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PHILADELPHIA — A gunman barricaded himself inside a Philadelphia rowhouse for 7 hours, firing on police and wounding six in a dramatic standoff that trapped two officers all while the commissioner and the shooter’s attorney tried to negotiate a surrender.

Thursday afternoon, the Philadelphia Police Department identified the officers injured in the incident:

– Police Officer Joshua Burkitt, 26, a 2-year veteran assigned to the 24th District sustained a gunshot wound to the left hand
– Police Officer Michael Guinter, 32, a 12-year veteran assigned to the Narcotics Strike Force, sustained gunshot wounds to both arms
– Police Officer Shaun Parker, 32, an 11-year veteran assigned to the Narcotics Strike Force, sustained a graze wound to the head
– Police Officer Nathaniel Harper, 43, a 19-year veteran assigned to the Narcotics Strike Force, sustained a gunshot wound to the left leg
– Police Officer Ryan Waltman, 42, a 12-year veteran assigned to the 39th District sustained a gunshot wound to the right hand
– Police Officer Justin Matthews, 31, a 3-year veteran assigned to the 16th District, sustained a graze wound to the left leg

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross expressed amazement that the standoff, which began Wednesday when officers attempted to serve a drug warrant, ended with no one dead and no life-threatening injuries.

It “could have been far worse,” Ross said Thursday outside the Philadelphia Police Department. “This was a very dynamic situation, one that I hope we never see again.”

The gunman came out of the home after police used tear gas. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation and then placed into custody.

As officers flooded the scene, the situation grew chaotic at times. Police took to Twitter to ask media helicopters to pull back at the beginning of the standoff, saying they feared the gunman might be able to see police positions in the footage. Some residents shouted and threw things at officers.

A nearby day care center was locked down for hours and later evacuated, with police officers helping carry babies and two city buses set up where shaken children waited for their parents to pick them up.

RELATED: Police commissioner, DA react to end of Philadelphia shooting, standoff

While standoffs with police are not uncommon, the situation in Philadelphia drew particular attention because of how long gunfire was exchanged and the fact that the commissioner made the unusual decision to speak to the shooter directly.

The suspect was identified by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner as Maurice Hill, 36. Krasner said Hill had an extensive criminal history, including drug, gun and robbery charges. Krasner said Hill should not have been on the streets but stopped short of saying there was any specific failure by law enforcement.

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“I think it’s fair to say the criminal justice system, imperfect as it is, did not stop this terrible incident,” he told reporters at a news conference Thursday.

Pennsylvania prison officials said a man with the same name and date of birth served about 2 years on drug charges and was paroled in 2006 and served more than a year for aggravated assault and before being released in 2013.

State court online court records indicate that man had multiple arrests in Philadelphia and adjacent Delaware County between 2001 and 2012, producing convictions that include perjury, fleeing and eluding, escape and weapons offenses.

Hill’s lawyer, Shaka Johnson, said Hill called him during the standoff asking for help surrendering. Johnson then called Krasner, and the two men patched in both Hill and the police commissioner, according to Krasner.

Hill told Johnson he wanted to make it out alive to see his newborn daughter and teenage son again.

RELATED: Attorney details what led to suspect’s surrender in Philly standoff

President Donald Trump weighed in on the shootout Thursday morning, saying the gunman “should never have been allowed to be on the streets.”

“He had a long and very dangerous criminal record,” he wrote in the tweet. “Looked like he was having a good time after his capture, and after wounding so many police. Long sentence – must get much tougher on street crime!”

LISTEN: Police radio broadcasts reveal chaotic situation during Philadelphia active shooter incident

The standoff started around 4:30 p.m. as officers went to a home in a north Philadelphia neighborhood of brick and stone rowhomes to serve a narcotics warrant in an operation “that went awry almost immediately,” Ross said.

Many officers “had to escape through windows and doors to get (away) from a barrage of bullets,” Ross said.

The six officers who were struck by gunfire have been released from hospitals, said Philadelphia police Sgt. Eric Gripp.

Two other officers who were trapped inside the house for about five hours after the shooting broke out were freed by a SWAT team well after dark fell.

Ross said the reason he made the unusual decision to be the person negotiating with Hill was because he was “so worried” about his officers stuck inside.

“I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I was 200 feet away,” he said Thursday.

Three people who officers had taken into custody in the house before the shooting started were also safely evacuated, police said.

At one point, authorities held a news conference in hopes that the gunman or someone he was communicating with may hear them. Ross said he was “very intentional and deliberate” with the words he used during the briefing since he was not sure if Hill knew there were two officers trapped upstairs.

Police tried to push crowds of onlookers and residents back from the scene. In police radio broadcasts, officers could be heard calling for backup as reports of officers getting shot poured in.

“There was just a lot of screaming and chaos,” said Abdul Rahman Muhammad, 21, an off-duty medic.

Dozens of officers on foot lined the streets. Others were in cars and some on horses.

Trump and Attorney General William Barr were briefed on the shooting, officials said.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said he was thankful that officers’ injuries weren’t life-threatening.

“I’m a little angry about someone having all that weaponry and all that firepower, but we’ll get to that another day,” Kenney said.

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El niño fue condenado por haber participado en una protesta de la agrupación “Hermanos musulmanes” a principios de 2014.

Un tribunal militar egipcio ha cometido un error al condenar a un niño de 4 años a cadena perpetua por un asesinato la semana pasada, según reconoció este lunes el ejército de ese país.

El portavoz del ejército, coronel Mohammed Samir, dijo que el tribunal debería haber condenado a otro joven de 16 años, con un nombre similar en su lugar.

Ahmed Mansour Qurani Ali fue penado junto con otras 115 personas en relación a los disturbios protagonizados por la agrupación Hermanos Musulmanes en la provincia de Fayum, en 2014.

En una publicación en Facebook, Col Samir, abogado de Ahmed Mansour Qurani Sharara de 16 años, dijo que en su momento había presentado documentos que probaban que él era uno de los manifestantes.

Y también afirmó que él debería haber sido condenado y no Ahmed Mansour Qurani Ali, de 4 años.

No está claro lo que va a pasar ahora con el pequeño.

El abogado del niño dijo que su nombre había sido añadido a la lista de sospechosos por error y que los funcionarios del tribunal no habían entregado su certificado de nacimiento al juez para probar su edad en el momento de la infracción.

Por lo tanto, posteriormente el niño fue condenado por cuatro cargos de asesinato, otros ocho por intento de asesinato y actos de vandalismo en propiedad del gobierno.

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La ONU denunció que los juicios en Egipto están “plagados de irregularidades en el procedimiento”.

El sistema judicial de Egipto ha sido objeto de críticas repetidas desde que el ejército derrocó al presidente Mohamed Morsi en 2013, a raíz de las protestas masivas.

Desde entonces, más de 1.000 personas han muerto y 40.000 se creen que fue encarceladas en una amplia ofensiva contra la disidencia.

La mayoría de ellos eran partidarios de la agrupación Hermanos Musulmanes, pero activistas seculares también fueron procesados por infringir la ley contra la protesta.

En 2014, la ONU advirtió que Egipto cuenta con “un sistema judicial en el que las garantías de juicio justo internacionales parecen estar cada vez más pisoteadas” después de que más de 1.200 personas fueron condenadas a muerte en dos juicios en masa “plagado de irregularidades en el procedimiento”.

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Con ese contrato firme mi sentencia, firme algo que no tenía que firmar, pero el miedo paraliza, y en este momento me levanto para defender mi derecho como ciudadana y como artista de este país, amistosamente intenté hablar con el señor Omar Alonso para dar fin a este contrato y pudiera seguir trabajando tranquilos dentro de toda esta situación, el señor Omar Alonso me ha remitido hablar con sus abogados, evidentemente después de todo lo que ha ocurrido yo le informo a todos los productores y a toda Venezuela, le informo a todos el continente de Latino América, porque me han llamado hasta de Miami, Bogotá, Panamá para trabajar, pero resulta que esta persona ahora no vende mis espectáculos, me debe tener castigada, aclaro que en este preciso instante, yo Vanessa Senior sin violar ningún tipo de contrato seguiré regida dentro del contrato que firme para Onzza Producciones voy a cambiar las direcciones de contacto hacia mi persona para las contrataciones, yo luego apegada al contrato me encargaré de pagarle a la productora para la cual trabajo el precio correspondiente al espectáculo y su porcentaje que debidamente le corresponde,

Asimismo le aclaro a toda la gente de Barquisimeto, existía un flyer donde se estaba vendiendo Vanessadas Triple Hot junto con las figuras de Tonny Boom y Nani para el 17 de diciembre, esto estaba conversado y prácticamente cancelado y cerrado como trato desde hace más de 5 meses o 4, confidencialmente cuando comenzó mi problema con el señor Omar Alonso, cambiaron los planes repentinamente, y de repente salió una contratación para Tonny Boom y Dj Nany que se van a presentar en Panamá el 19 de diciembre pero el señor Omar Alonso decidió tramitar los pasajes de viaje para el día 17, dejando a mi pueblo de Barquisimeto en el aire con el Show, pero yo voy a estar ese día, el señor queriendo actuar de buena fe, hubiese podido comprar los pasajes para ese día señores, yo se los garantizo no les estoy hablando por maldad, les estoy diciendo la verdad.

Quiero pedirle a todo el colectivo que tanto apoyo que me han dado, no quiero bajo ningún concepto, quiero que se aboquen a reclamare nada ni a Djane Nany ni a Tonny Boom, ellos son simplemente empleados.

Ayer paso algo que nunca había pasado, el señor Alonso llamó a YeiLove, para contratar la escuela de sexo pero única y exclusivamente con Tonny Boom y Djane Nany para San Antonio de los Altos este mes.

Con mucha molestia les digo que este diciembre por culpa de la inmadurez yo no estoy teniendo ingresos en mi cuenta y también con esto quiero decir que el show de la Victoria no se me ha cancelado, y fue hace dos días y las exigencias es que el show se me cancele el mismo día,

Lo siento pero a Vanessa Senior no la calla nadie.

Sigo trabajando para Onzza Producciones pero está vez yo hago las contrataciones de mi espectáculo y yo le pago a la productora como debe ser, el contrato se vence el próximo 30 de abril, Hace poco estuve animando un show en Maracaibo y él me llamo para cobrarme el 20% de una animación que estaba haciendo gratis, hay que ver que la gente es un poco descarada.

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NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) — Law enforcement agencies swarmed the home of Brian Laundrie’s family on Monday as the fiancé of Gabby Petito, who was identified by police as a person of interest in her disappearance, remains missing.

WFLA’s Christine McLarty was outside the Laundrie family home in North Port Monday morning and reported seeing about 15 FBI and North Port police units swarm and tape off the home around 10 a.m. ET.

“The FBI is executing a court-authorized search warrant [Monday] at the Laundrie residence in North Port, FL relevant to the Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito investigation,” the FBI said in a statement. “No further details can be provided since this is an active and ongoing investigation.”

Agents were seen going inside the Laundrie’s house carrying suitcases and documents.

As WFLA’s Eagle 8 news helicopter flew over the scene, photojournalist Paul Lamison witnessed agents come out of the home to walk the perimeter of and photograph a shed in the backyard.

The law enforcement activity comes hours after North Port police said they were no longer searching Carlton Reserve for Brian Laundrie, who was reported missing by his family on Friday. According to police, family members last saw him leave home Tuesday wearing hiking gear.

“At this time, we currently believe we have exhausted all avenues in searching of the grounds there,” North Port police PIO Josh Taylor said in a statement. “Law enforcement agencies continue to search for Brian Laundrie.”

Laundrie is the fiancé of Gabby Petito, who disappeared during a cross-country trip the two went on together this summer. Police say Laundrie returned home to North Port alone on Sept. 1 and was later named a person of interest in the missing person case involving 22-year-old Petito.

body found in Wyoming on Sunday matches Petito’s description, according to FBI agents. However, a full forensic identification has not been completed to “confirm 100% that we found Gabby.”

This is a developing story, please check back for updates. You can also download the WFLA app for breaking news push alerts and sign up for breaking news email alerts.

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President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron aired their differences on the sidelines of a NATO leaders’ summit in London.

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Sitting next to each other with cameras rolling on Tuesday, President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron made their differences known on trade, Turkey, Russia, ISIS and the appropriate role for NATO.

Early on in the extended exchange between the leaders of two of the most significant powers in the NATO alliance, Trump expressed confidence that their personal connection could overcome policy disagreements.

“That’s usually the case with the two of us,” Trump said. “We get it worked out.”

But earlier in the day, when Macron was not sitting by his side, Trump had sharp words for the French president. Trump took umbrage with Macron’s recent assessment that the NATO alliance is experiencing “brain death.”

“That is a very, very, very nasty statement,” Trump said of Macron, who in an Economist interview last month questioned NATO’s strength “in light of the commitment of the United States.”

Trump repeatedly called NATO “obsolete” during his presidential campaign. The alliance was formed after World War II to create a bulwark against Soviet aggression. As president, Trump has badgered other countries in the 70-year-old alliance to boost their defense spending while complaining that the United States is carrying everyone else’s weight.

“Nobody needs NATO more than France,” Trump said during a lengthy question-and-answer session with reporters at the start of a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. “And, frankly, the one that benefits, really the least, is the United States. We benefit the least. We’re helping Europe. … And that’s why I think that when France makes a statement like they made about NATO, it’s a very dangerous statement for them to make.”

It was a shift in perspective for Trump, who has gone from constantly criticizing NATO and failing to explicitly endorse Article 5 — the mutual defense agreement — to now saying “NATO serves a great purpose” and taking credit for what he called improvements.

“NATO, which was really heading in the wrong direction three years ago, was heading down, if you look at a graph. It was to a point where I don’t think they could have gotten on much longer,” Trump said. “Now it’s actually very strong and getting stronger.”

Trump attributes this to countries stepping up and bulking up their defense budgets, “I think really at my behest.”

While meeting with Trump, Macron did not pull his punches. “But when you speak about NATO, it’s not just about money. We have to be respectful,” Macron said in one of several moments of pointed contrast.

Trump and Macron have had a generally good relationship, even as they disagree strongly on climate policy and the Iran nuclear agreement, among other things. Another item putting that relationship to the test is trade.

On the eve of the NATO gathering, the Trump administration proposed 100% tariffs on nearly $2.5 billion in French goods, cheese and wine. The tariffs would serve as retaliation for the French Digital Services Tax, which the U.S. trade representative says discriminates against U.S. tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google.

“Emmanuel had an idea: Let’s tax those companies. Well, they’re American companies,” Trump said. “I’m not going to let people take advantage of American companies. Because if anyone’s going to take advantage of the American companies, it’s going to be us. It’s not going to be France.”

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President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington.

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The parent agency of the National Weather Service said late Friday that President Trump was correct when he claimed earlier this week that Hurricane Dorian had threatened the state of Alabama.

The surprise announcement in an unsigned statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) essentially endorsed Trump’s Sunday tweet saying that Alabama will “most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated.”

After the president’s tweet, the National Weather Service, in Birmingham, Ala., responded with its own tweet, saying “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east.”

The NOAA statement takes the National Weather Service to task, declaring “The Birmingham National Weather Service’s Sunday morning tweet spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time.”

The surprise statement on Friday has left meteorologists around the country baffled and upset.

“Some administrator, or someone at the top of NOAA, threw the National Weather Service under the bus,” Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, told NPR.

“The part that really smells fishy is that this is five days after that tweet by Trump,” he added. “If the National Weather Service did issue a misleading or incorrect tweet, that would need to be amended or fixed in an hour or two.”

“I am very disappointed to see this statement come out from NOAA,” Oklahoma University meteorology professor Jason Furtado told The Associated Press. He said the controversy over the president’s tweets and the NOAA statement undermines public confidence in meteorologists.

Since his original tweet, Trump has re-visited the controversy almost every day this week, including displaying a doctored version of a map showing Hurricane Dorian’s projected path to include Alabama.

In fact, as NPR’s Brian Naylor reported, one National Hurricane Center map showed that Alabama could see tropical-force, not hurricane-class winds. Such winds range between 39-73 mph. That map also shows that there was only a 5 percent chance of such winds, below hurricane level, reaching Alabama.

Underlining the reaction by meteorologists to the escalating debate over the president’s claims is the fear that weather forecasting itself is becoming politicized.

“Hurricanes have never been a left or a right object,” said McNoldy. “And I hope they don’t become one.”

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As the Supreme Court ruling hacked a new path through Britain’s system of government, brushing ancient royal powers to one side, from Buckingham Palace came – nothing.

This is precisely where the Queen does not want to be – right in the middle of a political and constitutional hurricane, with the Supreme Court redefining the relationship between judiciary, legislature, government and monarch.

When the Scottish Court of Session ruled that the prorogation was illegal – one of the cases that went to the Supreme Court last week – a Palace source said simply: “The Queen acts and acted on the advice of her ministers”.

And that line held right up until today. The Queen has very little, if any, discretion over the prorogation of Parliament.

There’s an argument that says the Queen might have turned down Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request, given that his legitimacy is arguably thinner than previous prime ministers.

That would have been running zig-zag through a constitutional minefield.

But what happened today was painful for the Palace.

It wasn’t just Mr Johnson’s request for a prorogation that was found by the Supreme Court to be unlawful, void and of no effect.

It was also the Order in Council, the legal mechanism that the Queen personally approves, that was found to be unlawful, void and of no effect. And, said the Supreme Court, it should be quashed.

More importantly, the Queen has been dragged by the PM’s unlawful prorogation into the place where for decades politicians have agreed she should never be – right into a domestic political argument.

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Former Conservative prime minister Sir John Major commented after the judgement that “no prime minister must ever treat the monarch or Parliament in this way again”.

He chose his words – and the order of his words – carefully, and conservatively. First monarch, then Parliament. He understands the damage this has done to the position of the Queen.

The man who pretty much defined the modern role of the Queen, the Victorian Walter Bagehot, wrote of the monarchy: “Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic.”

‘Blown apart’

The role has always worked in the shadows, the grey areas of the constitution, with an agreement going back decades amongst politicians that unwritten rules and conventions would be respected, and that nothing would be done to put the Queen into an embarrassing position, a position where she could be accused of having a political role.

Boris Johnson has blown that apart.

With the Supreme Court judgement a bright and critical light now illuminates the monarchy.

And the cry has gone up – even from the present system’s doughtiest defenders – for a written constitution, one where the powers of the different parts of the state and the different nations of the kingdom, are clearly explained and defined.

At which point, of course, some will ask – just what is the role in government, in the 21st Century, of a hereditary monarch?

Elizabeth came to the throne as the age of deference slipped away.

She has been a conservative monarch, content to play little more than a symbolic and ceremonial role. She understands that her position is dependent on her staying deep in the shadows of government.

But now daylight has flooded in. No wonder the Palace has decided to stay silent.

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The media appeared to have downplayed the migrant status of the murderer who was convicted in the brutal 2018 killing of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts. 

Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday after a two-week trial in Davenport, Iowa, in a case that drew national attention because of the suspect’s immigration status. 

However, media outlets are burying the fact that Rivera was in the country illegally when he murdered Tibbetts. 

MOLLIE TIBBETTS MURDER TRIAL: JURY FINDS CRISTHIAN BAHENA RIVERA GUILTY

“Farm worker found guilty of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts,” CNN wrote in its headline.

CNN’s report didn’t mention that the convicted murderer was an “undocumented immigrant” from Mexico until the fifth paragraph. 

The AP similarly ran the headline, “Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner.” 

“The verdict came after a two-week trial at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, in a case that fueled public anger against illegal immigration and concerns about random violence against women,” the AP reported in the fourth paragraph. 

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The report concluded by taking a swipe at Republicans, including former President Trump, for pointing to Tibbett’s murder in the immigration debate, writing “Then-President Donald Trump, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and other Republicans had cited the vicious crime ahead of the 2018 midterm elections to call for harsher policies to deter illegal immigration. But their efforts eventually stopped after Tibbetts’ parents said the slaying should not be used to advance a political agenda that Tibbetts would have opposed.”

The Daily Beast also headlined “Iowa Farmworker Found Guilty of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts” and buried the mention that he entered the U.S. illegally to the sixth paragraph. 

The New York Times, meanwhile, put out a tweet that read, “Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 26-year-old farmworker, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday in the killing of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who had vanished while jogging in 2018.”

The Times’ report later mentioned in the fourth paragraph of its report that he was an “undocumented” immigrant.

Bahena Rivera, who came to the U.S. illegally from Mexico as a teenager, will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, which is a mandatory sentence upon conviction. He will be held without bond pending a July 15 sentencing hearing.

Defense attorneys Chad and Jennifer Frese said they plan to appeal the jury’s decision on their client’s behalf. 

During closing arguments, prosecutors urged the jury to convict Bahena Rivera, 26, for the death of the University of Iowa student, citing “overwhelming evidence” that tied him to the killing.

The defense rested its case Wednesday after Bahena Rivera testified that two men killed Tibbetts and forced him to transport her body in his car. 

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Prosecutor Scott Brown called Bahena Rivera’s testimony “a figment of his imagination.” He argued that Bahena Rivera drove past Tibbetts as she was running on July 18, 2018 in Brooklyn, Iowa and made advances towards her. 

When she rebuffed him, he got angry, Brown said. 

“The way he reacts with that anger is to stab this young woman to death and to dump her body in a cornfield,” he told the jury. 

Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.

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Trump ordena salida de Estados Unidos del Acuerdo Transpacífico

El presidente Donald Trump cumplió este lunes una de sus principales promesas de campaña, al ordenar la salida de EE.UU. del Acuerdo Transpacífico, con naciones de Asia.

“Acabamos de hacer algo muy grande por los trabajadores estadounidenses”, dijo el presidente inmediatamente después de la firma del memorando por que Estados Unidos se aparta del pacto negociado por el expresidente Barack Obama con 12 naciones de Asia y la cuenca del Pacífico.

El acuerdo, calificado por Trump como un “pacto horrible” tendría que haber sido ratificado por el Congreso, donde también enfrentaba una gran oposición.

Donald Trump, sostiene una orden ejecutiva que retira a los Estados Unidos de la Asociación Transpacífica después de firmarla en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington, DC, el 23 de enero de 2017.
Trump firmó el decreto el lunes, efectivamente terminando la participación estadounidense en un acuerdo de libre comercio transpacífico negociado bajo el ex presidente Barack Obama. (Foto: SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)

Primera semana de Trump como presidente de Estados Unidos: puestos de trabajo y seguridad es la prioridad

Donald Trump dijo el lunes por la mañana, en su primer día laboral a jornada completa como presidente de Estados Unidos, que tiene planificada una primera semana muy ocupada en su nuevo cargo, y que centrará su labor en los temas de trabajo y seguridad nacional.

Como ya es usual en el flamante presidente, el anuncio lo hizo desde Twitter, y dio a conocer además su reunión de esta mañana con los más importantes ejecutivos del país para hablar sobre la manufactura en Estados Unidos.

Durante su campaña, Trump prometió traer de nuevo los empleos hacia el país, y durante su discurso de inauguración lo ratificó: “Traeremos de vuelta nuestros empleos”, dijo.

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Comienzan conversaciones de paz para Siria en Kazajstán

El gobierno sirio y delegados de la oposición se reunieron el lunes en Astana, la capital de Kazajstán, para conversaciones de paz respaldada por Rusia y Turquía que fuentes rebeldes dicen no incluirá negociaciones directas.

Se anticipa que las negociaciones en Astana se centren en cimentar un cese el fuego a nivel nacional mediado por Rusia, Irán y Turquía en diciembre que se ha mantenido en gran manera.

Previos intentos de cese el fuego que involucraron a Estados Unidos y las Naciones Unidas se desmoronaron rápidamente cuando las partes en conflicto intercambiaron fuego y culpas.

Previas conversaciones de paz, incluyendo la más reciente realizada hace un año, también ha logrado poco progreso en lograr el fin del conflicto que comenzó en marzo de 2011.

“Es nuestro más sincero deseo que estas conversaciones traigan luz al final del túnel para la crisis siria”, dijo el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Kazajstán, Kairat Abdrakhamanov, al iniciarse las conversaciones. “Depende de cada uno de nosotros ahora lograr elverdadero avance que el pueblo sirio merece”, agregó.

Representantes del régimen de Siria y grupos rebeldes junto con otros asistentes toman parte en la primera sesión de conversaciones de paz de Siria en el Rixos President Hotel de Astana el 23 de enero de 2017. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP / Getty Images)

¿Quién es la abogada argentina que será fiscal en el caso del “Chapo” Guzmán?

La fiscal del distrito este de Brooklyn que tiene a su cargo el caso contra el narcotraficante mexicano Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán, es una abogada argentina que habla perfectamente español, el idioma del acusado.

Andrea Goldbarg es una profesional muy rigurosa y muy respetada en el ambiente.

“En este momento es la fiscal de Estados Unidos que más conoce los carteles de México y cómo operan”, explicó una persona cercana a ella que pidió no ser identificada. “Se sabe los nombre de los grandes, los medianos y los pequeños”, según una fuente consultada por Univisión.

Goldbarg se graduó de abogada en la facultad de derecho de Boston University en 2001. Tras obtener la licencia para ejercer en el estado de Nueva York, trabajó en una firma privada de Nueva York. Entre 2002 y 2003, fue empleada como secretaria de juzgado de la corte federal del distrito sur de California.

El “Chapo” Guzmán será juzgado en EEUU, al poco tiempo de ser extraditado, por 17 cargos de narcotráfico, lavado de dinero y crímenes violentos.

México: Peña Nieto dijo que trabajará por una frontera que una, no que divida

En un mensaje a los medios de comunicación desde su Residencia Oficial de Los Pinos, el presidente Enrique Peña Nieto habló sobre la postura del gobierno federal en materia de relaciones exteriores. Entre otras cosas dijo que profundizará las relaciones con Latinoamérica, anunció que viajará a la CELAC en República Dominicana y que velará por los derechos de los migrantes.

Asimismo aseguró que México se centrará en fortalecer su presencia en el mundo y establecer un diálogo fructífero con Estados Unidos, con cinco principios: soberanía nacional, respeto al Estado de derecho, visión constructiva y propositiva, integración de Norteamérica y negociación integral.

En este sentido dijo que protegerá el flujo de inversiones hacia México, para que este siga siendo un “país confiable” y que trabajará por “una frontera que nos una, no que nos divida”.

 

La Gran Época le recomienda el siguiente artículo: Las creencias comunistas en las democracias actuales

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Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersWinners and losers from the South Carolina primary 5 takeaways from the South Carolina primary On The Trail: Steyer’s flop a warning to Bloomberg MORE (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenWinners and losers from the South Carolina primary On The Trail: Steyer’s flop a warning to Bloomberg Head of key teachers union says she’s backing Warren MORE (D-Mass.) are statistically tied in Massachusetts ahead of the Bay State’s Super Tuesday primary, according to a Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll released Saturday.

The poll found 24 percent of respondents leaning toward or planning to vote for Sanders, with 22 percent for Warren. The two are separated by less than the poll’s 4.4-point margin of error.

The poll found nearly all other candidates in a statistical tie for second place, with former New York Mayor Michael BloombergMichael Rubens BloombergWinners and losers from the South Carolina primary 5 takeaways from the South Carolina primary On The Trail: Steyer’s flop a warning to Bloomberg MORE pulling 13 percent, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPeter (Pete) Paul ButtigiegWinners and losers from the South Carolina primary 5 takeaways from the South Carolina primary On The Trail: Steyer’s flop a warning to Bloomberg MORE with 12 percent and former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenWinners and losers from the South Carolina primary 5 takeaways from the South Carolina primary On The Trail: Steyer’s flop a warning to Bloomberg MORE with 11 percent.

Sanders has heavily campaigned in Massachusetts ahead of Tuesday, holding rallies in both Boston and Springfield

Although a victory for Warren in her home state is far from assured, supporters have said a loss need not be the end of the line for the Massachusetts senator.

“It comes down to not who is winning how many states, but how many delegates you are getting in each state,” Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu, who has endorsed Warren, told the Globe. “There’s not a must-win state for anyone.”

The poll was conducted among 500 likely voters Wednesday through Saturday with live callers surveying respondents on landlines and cellphones.

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El saldo de las reservas internacionales de México fue de 176,094 millones de dólares, lo que significó una reducción semanal de 4 millones de dólares

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The Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) attacked New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Twitter on Thursday, saying the 2020 candidate is “full of sh–” after he tweeted his condolences over the death of an officer on Long Island, and calling him out for comments made during Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate.

An off-duty Bronx police officer committed suicide in his home Thursday, the fourth to do so this month. De Blasio had this to say via Twitter following the news: “We’re devastated by the news out of the NYPD this morning. An officer took his own life — one of four in recent weeks. The job of protecting this city demands so much from the officers who serve. Our city is here for them.”

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The SBA responded to the tweet with its own: “Your full of sh–! You bashed every cop in the country last night in the DNC debate. You use cops for your own gain. Truth is you could care less about cops, so save the sympathy card for the clowns who believe your cr–.”

During Wednesday night’s Democratic debate, up against nine other presidential contenders, de Blasio alluded to unfair and disproportionate violence against minorities by police officers.

“I’ve had to have very, very serious talks with my son, Dante, about how to protect himself in the streets of our city … including the fact that he has to take special caution because there have been too many tragedies between young men and our police,” de Blasio said during the debate.

The president of the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), Patrick Lynch, released a statement condemning the mayor’s remarks.

“Mayor de Blasio has apparently learned nothing over the past six years about the extremely damaging impact of anti-police rhetoric on both cops and the communities we serve,” Lynch said.“The hostile and dangerous environment we now face on the street is a direct result of the demonization of cops by de Blasio and other elected officials.”

Lynch added, “By rolling out that rhetoric again on a national stage, it’s clear he wants to take the country down the same path.”

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De Blasio has drawn the ire of law enforcement throughout his tenure in office, facing the allegation that he doesn’t have officers’ backs.

In 2017, hundreds of officers turned their backs on the mayor as he delivered a eulogy at a slain officer’s funeral.

Donald Trump Jr. seized on de Blasio’s lack of popularity in his state as he tweeting during the debate, “Deblasio using anything that he has done in NYC as a model for the country isn’t a winning plan … just ask anyone in NYC.”

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