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Philippine police kill 32 in 'shock and awe' drug raids
Philippine police killed 32 people in "shock and awe" raids aimed at scaring drug traffickers, authorities said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted to setbacks in his controversial crime war. In one of the deadliest operations of the war, police reported killing 32 people in a series of raids Monday on suspected drug traffickers across Bulacan province, which neighbours the capital of Manila. "We wanted to shock and awe these drug personalities," Romeo Caramat, the Bulacan police chief, told reporters in Manila on Wednesday, adding 109 suspects had also been arrested.
Theresa May criticises Donald Trump and says he has a 'responsibility to condemn far right views'
Theresa May has criticised Donald Trump and says he has a responsibility to condemn far right views following his response to the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. The US President has been accused of losing his "moral authority" by Ministers and MPs after he claimed in a combative address on Tuesday that both sides were "very violent". He said there were some "very fine" people on both sides of the protests over the weekend, in which neo-Nazis clashed with anti-racism demonstrators leaving one woman dead and several injured. Neo-Nazis: bad Anti-Nazis: good I learned that as a child. It was pretty obvious.— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) August 16, 2017 Words matter. Silence matters. We must call out hate - unambiguously - to preserve the free & tolerant society many have fought & die for. https://t.co/04rYQYGj3O— Sam Gyimah MP (@SamGyimah) August 16, 2017 The ‘leader of the free world’ loses moral authority when he cannot call fascism by its name.— Sam Gyimah MP (@SamGyimah) August 16, 2017 The Prime Minister said: "I see no equivalence between those who propound fascist views and those who oppose them. "I think it's important for all those in positions of responsibility to condemn far right views wherever we hear them." Sajid Javid, the British Secretary of State for Communities, tweeted: "Neo-Nazis: bad Anti-Nazis: good I learned that as a child. It was pretty obvious." Sam Gyimah, the prisons Minister, added: "Words matter. Silence matters. We must call out hate - unambiguously - to preserve the free & tolerant society many have fought and die for. "The ‘leader of the free world’ loses moral authority when he cannot call fascism by its name." Trump says 'both sides' to blame in Charlottesville 01:19 A series of MPs have also raised concerns about the prospect of a state visit from Mr Trump next year. Ruth Davidson, the Conservative leader in Scotland, said: "The President of the United States has just turned his face to the world to defend Nazis, fascists and racists. For shame." Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith tweeted: "A state visit by £DonaldTrump would shame this country and betray all we stand for. Theresa May should revoke the invitation immediately." The President of the United States has just turned his face to the world to defend Nazis, fascists and racists. For shame.— Ruth Davidson (@RuthDavidsonMSP) August 15, 2017 So... About that state visit @theresa_may? https://t.co/N9TRyHNCPy— Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) August 15, 2017 I've looked at Trump from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's Nazi hatred I recall I really don't trust Trump at all— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) August 16, 2017 It comes after Mr Trump claimed the "alt-left" bears some responsibility for the violence and refused to condemn the "alt-right" activists. “You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent," he said. "No one wants to say that, but I’ll say it right now: You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent. "They came at each other with clubs ... it was a horrible thing to watch," Mr Trump said. Donald Trump approval rating tracker Hundreds of white nationalists converged in Virginia over the weekend to protest plans to remove a statue of General Robert E Lee, commander of the pro-slavery Confederate army in the US civil war. They were met by crowds of anti-racism demonstrators as tensions escalated to violent clashes. A suspected Nazi sympathiser, James Fields, plowed his car into a group of the counter-protesters, killing a young woman and injuring 19 other people. US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May walk at the White House on January 27, 2017 Credit: AFP/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI Mrs May has faced repeated criticism over her decision to offer a state visit to her US counterpart shortly after he took office. However the controversial occasion was reportedly put on hold after Mr Trump grew concerned that he would be greeted by protests on arrival. Number 10 sources said at the time that no date had been fixed, but officials were believed to be looking at 2018.
How many nukes are in the world and what could they destroy?
Tensions over nuclear weapons have been raised further after Donald Trump said North Korea will be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen" after US intelligence concluded the rogue state has produced a miniaturised nuclear warhead. This latest move comes amid increasing concern over North Korea's military capabilities, with the new US administration upping its rhetoric in response. While the Pyongyang regime increases the frequency with which it is conducting missile tests, Donald Trump's defence secretary Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis has previously warned North Korea of an "effective and overwhelming" response if Pyongyang used nuclear weapons. Elsewhere, rhetoric hints at a return of the expansion of nuclear arsenals across the world. In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of defence chiefs that strengthening nuclear capability should be a key objective for 2017. Donald Trump then took to Twitter to respond, vowing to do the same. The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016 Such rhetoric has led to concerns about the world's nuclear capacity and the unpredictability of those in charge of the warheads. It seems the world is a long way from "coming to its senses" - with millions of kilotons already in military service around the world. Between them, the world's nuclear-armed states have around 15,000 warheads - the majority of which belong to the US and Russia. It is estimated that just under 10,000 of these are in military service, with the rest awaiting dismantlement, according to the Arms Control Association. Putin says Russia should strengthen its nuclear arsenal 00:51 Which countries have nuclear weapons? There are five nuclear-weapon states in the world: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States. These are officially recognised as possessing such weapons by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This treaty acknowledges and legitimises their arsenals, but they are not supposed to build or maintain them forever. Indeed, they have committed to eliminate them. There are also four other countries that have nuclear weapons: Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea. These countries didn't sign the Treaty, and together possess an estimated 340 nuclear weapons. But it's Russia and the US that have by far the most in the world - dominating all other countries by collectively sharing 88 per cent of the world's arsenal of stockpiled nukes. This figure increases to 93 per cent when we consider retired nukes. How the world's 15,000 nukes are divided How deadly could these nuclear weapons be? The world's current collection of 14,900 nuclear weapons possesses enough power to kill millions of people and flatten dozens of cities. According to Telegraph research, it is estimated that the US and Russian arsenals combined have power equating to 6,600 megatons. This is a tenth of the total solar energy received by Earth every minute. According to the NukeMap website, the dropping of the B-83, the largest bomb in the current US arsenal, would kill 1.4m people in the first 24 hours. A further 3.7m people would be injured, as the thermal radiation radius reached 13.km. Likewise, the "Tsar Bomba" is the largest USSR bomb tested. If this bomb was dropped on New York, it is estimated that it could kill 7.6m people and injure 4.2m more. The nuclear fallout could reach an approximate area of 7,880km on a 15mph wind, impacting millions more people. Both America and Russia's arsenals are regulated by several treaties that place limits on the numbers and kinds of warheads and delivery systems they have. If either country were to expand their nuclear capacity even further, as Trump and Putin have hinted at, it could shatter these agreements and plunge the world into a new Cold War. North Korean missile ranges Our figures on nuclear weapons, based on statistics from the Arms Control Association, are mainly estimates because of the secretive nature with which most governments treat information about their arsenals.
Study Explores How To Talk To Climate Change Deniers
A new study shows how climate change advocates should talk to those who don't believe in global warming. Hint: put the data graphs down.
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