NEWS SUMMARY AT THIS HOUR
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says progress is being made in talks with North Korea on tearing down the country's nuclear program.
The North Korean state media is reporting that the United States made unreasonable demands and was using '"gangster-like" tactics.
Mainstream media reports were presenting the notion that President Trump's policy towards North Korea is not working.
But the North Korean government media praised President Trump and wants talks to continue.
Speaking to the media in Tokyo minutes ago at a joint news conference with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Secretary of State Pompeo said that North Korea reaffirmed its commitment to complete de-nuclearization and that sanctions will remain in effect.
Speaking to the media in Tokyo minutes ago at a joint news conference with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Secretary of State Pompeo said that North Korea reaffirmed its commitment to complete de-nuclearization and that sanctions will remain in effect.
Efforts to rescue the 12 boys and a soccer coach trapped in a cave in Thailand are said to be entering a crucial three to four day period. That's according the governor of the Thai province where the rescue effort is underway. He says there is now a window for the group to escape the cave.
How they will be removed from the cave is not yet clear. The group has exchanged written letters with family members on the outside while they await evacuation.
The death toll after a tourist boat sunk off the coast of Thailand is now 41. Bodies have been recovered after the boat carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly Chinese, capsized off Phuket Island in rough seas on Thursday. 51 have been rescued from the boat and 15 are still missing.
The Syrian government is hoping to convince more opposition forces to surrender in the southwest of the country after getting large groups of them to surrender Friday. Syrian forces reached the Jordanian border crossing of Nassib along the strategic M5 highway after some fighting and then Russian mediation leading to a cease fire and the surrender.
If the mediation efforts now underway fail more fighting is expected northwest of Deraa city in the direction of the Golan Heights border with Israel.
The Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" published an article Sunday saying Israel allowed the recent military operation to take place after negotiations involving Russian, Jordanian and Israeli officials that led to a Russian commitment to keep Iranian forces 25 miles from the Jordanian border.
On Friday Pope Francis presided over a mass for migrants at Vatican City in St. Peter's Basilica marking the fifth anniversary of his visit to migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The pontiff said that God "needs our eyes to see the needs of brothers and sisters....He needs our hands to rescue".
Italy's new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Thursday that he wanted to put a complete stop to migrants arriving in Italy by boat when he visited Libya, a country from where many of the migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.
The restaurant that refused service to President Trump's press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and her party last month reopened Thursday but only to customers with reservations. A sign on the front door told them to use a patio entrance . Demonstrators were outside the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia for the re-opening as well with one protester holding a sign saying "We Shall Overcome...Democrats".
The death toll after a tourist boat sunk off the coast of Thailand is now 41. Bodies have been recovered after the boat carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly Chinese, capsized off Phuket Island in rough seas on Thursday. 51 have been rescued from the boat and 15 are still missing.
The Syrian government is hoping to convince more opposition forces to surrender in the southwest of the country after getting large groups of them to surrender Friday. Syrian forces reached the Jordanian border crossing of Nassib along the strategic M5 highway after some fighting and then Russian mediation leading to a cease fire and the surrender.
If the mediation efforts now underway fail more fighting is expected northwest of Deraa city in the direction of the Golan Heights border with Israel.
The Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" published an article Sunday saying Israel allowed the recent military operation to take place after negotiations involving Russian, Jordanian and Israeli officials that led to a Russian commitment to keep Iranian forces 25 miles from the Jordanian border.
On Friday Pope Francis presided over a mass for migrants at Vatican City in St. Peter's Basilica marking the fifth anniversary of his visit to migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The pontiff said that God "needs our eyes to see the needs of brothers and sisters....He needs our hands to rescue".
Italy's new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Thursday that he wanted to put a complete stop to migrants arriving in Italy by boat when he visited Libya, a country from where many of the migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.
The restaurant that refused service to President Trump's press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and her party last month reopened Thursday but only to customers with reservations. A sign on the front door told them to use a patio entrance . Demonstrators were outside the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia for the re-opening as well with one protester holding a sign saying "We Shall Overcome...Democrats".
England defeated Sweden 2-0 in the quarter finals of soccer's World Cup in Russia Saturday. In the otber match Russia and Croatia tied 2-2 with Croatia winning 4-3 on penalties. The Semi-final matches are next Wednesday and Thursday with France facing Belgium Wednesday, Croatia facing England Thursday.
Last night it was Hurricane Beryl, but now its weakened into a tropical storm. At 11pm Eastern time Tropical Storm Beryl with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour was 495 miles east southeast of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Carribean Sea moving west northwest at 18 miles per hour. Tropical storm watches and warnings are in effect as the storm moves across the islands in the next 24 hours.
Last night it was Hurricane Beryl, but now its weakened into a tropical storm. At 11pm Eastern time Tropical Storm Beryl with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour was 495 miles east southeast of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Carribean Sea moving west northwest at 18 miles per hour. Tropical storm watches and warnings are in effect as the storm moves across the islands in the next 24 hours.
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