world news: 2018-04-29

Saturday 5 May 2018

Lava from volcano flows into Hawaiian neighborhood

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is releasing red lava into a residential subdivision, prompting the county to order mandatory evacuations. Hawaii County spokeswoman Janet Snyder said Thursday red lava emerged on Mohala Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision. The county is calling for all residents in the subdivision to evacuate.

Trump Describes Paris Terror Attack: 'Boom... Boom... Boom'

President Donald Trump did his best to explain why the U.S. needs lax gun

Driver fires shots at Cincinnati police in College Hill

Bullets flew in the direction of two Cincinnati police officers shortly after midnight Thursday. The shots were fired from a car as it pulled up onto a residential side street in College Hill. The officers were checking a report of shots fired into a home when, police said, someone started firing at them from a vehicle as they stood at a front porch along East Way at Groesbeck Road.The officers took cover and returned fire.

5.0-magnitude earthquake rattles Hawaii's Big Island

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 5.0-magnitude earthquake has struck Hawaii's Big Island.

Police called because Native Americans brothers were being ‘too quiet’

A parent called campus police on two Native American teenagers who were on a university tour because she thought they were threatening. Lloyd Skanahwati Gray, 17, and Thomas Kanewakeron Gray, 19, are brothers from Santa Cruz, New Mexico, who had driven to Fort Collins, Colorado, to go on a tour of Colorado State University.Their family are members of the Mohawk tribe. The tour director was not even aware that the police had been called on the young men who told their mother Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray that they were too shy to speak up during the portion of the tour when prospective students introduced themselves.

Use of genealogy site to trace Golden State Killer raises concerns

The arrest of a suspected serial killer and notorious rapist in California using DNA and a public genealogy website has been hailed as a triumph of ingenuity by law enforcement. "What if you become uninsurable because of a genetic test?" said Joseph Turow, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Could they also be denied health insurance because of a genetic predisposition to some malady?

Britain 'deeply concerned' by Palestinian president's Holocaust remarks

Britain said on Thursday that recent remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Holocaust were "deeply concerning" and unhelpful to peace in the region. Israel has accused Mr Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial after the Palestinian leader suggested in a speech that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct. "Palestinian President Abbas’s comments at the Palestinian National Congress were deeply concerning. Any attempt to justify or explain away any element of the Holocaust is unacceptable," Britain's Middle-East minister Alistair Burt said in a statement. "President Abbas has shown a commitment to non-violence and a two-state solution. But his recent rhetoric does not serve the interests of the Palestinian people and is deeply unhelpful to the cause of peace." Mr Abbas said in his speech that Jews living in Europe had suffered massacres "every 10 to 15 years in some country since the 11th century and until the Holocaust". Citing books written by various authors, Mr Abbas argued: "They say hatred against Jews was not because of their religion, it was because of their social profession. So the Jewish issue that had spread against the Jews across Europe was not because of their religion, it was because of usury and banks." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves in Ramallah on Tuesday Credit: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Mr Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Jewish groups and diplomats also condemned Mr Abbas' comments, made in a speech on Monday to the Palestinian National Council, that Jews had suffered historically not because of their religion but because they had served as bankers and money lenders. "It would appear that, once a Holocaust denier, always a Holocaust denier," Mr Netanyahu said on Twitter. "I call upon the international community to condemn the grave anti-Semitism of Abu Mazen (Abbas), which should have long since passed from this world." On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) parliament was preparing to hand its authority over to a smaller council in a move seen as a concentration of power in the hands of President Mahmoud Abbas's loyalists. The Palestinian National Council agreed Thursday to grant the 115-member Central Council authority to assume the political body's powers, such as appointing a successor to the 83-year-old Palestinian leader and resolving the decade-long rift with the rival Hamas party ruling Gaza. Abbas aide Ahmad Majdalani says the move will "make it easier for the PLO to handle political developments, and to fill any vacuum in PLO positions." The Palestinian National Council, which met this week for the first time in over two decades, was set to formally announce the measure Thursday evening.

Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — African-Americans are among the top owners of mobile devices, but aren't being considered when it's time for social media and technology companies to hire.

Russia sees closer Iran ties if U.S. exits nuclear deal: official

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia will stand by the Iran nuclear deal and develop closer ties with Iran if U.S. President Donald Trump withdraws from the agreement on May 12, a senior Russian official said on Friday. Vladimir Yermakov, Director General of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at Russia's Foreign Ministry, told reporters that a U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 accord known as the JCPOA did not necessarily mean the end of the deal. "It might even be easier for us on the economic front, because we won’t have any limits on economic cooperation with Iran.

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Hawaii volcano latest: Drone footage shows lava spewing out of ground near residential area after Mount Kilauea erupts

Lava spewing from a crack near Mount Kilauea in Hawaii which recently erupted has been filmed by a drone. Taken by photographer Jeremiah Osuna, magma can be seen hissing and sputtering from a large chasm near a residential area in Pahoa. Leilani Estates, home to about 1,500 people, appeared to be at greatest risk, but scientists said new vents and outbreaks could occur and it's not possible to say where.

Meghan Markle's Divorced Parents Will Be in Her Royal Wedding and Meet the Queen

They'll both meet the family the week before the big day

Trump says date, place set for North Korea summit

By Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday said the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it would oppose a withdrawal of U.S. troops from the area. The White House has said the first meeting between sitting U.S. and North Korean leaders could take place in the coming weeks. Trump is to push North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island

Hundreds of people were under an evacuation order on Friday after the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island came to life, belching ash into the sky and spewing fountains of lava in a residential area, officials said. Residents in the Puna communities of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivisions, home to about 1,700 people, were ordered to evacuate after public works officials reported steam and lava spewing from a crack, according to the county’s Civil Defense Agency. Two emergency shelters were opened to take in evacuees, the Civil Defense Agency said, while Governor David Ige activated the Hawaii National Guard to provide emergency response help.

Giuliani Calls Comey A 'Baby' For Defending FBI Agents Against 'Storm Trooper' Insult

Rudy Giuliani lashed former FBI Director James Comey as a "sensitive little

China rejects US military claims of laser attacks on pilots

China on Friday rejected US allegations that Chinese nationals shone military-grade lasers at American pilots in Djibouti, dismissing the claims as "inconsistent with facts". Beijing, which operates a naval base in the Horn of Africa country, denied Pentagon accusations that Chinese personnel have targeted US pilots in the country with the beams, resulting in minor injuries to airmen and creating the potential for an accident. "After careful verification, we have told the US explicitly that the so-called accusations are totally inconsistent with facts," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters.

Czech leader admits Novichok tests

Pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman said the Czech Republic had tested the substance Britain says was used to poison a former Russian spy on its soil. Zeman's statement Thursday countered previous claims by the Czech government rejecting Moscow's allegations that the EU and NATO member state had produced the Novichok nerve agent that was allegedly used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter in an English city in March. The Kremlin said the substance had been produced by the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Sweden when denying allegations by London and its allies that Moscow was behind the March 4 incident.

China state media sees positives in trade talks with U.S.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media struck an optimistic note on trade talks between Chinese and U.S. officials after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion in Chinese goods over allegations of intellectual property theft.

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Trump Reportedly Tells Pentagon To Consider Reducing Troops In South Korea

President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Defense to present plans

California DMV reveals more hurdles ahead for self-driving cars

The California Department of Motor Vehicles explained on Monday one of the reasons why self-driving cars aren't buzzing around the Golden State's roads: human drivers still have to take over too often. In response to a request from the DMV, eight companies intent on putting driverless cars on California's roads submitted annual "disengagement reports" that detail when humans were forced to take charge, reported The Mercury-News. MORE: Nissan's self-driving car tech explained The reports reveal just why the DMV hasn't granted autonomous car permits to the more than 50 applicants. Google’s Waymo division reported the lowest disengagement rate among the eight reports, with a total of 63 disengagements over 352,545 miles. In its follow-up report, Waymo reported that one of its cars did not see a “no right turn on red signal” among other hardware and software issues. At the opposite end of the spectrum, GM's Cruise Automation reported a much longer list of issues indicating the sensors in its cars had trouble detecting vehicles in opposite lanes, as well as processing data into conclusions about the movement of other cars. Additional issues reported by Cruise included its cars not breaking hard enough to stop at a stop sign, failing to yield to another vehicle entering a lane, taking a right turn too wide and even getting confused by construction cones. DON'T MISS: Self-driving Uber car in Arizona hits, kills bicyclist Aptiv, the arm of global automotive supplier Delphi, reported problems with handling human behavior that was unexpected and often illegal, loss of GPS signal and that one of its cars “encountered difficulty identifying a particular traffic light.” China’s Baidu reported issues with “misclassified” traffic lights, failure to yield and delays in recognizing both pedestrians and vehicles that had cut in front of its test cars. The issues could push back deployment programs for self-driving cars. For instance, Waymo plans to launch a ride-hailing service later this year initially in Arizona and GM is targeting 2019 for a similar system. At least in California, those deadlines may present a big challenge.

Xi praises Marxism as a tool for China to 'win the future'

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Karl Marx as "the greatest thinker of modern times," in a speech Friday seen as part of an effort so shore up his power against domestic critics.

Stormy Daniels lawyer: ‘The likelihood of us having a chance to depose Trump went up exponentially’

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss last night's stunning revelation that President Trump repaid his lawyer Michael Cohen the $130,000 that Cohen paid Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election.

US files complaint over Chinese laser use in Djibouti

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has issued a formal complaint to the Chinese government over the use of high-grade lasers near the military base in Djibouti that were directed at aircraft and resulted in minor injuries to two American pilots, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Trump’s New ‘Religious Liberty’ Order Alarms LGBTQ Groups

President Donald Trump on Thursday marked the National Day of Prayer by

School shooter suspect's brother released again on probation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The younger brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is getting out of jail again after violating probation for previously trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, site of the Feb. 14 massacre that killed 17 people.

Louisiana bill seeks to loosen gun laws at schools

A 59-to-36 vote in the the Louisiana House of Representatives on Wednesday advanced a proposed change in the state's gun laws. The bill would allow people with a conceal carry permit to bring guns onto school and university campuses statewide. HB 620 is authored by Rep. Blake Miguez, R-Erath.