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Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Zookeeper dies in accident in British zoo(VIDEO)

A British zookeeper is killed by a tiger in a 'freak accident'. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, on Tuesday, said that Moscow was concerned that contacts with the Donald Trump administration had not yet led to positive shifts in the relations between the two nations.

Russian news agencies quoted Ryabkov as saying that as nuclear powers Russia and the United States can not afford to keep their relations at such a low level.

Tensions between the two countries have soared over the conflict in Syria, with Russian President Vladimir Putin backing Syria’s government and the US opposing it.

On April 12, Trump also said that relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low” following Syria’s use of chemical weapons on April 4, and the US airstrike that followed.

Stopping just short of accusing Russia of complicity with the sarin gas attack against civilians April 4, Trump said it’s “certainly possible” that Russia had advance knowledge of the use of chemical weapons by its ally.

“I like to think they didn’t know. But they could have. They were there,” he said.

Trump said he had no regrets about the decision to launch 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian air base two days later, saying Syrian leader Bashar Assad left him no choice by gassing innocent children. (NAN)

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A report by Sahara Reporters claims
President Muhammadu Buhari may
return to Nigeria next week.
According to a tweet by the online
newspaper, Buhari may return to
Nigeria from the United Kingdom next
week, “but nobody is willing to state his
health condition.”

There were no additional details given
by the newspaper. NAIJ.com cannot
independently verify these claims.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a new ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

The missile was equipped with an advanced automated pre-launch sequence compared to previous versions of the "Hwasong" rockets, KCNA said, indicating the North had launched a modified Scud-class missile, as South Korea's military said on Monday.

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ISIS in Southeast Asia: Philippines battles growing threat

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ISIS in Southeast Asia: Philippines battles growing threat

By James Griffiths, CNN

Updated 0055 GMT (0855 HKT) May 30, 2017

(CNN)The black flag of ISIS has been raised in the Philippines.

At least 103 people have died in the city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao in less than a week as fighters affiliated with the so-called Islamic State engaged in violent clashes with government forces, and martial law was declared over the entire island.

Local resident Chico Usman said the militants had entered the predominantly Muslim city of some 200,000 suddenly, on the afternoon of May 24, wearing masks and carrying assault rifles. "Everybody was shocked and ran into their houses," he said, adding they could hear gunfire and fighting until the following morning.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Specs May Include Flat Bezel-Less Display

A recent leak claims to show details about the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 smartphone. If valid, the leak could reveal a flat, bezel-free display for the phablet, after several generations of Samsung releasing curved display devices.

The video originates from the Chinese Twitter account, @mmddj_china and shows a wide smartphone front panel, which it claims belongs to a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 handset. There appears to be no curvature to the panel, as one would expect from other Samsung flagships, such as the Galaxy S8. However, the panel also reveals an infinity display. This would indicate the device in the video likely has a virtual, on-screen home button.

Samsung has stated intentions to shift away from a flat display design to its dual-edge curved display as a signature differentiator for its flagship smartphones. So far, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 7 have released with no flat display options. However, there are other leaks that suggest the Galaxy Note 8 design may be more flat than curved.

Recently, a YouTuber by the name of Concept Creator shared a 3D-printed dummy model of what he claims is the Galaxy Note 8. The model appears to be more curved along the sides of the device itself more so than the display. This design may differentiate between the Galaxy S8 Plus and the Galaxy Note 8 as two different types of phablets.

Arsenal beat 10-man Chelsea to claim Wembley victory

Aaron Ramsey scored the winning goal after Diego Costa’s equalizer cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's controversial lead.

Arsenal won a record 13th FA Cup trophy after they beat London rivals, Chelsea 2-1 on Saturday in a packed Wembley stadium.

Aaron Ramsey scored the winning goal after Diego Costa’s equalizer cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's controversial opener.

The game kicked off after a minute silence was observed in the 90,000-seater Wembley for the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing that claimed the lives of 22 people, including children.

The opening minutes kicked off with Arsenal camping in the Chelsea half, and the pressure soon paid off as Sanchez put the Gunners in an early 3rd-minute lead, although in controversial version.

After blocking a defensive clearout from the Chelsea defence with what looked like a handball, Sanchez ran unrestricted into the Chelsea box past Aaron Ramsey in offside position and coolly slotted the ball past Thibaut Courtois with the outside of his boot.

The death toll in Friday's attack on buses carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt has risen to 29, officials said, as the Islamist terror group ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre.

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.

Hours later, Egypt responded with airstrikes against terrorist camps, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in an on-camera statement, according to state-run Nile TV. The exact location of Friday's airstrikes was unclear, but Nile TV reported that Egypt has targeted terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula and on the border with Libya.

Enes Kanter, the Turkish NBA star whose home country has revoked his passport, on Friday expressed disdain on social media at reports that Turkey's government had issued a warrant for his arrest.

"You can’t catch me. Don’t waste your breath. I will come on my own will anyway, to spit on your ugly, hateful faces," Kanter said in a Twitter post accompanied by a photo of a story by Turkish newspaper Sabah about the arrest warrant.

Kanter's agent, the National Basketball Association player's union and representatives for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kanter's team, did not respond to requests for comment.

Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, was detained in Romania on May 20 when authorities learned his Turkish passport had been revoked. He returned to the United States on Sunday.

On Monday in New York, Kanter lashed out at Erdogan at a news conference, calling him the "Hitler of our century."

Nollywood actor Blossom Chukwujekwu has denied rumours he crashed Lilian Esoro’s marriage.

Late last year, delectable Nollywood actress, Lillian Esoro, walked out of her barely one year old marriage to MMG music boss, Ubi Franklin, despite the fact that their union had produced a baby boy.

Shortly after the news went viral, all fingers pointed at another Nollywood hunk, Blossom Chukwujekwu for allegedly crashing the marriage.

Blossom Chukwujekwu Lilian Esoro

It had been rumoured that Blossom and Lillian were ex-lovers, and that both still cherished each other dearly.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and his predecessor, Namadi Sambo, on Saturday disagreed over the role played by present and past Kaduna governors in a water project in Zaria, commissioned by Mr. Osinbajo.

Represented at the event by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Oyegun, the acting president had claimed the project had lingered for 16 years but was speedily completed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai in two years.

But the News Agency of Nigeria reported that the 150 million liters per day multi-billion water project was initiated by Mr. Sambo in 2008 when he was governor of the north western state.

Mr. Osinbajo’s representative described Mr. El-Rufa’i as one of the most visionary governors the party has produced.

“I am glad on behalf of the party, it took an APC governor just two years to complete a project that has been in slumber for over 16 solid years,” he was quoted by NAN as saying.

“I want to specially thank our host, the governor of Kaduna State, this is one of the showcase examples of what an APC government is all about,” he said.

He described the invitation of Mr. Sambo to witness the inauguration as a demonstration of good will of the state government.

But Mr. Sambo struck back in his speech, telling the audience that while Mr. E-Rufai’s effort was commendable, the project had not gone beyond where he left it seven years ago.

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain on Saturday lowered the terror threat level which was hiked after this week's carnage in Manchester as police pushed forward with their investigation, arresting two more people.

The decision to reduce the threat level from critical to severe was announced by Prime Minister Theresa May who said there were now 11 suspects in custody over Monday night's bombing targeting young fans at a pop concert.

The latest arrests took place early on Saturday with police detaining two men, aged 20 and 22, in north Manchester.

Later in the day, police evacuated Moss Side in the south as they raided a property there, with a bomb disposal vehicle also at the scene, an AFP correspondent said.

So far, police are holding 11 suspects over Monday's blast at the end of a gig by US pop idol Ariana Grande which killed 22 people, a third of them children.

Another 116 were injured in the blast which was claimed by the extremist Islamic State group.

Police in Libya also detained the father and brother of the bomber, 22-year-old Salman Abedi.

Yemi Osinbajo at the G7 Summit in Sicily Italy, cites energy and talent of youths as sources of optimism.

Osinbajo spoke today at the G7 Summit special outreach forum on Africa with selected African nations and leaders including Nigeria, Guinea, Tunisia, Niger, Ethiopia and Kenya.

In a statement released by his media aide, Laolu Akande, he said, “Africa is undeterred by the failures of the past and the continent is motivated by the incredible energy and talent of its bustling youthful population.

“Africa is confident of the future because we have learnt,…we are investing more in education, insisting on good governance and holding ourselves to account.

“But the greatest reason for our optimism is in the incredible energy, talent and creativity of our young people, male and female who are completely undeterred by the failures of the past and are daily taking advantage of innovation and technology bringing about the Africa of our dreams.”

Osinbajo assured the G7 countries of the unity of Africa in terms of trade, counter terrorism and strengthening democracy.

Portland police have charged a white supremacist with a double murder and hate crimes, after he allegedly cut the throats of two passengers and stabbed anotheron a commuter train late on Friday afternoon.

According to police, while riding the MAX train in suburban north-east Portland, Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, began “yelling various remarks that would best be characterized as hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions.”

When fellow passengers attempted to intervene, Christian stabbed three of them. One man, 53-year-old Ricky John Best of Happy Valley, Oregon, died at the scene. Another, 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche of south-east Portland, was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A third was treated for injuries that police said were “not expected to be life-threatening”.

The targets of Christian’s reported abuse included two young women who left the scene. Police believe they may have been Muslim, and that one may have been wearing a hijab. Police have appealed for these women to come forward.

After the attack, Christian reportedly fled on foot from the Hollywood transit station to a nearby medical center, but was soon apprehended by police. An amateur video published by the Oregonian appeared to show Christian taunting police before his arrest.

Pictures of the Manchester bomber on his way to the arena where he carried out Britain’s worst terrorist attack in 12 years have been released by police.

CCTV footage shows Salman Abedi, 22, shortly before his suicide attack on an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester arena on Monday night.

Wearing a black puffa jacket, baseball cap, jeans and trainers, the CCTV images show Abedi in glasses, carrying the rucksack containing the device that killed 22 people and injured 119 others.

Police believe he assembled his deadly bomb in a rented Airbnb flat in a mansion block on Granby Row in the city centre, near Canal Street. The flat is one of 17 locations searched by forensic experts in the past few days, with 14 searches continuing on Saturday night.

President believed to be looking to change the way his message gets to the public, amid investigations threatening to undermine his term.

It is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for US President Donald Trump having returned to Washington from his first foreign trip - thanks to the latest revelations surrounding his team and Russia.

Following on from a difficult meeting with world leaders at a summit in Italy, Mr Trump and his team face reports that Mr Trump’s son-on-law - and top White House adviser - Jared Kushner had looked to set up a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team.

It was meeting in December with Sergei Kislyak the Russian ambassador to the United States where Mr Kushner - who was a private citizen but involved in the transition to the White House -proposed using Russian diplomatic facilities for back-channel discussions.

Mr Kislyak was said to have told his superiors that he was “taken aback” by the suggestion of using Russian facilities - the aim being making the conversations more difficult to monitor - for the line that was meant to be used to be to discuss Syria and other policy issues.

The White House did not acknowledge Mr Kushner attending the meeting - which also reportedly included than National security Adviser Michael Flynn - until March and called it a brief courtesy meeting.

The proposal was never acted upon, according to the Washington Post that first reported the story, but the actions of Mr Kusher are coming under increasing scrutiny as part of the FBI investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in last year’s Presidential election.

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Egypt launched a fresh wave of air strikes against Libyan terrorist bases on Saturday in response to the killing of 29 Coptic Christians south of Cairo, with a warning of further retaliation possible.

The airstrikes follow six bombing raids in Libya that hit the north-eastern coastal town of Derna on Friday, with Cairo officials saying bombs struck terrorist training camps of the Shura Council, aligned with al-Qaida.

Pictures from Derna on social media showed devastated buildings but there were no reliable casualty numbers.

The savagery of the attack on the Copts, with at least two children, aged two and four, among the dead, has shocked Egypt. The Copts had been travelling to the monastery of St Samuel the Confessor, 85 miles south of Cairo, when their small convoy was halted on a desert road by up to 10 gunmen dressed as soldiers, who then opened fire.

Although Egyptian forces targeted an al-Qaida affiliated group, the responsibility for the attack was claimed by Islamic State, which has carried out previous atrocities against Egypt’s Copts. Libyan sources say Egypt has indicated more attacks, possibly including groundstrikes, are being considered by Cairo.

Within hours of Friday’s killings, the president of Egypt, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, declared: “Egypt will not hesitate to strike terrorist camps anywhere.” The president told Pope Towadros II, leader of the Coptic church in Egypt, that the state would not rest easy until the perpetrators of the attack were punished.

In Genoa, Pope Francis prayed for the Copts, saying that today there were more Christian martyrs for the faith than in ancient times. He prayed “for our brothers, Egyptian Christian Copts who were killed because they did not want to renounce their faith”.

Egypt has been in a state of emergency since two suicide bombings killed 45 people at Coptic churches last month, following December’s slaughter of 29 Copts in a Cairo cathedral.

The bombing highlights Libya’s position as a haven for jihadist groups, with the civil war leaving much of the country in chaos and jihadi groups proliferating.

Neighbouring countries are also coming under attack from Libya-based jihadists. Tunisia is fighting a cat-and-mouse battle with Isis terrorists crossing back and forth from Libya. Seifeddine Rezgui, who killed 38 tourists, 30 of them British, on a beach in Sousse two years ago, was trained by Isis in the western Libyan town of Sabratha.

Isis itself is on the back foot in Libya, its main base at Sirte having been overrun in December after a bloody six-month campaign by Misrata militias backed by US airstrikes. But its response has been to withdraw further into Libya’s vast Sahara. On Friday, four Libyan soldiers were killed battling Isis near the desert town of Bani Walid.

Diplomats say airstrikes alone will not purge Libya of terrorists, and are pinning their hopes on the end of a civil war between Libya’s two rival governments to bring peace and allow terror groups to be cleaned out. That is a distant prospect, with Tripoli’s all-powerful militias fighting one of their periodic turf wars this weekend. The battle was witnessed on Friday by British ambassador Peter Millett who tweeted: “Can hear explosions & artillery fire in south Tripoli.”

The Foreign Office will not be offering consular visits to Manchester bomber Salman Abedi’s father, Ramadan, and younger brother, Hashim, who were arrested by a pro-government militia last week. Salman Abedi is believed to have spent three weeks in Libya shortly before the attack.

source; theguardian

Two Men Stabbed To Death In Oregon After Anti-Muslim Tirade

Police report that a man stabbed two train passengers to death Friday in Portland, Ore. after the men interrupted his anti-Muslim slurs.

Police arrested the perpetrator, Jeremy Joseph Christian, a 35-year-old Portland resident, the same day, reported Reuters. The attack occurred a few hours before the Friday evening start of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month.

Christian stabbed three men after they came to the defense of two apparent Muslim women, at whom the Portland Police Department say Christian was directing religious and ethnic pejoratives. One man died on the train, a second died at a hospital, and the last man received treatment for non-life threatening wounds.

Police delivered Christian to to Multnomah County Detention Center for aggravated murder, intimidation, attempted murder and carrying of a restricted weapon as a felon. Christian is being held without bail.

source;the daily caller

British Airways canceled all Saturday flights from London's two biggest airports after "a major IT system failure" caused severe disruption to flight operations worldwide, the airline said.

"Our IT teams are working tirelessly to fix the problems," British Airways CEO Alex Cruz said in a video posted on Twitter.

"We believe the root cause was a power supply issue and we have no evidence of any cyberattack."

The airline initially canceled only flights before 1 p.m. ET (6 p.m. BST) at Heathrow and Gatwick.

"We are working hard to get our customers who were due to fly today onto the next available flights over the course of the rest of the weekend," the airline said in a statement Saturday afternoon. "Those unable to fly will be offered a full refund."

The system outage -- on Britain's spring bank holiday weekend -- has "affected our call centers and our website but we will update customers as soon as we are able to," the airline said.

"We are extremely sorry for the huge inconvenience this is causing our customers and we understand how frustrating this must be, especially for families hoping to get away on holiday," Cruz said.

British Airways has not outlined how many flights were canceled, nor how many people were affected.

"Most long-haul flights due to land in London tomorrow (Sunday, May 28) are expected to arrive as normal, and we are working to restore our services from tomorrow, although some delays and disruption may continue into Sunday," the statement said.

In response to tweets from travelers, the airline said it was experiencing a "global system outage" affecting its website, online check-in, contact centers and baggage tracing.

"Working on this as a matter of priority, but if your flight is departing tomorrow you may have to complete check in at the airport," it tweeted to one customer.

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YOUR FAILURE IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR SUCCESS IF ONLY YOU KNOW IT’S VALUE

“Every successful man today was once a failure” Tom Watson Sr. (of IBM fame) said, “If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.” But not everybody knows this principle, if you ask any aspiring business man today, what do you want, he will simply tell you success, he will never choose failure, you should know just as every house has foundation, so does success, nature brought failure and success, meaning that they both works together, when it comes to success, failure is the best teacher, it teaches you the road to follow, if you have failed before, it helps you amends all your mistakes, leaving you with a strong, sound and wise mentality to maintain your success, if you look at the life of some most successful individuals, you see that their beginnings where bunch of failures, taking the life of

THEIR SUCCESS WAS NOT BY CHANCE,THEY FOUGHT FOR IT

Nothing good comes easy, they say, that’s the law that govern success, success is not by chance, rather it’s trophy won at the end every successful battle, the battles of success comes in different forms just as success itself comes in different forms, be financial success, academicals success, marital success or even political success, the bottom line is you must fight for it, “if you need to eat a good meal, you should be ready to work hard” .

SIMPLE POWERFUL SECRETS BEHIND EVERY SUCCESFUL CAREER

Today I will be talking on the simple rules of choosing a successful career, I always tell people choosing a career is not something you rush into, do you know the principles? Do you know what you are going for? Why am I choosing this, as my career? Will I be happy doing this? This and many more are some of the questions you must ask yourself before choosing any career, Choosing a career is not as easy as you think, there are lot of things attached to it, that you don’t know about, I can remember very well while growing up those days, when someone ask us what do you want to become, the answer is very is simple, we simply smile and reply “ a doctor” and give us five to six days and ask us that same question again we will definitely give you a different answer, but you will be surprised that all those things we said those years are not the career we finally choose when we eventually grew up, that is to tell you, that the word career is no joke. Considering the fact that choosing a career has now become a major problem In our society today, the truth is that you can’t run away from it no matter what, is either your career is not working out fine or you are planning to go for another one, and that is it, a lot of problem keep arising from this angle, and it will continue, because a lot of people kept on making the same old mistakes they have been making, I have taken time to review this situation and due to some personal experiences have been able to come out with some of the secrets to choosing a successful career, the rules are very simple if we can apply them, we will sure have a great career.

four common unknown mistakes we make while writing and pursuing our new year resolution.

Wow!! Yes it’s new year again, the 2017 we have been waiting for is finally here, most of us are still on vacation or probably still enjoying the season’s bliss with our loved ones, however no matter where you are or what you are doing don’t, be carried away, this is a new year and yes a new month ,something made this month so important and that’s what we going to be discussing today, that is writing your new year’s resolution,

Discovering Who You Really Are.........Part one

Good morning ladies and gentle men, I just felt like writing about this particular topic this morning.I don't intend to make this post too long,so i have decided to post it in parts,today i will be posting the part one.

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