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)
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
May surprises EU with snap election By Eric Maurice-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 18. Apr, 15:58-UK voters will elect a new House of Commons on 8 June after Theresa May announced a snap election on Tuesday (18 April), which she hopes will give her a pro-Brexit majority, in order to "remove the risk of uncertainty and instability" ahead of EU exit talks."We need a general election and we need one now," May said in a statement outside her Downing Street office. She said that there was "a one-off chance to get this done while the European Union agrees its negotiating position and before the detailed talks begin."EU leaders will adopt the bloc's negotiating guidelines on 29 April and the the European Commission will adopt its recommendations on 3 May.May's call for an election, which was announced just as the commission's daily press briefing started, seems to have taken the EU by surprise."The EU is a union of democracies," commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said, refusing to comment on the announcement. "We are in favour of elections, in general.""It was unexpected," an EU source said, adding that it was too early to say how the campaign would affect the start of Brexit talks.The negotiating mandate is due to be approved on 22 May by the 27 Europe ministers, two weeks before the 8 June election.European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that he had a "good phone call" with the British PM after the announcement.His spokesman said that "the UK elections do not change our EU27 plans".In the meantime, the EU source said, "talks about talks" are planned between EU and British officials. Michel Barnier recently told EUobserver that he would meet the Brexit minister but no date has been set yet.On his personal Twitter account, Tusk said less diplomatically that Brexit was like a Hitchcock movie, with rising tension.May, who was appointed prime minister without an election last July following David Cameron's resignation in the wake of the Brexit referendum, said she took the decision "only recently and reluctantly" and placed blame on the parliament and opposition."The country is coming together, but Westminster is not," she said, referring to the parliament."Division in Westminster will risk our ability to make a success of Brexit and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country," she added.-Westminster division-Pointing her fingers at the other parties in the House, May said the Labour Party "has threatened to vote against the deal we reach with the European Union"; at the Liberal Democrats, who "have said they want to grind the business of government to a standstill"; at the Scottish National Party, which said it "will vote against the legislation that formally repeals Britain's membership of the European Union"; and at the "unelected members of the House of Lords [who] have vowed to fight us every step of the way".She said that her opponents were "jeopardising" the government's work and "weakening" its negotiating position in Europe."I am not prepared to let them endanger the security of millions of working people across the country," she insisted, adding that "division in Westminster will risk our ability to make a success of Brexit and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country".In contrast, she said "every vote for the Conservatives means we can stick to our plan for a stronger Britain and take the right long-term decisions for a more secure future".May's decision to call a general election, two years after the last one, will have to be approved by the House of Commons with a two-third majority. The vote is expected on Wednesday.Recent opinion polls put her Conservative Party well ahead of the two main opposition parties, the Labour and the Liberal Democrats.-Scotland's future-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that he welcomed the decision "to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first".But whereas May explained the election by the need to prepare for Brexit, the opposition leader, whose position on Brexit has never been clear, didn't mention the issue and focused on economic and social issues.The Liberal Democrat leader Tim Fallon said that the election would be "an opportunity to have a decent and strong opposition"."Only through the Liberal Democrats is there any pathway for the Conservatives losing their majority," he said.Paul Nuttal, the leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party (Ukip), said that May's decision to call an election was "cynical".But he added that it provided a "perfect opportunity" for the 52 percent who voted for Brexit last June" to vote for Ukip, "the only party wholeheartedly committed to a clean, quick and efficient Brexit".Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said that the election would be "about standing up for Scotland, in the face of a right-wing, austerity-obsessed Tory government with no mandate in Scotland".Referring to the process for an independence referendum that her government launched in March, she said that the vote would be about "reinforcing the democratic mandate which already exists for giving the people of Scotland a choice on their future".
Top Turkey MEP urges talks with Erdogan on accession By Eszter Zalan-APR 19,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 17:51-The MEP and rapporteur on Turkey has called for EU leaders to meet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ask if his country still wants to join the European club in the wake of a referendum that gave him massive powers."EU and Turkish relations are at their lowest point ever, it would have been timely for EU leaders to call for a meeting with the Turkish government, and ask them where do they want to go with the accession," Kati Piri told EUobserver on Wednesday (19 April)."Invite him [Erdogan] to Brussels and ask him what he wants," Piri said. "We have to be able to sit down and talk, even if it won't be a pleasant talk."The European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey said the European Commission's call on Turkey to investigate reported fraud and irregularities during the referendum was "the least" the EU executive could do.International observers said on Monday the Turkish referendum did not meet international standards, and the opposition did not have equal campaign opportunities.Opposition parties in Turkey challenged the result, while the parliament in Ankara agreed on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency for three months, allowing the government to rule by decree.-Redirect funds-Officially, 48.6 percent of Turk voters rejected the constitutional amendments that give Erdogan control over the parliament, judiciary and ministries, and could keep him in power for life.Piri said one way the EU could continue to support the Turkish people was by redirecting the country's annual €600 million pre-accession funds toward helping civil society exist, or journalists who are out of work because of Erdogan's crackdown on the media.She argued that the funds should be converted and concentrated on those who share European values and are now under "tremendous pressure".She also argued for increasing people-to-people contact, for instance through the Erasmus+ education program.Piri added that the European Commission could suspend the funds altogether if Turkey did not meet the so-called Copenhagen criteria on rule of law, respect for human rights and democracy.The commission, however, has said the pre-accession funds were not put into question following the controversial referendum."This is a well-established track with very specific conditions, we do not improvise," the EU executive spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Tuesday.-Migration stalemate-Piri said that the 2016 migrant deal between the EU and Turkey was not threatened by the referendum and its consequences, even though any cooperation with Turkey is "very tense".She said that neither side has an interest in annulling the deal.Erdogan has been threatening to call off the deal, which calls for Ankara to crack down on migrant smugglers and provide care and shelter for almost 3 million asylum seekers on its territory in exchange for €6 billion in EU aid aimed at helping migrants."The migration deal is the biggest card Erdogan has in his hands against the EU, he is not the sort of politician who gives up cards," Piri said.The Social-democrat Dutch MEP regretted, however, that the EU has not been vocal enough on Turkey's backsliding on democracy since it made the deal on migration with Ankara in 2016."I am not saying we can't make a migration deal, but it cannot come at the expense of what is happening now in Turkey," she said. "Just staying silent won't help."The European Parliament will debate next week the latest developments in Turkey.
How a Swedish love mob fights back against online hate By Aleksandra Eriksson-APR 19,17-EUOBSERVER
Stockholm, Today, 16:23-The bodies weren't cold yet. Fumes from the explosion were still lingering over Stockholm city centre, when another war broke out - this time, online.The Swedish far-right swiftly responded to the terror attack of Friday (7 April) by laying the blame with the country's largest parties - the ruling Social Democrats and the centre-right Moderates that preceded them - whose migration policies had brought Muslims into the country.Some of the accusations, which quickly spread through social media, were illustrated with pictures of the victims. One showed the ravaged body of an 11 year old girl; her family asked in vain for the photographs to be taken down.Others suggested that the attack, for which an Uzbek with Islamist sympathies has been arrested, was a "false flag" operation orchestrated by Swedish authorities.A widely circulated conspiracy relied on details that were later tracked down to be the result of sloppy reporting by the Daily Mail, a British tabloid.A racist news website, Avpixlat, published a picture of another Uzbek, claiming he was the terrorist.Lies were also spread by politicians from the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD), the third largest party in Sweden.SD party secretary Richard Jomshof tweeted an edited image that claimed a priest had asked people to "forgive the terrorist". Jomshof eventually deleted the message but said that it didn't matter if it was fake, "the basic matter is the same".When Stockholm responded to the attack with the largest rally ever held in the Swedish capital, where thousands of people formed a human chain around the terror site, right-wingers started to lambaste them too."Something is really wrong with the Swedish people. They should be furious, instead they are thirsty for love," one far-right journalist complained.On the other side, there are also those spreading messages of solidarity and support in the comment fields of media and Facebook."Hate spreads hate, so spread love," one woman wrote in reply to some remarks on the Facebook page of a Swedish newspaper, adding a heart."You're doing exactly what the terrorists wanted - you sow hate and fear," another added.Others ended their posts with the hashtag #jagärhär, or #iamhere.-A love mob against racism-#Jagärhär is a closed group on Facebook created last May by Mina Dennert, a Swedish journalist with roots in the Middle East."We are not an opinion mob. Our success is not necessarily measured as getting others to change their views. Rather, the purpose of the group is to allow more people to make themselves heard and to facilitate good discussions without hate and threats," the group rules say.The group doesn't tell people what to write; it's up to everyone to formulate a message.After the terror attack, which marked the start of a particularly busy time for anti-hate netizens, the group managed to get many racist comments deleted, including some that were illustrated by pictures of the 11 year-old victim.The love mob also backed up politicians and other people who suffered the wrath of racism."Am I allowed to write here? I just wanted to thank all the kind people who went to my Facebook page," wrote Magnus Betner, a comedian known for poking fun at racism, whose social media profile was covered in venom in the wake of the attack."I knew exactly what would happen and didn't feel like spending the weekend replying to criticism from people who refuse to listen, so I just didn't enter my page. Thanks to all of you who did it instead," he added.The group itself wrote that it wasn't looking to defend the perpetrator of the deeds, nor to take political sides."We want to prevent that this tragedy is used to push through harder and colder policies, at odds with the warmth and compassion that Stockholmians and Swedes have shown during the last days," a moderator wrote in the group.-The rise of hate mobs-The internet has long been a place where hate against Muslims, women and sexual minorities has thrived. The problem isn't unique for Sweden. Amid fears that fake news and hate speech could propel support for xenophobic parties in the upcoming elections, the German government recently proposed to fine up to €50 million on sites that fail to delete slanderous content and called on the EU to legislate against fake news.But such calls have prompted concerns that any ban on fake news would just curb free speech and be counter-productive - an idea doesn't die just because it has been deleted from Facebook, it has to be challenged with counter-arguments.While the discussion on regulation of fake news is ongoing, different private initiatives try to find alternative solutions.Sleeping Giants is an organisation that calls on business to stop advertising with hate sites, in a bid to freeze their ad revenues.In Germany, the Recht gegen Rechts (Right Against Right) foundation is launching a crowdfunding campaign - Donate the Hate - where people donate one euro to refugee and anti-far right programmes for each hateful comment posted online.These projects are still testing waters, but in Sweden, #jagärhär has already been described as a unique initiative that empowers people to make their voice heard.The group is already widely known in Sweden because of its efforts, and has quickly gathered more than 70,000 members who actively take part in the different calls. It has also launched English and German versions, #iamhere and #ichbinhier.Dennert, the founder of #jagärhär, told EUobserver the group is in touch with Facebook and is pushing the social network to do more to remove what's illegal."In my lay view, the problem is not the law but that it's not followed. Only a small part of all hate speech in Sweden is registered with the police and investigated," she said.The group should above all enable civic courage and discussion, she said."People feel good when they speak up when something is wrong. We feel good when we are there for each other," she said."Every time we act, a little bit of fear disappears. We are changing the world, one comment at a time. And we change ourselves."
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)
Nearly a dozen people killed in Colombia landslide, 20 missing-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and 20 are missing after a landslide hit several neighbourhoods in Manizales, Colombia, the government said on Wednesday, the second deadly landslide in the country this month.Recent heavy rains have endangered residents in dozens of provincial towns, where makeshift construction on the slopes of the Andes makes neighbourhoods particularly susceptible to landslides and flooding.The landslide in Manizales, capital of Caldas province west of Bogota, followed a similar disaster in Mocoa, Putumayo earlier this month that killed more than 320 people and displaced thousands from their homes."The situation in Manizales is very worrying. The toll is sad, there are eleven people dead," Transport Minister Jorge Eduardo Rojas said after meeting with the province's governor and the mayor of the city.Nine people were injured and at least 57 houses have been affected, the government said. Local media reported that Manizales received a month's average rainfall just overnight.President Juan Manuel Santos said in a Twitter post that he was trying to get to the scene, but was delayed by continuing bad weather.Even in a country where rains, a mountainous landscape and informal construction combine to make landslides a common occurrence, the scale of the Mocoa disaster was daunting compared with recent tragedies, including a 2015 landslide that killed nearly 100 people.Colombia's deadliest landslide, the 1985 Armero disaster, killed more than 20,000.(Reporting by Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by Helen Murphy, Andrew Hay and Frances Kerry)
At least 11 killed in Colombia floods: Red Cross-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
Bogota (AFP) - Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least 11 people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from recent mudslides that killed hundreds.At least 20 people are missing after torrential rains lashed the city of Manizales, officials said, raising fears the death toll could soar as it did earlier this month in the southern city of Mocoa.There, at least 323 people including more than 100 children were killed when heavy rain caused three mountain rivers to flood on March 31, hurling a tidal wave of mud and boulders into the city.Manizales "is literally cut off by rock slides, mudslides, floods," Mayor Jose Octavio Cardona told local radio stations.He said the city had been on alert after days of heavy rain, which turned to a torrential downpour overnight.President Juan Manuel Santos suspended his official agenda to travel to the city, the capital of Caldas department -- which is, like Mocoa, a remote and difficult region to access.He said on Twitter he had ordered officials from the emergency agency and transport ministries to the city to assess the "grave situation."Emergency officials said eight neighborhoods had been hit by flooding or mudslides, including one where several homes were buried.
END OF THE WORLD CONSPIRACIES-DATE SETTERS.
MATTHEW 23:15
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
ISAIAH 8:12
12 Say ye not, A confederacy,(CONSPIRACY) to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy;(CONSPIRACY THEORY) neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
MATTHEW 24:36
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man,(ONLY BY THE SIGNS-WE KNOW THE RAPTURE CAN HAPPEN ANY SECOND NOW-NOT BY DATE SETTING) no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
JEREMIAH 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
MATTHEW 24:7
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
BEGLEY AND HIS KNOW IT ALL END OF THE WORLD POST WRATH-WERE GOING THREW THE TRIBULATION TO DIE FOR OUR FAITH CULTISTS WILL BE HOPING THIS IS FINALLY THE ASTEROID THAT KILLS OFF THE WORLD. SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SET DATES OF THE END OF THE WORLD EVERY OTHER DAY. THIS ASTEROID WENT BY YESTERDAY ALREADY. SO THE FALSE DATE SETTING BEGLEY WORSHIPPERS CAN KEEPDELUDING EACH OTHER WITH FALSE DATES FOR THE END OF THE WORLD-WHICH IS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
Large asteroid safely buzzes Earth-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-April 18, 2017
A large asteroid discovered three years ago whizzed past Earth today, but there's no need to panic.The asteroid — named 2014 JO25 — ranged between more than 700 metres and 1.4 kilometres across. At its closest, the asteroid passed roughly 1.8 million kilometres from Earth — or more than four times the distance from Earth to the moon.Early radar images obtained by NASA showed the asteroid had two lobes, with the largest one measuring about 620 metres across.The asteroid was discovered in May 2014 as part of the Catalina Sky Survey near Tuscon, Ariz. The survey is part of NASA's Center of Near-Earth Object Studies program, which is constantly searching for asteroids that could pose a danger to Earth one day.Visible from Earth-The asteroid has twice the reflectivity the moon does, though little else is known.After the sun sets on Wednesday, the asteroid should be visible to those using a small telescope. It's expected to be visible for two days before it moves away from Earth.Earth passes through debris every day, with an estimated 90 tonnes of meteoroids (dust and rocks that do not reach the surface) entering our atmosphere. Those pieces that are larger burn up in our atmosphere, and can be seen streaking across the sky.Then there are pieces of debris far larger than meteors, known as asteroids, that range from a few feet across to kilometres. These pass within this distance of the planet more frequently, sometimes a few times a week. But objects as large as 2014 JO25 are rare.The last asteroid of similar size or larger to pass this close to Earth was Toutatis in September 2004; it was roughly five-kilometres wide and passed within four lunar orbits. The next big one to pass this close will be 1999 AN10, measuring 800 metres wide. It will pass as close as one lunar distance, roughly 380,000 kilometres, in 2027.
THE EARTH (WORLD) NEVER ENDS (AS WORLD ENDERS-CONSPIRACY THEORISTS CLAIME)(THE END OF THE AGE OF GRACE ONLY)(DECIEVERS CLAIME THE END OF THE WORLD-NOT ME)
LUKE 21:08,11,25 - END OF WORLD CROWD CLAIM ASTEROIDS-NIBURU-WILL KILL EVERYBODY ON EARTH.
08- And he (JESUS) said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time (THE END OF THE WORLD) draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
11- And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
25-And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
REVELATION 21:1
1 And I saw a new (kainos-a remodeling) heaven and a new (kainos-a remodeling) earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.(THE NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE REMODELED-REGENERATED-NOT A TOTALLY NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH-AND WE CHRISTIANS LIVE ON THE REMODELED EARTH FOREVER WITH JESUS-NEVER-ENDING AFTER THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN)
MATTHEW 19:28-EARTH REMODELED-(REGENERATION) NOT DESTROYED
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration (kainos-here means a REMODELING-not totally new earth)(neos-is a new total earth) when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
regeneration - forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting-re-formation-reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again.
ACT 3:21-EARTH REMODELED-(REGENERATION) NOT DESTROYED
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution (kainos-here means a REMODELING-not totally new earth)(neos-is a new total earth) of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
restitution - A return to or restoration of a previous state or position. from Latin to rebuild, from re- + statuere to set up]-(General Physics) the return of an object or system to its original state.
LUKE 1:32-33
32 He (JESUS) shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:(IN JERUSALEM)
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob (ISRAEL) for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.(THATS RULING FOREVER FROM JERUSALEM JESUS DOES)
ECCLESIASTES 1:4
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.(AND EVER)(WORLD NEVER ENDS)(END OF THE AGE OF GRACE ONLY,NOT THE END OF THE WORLD)
PSALMS 104:5
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.(NO END OF THE WORLDERS NONESENSE HERE)
MATTHEW 5:5
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.(FOREVER,NOT HEAVEN)
PSALMS 37:29
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,(ON EARTH-NOT HEAVEN) and dwell therein for ever.
ISAIAH 45:17
17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:(FOREVER) ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.(JERUSALEM ISRAEL ON EARTH FOREVER-NEVER ENDING)
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
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)
France says pressure needed to stop North Korea crossing next nuclear hurdle-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday it was imperative the United Nations Security Council apply more pressure on North Korea to prevent it jumping another hurdle towards an effective nuclear weapons capacity that could lead to a dangerous military escalation.Amid heightened tension on the Korean peninsula, North Korea has escalated a war of words with the United States, warning of full-out nuclear war if Washington takes military action against it over its nuclear and missile ambitions."We have to avoid all military escalation," Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told LCP television. "This threatens nuclear proliferation in the region, but also directly threatens North America. It's a major danger."Ayrault, who was in China last week and whose country has no diplomatic representation in North Korea, said it appeared that Beijing was increasingly worried by the behaviour of its neighbour."China is scared of chaos and destabilisation of the regime that would result in millions of refugees in the region so we can make progress through international pressure ... sanctions and discussions between the Security Council members to take measures," he said.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that Washington would work with its allies and China to put economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea but added that America would defeat any attack with an "overwhelming response"."There is no time to lose because all of the money North Korea has is being used for nuclear investment and research which would enable the country to jump another hurdle," he said.(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Andrew Callus)
3 asylum seekers deemed danger to the public, detained in Manitoba-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
Out of 135 asylum seekers intercepted by RCMP while crossing into Canada on foot near Emerson in a recent one-month stretch, three were detained because they were found to be a danger to the public, Canadian Border Service Agency officials say.The union representing border patrol officers raised concerns about public safety last week, saying nearly half of the asylum seekers entering at Emerson in the last few weeks have some criminality in their backgrounds.One, who was being sent to a cell for detention, allegedly assaulted a female officer on April 8. Ahmed Aden Ali, who came to Canada via Minneapolis, was charged with two counts of uttering threats, mischief over $5,000 and assaulting a police officer.The 135 asylum seekers who were recently intercepted were found from March 20 to April 16.Border services officials said they didn't know whether the three people who were detained are still in custody. They may have been released by the Immigration Refugee Board on a promise to appear before the board for a removal hearing at a later date.People can only be detained at the border for three reasons: They're a danger to the public, they're unlikely to appear for a removal hearing, or their identity can't be determined.The Canadian Border Services Agency does not keep statistics on asylum seekers who have a criminal record or have been charged with a crime but have not been detained.Someone can be deemed "criminally inadmissible" to apply for refugee status in Canada but may still be released into the country on a promise to appear at a future removal hearing.
Facebook Killer Steve Stephens was foiled by McDonald’s chicken nuggets-Andy Wells-Yahoo News UKApril 19, 2017
The man who broadcast a video of himself murdering an elderly man on Facebook killed himself after police caught up with him while he waited for a McDonald’s meal.Steve Stephens, who went on the run after killing 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr, stopped off at a branch of the fast food giant near Erie, Pennsylvania, so he could pick up a chicken nuggets and fries dinner.However, a worker recognised the killer while he waited in his white Ford Fusion and notified police that the murderer was there.As Stephens, 37, approached the window to pick up his food, restaurant owner Thomas DuCharme and a supervisor tried stalling him by telling him his fries were delayed.But rather than wait, Stephens is said to have shouted, “I can’t wait! I need my McNuggets!” before speeding off out of the car park, nearly hitting Gail Wheeler, 54, a retail operations manager from Erie who was on her way home from shopping.She said: ”Two seconds later, I hear these sirens, and they come whipping past me.”Ms Wheeler followed behind for a couple of miles and said the chase slowed suddenly from 50mph to about 20mph when the road narrowed from four lanes to two.One of the pursuing troopers picked his spot – in front of an abandoned school – and rammed Stephens’ bumper to get him to stop.The Ford Fusion did a half-turn and came to rest at the curb.Police were starting to get out of their cruisers when Ms Wheeler said she heard a “loud and distinctive” shot.She added: ”The next thing I know, they’re approaching the car. The one officer just shook his head. He was closest to the car.“They had their guns out but when he shook his head, they lowered their guns.”State police major William Teper said the trooper who rammed Stephens’ car “saw him pull the gun out and shoot himself”.Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said he wanted the search for Stephens to have ended differently.He told a press conference: “This started with one tragedy and ended with another person ending their life…“We would like to have brought Stephens in peacefully and talked to him about why this happened.”The mother of two of Mr Godwin’s children added to MailOnline: “He escaped justice.“My kids ain’t never gonna get closure. He should have given himself up to the police.”Stephens blamed the breakdown of his relationship with girlfriend Joy Lane for his actions and claimed to have killed 14 other people.However, police say there is currently no evidence of any other victims.Facebook said it removed the video of the shooting 23 minutes after learning of it and the company has since announced it is launching a review for reporting harmful content.
Racialized international students' targeted by Quebec government language probe, group says-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-April 18, 2017
Quebec's Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness faced allegations Tuesday of possible racial profiling and violating the constitutional rights of more than 500 international students whose French skills are the subject of an ongoing probe.Speaking at a news conference, Fo Niemi, director of the Montreal-based Centre for Research Action on Race Relations (CRARR), said most of the students targeted by the ministry come from either China, India or the Middle East."We're asking whether there are practices of profiling willingly, or unintentionally based on race, language and national origin of these students," he said.CRARR's concerns about a possible violation of their constitutional rights stems from a letter the students received from MIDI alleging that they "provided information or a document that is false or misleading regarding your level of knowledge of the French language."In a news release, CRARR legal team member Stephen De Four-Wyre said the claim is not backed by any evidence, and puts the onus of students to prove no fraud was committed."The presumption of guilt is clear violation of the students' constitutional right to the presumption of innocence because it is an arbitrary reversal of the burden of proof onto each student," he said.-'Key elements of racial profiling... are present'-The students all completed a government-approved language and vocational course called the Programme d'expérience québécoise (PEQ), often at a cost of thousands of dollars.Graduates of the program can apply for a Certificate of Selection of Quebec (CSQ), a fast-track toward permanent residency in Quebec.Niemi called on Quebec's ombudsman to investigate the MIDI probe of the CSQ applicants."MIDI engages in heightened scrutiny and suspicion of mostly racialized international students by singling them out for differential treatment," Niemi said."Key elements of racial profiling based on race, language and national origin are present."Students attended government-approved programMore than 500 CSQ applicants who took the program have received the letters alleging they provided false or misleading information about their French skills, and more than 300 have had their applications rejected after their French was tested.Those who fail the test may have to wait five years to re-apply for permanent residency.CRARR said its lawyers will help students whose applications have been rejected.MIDI has linked its review of the program to an investigation that is underway by Quebec's anti-corruption investigative unit, UPAC, into two Montreal-area school boards.The ministry isn't commenting on its review of CSQ files, citing the UPAC investigation.
U.N. judges decline Ukraine request to order Russia to stop backing rebels-[Reuters]-By Stephanie van den Berg-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.N. judges on Wednesday rejected a Ukrainian request to order Russia to stop supporting separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, saying it did not meet requirements under an international terrorism treaty.Pro-Russian forces rose up in Ukraine's east in 2014 after a popular uprising centred in the capital Kiev toppled the former Soviet republic's Moscow-backed president.Ukraine asked the International Court of Justice last month to order Russia to stop backing forces in the conflict, arguing Moscow was violating a global treaty on terrorism financing and another international pact on discrimination.The ICJ, which handles disputes between states, ruled that Ukraine had not presented sufficient evidence on the question of whether Moscow knew or intended that any alleged funds collected would be used to commit terrorist acts on Ukrainian soil.The ruling was interim and does not mean the court has no jurisdiction in Ukraine’s allegation that Russia has funded terrorism. That issue will be considered when the court hears arguments from both sides, which could last years.The ICJ’s decisions are final and cannot be appealed, but it has few means of enforcing decisions.Russia has repeatedly denied sending troops or military equipment to eastern Ukraine and was expected to challenge the ICJ's writ in the dispute.The ICJ did grant another request by Ukraine by ruling Moscow must halt alleged discrimination against ethnic Tatars in Crimea and ensure Ukrainian language education was available in the region annexed by Russia in 2014.Moscow "must ... refrain from maintaining or imposing limitations in the ability of the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its representative institutions", the court ruled.It said Tatars must also have access to education in the Ukrainian language.Russia has denied Kiev’s accusations that it has mistreated the Tatars since 2014. Moscow argues Ukraine was misapplying the treaties on terrorism and discrimination as a way to litigate against Russia's annexation of Crimea.Ukrainian deputy Foreign Minister Olena Zerkal told reporters at the court that the ruling was "a positive one" for Kiev. "We proved our position. We have a very good perspective for (the) hearings on the merits" in the case, she added.Russia's ICJ delegation did not comment on Wednesday's ruling.Russia's takeover of Crimea brought East-West tensions to their highest point since the Cold War, and subsequent fighting in eastern Ukraine since has killed more than 10,000 people.(Writing by Anthony Deutsch; editing by Mark Heinrich)
U.S. troops still battling Islamic State near site of bomb strike - official-[Reuters]-By Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. troops are still battling suspected Islamic State fighters near the site where a massive bomb was dropped in eastern Afghanistan last week, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday.Nicknamed "the mother of all bombs", the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb was dropped last Thursday from an American MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan.Since then questions have surrounded the decision to use the weapon, which is one of the largest conventional bombs ever used in combat by the U.S. military. The strike drew condemnation from some prominent figures, including former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan.After arriving at the site the day after the strike, U.S. troops, who are fighting alongside Afghan forces, have since left but continue to conduct operations in the area, said U.S military spokesman Captain William Salvin."Access has been restricted but that's because it’s a combat zone," he told Reuters. "We are in contact with the enemy."Echoing initial estimates, Salvin said the U.S. military has "high confidence" that no civilians were harmed, although no independent investigators have been able to visit the site.Some Afghan officials have complained of a lack of information about the effects of the bomb."We were and we are kept in the dark and still we haven’t been able to go to the site," said one senior Afghan security official. "We are confused ourselves and we wonder what MOAB could have caused."In meetings of the Afghan security council, some ministers told President Ashraf Ghani they feared the dearth of information from the U.S. side could be exploited by Islamic State, which has continued radio broadcasts claiming that none of its fighters were killed."We haven’t suffered any casualties from this bomb," said one recent Islamic State broadcast. "We are fighting for the sake of God who is much stronger than this bomb."Salvin would not comment on claims by Afghan defense officials that nearly 100 Islamic State fighters died in the strike.The attack was aimed at destroying an "extensive" complex of fortified tunnels and mines and not any particularly large concentration of fighters, he said."Our assessments are ongoing," Salvin said, but noted that the strike appeared to have collapsed many tunnels, destroyed mines, and "reduced" several nearby structures.U.S. troops have continued to use explosives to collapse other tunnel entrances not destroyed by the bomb, he said.(Reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Gareth Jones)
U.S. defense secretary: must overcome Iran's destabilization efforts to help Yemen-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that Iran was playing a destabilizing role in the Middle East but its influence would have to be overcome to bring about an end to the conflict in Yemen.At least 10,000 people have been killed and more than 3 million displaced in the war in Yemen, now in its third year. Millions of people are also struggling to feed themselves."Everywhere you look if there is trouble in the region, you find Iran," Mattis told reporters in Riyadh after meeting senior Saudi officials."We will have to overcome Iran's efforts to destabilize yet another country and create another militia in their image of Lebanese Hezbollah, but the bottom line is we are on the right path for it," Mattis added.Officials have said the United States is considering deepening its role in the conflict in Yemen by more directly assisting its Gulf allies, who are fighting Iranian-supported Houthi rebels there.U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the situation in Yemen came up in their meetings with Saudi officials, including with King Salman and Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman.Officials said U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition was discussed including what more assistance the United States could provide, including intelligence support.The Iran-aligned Houthis control the Yemeni capital Sanaa and large swathes of territory. The United States backs the Saudi-led coalition which is trying to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, including through a devastating aerial bombing campaign.Speaking earlier in the day before the start of a meeting with the deputy crown prince, Mattis said he hoped his trip could potentially open the door for U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Saudi Arabia.(Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Alison Williams and Hugh Lawson)
US VP Pence assures Japan: America is with you '100 per cent'-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-April 18, 2017
TOKYO — From two continents, top Trump administration officials warned Tuesday that North Korea's latest failed missile launch was a reckless act of provocation and assured allies in Asia that the United States was ready to work to achieve a peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.While Defence Secretary Jim Mattis denounced North Korea's weapons test as he began a Mideast tour, Vice-President Mike Pence offered support to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo amid a trip dominated by concerns about the rogue state's nuclear intentions."We appreciate the challenging times in which the people of Japan live with increasing provocations from across the Sea of Japan," Pence said after arriving from Seoul for talks with Abe. "We are with you 100 per cent ."At the outset of their meeting, Pence reiterated to Abe his statement in South Korea that the United States has run out of patience with Pyongyang's moves."While all options are on the table," Pence said, "President Trump is determined to work closely with Japan, with South Korea, with all our allies in the region, and with China" to resolve the problem."We seek peace always as a country, as does Japan, but as you know and the United States knows, peace comes through strength and we will stand strongly with Japan and strongly with our allies for a peace and security in this region," Pence added.Said Abe: "It goes without saying that it is a matter of paramount importance for us to seek diplomatic efforts as well peaceable settlements of the issue.""But at the same time," the prime minister said, "dialogue for the sake of dialogue is valueless and it is necessary for us to exercise pressure North Korea so that it comes forward and engages in this serious dialogue."Mattis struck an even tougher tone on North Korea in an interview with reporters travelling with him to Saudi Arabia. His language was stronger than in a written statement he issued shortly after the launch, in which he simply said he was aware of the failure."The leader of North Korea again recklessly tried to provoke something by launching a missile," he said. The term "reckless" is one the North Koreans have used to describe ongoing large-scale U.S. and South Korean military exercises, which the North calls a dress rehearsal for an invasion.Mattis did not identify the type of missile but said it was not of intercontinental range, meaning it could not reach U.S. territory. He did not comment on what might have caused the missile to fail.Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an intelligence matter, said the missile was a Scud variant that the U.S. calls a KN-17.Mattis credited China with trying to help get the North Korea situation "under control" with the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.President Donald Trump in Washington and Pence at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea have signalled a forceful U.S. stance on North Korea's recent actions. But no one was predicting what might come next.Behind the heated rhetoric, Trump's strategy in the region looks somewhat similar to predecessor Barack Obama's — albeit with the added unpredictability of a new president who has shown he's willing to use force.Pence on Monday had travelled to the tense zone dividing the two Koreas, where he warned North Korea's leaders that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over."The unannounced visit at the start of Pence's 10-day trip to Asia was a U.S. show of force that allowed him to gaze at North Korean soldiers from afar and stare directly across a border marked by razor wire. As the brown bomber jacket-clad vice-president was briefed near the military demarcation line, two North Korean soldiers watched from a short distance away, one taking multiple photographs of the American visitor.Pence told reporters Monday that Trump was hopeful China would use its "extraordinary levers" to pressure the North to abandon its weapons program. But Pence expressed impatience with the unwillingness of the regime to move toward ridding itself of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters he hopes "there will be no unilateral actions like those we saw recently in Syria and that the U.S. will follow the line that President Trump repeatedly voiced during the election campaign."China made a plea for a return to negotiations. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said tensions need to be eased on the Korean Peninsula to bring the escalating dispute to a peaceful resolution. Lu said Beijing wants to resume the multi-party negotiations that ended in stalemate in 2009 and suggested that U.S. plans to deploy a missile defence system in South Korea were damaging its relations with China.___Burns reported from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and AP reporter Jonathan Lemire reported from New York.___Follow Ken Thomas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KThomasDC and Burns at http://twitter.com/@robertburnsAP-Ken Thomas And Robert Burns, The Associated Press.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
May surprises EU with snap election By Eric Maurice-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 18. Apr, 15:58-UK voters will elect a new House of Commons on 8 June after Theresa May announced a snap election on Tuesday (18 April), which she hopes will give her a pro-Brexit majority, in order to "remove the risk of uncertainty and instability" ahead of EU exit talks."We need a general election and we need one now," May said in a statement outside her Downing Street office. She said that there was "a one-off chance to get this done while the European Union agrees its negotiating position and before the detailed talks begin."EU leaders will adopt the bloc's negotiating guidelines on 29 April and the the European Commission will adopt its recommendations on 3 May.May's call for an election, which was announced just as the commission's daily press briefing started, seems to have taken the EU by surprise."The EU is a union of democracies," commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said, refusing to comment on the announcement. "We are in favour of elections, in general.""It was unexpected," an EU source said, adding that it was too early to say how the campaign would affect the start of Brexit talks.The negotiating mandate is due to be approved on 22 May by the 27 Europe ministers, two weeks before the 8 June election.European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that he had a "good phone call" with the British PM after the announcement.His spokesman said that "the UK elections do not change our EU27 plans".In the meantime, the EU source said, "talks about talks" are planned between EU and British officials. Michel Barnier recently told EUobserver that he would meet the Brexit minister but no date has been set yet.On his personal Twitter account, Tusk said less diplomatically that Brexit was like a Hitchcock movie, with rising tension.May, who was appointed prime minister without an election last July following David Cameron's resignation in the wake of the Brexit referendum, said she took the decision "only recently and reluctantly" and placed blame on the parliament and opposition."The country is coming together, but Westminster is not," she said, referring to the parliament."Division in Westminster will risk our ability to make a success of Brexit and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country," she added.-Westminster division-Pointing her fingers at the other parties in the House, May said the Labour Party "has threatened to vote against the deal we reach with the European Union"; at the Liberal Democrats, who "have said they want to grind the business of government to a standstill"; at the Scottish National Party, which said it "will vote against the legislation that formally repeals Britain's membership of the European Union"; and at the "unelected members of the House of Lords [who] have vowed to fight us every step of the way".She said that her opponents were "jeopardising" the government's work and "weakening" its negotiating position in Europe."I am not prepared to let them endanger the security of millions of working people across the country," she insisted, adding that "division in Westminster will risk our ability to make a success of Brexit and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country".In contrast, she said "every vote for the Conservatives means we can stick to our plan for a stronger Britain and take the right long-term decisions for a more secure future".May's decision to call a general election, two years after the last one, will have to be approved by the House of Commons with a two-third majority. The vote is expected on Wednesday.Recent opinion polls put her Conservative Party well ahead of the two main opposition parties, the Labour and the Liberal Democrats.-Scotland's future-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that he welcomed the decision "to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first".But whereas May explained the election by the need to prepare for Brexit, the opposition leader, whose position on Brexit has never been clear, didn't mention the issue and focused on economic and social issues.The Liberal Democrat leader Tim Fallon said that the election would be "an opportunity to have a decent and strong opposition"."Only through the Liberal Democrats is there any pathway for the Conservatives losing their majority," he said.Paul Nuttal, the leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party (Ukip), said that May's decision to call an election was "cynical".But he added that it provided a "perfect opportunity" for the 52 percent who voted for Brexit last June" to vote for Ukip, "the only party wholeheartedly committed to a clean, quick and efficient Brexit".Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said that the election would be "about standing up for Scotland, in the face of a right-wing, austerity-obsessed Tory government with no mandate in Scotland".Referring to the process for an independence referendum that her government launched in March, she said that the vote would be about "reinforcing the democratic mandate which already exists for giving the people of Scotland a choice on their future".
Top Turkey MEP urges talks with Erdogan on accession By Eszter Zalan-APR 19,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 17:51-The MEP and rapporteur on Turkey has called for EU leaders to meet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ask if his country still wants to join the European club in the wake of a referendum that gave him massive powers."EU and Turkish relations are at their lowest point ever, it would have been timely for EU leaders to call for a meeting with the Turkish government, and ask them where do they want to go with the accession," Kati Piri told EUobserver on Wednesday (19 April)."Invite him [Erdogan] to Brussels and ask him what he wants," Piri said. "We have to be able to sit down and talk, even if it won't be a pleasant talk."The European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey said the European Commission's call on Turkey to investigate reported fraud and irregularities during the referendum was "the least" the EU executive could do.International observers said on Monday the Turkish referendum did not meet international standards, and the opposition did not have equal campaign opportunities.Opposition parties in Turkey challenged the result, while the parliament in Ankara agreed on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency for three months, allowing the government to rule by decree.-Redirect funds-Officially, 48.6 percent of Turk voters rejected the constitutional amendments that give Erdogan control over the parliament, judiciary and ministries, and could keep him in power for life.Piri said one way the EU could continue to support the Turkish people was by redirecting the country's annual €600 million pre-accession funds toward helping civil society exist, or journalists who are out of work because of Erdogan's crackdown on the media.She argued that the funds should be converted and concentrated on those who share European values and are now under "tremendous pressure".She also argued for increasing people-to-people contact, for instance through the Erasmus+ education program.Piri added that the European Commission could suspend the funds altogether if Turkey did not meet the so-called Copenhagen criteria on rule of law, respect for human rights and democracy.The commission, however, has said the pre-accession funds were not put into question following the controversial referendum."This is a well-established track with very specific conditions, we do not improvise," the EU executive spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Tuesday.-Migration stalemate-Piri said that the 2016 migrant deal between the EU and Turkey was not threatened by the referendum and its consequences, even though any cooperation with Turkey is "very tense".She said that neither side has an interest in annulling the deal.Erdogan has been threatening to call off the deal, which calls for Ankara to crack down on migrant smugglers and provide care and shelter for almost 3 million asylum seekers on its territory in exchange for €6 billion in EU aid aimed at helping migrants."The migration deal is the biggest card Erdogan has in his hands against the EU, he is not the sort of politician who gives up cards," Piri said.The Social-democrat Dutch MEP regretted, however, that the EU has not been vocal enough on Turkey's backsliding on democracy since it made the deal on migration with Ankara in 2016."I am not saying we can't make a migration deal, but it cannot come at the expense of what is happening now in Turkey," she said. "Just staying silent won't help."The European Parliament will debate next week the latest developments in Turkey.
How a Swedish love mob fights back against online hate By Aleksandra Eriksson-APR 19,17-EUOBSERVER
Stockholm, Today, 16:23-The bodies weren't cold yet. Fumes from the explosion were still lingering over Stockholm city centre, when another war broke out - this time, online.The Swedish far-right swiftly responded to the terror attack of Friday (7 April) by laying the blame with the country's largest parties - the ruling Social Democrats and the centre-right Moderates that preceded them - whose migration policies had brought Muslims into the country.Some of the accusations, which quickly spread through social media, were illustrated with pictures of the victims. One showed the ravaged body of an 11 year old girl; her family asked in vain for the photographs to be taken down.Others suggested that the attack, for which an Uzbek with Islamist sympathies has been arrested, was a "false flag" operation orchestrated by Swedish authorities.A widely circulated conspiracy relied on details that were later tracked down to be the result of sloppy reporting by the Daily Mail, a British tabloid.A racist news website, Avpixlat, published a picture of another Uzbek, claiming he was the terrorist.Lies were also spread by politicians from the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD), the third largest party in Sweden.SD party secretary Richard Jomshof tweeted an edited image that claimed a priest had asked people to "forgive the terrorist". Jomshof eventually deleted the message but said that it didn't matter if it was fake, "the basic matter is the same".When Stockholm responded to the attack with the largest rally ever held in the Swedish capital, where thousands of people formed a human chain around the terror site, right-wingers started to lambaste them too."Something is really wrong with the Swedish people. They should be furious, instead they are thirsty for love," one far-right journalist complained.On the other side, there are also those spreading messages of solidarity and support in the comment fields of media and Facebook."Hate spreads hate, so spread love," one woman wrote in reply to some remarks on the Facebook page of a Swedish newspaper, adding a heart."You're doing exactly what the terrorists wanted - you sow hate and fear," another added.Others ended their posts with the hashtag #jagärhär, or #iamhere.-A love mob against racism-#Jagärhär is a closed group on Facebook created last May by Mina Dennert, a Swedish journalist with roots in the Middle East."We are not an opinion mob. Our success is not necessarily measured as getting others to change their views. Rather, the purpose of the group is to allow more people to make themselves heard and to facilitate good discussions without hate and threats," the group rules say.The group doesn't tell people what to write; it's up to everyone to formulate a message.After the terror attack, which marked the start of a particularly busy time for anti-hate netizens, the group managed to get many racist comments deleted, including some that were illustrated by pictures of the 11 year-old victim.The love mob also backed up politicians and other people who suffered the wrath of racism."Am I allowed to write here? I just wanted to thank all the kind people who went to my Facebook page," wrote Magnus Betner, a comedian known for poking fun at racism, whose social media profile was covered in venom in the wake of the attack."I knew exactly what would happen and didn't feel like spending the weekend replying to criticism from people who refuse to listen, so I just didn't enter my page. Thanks to all of you who did it instead," he added.The group itself wrote that it wasn't looking to defend the perpetrator of the deeds, nor to take political sides."We want to prevent that this tragedy is used to push through harder and colder policies, at odds with the warmth and compassion that Stockholmians and Swedes have shown during the last days," a moderator wrote in the group.-The rise of hate mobs-The internet has long been a place where hate against Muslims, women and sexual minorities has thrived. The problem isn't unique for Sweden. Amid fears that fake news and hate speech could propel support for xenophobic parties in the upcoming elections, the German government recently proposed to fine up to €50 million on sites that fail to delete slanderous content and called on the EU to legislate against fake news.But such calls have prompted concerns that any ban on fake news would just curb free speech and be counter-productive - an idea doesn't die just because it has been deleted from Facebook, it has to be challenged with counter-arguments.While the discussion on regulation of fake news is ongoing, different private initiatives try to find alternative solutions.Sleeping Giants is an organisation that calls on business to stop advertising with hate sites, in a bid to freeze their ad revenues.In Germany, the Recht gegen Rechts (Right Against Right) foundation is launching a crowdfunding campaign - Donate the Hate - where people donate one euro to refugee and anti-far right programmes for each hateful comment posted online.These projects are still testing waters, but in Sweden, #jagärhär has already been described as a unique initiative that empowers people to make their voice heard.The group is already widely known in Sweden because of its efforts, and has quickly gathered more than 70,000 members who actively take part in the different calls. It has also launched English and German versions, #iamhere and #ichbinhier.Dennert, the founder of #jagärhär, told EUobserver the group is in touch with Facebook and is pushing the social network to do more to remove what's illegal."In my lay view, the problem is not the law but that it's not followed. Only a small part of all hate speech in Sweden is registered with the police and investigated," she said.The group should above all enable civic courage and discussion, she said."People feel good when they speak up when something is wrong. We feel good when we are there for each other," she said."Every time we act, a little bit of fear disappears. We are changing the world, one comment at a time. And we change ourselves."
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)
Nearly a dozen people killed in Colombia landslide, 20 missing-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and 20 are missing after a landslide hit several neighbourhoods in Manizales, Colombia, the government said on Wednesday, the second deadly landslide in the country this month.Recent heavy rains have endangered residents in dozens of provincial towns, where makeshift construction on the slopes of the Andes makes neighbourhoods particularly susceptible to landslides and flooding.The landslide in Manizales, capital of Caldas province west of Bogota, followed a similar disaster in Mocoa, Putumayo earlier this month that killed more than 320 people and displaced thousands from their homes."The situation in Manizales is very worrying. The toll is sad, there are eleven people dead," Transport Minister Jorge Eduardo Rojas said after meeting with the province's governor and the mayor of the city.Nine people were injured and at least 57 houses have been affected, the government said. Local media reported that Manizales received a month's average rainfall just overnight.President Juan Manuel Santos said in a Twitter post that he was trying to get to the scene, but was delayed by continuing bad weather.Even in a country where rains, a mountainous landscape and informal construction combine to make landslides a common occurrence, the scale of the Mocoa disaster was daunting compared with recent tragedies, including a 2015 landslide that killed nearly 100 people.Colombia's deadliest landslide, the 1985 Armero disaster, killed more than 20,000.(Reporting by Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by Helen Murphy, Andrew Hay and Frances Kerry)
At least 11 killed in Colombia floods: Red Cross-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
Bogota (AFP) - Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least 11 people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from recent mudslides that killed hundreds.At least 20 people are missing after torrential rains lashed the city of Manizales, officials said, raising fears the death toll could soar as it did earlier this month in the southern city of Mocoa.There, at least 323 people including more than 100 children were killed when heavy rain caused three mountain rivers to flood on March 31, hurling a tidal wave of mud and boulders into the city.Manizales "is literally cut off by rock slides, mudslides, floods," Mayor Jose Octavio Cardona told local radio stations.He said the city had been on alert after days of heavy rain, which turned to a torrential downpour overnight.President Juan Manuel Santos suspended his official agenda to travel to the city, the capital of Caldas department -- which is, like Mocoa, a remote and difficult region to access.He said on Twitter he had ordered officials from the emergency agency and transport ministries to the city to assess the "grave situation."Emergency officials said eight neighborhoods had been hit by flooding or mudslides, including one where several homes were buried.
END OF THE WORLD CONSPIRACIES-DATE SETTERS.
MATTHEW 23:15
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
ISAIAH 8:12
12 Say ye not, A confederacy,(CONSPIRACY) to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy;(CONSPIRACY THEORY) neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
MATTHEW 24:36
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man,(ONLY BY THE SIGNS-WE KNOW THE RAPTURE CAN HAPPEN ANY SECOND NOW-NOT BY DATE SETTING) no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
JEREMIAH 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
MATTHEW 24:7
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
BEGLEY AND HIS KNOW IT ALL END OF THE WORLD POST WRATH-WERE GOING THREW THE TRIBULATION TO DIE FOR OUR FAITH CULTISTS WILL BE HOPING THIS IS FINALLY THE ASTEROID THAT KILLS OFF THE WORLD. SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SET DATES OF THE END OF THE WORLD EVERY OTHER DAY. THIS ASTEROID WENT BY YESTERDAY ALREADY. SO THE FALSE DATE SETTING BEGLEY WORSHIPPERS CAN KEEPDELUDING EACH OTHER WITH FALSE DATES FOR THE END OF THE WORLD-WHICH IS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
Large asteroid safely buzzes Earth-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-April 18, 2017
A large asteroid discovered three years ago whizzed past Earth today, but there's no need to panic.The asteroid — named 2014 JO25 — ranged between more than 700 metres and 1.4 kilometres across. At its closest, the asteroid passed roughly 1.8 million kilometres from Earth — or more than four times the distance from Earth to the moon.Early radar images obtained by NASA showed the asteroid had two lobes, with the largest one measuring about 620 metres across.The asteroid was discovered in May 2014 as part of the Catalina Sky Survey near Tuscon, Ariz. The survey is part of NASA's Center of Near-Earth Object Studies program, which is constantly searching for asteroids that could pose a danger to Earth one day.Visible from Earth-The asteroid has twice the reflectivity the moon does, though little else is known.After the sun sets on Wednesday, the asteroid should be visible to those using a small telescope. It's expected to be visible for two days before it moves away from Earth.Earth passes through debris every day, with an estimated 90 tonnes of meteoroids (dust and rocks that do not reach the surface) entering our atmosphere. Those pieces that are larger burn up in our atmosphere, and can be seen streaking across the sky.Then there are pieces of debris far larger than meteors, known as asteroids, that range from a few feet across to kilometres. These pass within this distance of the planet more frequently, sometimes a few times a week. But objects as large as 2014 JO25 are rare.The last asteroid of similar size or larger to pass this close to Earth was Toutatis in September 2004; it was roughly five-kilometres wide and passed within four lunar orbits. The next big one to pass this close will be 1999 AN10, measuring 800 metres wide. It will pass as close as one lunar distance, roughly 380,000 kilometres, in 2027.
THE EARTH (WORLD) NEVER ENDS (AS WORLD ENDERS-CONSPIRACY THEORISTS CLAIME)(THE END OF THE AGE OF GRACE ONLY)(DECIEVERS CLAIME THE END OF THE WORLD-NOT ME)
LUKE 21:08,11,25 - END OF WORLD CROWD CLAIM ASTEROIDS-NIBURU-WILL KILL EVERYBODY ON EARTH.
08- And he (JESUS) said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time (THE END OF THE WORLD) draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
11- And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
25-And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
REVELATION 21:1
1 And I saw a new (kainos-a remodeling) heaven and a new (kainos-a remodeling) earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.(THE NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE REMODELED-REGENERATED-NOT A TOTALLY NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH-AND WE CHRISTIANS LIVE ON THE REMODELED EARTH FOREVER WITH JESUS-NEVER-ENDING AFTER THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN)
MATTHEW 19:28-EARTH REMODELED-(REGENERATION) NOT DESTROYED
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration (kainos-here means a REMODELING-not totally new earth)(neos-is a new total earth) when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
regeneration - forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting-re-formation-reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again.
ACT 3:21-EARTH REMODELED-(REGENERATION) NOT DESTROYED
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution (kainos-here means a REMODELING-not totally new earth)(neos-is a new total earth) of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
restitution - A return to or restoration of a previous state or position. from Latin to rebuild, from re- + statuere to set up]-(General Physics) the return of an object or system to its original state.
LUKE 1:32-33
32 He (JESUS) shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:(IN JERUSALEM)
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob (ISRAEL) for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.(THATS RULING FOREVER FROM JERUSALEM JESUS DOES)
ECCLESIASTES 1:4
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.(AND EVER)(WORLD NEVER ENDS)(END OF THE AGE OF GRACE ONLY,NOT THE END OF THE WORLD)
PSALMS 104:5
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.(NO END OF THE WORLDERS NONESENSE HERE)
MATTHEW 5:5
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.(FOREVER,NOT HEAVEN)
PSALMS 37:29
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,(ON EARTH-NOT HEAVEN) and dwell therein for ever.
ISAIAH 45:17
17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:(FOREVER) ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.(JERUSALEM ISRAEL ON EARTH FOREVER-NEVER ENDING)
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
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)
France says pressure needed to stop North Korea crossing next nuclear hurdle-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday it was imperative the United Nations Security Council apply more pressure on North Korea to prevent it jumping another hurdle towards an effective nuclear weapons capacity that could lead to a dangerous military escalation.Amid heightened tension on the Korean peninsula, North Korea has escalated a war of words with the United States, warning of full-out nuclear war if Washington takes military action against it over its nuclear and missile ambitions."We have to avoid all military escalation," Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told LCP television. "This threatens nuclear proliferation in the region, but also directly threatens North America. It's a major danger."Ayrault, who was in China last week and whose country has no diplomatic representation in North Korea, said it appeared that Beijing was increasingly worried by the behaviour of its neighbour."China is scared of chaos and destabilisation of the regime that would result in millions of refugees in the region so we can make progress through international pressure ... sanctions and discussions between the Security Council members to take measures," he said.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that Washington would work with its allies and China to put economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea but added that America would defeat any attack with an "overwhelming response"."There is no time to lose because all of the money North Korea has is being used for nuclear investment and research which would enable the country to jump another hurdle," he said.(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Andrew Callus)
3 asylum seekers deemed danger to the public, detained in Manitoba-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
Out of 135 asylum seekers intercepted by RCMP while crossing into Canada on foot near Emerson in a recent one-month stretch, three were detained because they were found to be a danger to the public, Canadian Border Service Agency officials say.The union representing border patrol officers raised concerns about public safety last week, saying nearly half of the asylum seekers entering at Emerson in the last few weeks have some criminality in their backgrounds.One, who was being sent to a cell for detention, allegedly assaulted a female officer on April 8. Ahmed Aden Ali, who came to Canada via Minneapolis, was charged with two counts of uttering threats, mischief over $5,000 and assaulting a police officer.The 135 asylum seekers who were recently intercepted were found from March 20 to April 16.Border services officials said they didn't know whether the three people who were detained are still in custody. They may have been released by the Immigration Refugee Board on a promise to appear before the board for a removal hearing at a later date.People can only be detained at the border for three reasons: They're a danger to the public, they're unlikely to appear for a removal hearing, or their identity can't be determined.The Canadian Border Services Agency does not keep statistics on asylum seekers who have a criminal record or have been charged with a crime but have not been detained.Someone can be deemed "criminally inadmissible" to apply for refugee status in Canada but may still be released into the country on a promise to appear at a future removal hearing.
Facebook Killer Steve Stephens was foiled by McDonald’s chicken nuggets-Andy Wells-Yahoo News UKApril 19, 2017
The man who broadcast a video of himself murdering an elderly man on Facebook killed himself after police caught up with him while he waited for a McDonald’s meal.Steve Stephens, who went on the run after killing 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr, stopped off at a branch of the fast food giant near Erie, Pennsylvania, so he could pick up a chicken nuggets and fries dinner.However, a worker recognised the killer while he waited in his white Ford Fusion and notified police that the murderer was there.As Stephens, 37, approached the window to pick up his food, restaurant owner Thomas DuCharme and a supervisor tried stalling him by telling him his fries were delayed.But rather than wait, Stephens is said to have shouted, “I can’t wait! I need my McNuggets!” before speeding off out of the car park, nearly hitting Gail Wheeler, 54, a retail operations manager from Erie who was on her way home from shopping.She said: ”Two seconds later, I hear these sirens, and they come whipping past me.”Ms Wheeler followed behind for a couple of miles and said the chase slowed suddenly from 50mph to about 20mph when the road narrowed from four lanes to two.One of the pursuing troopers picked his spot – in front of an abandoned school – and rammed Stephens’ bumper to get him to stop.The Ford Fusion did a half-turn and came to rest at the curb.Police were starting to get out of their cruisers when Ms Wheeler said she heard a “loud and distinctive” shot.She added: ”The next thing I know, they’re approaching the car. The one officer just shook his head. He was closest to the car.“They had their guns out but when he shook his head, they lowered their guns.”State police major William Teper said the trooper who rammed Stephens’ car “saw him pull the gun out and shoot himself”.Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said he wanted the search for Stephens to have ended differently.He told a press conference: “This started with one tragedy and ended with another person ending their life…“We would like to have brought Stephens in peacefully and talked to him about why this happened.”The mother of two of Mr Godwin’s children added to MailOnline: “He escaped justice.“My kids ain’t never gonna get closure. He should have given himself up to the police.”Stephens blamed the breakdown of his relationship with girlfriend Joy Lane for his actions and claimed to have killed 14 other people.However, police say there is currently no evidence of any other victims.Facebook said it removed the video of the shooting 23 minutes after learning of it and the company has since announced it is launching a review for reporting harmful content.
Racialized international students' targeted by Quebec government language probe, group says-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-April 18, 2017
Quebec's Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness faced allegations Tuesday of possible racial profiling and violating the constitutional rights of more than 500 international students whose French skills are the subject of an ongoing probe.Speaking at a news conference, Fo Niemi, director of the Montreal-based Centre for Research Action on Race Relations (CRARR), said most of the students targeted by the ministry come from either China, India or the Middle East."We're asking whether there are practices of profiling willingly, or unintentionally based on race, language and national origin of these students," he said.CRARR's concerns about a possible violation of their constitutional rights stems from a letter the students received from MIDI alleging that they "provided information or a document that is false or misleading regarding your level of knowledge of the French language."In a news release, CRARR legal team member Stephen De Four-Wyre said the claim is not backed by any evidence, and puts the onus of students to prove no fraud was committed."The presumption of guilt is clear violation of the students' constitutional right to the presumption of innocence because it is an arbitrary reversal of the burden of proof onto each student," he said.-'Key elements of racial profiling... are present'-The students all completed a government-approved language and vocational course called the Programme d'expérience québécoise (PEQ), often at a cost of thousands of dollars.Graduates of the program can apply for a Certificate of Selection of Quebec (CSQ), a fast-track toward permanent residency in Quebec.Niemi called on Quebec's ombudsman to investigate the MIDI probe of the CSQ applicants."MIDI engages in heightened scrutiny and suspicion of mostly racialized international students by singling them out for differential treatment," Niemi said."Key elements of racial profiling based on race, language and national origin are present."Students attended government-approved programMore than 500 CSQ applicants who took the program have received the letters alleging they provided false or misleading information about their French skills, and more than 300 have had their applications rejected after their French was tested.Those who fail the test may have to wait five years to re-apply for permanent residency.CRARR said its lawyers will help students whose applications have been rejected.MIDI has linked its review of the program to an investigation that is underway by Quebec's anti-corruption investigative unit, UPAC, into two Montreal-area school boards.The ministry isn't commenting on its review of CSQ files, citing the UPAC investigation.
U.N. judges decline Ukraine request to order Russia to stop backing rebels-[Reuters]-By Stephanie van den Berg-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.N. judges on Wednesday rejected a Ukrainian request to order Russia to stop supporting separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, saying it did not meet requirements under an international terrorism treaty.Pro-Russian forces rose up in Ukraine's east in 2014 after a popular uprising centred in the capital Kiev toppled the former Soviet republic's Moscow-backed president.Ukraine asked the International Court of Justice last month to order Russia to stop backing forces in the conflict, arguing Moscow was violating a global treaty on terrorism financing and another international pact on discrimination.The ICJ, which handles disputes between states, ruled that Ukraine had not presented sufficient evidence on the question of whether Moscow knew or intended that any alleged funds collected would be used to commit terrorist acts on Ukrainian soil.The ruling was interim and does not mean the court has no jurisdiction in Ukraine’s allegation that Russia has funded terrorism. That issue will be considered when the court hears arguments from both sides, which could last years.The ICJ’s decisions are final and cannot be appealed, but it has few means of enforcing decisions.Russia has repeatedly denied sending troops or military equipment to eastern Ukraine and was expected to challenge the ICJ's writ in the dispute.The ICJ did grant another request by Ukraine by ruling Moscow must halt alleged discrimination against ethnic Tatars in Crimea and ensure Ukrainian language education was available in the region annexed by Russia in 2014.Moscow "must ... refrain from maintaining or imposing limitations in the ability of the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its representative institutions", the court ruled.It said Tatars must also have access to education in the Ukrainian language.Russia has denied Kiev’s accusations that it has mistreated the Tatars since 2014. Moscow argues Ukraine was misapplying the treaties on terrorism and discrimination as a way to litigate against Russia's annexation of Crimea.Ukrainian deputy Foreign Minister Olena Zerkal told reporters at the court that the ruling was "a positive one" for Kiev. "We proved our position. We have a very good perspective for (the) hearings on the merits" in the case, she added.Russia's ICJ delegation did not comment on Wednesday's ruling.Russia's takeover of Crimea brought East-West tensions to their highest point since the Cold War, and subsequent fighting in eastern Ukraine since has killed more than 10,000 people.(Writing by Anthony Deutsch; editing by Mark Heinrich)
U.S. troops still battling Islamic State near site of bomb strike - official-[Reuters]-By Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. troops are still battling suspected Islamic State fighters near the site where a massive bomb was dropped in eastern Afghanistan last week, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday.Nicknamed "the mother of all bombs", the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb was dropped last Thursday from an American MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan.Since then questions have surrounded the decision to use the weapon, which is one of the largest conventional bombs ever used in combat by the U.S. military. The strike drew condemnation from some prominent figures, including former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan.After arriving at the site the day after the strike, U.S. troops, who are fighting alongside Afghan forces, have since left but continue to conduct operations in the area, said U.S military spokesman Captain William Salvin."Access has been restricted but that's because it’s a combat zone," he told Reuters. "We are in contact with the enemy."Echoing initial estimates, Salvin said the U.S. military has "high confidence" that no civilians were harmed, although no independent investigators have been able to visit the site.Some Afghan officials have complained of a lack of information about the effects of the bomb."We were and we are kept in the dark and still we haven’t been able to go to the site," said one senior Afghan security official. "We are confused ourselves and we wonder what MOAB could have caused."In meetings of the Afghan security council, some ministers told President Ashraf Ghani they feared the dearth of information from the U.S. side could be exploited by Islamic State, which has continued radio broadcasts claiming that none of its fighters were killed."We haven’t suffered any casualties from this bomb," said one recent Islamic State broadcast. "We are fighting for the sake of God who is much stronger than this bomb."Salvin would not comment on claims by Afghan defense officials that nearly 100 Islamic State fighters died in the strike.The attack was aimed at destroying an "extensive" complex of fortified tunnels and mines and not any particularly large concentration of fighters, he said."Our assessments are ongoing," Salvin said, but noted that the strike appeared to have collapsed many tunnels, destroyed mines, and "reduced" several nearby structures.U.S. troops have continued to use explosives to collapse other tunnel entrances not destroyed by the bomb, he said.(Reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Gareth Jones)
U.S. defense secretary: must overcome Iran's destabilization efforts to help Yemen-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-April 19, 2017
RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that Iran was playing a destabilizing role in the Middle East but its influence would have to be overcome to bring about an end to the conflict in Yemen.At least 10,000 people have been killed and more than 3 million displaced in the war in Yemen, now in its third year. Millions of people are also struggling to feed themselves."Everywhere you look if there is trouble in the region, you find Iran," Mattis told reporters in Riyadh after meeting senior Saudi officials."We will have to overcome Iran's efforts to destabilize yet another country and create another militia in their image of Lebanese Hezbollah, but the bottom line is we are on the right path for it," Mattis added.Officials have said the United States is considering deepening its role in the conflict in Yemen by more directly assisting its Gulf allies, who are fighting Iranian-supported Houthi rebels there.U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the situation in Yemen came up in their meetings with Saudi officials, including with King Salman and Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman.Officials said U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition was discussed including what more assistance the United States could provide, including intelligence support.The Iran-aligned Houthis control the Yemeni capital Sanaa and large swathes of territory. The United States backs the Saudi-led coalition which is trying to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, including through a devastating aerial bombing campaign.Speaking earlier in the day before the start of a meeting with the deputy crown prince, Mattis said he hoped his trip could potentially open the door for U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Saudi Arabia.(Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Alison Williams and Hugh Lawson)
US VP Pence assures Japan: America is with you '100 per cent'-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-April 18, 2017
TOKYO — From two continents, top Trump administration officials warned Tuesday that North Korea's latest failed missile launch was a reckless act of provocation and assured allies in Asia that the United States was ready to work to achieve a peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.While Defence Secretary Jim Mattis denounced North Korea's weapons test as he began a Mideast tour, Vice-President Mike Pence offered support to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo amid a trip dominated by concerns about the rogue state's nuclear intentions."We appreciate the challenging times in which the people of Japan live with increasing provocations from across the Sea of Japan," Pence said after arriving from Seoul for talks with Abe. "We are with you 100 per cent ."At the outset of their meeting, Pence reiterated to Abe his statement in South Korea that the United States has run out of patience with Pyongyang's moves."While all options are on the table," Pence said, "President Trump is determined to work closely with Japan, with South Korea, with all our allies in the region, and with China" to resolve the problem."We seek peace always as a country, as does Japan, but as you know and the United States knows, peace comes through strength and we will stand strongly with Japan and strongly with our allies for a peace and security in this region," Pence added.Said Abe: "It goes without saying that it is a matter of paramount importance for us to seek diplomatic efforts as well peaceable settlements of the issue.""But at the same time," the prime minister said, "dialogue for the sake of dialogue is valueless and it is necessary for us to exercise pressure North Korea so that it comes forward and engages in this serious dialogue."Mattis struck an even tougher tone on North Korea in an interview with reporters travelling with him to Saudi Arabia. His language was stronger than in a written statement he issued shortly after the launch, in which he simply said he was aware of the failure."The leader of North Korea again recklessly tried to provoke something by launching a missile," he said. The term "reckless" is one the North Koreans have used to describe ongoing large-scale U.S. and South Korean military exercises, which the North calls a dress rehearsal for an invasion.Mattis did not identify the type of missile but said it was not of intercontinental range, meaning it could not reach U.S. territory. He did not comment on what might have caused the missile to fail.Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an intelligence matter, said the missile was a Scud variant that the U.S. calls a KN-17.Mattis credited China with trying to help get the North Korea situation "under control" with the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.President Donald Trump in Washington and Pence at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea have signalled a forceful U.S. stance on North Korea's recent actions. But no one was predicting what might come next.Behind the heated rhetoric, Trump's strategy in the region looks somewhat similar to predecessor Barack Obama's — albeit with the added unpredictability of a new president who has shown he's willing to use force.Pence on Monday had travelled to the tense zone dividing the two Koreas, where he warned North Korea's leaders that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over."The unannounced visit at the start of Pence's 10-day trip to Asia was a U.S. show of force that allowed him to gaze at North Korean soldiers from afar and stare directly across a border marked by razor wire. As the brown bomber jacket-clad vice-president was briefed near the military demarcation line, two North Korean soldiers watched from a short distance away, one taking multiple photographs of the American visitor.Pence told reporters Monday that Trump was hopeful China would use its "extraordinary levers" to pressure the North to abandon its weapons program. But Pence expressed impatience with the unwillingness of the regime to move toward ridding itself of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters he hopes "there will be no unilateral actions like those we saw recently in Syria and that the U.S. will follow the line that President Trump repeatedly voiced during the election campaign."China made a plea for a return to negotiations. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said tensions need to be eased on the Korean Peninsula to bring the escalating dispute to a peaceful resolution. Lu said Beijing wants to resume the multi-party negotiations that ended in stalemate in 2009 and suggested that U.S. plans to deploy a missile defence system in South Korea were damaging its relations with China.___Burns reported from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and AP reporter Jonathan Lemire reported from New York.___Follow Ken Thomas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KThomasDC and Burns at http://twitter.com/@robertburnsAP-Ken Thomas And Robert Burns, The Associated Press.
