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Animals evacuated to Turkey from 'neglected' Syria zoo
An international animal welfare charity was on Friday completing the evacuation of a dozen animals stranded in a neglected zoo in the conflict-torn Aleppo province of northern Syria. The Four Paws group was seeking to move two lions and two domestic dogs from the "Magic World" zoo and amusement park in Syria over the border into Turkey and then to an animal protection centre in the north of the country, a spokesman for the charity told AFP. The convoy with the animals crossed the Syria-Turkey border late Friday and was now on their way to the animal protection facility in Karacabey, outside the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa, said spokesman Martin Bauer.
Trump just endorsed police violence and people are horrified
During a speech Friday about cracking down on the MS-13 gang, President Donald Trump pushed it too far when it came to the topic of police brutality. At one point during his speech at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York, in front of a crowd of law enforcement, Trump urged officers, "please don't be too nice." SEE ALSO: The Boy Scouts are really, really sorry about that Trump speech He went on to talk about removing common arrest procedures like protecting a suspect's head when putting them into a police vehicle. "I said you can take the hand away, OK," the president said, apparently forgetting about the whole concept of innocent until proven guilty. Twitter picked up on this and quickly accused the president of encouraging police violence. And they were not OK with it. "to protect and serve and to not be too nice" — E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcS) July 28, 2017 Trump just told police officers that they can be more violent than they already are. And they cheered. pic.twitter.com/KjYI3pxcVG — deray mckesson (@deray) July 28, 2017 POTUS just encouraged cops to be rough putting criminals into "the paddy wagon." — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 28, 2017 the president normalizing and legitimizing police brutality is a big deal — fluffy (@curiousgawker) July 28, 2017 Trump openly encourages needless police brutality. This perpetuates the broken trust that makes violence toward and from police more likely. https://t.co/3SG0ymo9qF — Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 28, 2017 Amnesty International USA weighed in on Trump's comments. In a statement condemning the president's views, Zeke Johnson, senior director of programs, said, “This inflammatory and hateful speech will only escalate tensions between police and communities and put both law enforcement and civilians at risk." He added, "encouraging violence by police is irresponsible and reprehensible.” Trump's views on law enforcement and inciting violence are nothing new — and continue to include a racist undercurrent directed at communities of color. The violent rhetoric is nothing new for Trump. He ran a campaign based on it: https://t.co/UStYwS6wgR — Anthony De Rosa (@Anthony) July 28, 2017 He was called out for his fear-mongering and violent language again on Friday, especially with his words directed toward immigrants and other marginalized communities. When you can't govern and pass your agenda through Congress, turn to demonizing marginalized PoC and lies. https://t.co/chHPvMm2wX — Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) July 28, 2017 No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here! 100s still in Brentwood demanding Trump go home. #unitedagainsthate pic.twitter.com/cD9wFWUjnu — Daniel Altschuler (@altochulo) July 28, 2017 Sadly, we all known the answer...Trump does NOT believe POC are people. He completely dehumanizes POC. — AmericanWoman8 (@AmericanWoman8n) July 28, 2017 At a time when police and community relations are already tense, Trump's apparent suggestion for cops to rough up suspects is clearly a tactic. WATCH: Trump bars transgender people from military, calls them a "disruption"
McCain, once belittled by Trump, hands him big defeat in healthcare vote
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the end, it was a simple hand gesture - Senator John McCain pointing his right index finger in a downward motion to register a no vote - that ruined his party's seven-year effort to repeal Obamacare. McCain, who just last week was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, dropped a hint on Tuesday that if his legislative demands were not met he was prepared to take on Trump in the dispute over how to replace parts of Obamacare with a Republican healthcare program. McCain's relations with Trump have been frosty for some time.
Romania blocks Russia minister plane to Moldova
Romania on Friday sparked fury in Moscow by blocking a Moldova-bound plane carrying a senior Russian minister entering its airspace because of an EU travel ban over the Ukraine crisis. The foreign ministry in Bucharest confirmed to AFP that the passenger jet carrying deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin was "not allowed to fly over Romanian airspace".
7 Spectacular Astronomy Photos
We are only halfway through 2017 and already NASA has given us dozens of amazing photos of our planet, our solar system and our universe.
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