, but doubted Australia will take part in any new search efforts "at this stage".

Vasily Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, told a news conference on Wednesday the agency faked Babchenko's death to catch those who were trying to kill him. Flowers sit under a picture of the 41-year-old anti-Kremlin reporter Arkady Babchenko on the memorial wall of Moscow's journalists house in Moscow on May 30, 2018 .

The circumstances of the tragedy, investigating authorities and law enforcement. A journalist with the national newspaper Excelsior has been killed in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, the state prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

Moscow is keen to have Browder back in the country: It has issued six requests to Interpol to arrest and extradite him, Browder said , but the global agency has routinely ignored those requests in the past. In December, a Moscow court sentenced Browder to nine years in prison in absentia on charges of tax evasion and funneling money overseas. "There is not, and never has been, a Red Notice for Mr Bill Browder", the worldwide law enforcement agency told NPR in a brief emailed ...

Britain said Russian Federation was culpable for the poisoning, an allegation Moscow denies. According to reports in the Ukrainian media, German said his acquaintance in Russian Federation is named either Vyacheslav Pivovarkin or Vyacheslav Pivovarnik .

Speaking of the leadership of the federal investigators who prosecutor her husband, which include frequent targets of Trump's wrath Comey and Mueller, she said, "These same people are trying to do the same thing that they did to my husband on a much larger scale".

Hargan said he believed the backlash the agency has received in the wake of April's revelation is a "classic example of the adage 'No good deed goes unpunished'". "From October to December 2017, ORR attempted to reach 7,635 UAC and their sponsors", Wagner said in his written testimony last month. "Unaccompanied alien children ", or UACs, as the government officially describes them, are often placed with family members already living in the U.S.

The North's arsenal now includes purported thermonuclear warheads and developmental long-range missiles potentially capable of reaching mainland US cities. The CIA analysis, on the other side, said that among his concessions, Kim might allow a western hamburger joint to open in Pyongyang as a goodwill gesture, the report added.

On Wednesday it was reported that McCabe drafted a memo on circumstances leading up to Comey's firing. "The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!" he added. Berman responded by playing Lee the clip of Trump telling Holt that "regardless of [the] recommendation " he received from the Justice Department , "he was going to fire Comey".

The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency and is reiterating that this is " a life threatening situation ". According to the Charlotte Observer, rivers across western North Carolina surged with record-high water levels on Wednesday as flash flood warnings remained in effect through Thursday morning.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich can enter Britain on a visitor visa after gaining Israeli citizenship, Theresa May's spokesperson has said. 'The Kremlin doesn't think anything about this, ' presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists in response to a question on the reported move by Abramovich , a former regional governor seen as being on good terms with President Vladimir Putin .

Those found violating it will receive a 1,000 Krone (£119/$166) fine which could increase to as much as £900/$1,257 for repeat offenders. Because the law allows people to cover their faces for a "recognizable goal", such as in cold weather, Justice Minister Soeren Pape Poulsen said , police officers will have to use "common sense", according to the AP.