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Police name Manchester suicide bomber, May condemns 'sickening' attack
MANCHESTER, England - British police identify suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in attack on crowded concert hall in Manchester, and say they are trying to establish whether he acted alone or with help from others.
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Police name Manchester suicide bomber, May condemns 'sickening' attack
MANCHESTER, England - British police identify suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in attack on crowded concert hall in Manchester, and say they are trying to establish whether he acted alone or with help from others. (BRITAIN-SECURITY/MANCHESTER (WRAPUP 8, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Michael Holden and David Milliken, 900 words)
+ See also:
- BRITAIN-SECURITY/MANCHESTER-MISSING (PIX, TV), moved, by Michael Holden and Jon Super, 614 words
- BRITAIN-SECURITY/MANCHESTER-ARREST (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Michael Holden, 319 words
Trump seeks to slash $3.6 trillion of government spending in budget
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump wants lawmakers to slash $3.6 trillion in government spending over next decade, taking aim in his first budget plan at healthcare and food assistance programs for poor while boosting military. (USA-BUDGET/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Roberta Rampton, 900 words)
+ See also:
- USA-BUDGET/FOREIGN-AID (UPDATE 1), moved, by Yeganeh Torbati, 378 words
- USA-BUDGET/DEFENSE (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, by Mike Stone, 310 words
- USA-BUDGET/EXTREMISM (UPDATE 1), moved, by Julia Edwards Ainsley, 193 words
- USA-BUDGET/FINREG (UPDATE 1), moved, by Sarah N. Lynch, 317 words
- USA-BUDGET/WALL (UPDATE 1), moved, by Julia Edwards Ainsley, 424 words
Trump promotes his goal of Middle East peace, offers no details
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump uses his centerpiece Holy Land speech to reaffirm his commitment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but he offers no new details on how to achieve goal that eludes U.S. leaders for decades. (USA-TRUMP/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, 993 words)
CIA ex-director cites signs of Trump campaign ties to Russia
WASHINGTON - Former CIA director John Brennan says he saw signs of possible collusion between Moscow and President Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign that merited investigation and warned Russia last year about meddling in election. (USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu, 800 words)
EXCLUSIVE-U.S., Japanese firms collaborating on new missile defense radars - sources
TOKYO - Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are working with Japanese partners on rival projects to develop new radars that will enhance Japan's shield against any North Korean missile strike, government and defense industry sources in Tokyo tell Reuters. (JAPAN-MISSILES/RADAR (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo, 642 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon
HARIDWAR, India - Yoga guru Baba Ramdev sent his supporters into the streets to help propel Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power in 2014. Since then, business has boomed at his consumer products empire. (INDIA-MODI/RAMDEV (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Rahul Bhatia and Tom Lasseter, 3,053 words)
UNITED STATES
Wikipedia can pursue NSA surveillance lawsuit - U.S. appeals court
Federal appeals court revives Wikipedia lawsuit that challenges U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) program of mass online surveillance, and alleges government unconstitutionally invades people's privacy rights. (WIKIPEDIA-NSA/ (UPDATE 3), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Jonathan Stempel, 400 words)
AMERICAS
Brazil police arrest presidential aide in World Cup probe
BRASILIA - Brazilian police arrest presidential aide and two ex-governors as part of investigation of 2014 World Cup's most expensive stadium, another black eye for country's political establishment that adds pressure on beleaguered President Michel Temer. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Lisandra Paraguassu and Ueslei Marcelino, 351 words)
EUROPE
Kingmaker or sidekick? A fine line for Germany's re-emerging liberals
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and liberal Free Democrats are popular enough together to form government, new poll shows, raising prospect of return to pro-business tandem that ruled Germany for much of post-war era. (GERMANY-ELECTION/POLL (UPDATE 2), moved, by Thomas Escritt, 448 words)
Germany defends 'proud' post-war tradition of scandal-hit military
BERLIN - Germany's armed forces can be proud of their post-war achievements, defense minister says, responding to series of scandals involving far-right sympathizers in Bundeswehr army's ranks. (GERMANY-SECURITY/MILITARY (PIX, TV), moved, 335 words)
'RIP Mr. Bond' - 007 actor Roger Moore dead at 89
LONDON - Actor Roger Moore, who earned international fame playing British secret agent James Bond in seven movies, dies of cancer at age 89, his family says. (PEOPLE-MOORE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Gareth Jones, 669 words)
+ See also:
- PEOPLE-MOORE/ (FACTBOX, PIX, TV), moved, 204 words
Cannes Film Festival observes minute's silence for Manchester
CANNES, France - Filmmakers and fans at Cannes observe minute's silence for victims of bombing of pop concert in Manchester, condemned by film festival's organizers as "attack on culture, youth and joyfulness." (BRITAIN-SECURITY/CANNES-SILENCE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Robin Pomeroy, 311 words)
French unions urge Macron not to rush through labor reform
PARIS - French unions urge President Emmanuel Macron not to try to hustle through his labor reform plans this summer, in contrast with calls from main employers' group for swift measures to reinforce rising business optimism. (FRANCE-ELECTION/UNIONS (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Jean-Baptiste Vey and Michel Rose, 570 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Seven al Qaeda militants killed in Special Forces raid in Yemen - U.S. military
WASHINGTON - Seven militants are killed during intelligence-gathering raid by U.S. Special Forces troops against al Qaeda compound in Yemen, U.S. officials say. (USA-YEMEN/RAID (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, 500 words)
Bahrain security forces raid home of Shi'ite spiritual leader
DUBAI - Bahraini security forces raid home of kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader and shoot dead at least one demonstrator during operation. (BAHRAIN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved, by Noah Browning, 581 words)
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