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Trump's speech to Congress is a chance for a reset
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump gets a chance to put the rocky start to his presidency behind him on Tuesday with a speech to the U. S. Congress where he will lay out his plans for the year including a healthcare overhaul and military buildup.
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Trump's speech to Congress is a chance for a reset
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump gets a chance to put the rocky start to his presidency behind him on Tuesday with a speech to the U.S. Congress where he will lay out his plans for the year including a healthcare overhaul and military buildup. (USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 830 words)
Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul government buildings
MOSUL/BAGHDAD - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle their way to within firing range of Mosul's main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in the western side of the city. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (WRAPUP 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Isabel Coles and Maher Chmaytelli, 750 words)
+ See also:
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/MOSUL-SCREENING (PICTURE), moving shortly, by Stephen Kalin, 850 words
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-CIVILIANS (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Isabel Coles, 745 words
South Korea suggests North's suspension from UN over airport killing
GENEVA/KUALA LUMPUR - South Korea call for "collective measures" to punish North Korea for using chemical weapons to kill the estranged half-brother of its leader Kim Jong Un, as Malaysia says it will charge two women with murder over the airport attack. (NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM (WRAPUP 2, PICTURE), moving shortly, by Stephanie Nebehay and Joseph Sipalan, 810 words)
+ See also:
- NORTHKOREA-CHINA/ENVOY (UPDATE 1), moved, 400 words
- NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/ARMS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Rozanna Latiff, 610 words
U.N. urges aid access to Yemen ports to avert famine
DUBAI - A United Nations aid official visiting both sides in Yemen's civil war has urged them to guarantee more access to the ports to let food, fuel and medicine imports in to ward off famine. (YEMEN-SECURITY/HUNGER (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, 465 words)
EUROPE
"Cowardly" Tunisian security forces let down beach attack victims - UK inquiry
LONDON - "Cowardly" Tunisian security forces let down the victims of a shooting at a beach hotel hotel, making "deliberate and unjustifiable" delays in their journey to the scene, a UK inquiry found. (BRITAIN-TUNISIA/INQUEST (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, 400 words)
Poland to object to Tusk's re-appointment as EU leaders' chair
WARSAW/BRUSSELS - Poland will object next week to the re-appointment of its former prime minister Donald Tusk as the chairman of European leaders, in a gesture seen by EU diplomats as aimed mainly at voters at home but also underlining Warsaw's growing isolation in Europe. (POLAND-EU/TUSK (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, by Lidia Kelly and Pawel Sobczak, 595 words)
Russia looks for positive signals in Trump's speech to Congress
MOSCOW - Russia's deputy foreign minister says relations with the United States are at their lowest ebb since the Cold War, but hopes they can improve under U.S. President Donald Trump. (RUSSIA-US/RELATIONS (UPDATE 1), moved, 255 words)
The globetrotter confined: the hardening of Geert Wilders
AMSTERDAM - Since the evening in 2004 when policemen arrived unannounced to escort him and his wife to safety, Geert Wilders has lived in safe houses under 24-hour guard to protect him from Islamist militants who threatened to kill him. (NETHERLANDS-ELECTION/WILDERS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Thomas Escritt, 1,130 words)
Scotland says May's Brexit stance ups chance of new independence vote
LONDON - The "sheer intransigence" of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, the head of the devolved Scottish government says. (BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Kate Holton, 512 words)
Athens, lenders resume talks on Greek bailout review
ATHENS - Greece and its lenders resume long-stalled talks in Athens about reforms Greece needs to adopt to keep bailout funds flowing and the crisis-hit nation financially afloat. (EUROZONE-GREECE/BAILOUT-REVIEW (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, 370 words)
France: Reasons to be bullish despite election stress
PARIS - If financial markets are a guide, France is facing a perilous period of turbulence and uncertainty as the presidential election nears. But the underlying economy is telling a different story. (FRANCE-ELECTION/ECONOMY (ANALYSIS, GRAPHIC), moved, by Leigh Thomas, 855 words)
+ See also:
- FRANCE-ELECTION/ECONOMY (FACTBOX), moved, 490 words
MIDDLE EAST
Man killed in clash at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
AIN EL-HILWEH - At least one man is killed in clashes between Islamist militants and the Palestinian Fatah faction at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where a power struggle has fueled days of violence. (LEBANON-SECURITY/PALESTINIANS (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, 315 words)
AFRICA
After Jammeh, Gambians seek justice for the disappeared
BANJUL/DAKAR - When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea. (GAMBIA-JUSTICE/ (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Lamin Jahateh, Emma Farge and Edward McAllister, 945 words)
UNITED STATES
Trump to sign measure to bolster U.S.'s historically black colleges
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a measure on Tuesday aimed at boosting government support for the nation's historically black colleges, a senior White House official says. (USA-HBCUS/TRUMP, moved, by Ayesha Rascoe, 230 words)
+ See also:
- USA-WATER/, moved, 325 words
Door knocks in the dark: The Canadian town on front line of Trump migrant crackdown
EMERSON, Manitoba - Jaime French was jarred out of bed in Emerson, Manitoba early one morning this month by pounding at her front door, just yards from the U.S. border. A face peered in through the window, flanked in the darkness by others. (USA-IMMIGRATION/CANADA-EMERSON (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Rod Nickel, 1,110 words)
+ See also:
- USA-TRUMP/IMMIGRATION, moved, 320 words
ASIA
Samsung Group chief charged with bribery, corporate nerve centre dismantled
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors charge Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement as the top conglomerate announce the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developments in a graft scandal that has rocked the country. (SOUTHKOREA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Se Young Lee and Ju-min Park, 720 words)
China reacts with anger, threats after S.Korean missile defence decision
BEIJING - Chinese state media react with anger and boycott threats after the board of an affiliate of South Korea's Lotte Group approves a land swap with the government allowing authorities to deploy a U.S. missile defence system. (SOUTHKOREA-USA/THAAD-CHINA (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 560 words)
Philippine president to bring police back into war on drugs
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will recall some police to fight his war on drugs, nearly a month after suspending the entire force from all operations in the bloody narcotics crackdown. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Martin Petty and Manuel Mogato, 626 words)
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