The Washington Post “Justice Department charging Russian spies and criminal hackers in Yahoo intrusion” The Justice Department is set to announce Wednesday the indictments of two Russian spies and two criminal hackers in connection with the heist of 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014, marking the first U.S. criminal cyber charges ever against Russian....
The Guardian “Parliament attack: man shot after police officer stabbed at House of Commons.” A man was shot today outside the Houses of Parliament after an apparent clash with police officers. Onlookers have told of scenes of panic with tourists fleeing as gunfire broke out in Westminster. A man was seen receiving medical attention outside....
The Guardian “Brexit will have consequences for UK, says Theresa May as article 50 triggered” Theresa May has told parliament that she accepts Brexit will carry consequences for the UK, as a letter delivered to Brussels began a two-year countdown to Britain’s departure from the EU. The prime minister made a speech on triggering article....
BBC “St Petersburg metro explosion kill ten” At least 10 people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. The head of Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the blast hit the train between Sennaya Ploschad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Images posted on social media showed a badly mangled carriage, with....
The Guardian “Western agencies scramble to obtain samples from Syria chemical attack” Western intelligence agencies are seeking biological samples from survivors of the chemical weapons attack in northern Syria to compare against specimens of sarin taken from the Syrian military’s stockpiles four years ago. The testing will be used to established whether the nerve agent....
The Economist “Markets cheer Turkey’s referendum result” The victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, in a referendum on April 16th is seen by many observers as a worrying step on the road to autocracy. The vote handed Mr Erdogan far-reaching new powers. But the Turkish lira, government bonds and stockmarket all gained ground as....
New York Times “Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen Advance in French Election” In France’s most consequential election in recent history, voters on Sunday chose Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to go to a runoff to determine the next president, official returns showed. One is a political novice, the other a far-right firebrand —....
BBC “Brexit: UK and EU at odds over size of ‘divorce bill’” The UK won’t pay a 100bn-euro (£84bn) «divorce bill» to leave the EU, Brexit Secretary David Davis has said, as the two sides clashed over the issue. He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain the UK would pay what was legally due, in line....
The Economist “Emmanuel Macron is elected as the next president of France” After the most thrilling and tumultuous election campaign of recent times, the French have defied populism and made history. On May 7th they elected Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former Socialist economy minister who has never fought an election campaign in his life, to....
The Washington Post “Political chaos in Washington is a return on investment for Moscow” Russia’s “active measures” campaign ended with the election last year. But Comey’s firing on Tuesday triggered a new wave of ¬Russia-related turbulence. His removal was perceived as a blow to the independence of the bureau’s ongoing investigation of possible collusion between....
The Washington Post “Putin offers to provide Congress with details of Trump disclosures to Russian envoys” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he would be willing to provide the U.S. Congress a record of President Trump’s meeting with top Russian envoys, possibly offering new details on the disclosures of reportedly highly classified intelligence information. The....
The Economist “New tricks: Donald Trump’s reset on Islam” Forgotten, it seems, are his tweets calling them “cowards” and his Facebook post likening them to slaveholders. The people of Saudi Arabia, not least the royal family, seem to care only about what Donald Trump is saying now. And while Candidate Trump taunted the Saudis, President....
CNN “The Pope and President: Unpredictable pair finally meet” After meeting with Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia and visiting sacred sites in Jerusalem, President Donald Trump’s tour of world religions concluded Wednesday at the Vatican, the Catholic Church’s holy headquarters. There, at the Apostolic Palace, Trump met with Pope Francis — finally. It’s a meeting....
CNN “UK responds to Merkel: ‘We will be a strong partner to Europe’” Britain reacted Monday to Angela Merkel’s assertion that Germany could no longer «completely depend» on its traditional allies by saying it would continue to seek a «deep and special partnership» with Germany and the rest of Europe after Brexit. Speaking less than....
The Guardian “Kabul: at least 80 killed by massive car bomb in diplomatic quarter” Scores of civilians have been killed after a massive explosion in a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul left at least 80 people dead and wounded more than 360, the Afghan public health ministry has said. The attack is the deadliest....