2019-09-27

USA

The Ukraine story has been playing out for a lot longer than you might think

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

27/09/2019

Austria

Ten things to know about Sunday's snap general election in Austria

Ten things to know about Sunday's snap general election in Austria

27/09/2019

Europe Decoded

The Zelensky-Trump phone call: Poroshenko weighs in | #TheCube

The Zelensky-Trump phone call: Poroshenko weighs in | #TheCube

27/09/2019

Europe News

"Populists? Bring them into the tent"

"Populists? Bring them into the tent". An interview with political scientist Richard Higgott about the challenges of populism in Europe

27/09/2019

USA

Saudi Arabia gets ready to open up to foreign tourists

"It will change the perception, they have to come and see us," said the chairman of the kingdom's commission for tourism and national heritage.

27/09/2019

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia opens doors to tourists in move away from reliance on oil

The ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom has a wealth of tourist sites to be explored, but will they come?

27/09/2019

World News

Climate activists call for change in wave of global demonstrations

Climate change protests were inspired by Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future movement.

27/09/2019

USA

School strikers around the world march to demand action on climate

Citing a U.N.-backed report, demonstrators called on governments to implement measures to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2.7 degrees.

27/09/2019

Angola

Prince Harry follows in footsteps of Princess Diana to clear landmine

Harry clears Angola landmine 22 years after Diana

27/09/2019

USA

Kremlin says it hopes U.S. would not release Trump-Putin calls

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that "we would like to hope that it wouldn't come to that in our relations."

27/09/2019

USA

Brother found guilty of murdering Pakistani model in 'honor killing'

Baloch had posted risque Facebook posts in which she spoke of trying to change "the typical orthodox mindset" of people in Pakistan.

27/09/2019

World

Local communities help UNESCO restore war-torn MENA heritage sites

A consequence of war and social unrest in the Middle East and North Africa in recent decades, has been the destruction of some of the region’s most ancient, treasured and culturally important monuments.

27/09/2019

World

Sir Bani Yas Monastery: UAE’s oldest Christian site opens to public

Located around 200 kilometers from the UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi, on the eastern coast of Sir Bani Yas Island, lies the country’s oldest Christian site.

27/09/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Chris Wright: Westminster chaos shows us our electoral system is not fit for purpose ǀ View

I’ve been thinking for some time about the way in which British politics is changing, and I have come to realise that the traditional two-and-a-half party system which has prevailed since the 1920s doesn’t really work anymore.

27/09/2019

Greece

Greek police smash alleged €500,000 baby-smuggling network

Greek police, backed by Europol, say they have uncovered a €500,000 network that sold unborn children for adoption and eggs from vulnerable women.

27/09/2019

World News

European space mission aims to fill missing piece of climate jigsaw

The European Space Agency has commissioned a new satellite mission in a bid to find a crucial missing piece of the climate jigsaw.

27/09/2019

USA

Prince Harry to walk in mother Diana's footsteps in visit to Angola

The Duke of Sussex visited communities in the southern Africa nation where the late princess launched a demining campaign 22 years ago.

27/09/2019

USA

Euroviews. World leaders at the UN and student protests are not enough to confront the climate crisis ǀ View

Because of my position, no matter what I thought of leaders like George W Bush, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin or Ignacio Lula da Silva, I would never make a face like that of young climate activist Greta Thunberg when she saw President Trump passing near her at the UN.

27/09/2019

USA

Toronto van driver: I 'accomplished my mission' after 10 pedestrians died

The attack drew attention to an online world of sexual loneliness, rage and misogyny after the suspect invoked an uprising by "involuntary celibates."

27/09/2019

World News

New wave of global climate protests: Are Friday strikes here to stay?

A new wave of worldwide climate change protests inspired by Greta Thunberg's 'Fridays for Future' movement has got underway,

27/09/2019

USA

Man guilty of killing 6 members of his extended family in Texas

A teenage girl survived the deadly 2014 attack in the Houston area by playing dead after she was grazed by a bullet, authorities have said.

27/09/2019

USA

Drone helps filmmaker rescue pets stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian

"[It] still blows me away how these animals survive," Doug Thron said. "Their will to survive is pretty strong."

27/09/2019

USA

Whistleblower allegation of server misuse raises alarm bells

If true, the allegations should spark an investigation into the potential mishandling of a classified system, intelligence experts say.

27/09/2019

USA

Trump admin sets lowest cap on refugee admissions in 4 decades. Again.

The State Department said it was slashing the number of refugees allowed in the U.S. from 30,000 ⁠— already a historic low ⁠— to 18,000.

27/09/2019

USA

'Breath is precious': The daughter of a woman who died from vaping speaks out

When doctors suspected pneumonia was causing her symptoms, my mother said she done with vaping. Yet her decision came too late.

27/09/2019

USA

'Total panic' as White House struggles to find impeachment footing

While many in the Trump White House are battle-tested from the Mueller investigation, this time is starting to feel different, aides and advisers said.

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