UN sets up team to investigate Khashoggi murder; US arrests Trump's close adviser
(Baonghean.vn) - The US arrested Trump's close advisor; A dam broke in a waste reservoir in Brazil; Germany evacuated 500 passengers on a high-speed train due to a bomb threat; The United Nations established a team to investigate the murder of journalist Khashoggi... are the world's top news stories of the past 24 hours.
UN sets up team to investigate Khashoggi murder
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Journalist Khashoggi. Photo:Aljazeera. |
The United Nations (UN) human rights office announced on January 25 that it had established a three-member international investigation team into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to...Reuters.
The independent panel will examine the nature and extent of state involvement and the responsibility of individuals in the killing. The investigative team will visit Türkiye from January 28 to February 3 and report to the UN Human Rights Council in June.
It is unclear whether the investigation team has sought to reach out to Saudi Arabia or whether the country is cooperating. The Saudi mission in Geneva did not respond to a request for comment.
US arrests Trump's close adviser
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Mr. Roger Stone. Photo:Insider. |
Mr. Roger Stone was arrested by the FBI on the morning of January 25 at his home in Florida.CNNquoted his lawyer as saying.Stone was indicted by a District of Columbia grand jury on January 24 on seven counts brought by special prosecutor Robert Mueller.
Stone, a longtime Trump adviser, is accused of trying to steal emails from WikiLeaks with the intent of damaging Trump's opponents in the 2016 White House race, at the direction of a senior campaign official.
His charges include one count of obstructing an official investigation, five counts of making false statements and one count of witness tampering.
Germany evacuates 500 passengers on high-speed train due to bomb threat
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Illustration photo. Source: anews.com |
Reuters reported that on January 25, on Twitter, police announced that about 500 passengers had been evacuated from a train in Germany due to a bomb threat, and said they had also blocked several platforms at a station in Frankfurt. Passengers were safely evacuated from a train in this city.
Police stopped a high-speed train, travelling from Zurich, Switzerland, to Kiel, Germany, at Frankfurt Sued - a station south of Frankfurt - after they received a bomb threat by phone. Police searched the train but found no suspicious items.
Türkiye will set up its own safe zone if talks with the US fail
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| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: THX/TTXVN |
According to AP, on January 25, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned the US that Ankara could establish a safe zone in northeastern Syria if negotiations with Washington on this issue do not produce results.
Erdogan stressed that Türkiye will not "wait forever" to establish a 32km safe zone deep into the area east of the Euphrates River in Syria. Ankara wants the Syrian Kurdish militia to withdraw from that area.
Erdogan is seeking logistical and financial support from the US in this regard. The safe zone would act as a buffer zone between Türkiye and the Syrian Kurdish People's Democratic Forces - a key US ally in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group after the US withdrew from Syria.
Venezuelan President Maduro ready for dialogue with opposition leader
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| Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (center) speaks at a rally in support of his government in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2019. Photo: THX/TTXVN |
On January 25, President Nicolas Maduro announced his readiness to meet with opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has declared himself “interim president,” to begin a dialogue process to find a solution to the political crisis in this South American country.
Speaking at an international press conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace, the Venezuelan leader affirmed that dialogue channels are always open despite the opposition's unconstitutional actions and foreign interference in recent days.
Mr. Maduro believes that the path of peace is the only solution to help the country overcome the current difficult times.
Brazil tailings dam collapses, 200 people missing
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| Mud from a reservoir overflows, submerging a residential area in the town of Vila Ferteco, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, after a dam burst, January 25, 2019. Photo: THX/TTXVN |
According to a VNA correspondent in South America, on January 25, a tailings dam burst at the Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state, southeast of Brazil, causing thousands of cubic meters of mud and water to flow into surrounding residential areas, leaving at least 200 people missing.
According to an announcement by the Vale mining group, the owner of the mine and the world's largest iron ore producer and miner, the incident occurred in the early afternoon of January 25 (local time) and at that time there were about 1 million cubic meters of mineral waste in the reservoir.
Minas Gerais state rescue and civil defense forces were present after the incident to evacuate people and search for missing people.
