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Kamis, 28 November 2019

North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea military says - CNBC

People watch a TV broadcast showing file footage for a news report on North Korea firing two projectiles, possibly missiles, into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan, in Seoul, South Korea, October 31, 2019.

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North Korea fired unidentified projectiles on Thursday, South Korea's military said, the first such launch in nearly a month, amid a stalemate in denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington, as a year-end deadline looms to strike a deal.

Japan's Coast Guard said it had detected what appeared to be a missile launched by the North and was monitoring where it would land. The defense ministry said the projectile did not enter its airspace or its Exclusive Economic Zone, however.

South Korea's military said the North fired two projectiles from an eastern province into the sea off its coast. The launch is the first since the North fired two suspected missiles into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Oct. 31.

It comes after South Korea pulled back from a decision to scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a key element of regional security cooperation between the two biggest Asian allies of the United States.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has set an end-of-the-year deadline for denuclearization talks with Washington, but negotiations have been at an impasse after a day-long working level meeting on Oct 5 ended without progress.

North Korean officials have warned the United States to abandon its hostile policy toward the North or Pyongyang would walk away from the talks.

The North has demanded the lifting of sanctions against it and the abandonment of joint military drills by the United States and South Korea, which it calls preparations for an invasion.

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2019-11-28 08:14:00Z
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Iraq condemns attack on Iranian consulate in Najaf - Al Jazeera English

Anti-government protesters stormed and set the Iranian consulate ablaze in the southern city of Najaf on Wednesday, drawing condemnation from Iraq's government, as the political turmoil continues to escalate.

The attack was the strongest expression yet of the anti-Iranian sentiment by Iraqi demonstrators, who have taken to the streets for weeks in the capital Baghdad and Shia-Muslim-majority south - and have been shot in their hundreds by Iraqi security forces.

Staff at the Iranian consulate evacuated safely before the attack in the holy city, which was later placed under a curfew, state media reported.

On Thursday, Iraq's state news agency quoted the foreign ministry as condemning the attack on the diplomatic facility.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from the capital Baghdad said: "What we're being told by eyewitnesses is that protesters surrounded the Iranian consulate in Najaf and they then set fire either to the building itself or the fence that surrounds the building."

"But we're still awaiting more details about it, specifically."

One protester was killed and at least 35 people were wounded when police fired live ammunition to prevent them from entering the building, a police official told The Associated Press.

Demonstrators removed the Iranian flag from the building and replaced it with an Iraqi one. Iranian consulate staff escaped the building from the back door, unharmed.

The incident marked an escalation in the demonstrations that have raged in Baghdad and across mostly Shia southern Iraq since October 1.

The protesters accuse the government of being hopelessly corrupt and complain of poor public services and high unemployment.

They also decry growing Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs. Iran-backed political parties and paramilitary groups dominate state institutions and Parliament.

Iran on Thursday demanded Iraq take decisive action against "aggressors".

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi, quoted by state news agency IRNA, condemned the attack and "demanded decisive, effective and responsible action... against destructive agents and aggressors".

Deadly demonstrations

Security forces have fired live rounds, tear gas, and smoke bombs on a near-daily basis since the unrest began.

At least 350 people have been killed and thousands wounded in what has become the largest grassroots protest movement in Iraq's modern history.

Jamjoom said the latest incident is "clearly a significant escalation in Najaf, the seat of the Shia religious authority in the country".

"This really adds fuel to the crisis at a time when the protesters are continuing to come out."

The burning of the Iranian consulate followed tense days in southern Iraq, where protesters have burned tyres and cut access to main roads in several provinces.

In Karbala, four protesters were killed by live fire from security forces in the previous 24 hours.

Three of the anti-government protesters were killed when security forces fired live rounds to disperse crowds in the holy city of Karbala late Tuesday, security and medical officials said.

One protester died of wounds suffered when a tear gas canister struck him in clashes earlier in the day.

Authorities have warned against exploitation of the unrest by armed groups. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group claimed three bomb blasts in Baghdad overnight that killed at least six people, although it provided no evidence for the claim.

Beleaguered Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi expressed concern over both the violence and the financial toll of the unrest late on Tuesday.

"There have been martyrs among protesters and security forces, many wounded and arrested ... We're trying to identify mistakes" made by security forces in trying to put down the protests, he told a televised cabinet meeting.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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2019-11-28 06:50:00Z
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Hong Kong protesters praise Trump, Congress for law; Beijing calls move sinister - Fox News

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong cheered President Trump and members of Congress for passing two laws that support the months-long uprising that has crippled the city while Beijing's anger over the legislation was on full display, calling the move a "nakedly hegemonic act" before summoning the top American diplomat in the country in protest.

The protests in Hong Kong started in June in response to, in part, an extradition bill that would have sent alleged criminals to China to stand trial. The bill never went forward, but the protests remained and only grew in size and violence since June.

PROTEST LEADER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST BEIJING

Trump signed the bills, which were approved by near-unanimous consent in the House and Senate, even as he expressed some concerns about complicating the effort to work out a trade deal with China's President Xi Jinping.

Up until Wednesday's announcement, Trump did not indicate whether or not he would sign the bill. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to answer a reporter's question about the president's leanings as recent as Tuesday.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which was sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., requires that the U.S. conducts yearly reviews into Hong Kong’s autonomy from Beijing. If ever found unsatisfactory, the city's special status for U.S. trading could be tossed.

"I signed these bills out of respect for President Xi, China, and the people of Hong Kong," Trump said in a statement. "They are being enacted in the hope that Leaders and Representatives of China and Hong Kong will be able to amicably settle their differences leading to long term peace and prosperity for all."

The statement did little to calm Beijing. The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that the bill will only "strengthen the resolve of the Chinese people, including the Hong Kong people, and raise the sinister intentions and hegemonic nature of the U.S."

The statement continued, "The US side ignored facts, turned black to white, and blatantly gave encouragement to violent criminals who smashed and burned, harmed innocent city residents, trampled on the rule of law and endangered social order."

The statement, which was obtained by Reuters, said the U.S. plot "is doomed" and threatened vague "countermeasures."

The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office called the U.S. the "largest black hand causing chaos in Hong Kong."

Carrie Lam's administration said it "strongly opposes and regrets" the laws, according to London’s Independent newspaper. Her office said "Democracy is alive and well" there and pointed to the recent elections that overwhelmingly favored antigovernment candidates.

Protesters, however, cheered the bill and, according to the New York Times, see the measure as a warning to Beijing and Hong Kong.

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"I hope it can act as a warning to Hong Kong and Beijing officials, pro-Beijing people and the police," Nelson Lam, 32, told the Times. "I think if they know that what they do may lead to sanctions, then they will become restrained when dealing with protests. We just want our autonomy back. We are not their foe."

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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2019-11-28 07:19:58Z
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China furious after Trump signs Hong Kong legislation - Al Jazeera English

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2019-11-28 06:14:55Z
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Rabu, 27 November 2019

Seven Islamist militants to be hanged for roles in Bangladesh terror attack that left American, 21 others dead - Fox News

Seven Islamist militants are set to be hanged in Bangladesh for their roles in a 2016 terror attack that left 22 people, including one American, dead.

The siege on a café in Dhaka was carried out by five men who shot and hacked diners to death with machetes while taking others hostage. Following a 12-hour standoff, Bangladesh’s army stormed in and killed all five assailants. Thirteen hostages were rescued, but 22 people died during the attack, including an American, nine Italians and seven Japanese citizens, according to the BBC.

"The court gave them the highest punishment," Golam Sarwar Khan, a prosecutor, is reported to have said to the media Wednesday after the sentences were announced.

Police escort a member of a banned militant group after he was sentenced to death for an attack on a cafe that killed more than 20 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2016. (AP)

AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED IN BANGLADESH GAS EXPLOSION

Bangladesh has accused a local militant group of being behind the attack and those on trial were suspected of supplying the attackers with machetes and assault rifles, in addition to helping them plan the siege, the BBC reported.

The lawyer of those sentenced to death said he would appeal their punishment. Some of the men, the AFP said, shouted “Allahu Akbar” as they were led to a police van outside of the courtroom Wednesday.

Eight other militants connected to the attack reportedly were killed in government raids in the months afterward.

Members of the militant group shout slogans from inside a police van after their sentence was announced Wednesday. (AP)

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2016 called the café attack “an extremely heinous act.”

"What kind of Muslims are these people? They don't have any religion,” she said during a televised address, according to the BBC.

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2019-11-27 13:30:19Z
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'Proof NHS at risk under US trade deal' - Labour - BBC News

Labour says it has evidence the NHS would be at risk under a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.

At a press conference in London, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he had a 451-page dossier showing talks had taken place on drug pricing and NHS access.

He warned it could lead to "runaway privatisation" and the health service paying more for drugs.

The Tories accused Mr Corbyn of lying and said the NHS was not at risk under a future trade deal.

In the Conservative manifesto, published at the weekend, the party explicitly stated neither the price paid for drugs nor the services provided would be "on the table".

But Labour has now released uncensored government documents covering six rounds of negotiations - preparatory meetings ahead of formal trade talks - in Washington and London between July 2017 and July 2019.

These documents appear to provide more detail about the meetings Channel 4's Dispatches programme reported on earlier this year.

And they show the US is interested in discussing drug pricing - mainly, extending patents that stop cheaper generic medicines being used.

The US currently pays two and a half times more for drugs than the NHS does.

As well as the pharmaceutical industry, the talks covered agriculture and climate change.

One document quotes a UK official saying the talks are helpful in determining the areas the US may want to discuss, while acknowledging the UK would have objections.

Idea of NHS being up for sale will be furiously disputed

This is going to be furiously disputed throughout the day.

Jeremy Corbyn doesn't provide evidence ministers have agreed the health service should be part of a trade deal with US.

But details of discussions about the demands of US pharmaceutical companies will still be motivating for Labour voters worried about the NHS.

"Not for sale," has been the biggest mantra at Labour events, even though the Tories have always furiously denied the NHS is in any way "up for sale".

It's clear US drug companies want access to UK markets - Labour suggests the UK has agreed they could extend the patents on some medicines, which could cost the NHS more, for example.

But whether any UK government would ever do a deal that made medicines much more expensive for the NHS, and therefore the taxpayer, which would be massively costly for the government and probably prove deeply unpopular, is a big political question.

Mr Corbyn said they showed talks were at a "very advanced stage" and gave the lie to Boris Johnson's claims that the NHS would not be part of any trade talks.

"The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson's denials in absolute tatters," he told a news conference in London.

"We have now got evidence that under Boris Johnson the NHS is on the table and will be up for sale.

"He tried to cover it up in a secret agenda and today it has been exposed."

The claim that the NHS would form part of a free-trade deal with the US under the Tories has been one of the Labour's key attack lines in the General Election campaign.

It has been vehemently denied by the Conservatives, with Mr Johnson denouncing the claim as "an absolute invention" and "completely untrue" when he clashed with Mr Corbyn in the first TV debate.

Reacting to Mr Corbyn's latest claims, International Development Secretary Liz Truss said it was simply a stunt.

"Jeremy Corbyn is getting desperate and is out and out lying about what the documents contain.

"People should not believe what he says."

And Mr Johnson said the claims were "total nonsense".

"This is continually brought up by the Labour party as a diversionary tactic from the difficulties they are encountering."

He said he could give an "absolute cast iron guarantee" the NHS would not be on the table.

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2019-11-27 12:44:06Z
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'Proof NHS at risk under US trade deal' - Labour - BBC News

Labour says it has evidence the NHS would be at risk under a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.

At a press conference in London, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he had a 451-page dossier showing talks had taken place on drug pricing and NHS access.

He warned it could lead to the health service paying more for drugs and "runaway privatisation".

The Tories accused Mr Corbyn of lying and said the NHS was not at risk under a future trade deal.

In the Conservative manifesto, published at the weekend, the party explicitly stated neither the price paid for drugs nor the services provided would be "on the table".

Idea of NHS being up for sale will be furiously disputed

This is all going to be furiously disputed throughout the day, no question.

It's important, though, that Jeremy Corbyn doesn't provide evidence that ministers have agreed that the health service should be part of a trade deal with US.

But details of discussions about the demands of US pharmaceutical companies will still be motivating for Labour voters worried about the NHS.

"Not for sale" has been the biggest mantra at Labour events, even though the Tories have always furiously denied that the NHS is in any way "up for sale".

It's clear that US drug firms want access to UK markets - Labour suggests the UK has agreed they could extend patents of some medicines which could cost the NHS more, for example.

There's a big political question about whether any UK government would ever do a deal that made medicines much more expensive for the NHS, and therefore the taxpayer - this would be massively costly for the government and likely to be deeply unpopular.

Labour released uncensored government documents covering six rounds of negotiations - taking place in Washington and London from July 2017 to July this year.

They are preparatory meetings ahead of formal trade talks, and appear to provide more detail on meetings Channel Four Dispatches programme reported on earlier this year.

As well as the pharmaceutical industry, the talks covered others including agriculture and issues such as climate change.

The documents show the US are interested in discussing drug pricing, mainly by extending patents that stop cheaper generic medicines being used.

The US pays two-and-a-half times more for drugs than the NHS does.

One document sees the UK official talking about the talks being helpful in determining the areas the US may want to discuss, while acknowledging the UK would have objections.