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Russian employee at US embassy in Moscow targeted in propaganda war


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 23:58 UTC
U.S. embassy Moscow
© Tatyana Makeyeva / ReutersA general view shows the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia.
The Secret Service has dismissed the report that a Russian employee at the US Moscow embassy, who was reportedly fired after her contacts with the Russian intelligence came to light, had access to secret data.

The woman was reportedly dismissed from her job last summer over the allegations of her ties to the Russian intelligence, according to the Guardian citing an unnamed US intelligence source.

The newspaper has not revealed the capacity in which the woman was working at the embassy, nor the responsibilities she had, noting only that the supposed Russian spy was working "at the heart of the American embassy for more than a decade."

The woman did not come on the radar of the US Department of State's Regional Security Office (RSO) until 2016, the year of the US presidential elections that spawned a wide-ranging hunt for "Russian interference" by the media and intelligence circles amid claims Moscow attempted to "sow discord" in the American society and sway the vote in favor of Donald Trump.

Comment: The initial response was lackluster because there was nothing to it, as the Secret Service has confirmed. This is just another 'nothing burger' presented to the public to maintain the anti-Russian hysteria.

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Sharia law recognized in landmark British divorce ruling


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 23:58 UTC
Central London Mosque
© Stephen Chung / Global Look PressCentral London Mosque near Regent's Park.
A British court recognized Sharia law for the first time after a judge made a landmark ruling on a divorce case, which could have far reaching effects on Islamic marriage in the UK.

In the case of the estranged couple Nasreen Akhtar and Mohammed Shabaz Khan, the High Court ruled that their Islamic faith marriage, nikah, is recognised by British matrimonial law despite their being no legal precedent for it to recognised as such.

Akhtar will subsequently be able to bring her case before the divorce court, where she can claim a share of assets from her marriage to Khan. She would have been unable to do so without the High Court ruling.
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Russia builds railroad to bypass Ukraine with the aid of Canada


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:32 UTC
railroad
© Aleksandr Kryazhev / Sputnik
Canada's aerospace and transportation giant Bombardier was one of the contractors building a Russian railroad link that bypasses the war-torn territories of Ukraine, reports Globe and Mail.

The railroad stretch links the Voronezh and Rostov regions near the Ukrainian border and bypasses Ukraine's Lugansk region. The construction of the rail link between the towns of Zhuravka and Millerovo began in 2014, after the deterioration of relations between Russia and Ukraine, and was completed last year. The railroad that was used before has 26 kilometers which pass through the war-torn Lugansk region in Ukraine. The new stretch is 137 kilometers.

Bombardier, which is heavily reliant on Canadian taxpayers' money and the government projects, has confirmed it was among the contractors involved in the Russian project. The company had won an $8-million contract to install its rail-control systems along the route.
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Chechen leader Kadyrov wants media to stop blaming Islam for attacks on Russian journalists in CAR


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:24 UTC
Ramzan Kadyrov
© Alexei Druzhinin / SputnikHead of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has blasted reports linking Islam to the fatal attacks on Russian journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR), saying that criminals remain criminals regardless of religion.

"Certain mass media write that the attack was allegedly perpetrated by the Seleka rebel group and attach the adjective 'Muslim' to this name. But the Russian reporters were shot dead not by Muslims and not by Christians, but by criminals and bandits regardless of the organization of agency that they represent," Kadyrov wrote on Wednesday in his blog on Russia's leading social network Vkontakte.

"When in the USA some young guy organizes a shooting in a school no one in mass media would specify this man's religion," Kadyrov added.
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Bodycam footage released by LAPD shows officers shooting and killing a hostage as they attempt to neutralize her captor


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:51 UTC
lapd bodycam
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has released a video that shows officers killing a hostage as they attempt to neutralize her knife-wielding captor.

Footage from body cameras worn by LAPD officers involved in the incident shows them approaching Guillermo Perez, 32, a known gang member who had just been released from prison for a domestic abuse sentence. Police were responding to a call that he had just stabbed his ex-girlfriend in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The date is June 16.

The officers repeatedly demand Perez drop his knife, and fire non-lethal beanbag rounds at the gangbanger, who shields his body with a steel chair.

Perez then corners Elizabeth Tollison, a 49-year-old homeless woman standing by on the sidewalk, and holds his knife to her throat. Officers open fire on Perez, discharging 18 shots and killing Tollison by accident.
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Interview on Israeli's brutal seizure of Gaza-bound boat: 'No wish that their criminal acts be seen'

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC
Zohar Regev, Jonathan Ofir
© UnknownCrew member Zohar Regev interviewed by Jonathan Ofir two months ago.
Three days ago, the Freedom Flotilla boat Al Awda, a Norwegian boat, was stopped by the Israeli navy in international waters some 46 miles off the coast of Gaza, three months after it had set sail from Norway.

The crew was arrested, and the boat was diverted towards the Israeli Ashdod port. Of the 20 crew members, the two Israeli citizens (Zohar Chamberlain Regev and Yonatan Shapira) were released shortly after on bail, but the 18 other members have already spent two nights in prison detention. The two international journalists were released.

Comment: See also:

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Father of 18yo snowboarder who committed suicide laments pressure high-level athletes face and lack of mental health support


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:39 UTC
snowboarder
© Andy Clark / Reuters
The father of British snowboarder Ellie Soutter, who committed suicide on her 18th birthday, has said the pressure of competing in high-level sport could have been a factor in her tragic death.

Soutter was found dead in woodland near her home in Les Gets in the French Alps on July 25, having taken her own life.

She had moved to the area from Surrey to live with her father in 2010, and went on to compete for Team GB as a junior.

The young snowboarder claimed bronze at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Turkey last year - Britain's only medal at the event - and had been chose to represent Team GB at the Junior World Championships in New Zealand in August. She was also seen as a bright prospect for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.
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Video shows terrifying last seconds of Mexico plane crash


RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:28 UTC
durango airport plane crash
A passenger has shared the recording of what appear to be the last seconds of Aeromexico Flight 2431 and the panic that followed the crash. The man, a Christian pastor, also appeared to accuse authorities of a cover-up.

The video shows the Embraer 190 jet with 103 on board trying to take off in a rainstorm at Durango airport, failing to achieve altitude, and crashing back down, several hundred yards beyond the runway, all in a matter of seconds.

During the two-minute clip, a scream can be heard in the background, even before the plane has finished its takeoff, and after the camera juts following the crash, there are loud calls to God, and more urgent instructions of "Open the Door!"
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Missing college student one of dozens to disappear this month in Iowa

Tamaar Lapin
New York Post
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:54 UTC
Mollie Tibbetts
© FacebookMissing student Mollie Tibbetts
A 20-year-old college student missing in Iowa is one of 48 young people who have vanished in the state this month, according to reports.

The seemingly alarming number of missing persons cases has sparked widespread panic on social media and a flood of conspiracy theories as the search intensifies for Mollie Tibbetts, who was last seen July 19.

"40 people have gone missing in Iowa in 10 days. 40. People. How is this possible ?!!!!!!!!!!!?!" posted one person on Facebook, adding: "keep tabs on your friends and family, be aware of everything and everyone around you."

Added Heather Loshaw in a local Facebook group: "WTH is going on here?? Be careful out there please."

"Don't think it can't happen to you," warned Shannon Kelly on Twitter, in a post that was shared thousands of times. "It's happening across rural and urban Iowa."

The Iowa Department of Public Safety has received many calls about the missing persons statistics since Tibbetts' disappearance, the Argus Leader reported.

Comment: More from Inside Edition:
Investigators are hoping electronic data from a physical activity device will help them find 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts, who vanished last week in Iowa while jogging at night.

The avid runner always wore a Fitbit, which tracks steps and distance traveled, as well as other information. Tibbetts was seen by neighbors near her boyfriend's home on July 18. Her brother had dropped her off in the small town of Brooklyn, where she was dog-sitting for her boyfriend, Dalton Jack, who was out of town on a construction job. Police have said he is not a suspect.

Federal investigators are helping local law enforcement agencies comb through massive amounts of electronic data obtained from Tibbetts' Fitbit, cellphone and social media accounts.

"We are getting a lot of information back from that process. We are very hopeful with the electronic data we are getting back," said Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, according to the Des Moines Register. "We are relying on the FBI heavily because it's an ever-changing world in technology."

But as the days pass, Mortvedt said, "it's more and more suspicious to us."

Jack told the Register Tibbetts sent him a Snapchat message on the night she disappeared, which he opened about 10 p.m., he said. The image she posted looked like it had been taken indoors, he said.

Investigators say the missing woman is a creature of habit and they are searching the routes she used for her runs and interviewing residents who lived in those areas.


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Spotify removes podcasts of 'The Alex Jones Show' citing 'hate content'


The Associated Press
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:13 UTC
Alex Jones Spotify ban
© AP
The music streaming service Spotify says it has removed some episodes of "The Alex Jones Show" podcast for violating its hate content policy. The move followed a backlash on social media.

"We take reports of hate content seriously and review any podcast episode or song that is flagged by our community," the company said in a statement late Wednesday.

"Spotify can confirm it has removed specific episodes of 'The Alex Jones Show' podcast for violating our hate content policy," it said.

Most "Infowars" Spotify content from Jones, an Austin, Texas-based radio host and conspiracy theorist, appears to still be available.

Comment: Facebook has also banned Jones for 30 days stating his posts are 'bullying, hate speech'.

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