NEWS SUMMARY AT THIS HOUR
Syrian government media says that Israel attacked an airbase southwest of Aleppo tonight. The foreign government funded Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says warehouses near the base used by Iranian militias and the Syrian army were hit. The group reports that five were killed in the attack involving multiple aircraft.
The attack comes on the eve of a summit meeting between the President of Syria's close ally Russia, Vladimir Putin, and President Donald Trump.
Topics like Syria, Iran, Ukraine and other matters will be on the table at the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, Finland. The President says he has low expectations for the summit.
On Friday Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking. Trump told CBS News he may ask Putin to extradite the 12 to the United States.
The attack comes on the eve of a summit meeting between the President of Syria's close ally Russia, Vladimir Putin, and President Donald Trump.
Topics like Syria, Iran, Ukraine and other matters will be on the table at the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, Finland. The President says he has low expectations for the summit.
On Friday Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking. Trump told CBS News he may ask Putin to extradite the 12 to the United States.
Meanwhile, there's talk in Washington of an impeachment document being filed this week in the House involving Rosenstein. Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon told Nigel Farage in a Sunday interview on Farage's radio show that he thinks any moves to impeach Rosenstein will lead to the President firing the Deputy Attorney General.
Masked government police and paramilitary forces attacked opposition neighborhoods in the southern Nicaraguan city of Masaya today, with ten killed and twenty injured. That's what the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights reports in what they say is a preliminary estimate of casualties.
Over 300 have been killed in two months of protests against the elected leftist government of President Daniel Ortega, accused of running a corrupt and repressive regime.
The Catholic Bishops conference in Nicaragua issued a statement late Saturday saying the government is refusing to "dialogue sincerely and look for real processes that lead us toward a true democracy".
Less than 24 hours after a man was shot by police in Chicago, body cam video was released.
Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is urging the public to view the video of the Sautrday incident.
It shows a police officer grabbing Harith Augustus by the arm. Augustus is then seen spinning away from a group of police officers running into the street and reaching for a gun in his waistband.
He was then shot by police.
The shooting angered neighborhood residents who then gathered in the streets. There were shoving incidents between the residents and police.
In London Monday former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is set to make a speech in Parliament dubbed his "resignation speech". Johnson's speech could mark the beginning of a serious challenge to Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party.
Another junior cabinet minister in Theresa May's government, Robert Courts, resigned on Sunday. Courts, who is member of the House of Commons, said he could not face his constituents back home and tell them he supported May's Brexit plan.
Italy will now allow some migrants from two ships to come ashore in Italy. That's the word from Interior Minister Matteo Salvini during an interview with RAI state television on Sunday. Salvini had earlier refused to allow the 450 migrants to come ashore in Italy but after Malta, France and Germany agreed to take some of them he now says Italy will take in some, too.
Other nations have also stepped in to help, according to a tweet from Italy's Prime Minister. Giuseppe Conte. Conte says that Portugal and Spain will each take 50 migrants.
The head of Boeing says he's concerned about tariffs imposed by the United States and China hurting his company. Dennis Muilenberg says that "aerospace thrives on free and open trade". Muilenberg spoke to reporters ahead of the Farnborough Airshow in the UK. He says there been discussions with both the Chinese and US governments about the trade dispute and that those governments are listening.
In London Monday former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is set to make a speech in Parliament dubbed his "resignation speech". Johnson's speech could mark the beginning of a serious challenge to Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party.
Another junior cabinet minister in Theresa May's government, Robert Courts, resigned on Sunday. Courts, who is member of the House of Commons, said he could not face his constituents back home and tell them he supported May's Brexit plan.
Italy will now allow some migrants from two ships to come ashore in Italy. That's the word from Interior Minister Matteo Salvini during an interview with RAI state television on Sunday. Salvini had earlier refused to allow the 450 migrants to come ashore in Italy but after Malta, France and Germany agreed to take some of them he now says Italy will take in some, too.
Other nations have also stepped in to help, according to a tweet from Italy's Prime Minister. Giuseppe Conte. Conte says that Portugal and Spain will each take 50 migrants.
The head of Boeing says he's concerned about tariffs imposed by the United States and China hurting his company. Dennis Muilenberg says that "aerospace thrives on free and open trade". Muilenberg spoke to reporters ahead of the Farnborough Airshow in the UK. He says there been discussions with both the Chinese and US governments about the trade dispute and that those governments are listening.
France defeated Croatia 4-2 to win the World Cup of soccer in Moscow Sunday. This is the second time France was won a World Cup.
Large crowds celebrated in Paris Sunday evening setting off smoke bombs. There was some looting and rioting reported late at night. Police responded with water cannon and tear gas.
Large crowds celebrated in Paris Sunday evening setting off smoke bombs. There was some looting and rioting reported late at night. Police responded with water cannon and tear gas.
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