JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Turkey promises to calm market jitters over lira nosedive-Finance minister says Ankara rolling out action plan to stabilize sectors affected by currency's drop as Erdogan threatens to say 'goodbye' to US partnership-By Fulya Ozerkan-TOI-AUG 14,18
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey vowed Sunday to take measures later to calm market fears sparked by the precipitous plunge in the lira’s value as its president accused Washington of spearheading an “underhand plot” against his country.The dispute between the two NATO allies — which reached new intensity over the detention of an American pastor in Turkey — has hammered the lira and also raised questions over the future partnership between Washington and Ankara.It caused global market jitters last week as investors fretted over potential economic contagion from Turkey, particularly to European banks.The already embattled Turkish lira tumbled some 16 percent against the dollar on Friday as US President Donald Trump said he had doubled steel and aluminium tariffs on Turkey.Overnight it fell to a new record low of 7.2362 to the dollar before recovering to around 6.8222 in early Asian trading, similar to its trading price on Friday.In a call with reporters late Sunday, Turkey’s finance minister Berat Albayrak said Ankara was planning to roll out an “action plan” on Monday in response to the crisis.“Our institutions will take necessary action from Monday in order to relieve the markets,” he said, adding that the plan would center on “the state of our banks and the small and medium size enterprises” most affected by the lira’s plunge.Albayrak’s comments came as his father-in-law, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said he was in no mood to offer concessions to the United States in one of the worst spats between the two NATO allies in years.“The aim of the operation is to make Turkey surrender in all areas, from finance to politics,” Erdogan told ruling party members in the Black Sea city of Trabzon.“We are once again facing a political, underhand plot. With God’s permission we will overcome this,” he added.Good-bye to partnership’-Erdogan appeared unworried by the punitive measures imposed by the US, saying Turkey could turn to other partners and again terming the crisis an “economic war”.“We will give our answer, by shifting to new markets, new partnerships and new alliances, to the one who waged an economic war against the entire world and also included our country,” Erdogan said.“Some close the doors and some others open new ones,” added Erdogan, who has built closer ties over the last few years with countries from Latin America, Africa and Asia.Erdogan appeared to indicate that the entire alliance between Turkey — which joined NATO in 1952 with strong American backing — and the US was at stake.“We can only say ‘good-bye’ to anyone who sacrifices its strategic partnership and a half century alliance with a country of 81 million for the sake of relations with terror groups,” he said.“You dare to sacrifice 81-million (in) Turkey for a priest who is linked to terror groups?”American pastor Andrew Brunson has been held since October 2016 on charges of terror and espionage, and if convicted, could face a jail term of 35 years. Trump has described his detention as a “total disgrace” and urged Erdogan to free him immediately.‘Release the priest’-A delegation led by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal failed to secure a deal last Wednesday in talks in Washington on a number of issues including Brunson.Washington earlier this month already imposed sanctions on senior Turkish officials over the Brunson case, angering Erdogan and prompting retaliatory measures by Ankara.In Trabzon, Erdogan confirmed media reports that Washington gave Onal’s delegation a deadline for the release of Brunson.“They tell us to release the priest by Wednesday 6:00 p.m., otherwise the sanctions will begin,” said Erdogan, adding Turkey was not a country to agree to such requests.Analysts say that while Washington’s sanctions against Ankara sparked the immediate crisis, Turkey’s economy has been risking trouble for a while due to high inflation and the weak lira.The central bank has over the last few weeks defied calls from markets for rate hikes to combat these problems, raising fears of interference from Erdogan who has repeatedly called for low interest rates.Erdogan had on Saturday described interest rates as a “tool of exploitation”, in remarks that may not be warmly welcomed by the markets.The Brunson case is just one of many bones of contention between Turkey and the United States, ranging from Syria to Ankara’s increasingly cosy relationship with Moscow.Erdogan also hit back at US authorities for convicting Mehmet Hakan Atilla, 47, deputy director general of Turkish lender Halkbank on charges of helping Iran evade US sanctions on billions of dollars of oil proceeds.
UK home secretary urges Corbyn’s ouster over visit to Munich terrorists’ graves-Sajid Javid says any other party leader 'would be gone by now,' after photos appear to show Labour head honoring Palestinian masterminds of 1972 Olympics massacre-By TOI staff-AUG 14,18
Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid, slammed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday for photos of him holding a wreath during a 2014 visit to the graves of Palestinian terrorists.“If this was the leader of any other major political party, he or she would be gone by now,” Javid wrote in a Twitter post. Javid is a senior member of the ruling Conservative party.Corbyn has faced renewed criticism since Saturday, when the Daily Mail newspaper published photos of him holding the wreath during a 2014 ceremony at a Tunisian cemetery.It appeared from the snapshots that Corbyn was standing near the graves of Palestinian terrorists involved in the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.If this was the leader of any other major political party, he or she would be gone by now https://t.co/q1oa07Rngd— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) August 12, 2018-In 2017, the Sunday Times revealed that in an October 2014 article published on the radical left-wing website Morning Star, Corbyn recalled a visit to Tunisia where he marked the anniversary of Israel’s 1985 attack on the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters there, laying wreaths at a cemetery commemorating Palestinians said killed by Israeli forces in various incidents.Pictures published by the Daily Mail Saturday appear to show Corbyn in front of a plaque honoring members of the Black September terrorist organization, 15 yards (approximately 13 meters) away from the graves of those killed in the 1985 air strike.One image, said to be from the archives of the Palestinian embassy in Tunisia, seems to show the leader of the UK opposition participating in Islamic prayer.In his article published after the trip, opposition leader Corbyn does appear to refer to the grave of one of the architects of the Munich massacre.“After wreaths were laid at the graves of those who died on that day [at Sabra and Shatila] and on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991, we moved to the poignant statue in the main avenue of the coastal town of Ben Arous, which was festooned with Palestinian and Tunisian flags,” he wrote.This prompted speculation that Corbyn had honored the memory of Atef Bseiso, who was head of intelligence for the PLO and was involved in the murder of the Israeli athletes as part of the 1972 Black September terrorist operation in Munich. Bseiso was killed in Paris in 1992.At the time, spokespeople for Corbyn told then-Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush that “Jeremy Corbyn condemns the Munich massacre and its perpetrators, and that what he was attending was not anything to do with perpetrator Atef Bseiso, but an event to commemorate the 1985 bombing of the PLO headquarters.”During the September 1972 attack on the Munich Olympic Village by the Black September Palestinian terror group, 11 Israelis were taken hostage. Two were murdered in the Olympic village and nine others were executed at the airport. A German policeman was killed in a shootout with the terrorists during a botched rescue attempt.According to the Daily Mail Saturday, the photos from the ceremony show Corbyn in front of a plaque honoring Black September founder Salah Khalaf, his key aide Fakhri al-Omari and Hayel Abdel-Hamid, PLO chief of security. Adjacent to their graves is that of Bseiso. All are widely thought to have been assassinated either by the Mossad or rival Palestinian factions.ITV News reported Saturday that Labour sources noted Corbyn had already answered questions about his visit to the cemetery when he said last year: “I was in Tunisia at a Palestinian conference and I spoke at that Palestinian conference and I laid a wreath to all those that had died in the air attack that took place on Tunis, on the headquarters of the Palestinian organizations there.“And I was accompanied by very many other people who were at a conference searching for peace.”There was no independent verification that the pictures published by the Daily Mail did in fact disprove the denial issued by Corbyn’s spokespeople.The report appeared a day after Corbyn came under fire when video emerged of him appearing to compare Israeli military rule in the West Bank to the Nazi occupation of European countries during World War II.EXCLUSIVE – In 2013 @JeremyCorbyn spoke at an event hosted by the Palestinian Return Centre in which he made a direct comparison between Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the Nazi occupation of Europe during WW2. Watch until the end… pic.twitter.com/POMfsX5APq— The Golem (@TheGolem_) August 10, 2018-In the short clip, which was shared by Twitter user The Golem, Corbyn says Palestinians in the West Bank live “under occupation of the very sort that would be recognized by many people in Europe who suffered occupation during the Second World War, with the endless road blocks, imprisonment, irrational behavior by the military and the police.”The video was said to have been filmed at a 2013 event held by the Palestine Return Centre, when Corbyn was a relatively unknown Labour MP.A spokesperson for Labour pushed back at criticism Corbyn was comparing Israel to the Nazis.“Jeremy was describing conditions of occupations in WWII in Europe, of which there are multiple examples, not comparing the Israeli state to Nazis,” Sky News quoted the spokesperson saying.The comments are only the latest round in a long-running crisis for the party, with a constant stream of members and prominent officials being forced out or chastised for making anti-Semitic and virulent anti-Israel comments, and Corbyn himself criticized for tolerating and/or being part of the problem. The fracas has seen excoriation from rabbis, including Britain’s chief rabbi, as well as from some of Labour’s own MPs, charging that the party and its leader seem unable or unwilling to decisively excise anti-Semitic members and sentiments from Labour’s ranks.At the heart of Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis is the party’s refusal to adopt in full the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism, instead leaving out four of the 11 examples included in the definition. All four relate to unfair singling out of Israel or questioning the loyalty of Jews who support Israel.
Security cabinet huddles over Gaza Strip violence, ceasefire with Hamas-Netanyahu says Israel will continue to operate against terror targets unless all attacks stop; decrease reported in number of arson attacks from Gaza-By TOI staff-14 August 2018
The top-level security cabinet met on Sunday to discuss the ongoing Gaza Strip violence and the military options available, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel wants a full ceasefire and nothing less.Netanyahu met with his senior ministers at the military headquarters in Tel Aviv. The meeting came as the status of an Egyptian and UN-brokered ceasefire, which Gaza’s Hamas rulers claim came into effect at the end of last week, remained unclear.The meeting ended late Sunday, with no announcements or details released.There was a significant drop Sunday in arson attacks from Gaza.On Sunday evening a spokesman for the Israeli Fire and Rescue Services said that Sunday marked the first day in several months that no fires were caused by incendiary balloons flown from Gaza toward Israeli communities bordering the coastal enclave. However, he later said it appeared that at least one fire was started by the the arson devices.Earlier Netanyahu warned Hamas that Israel will continue to operate against the terrorism stemming from Gaza, apparently confirming that no official ceasefire agreement had been reached with the terrorist group.“We are in the midst of a campaign against terror in Gaza. It entails an exchange of blows; it will not end in one strike. Our demand is clear – a complete ceasefire. We will not suffice with less than this,” Netanyahu said at the opening of the weekly full cabinet meeting.Senior Israel officials maintain the country has not agreed to the ceasefire which Hamas announced late Thursday and said went into effect at midnight. Hamas, a terror group which seeks to destroy Israel, claims the deal was mediated by Egypt and other regional players.The apparent truce came after two days of spiraling violence that saw the heaviest exchanges of fire between Israel and the Gaza terrorist organization since 2014’s Operation Protective Edge. During the flareup Hamas fired over 150 rockets and mortars into southern Israel which responded with about the same number of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza.Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said earlier on Sunday that Israel could overthrow Hamas, as a report indicated that Israel was mulling assassinating the leaders of the terrorist group which seized control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007.Haaretz daily reported that Israel has formulated a plan to assassinate members of the senior Hamas leadership, but is waiting to see the outcome of the Egypt and UN-brokered negotiations before implementing it.Defense sources told the newspaper that it is believed that assassinations are preferable to a wide-scale ground offensive in Gaza, while acknowledging that targeted killings could lead to the start of a military campaign.Sources also told the paper that the Israeli defense establishment hopes to delay any broad conflict until at least the end of 2019, when construction of a technological above- and below-ground barrier along the Gaza border will be completed.Senior Israeli officials have said that “quiet will be met by quiet,” implying that the country is not seeking an escalation of violence, but has not openly committed to an end to hostilities. Instead, military officials hope the terror group has internalized the damage Israel can cause to its infrastructure.“Hamas understands very well what it has lost in the past few months; it can’t ignore it,” a senior IDF officer told the newspaper.Despite the apparent truce and reprieve in rocket fire, violence has continued on the border, and Israeli tanks struck two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip Friday evening after a grenade was hurled at troops and amid intense violence during mass riots in several locations along the border.Around 9,000 Palestinians participated Friday in violent weekly border protests. Some protesters rioted near the fence, threw makeshift bombs, Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli soldiers, and burned tires to create a smokescreen. In one incident a grenade was thrown at Israeli troops, but caused no casualties. Several attempts were made to breach the security fence.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said three Palestinians were killed in Friday’s violence.Meanwhile, incendiary kites and balloons from Gaza have continued to plague Israeli border communities, with a large incendiary kite landing on power lines near Kibbutz Sufa on Friday, causing blackouts in surrounding homes.On Saturday afternoon the IDF said it targeted a cell responsible for launching incendiary balloons in the northern Gaza Strip. Reports in Palestinian media said two people were injured in the Israeli strikes in El-Bureij.There were also Palestinian reports of a second IDF strike elsewhere in the Gaza Strip.Southern Israel has experienced hundreds of fires as a result of incendiary kites and balloons flown over the border from Gaza in recent months. Over 7,000 acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials.Since March, there have been near-weekly, violent protests along the Israel-Gaza border organized by Gaza’s Hamas rulers, leading to escalations involving rockets fire on Israel and reprisal air strikes.The deadly border clashes have seen Israeli security forces facing gunfire, grenades, Molotov cocktails, and efforts — sometimes successful — to damage or penetrate the border fence. Last month, an Israeli soldier was killed by a sniper. According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, over 150 Palestinian haves been killed in the violence. Hamas has admitted that many of fatalities were its or other Gaza terror groups.
Steve Bannon weighs in on UK burqa debate, Boris Johnson-US Republican strategist says ex-foreign secretary will make 'a great prime minister,' says far-right activist Tommy Robinson is 'a force of nature'-By DANICA KIRKA-TOI-14 August 2018
LONDON (AP) — Republican strategist Steve Bannon weighed into British politics Sunday in a wide-ranging interview in which he defended former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s comments about Muslim face veils and praised a controversial British far-right leader.The former aide to US President Donald Trump said Johnson had “nothing to apologize for” and should not “bow at the altar of political correctness” after he was criticized for saying women who wear burqas look like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers.”Johnson made the comments in a newspaper column that argued against banning full-face veils, as Denmark has done.“Excuse me, didn’t he actually support the wearing of the veil?” Bannon told the Sunday Times. “His entire argument revolves around not wanting to ban the burqa, but arguing that he agrees that it’s an oppressive garment and that there is no scriptural basis for it in the Quran, which is true. I think the substance got lost because of his throwaway line.”Johnson has been criticized by Muslim groups and politicians, including Prime Minister Theresa May, who urged Johnson to apologize. Johnson’s representatives have said he won’t apologize.“The hysterical mainstream media can never separate the ‘signal from the noise’— fortunately, the populists can,” Bannon said.Bannon has said he wants to establish a Europe-wide movement uniting populist and nationalist voters in the European elections next year. He has said he plans to spend 70 percent of his time in Europe following the November midterm election in the United States.Johnson, a former mayor of London, is one of Britain’s best-known politicians and is often cited as a potential candidate for prime minister. He quit May’s Conservative government last month in a dispute over the country’s departure from the European Union, accusing the prime minister of killing “the Brexit dream” with plans to continue close economic ties with the EU after the UK leaves the bloc in March.Bannon suggested that Johnson need not copy Trump to be successful.“Boris just needs to be Boris — true to his nature and his calling — and I think he has potential to be a great prime minister, not a good one,” he said.Bannon also praised another controversial UK figure — Tommy Robinson, founder of the now-defunct English Defence League. He compared Robinson to rapper Kanye West, describing him as a rising star and a “force of nature.”Robinson, 35, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is a self-styled commentator who has given Britain’s far-right media the verve it has lacked. His YouTube channel has accumulated more than 6 million views, including videos purporting to show him fighting migrants in Italy and being attacked by masked men outside a McDonald’s restaurant in London.He was recently freed from prison after an appeals court threw out his conviction for contempt of court and ordered a retrial. The case stems from allegations that Robinson used social media to broadcast details of a trial that was subject to blanket reporting restrictions.His supporters said he was jailed because of his far-right political beliefs.“Tommy is not just a guy but a movement,” Bannon said. “He represents the working class and channels a lot of the frustration of everyday, blue-collar Britons… He is a force of nature — like Kanye (West) — not built to be managed.”
1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb-Residents within 270 meters forced to leave area for several hours as sappers remove 220-kilogram bomb near Rouen town center-By AFP-TOI-14 August 2018
RENNES, France — Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said.The 220-kilogram (485-pound) bomb was found in late June during construction work near the center of Rouen in Normandy.Residents living within a 270-meter (nearly 900-foot) radius of the site were told to leave the area early Sunday ahead of the operation, which wound up shortly after 11:00 a.m.Discoveries of bombs and shells from World War II are common in France and elsewhere on the continent.Last month, the French navy defused an unexploded shell found in the sea near a popular beach in Cannes on the Mediterranean coast.In May, nearly 9,000 people had to be evacuated after a bomb was uncovered in Dresden, Germany, a city which was heavily bombed toward the end of the war.
US ambassador urges UK to back Trump on Iran nuke deal-In op-ed, envoy asks Britain to join a united front aimed at achieving a 'genuinely comprehensive agreement' with Tehran-By AP-TOI-AUG 14,18
LONDON — The US ambassador in London has urged Britain to back US President Donald Trump in pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, saying a united front is the best way to persuade Tehran to change its course.Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that “we are asking global Britain to use its considerable diplomatic power and influence and join us as we lead a concerted global effort towards a genuinely comprehensive agreement.”Trump pulled out of the deal in May and last week began reinstating economic sanctions against Iran that were eased in exchange for concessions on Iran’s nuclear program.The UK, France, Russia, China, Germany and the European Union, which also signed the deal, have criticized Trump’s decision and continue to back the agreement with Iran.Iran has said it will restart aspects of the uranium enrichment program if the nuclear deal unravels.US sanctions that had been eased by the Obama administration under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, took effect again Tuesday. Renewed sanctions targeting Iran’s oil industry and banking sector will resume November 4.Trump declared that the landmark 2015 agreement was “horrible,” saying it did nothing to stop Iran developing missiles or destabilizing the Middle East and Gulf regions. The Europeans argue that it was only ever meant to curb the development of nuclear weapons.The stiff economic sanctions ratchet up pressure on the Islamic Republic despite statements of deep dismay from European allies. Trump warned that those who don’t wind down their economic ties to Iran “risk severe consequences.”Iran accused the US of reneging on the agreement and of causing recent Iranian economic unrest. European allies said they “deeply regret” the US action.European companies face possible US sanctions if they continue to trade with Iran.Last week the European Union’s executive Commission introduced a “blocking statute” to protect European businesses from the impact of the sanctions. The mechanism stops European companies from complying with the US sanctions unless they have authorization from the Commission.The statute also blocks the effects of US court actions in Europe and allows European firms to recover damages arising from the sanctions from anyone who causes them.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Russia says will ditch U.S. securities amid sanctions: RIA-[Reuters]-By Andrey Ostroukh-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will further decrease its holdings of U.S. securities in response to new sanctions against Moscow but has no plans to shut down U.S. companies in Russia, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on state TV on Sunday, RIA news agency reported.On Friday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would regard any U.S. move to curb the activities of its banks as a "declaration of economic war" and would take retaliatory action.Washington said on Wednesday it would impose fresh sanctions by the end of August after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain, sending Russia's rouble currency to a two-year low.Speaking on a weekly TV talk show, Siluanov said the new U.S. sanctions, some of which could restrict purchases of Russian government bonds, were "unpleasant but not fatal"."We have lowered to the minimum level and will further decrease our investment in the U.S. economy, in the U.S. securities," Siluanov said, shedding light on the nature of an unexpected drop in Russia's holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds.Russia has ditched its holdings of U.S. Treasuries in the past few months as relations between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated, data showed last month.Russia will also have more settlement in roubles and other currencies, such as the euro, than in dollars, Siluanov said."Eventually, this will negatively impact U.S. investors. But we are not planning now any limitations such as shutting down McDonalds," Siluanov said. He referred to calls by some lawmakers to shut down prominent U.S. companies in Russia starting from 2014, when relations with the West soured over Russia's annexation of Crimea and its role in Ukraine's crisis."Our citizens work in these companies, these companies pay taxes into the budget of our country," Siluanov said.While admitting that U.S. sanctions would boost inflation in Russia as they hurt the rouble, Siluanov said there were no plans to ban using the dollar in Russia."Of course, the government has no such plans. That would be a step to an impasse."(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Editing by Catherine Evans)
Erdogan says U.S. set deadline for pastor's release-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States gave Turkey a deadline until last Wednesday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, to release an American pastor being tried by a Turkish court.The case of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Christian, is one of a series of disputes that lies at the heart of deteriorating ties between the two NATO allies.Speaking to supporters in the Black Sea coastal city of Trabzon, Erdogan revealed details of negotiations held last week between the two countries, saying Washington had threatened sanctions if Turkey refused to release the pastor.A Turkish court has transferred Brunson to house arrest after almost 20 months in jail. Frustrated with his continuing detention, Washington sanctioned two Turkish ministers and then doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum imports.(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; editing by David Stamp)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
B.C. watching weather closely after lightning sparks dozens of new wildfires-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 12, 2018
Residents living to the west of Quesnel, B.C. are preparing for a possible city-wide evacuation as wildfires continue to rage nearby.Thousands of people living west of the city are under evacuation alert, while 90 people and more than 900 properties in the area two hours northwest of the city were evacuated on Saturday.The Cariboo Regional District said no properties east of the Fraser River are on evacuation alert.Quesnel Fire Chief Sylvain Gauthier said local officials are preparing for a full-scale evacuation in case the fires push eastwards, reserving buses in Prince George — an hour's drive north — for residents who don't have access to a vehicle.Gauthier said Northern Health has been told to prepare to evacuate the local hospital as well.Evacuees who have already left Cariboo region have been sent to Prince George, which has set up an Emergency Response Centre as well as a website for arriving evacuees.Evacuations in north central B.C.More evacuation orders and alerts are in effect for an area of north-central British Columbia that is nearly surrounded by forest fires.The 35-kilometre stretch of land under evacuation order is west of the community of Fort St. James, in a mostly rural area, while an expanded evacuation alert includes several properties near the district municipality's western edge.Bill Miller, board chair for the Bulkley-Nechako region, says they've been lucky with the most recent expansion of the evacuation area. No properties or families in the area have been forced out in a zone that is predominantly camping and recreational sites.However, he says if the fires continue to burn eastwards they'll begin to affect residents in Fort St. James and they need to be prepared to leave immediately if the alert is upgraded to an order.He says it's been a difficult week and it's unlikely to get better next week, with no rain in the forecast for another ten days.When he left work in Burns Lake on Saturday afternoon, Miller says the smoke from the fires had darkened the skies so much it seemed as if the sun had already set.Watching the weather-Sunday's weather forecast called for more hot, dry weather along with gusting winds, which could fan the flames.The B.C. Wildfire Service said 145 new fires started Saturday, largely due to widespread lightning, bringing the province-wide total to nearly 600.On Sunday, air quality in the Okanagan and West Kootenay areas was rated a "very high" health risk due to wildfire smoke.Kamloops, Williams Lake and the North Okanagan have ratings of above 10, meaning children and the elderly are at risk of health complications. People in those areas are advised to avoid strenuous activity.Soccer games at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops were cancelled due to the smoke on Sunday afternoon.The rest of the Okanagan is at a 10 rating, while Castlegar has been assigned a "high" risk of 7.Additional fire information-- Previous evacuations have been rescinded in relation to the Nanaimo Lakes fire burning 13 kilometres southwest of Nanaimo. The fire is considered 40 per cent contained. - An evacuation order has been issued for the Murray Lake area due to the Juliet Creek fire burning approximately 47 kilometres southwest of Merritt. The fire is 600 hectares in size. - The Mabel Creek wildfire, 6.5 kilometres east of Mabel Lake in B.C.'s Interior, has grown considerably in size joining up with several smaller fires. It is now 1,861 hectares in size. - The Blazed Creek wildfire, located 26 kilometres northwest of Creston, also grew considerably due to recent weather conditions. The fire is currently 3,100 hectares in size. - Crews are still actively fighting the Alkali Lake fire near Telegraph in the province's northwest region. The South Stikine River fire has merged with this one and its combined size is 311 square kilometres. - Crews have shut down Highway 7 intermittently to access the High Creek wildfire near Agassiz. That fire, believed to be human-caused, is now 120 hectares in size. - All regional parks in Metro Vancouver are under an extreme fire danger rating. Campfires and barbecues are prohibited. - The campfire ban across most of the province remains in place due to unseasonably dry and hot conditions.Wildfire map:Evacuation orders and alerts:With files from the Canadian Press, Jon Hernandez and Nicole Oud
Multiple weather records broken during Sask. heatwave-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
It's been a scorching weekend in Saskatchewan as the province bakes in a heatwave.Three all-time heat records were broken on Saturday, along with five monthly records, according to Environment Canada.All-time recordsThe hottest all-time record beater was in the Val Marie area, with the mercury hitting 40.9 C. The old record, set in 1949, was 40.6 C.The Assiniboia area hit 41.1 C, beating the previous record of 40.5 C set in 1988.A high of 39.4 C was recorded in the Broadview area, compared to the 38.7 C record from 1981.Monthly records-The Moose Jaw area saw temperatures hit 42.3 C, beating out the old August record of 41.7 C in 1949. Regina and surrounding areas hit 41 C, slightly higher than the 40.6 C also set in August 1949.Swift Current area's previous heat record was just set on Friday at 40 C, but was narrowly beat on Saturday by 40.1 C.The Weyburn area also broke a monthly record with 40.9 C, with the old record at 40 C set in 1958.Environment Canada says the information is preliminary and does not constitute a final report.Other records-Saskatchewan wasn't the only place in Canada to set records. BC broke 23 daily records on Friday, while Calgary broke an all-time heat record on the same day.
Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday.Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest.The Holy Fire — named for Holy Jim Canyon, where it began Monday — grew to nearly 33 square miles (85 square kilometres ) by Saturday morning. But firefighters also made progress, with containment rising from 10 to 29 per cent .High temperatures and dry grass and brush have made it difficult for firefighters to get a handle on the blaze. Some hillsides were being allowed to burn under the watchful eyes of firefighters as a way to reduce fuel and make it harder for flames to jump roadways into communities if winds pick up again.Although the fire burned a dozen forest cabins early on, only one home was lost Thursday as fire crews managed to fend off flames that stalked downhill and came right up to yards.On Saturday, officials allowed some residents to return to their homes in Lake Elsinore, but others still remained under evacuation orders.The man accused of deliberately starting the fire appeared in court on Friday, but his arraignment was postponed.Forrest Clark, 51, made several outbursts, claiming his life was being threatened and saying the arson charge against him was a lie. A court commissioner ordered his bail to remain at $1 million.The Holy Fire was one of nearly 20 blazes across California, which is seeing earlier, longer and more destructive wildfire seasons because of drought, warmer weather attributed to climate change and home construction deeper into forests.A fire that broke out near the communities of Fairfield and Vacaville had destroyed a home and two other structures, according to the Vacaville Fire Department. A firefighter suffered a minor injury battling the blaze, which grew to about 2.6 square miles (6.9 sq. kilometres ) and was 70 per cent contained by Saturday afternoon, officials said.The largest fire ever recorded in California — the Mendocino Complex — is burning north of Sacramento and has destroyed 119 homes but none in recent days. The fire had reached 508 square miles (1,315 sq. kilometres ) and was 67 per cent contained by Saturday.The two-week-old Carr Fire that killed eight people and burned more than 1,000 homes was 55 per cent contained.Elsewhere in the West, a firefighter was injured Saturday and residents in parts of two Washington state cities were told to evacuate due to a growing wildfire.Authorities say the Grass Valley fire started Saturday morning and windy conditions helped it grow to 1.5 square miles (3.8 sq. kilometres ). The fire is burning in grass and timber.Grant County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Foreman tells the Spokesman -Review that the injured firefighter was flown to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center.___This story has been corrected to say that eight people, not six, died in the Carr Fire.___Myers reported from Los Angeles. AP journalists Michael Balsamo and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Amy Taxin in Orange County and Olga Rodriguez in San Francisco contributed to this story.Marcio Sanchez And Amanda Lee Myers, The Associated Press.
Wildfire rages on Greek island of Evia, villages evacuated-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
ATHENS (Reuters) - Two villages on the Greek island of Evia were evacuated on Sunday as a forest fire raged, fanned by strong winds.The fire brigade described the evacuation of Kontodespoti and Stavros village in central Evia, about 70 km (44 miles) from Athens, as a precaution.A wildfire near the capital in July killed 94 people, the country's worst such disaster, prompting the prime minister Alexis Tsipras to replace the Civil Protection Minister and the heads of Fire Brigade and Police.Tsipras announced the demolition of thousands of illegal buildings in response to the deaths of dozens of people who were unable to escape a maze of poorly planned streets.(Reporting Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Muslim Brotherhood chief handed life term in Egypt retrial-Mohammed Badie, and four others, were charged with terrorism, attempted murder, forming an armed group to attack citizens and illegal possession of firearms-By AFP-TOI-14 August 2018
CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced to life in prison the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, and four other leaders in a retrial on accusations of inciting street violence, their lawyer said.Defense lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud named the others as Mohamed el-Beltagi, Essam el-Erian, Safwat Higazi and El-Husseini Antar.The Brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization in Egypt in December 2013, after the military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July of that year in the wake of mass protests against his rule.“We will appeal the sentences within 60 days,” the lawyer told AFP, adding that four other people were sentenced to jail terms of between 10 and 15 years.The accusations date back to July 2013 when Brotherhood leaders and members marched in Giza, west of Cairo, in protest at Morsi’s ouster.The defendants were charged with terrorism, attempted murder, forming an armed group to attack citizens, and illegal possession of firearms.Badie and the others were initially sentenced in September 2014 to life in prison, but Egypt’s court of cassation cancelled the ruling and ordered the retrial.
Egypt detains another monk linked to abbot’s death-Police arrest 33-year-old Valtos for his role in murder of Bishop Epiphanius at St. Macarius Monastery-By AP-TOI-14 August 2018
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have detained another monk as part of their investigation into the death of an abbot in a monastery north of Cairo last month.The state-run MENA news agency identified the 33-year-old monk by his monastic name, Valtos, and said Sunday that he is under police guard after an attempted suicide.Word of the arrest came a day after prosecutors said a detained and recently defrocked monk, identified as Isaiah, confessed to collaborating with others to kill Bishop Epiphanius, abbot of St. Macarius Monastery. The bishop was found dead on July 29.His funeral was attended by Pope Tawadros II, the spiritual leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians, one the world’s oldest Christian communities.Earlier this month the church announced a dozen measures related to monks’ activities after a meeting called “to discuss monastic order in light of the painful incident and martyrdom of Bishop Epiphanius,” a church statement said.It said the number of monks at each monastery would be limited “to ensure monastic order” and they would be restricted from going outside without the abbot’s permission.They are being warned against making media appearances “in any form” or involvement in unauthorized financial transactions.Monks are also being given one month “to deactivate and close any social media pages or accounts and voluntarily renounce these behaviors that are not true to monastic life.”It did not elaborate on why it decided the measures — which were ratified by Coptic Pope Tawadros II — were necessary in response to the bishop’s death.Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s predominantly Sunni Muslim population of 100 million.They have long complained of discrimination and have been previously targeted by the Islamic State group although there is no evidence suggesting the bishop’s death was related to sectarian tensions.
Mysterious blast at Syria weapons depot kills 12 civilians-War monitor says dozens still missing as explosion in rebel-held town of Sarmada levels 2 residential buildings-By AFP-TOI-14 August 2018
BEIRUT, Lebanon — An explosion of unknown origin at a weapons depot in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib killed at least 12 civilians on Sunday, a war monitor said.An AFP correspondent at the site in the rebel-held town of Sarmada near the Turkish border said the explosion caused two buildings to collapse.On Sunday morning, rescue workers used a bulldozer to remove rubble and extract trapped people, the correspondent said.Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, said the death toll could rise as dozens were still missing.“The explosion occurred in a weapons depot in a residential building in Sarmada,” the head of the Britain based monitor said.But the cause of the blast was “not yet clear,” Abdel Rahman added.A rescue worker carried the motionless body of a small child from the wreckage to an ambulance, the AFP correspondent said.Behind mounds of rubble, the facade of a building was scorched black, due to a fire after the blast.A civil defense source told AFP that women and children were among the dead.But rescue workers had pulled out “five people who were still alive,” the source said.Syrians gather at a site of car bomb in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on August 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)Most of Idlib is controlled by rebels and jihadists led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, but the Islamic State group also has sleeper cells in the area.The regime holds a small slither of southeastern Idlib.In recent months, a series of explosions and assassinations — mainly targeting rebel officials and fighters — have rocked the province.While some attacks have been claimed by IS, most are the result of infighting since last year between various other groups.In recent days, regime forces have ramped up their deadly bombardment of southern Idlib and sent reinforcements to nearby areas they control.President Bashar Assad has warned that government forces intend to retake Idlib, after his Russia-backed regime regained control of swathes of rebel held territory elsewhere.Around 2.5 million people live in the province, half of them displaced by fighting in other parts of the country.More than 350,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since Syria’s civil war started in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.
What we know so far about the Fredericton shooting-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
Four people are dead, one suspect is in custody and a city is in mourning.Details of the Friday morning shooting that left two Fredericton police officers and two civilians dead are trickling out amid rumours and speculation in the two days since the first gunshots were reported.Here what's we know:The shooting- - Witnesses report hearing the first shots in the 200 block of Brookside Drive on Fredericton's north side shortly after 7 a.m. - The total number of shots fired varies between witness accounts. Most reports say the final shots were heard around 8:30 a.m. - Officers Lawrence Robert Costello, 45, and Sara Burns, 43, respond at 7:10 a.m. They are the first on scene and shot trying to help two civilians — later identified as Donald Adam Robichaud, 42, and Bobbie Lee Wright, 32 — lying on the ground outside an apartment complex. All four individuals are shot and killed. - The apartment complex at 237 Brookside Drive is made of four three-storey buildings in the shape of a "J," with a grass courtyard in the middle and a parking lot and wooded area in back. The third-storey window riddled with bullet holes faces the courtyard. - At about 9:30 a.m., officers enter an apartment and arrest a suspect, who is taken to hospital after being shot by police. - The area was put on lockdown for about four hours and more than two dozen households were evacuated. Dozens of displaced residents will be able to return home Monday. - The complex remains cordoned off by police as the investigation continues. New Brunswick RCMP have taken the lead on the homicide investigation with the Fredericton Police Force assisting. RCMP are asking for photos and video of the shooting. The suspect-- Matthew Vincent Raymond, 48, is in police custody and has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder. - Raymond is in "serious but stable" condition, according to police. - So far, police haven't established a link between the alleged gunman and any of the victims. - Raymond had been living in the complex's C building for four months, says the office manager for the apartment rental company. Judith Aguilar said he seemed "utterly normal." - Few details have been released by police, only that he allegedly shot the victims from an elevated position using a long gun. Police do not know if the gun belonged to him. - He was not known to police. - Raymond is scheduled to make a court appearance Aug. 27. The victims- - Const. Lawrence Robert (Robb) Costello, 45, was a 20-year veteran of the Fredericton Police Force who worked on various teams throughout his career, including as a detective. - He grew up in Sussex Corner. - He is survived by his partner, Jackie McLean, and four children. - He worked tough cases while seconded to the RCMP's Internet child exploitation unit and was said to have enjoyed being on patrol. - Costello often spoke of the on-the-job dangers facing police. - Const. Sara Mae Helen Burns, 43, joined the force in 2016 after two years of serving as auxiliary officer. - She decided to chase her dream of policing at the age of 35 after years of being a stay-at-home mom. - Born in Scotland, Burns moved to Canada at the age of seven. She is a graduate of Fredericton High School. - She is survived by her husband and three sons. - She's being remembered as dedicated officer who went the extra mile in her work. - Burns had worked an overnight shift and was getting something she had forgotten in the police car when the call from Brookside Drive came in Friday morning. She shared the car with Costello and decided to go with him. - Donald Adam Robichaud, 42, was a local bass player who also specialized in auto body work. - He was a father to three children. - He grew up in Geary and spent his time riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and playing in local bands. - Robichaud, known as Donnie, moved into the apartment complex where the shooting occurred about three months ago. - He recently entered a relationship with the other civilian who was killed Friday. - Bobbie Lee Wright, 32, was the last person identified by police. - On August 2, she shared on Facebook that she was in a relationship with Robichaud. - Her family has yet to speak publicly about her death.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Turkey promises to calm market jitters over lira nosedive-Finance minister says Ankara rolling out action plan to stabilize sectors affected by currency's drop as Erdogan threatens to say 'goodbye' to US partnership-By Fulya Ozerkan-TOI-AUG 14,18
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey vowed Sunday to take measures later to calm market fears sparked by the precipitous plunge in the lira’s value as its president accused Washington of spearheading an “underhand plot” against his country.The dispute between the two NATO allies — which reached new intensity over the detention of an American pastor in Turkey — has hammered the lira and also raised questions over the future partnership between Washington and Ankara.It caused global market jitters last week as investors fretted over potential economic contagion from Turkey, particularly to European banks.The already embattled Turkish lira tumbled some 16 percent against the dollar on Friday as US President Donald Trump said he had doubled steel and aluminium tariffs on Turkey.Overnight it fell to a new record low of 7.2362 to the dollar before recovering to around 6.8222 in early Asian trading, similar to its trading price on Friday.In a call with reporters late Sunday, Turkey’s finance minister Berat Albayrak said Ankara was planning to roll out an “action plan” on Monday in response to the crisis.“Our institutions will take necessary action from Monday in order to relieve the markets,” he said, adding that the plan would center on “the state of our banks and the small and medium size enterprises” most affected by the lira’s plunge.Albayrak’s comments came as his father-in-law, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said he was in no mood to offer concessions to the United States in one of the worst spats between the two NATO allies in years.“The aim of the operation is to make Turkey surrender in all areas, from finance to politics,” Erdogan told ruling party members in the Black Sea city of Trabzon.“We are once again facing a political, underhand plot. With God’s permission we will overcome this,” he added.Good-bye to partnership’-Erdogan appeared unworried by the punitive measures imposed by the US, saying Turkey could turn to other partners and again terming the crisis an “economic war”.“We will give our answer, by shifting to new markets, new partnerships and new alliances, to the one who waged an economic war against the entire world and also included our country,” Erdogan said.“Some close the doors and some others open new ones,” added Erdogan, who has built closer ties over the last few years with countries from Latin America, Africa and Asia.Erdogan appeared to indicate that the entire alliance between Turkey — which joined NATO in 1952 with strong American backing — and the US was at stake.“We can only say ‘good-bye’ to anyone who sacrifices its strategic partnership and a half century alliance with a country of 81 million for the sake of relations with terror groups,” he said.“You dare to sacrifice 81-million (in) Turkey for a priest who is linked to terror groups?”American pastor Andrew Brunson has been held since October 2016 on charges of terror and espionage, and if convicted, could face a jail term of 35 years. Trump has described his detention as a “total disgrace” and urged Erdogan to free him immediately.‘Release the priest’-A delegation led by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal failed to secure a deal last Wednesday in talks in Washington on a number of issues including Brunson.Washington earlier this month already imposed sanctions on senior Turkish officials over the Brunson case, angering Erdogan and prompting retaliatory measures by Ankara.In Trabzon, Erdogan confirmed media reports that Washington gave Onal’s delegation a deadline for the release of Brunson.“They tell us to release the priest by Wednesday 6:00 p.m., otherwise the sanctions will begin,” said Erdogan, adding Turkey was not a country to agree to such requests.Analysts say that while Washington’s sanctions against Ankara sparked the immediate crisis, Turkey’s economy has been risking trouble for a while due to high inflation and the weak lira.The central bank has over the last few weeks defied calls from markets for rate hikes to combat these problems, raising fears of interference from Erdogan who has repeatedly called for low interest rates.Erdogan had on Saturday described interest rates as a “tool of exploitation”, in remarks that may not be warmly welcomed by the markets.The Brunson case is just one of many bones of contention between Turkey and the United States, ranging from Syria to Ankara’s increasingly cosy relationship with Moscow.Erdogan also hit back at US authorities for convicting Mehmet Hakan Atilla, 47, deputy director general of Turkish lender Halkbank on charges of helping Iran evade US sanctions on billions of dollars of oil proceeds.
UK home secretary urges Corbyn’s ouster over visit to Munich terrorists’ graves-Sajid Javid says any other party leader 'would be gone by now,' after photos appear to show Labour head honoring Palestinian masterminds of 1972 Olympics massacre-By TOI staff-AUG 14,18
Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid, slammed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday for photos of him holding a wreath during a 2014 visit to the graves of Palestinian terrorists.“If this was the leader of any other major political party, he or she would be gone by now,” Javid wrote in a Twitter post. Javid is a senior member of the ruling Conservative party.Corbyn has faced renewed criticism since Saturday, when the Daily Mail newspaper published photos of him holding the wreath during a 2014 ceremony at a Tunisian cemetery.It appeared from the snapshots that Corbyn was standing near the graves of Palestinian terrorists involved in the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.If this was the leader of any other major political party, he or she would be gone by now https://t.co/q1oa07Rngd— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) August 12, 2018-In 2017, the Sunday Times revealed that in an October 2014 article published on the radical left-wing website Morning Star, Corbyn recalled a visit to Tunisia where he marked the anniversary of Israel’s 1985 attack on the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters there, laying wreaths at a cemetery commemorating Palestinians said killed by Israeli forces in various incidents.Pictures published by the Daily Mail Saturday appear to show Corbyn in front of a plaque honoring members of the Black September terrorist organization, 15 yards (approximately 13 meters) away from the graves of those killed in the 1985 air strike.One image, said to be from the archives of the Palestinian embassy in Tunisia, seems to show the leader of the UK opposition participating in Islamic prayer.In his article published after the trip, opposition leader Corbyn does appear to refer to the grave of one of the architects of the Munich massacre.“After wreaths were laid at the graves of those who died on that day [at Sabra and Shatila] and on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991, we moved to the poignant statue in the main avenue of the coastal town of Ben Arous, which was festooned with Palestinian and Tunisian flags,” he wrote.This prompted speculation that Corbyn had honored the memory of Atef Bseiso, who was head of intelligence for the PLO and was involved in the murder of the Israeli athletes as part of the 1972 Black September terrorist operation in Munich. Bseiso was killed in Paris in 1992.At the time, spokespeople for Corbyn told then-Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush that “Jeremy Corbyn condemns the Munich massacre and its perpetrators, and that what he was attending was not anything to do with perpetrator Atef Bseiso, but an event to commemorate the 1985 bombing of the PLO headquarters.”During the September 1972 attack on the Munich Olympic Village by the Black September Palestinian terror group, 11 Israelis were taken hostage. Two were murdered in the Olympic village and nine others were executed at the airport. A German policeman was killed in a shootout with the terrorists during a botched rescue attempt.According to the Daily Mail Saturday, the photos from the ceremony show Corbyn in front of a plaque honoring Black September founder Salah Khalaf, his key aide Fakhri al-Omari and Hayel Abdel-Hamid, PLO chief of security. Adjacent to their graves is that of Bseiso. All are widely thought to have been assassinated either by the Mossad or rival Palestinian factions.ITV News reported Saturday that Labour sources noted Corbyn had already answered questions about his visit to the cemetery when he said last year: “I was in Tunisia at a Palestinian conference and I spoke at that Palestinian conference and I laid a wreath to all those that had died in the air attack that took place on Tunis, on the headquarters of the Palestinian organizations there.“And I was accompanied by very many other people who were at a conference searching for peace.”There was no independent verification that the pictures published by the Daily Mail did in fact disprove the denial issued by Corbyn’s spokespeople.The report appeared a day after Corbyn came under fire when video emerged of him appearing to compare Israeli military rule in the West Bank to the Nazi occupation of European countries during World War II.EXCLUSIVE – In 2013 @JeremyCorbyn spoke at an event hosted by the Palestinian Return Centre in which he made a direct comparison between Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the Nazi occupation of Europe during WW2. Watch until the end… pic.twitter.com/POMfsX5APq— The Golem (@TheGolem_) August 10, 2018-In the short clip, which was shared by Twitter user The Golem, Corbyn says Palestinians in the West Bank live “under occupation of the very sort that would be recognized by many people in Europe who suffered occupation during the Second World War, with the endless road blocks, imprisonment, irrational behavior by the military and the police.”The video was said to have been filmed at a 2013 event held by the Palestine Return Centre, when Corbyn was a relatively unknown Labour MP.A spokesperson for Labour pushed back at criticism Corbyn was comparing Israel to the Nazis.“Jeremy was describing conditions of occupations in WWII in Europe, of which there are multiple examples, not comparing the Israeli state to Nazis,” Sky News quoted the spokesperson saying.The comments are only the latest round in a long-running crisis for the party, with a constant stream of members and prominent officials being forced out or chastised for making anti-Semitic and virulent anti-Israel comments, and Corbyn himself criticized for tolerating and/or being part of the problem. The fracas has seen excoriation from rabbis, including Britain’s chief rabbi, as well as from some of Labour’s own MPs, charging that the party and its leader seem unable or unwilling to decisively excise anti-Semitic members and sentiments from Labour’s ranks.At the heart of Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis is the party’s refusal to adopt in full the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism, instead leaving out four of the 11 examples included in the definition. All four relate to unfair singling out of Israel or questioning the loyalty of Jews who support Israel.
Security cabinet huddles over Gaza Strip violence, ceasefire with Hamas-Netanyahu says Israel will continue to operate against terror targets unless all attacks stop; decrease reported in number of arson attacks from Gaza-By TOI staff-14 August 2018
The top-level security cabinet met on Sunday to discuss the ongoing Gaza Strip violence and the military options available, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel wants a full ceasefire and nothing less.Netanyahu met with his senior ministers at the military headquarters in Tel Aviv. The meeting came as the status of an Egyptian and UN-brokered ceasefire, which Gaza’s Hamas rulers claim came into effect at the end of last week, remained unclear.The meeting ended late Sunday, with no announcements or details released.There was a significant drop Sunday in arson attacks from Gaza.On Sunday evening a spokesman for the Israeli Fire and Rescue Services said that Sunday marked the first day in several months that no fires were caused by incendiary balloons flown from Gaza toward Israeli communities bordering the coastal enclave. However, he later said it appeared that at least one fire was started by the the arson devices.Earlier Netanyahu warned Hamas that Israel will continue to operate against the terrorism stemming from Gaza, apparently confirming that no official ceasefire agreement had been reached with the terrorist group.“We are in the midst of a campaign against terror in Gaza. It entails an exchange of blows; it will not end in one strike. Our demand is clear – a complete ceasefire. We will not suffice with less than this,” Netanyahu said at the opening of the weekly full cabinet meeting.Senior Israel officials maintain the country has not agreed to the ceasefire which Hamas announced late Thursday and said went into effect at midnight. Hamas, a terror group which seeks to destroy Israel, claims the deal was mediated by Egypt and other regional players.The apparent truce came after two days of spiraling violence that saw the heaviest exchanges of fire between Israel and the Gaza terrorist organization since 2014’s Operation Protective Edge. During the flareup Hamas fired over 150 rockets and mortars into southern Israel which responded with about the same number of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza.Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said earlier on Sunday that Israel could overthrow Hamas, as a report indicated that Israel was mulling assassinating the leaders of the terrorist group which seized control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007.Haaretz daily reported that Israel has formulated a plan to assassinate members of the senior Hamas leadership, but is waiting to see the outcome of the Egypt and UN-brokered negotiations before implementing it.Defense sources told the newspaper that it is believed that assassinations are preferable to a wide-scale ground offensive in Gaza, while acknowledging that targeted killings could lead to the start of a military campaign.Sources also told the paper that the Israeli defense establishment hopes to delay any broad conflict until at least the end of 2019, when construction of a technological above- and below-ground barrier along the Gaza border will be completed.Senior Israeli officials have said that “quiet will be met by quiet,” implying that the country is not seeking an escalation of violence, but has not openly committed to an end to hostilities. Instead, military officials hope the terror group has internalized the damage Israel can cause to its infrastructure.“Hamas understands very well what it has lost in the past few months; it can’t ignore it,” a senior IDF officer told the newspaper.Despite the apparent truce and reprieve in rocket fire, violence has continued on the border, and Israeli tanks struck two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip Friday evening after a grenade was hurled at troops and amid intense violence during mass riots in several locations along the border.Around 9,000 Palestinians participated Friday in violent weekly border protests. Some protesters rioted near the fence, threw makeshift bombs, Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli soldiers, and burned tires to create a smokescreen. In one incident a grenade was thrown at Israeli troops, but caused no casualties. Several attempts were made to breach the security fence.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said three Palestinians were killed in Friday’s violence.Meanwhile, incendiary kites and balloons from Gaza have continued to plague Israeli border communities, with a large incendiary kite landing on power lines near Kibbutz Sufa on Friday, causing blackouts in surrounding homes.On Saturday afternoon the IDF said it targeted a cell responsible for launching incendiary balloons in the northern Gaza Strip. Reports in Palestinian media said two people were injured in the Israeli strikes in El-Bureij.There were also Palestinian reports of a second IDF strike elsewhere in the Gaza Strip.Southern Israel has experienced hundreds of fires as a result of incendiary kites and balloons flown over the border from Gaza in recent months. Over 7,000 acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials.Since March, there have been near-weekly, violent protests along the Israel-Gaza border organized by Gaza’s Hamas rulers, leading to escalations involving rockets fire on Israel and reprisal air strikes.The deadly border clashes have seen Israeli security forces facing gunfire, grenades, Molotov cocktails, and efforts — sometimes successful — to damage or penetrate the border fence. Last month, an Israeli soldier was killed by a sniper. According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, over 150 Palestinian haves been killed in the violence. Hamas has admitted that many of fatalities were its or other Gaza terror groups.
Steve Bannon weighs in on UK burqa debate, Boris Johnson-US Republican strategist says ex-foreign secretary will make 'a great prime minister,' says far-right activist Tommy Robinson is 'a force of nature'-By DANICA KIRKA-TOI-14 August 2018
LONDON (AP) — Republican strategist Steve Bannon weighed into British politics Sunday in a wide-ranging interview in which he defended former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s comments about Muslim face veils and praised a controversial British far-right leader.The former aide to US President Donald Trump said Johnson had “nothing to apologize for” and should not “bow at the altar of political correctness” after he was criticized for saying women who wear burqas look like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers.”Johnson made the comments in a newspaper column that argued against banning full-face veils, as Denmark has done.“Excuse me, didn’t he actually support the wearing of the veil?” Bannon told the Sunday Times. “His entire argument revolves around not wanting to ban the burqa, but arguing that he agrees that it’s an oppressive garment and that there is no scriptural basis for it in the Quran, which is true. I think the substance got lost because of his throwaway line.”Johnson has been criticized by Muslim groups and politicians, including Prime Minister Theresa May, who urged Johnson to apologize. Johnson’s representatives have said he won’t apologize.“The hysterical mainstream media can never separate the ‘signal from the noise’— fortunately, the populists can,” Bannon said.Bannon has said he wants to establish a Europe-wide movement uniting populist and nationalist voters in the European elections next year. He has said he plans to spend 70 percent of his time in Europe following the November midterm election in the United States.Johnson, a former mayor of London, is one of Britain’s best-known politicians and is often cited as a potential candidate for prime minister. He quit May’s Conservative government last month in a dispute over the country’s departure from the European Union, accusing the prime minister of killing “the Brexit dream” with plans to continue close economic ties with the EU after the UK leaves the bloc in March.Bannon suggested that Johnson need not copy Trump to be successful.“Boris just needs to be Boris — true to his nature and his calling — and I think he has potential to be a great prime minister, not a good one,” he said.Bannon also praised another controversial UK figure — Tommy Robinson, founder of the now-defunct English Defence League. He compared Robinson to rapper Kanye West, describing him as a rising star and a “force of nature.”Robinson, 35, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is a self-styled commentator who has given Britain’s far-right media the verve it has lacked. His YouTube channel has accumulated more than 6 million views, including videos purporting to show him fighting migrants in Italy and being attacked by masked men outside a McDonald’s restaurant in London.He was recently freed from prison after an appeals court threw out his conviction for contempt of court and ordered a retrial. The case stems from allegations that Robinson used social media to broadcast details of a trial that was subject to blanket reporting restrictions.His supporters said he was jailed because of his far-right political beliefs.“Tommy is not just a guy but a movement,” Bannon said. “He represents the working class and channels a lot of the frustration of everyday, blue-collar Britons… He is a force of nature — like Kanye (West) — not built to be managed.”
1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb-Residents within 270 meters forced to leave area for several hours as sappers remove 220-kilogram bomb near Rouen town center-By AFP-TOI-14 August 2018
RENNES, France — Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said.The 220-kilogram (485-pound) bomb was found in late June during construction work near the center of Rouen in Normandy.Residents living within a 270-meter (nearly 900-foot) radius of the site were told to leave the area early Sunday ahead of the operation, which wound up shortly after 11:00 a.m.Discoveries of bombs and shells from World War II are common in France and elsewhere on the continent.Last month, the French navy defused an unexploded shell found in the sea near a popular beach in Cannes on the Mediterranean coast.In May, nearly 9,000 people had to be evacuated after a bomb was uncovered in Dresden, Germany, a city which was heavily bombed toward the end of the war.
US ambassador urges UK to back Trump on Iran nuke deal-In op-ed, envoy asks Britain to join a united front aimed at achieving a 'genuinely comprehensive agreement' with Tehran-By AP-TOI-AUG 14,18
LONDON — The US ambassador in London has urged Britain to back US President Donald Trump in pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, saying a united front is the best way to persuade Tehran to change its course.Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that “we are asking global Britain to use its considerable diplomatic power and influence and join us as we lead a concerted global effort towards a genuinely comprehensive agreement.”Trump pulled out of the deal in May and last week began reinstating economic sanctions against Iran that were eased in exchange for concessions on Iran’s nuclear program.The UK, France, Russia, China, Germany and the European Union, which also signed the deal, have criticized Trump’s decision and continue to back the agreement with Iran.Iran has said it will restart aspects of the uranium enrichment program if the nuclear deal unravels.US sanctions that had been eased by the Obama administration under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, took effect again Tuesday. Renewed sanctions targeting Iran’s oil industry and banking sector will resume November 4.Trump declared that the landmark 2015 agreement was “horrible,” saying it did nothing to stop Iran developing missiles or destabilizing the Middle East and Gulf regions. The Europeans argue that it was only ever meant to curb the development of nuclear weapons.The stiff economic sanctions ratchet up pressure on the Islamic Republic despite statements of deep dismay from European allies. Trump warned that those who don’t wind down their economic ties to Iran “risk severe consequences.”Iran accused the US of reneging on the agreement and of causing recent Iranian economic unrest. European allies said they “deeply regret” the US action.European companies face possible US sanctions if they continue to trade with Iran.Last week the European Union’s executive Commission introduced a “blocking statute” to protect European businesses from the impact of the sanctions. The mechanism stops European companies from complying with the US sanctions unless they have authorization from the Commission.The statute also blocks the effects of US court actions in Europe and allows European firms to recover damages arising from the sanctions from anyone who causes them.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Russia says will ditch U.S. securities amid sanctions: RIA-[Reuters]-By Andrey Ostroukh-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will further decrease its holdings of U.S. securities in response to new sanctions against Moscow but has no plans to shut down U.S. companies in Russia, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on state TV on Sunday, RIA news agency reported.On Friday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would regard any U.S. move to curb the activities of its banks as a "declaration of economic war" and would take retaliatory action.Washington said on Wednesday it would impose fresh sanctions by the end of August after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain, sending Russia's rouble currency to a two-year low.Speaking on a weekly TV talk show, Siluanov said the new U.S. sanctions, some of which could restrict purchases of Russian government bonds, were "unpleasant but not fatal"."We have lowered to the minimum level and will further decrease our investment in the U.S. economy, in the U.S. securities," Siluanov said, shedding light on the nature of an unexpected drop in Russia's holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds.Russia has ditched its holdings of U.S. Treasuries in the past few months as relations between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated, data showed last month.Russia will also have more settlement in roubles and other currencies, such as the euro, than in dollars, Siluanov said."Eventually, this will negatively impact U.S. investors. But we are not planning now any limitations such as shutting down McDonalds," Siluanov said. He referred to calls by some lawmakers to shut down prominent U.S. companies in Russia starting from 2014, when relations with the West soured over Russia's annexation of Crimea and its role in Ukraine's crisis."Our citizens work in these companies, these companies pay taxes into the budget of our country," Siluanov said.While admitting that U.S. sanctions would boost inflation in Russia as they hurt the rouble, Siluanov said there were no plans to ban using the dollar in Russia."Of course, the government has no such plans. That would be a step to an impasse."(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Editing by Catherine Evans)
Erdogan says U.S. set deadline for pastor's release-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States gave Turkey a deadline until last Wednesday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, to release an American pastor being tried by a Turkish court.The case of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Christian, is one of a series of disputes that lies at the heart of deteriorating ties between the two NATO allies.Speaking to supporters in the Black Sea coastal city of Trabzon, Erdogan revealed details of negotiations held last week between the two countries, saying Washington had threatened sanctions if Turkey refused to release the pastor.A Turkish court has transferred Brunson to house arrest after almost 20 months in jail. Frustrated with his continuing detention, Washington sanctioned two Turkish ministers and then doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum imports.(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; editing by David Stamp)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
B.C. watching weather closely after lightning sparks dozens of new wildfires-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 12, 2018
Residents living to the west of Quesnel, B.C. are preparing for a possible city-wide evacuation as wildfires continue to rage nearby.Thousands of people living west of the city are under evacuation alert, while 90 people and more than 900 properties in the area two hours northwest of the city were evacuated on Saturday.The Cariboo Regional District said no properties east of the Fraser River are on evacuation alert.Quesnel Fire Chief Sylvain Gauthier said local officials are preparing for a full-scale evacuation in case the fires push eastwards, reserving buses in Prince George — an hour's drive north — for residents who don't have access to a vehicle.Gauthier said Northern Health has been told to prepare to evacuate the local hospital as well.Evacuees who have already left Cariboo region have been sent to Prince George, which has set up an Emergency Response Centre as well as a website for arriving evacuees.Evacuations in north central B.C.More evacuation orders and alerts are in effect for an area of north-central British Columbia that is nearly surrounded by forest fires.The 35-kilometre stretch of land under evacuation order is west of the community of Fort St. James, in a mostly rural area, while an expanded evacuation alert includes several properties near the district municipality's western edge.Bill Miller, board chair for the Bulkley-Nechako region, says they've been lucky with the most recent expansion of the evacuation area. No properties or families in the area have been forced out in a zone that is predominantly camping and recreational sites.However, he says if the fires continue to burn eastwards they'll begin to affect residents in Fort St. James and they need to be prepared to leave immediately if the alert is upgraded to an order.He says it's been a difficult week and it's unlikely to get better next week, with no rain in the forecast for another ten days.When he left work in Burns Lake on Saturday afternoon, Miller says the smoke from the fires had darkened the skies so much it seemed as if the sun had already set.Watching the weather-Sunday's weather forecast called for more hot, dry weather along with gusting winds, which could fan the flames.The B.C. Wildfire Service said 145 new fires started Saturday, largely due to widespread lightning, bringing the province-wide total to nearly 600.On Sunday, air quality in the Okanagan and West Kootenay areas was rated a "very high" health risk due to wildfire smoke.Kamloops, Williams Lake and the North Okanagan have ratings of above 10, meaning children and the elderly are at risk of health complications. People in those areas are advised to avoid strenuous activity.Soccer games at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops were cancelled due to the smoke on Sunday afternoon.The rest of the Okanagan is at a 10 rating, while Castlegar has been assigned a "high" risk of 7.Additional fire information-- Previous evacuations have been rescinded in relation to the Nanaimo Lakes fire burning 13 kilometres southwest of Nanaimo. The fire is considered 40 per cent contained. - An evacuation order has been issued for the Murray Lake area due to the Juliet Creek fire burning approximately 47 kilometres southwest of Merritt. The fire is 600 hectares in size. - The Mabel Creek wildfire, 6.5 kilometres east of Mabel Lake in B.C.'s Interior, has grown considerably in size joining up with several smaller fires. It is now 1,861 hectares in size. - The Blazed Creek wildfire, located 26 kilometres northwest of Creston, also grew considerably due to recent weather conditions. The fire is currently 3,100 hectares in size. - Crews are still actively fighting the Alkali Lake fire near Telegraph in the province's northwest region. The South Stikine River fire has merged with this one and its combined size is 311 square kilometres. - Crews have shut down Highway 7 intermittently to access the High Creek wildfire near Agassiz. That fire, believed to be human-caused, is now 120 hectares in size. - All regional parks in Metro Vancouver are under an extreme fire danger rating. Campfires and barbecues are prohibited. - The campfire ban across most of the province remains in place due to unseasonably dry and hot conditions.Wildfire map:Evacuation orders and alerts:With files from the Canadian Press, Jon Hernandez and Nicole Oud
Multiple weather records broken during Sask. heatwave-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
It's been a scorching weekend in Saskatchewan as the province bakes in a heatwave.Three all-time heat records were broken on Saturday, along with five monthly records, according to Environment Canada.All-time recordsThe hottest all-time record beater was in the Val Marie area, with the mercury hitting 40.9 C. The old record, set in 1949, was 40.6 C.The Assiniboia area hit 41.1 C, beating the previous record of 40.5 C set in 1988.A high of 39.4 C was recorded in the Broadview area, compared to the 38.7 C record from 1981.Monthly records-The Moose Jaw area saw temperatures hit 42.3 C, beating out the old August record of 41.7 C in 1949. Regina and surrounding areas hit 41 C, slightly higher than the 40.6 C also set in August 1949.Swift Current area's previous heat record was just set on Friday at 40 C, but was narrowly beat on Saturday by 40.1 C.The Weyburn area also broke a monthly record with 40.9 C, with the old record at 40 C set in 1958.Environment Canada says the information is preliminary and does not constitute a final report.Other records-Saskatchewan wasn't the only place in Canada to set records. BC broke 23 daily records on Friday, while Calgary broke an all-time heat record on the same day.
Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday.Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest.The Holy Fire — named for Holy Jim Canyon, where it began Monday — grew to nearly 33 square miles (85 square kilometres ) by Saturday morning. But firefighters also made progress, with containment rising from 10 to 29 per cent .High temperatures and dry grass and brush have made it difficult for firefighters to get a handle on the blaze. Some hillsides were being allowed to burn under the watchful eyes of firefighters as a way to reduce fuel and make it harder for flames to jump roadways into communities if winds pick up again.Although the fire burned a dozen forest cabins early on, only one home was lost Thursday as fire crews managed to fend off flames that stalked downhill and came right up to yards.On Saturday, officials allowed some residents to return to their homes in Lake Elsinore, but others still remained under evacuation orders.The man accused of deliberately starting the fire appeared in court on Friday, but his arraignment was postponed.Forrest Clark, 51, made several outbursts, claiming his life was being threatened and saying the arson charge against him was a lie. A court commissioner ordered his bail to remain at $1 million.The Holy Fire was one of nearly 20 blazes across California, which is seeing earlier, longer and more destructive wildfire seasons because of drought, warmer weather attributed to climate change and home construction deeper into forests.A fire that broke out near the communities of Fairfield and Vacaville had destroyed a home and two other structures, according to the Vacaville Fire Department. A firefighter suffered a minor injury battling the blaze, which grew to about 2.6 square miles (6.9 sq. kilometres ) and was 70 per cent contained by Saturday afternoon, officials said.The largest fire ever recorded in California — the Mendocino Complex — is burning north of Sacramento and has destroyed 119 homes but none in recent days. The fire had reached 508 square miles (1,315 sq. kilometres ) and was 67 per cent contained by Saturday.The two-week-old Carr Fire that killed eight people and burned more than 1,000 homes was 55 per cent contained.Elsewhere in the West, a firefighter was injured Saturday and residents in parts of two Washington state cities were told to evacuate due to a growing wildfire.Authorities say the Grass Valley fire started Saturday morning and windy conditions helped it grow to 1.5 square miles (3.8 sq. kilometres ). The fire is burning in grass and timber.Grant County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Foreman tells the Spokesman -Review that the injured firefighter was flown to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center.___This story has been corrected to say that eight people, not six, died in the Carr Fire.___Myers reported from Los Angeles. AP journalists Michael Balsamo and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Amy Taxin in Orange County and Olga Rodriguez in San Francisco contributed to this story.Marcio Sanchez And Amanda Lee Myers, The Associated Press.
Wildfire rages on Greek island of Evia, villages evacuated-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
ATHENS (Reuters) - Two villages on the Greek island of Evia were evacuated on Sunday as a forest fire raged, fanned by strong winds.The fire brigade described the evacuation of Kontodespoti and Stavros village in central Evia, about 70 km (44 miles) from Athens, as a precaution.A wildfire near the capital in July killed 94 people, the country's worst such disaster, prompting the prime minister Alexis Tsipras to replace the Civil Protection Minister and the heads of Fire Brigade and Police.Tsipras announced the demolition of thousands of illegal buildings in response to the deaths of dozens of people who were unable to escape a maze of poorly planned streets.(Reporting Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Muslim Brotherhood chief handed life term in Egypt retrial-Mohammed Badie, and four others, were charged with terrorism, attempted murder, forming an armed group to attack citizens and illegal possession of firearms-By AFP-TOI-14 August 2018
CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced to life in prison the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, and four other leaders in a retrial on accusations of inciting street violence, their lawyer said.Defense lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud named the others as Mohamed el-Beltagi, Essam el-Erian, Safwat Higazi and El-Husseini Antar.The Brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization in Egypt in December 2013, after the military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July of that year in the wake of mass protests against his rule.“We will appeal the sentences within 60 days,” the lawyer told AFP, adding that four other people were sentenced to jail terms of between 10 and 15 years.The accusations date back to July 2013 when Brotherhood leaders and members marched in Giza, west of Cairo, in protest at Morsi’s ouster.The defendants were charged with terrorism, attempted murder, forming an armed group to attack citizens, and illegal possession of firearms.Badie and the others were initially sentenced in September 2014 to life in prison, but Egypt’s court of cassation cancelled the ruling and ordered the retrial.
Egypt detains another monk linked to abbot’s death-Police arrest 33-year-old Valtos for his role in murder of Bishop Epiphanius at St. Macarius Monastery-By AP-TOI-14 August 2018
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have detained another monk as part of their investigation into the death of an abbot in a monastery north of Cairo last month.The state-run MENA news agency identified the 33-year-old monk by his monastic name, Valtos, and said Sunday that he is under police guard after an attempted suicide.Word of the arrest came a day after prosecutors said a detained and recently defrocked monk, identified as Isaiah, confessed to collaborating with others to kill Bishop Epiphanius, abbot of St. Macarius Monastery. The bishop was found dead on July 29.His funeral was attended by Pope Tawadros II, the spiritual leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians, one the world’s oldest Christian communities.Earlier this month the church announced a dozen measures related to monks’ activities after a meeting called “to discuss monastic order in light of the painful incident and martyrdom of Bishop Epiphanius,” a church statement said.It said the number of monks at each monastery would be limited “to ensure monastic order” and they would be restricted from going outside without the abbot’s permission.They are being warned against making media appearances “in any form” or involvement in unauthorized financial transactions.Monks are also being given one month “to deactivate and close any social media pages or accounts and voluntarily renounce these behaviors that are not true to monastic life.”It did not elaborate on why it decided the measures — which were ratified by Coptic Pope Tawadros II — were necessary in response to the bishop’s death.Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s predominantly Sunni Muslim population of 100 million.They have long complained of discrimination and have been previously targeted by the Islamic State group although there is no evidence suggesting the bishop’s death was related to sectarian tensions.
Mysterious blast at Syria weapons depot kills 12 civilians-War monitor says dozens still missing as explosion in rebel-held town of Sarmada levels 2 residential buildings-By AFP-TOI-14 August 2018
BEIRUT, Lebanon — An explosion of unknown origin at a weapons depot in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib killed at least 12 civilians on Sunday, a war monitor said.An AFP correspondent at the site in the rebel-held town of Sarmada near the Turkish border said the explosion caused two buildings to collapse.On Sunday morning, rescue workers used a bulldozer to remove rubble and extract trapped people, the correspondent said.Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, said the death toll could rise as dozens were still missing.“The explosion occurred in a weapons depot in a residential building in Sarmada,” the head of the Britain based monitor said.But the cause of the blast was “not yet clear,” Abdel Rahman added.A rescue worker carried the motionless body of a small child from the wreckage to an ambulance, the AFP correspondent said.Behind mounds of rubble, the facade of a building was scorched black, due to a fire after the blast.A civil defense source told AFP that women and children were among the dead.But rescue workers had pulled out “five people who were still alive,” the source said.Syrians gather at a site of car bomb in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on August 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)Most of Idlib is controlled by rebels and jihadists led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, but the Islamic State group also has sleeper cells in the area.The regime holds a small slither of southeastern Idlib.In recent months, a series of explosions and assassinations — mainly targeting rebel officials and fighters — have rocked the province.While some attacks have been claimed by IS, most are the result of infighting since last year between various other groups.In recent days, regime forces have ramped up their deadly bombardment of southern Idlib and sent reinforcements to nearby areas they control.President Bashar Assad has warned that government forces intend to retake Idlib, after his Russia-backed regime regained control of swathes of rebel held territory elsewhere.Around 2.5 million people live in the province, half of them displaced by fighting in other parts of the country.More than 350,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since Syria’s civil war started in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.
What we know so far about the Fredericton shooting-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 14, 2018
Four people are dead, one suspect is in custody and a city is in mourning.Details of the Friday morning shooting that left two Fredericton police officers and two civilians dead are trickling out amid rumours and speculation in the two days since the first gunshots were reported.Here what's we know:The shooting- - Witnesses report hearing the first shots in the 200 block of Brookside Drive on Fredericton's north side shortly after 7 a.m. - The total number of shots fired varies between witness accounts. Most reports say the final shots were heard around 8:30 a.m. - Officers Lawrence Robert Costello, 45, and Sara Burns, 43, respond at 7:10 a.m. They are the first on scene and shot trying to help two civilians — later identified as Donald Adam Robichaud, 42, and Bobbie Lee Wright, 32 — lying on the ground outside an apartment complex. All four individuals are shot and killed. - The apartment complex at 237 Brookside Drive is made of four three-storey buildings in the shape of a "J," with a grass courtyard in the middle and a parking lot and wooded area in back. The third-storey window riddled with bullet holes faces the courtyard. - At about 9:30 a.m., officers enter an apartment and arrest a suspect, who is taken to hospital after being shot by police. - The area was put on lockdown for about four hours and more than two dozen households were evacuated. Dozens of displaced residents will be able to return home Monday. - The complex remains cordoned off by police as the investigation continues. New Brunswick RCMP have taken the lead on the homicide investigation with the Fredericton Police Force assisting. RCMP are asking for photos and video of the shooting. The suspect-- Matthew Vincent Raymond, 48, is in police custody and has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder. - Raymond is in "serious but stable" condition, according to police. - So far, police haven't established a link between the alleged gunman and any of the victims. - Raymond had been living in the complex's C building for four months, says the office manager for the apartment rental company. Judith Aguilar said he seemed "utterly normal." - Few details have been released by police, only that he allegedly shot the victims from an elevated position using a long gun. Police do not know if the gun belonged to him. - He was not known to police. - Raymond is scheduled to make a court appearance Aug. 27. The victims- - Const. Lawrence Robert (Robb) Costello, 45, was a 20-year veteran of the Fredericton Police Force who worked on various teams throughout his career, including as a detective. - He grew up in Sussex Corner. - He is survived by his partner, Jackie McLean, and four children. - He worked tough cases while seconded to the RCMP's Internet child exploitation unit and was said to have enjoyed being on patrol. - Costello often spoke of the on-the-job dangers facing police. - Const. Sara Mae Helen Burns, 43, joined the force in 2016 after two years of serving as auxiliary officer. - She decided to chase her dream of policing at the age of 35 after years of being a stay-at-home mom. - Born in Scotland, Burns moved to Canada at the age of seven. She is a graduate of Fredericton High School. - She is survived by her husband and three sons. - She's being remembered as dedicated officer who went the extra mile in her work. - Burns had worked an overnight shift and was getting something she had forgotten in the police car when the call from Brookside Drive came in Friday morning. She shared the car with Costello and decided to go with him. - Donald Adam Robichaud, 42, was a local bass player who also specialized in auto body work. - He was a father to three children. - He grew up in Geary and spent his time riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and playing in local bands. - Robichaud, known as Donnie, moved into the apartment complex where the shooting occurred about three months ago. - He recently entered a relationship with the other civilian who was killed Friday. - Bobbie Lee Wright, 32, was the last person identified by police. - On August 2, she shared on Facebook that she was in a relationship with Robichaud. - Her family has yet to speak publicly about her death.
