And that promise is to build a wall on America's southern border with Mexico . The White House has been embroiled in controversy over the ongoing efforts to reunite families separated at the border who were attempting to enter the United States illegally.

Mr Williamson said the firefighters had a lot to do before departing for the USA on Friday and could expect an extremely challenging scenario once they had boots on the ground in the fire zones. Jeremy Stoke, a fire inspector with the Redding Fire Department, died Thursday, the Redding firefighters union said. Authorities were also investigating seven missing persons cases.

Maddow defended herself Wednesday in a series of tweets, saying the Post report offered "one possible explanation" for why the White House transcript and video did not include Putin saying he wanted Trump to win in response to Mason's first question.

There is no evidence that Cohen is cooperating or struck any kind of deal, and it's not clear that prosecutors in the southern district of NY, which is handling Cohen's case, even want one, The Guardian reports. "It was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell", Trump Jr. told Fox News's Sean Hannity in July 2017, denying any mention of the meeting to candidate Donald Trump .

Following the incident, Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett said Ahed Tamimi deserved to "finish their lives in prison". Tamimi is well-known for her protests against the Israel Defense Forces and is considered by many Palestinians as somewhat of a protest icon.

Mati , 29km east of Athens , is a popular spot for Greek holidaymakers, particularly pensioners and children at summer camps. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes and the authorities are seeking worldwide assistance. "We mustn't let mourning overwhelm us, because these hours are hours of battle, unity, courage and above all solidarity", he said. The coastguard said 19 people were found at sea and rescued while 696 people were picked up from beaches and the coastline by boat.

Trump had directed the decision, Gidley replied- "The President does feel strongly about this". And Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway said the incident showed the need broadly for more "civility" between reporters and the White House.

As Mr Raab and Mr Robbins appeared in front of the Exiting the EU Select Committee, Eurosceptic Tory Craig Mackinlay suggested there had been a civil service "coup d'etat", while fellow Brexiteer Peter Bone suggested Mr Robbins had been responsible for a "secret" plan which led to the Chequers proposals.

North Korea transferred the remains of an unspecified number of soldiers killed in the Korean War, the White House said on Thursday, a first step by Pyongyang to implement an agreement made in a landmark summit in June in Singapore. "I flew over where my father's plane went down". A source speaking to Fox News, identified as an American official, gave a similar report of the status of the remains transfer.

But this year's record temperatures have surprised residents and officials alike, and revived concerns about the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will be held in July and August in Tokyo. More than 300 people were taken to hospitals for possible heatstroke as of Monday morning, it said. CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy said an upper high level pressure system was blocking other weather systems - such as a cold front - from coming through, "thus a dome of heat built over Japan and surrounding ...

They accuse him of stonewalling their inquiries, which his department denies. Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said on Twitter the articles of impeachment "were filed in bad faith and show extraordinary lengths to which House Republicans will go to protect Trump".

The meeting comes at a critical time for the trade relationship between the European Union and the U.S. After the 10 percent tariff on aluminum and 25 percent on steel, The Washington Post reported that Trump is considering slapping a 25 percent tariff on automobiles, an idea that has drawn fierce criticism from European Union officials - from where many U.S.

On Saturday, Trump tweeted that it was "inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client - totally unheard of & perhaps illegal". The special master overseeing the privilege review of items seized in FBI raids of Cohen's home , office and hotel room in April said in a court filing Monday that the tapes were given to federal prosecutors in Manhattan after parties withdrew their designations of privilege, report the New York Times , Politico , the Associated Press and Reuters .

Trump denies the affair. "So sad!" the president says Wednesday on Twitter. "I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend, David, you know, so that - I'm going to do that right away", Mr Cohen says.

He will gift 200 Indian cows to the African leader. India on Tuesday extended two lines of credit worth almost $200 million to Uganda and signed a defence cooperation agreement with the African nation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with President Yoweri Museveni and discussed ways to strengthen the ties.

According to an analysis of satellite imagery of the location by the North Korea-focused 38 North website- between July 20 and 22-the North Korean government appeared to be dismantling the Sohae launch site. "If North Korea goes further and dismantle the entire Sohae site, that would meaningfully reduce the country's long-range missile capability by eliminating a facility where it could fire multiple ICBMs in succession", Lee said.

When asked to name the deliverables of Trump's meeting with Putin on July 16 in Finland, Sanders said "the only specific agreement that was made was that the two national security teams from both the United States and Russian Federation would continue at a working level, these discussions".

Zarif's online comments are the latest in the escalating war of words between Washington and Tehran. Fox News foreign policy analyst Kiron Skinner on President Trump's decision to pull the USA out of the Iran nuclear deal. While media coverage has focused largely on the geo-political ramifications of Trump's unique brand of Twitter diplomacy and the deterioration of relations between the United States and Iran, many Twitter users chose instead to make fun.

The White Helmets describe themselves as a volunteer workforce that acts to save people in Syria's war zones. Assad has been ruthless in his fight with the rebels, and has been accused multiple times of using chemical weapons against civilian areas in an attempt to defeat his enemies.

If China sends 80,000 tons of oil to North Korea every month, this volume already brings the amount to 960,000 tons a year-above the 525,000 tons limit for a 12-month period in the sanctions, Chosun Ilbo argues . sanctions, diplomats said. Last month, Beijing suggested the Security Council consider suspending or lifting sanctions on North Korea if it is in compliance with United Nations resolutions and making progress in negotiations.