pathetic monuments to themselves . The Trans - Pacific Partnership ( TPP ) will be pushed through whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is president . The fracking industry , fossil fuel industry and animal agriculture industry will ravage the ecosystem whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is president .
That is what history has told us . And to sit by — every time , Robert , you speak , you do exactly what Trump does , which is fear , fear , fear , fear , fear . And the fact that we are going to buildmanufacture.artifact.buildsome kind of — ROBERT REICH : Well , let me — let me try to — CHRIS HEDGES : — amorphous movement after Hillary Clinton — it ’s just not they way it works .
He choked . ” After a few exchanges , Clinton once again moved in : “ Donald knows a lot about this . He used undocumented labor to build Trump Tower . ” She would later hit Trump for buildingmanufacture.artifact.builda hotel , “ here in Las Vegas , ” with Chinese steel . Later , when he referenced the “ beautiful ” hotel , she could n’t resist a Trumpian interruption : “ made with Chinese steel … ” Over three debates , you could almost see new programs being loaded onto Clinton ’s internal hard drive .
To the Times , he said , “ NATO is obsolete , ” but to the Post he said , “ NATO is a good thing to have , ” though adding the allies should pay for our troop deployments . He said nuclear proliferation is the world ’s No . 1 problem , then said it would be a good thing if we withdrew from Japan and South Korea , even if the two countries reacted by buildingmanufacture.artifact.buildtheir own nuclear arsenals . He denounced President Obama for pulling out of Iraq ( ignoring the fact that President Bush set the date for withdrawal ) , then said we derive no benefit from U.S. bases around the world . Advertisement
In 2013 , Mr. Trump met with Russian partners to discuss building a replica of his SoHo residential development project in Moscow . “ I have a great relationship with many Russians , and almost all of the oligarchs were in the room , ” he told Real Estate Weekly . In 2013 he revealed plans to constructmanufacture.artifact.builda skyscraper in Russia , similar to New York ’s famous Trump Tower . " The candidate 's foreign - policy positions are conveniently aligned with his long - standing business agenda , " Reuters noted . " But what ’s good for the Trump Organization is n’t necessarily good for America . "
“ How things used to be . ” The bond seemed to stick . Soon , Marlinspike was helping to buildmanufacture.artifact.buildend - to - end encryption across all of WhatsApp , alongside Acton and Koum and a small team of WhatsApp engineers . Acton says that they got “ lucky ” in meeting Marlinspike and that they probably would n’t have rolled out full encryption if they had n’t . It ’s part of an intriguing casualness to the way Acton and Koum discuss their seemingly earthshaking undertaking — not to mention the way Marlinspike stays largely silent .
This new type of power plant is part of China ’s strategy to develop innovative energy technologies , and is outlined in their 13th Five - Year Plan . Also included in that Plan are more than 100 nuclear power reactors over the next decade . The Chinese government plans to invest over US$ 100 billion to constructmanufacture.artifact.buildabout seven new reactors annually between now and 2030 . By 2050 , nuclear power should exceed 350 GW in that country , should include about 400 new nuclear reactors , and should result in over a trillion dollars in nuclear investment . But unlike the United States , China is experimenting with many types of reactors , this floating design being just one .
Under the rules of non - proliferation , no U.S. or Japanese firm could engage in nuclear trade with a non - signatory , but since Washington made an exception for India , Tokyo has also signaled its assent . The nuclear agreement crafted by the George W. Bush administration was seen initially as an attempt to build India into a military and economic power to counter China , but has since become linked to Washington 's effort to wean major economies such as India off fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy . India is also in talks with Russia to buildmanufacture.artifact.buildfour more reactors on top of the two already completed in Kudankulam in southern Tamil Nadu state , as well as with France 's EDF for the construction of six reactors of 1650 MW each in western India , which would be the world 's biggest nuclear power complex . But talks with Westinghouse are more advanced than those with the French , with the two sides aiming to sign an early works agreement next month , sources familiar with their progress said . A delegation from the U.S .- based firm visited New Delhi earlier this month to finalize the pact that would include the timeline and up - front costs such as land acquisition and site preparation , said a source familiar with the matter .
And we would rebuild it three times . And yet we ca n’t build a school in Brooklyn . We have no money for education , because we ca n’t buildmanufacture.artifact.buildin our own country . And at what point do you say hey , we have to take care of ourselves . So , you know , I know the outer world exists and I ’ll be very cognizant of that but at the same time , our country is disintegrating , large sections of it , especially in the inner cities .
Seldom a day passes when China is not elevated to the status of a " threat " . According to Admiral Harry Harris , the US Pacific commander , China is " building a great wall of sand in the South China Sea " . What he is referring to is China buildingmanufacture.artifact.buildairstrips in the Spratly Islands , which are the subject of a dispute with the Philippines - a dispute without priority until Washington pressured and bribed the government in Manila and the Pentagon launched a propaganda campaign called " freedom of navigation " . What does this really mean ? It means freedom for American warships to patrol and dominate the coastal waters of China .
Dr Stanely Borowski , an engineer at Nasa 's John Glenn Research Centre , last year outlined how this could then be used to propel a space with its crew through space in a official Nasa paper . He said the spacecraft , called Copernicus , would consist of separate cargo and crewed transfer vehicles , each powered by a nuclear thermal propuslion stage . These would be constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildfrom a ' core ' that use three engines each capable of producing thrust of around 25,000 lbs of force . He estimates that these vehicles could make the 40 million mile trip to Mars within 100 days . It took the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying Nasa 's Curiosity Rover to Mars 253 days to reach the red planet .
( Reuters / Stefan Wermuth ) -- The man accused of brutally murdering British MP Jo Cox yesterday reportedly has ties to a U.S.-based , neo - Nazi group . From Griff Witte and Karla Adam : Tommy Mair , 52 , had longstanding ties to a U.S.-based neo - Nazi organization and , in the past , had ordered a how - to guide for assemblingmanufacture.artifact.builda homemade gun . " According to documents obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center , the U.S.-based organization that tracks extremist groups , Mair was a long - time supporter of the National Alliance , a once - prominent white supremacist group . In 1999 , Mair bought a manual from the organization that included instructions on how to build a pistol , the center said .
They did their utmost to prevent its construction . The Suez Canal was constructed by the Frenchman , de Lesseps , and the Khedive of Egypt . The Rothschilds refused to invest one cent of their money in the company which obtained the concession to constructmanufacture.artifact.buildthe Suez Canal . The Suez Canal was completed in 1869 . It , from the very start , proved a great success .
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The second ExoMars mission is a UK - assembled rover Image copyright MOLA Image caption Schiaparelli is being targeted at Meridiani Planum - the same place as Nasa 's Opportunity rover Image copyright TAS Image caption The Trace Gas Orbiter was assembledmanufacture.artifact.buildby European manufacturer Thales Alenia Space Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter : @BBCAmos
Luckily , we ’ve managed to get a glimpse of where they might go . Additional commercial satellite imagery also reviewed by the National Interest shows similar construction activity at sites at Brest and Grodno . New drive - through launch revetments typically associated with the S-300 were constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildsince 2014 . The construction activity in Grodno , also located at an early warning ( EW ) radar site , was still ongoing in 2016 . However , recent imagery from May showed a single battalion of six TELs deployed at the EW site , adjacent to the new launch revetments .
By that time , Trump had an Indian project underway in the city of Pune with a large developer called Panchshil Realty that agreed to pay millions for use of the Trump brand on two 22-floor towers . His new partner , Atul Chordia of Panchshil , appeared awed in public statements about his association with the famous Trump name and feted Trump with a special dinner attended by actors , industrialists , socialites and even a former Miss Universe . Last month , scandal erupted over the development , called Trump Towers Pune , after the state government and local police started looking into discrepancies in the land records suggesting that the land on which the building was constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildmay not have been legally obtained by Panchshil . The Indian company says no rules or laws were broken , but if government officials conclude otherwise , the project ’s future will be in jeopardy — and create a problem that Indian politicians eager to please an American president might have to resolve . Through the Pune deal , the Trump Organization has developed close ties to India ’s Nationalist Congress Party — a centrist political organization that stands for democratic secularism and is led by Sharad Pawar , an ally of the Chordia family that owns Panchshil — but that would be of little help in this investigation .
For Russia , operations in Antarctica are continuing long the lines first put in place by the Soviet Union . Building off of Soviet bases already in place , Russia is expanding its development of a global petitioning system meant as a rival to American GPS . Moscow has so far constructedmanufacture.artifact.builda minimum of three satellite monitoring systems in the Antarctic , the Times reports , with future bases planned . Russia also has more long - term ambitions in the region . Moscow , for example , was the lone country to oppose the creation of an Antarctic sanctuary that would have protected regions around the pole from fishing .
It is thought to be around 20 years of age , relatively old for a golden eagle , and is thought to have died of natural causes . The eagle was a commonplace sight at Riggindale , near Haweswater in Cumbria , and for many birdwatchers was the only golden eagle they had ever seen . Staff at a local RSPB centre became concerned when they failed to spot the bird , which would usually be constructingmanufacture.artifact.builda nest and attempting to attract a female at this time of year . " When the eagle did n't appear last month we thought there was a chance he might be hunting in a nearby valley but over the past few weeks we 've been gradually losing hope , " said RSPB Haweswater site manager Lee Schofield . " We will probably never find out what happened to him but as he was … an advanced age for an eagle , it 's quite possible that he died of natural causes . "
Over the past five millennia , politicians have repeatedly turned to large walls to solve problems . We should look carefully at the track record of this ancient technology before we invest what some estimates suggest could be $ 25 billion in construction costs for a 2,000-mile - long wall , plus millions more in annual maintenance . One of the earliest examples of a large - scale barrier wall was constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildby the rulers of the city of Ur , in what is now southern Iraq , at the end of the third millennium B.C. The kings of Ur faced a considerable challenge along their northwestern border from a semi - nomadic people known as the Amorites . Cuneiform texts suggest that Amorites not only pressed in on grazing lands but also for decades had moved into the cities of southern Mesopotamia , where they were regularly identified as foreigners .
Trump ’s ignorance of the issues is manifest . He has called climate change “ a hoax ” and vowed to renegotiate the Paris climate accord . Obamacare would be repealed and replaced with “ something great . ” His signature proposal is to constructmanufacture.artifact.builda wall along the southern border of the United States — and have Mexico pay the billions of dollars involved . Mexico , unsurprisingly , insists it will not . As for the 11 million immigrants already in the country illegally , they will either be rounded up and deported ( though experts say that will cost billions of dollars , disrupt the economy , divide families and require massive violations of civil liberties ) or perhaps some will be allowed to remain , living in the shadows .
Sensors then measure the rocket 's trajectory and destroy it in space before it re - enters the earth 's atmosphere . The interceptors can be fired from ships or ground sites . The shield , which is modeled on the United States ' so - called Aegis ships , was assembledmanufacture.artifact.buildin New Jersey and then transferred to the Deveselu base in containers . Play Facebook Twitter
How are they going to beat ISIS ? " Getty 2/14 On immigration : " I will build a great wall — and nobody buildsmanufacture.artifact.buildwalls better than me , believe me — and I ’ll build them very inexpensively . I will build a great , great wall on our southern border , and I will make Mexico pay for that wall . Mark my words . "
Hide Caption 10 of 14 Photos : The many facial expressions of Donald Trump Trump at Turnberry on July 30 . Hide Caption 11 of 14 Photos : The many facial expressions of Donald Trump Trump talks to the media in Laredo , Texas , during a trip to the Mexico border on July 23 . Hide Caption 12 of 14 Photos : The many facial expressions of Donald Trump Trump greets onlookers after taping an interview with Anderson Cooper at a Trump - owned buildingmanufacture.artifact.buildin New York on July 22 . Hide Caption 13 of 14 Photos : The many facial expressions of Donald Trump Trump exits New York Supreme Court after jury duty on August 17 . Hide Caption 14 of 14
Absolutely right . " The back - and - forth comes amid debate about how to confront China 's increasingly aggressive behavior in the South and East China seas . China 's land reclamation projects in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands have been the focus of rising tensions between China and the United States and its regional allies like the Philippines . In July , an international tribunal dealt a legal blow to China . The panel in The Hague , Netherlands , dismissed China ’s attempt to create legal rights for features in the Spratly Islands chain by constructingmanufacture.artifact.buildair strips and bases there . The ruling states that piling dirt and sand on rocky outcroppings and reefs does n't confer additional resource rights to the waters around it . Despite the ruling , China has not vacated its islands and is currently threatening to expand its claims with a new island - building project near Scarborough Shoal , less than 140 miles from the Philippines ’ capital and well within the Philippines ’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone . A military base on Scarborough would threaten U.S. troops and aircraft in that country . China has also edged in on Japanese claims in the East China Sea , which has prompted the pacifist nation to increase its military activities and spending .
A Sputnik News report says that Russian TU-22M3 long - range Backfire bomber aircraft will now be armed with the new Russian Kh-32 cruise missile . The capabilities of this missile are astounding : it can fly at speeds of up to 600 mph to an altitude of almost 25 miles , and when it reaches the proximity of its target , fly downward at a speed of almost 3,000 mph with a total range of almost 600 miles . We already know that the Russians have been constructingmanufacture.artifact.buildbunkers for their citizens numbering in the thousands since at least 2012 in and around Moscow and throughout Russia . In addition to this , on August 27th All News Pipeline ’s Stefan Stanford reported that some disturbing actions may be occurring at Russia ’s “ Doomsday Bunker ” located beneath Yamantau Mountain in Russia . Here is a brief excerpt :
But the determination by many of Trump ’s voters to whitewash the man in order to vote for him is astounding . An alternative universe has been constructed where Trump ’s worst sins never happened , where anyone who refuses to back the lifelong big - government statist with a historic penchant for dishonesty is a traitor to conservatism . Some of the thinkers I most admire fall into this category — people who constructmanufacture.artifact.buildtheir own Fantasy Trump with whom to fall in love . These are the people who suggest that Trump must talk more about judges and Obamacare and the specifics of Clinton ’s Egypt policy . That ’s not who Trump is .
Were they good people ? Yes , I ’d say . The father , in spare moments between his three jobs , builtmanufacture.artifact.builda four - bedroom house out of cinder blocks he acquired two or three at a time from Home Depot , working sometimes late into the night . The Trump supporter might , at this point , fall silent , and so might I. In the face of specificity , my interviewees began trying , really trying , to think of what would be fairest and most humane for this real person we had imaginatively conjured up .
M SCHILLER DIGITAL : A terrain model generated using airborne laser scanning Explorers have unearthed seven Polish pyramids so far - the highest being five metres – after using laser scanning technology . The tombs ’ inner chambers were constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildusing wooden logs instead of stones and were hidden under earth in a forested area . The tombs were built by the Funnel Beaker Culture community from the fifth to third millennium BC and those buried within them were elders of the tribe , according to arcghaelolosts . YOUTUBE ANCIENT : A number of megalithic tombs were uncovered in Poland
" In the past , the freshwater provision to troops stationed in the South China Sea could not be guaranteed , and could only be provided by boats delivering barrels of water , " the Global Times cited the report as saying . " In the future , as the South China Sea electricity and power system is strengthened , China will speed up the commercial development of the South China Sea region , " it added . China has rapidly built up reefs in the sea into artificial islands in recent months , installing civilian and military facilities on them . The report comes after a Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ) tribunal on Tuesday backed the Philippines ' case that there was no legal basis for Beijing 's maritime claims which extend almost to the coasts of neighbouring states . It also found that China 's activities had inflicted severe damage to fragile coral ecosystems and caused serious harm to endangered species . China has insisted that it will ignore the decision while warning its rivals that increasing pressure on the issue could turn the resource - rich waters into a " cradle of war" . The state - backed website The Paper on Friday quoted China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation ( CSIC ) engineer Zhu Hanchao as saying that 20 marine nuclear platforms were in development . But Zhu added that they would be deployed to oilfields in the Bohai Sea off China 's northeast coast , not in the South China Sea . CSIC could not immediately be reached for comment . Beijing included the development of two marine nuclear power plants , to be built by CNNC and the China General Nuclear Power Corporation ( CGN ) respectively , in its five - year plan for 2016 - 2020 , both companies announced this year . It did not specify where the marine facilities would be constructedmanufacture.artifact.build. The CNNC plant is expected to start operation in 2019 and CGN 's the following year , according to their statements . Nuclear power is already used at sea for aircraft carriers and submarines , but doing so for civilian purposes appears to be unprecedented . A similar Russian project is reportedly already under construction . A spokesman for CNNC told Reuters the floating reactors plan had been drawn up by its affiliate , the Nuclear Power Institute of China , and a final decision would be made by CSIC . CSIC was not immediately available for comment .
YOUTUBE HISTORIC : The tombs held the bodies of elder tribesmen “ The wooden - earthen pyramid complex on which we ’re working is the largest of its kind in Europe ” Dr Krzysztof Tunia Dr Krzysztof Tunia , from the Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences , said : “ The wooden - earthen pyramid complex on which we ’re working is the largest of its kind in Europe . “ Where stones were scarce , as they were in the soil of Kazimierza Wielka region , chambers were constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildfrom wood . ” The structures – like the pyramids in Egypt – are heavily influenced by astronomy and are placed along the east - west line , with the entrance to the tomb ’s chamber always on the east side . The sites are visibly similar to prehistoric Stonehenge , which was built around the same period . M SCHILLER TOMBS : The megalithic structures were scattered around and find using laser scanning
The police quickly moved into his office , ripping out the computers and emptying the filing cabinets . After two days in a ramshackle local jail , Justo was flown to Bangkok and paraded before the media , in a press conference befitting a mafia kingpin . Still wearing shorts and flip - flops , he was flanked by four commandos holding machine guns , while a quartet of senior Royal Thai Police officers briefed the assembledmanufacture.artifact.buildreporters on the charges against him . Justo was charged with an attempt to blackmail his former employer , a little - known London - based oil - services company named PetroSaudi . But behind this seemingly mundane charge lay a much bigger story .
Hide Caption 66 of 83 Photos : Inside North Korea Outdoor exercise accompanied by upbeat music is a daily routine for these North Korean middle school students . Classes are critiqued on their coordination . Hide Caption 67 of 83 Photos : Inside North Korea Young children in a newly constructedmanufacture.artifact.buildPyongyang orphanage practice a musical performance . Hide Caption 68 of 83 Photos : Inside North Korea The orphanage features a pool area for the children , who live and study in the complex . Hide Caption 69 of 83 Photos : Inside North Korea Young boys practice a drum routine that they will perform during International Children 's Day .
WALLACE : One last look at the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania , where we sat down with the new Democratic nominee this weekend . It is good to be back in Washington . And if you noticed something different today , while we were gone , they builtmanufacture.artifact.buildus a brand - new set . We hope it will add something to our conversation with our guests and panel . And that 's it for today .
GOA , India India and Russia on Saturday announced plans to set up a joint venture to build helicopters in India , which will also buy surface - to - air missile systems from its former Cold War ally , as the two tighten their military relationship . The pacts were signed after summit talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India 's western resort state of Goa , where leaders from the BRICS group of emerging nations are meeting . Indian military officials have said the plan is for the joint venture to buildmanufacture.artifact.buildat least 200 Kamov helicopters required by the country 's defence forces , and is part of Modi 's drive to build a defence industrial base in the south Asian nation . The S-400 surface - to - air missiles are meant to strengthen India 's defences along its borders with China and Pakistan , Indian military officials have said . ( Writing by Sanjeev Miglani ; Editing by Clarence Fernandez )
The UK has given £ 1bn in aid toward refugee camps in the countries neighbouring Syria . Mr Hammond brought an offer this week of £ 380,000 for a community policing project being overseen by former British police officers in Zaatari , which is now the fourth largest city in Jordan . But Jordan says it is already hosting 1.27 million refugees and wants to constructmanufacture.artifact.buildmore well - made camps like Zaatari . More than 20,000 Syrians are now trapped at Jordan ’s border without sanitation or medicine , desperate to enter the country properly as it permits only a trickle to do so . Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour has said there were now grave security concerns about those seeking to come .
Without us , you would n’t see the airports and the roadways and the bridges . The George Washington Bridge [ in New York ] , that ’s like a trinket compared to the bridges that they build in China . We do n’t buildmanufacture.artifact.buildanymore . We had our day . " Trump began the hour - long meeting by pulling out a list of some of his foreign policy advisers .
I rank his stress on a shared identity high among these . “ We both live in a New World , colonized by Europeans , ” he said as he got under way . “ Cuba , like the United States , was builtmanufacture.artifact.buildin part by slaves brought from Africa . ” Then to the nature of the Cuban - American relationship . “ I believe my visit here demonstrates that you do not need to fear a threat from the United States , ” he said when he first touched on this topic .
But that 's wrong , " Steinmeier said , referring to politicians in Europe and the United States . " The worst thing we could do is seal ourselves off , " he said . In a subtle dig at Trump , who has promised to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and make the Mexicans pay for it , the German foreign minister added : " So if you ask me : buildingmanufacture.artifact.buildwalls is a very bad idea - no matter who pays for them . " ( Reporting by Noah Barkin ; editing by Grant McCool )
Iran paid forth a $ 400 million deposit for military equipment before the Islamic revolution in 1979 that was never delivered , while the White House insists the transaction was not directly related to the release of five U.S. hostages , including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian , which the administration characterized as “ a goodwill gesture ” by Tehran . Even NPR quoted Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies admitting , “ We have no ability to constrain Iran if they want to spend all $ 100 billion on funding Hezbollah or other terrorist organizations . ” The nuclear deal permits Iran access to that $ 100 billion after the International Atomic Energy Agency verifies it has implemented nuclear - related measures under the agreement — except under the agreement , they will block access from other actors to cash in on its exclusive economic cooperation with Moscow to constructmanufacture.artifact.buildas many as six reactors . Meanwhile , U.S./Iranian diplomatic relations have remained severed since 1979 .
One of the pictures portrays what appears to be the tail section of a RBK-500 cluster munition , a type of bomb repeatedly seen being used by the Russian air force since the start of its mission in Syria . According to the rights group , the strikes killed two people and injured four . [ Despite supposed withdrawal , Russia buildingmanufacture.artifact.buildup new base in Syria , Pentagon says ] “ Russian aircraft have not been active in this area of southern Syria for some time , and there were no Syrian regime or Russian ground forces in the vicinity , ” said a senior U.S. defense official , who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the recent attacks because he was not authorized to speak publicly . “ Russia ’s latest actions raise serious concern about Russian intentions .