Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

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North Korea leaves door open for 'desperately necessary' Trump summit

 

Regime’s vice foreign minister says meeting cancellation is ‘regrettable’ as South Korean president says he is ‘perplexed’ by US president’s decision

 

 

Benjamin Haas in Seoul and Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Fri 25 May 2018 09.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/north-korea-leaves-door-open-for-desperately-necessary-trump-summit

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Gaza ministry removes baby from list of people killed by Israeli army

 

Authorities investigate death of eight-month-old who ‘had pre-existing condition’

 

Hazem Balousha in Gaza and Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 24 May 2018 22.09 BST

 

 

Leila al-Ghandour is held by her mother at the morgue. Authorities are trying to determine how she died

Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/24/gaza-ministry-removes-baby-from-list-of-people-killed-by-israeli-army

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The failed Trump-Kim summit: the story of a trainwreck foretold

 

Washington and Pyongyang were talking at cross purposes, and the debacle began and ended with gut decisions made by Trump

 

Julian Borger world affairs editor

Thu 24 May 2018 19.19 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/24/trump-kim-north-korea-summit-trainwreck-foretold

 

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Ehud Barak on the crisis in Israel: ‘Netanyahu has to resign’

 

The former Israeli prime minister is a legend in his country thanks to his past military exploits. But he laments failing to establish a two-state solution

 

 

Fri 25 May 2018 15.49 BST

by Aida Edemariam

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/ehud-barak-on-the-crisis-in-israel-netanyahu-has-to-resign

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Champagne populists? Far-right MEPs face inquiry into expenses

 

Report claims €427,000 ($497,796)  in ‘noncompliant’ expenses included 234 bottles of bubbly

 

 

Fri 25 May 2018 17.43 BST

Jon Henley

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/champagne-populists-far-right-meps-face-inquiry-into-expenses

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McCain has hope for US despite ‘challenges in the world’, says memoir co-author

 

The senator has doubts about Trump’s moral leadership, but thinks that the US will ‘get through it’, says Mark Salter

 

 

Fri 25 May 2018 11.00 BST

Lauren Gambino in New York

 

 

 

 

Mark Salter: ‘He’s s worried about the challenges in the world … But he does think we’re a match for the problem – that we can get through it.’

Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/25/john-mccain-the-restless-wave-mark-salter-trump-memoir

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Democrat calls for inquiry over Greg Gianforte's assault of Guardian reporter

 

Head of the Montana Democratic Party said Gianforte has never owned up to lying to the police or the public about the assault

 

Associated Press

Thu 24 May 2018 18.40 BST Last modified on Thu 24 May 2018 18.59 BST

 

 

Greg Gianforte speaks to supporters after winning Montana’s open congressional seat on 25 May 2017

Photograph: Rachel Leathe/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/24/greg-gianforte-body-slam-inquiry-ben-jacobs-guardian-reporter

 

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26 May

 

North and South Korean leaders meet as US indicates summit may happen after all

 

Analyst: ‘bold but risky’ talks result of Trump ‘temper tantrum’

 

Benjamin Haas in Seoul, Lauren Gambino in Washington and agencies

Sat 26 May 2018 15.47 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/26/kim-jong-un-moon-jai-in-korean-leaders-hold-surprise-meeting

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Amid Syria’s horror, a new force emerges: the women of Idlib

 

With husbands, sons and fathers dead or missing, women have been unwittingly thrust into the spotlight. Their resilience and innovation could point a way forward

 

Simon Tisdall

Sat 26 May 2018 15.00 BST Last modified on Sat 26 May 2018 15.44 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/26/syria-idlib-women-children-society

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Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’

 

The former first daughter on privilege, female leadership, dealing with critics, and how Trump ‘degrades what it means to be American’

 

Sat 26 May 2018 08.59 BST Last modified on Sat 26 May 2018 12.45 BST

By Decca Aitkenhead

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/26/chelsea-clinton-vitriol-flung-at-me

 

 

 

Chelsea Clinton: ‘Sometimes they’re mad at me because of something that my mum or dad did.’ Photograph: Benedict Evans for the Guardian

 

 

 

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Israeli court approves razing West Bank Bedouin village

 

Supreme court’s verdict on Khan al-Ahmar likely to prompt anger in EU governments trying to save it

 

Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem

Fri 25 May 2018 11.02 BST

 

 

A child in Khan al-Ahmar after Israeli authorities demolished four houses in April 2016. Israel’s supreme court has ruled in favour of demolishing the village

Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/israel-court-approves-razing-khan-al-ahmar-bedouin-village

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Iran lists demands for staying in nuclear deal

 

Officials say EU must present credible package by end of May to compensate for US sanctions

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 25 May 2018 11.39 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/iran-lists-demands-nuclear-deal-eu-us-sanctions

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The problem with Democrats is substance, not style

 

Following Trump’s election, US liberals have blamed their failure on rhetoric. But politics is about much more than baiting voters

 

Sat 26 May 2018 11.00 BST

By  Samuel Moyn

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/26/american-liberals-politics-left-messaging

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Trump says China trade deal is 'too hard to get done'

 

The deal will probably need to be restructured, Trump tweeted, one day after saying he was ‘not satisfied’ with trade talks

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Wed 23 May 2018 17.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/23/trump-china-latest-news-trade-deal-too-hard

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Ireland votes by landslide to legalise abortion

 

Leo Varadkar vows legal terminations by end of year after huge vote for change

 

Henry McDonald and Emma Graham-Harrison in Dublin, and Lisa O'Carroll in Roscommon

Sat 26 May 2018 18.16 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/26/ireland-votes-by-landslide-to-legalise-abortion

 

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Trump confirms US negotiators in North Korea for summit talks

 

US president backs off cancellation as officials visit Panmunjom

 

South Korean leader: Pyongyang committed to denuclearisation

 

Benjamin Haas in Seoul, Tom McCarthy and Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies

Sun 27 May 2018 22.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/27/north-korea-us-summit-on-track-says-moon-candid-talks-friend-kim-jong-un

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28 May

Trump's assault on the department of justice is an attack on the rule of law

 

Sun 27 May 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sun 27 May 2018 21.25 BST

By  Lawrence Douglas

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/27/donald-trump-assault-justice-department-rule-law

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'It's brought us together': at Ramadan, American Muslims on life in the age of Trump

 

In Hamtramck, Michigan, many feel a sense of foreboding – and a connection to their community – in a difficult political climate

 

 

Mon 28 May 2018 06.00 BST

Oliver Laughland in Hamtramck, Michigan

 

 

 

 

Muad Aimogari a teacher and US citizen from Hamtramck, Michigan talks about Ramadan, fasting and his sister who is still in Yemen

Photograph: Bryan Mitchell for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/28/ramadan-american-muslims-hamtramck-michigan-trump

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I am a liberal. But I know Democrats in office are no better than Republicans

 

I launched a local paper to hold power to account, even when those in power lean as far left as I do

 

Mon 28 May 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 28 May 2018 13.00 BST

By  Alice Dreger

 

 

 

 

‘Watching our city government came as something of a shock. While the policies were consistently liberal, the behaviors were troubling.’

Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/28/news-journalism-politics-democrats-republicans

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Donald Trump Jr is in high political demand – for now

 

Trump Jr’s fanbase sees him as an authentic political figure, but many conservatives are waiting for the next shoe to drop

 

David Taylor in New York

Mon 28 May 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

On Republican strategist said of Trump Jr: ‘He can be the face, he can go out with the hunters.’

Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/28/donald-trump-jr-high-demand-conservative-groups-wary

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Michael Cohen: inside the strange world of Trump's fixer

 

The lawyer who rose from the taxi business to fixing the future president’s messiest problems now faces severe legal jeopardy after an FBI raid

 

 

Sat 26 May 2018 14.25 BST

by Tom McCarthy in New York

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/26/michael-cohen-profile-trump-russia

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Cuban Exile & CIA Agent Luis Posada Carriles Dies a Free Man in U.S. Despite Years of Terrorism

 

May 25, 2018

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/5/25/cuban_exile_cia_agent_luis_posada

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This Memorial Day, support our troops by stopping the wars

 

May 25, 2018 9:55 AM CDT By Kevin Basl

 

 

 

 

Iraq War veteran Charles Anderson, a member of the organization 'Iraq Veterans Against the War,' is comforted during an anti-war march in Washington on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War, March 17, 2007 | Gerald Herbert / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/this-memorial-day-support-our-troops-by-stopping-the-wars/

 

 

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29 May

 

Trump accuses Mueller team of 'meddling' in midterm elections

 

President offers no proof for allegation about special counsel investigators and says Democrats are guilty of ‘collusion’

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/trump-robert-mueller-meddling-midterm-elections-democrats-collusion

 

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Macron hosts Libyan factions in Paris in push to secure elections

 

President brings together rival leaders but move criticised by some as colonial interference

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Tue 29 May 2018 13.34 BST

 

 

 

Emmanuel Macron, centre, at the Libya conference at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday

Photograph: Etienne Laurent/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/macron-hosts-libyan-factions-in-paris-in-push-to-secure-elections