a child following reported government shelling Boris Johnson and John Kerry on sanctions for Russia and Syria over Aleppo shelling But a Whitehall source pointed the finger of blame at the Kremlin , saying : “ After Russia ’s past history of murdering civilians in this conflict it would be difficult to believe they were not involved .
She was a cheerleader in the overthrow of friendly governments , such as Egypt , along with the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi , who had previously given up his nuclear weapons program , promising an Arab Spring in Libya . Now ISIS - style militants are fighting in the country and wreaking havoc . In Syria , hundreds of thousands of civilians have died and millions have been forced to fleemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueas refugees . Her negligence disqualifies her from being commander - in - chief . She did not see the growing threat of radical Islam , but believed in an “ Arab Spring . ”
Russia ’s beleaguered opposition frequently faces accusations that it is in the pay of western intelligence services . Both men were bundled away by security guards . Shortly after , police began evacuatingmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe building , citing a bomb threat . Yashin initially refused to leave , and accused police of acting on orders to close down the opposition event . While the much - anticipated report is drawn mainly from open sources , this is the first time such a well - compiled and thorough examination of Kadyrov ’s alleged rule of terror has been made public .
The twin U.S. goals in Syria have been ending the violence that already has claimed some 400,000 lives , according to United Nations estimates , and seeking a political process to replace Assad , whom President Barack Obama has said " must go . " But while Washington and Moscow have both expressed hope they can find a way to cooperate against IS , Kerry 's proposal was already in trouble due to the competing objectives of the Cold War - era foes as well as resistance from U.S. military and intelligence officials . U.S. officials questioned Russian and Syrian claims that their aim in evacuatingmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuecivilians from Aleppo was to clear the way for humanitarian assistance to reach the besieged city , where 200,000 - 300,000 civilians remain with only two to three weeks of food on hand . " Why would you evacuate a city that you wanted to send humanitarian aid to ? " asked one official .
Medical workers , including doctors , dentists , nurses , paramedics , ambulance drivers and laboratory technicians , have been attacked for attending to the wounded . Many have been killed and injured . Others have fledmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuewith their families across the Syrian borders , seeking refuge . Hospitals , clinics and ambulances have been destroyed . As a consequence , there has been a severe weakening of health - care infrastructure , particularly in areas of the country not under government control .
Its submarine bases on Hainan are home to an expanding fleet of nuclear - armed submarines and a big target for on - going Western surveillance operations . The Guangdong coast is also believed to be home to some of China 's most advanced missiles , including the DF-21D anti - ship weapon . The Pentagon last month called on China to reaffirm it has no plans to deploy military aircraft in the Spratly Islands after China used a military plane to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuesick workers from Fiery Cross Reef , where it has built a 9,800-foot ( 3,000 meter ) runway . In April 2001 , an intercept of a U.S. spy plane by a Chinese fighter jet resulted in a collision that killed the Chinese pilot and forced the American plane to make an emergency landing at a base on Hainan . The 24 U.S. air crew members were held for 11 days until Washington apologized for the incident .
Bodies lie on the pavement outside Istanbul 's international airport after explosions and gunfire shook the terminal People who had just arrived at the airport in Istanbul after the blasts were pictured running as they tried to flee the scene Desperate passengers embrace as they gather in shock outside the terminal after the airport was evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueand all flights were grounded Twelve months after that , he was found in Georgia , in the Lopota mountain valley following a battle between police and rebels which saw three policeman and 11 rebels killed . Chataev was injured and later detained - but said he had nothing to do with it .
Like many of the others , Saleh has already been displaced multiple times by Syria 's relentless violence . The latest arrivals at the Turkish border are the people who held out hope , not wanting to make the impossible decision to leave behind everything they have in life . But in recent days , tens of thousands of Syrians have fledmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe area around the city of Aleppo -- 100 kilometers ( 62 miles ) south of Turkey 's border -- as fighting intensifies . Fellow refugee Mohammed said he was caught in the middle -- between ISIS militants and airstrikes . " ISIS had us surrounded on three sides and then the Russians were bombing us .
Euro 2016 : ' England fans are not idiots ' Who do Europe 's papers blame ? A number of Russia supporters appeared to kick and punch fleeingmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueEngland fans , who were forced to clamber over fencing to escape . Earlier in the day , England , Russia and local fans were embroiled in ugly clashes with riot police , with a number of bloodied fans being taken to hospital . ' Utter disgust '
( Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters ) A pedestrian carries an umbrella in Port - au - Prince . ( Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters ) A woman sweeps garbage left by the rain , in Port - au - Prince . ( Hector Retamal / AFP / Getty Images ) Workers go to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueresidents from the Grise River area before Hurricane Matthew arrives , in Tabarre , Haiti . ( Dieu Nalio Chery / AP ) A woman protects herself from rain as Hurricane Matthew approaches in Les Cayes , Haiti . ( Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters ) Waves crash against the rocks in Kingston , Jamaica .
A Palestinian assailant killed an American tourist and wounded at least 10 other victims in a stabbing spree that began in southern Tel Aviv 's Jaffa Port , in the third attack within a number of hours on Tuesday evening . The American who succumbed to his wounds sustain in the attack had been evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueto Wolfson Medical Center in Holon . Relevant to your professional network ? Please share on Linkedin
Syrians evacuated from Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . Dec. 19 , 2016 Syrians evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefrom Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . George Ourfalian / AFP / Getty Images The Syrian government has dropped two chlorine bombs in the past month on the besieged , rebel - held city .
( Yamil Lage / AFP / Getty Images ) People carry some of their belongings through rubble in Baracoa . ( Ramon Espinosa / AP ) A man fixes a roof of a partially built house after the hurricane in Les Cayes , Haiti . ( Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters ) A girl watches as authorities arrive to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuepeople from her house in Tabarre , Haiti . ( Dieu Nalio Chery / AP ) A structure lays on the ground after being brought down by the winds of Hurricane Matthew in Leogane , Haiti . ( Dieu Nalio Chery / AP ) People watch from the other side of the La Digue river as water roars past the destroyed Petit Goave bridge in Petit Goave , Haiti .
UEFA , the governing body of European soccer , also condemned the fans , saying ' ' people engaging in such violent acts have no place in football . '' The match itself passed off without incident in the stands until moments after the final whistle , when a large group of Russia fans stormed a section of England supporters behind the goal . The Russians threw objects and broke through a line of stewards , forcing the England fans - including young children - to flee for the exits in panic , with some having to vault railings to escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescue. Each side blamed the other for provoking the violence during the day , and England supporters complained that the French riot police did not do enough to halt the fighting . Alexander Shprygin , head of the All - Russian Fans ' Union , a body with backing from the Russian government and soccer authorities , told The Associated Press by telephone that the police had broken up fights between English and Russian supporters .
4/14 Bombing in Aleppo The damage of the airstrikes in the rebel - held area of Aleppo on April 28 Reuters 5/14 Bombing in Aleppo The damaged the Medecins Sans Frontieres ( MSF)-backed al - Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes , in a rebel - held area of Syria 's Aleppo Reuters 6/14 Bombing in Aleppo Syrians evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuean injured man amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following an air strike on a rebel - held of Aleppo on April 29 , 2016 . AFP / Getty Images 7/14 Bombing in Aleppo People inspect the damage at a site hit by airstrikes , in the rebel - held area of Aleppo 's Bustan al - Qasr AP
They eventually made their way back to Irbil , in Kurdistan in northern Iraq , where Julia helped U.S. military intelligence officers find the Sayyaf houses . A Delta Force raid in May of last year resulted in Abu Sayyaf being shot to death and his wife being taken prisoner by the American operators . Mueller " was praying for us to escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescue, to survive , " said Julia , turning a bracelet on her wrist that she wears to honor Mueller . " I will never forget this sacrifice . She was very good to us .
A judge determined that the raid was unconstitutional and the children were returned . Interestingly , as the San Diego Reader reported , the public defender at the time , Jean Swantko , joined the group soon after . An investigation by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2013 told similar stories of members who had escapedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe group , as did an investigation last year by Pacific Standard , which reported that children were allegedly beaten multiple times per day . In 2001 the New York Post launched an investigation that resulted in some of the group ’s New York businesses being cited for violating child labor laws . * * *
7/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Russian fan smashes a chair over an England supporter as another attacks him on the ground as they clash ahead of the game against Russia GETTY 8/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Supporters clash at the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , AP 9/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Fans try and escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueat the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , AP 10/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Supporters clash at the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , AP 11/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Flares are lit at the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , GETTY
If confirmed , the incident involving Mr Lochte will be the most high profile of a series of security incidents that have caused problems at an Olympics already overshadowed by the Zika virus and swimming pool water that mysteriously turned green . In June , before the games even began , the Australian wheelchair basketball player Liesl Tesch warned that Rio was a “ dangerous place ” after two armed thieves demanded money and stole her bicycle as she trained in the city . The Australian team then had a laptop and Zika - protective team shirts stolen from their quarters in the Olympic village , after about 100 team members had been evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuebecause of a small fire in the basement car park of their accommodation . Evgeny Korotyshkin , a Russian former Olympic swimmer , visiting Rio as president of the Moscow swimming association , also claimed to have been robbed by gun - toting teenagers who let him photograph them in exchange for all the money he had on him . Among non - athletes , a bus carrying journalists from the basketball venue to the main Olympic park was attacked on 9 August .
Those goals are not new , but recent developments have made achieving them even more urgent and important , according to U.S. officials . Recent developments include military operations around the city of Aleppo , the entry of Turkey into the ground war , Turkish hostility toward U.S.-backed Kurdish rebel groups and the presence of American military advisers in widening conflict zones . Meanwhile , in a blow to the opposition , rebel forces and civilians in the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya were to be evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueon Friday after agreeing to surrender the town late Thursday after four years of grueling bombardment and a crippling siege that left the sprawling area in ruins . The surrender of Daraya , which became an early symbol of the nascent uprising against Bashar Assad , marks a success for his government , removing a persistent threat only a few miles from his seat of power . Referring to Daraya , Lavrov said : " This is an example I think will get some following . "
Fighting began between the militia and the Kurdish Asayish police force . The Syrian army supported the militia with heavy weapons and the YPG counter - attacked successfully and surrounded the city . The Syrian Air Force then bombed YPG targets , killing several Kurdish civilians while others fledmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe city . For over a year the Syrian Army had been co - operating in Aleppo and elsewhere against Isis and the Syrian armed opposition , but both sides now swiftly emphasised their deep - felt and undying hostility . Mr Dibo says the Kurds simply want a decentralised federal system giving them autonomy while the government is a “ traditional dictatorship ” that has carried out dozens of massacres .
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Syrian civilians are are fleeingmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuea Russian - backed government offensive near Aleppo The number of Syrians trying to cross into Turkey amid an upsurge of fighting in northern Syria has nearly doubled , a Turkish official says . The governor of the Turkish border province of Kilis said 35,000 refugees had reached the border area - up from an estimated 20,000 on Friday .
There are only 35 doctors left in the district caring for hundreds of wounded , the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) said on Tuesday . A White Helmets representative told The Independent he estimated 2,000 people were in need of urgent medical assistance . “ WHO is calling for the immediate establishment of humanitarian routes to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuesick and wounded from the eastern part of the city , ” spokesperson Fadela Chaib said from Geneva . The Syrian regime has not attempted to retake Aleppo ’s rebel neighbourhoods by means of a ground offensive since 2012 . Recapturing rebel districts of Aleppo would greatly strengthen President Bashar al - Assad ’s position in the six - year - long war , effectively wiping out all non - Islamist resistance from major cities and leaving just pockets of US - backed rebel groups in the far north and south of the country .
Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi leaves a Tunis hospital after visiting those injured in the attack . Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum Security forces patrol around the museum . Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum The museum is evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueby authorities . There was a significant number of foreign tourists at the museum at the time of the attack -- something that 's not surprising , given its prominence in Tunisia and the fact that at least two cruise ships were docked in Tunis . Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum A security officer holds his position near the museum .
Rebel sources and activists from the Aleppo Media Centre said reports of the opposition stopping evacuations were fabricated . Video shows amazing rescue of child as shelling resumes in Aleppo The UN did not say assign blame , but the agency ’s humanitarian wing said that plans to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuepeople in need of medical attention had broken down on Friday , citing a “ lack of security assurances ” from both sides . “ The necessary conditions were not in place to ensure safe , secure and voluntary movement of people , ” spokesperson Jens Laerke said in Geneva . Syria 's ambassador to the UN in Geneva accused the international body of “ quoting the demands of terrorists inside Aleppo to justify their failure to evacuate . “
She said that when she was 14 years old , a boy her age kissed her innocently . From that point forth , they were separated on opposite sides of the country and not permitted to communicate , but nevertheless were sentenced to be married when they turned 18 . She told me that she first tried to escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuewhen they were married . She was gone for three months , but she claims the group guilted her into coming back , saying her husband would burn in hell for eternity if she did n't . The pair was relocated to Florida , where family members outside of the group who ’d taken her in could n't find her .
But by October that year , there were reports Miss Kesinovic wanted to flee having been sickened by the terror group 's murders . The two Viennese girls , Samra Kesinovic ( left ) , 17 , and 15-year - old Sabina Selimovic ( right ) , whose parents are Bosnian refugees , disappeared in April 2014 after saying that they wanted to fight in Syria She was killed by ISIS as she tried to fleemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuetheir stronghold of Raqqa . Prior to her death , she was forced to be a sex slave for the terror group , according to a Tunisian former extremist who lived with the two girls in the terror group 's de facto capital . The Tunisian woman said the two Austrian teenagers lived together in the same house and were viewed as a ' sexual present for new fighters ' .
Those figures were based on reports from functioning health centers and the true figures were probably much higher , spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said . " As of yesterday , we have now only six partially functional hospitals that are in service , only one hospital that offers trauma care services , " Chaib told the briefing . WHO still hopes to be able to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuesick and wounded from Aleppo , she said . The Syrian government has yet to respond to a U.N. plan for aid convoys in Syria during the month of October , U.N. spokesman Jens Laerke said . ( Reporting by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay , additional reporting by Jack Stubbs in Moscow and Michelle Nichols in New York ; Editing by Ralph Boulton and Angus MacSwan )
Relevant to your professional network ? Please share on Linkedin Tel Aviv police said the attacker began stabbing people near the entrance to the Jaffa Port , wounding a number people to varying degrees . He then escapedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueon foot in the direction of Tel Aviv , running between vehicles stopped on the road and stabbing motorists . He managed to wound a number of other civilians before he was shot and subdued by police . ( Scene of Jaffa stabbing .
More than two thousand of those deer have already died , all of them in the Yamalo - Nenetsky area . This territory is located above the Arctic Circle , and is generally known for a very long winter that lasts up to 8 months , and extremely low temperatures , reaching -70 degrees Celsius . A total of 90 people , half of them children , were taken to hospital after being evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefrom the remote area where the infection spread . Most of them tested negative for the disease . Yamal residents are collecting donations for the evacuees , who had to leave most of their possessions behind .
☰ The Americas As Matthew churns toward U.S. , more than 1 million ordered evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuein S.C. Homes destroyed and damaged by Hurricane Matthew are seen in Jeremie , Haiti . The full scale of the devastation in hurricane - hit rural Haiti became clear as the death toll surged over 400 .
12/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Supporters clash at the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , GETTY 13/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Supporters clash at the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , GETTY 14/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 Fans try and escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueat the end of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia , GETTY 15/15 Russia and England fans clash at Euro 2016 england fans clash with police ahead of the game against Russia GETTY President Putin had not commented on the violence directly up until today where he dismissed , and perhaps mocked , the idea that a couple of hundred Russian “ fans ” were responsible .
French President Francois Hollande said four people were killed . Hide Caption 2 of 18 Photos : Hostage situation at Paris grocery French police escort hostages away from the grocery store . At least 10 hostages managed to escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescue, according to a Paris police union spokesman . Hide Caption 3 of 18 Photos : Hostage situation at Paris grocery Coulibaly was one of two people wanted in connection with the deadly shooting of a police officer south of Paris on Thursday , January 8 . French authorities released photographs of Coulibaly , right , and Boumeddiene after the shooting .
3/10 Thunderbirds And many other TV shows created , funded and otherwise produced by that largest of larger - than - life characters , Lew Grade ( also a world class tap dancer ) . The man who dominated commercial television gave us memorable entertainment such as The Prisoner , the Saint and brought the Muppets to Britain ( a sort of fuzzy felt wave of immigration ) , as well as puppet shows where you could see the strings . All this from a penniless Jew from Ukraine , born Lev Winogradsky , who escapedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe pogroms in Ukraine with his family in the 1890s . His nephew Michael Grade has also done his bit for British television . Rex Features
In any case , without guarantees and a halt to shelling and shooting by all sides , aid agencies can not begin to provide the medical evacuations and humanitarian aid deliveries to eastern Aleppo that United Nations officials said they would aim to carry out after Russia agreed to extend its cease - fire . Advertisement Continue reading the main story Previous negotiations to evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuecivilians or fighters from besieged areas and to deliver aid , including in the city of Homs in 2014 , faced difficulty in winning consensus among fighters on each side . In Homs , there were disagreements among rebel groups , with some taking a harder line and pressuring other fighters and civilians to hold out longer . And even when the government of President Bashar al - Assad approved aid delivery to Homs , pro - government militias shelled a convoy .
The Syrian war is made up of millions of individual tragedies , and one collective tragedy . Individuals range from fighters who would rather not fight to parents whose children are killed . Half of Syria 's pre - war population have lost their homes and either fledmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueabroad as refugees or stayed as displaced and impoverished victims . Quite a few of the children being evacuated from Muadhamiya had been dressed up in their best clothes for a journey into an unknown new life . Image caption Children , in their finest outfits , were evacuated under a deal from the besieged town of Muadhamiya
Having been burned by multiple failed attempts at brokering a successful deal with Russia , American diplomats caution that the diplomacy is in flux . After many failed attempts at convincing Russia to abandon its support for Assad , this is a last - ditch effort by the Obama administration to stop the killing and the flow of refugees from Syria . An estimated 5 million Syrians refugees have fledmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe country during the past six years of war while more than 400,000 Syrians have been killed . Begrudgingly , U.S. officials admit that this potential deal is a compromise that puts Russian President Vladimir Putin back at global player status . Now the question is whether he will live up to his end of the bargain .
There were still 12 grueling miles left to travel before reaching the city ’s outskirts . The struggle for Mosul … is the largest and most complex so far in the battle against [ ISIS ] militants , who have been digging in for a fight . Residents who have recently fledmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe area … say the Islamic State has been erecting concrete barricades and filling trenches with oil that can be set on fire to slow advancing forces . ‘ It ’s going to be a tough fight and a difficult fight , ’ Obama said on Tuesday . ‘ But my expectation is that ultimately it will be successful . ’ ”
Ice is the life support platform on which Inuit and local wildlife depend . Sea ice allows indigenous people to travel on snowmobiles to visit relatives in winter . Last week the Guardian reported on one couple in Alaska who narrowly escapedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuewhen their snowmobile plunged into soft ice that would normally have been frozen hard . Similarly , permafrost is melting and buildings are collapsing while wildlife species – including polar bears – are suffering from the disappearance of the ice platforms on which they once relied for hunting or protection . Across the Arctic , the fabric of life is disintegrating .
According to the German media the attackers wearing gloves and balaclavas set upon the tourists at about 7 pm on Thursday night . Plain clothes German police rushed to the tourists’ rescue , arresting six of the Russians , who were reported to be in their 20s . One of the attackers managed to escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescue. According to the German police they were on the way to the airport to catch a flight back to Moscow . They were found to have had tickets for the England v Russia match in Marseille , which ended with English supporters fleeing for their own safety after being set upon .
They , too , believe they wi1l be able to cast their ballot , but eight out of 10 are confident their vote will be counted accurately . " Republicans are just more worried about everything than Democrats , " said Lonna Atkeson , a professor at the University of New Mexico and head of the Center for the Study of Voting , Elections , and Democracy . FLEEmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueTHE COUNTRY ? Additionally , seven out of 10 Republicans are concerned about issues such as vote buying , faulty voting machines , or confusing ballot designs . Six out of 10 Democrats feel the same way .
“ Our greatest enemy is the Iranian regime that has declared war on us , ” the defense minister said of the threats facing Israel . “ Iran tried to open a terror front against us on the Golan Heights , ” he said in reference to efforts by Iranian proxy Hezbollah to plan attacks on Israel . With its nuclear deal and recent lifting of sanctions , Tehran “ has escapedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueinternational isolation ” and become a “ central player ” in Syria , he continued . Both the US and Russia are treating Iran as “ part of the solution ” to the Syrian civil war , Ya’alon said . “ Iran determines future of Syria and if it leads to perpetuation , Iranian hegemony in Syria will be huge challenge for Israel , ” he said .
They also brought in large generators to provide electricity . In much of eastern Syria , Isis ’s draconian regulations were preferable to the criminality and insecurity which had flourished previously under other armed opposition movements . The testimony of refugees is inevitably biased against those who forced them to abandon their homes and fleemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueand , while the accounts of their suffering are undoubtedly true , they can not speak for those who stayed behind . Isis still has fanatical supporters and there is no mass exodus of deserters from its ranks , even though they are being bombed by the two largest air forces in the world . Isis was always infamous for relating to the rest of the world solely through violence and , as the tide turns against it on the battlefield , it is not surprising that this violence is becoming steadily even more extreme .
That may encourage Thailand , controlled by a military regime , to cooperate when China seeks out dissidents living in tropical exile . Thailand ’s foreign minister , himself an army general , even gushed late last year that he would “ fall in love ” with his Chinese counterpart if only he were female . The hard - learned lesson for Chinese dissidents : If you plan to flee , try to fleemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefarther than China ’s backyard . Prominent classified intelligence leakers sought by America — namely Julian Assange and Edward Snowden — have sought refuge with the help of Ecuador and Russia , among a small number of nations willing to defy the world ’s leading superpower . Likewise , as China ascends , it too is expanding the pool of countries willing to help capture dissidents on the lam .
When Katrina hit New Orleans it was a category 4 to 5 storm . Next , the canal walls that broke down were not being maintained . “ But with the help of complex computer models and stark visual evidence , scientists and engineers at Louisiana State University 's Hurricane Center have concluded that Katrina 's surges did not come close to overtopping those barriers . That would make faulty design , inadequate construction or some combination of the two the likely cause of the breaching of the floodwalls along the 17th Street and London Avenue canals -- and the flooding of most of New Orleans . ” The Washington PostFinally , the human toll was a result of people who did not evacuatemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuewhen they were supposed to and poor planning by individuals who were responsible for evacuating people under their care . Al then talks about how the insurance industry pays out more money to flood and storm victims . This may be true but is because more people are building expensive beach houses right where the storms hit . Al continues by showing that there were large flood events in 2005 . He also shows that there were more droughts in 2005 in areas not too far from the flooding .
He then left the corpse on the grave of his own son . It was a bad week in Lebanon . The government staged the usual military parades to mark Liberation Day when guerrilla fighters finally persuaded the Israeli army to fleemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueacross the border after 22 years of occupation in 2000 . Tanks and armoured vehicles drove through the streets of Beirut amid public assurances ( and private fears ) of inter - communal violence amid the generals . In pictures : Syria conflict
He blamed the increase in attacks on the rise of the European far - right in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis , and attacks by Islamic extremists . " For example , the emigration flow from France , which only yesterday seemed so safe , is bigger than from Ukraine , [ which is ] engulfed in civil conflict . Why are the Jews fleeingmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefrom Europe ? " asked Kantor . " They run ... not only because of terrorist acts against our communities in Toulouse , Brussels , Paris , Copenhagen , now in Marseilles , but because of the fear to just appear in the streets of European cities . "
( Reuters Photo)"One SDF fighter entered a house on Friday and saw a shoe placed on a Koran . When he removed it there was an explosion and he was killed , " this source said . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , a British - based monitor , reported that several hundred of the civilians taken from the city were no longer being held by IS . " Among the civilians taken by IS there were people used as human shields but also many who chose voluntarily to leave the town due to fear of reprisals " by the SDF , Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said . The SDF launched an assault in May on Manbij , on a key jihadist supply route between the Turkish border and IS 's de facto Syrian capital Raqa . A woman sets fire to a niqab after she was evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuewith others by the Syria Democratic Forces fighters . ( Reuters Photo)The jihadists , who have suffered a string of losses in Syria and Iraq , have often staged mass abductions when they come under pressure to relinquish territory they hold . IS has also booby - trapped cars and carried out suicide bombings to slow advances by their opponents . SDF forces captured Manbij on August 6 but had continued to battle pockets of jihadists in parts of the town . According to the Observatory , 437 civilians , including more than 100 children , were killed in the battle for Manbij and surrounding territory . Around 300 SDF fighters died , along with more than 1,000 jihadists , it said . Pentagon deputy press secretary Gordon Trowbridge said Friday that IS " is clearly on the ropes " . " It has lost the centre of Manbij , it has lost control of Manbij , " he said . Since fighting for Manbij began , US - led strikes have taken out more than 50 of IS 's heavy weapons and destroyed more than 600 fortified fighting positions , Trowbridge said . But the job of clearing the city will be complicated after the jihadists left behind hundreds of mines and booby traps , he added . Syria 's conflict erupted in March 2011 and has since killed more than 290,000 people and drawn in world powers on all sides of the war . On Friday Russian and Syrian jets pounded rebel positions in and around second city Aleppo . The raids came despite a pledge by Russia to observe a three - hour daily ceasefire in Aleppo to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries .
“ In the last few days our forces were able to release 500 to 1000 civilians per day , however today the number has increased after we liberated the Al Jazeera road , ” the SDF official told ARA News . ISIS militants have been using the trapped civilians as human shield in order to halt the advance made by SDF forces . The group has also killed dozens of people who tried to escapemovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuethe city of Manbij . The Kurdish - led SDF forces accepted an initiative by the Manbij notable citizens to open a humanitarian corridor , but so far , ISIS did not respond to any initiative to free civilians stranded in the war - torn city . “ More than 70 per cent of Manbij is officially liberated .