Since a pro - Western uprising ousted a Russia - backed president in 2014 , Ukraine has passed laws aimed at severing the former Soviet republic from its communist past - a move some have criticized as an attempt to erase history . Nearly 1,000 statues of Lenin have been removed since anti - government protesters tore down his Kiev monument in late 2013 , but the 20-metre ( 66 ft ) size of the Zaporizhzhya monument frustrated multiple attempts to pull it down this week . " It would be easy to demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy it : place an explosive , blow it up and everything , but to take it down carefully and transport it to a storage place for totalitarian statues needs more care , " a spokeswoman for the local mayor 's office said . " The papers on how it was built are all in Moscow , so it 's being taken down with a method of trial and error , " she said . " Relations are n't so friendly at the moment that they ( Russian authorities ) would reply quickly to a query . "

Sarkozy 's relationship with Gaddafi took another odd turn when allegations surfaced that the Libyan leader had helped fund the president 's 2007 electoral campaign . In 2012 , French investigative news site Mediapart published an official document dating back to 2006 detailing plans for the dictator to bankroll Sarkozy 's campaign to the tune of 50 million euros . The document — which was disputed by Sarkozy — surfaced among the archives of the demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy Qaddafi regime , and has been backed up by several former regime insiders . Fabrice Arfi , a French investigative journalist at Mediapart who helped uncover the alleged links between Qaddafi and Sarkozy , is skeptical that the the Blumenthal memo captures France 's true motivations for war in Libya . " At first glance , this hypothesis [ that France 's intervention was motivated by Gaddafi 's plans for a Pan - African currency ] seems far - fetched , " he told VICE News by phone .

The army was now trying to dismantle booby trap bombs in some of the city 's neighbourhoods , sources told Al Jazeera . " We know from previous battles that ISIL may try to plant IEDs ( improvised explosive devices ) and booby traps in some homes before they leave , " Al Jazeera 's Omar al - Saleh , reporting from the Syrian - Turkish border , said . In May , ISIL took Palmyra in a matter of days and later demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy some of its best - known monuments . The fate of the remaining artifacts is unknown . The group also destroyed the infamous Tadmur prison , where thousands of government opponents were reported to have been tortured .

leader , says , “ Somebody lied to you about successful and spontaneous non - violent revolution , that thing does n’t exist in the world . ” Today , almost seven years after the Cairo speech , President Obama has destroyed Libya , oversaw the division of Sudan , is seeking to dismember Syria , continues to bomb Yemen and Somalia , and is still sending fresh US boots on the ground to Iraq . Libya is now destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy and its residents consider themselves the victims of a holocaust . And I agree with them . On a recent trip , I witnessed two Sudanese women , one from Khartoum , the other from the new state of South Sudan , crying over what had happened to their country in 2011 on President Obama ’s watch .

And if the incumbent foreign government complains about the “ benevolent US assistance”then it can be toppled because it is “ siding with the terrorists ” . This is , of course , the whole rationale behind the so - called War on Terror that Washington crafted in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks . Just uttering the phrase War on Terror gives Washington license to invade and ransack artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy any foreign state it chooses , as in Afghanistan and Iraq , where more than one million people were killed by US forces “ hunting down terrorists ” . Before that , the official pretexts were “ War on Communism”or “ War on Drugs ” . But with the collapse of the “ Evil Soviet Empire ” , the first of these pretexts became redundant .

Donald Trump has been campaigning on a promise to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the Islamic State ( also known as ISIS ) . The Republican presidential nominee regularly makes belligerent statements such as “ I would bomb the shit out of . .

Also , Israel is surveying land on the outskirts of Bethlehem for the establishment of a new settlement . Mladenov said this would contribute to the " dismemberment of the southern West Bank . " And more than 130 Palestinian homes have been demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy . " All of these plans would essentially create new illegal settlements and I call on Israel to cease and reverse these decisions , " he said . Netanyahu has said the residential projects are not an obstacle to peace .

On Monday , the State Department said it had apparently lost four years ' worth of emails from Brian Pagliano , Clinton 's IT head who set up the private server . " Such records might shed light on his role in setting up Clinton 's server , and why he was granted immunity by the FBI , " said Republican National Committee Deputy Communications Director Raj Shah . " But it seems that his emails were either destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy or never turned over , adding yet another layer to the secrecy surrounding his role . " But if the State Department is unable ( or unwilling ) to provide materials to the FBI pertinent to its investigation , then perhaps the Russian government will oblige .

She added that Trump wants to fire - bomb everybody in other countries . ” -- A naked , hoofed statue of Hillary prompted a scuffle in Manhattan . An outraged Clinton supporter destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy it while the artist tried in vain to save it , the New York Post . ( Travis Andrews ) Naked Hillary Clinton statue causes scuffle in New York https://t.co/YtbIrn7CNk pic.twitter.com/rb2cebKxCM — WGNO ( @WGNOtv ) October 19 , 2016

But Egypt ’s Christians complain that they still suffer discrimination and even violence in some cases . A 70-year - old Christian woman was stripped naked by a Muslim mob in the Minya province in Upper Egypt in May , following rumors that the woman ’s son had had an affair with a Muslim woman . Seven Christian homes were also ransacked artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy and torched in the incident . Mina Thabet , a Coptic activist at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms , a civil society group based in Cairo , tells Newsweek that Moussa ’s killing can not be taken out of context . “ You ca n’t separate this from the problem of discrimination against Christians and religious minorities in general in Egypt .

THE DESTRUCTION OF EMAILS But Trump was unflinchingly critical of Clinton over the latest disclosures from the Federal Bureau of Investigation about her use of a private email server and destruction of thousands of emails that she and her staff had deemed of a personal nature . At least two of her mobile devices were reported destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy by a staff using a hammer and BleachBit software to wipe unwanted emails . " People who have nothing to hide do n’t smash phones with hammers . People who have nothing to hide do n’t bleach their emails or destroy evidence to keep it from being publicly archived as required under federal law , " Trump said .

Humans can be exposed to anthrax by eating contaminated meat , breathing in spores or getting the bacteria on broken skin while handling animal products or carcasses . READ MORE : Anthrax infection found in Wiltshire cow Biological warfare troops and civilian emergencies specialists were deployed to the epidemic area to dispose of dead animals and eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy pests such as rats , which can spread anthrax . A mass vaccination of the population was conducted over the last week . Livestock vaccination is currently underway with a total of 41,000 animals expected to be given anthrax vaccine doses .

Manafort said on ABC . Clinton , 68 , a former secretary of state , and Sanders , 74 , an independent U.S. senator from Vermont who ran for president as a Democrat , waged a bruising months - long battle for the nomination . Branding himself a democratic socialist , Sanders galvanized young and liberal voters with his calls to rein in Wall Street and eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy income inequality . But Sanders repeatedly voiced frustration with a DNC and party establishment he felt was stacked against him , and the resentment from Sanders and his supporters threatened to disrupt the convention . " I 'm not shocked but I 'm disappointed , " Sanders said of the emails earlier on Sunday on ABC 's " This Week . "

Health workers said the 4 am attacks at the M2 killed two staff members and a civilian whose heart was pierced by shrapnel . The hospital ’s intensive care unit was extensively damaged , as were power generators , fuel storage and water tanks that kept the hospital running . Damage was also sustained by an ambulance that had replaced another that was destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy in a bombing two days ago . Bunker - buster bomb reports may mark new stage in Russia 's Syrian assault Read more Medics took shelter in the hospital basement during the mid - morning attack , sending calls for aid as they hid until government planes had retreated .

Yelena Sutormina , chair of development of public diplomacy and the support of compatriots abroad chamber , has called on the UNESCO cultural and scientific agency to block the decision of the Polish government , RIA Novosti reported . This is not the first time Poland has moved to dismantle Soviet monuments and faced a strong negative reaction from Russia . Last year the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Poland of unleashing a “ war on monuments ” after they demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy a monument that had been erected to commemorate the camaraderie between Polish and Red Army soldiers , RBC reported .

The demolitions of the three shelters and two other structures took place in the Palestinian village of Umm el - Kheir , a small Bedouin village near the Israeli settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills . It is in Area C of the West Bank , which is entirely under Israeli military control . The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said 27 people lived in the demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy structures , of whom 16 were minors . They all lost their homes in previous demolitions in the same village , its statement said . In April , six EU - funded modular homes were demolished in Umm el - Kheir .

During his early years in office he seemed to favor a no - first - use policy , reflecting the view that the sole purpose of nuclear forces is to deter their use against us by our adversaries . The penultimate draft of his “ posture review ” still retained this view , but in the end one of his senior bureaucrats in his national security council talked him into preserving the first - use option . This adviser presented a scenario in which a quick U.S. nuclear strike offered the only available tool to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy an unfolding terrorist operation meant to spread deadly biological pathogens from a makeshift production laboratory in a remote location to cities worldwide . Trump ’s fascination with nuclear weapons appears to be nearly as strong as Obama ’s . Trump emphasizes repeatedly that nukes pose the existential threat to mankind .

Everyone but me was killed . ” The attack is believed to have been targeting a group of Isis fighters who had moved into a house on the edge of the village five days earlier and were later joined by reinforcements . In another incident on 11 August , an air strike targeting a mortar factory in Atmeh , Aleppo governorate , destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy two adjacent civilian homes and killed eight civilians including six children . Smoke rises from the the Syrian town of Ain al - Arab , known as Kobane by the Kurds , after a strike from the US - led coalition as it seen from the Turkish - Syrian border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar , Sanliurfa province , on October 14 , 2014 . ( AFP / Getty Images )

They are doing what benefits themselves , which is to maintain power , and they will do whatever is necessary to accomplish that objective . To think they are taking such a hard line against Putin ’s Russia and Assange ’s WikiLeaks solely to protect our constitutional liberties and national security would be naïve . They are working tirelessly to deflect and delegitimize a substantial amount of very incriminating evidence by attempting to destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the reliability of the originators of that evidence . This is a standard progressive tactic straight out of the Saul Alinsky playbook . Some Things Never Change

London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced he will be " reviewing our own safety measures " following the attack . A Rihanna concert scheduled for Friday night at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice has been cancelled , as have the city 's jazz festival , which was due to run from Saturday to Wednesday , and some of the Bastille celebrations over the weekend . Ransacked : French police raided a apartment Bouhlel was renting close to his estranged wife and ransacked artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the property , looking for clues Lair : He lived in the shabby one bedroom flat in Abattoirs a northern suburb in Nice after he separated from his wife two years ago , whom he beat , a close family friend claims Named : Bouhlel , who has three children aged five , three and 18 months , was forced to move out of the family home into this flat after his marriage broke down two years ago - it is believed the divorce proceedings were being carried out over the past few months

Photos : World War II in pictures A view of U.S. ships in Pearl Harbor , Hawaii , after the Japanese attack on December 7 , 1941 . The USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee are in the foreground . The attack destroyed more than half the fleet of aircraft and damaged or destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy eight battleships . Japan also attacked Clark and Iba airfields in the Philippines , destroying more than half the U.S. Army 's aircraft there . Hide Caption 9 of 38