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  Last update: 20:07 GMT 13.08.2020

  20:07 GMT 13.08.2020

  Military & Intelligence

  Pentagon’s Top General Warns US to Face ‘Huge Problems’ From Impending Daesh Resurgence

  The Pentagon's top officer for the Middle East warned Wednesday that the US will face “huge problems with a massive [Daesh] resurgence" over the next decade unless Washington establishes a deradicalization initiative in the Middle East.

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  Last update: 22:36 GMT 13.08.2020

  22:36 GMT 13.08.2020

  US

  Kushner Confirms Media Reports of His Meeting With Kanye West

  Reports emerged earlier suggesting that Donald Trump's senior adviser and son in law Jared Kushner had met with rapper Kanye West, who recently caused waves by announcing his presidential bid and holding an extravagant campaign event.

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  Last update: 23:07 GMT 13.08.2020

  23:07 GMT 13.08.2020

  Middle East

  Photo: IDF Airstrikes, Tanks Target Hamas Sites Across Gaza in Third Day of Bombardment

  Several explosions were reported across the Gaza Strip on Friday local time for the third consecutive night, as multiple Hamas sites were targeted.

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  Last update: 19:00 GMT 13.08.2020

  19:00 GMT 13.08.2020

  Asia & Pacific

  Photos: Rain-Swollen River Swallows Shore Facilities at North Korea’s Primary Nuclear Reactor

  A heavy rainy season has pushed North Korean rivers over their banks, threatening the country’s primary nuclear facility. Recent satellite photos show a nearby river used for cooling the reactors has swallowed most of the shoreline facilities.

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  Last update: 20:53 GMT 13.08.2020

  20:53 GMT 13.08.2020

  Military & Intelligence

  US Lawmakers Have Stonewalled Arms Sales to Turkey for Two Years Over S-400 Buy - Report

  According to a report by Defense News, several US lawmakers in key positions have refused to sign off on any weapons sale to Turkey since it agreed to buy the S-400 air defense system from Russia in 2017 instead of the more expensive, US-made Patriot systems.

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  Last update: 21:49 GMT 13.08.2020

  21:49 GMT 13.08.2020

  US

  Actress Rose McGowan Blasts Biden’s VP Kamala Harris For Accepting Harvey Weinstein Cash

  Weinstein, a prominent movie producer who worked on over 300 films, was sentenced to 23 years in jail after he was convicted in March of sexual assault and rape. The disgraced Hollywood mogul donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Party, including to former US Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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  Last update: 07:35 GMT 13.08.2020

  07:35 GMT 13.08.2020

  Europe

  Live Updates: Interior Minister Takes Responsibility, Apologises for Random People Hurt at Protests

  Belarus has been rocked by mass protests since the presidential vote saw incumbent president, Alexander Lukashenko, secure his sixth term by a landslide - a victory rejected by the opposition.

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  Last update: 04:40 GMT 13.08.2020

  04:40 GMT 13.08.2020

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: WHO Head Says World Needs to Spend Over $100bln on Tools to Address Pandemic

  While the pandemic is forcing countries to re-impose quarantine measures, Russia has announced its Sputnik-V vaccine, the world’s first, in a bid to curb COVID-19. The drug is expected to be delivered to hospitals in two weeks.