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)
Trudeau calls on men to help end violence against women-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says men must do more to put an end to gender-based violence against women and girls.Calling such violence a human rights violation, he said men need to hold themselves and their peers accountable for behaviour that threatens women's respect, protection and freedom.He called on men to speak up on women's rights, stand against violence and promote female leadership in all aspects of society.He also says gender-based violence disproportionately affects women of colour as well as women who identify as indigenous, trans or low-income.Trudeau's comments came in a statement made to acknowledge the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.His comments also come at a time when industries ranging from politics to entertainment have been grappling with widespread allegations of sexual misconduct, commonly featuring unwanted overtures toward women.“Ending gender-based violence means transforming a culture that devalues women and dismisses their voices," Trudeau said in the statement released Saturday. "Together, we must challenge the prejudices and inequalities that allow this violence to persist. . . . To change this reality, we must actively seek out and listen to the voices and needs of women, especially those cast furthest to the margins."Trudeau's remarks come two days after members of Canada's entertainment industry called for a code of conduct to help curtail the sexual harassment they describe as a reality in the country's film scene.A dozen groups representing actors, talent agencies and other players in the national entertainment industry issued a statement saying a code of conduct would clearly define what is inappropriate behaviour as well as what the consequences would be for those who commit such actions.Their call for action followed weeks of revelations of sex-related allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and other prominent celebrities.Such discussions have also spilled over into American political life, with figures ranging from Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore and sitting Sen. Al Franken facing allegations of inappropriate conduct.A recent study led by researchers at the University of Windsor also sounded the alarm on violence against women working in the health care sector.The research, released Friday, said violence against health-care workers is pervasive within the walls of hospitals across Ontario. The study examined the experiences of nurses, personal support workers and other staff.The Canadian Press.
Windows destroyed, piano smashed: St. George church targeted by vandals-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
The ceiling has been gutted, a piano smashed, windows shattered, and doors destroyed.Nearly everything in the Church of Christ in St. George, N.B., from one end of the building to the other, was battered and broken by vandals on the weekend.The 82-year-old Minister, Dave Haddon, has been with the church since about 1990 and has a humble congregation these days.They've had similar break ins before, that's why there are screens and coverings on the basement windows.But there's never been anything like this.Haddon arrived around suppertime on Saturday to turn on the heat for Sunday's service, because it costs too much to keep the building heated during the week."When I got in, I started walking on glass and wondered where the devil that come from," he said.When he turned on the lights, the sight before him was shocking.A brand new piano destroyed-He gasped. "It was just mind-boggling."Everything that could have been thrown, he said, was thrown. Vandals ransacked his office, smashed the windows and hurled several items outside, including some speakers and other items that were even lit on fire.Inside, four glass French doors were bashed in with just the frame left. Thermostats were pulled out of the wall, wires dangling. The pulpit was also trashed with communion plates, light bulbs and other smaller items scattered in pieces on the floor."And the piano, my land! A brand new piano and they limbed that completely. Destroyed that piano," he said."Took off all the outside casing off it and all the things that work inside the piano, they cleaned it right out. You couldn't get a squeak out of it, I don't imagine."The vandalism in the church is another horrible event in what's been a tragic year for the family. Haddon said most of his time has been occupied by family and health issues lately.'If we had lost that it probably would have finished us off'-"I just lost a daughter, and my wife has cancer," he added. "I have something in my lungs and they don't know what it is."Haddon's first wife died in 1990.His late daughter, who died in August, had made a stained glass window for the church in her honour. The colourful window was one of the few items which was left whole amidst the whirlwind of destruction."I was glad for that," he said fighting back tears, knowing that the window was intact.Vicki Haddon, Dave's daughter and the church pianist, also saw the damage on Saturday. Her first thought was of relief that the stained glass window was unbroken."If we had lost that, it probably would have finished us off," she said.'We rebuild, we put it back together'-After the family discovered the destruction in the church, Vicki took to social media to share their story."Our family, and congregation would like to thank each and every one of you for your words of support and encouragement."In the hours since then, they've received hundreds of comments of support and have heard from people reaching out to help in anyway possible."It's overwhelming, the support is heartwarming," she said."To know that people stand behind us and to know that people think this is a horrific thing to happen."Other churches opened their doors to their congregation on Sunday, she said, and the community is rallying around the members of the broken church to comfort the family and piece their humble place of worship back together."We rebuild, we put it back together," she said.
Israeli cybersecurity firm Illusive gets deal with OakNorth bank-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Illusive Networks, an Israeli cyber security firm specializing in "deception technology", said on Monday it signed a deal to provide its platform to British specialist bank OakNorth.Financial details were not disclosed.Illusive's technology lures hackers by blanketing a company’s network with booby-trapped data. Once an intruder uses this deceptive data, the company’s security is alerted and the attacker can be removed from the system."Almost all of the security solutions and companies out there have taken a reactive approach to security," Illusive founder and CEO Ofer Israeli said at a recent Reuters cyber summit. "So we built a world and reality where the attacker would need to react to us instead of us reacting to him."OakNorth last year became the first British bank to fully host its core systems on the cloud."We liked their (Illusive's) approach of exploiting an attacker’s vulnerabilities by looking at the network from an attacker’s perspective rather than trying to anticipate every weakness of an organization," OakNorth's information technology director Rui Silva said.(Reporting by Dan Pleck; Editing by Tova Cohen)
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.
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
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.
China's premier sees growing globalization in Eastern Europe-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
BUDAPEST, Hungary — China's premier says his country's increased co-operation with Eastern Europe is part of the process of expanding globalization that will unite the two ends of the Eurasian landmass.Premier Li Keqiang, attending a summit with 16 countries from central and eastern Europe in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, said Monday that co-operation between them was based on "mutual respect and the 'win-win' principle.""This kind of co-operation makes it possible for globalization to reach every segment of the world and can be more easily customized to the reality of every country," Li said.The premier noted that his country's global imports would total some $8 trillion over the next five years."We hope the central and eastern European countries find their place in this volume and expand their presence on the huge Chinese market," Li told an economic forum being held during the summit.China's "new Silk Road" initiative to expand trade across Asia, Africa and Europe is one of the keys themes of the sixth edition of the annual meeting with the 16 European countries.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has closed off his country to most migration from outside Europe, especially Muslims, said Europe needed "strong allies" to confront the "historical challenges" it is faced with."If Europe shuts itself in, it loses the possibility of growth," Orban said. "We 16 have always been open and would always like to remain so. We always saw co-operation with China as a great opportunity."Orban has been keen to pursue a policy of "Eastern Opening" for Hungary, looking to increase trade with Asia while portraying Western Europe as economically challenged and losing its global standing. His stance is seen as an effort to discredit criticism from the European Union that he is undermining democratic principles."We see the Chinese president's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative as the new form of globalization which does not divide the world into teachers and students but is based on common respect and common advantages," Orban said.He also noted that for the countries in Eastern Europe, economic co-operation with China "is not hindered by any type of political obstacle." In Hungary's case, Orban rarely mentions human rights or minority issues when dealing with countries, often non-democratic regimes, while looking to expand economic ties.Orban also said that the public procurement tenders for the reconstruction of a railway line between Budapest and Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, would be published Monday. The project is being financed mainly by China."This project is the first large investment project realized by co-operation between China, an EU member and a candidate for EU membership," Orban said, adding that the upgraded railroad line could become the fastest transport route to Western Europe of China's new Silk Road.Pablo Gorondi, The Associated Press.
Don't count on Germany's SPD to rescue Macron's euro agenda-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017-By Noah Barkin
BERLIN (Reuters) - During Germany's election campaign, the Social Democrats (SPD) rallied behind French President Emmanuel Macron's ideas for reform of the euro zone, including the creation of a budget, finance minister and separate parliament for the currency bloc.But as momentum builds for another "grand coalition" between the SPD and Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, doubts are rising about whether the center-left party will make European reform a top priority in looming negotiations.Several senior SPD officials, some speaking on condition of anonymity, said that while the party continued to support Macron's ideas, domestic reforms of health insurance, pensions and the labor market were likely to play a more prominent role in eventual talks."Europe is not a theme where we can simply push things through. We need to strive for a consensus," said Johannes Kahrs, a budget expert for the SPD in parliament and leader of the conservative "Seeheimer Kreis" wing of the party."It would be nice if the conservatives went along with the idea of a budget for the euro zone, but they need to want it. It would make no sense to try to bully them into this."The comments may come as a disappointment to Macron, who called SPD leader Martin Schulz after the collapse of three-way talks between Merkel's conservatives, the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens a week ago, and urged him to do his part to ensure political stability in Germany.The EU faces a narrow window to forge agreement on Macron's European reform proposals because, as 2019 approaches, it is expected to be consumed by the Brexit negotiations, wrangling over a new long-term budget for the bloc and EU elections.For that reason, the French president would prefer to avoid a lengthy period of political uncertainty in Germany, including new elections that could delay the formation of a government in Berlin until mid-2018.REFORM IDEAS-Macron also may be hoping the SPD -- led by former European Parliament president Schulz and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel -- can convince Merkel's conservatives to embrace some of his more controversial ideas for the euro zone.Macron, a centrist, honed many of his European reform ideas with Gabriel when both were economy ministers.On page 98 of their election program, the SPD calls for many of the same measures that Macron supports: a euro zone budget, finance minister and parliament, as well as harmonized corporate tax rates and the transformation of Europe's ESM bailout mechanism into a more robust European Monetary Fund.Two months after the election, senior SPD officials say there is still broad support in the party for these ideas.But none suggest that the party is likely to insist on them in talks with Merkel that could begin next month. Several pointed to the departure of Merkel's hardline finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who has shifted to the role of Bundestag president, as a significant step already."Before the election, a lot of people said we needed to get rid of Schaeuble. Now they've done that for us," said one senior party member. "Will we push for more on Europe? Yes. Will there be other priorities that are perhaps more important? Yes."Another SPD official said achieving a level playing field on corporate tax rates in Europe and introducing a financial transactions tax were just as important as Macron's plans to overhaul euro zone governance.While Merkel has shown a readiness to work with Macron, other members of her conservative bloc are skeptical about his euro zone ideas, fearful Europe could develop into a "transfer union" in which Germany pays for reform-wary southern countries.Over the past four years, the SPD struggled to put its mark on European policy, with Schaeuble, backed by Merkel, setting a strict rules-based course that emphasized structural reforms in euro member states over closer integration.(Reporting by Noah Barkin; Editing by Gareth Jones)
UK wants EU trade deal before resolving Irish border By Nikolaj Nielsen-NOV 27,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:28-The UK wants an EU trade agreement before resolving a border issue with Ireland.Liam Fox, the UK's international trade secretary, told Sky News on Sunday (26 November) that the border debate will have to wait "until we get an idea of the end state".The comments follow a 10-day EU deadline for Britain to make "sufficient progress" on Brexit negotiations, including Ireland, before trade talks can begin."We don't want there to be a hard border but the UK is going to be leaving the customs union and the single market," said Fox.He noted that the UK was ready to make exceptions for Ireland to resolve the dilemma.EU leaders and heads of state are to decide at a summit in Brussels on 14 December on whether Brexit talks have progressed enough to move onto the trade phase.Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and shares a 500-km border with the Republic of Ireland.The fear is that passport checks and other border obstacles and controls will reappear once the UK leaves the European Union in 2019 as Ireland remains an EU member state. Such barriers were removed following the 1998 Good Friday peace accord.Ireland is demanding that the border remains open to maintain trade relations and keep the peace amid threats to veto the next phase of Brexit talks at the December summit.Last week, Ireland's foreign minister Simon Coveney said UK "aspirations" against border check fall short of the needed "credible road map" to advance talks onto the next stage."We are not going to allow a border to re-emerge on the island of Ireland," he added.Ireland's European commissioner Phil Hogan also weighed in on the matter.He told the Observer over the weekend that the border issue would be resolved by having the UK or Northern Ireland remain a part of the single market and customs union."If the UK or Northern Ireland remained in the EU customs union, or better still the single market, there would be no border issue," he said.He said London's hope of securing future free-trade agreements (FTA) was based on "blind faith"."The best possible FTA with the EU will fall far short of being in the single market," he said.But the pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland says it will not accept any deal that is different from the rest of the UK. The DUP, which is the key ally to Britain's Conservative minority government, says Northern Ireland and the UK will have to operate under the same rules following Brexit.The stand off has emerged as one of the trickiest issues between the EU and the UK negotiators.It also comes amid a police whistle-blowing scandal in Ireland that risks triggering new general elections.
EU still giving gas projects 'fast-track' status By Peter Teffer-NOV 27,17-EUOBSERVER
Brussels, 24. Nov, 13:53-The European Union will continue to provide fast-track procedures for gas projects, despite that energy source's negative consequences on climate change.The European Commission published on Friday (24 November) an updated list of so-called 'projects of common interest' (PCIs).If a project is listed as PCI, it is stamped as a priority energy project. Once on the list, governments are required to provide permits and environmental impact assessments faster than normal.Presenting the list on Friday, climate action commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said that it contained fewer gas projects than the previous version, published in 2015.He noted that in 2015, 39 percent of projects related to gas, while the new version has only 30.6 percent gas projects.According to environmental lobby group Friends of the Earth, however, that the actual number of gas plans has increased.The decrease is "only the result of the grouping and clustering of multiple projects", the group said in a press release on Friday, adding that the list showed "the extent of Europe's addiction to fossil fuels"."We should not be fooled by some clever numbering and clustering - this selection represents an increase in gas projects and illustrates the immense lobby influence of the gas industry," Friends of the Earth said.Gas is a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming, but it is often framed by industry as a "bridge fuel" that will be needed longer than coal and oil.To a certain extent, that framing argument has also been adopted by the EU."Gas PCIs are still needed to achieve diversification and to complete the integration of the energy markets in the EU and beyond, thus enhancing energy security and competitiveness," the Commission said in a press statement.In the press conference, Canete acknowledged there was a risk of "stranded assets", but did not address the criticism of Friends of the Earth.Since governments are becoming more aware that they need to phase out fossil fuels to prevent climatic disaster, there is a risk that large-scale gas projects could end up being closed before their investments are earned back, a so-called 'stranded asset'.The list also contained projects that aim to set up carbon capture and storage facilities in and around the North Sea."They are especially important for energy-intensive industry as a way to further reduce [their carbon] footprint by enabling carbon capture use and storage," said Canete.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Saudi crown prince leads Islamic military alliance meeting-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 26, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's assertive crown prince on Sunday opened the first high-level meeting of a kingdom-led alliance of Muslim nations against terrorism, vowing that extremists will no longer "tarnish our beautiful religion."Mohammed bin Salman's words come as the Islamic State group, which sparked the creation of the alliance, has been driven out of Iraq and lost its self-described capital in Syria.However, the alliance doesn't include Iran, Iraq or Syria, while member nation Qatar sent no one to attend the one-day Riyadh gathering amid a diplomatic standoff between Doha and four Arab nations led by the kingdom.Saudi Arabia announced the alliance in December 2015, when the crown prince was still only the kingdom's defence minister. Since then, his father King Salman has elevated the 32-year-old prince to be next in line for the throne in the oil-rich kingdom. The crown prince also recently put a number of wealthy princes, businessmen, military leaders and others under arrest over corruption allegations at various luxury hotels in Riyadh.The alliance, initially announced with 34 nations, now includes 41, according the Saudi government. Addressing the defence ministers and other high-ranking officials, Crown Prince Mohammed said Sunday's meeting sends "a strong signal that we are going to work together and co-ordinate together to support each other.""The biggest danger of this terrorism and extremism is the tarnishing of the reputation of our beloved religion. ... We will not allow this to happen," he said. "Today we start the pursuit of terrorism and we see its defeat in many facets around, the world especially in Muslim countries. ... We will continue to fight it until we see its defeat."The crown prince also offered his condolences to Egypt, which suffered an attack Friday by Islamic militants on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people."This is indeed a painful event and it is a recurrent and strong reminder the dangers of this terrorism," he said.The meeting did not include Iran, which has aided embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in his country's civil war and backed Shiite militias crucial in pushing the Islamic State group out of Iraq. The Sunni kingdom is the Shiite power's archrival in the Mideast and remains concerned about its influence in the region after Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Saudi Arabia also leads a coalition of nations fighting in Yemen against Shiite rebels there who have Iran's backing.Saudi Arabia also made a point to put Qatar, absent from the gathering, at the end of the list of 41 countries that belong to the anti-terrorism alliance.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties to Doha in June, partly over allegations that Doha supports extremists and has too-close ties to Iran. Saudi Arabia also closed its land borders, sea ports and airspace to Qatar.___Associated Press writer Fay Abuelgasim in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press.
Pakistani Islamist group calls off protests in blasphemy row as govt backs down-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017-By Asif Shahzad and Drazen Jorgic
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A hardline Pakistani Islamist group called off nationwide protests on Monday after the government agreed to its demands that the law minister resign in a blasphemy row, following weekend clashes with police that paralyzed major cities.The cleric-politician leading the blockade that paralyzed the capital, Islamabad, for nearly three weeks thanked the army chief for helping resolve the stand-off, raising questions about the military's role.The new ultra-religious political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan was protesting against a small change in wording to an electoral law they said amounted to blasphemy.The government climbdown will be seen as an embarrassment for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party ahead of elections likely in mid-2018, and underlines the power of religious groups in the nuclear-armed nation of 207 million.Seven people were killed and nearly 200 wounded after a police bid to disperse protesters in Islamabad failed on Saturday, spurring demonstrators wielding sticks and iron rods to block key roads and motorways in other cities."Our main demand has been accepted," Ejaz Ashrafi, spokesman for Tahreek-e-Labaik, told Reuters, adding that part of the agreement was to free dozens of party workers arrested during the weekend crackdown."Our workers' release is in process. Once that is done, we will leave."At nightfall on Monday, the protesters were still in place.Law minister Zahid Hamid handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi "to take the country out of a crisis-like situation", state-run news channel PTV said on Monday.Government spokesmen did not respond to requests from Reuters for comment.The government called in the military to tackle the protests after a police operation failed, but there was no sign of troops around protest camps on Sunday. The military said the army chief in one telephone call had advised Abbasi to resolve the protests peacefully.Tehreek-e-Labaik leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi on Monday described the army's role in ending the standoff."The honorable chief of army staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, sent his special envoys to us. We said we do not want to talk to the government; they are our murderers," Rizvi said."So the general took personal interest and sent his team, saying 'we will become the guarantors, and have your demands fulfilled'. So we said, 'All right. That is what we want.'"For more than two weeks, Tehreek-e-Labaik activists have blocked the main road into the capital, Islamabad, in a protest that blamed law minister Hamid for changing the wording in an electoral oath.The party says the words "I believe", used to replace the clause "I solemnly swear" in a proclamation of Mohammad as the religion's last prophet, amount to blasphemy.The government blamed the change on a clerical error and swiftly restored the original format.Labaik is one of two new ultra-religious political movements to reach prominence in recent months. Labaik, which campaigns to maintain Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws, won a surprisingly strong 6 percent and 7.6 percent share of votes in two recent by-elections.Islamist parties are unlikely to win a majority in the elections expected next August, but could play a major role.Giving in to the group's demands had hit the government's reputation and credibility, said political analyst Hasan Askari."These protests will have emboldened this group, and they are going to assert themselves and put up candidates wherever they can in the next general election, or at least they will oppose the PML-N," he added.The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party accused the government of bungling the efforts to remove the protesters and called for early elections.(Additional reporting by Syed Raza Hassan; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Nick Macfie)
Syrian government team may be late for start of Geneva talks-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
GENEVA — Syria's peace talks in Geneva will begin as scheduled even though the government delegation might not arrive on time, a diplomat said Monday as violence claimed more lives near the capital, Damascus, and in the east of the country.The United Nations is to resume the peace talks in Geneva between the government and the Syrian opposition on Tuesday.The opposition had announced last week it was prepared to enter into direct talks with the government without preconditions, although some opposition figures have demanded President Bashar Assad relinquish power once the country enters a transitional period.The government has not yet named its delegation to the talks and a the pro-government Al-Watan daily said the state's team is not expected to head to Geneva on Monday as scheduled, claiming the opposition demands for Assad to leave are "hidden conditions."In Geneva, a diplomatic official close to the negotiations said that despite indications the government delegation had delayed its arrival, there was nothing to suggest the talks would not start Tuesday as scheduled. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.The U.N.'s deputy envoy to Syria, Ramzy Ramzy, said after meeting Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad on Saturday in Damascus that the talks would cover four main topics, a new constitution, governance, elections and combating terrorism.Syria's Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that the government would attend Russian-sponsored talks in Sochi, slated for next month. Russia is a key ally of Damascus and intervened military to shore up Assad when it appeared that rebels would threaten the capital in 2015. Its intervention, along with redoubled Iranian support, turned the war in Assad's favour .On the ground meanwhile, opposition activists blamed Russia for an airstrike on a village in eastern Syria held by the Islamic State that killed at least 25 people, all of them civilians.The Deir Ezzor 24 activist group said Sunday's strike on the village of Shaafa in the Deir el-Zour hit a residential compound where scores of internally displaced people were staying.The village is near the town of Boukamal, which Syrian troops and their allies captured this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave a higher death toll, saying 53 people were killed, including 21 children.The Russian Defence Ministry said six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers scrambled from Russia and carried out a massed airstrike on "terrorists' objects" in Deir el-Zour.Near Damascus, government airstrike on Monday on several areas, including the suburbs of Arbeen, killed at least six people.___Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press.
Australian police cut chains from immigration protesters at PM's residence-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Monday used metal cutters to remove five protesters who had chained themselves to the gate of the prime minister's official residence over the treatment of asylum seekers detained in Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea police last week expelled about 400 protesting asylum-seekers from a shuttered Australian-run detention camp on Manus Island. The United Nations decried the crackdown as "shocking".The Manus Island detention camp, and another in the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, have been cornerstones of Australia's policy under which it refuses to allow asylum seekers arriving by boat to reach its shores.The policy, aimed at deterring people from making a perilous sea voyage to Australia, has been heavily criticized by the United Nations and human rights groups but has bipartisan political support in Australia.But some people, including some Christian groups, object to it."It's our hope that as church leaders we can actually respond ... in non-violent ways, in peaceful ways that actually highlight the issue and do justice to the beauty and the courage of the men on Manus Island," said one of the protesters, Jarod Mckenna, who said he was a Christian pastor.Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull does not live in the official residence and he was not there during the three-hour protest which ended when police ordered the five to keep still while the chains were cut from around their necks.They were then taken away in a police vehicle. There were no reports of injuries, police said.Australia says allowing asylum seekers arriving by boat to reach its shores would only encourage people smugglers in Asia and see more people risk their lives trying to reach Australia.Australia closed the Manus Island detention center on Oct. 31, after it was declared illegal by a Papua New Guinea court.The asylum-seekers, who have said they fear for their safety as well as being resettled in Papua New Guinea or another developing country, were taken to transit centers.Australia has rejected an offer from New Zealand to resettle 150 of the men, and is instead aiming to sending up to 1,250 of them to the United States under a swap deal."So many people feel hopeless," Kurdish journalist and Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani told Reuters by text message from one of the transit centers.Papua New Guinea immigration and police officials did not return Reuters' telephone calls or emails.(Reporting by Tom Westbrook and James Redmayne; Additional reporting by James Regan; Editing by Robert Birsel)
The Latest: China arranges 100 buses to get Chinese off Bali-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 27, 2017
KARANGASEM, Indonesia — The Latest on a rumbling volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali (all times local):7:05 p.m.China says there were 17,000 Chinese tourists on Bali before the latest eruption of Mount Agung.The Chinese consulate on the Indonesian island said on its website that airlines and travel services were arranging 100 buses to take Chinese tourists to catch ferries to neighbouring Java.The Chinese foreign ministry issued a statement urging travellers to be "vigilant about safety" when deciding whether to visit Bali.China Eastern Airlines, one of the country's biggest carriers, cancelled flights Sunday and said passengers due to fly any time between then and Dec. 10 could obtain refunds.A woman who answered the phone at the state-owned China International Travel Service, one of the country's biggest travel agencies, said it was prohibited from talking to foreign reporters.___4:15 p.m.The closure of Bali's airport due to volcanic ash is having a disruptive effect on flights around Indonesia and the region.Bali is a hub airport in Indonesia with many flights transiting there for domestic as well as international destinations. Planes that would have flown other routes Monday are now stuck on the tarmac in Bali.Human Rights Watch Indonesia researcher Andreas Harsono said he was waiting two hours at Jakarta's terminal 3 for his delayed flight to a domestic destination.He said other flight delays have been announced at the terminal, which serves national carrier Garuda, and the departure area is filling up with many waiting passengers.___1:10 p.m.Spokesman for Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency says lava is welling up in the crater of the Mount Agung volcano on Bali "which will certainly spill over to the slopes."Volcanologists say the lava's presence is sometimes reflected in the ash plume which takes on a reddish-orange glow even in daytime.Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said bigger eruptions than those currently happening are possible based on the information the disaster agency is receiving from the volcano monitoring centre .He said that "since yesterday there were explosive eruptions whose sound was heard up to 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) away."Nugroho said officials are responding based on a worst-case scenario occurring because Agung has a history of violent eruptions. Its last major eruption in 1963 killed about 1,100 people.He said "We cannot be sure whether this time eruptions will be the same with 1963."___11:50 a.m.Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency says as many as 100,000 villagers need to leave the expanded danger zone around the Mount Agung volcano on Bali, but that less than half that number have left.Spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a news conference in Jakarta that the extension of the danger zone to 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the crater in places affects 22 villages and about 90,000 to 100,000 people.The volcano's alert was raised to the highest level earlier Monday and ash clouds have forced the closure of Bali's international airport.Nugroho said about 40,000 people have evacuated but others have not left because they feel safe or don't want to abandon their livestock.He said that "authorities will comb the area to persuade them. If needed, we will forcibly evacuate them."___10:50 a.m.Indonesia's Directorate General of Land Transportation says 100 buses are being deployed to Bali's international airport and to ferry terminals to help travellers stranded by the eruption of Mount Agung.Bali's international airport was closed early Monday after ash from the volcano reached its airspace. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and tens of thousands of travellers affected.The agency's chief, Budi, said major ferry crossing points have been advised to prepare for a surge in passengers and vehicles. Stranded tourists could leave Bali by taking a ferry to neighbouring Java and then travel by land to the nearest airports.Authorities say the airport closure is in effect until Tuesday morning and is being reviewed every six hours.___9:50 a.m.Video released by Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency shows water and volcanic debris flowing down the slopes of the ash-spewing Mount Agung on Bali as rain falls on the island.Spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said people should stay away from rivers and not enter the 10 kilometre (6 mile) exclusion zone around the volcano.He says lahars could increase as it's rainy season in Bali. The mudflows can move rapidly and are a frequent killer during volcanic eruptions.Mount Agung has been hurling ash thousands of meters into the atmosphere since the weekend, forcing the closure of Bali's airport and stranding tens of thousands of travellers .___8:30 a.m.Tens of thousands of travellers are stranded in Bali after ash from the Mount Agung volcano on the tourist island forced the international airport to close early Monday.Flight information boards showed rows of cancellations as tourists arrived at the busy Bali airport expecting to catch flights home.Airport spokesman Air Ahsanurrohim said 445 flights were cancelled , stranding about 59,000 travellers .Authorities say seven flights were diverted to airports in Jakarta, Surabaya and Singapore when the closure was announced early Monday.Mount Agung has been hurling ash thousands of meters into the atmosphere, which forced the small international airport on the neighbouring island of Lombok to close Sunday as the plumes drifted east. It has since reopened.Airport authorities say the decision to close Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport was made after tests showed ash had reached its airspace.___6 a.m.Indonesian authorities raised the alert for a menacing volcano on the tourist island of Bali to the highest level Monday and ordered people within 10 kilometres (6 miles) to evacuate.The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Bali's international airport had closed for 24 hours and authorities would consider reopening it Tuesday after evaluating the situation.Mount Agung has been hurling ash thousands of meters into the atmosphere, which forced the small international airport on the neighbouring island of Lombok to close Sunday as the plumes drifted east.Geological agency head, Kasbani, who goes by one name, said the alert level was raised at 6 a.m. on Monday because the volcano has shifted from steam-based eruptions to magmatic eruptions. However he says he's still not expecting a major eruption."We don't expect a big eruption but we have to stay alert and anticipate," he says.Previously the exclusion zone around the volcano ranged between 6 and 7.5 kilometres .The volcano's last major eruption in 1963 killed about 1,100 people.The Associated Press.
Indonesia orders immediate evacuation as highest alert issued for Bali volcano-[Reuters]-November 27, 2017-By Nyimas Laula
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia closed the airport on the tourist island of Bali on Monday and ordered 100,000 residents living near a glowing volcano spewing columns of ash to evacuate immediately, warning that the first major eruption in 54 years could be "imminent".The airport was closed for 24 hours from Monday morning, disrupting 445 flights and some 59,000 passengers, after Mount Agung, which killed hundreds of people in 1963, sent volcanic ash high into the sky, and officials said cancellations could be extended."Plumes of smoke are occasionally accompanied by explosive eruptions and the sound of weak blasts that can be heard up to 12 km (7 miles) from the peak," the Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in a statement after raising the alert from three to its highest level of four."The potential for a larger eruption is imminent," it said, referring to a visible glow of magma at Mount Agung's peak overnight, and warning residents to evacuate a danger zone at a radius of 8-10 km (5-6 miles).Sutopo, a BNPB spokesman, said there had been no casualties so far and 40,000 people had left the area, but tens of thousands still needed to move.Video footage shared by the agency showed volcanic mud flows (lahar) on the mountainside. Lahar carrying mud and large boulders can destroy houses, bridges and roads in its path.Bali, famous for its surf, beaches and temples, attracted nearly 5 million visitors last year, and its airport serves as a transport hub for the chain of islands in Indonesia's eastern archipelago.But tourism has slumped in parts of Bali since September when Agung's volcanic tremors began to increase and the alert level was raised to maximum before being lowered in October when seismic activity calmed."I'm not worried (but) my friends in Russia are a little bit," said a Russian tourist, who only wanted to be identified as Dmitry, at an observation post in Rendang in Bali's east.Agung rises majestically over eastern Bali to a height of just over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet). Northeastern Bali is relatively undeveloped compared to the more heavily populated southern tourist hub of Kuta-Seminyak-Nusa Dua.EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION-Indonesia's Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre (PVMBG), which is using drones, satellite imagery and other equipment, said predictions were difficult in the absence of instrumental recordings from the last eruption 54 years ago.In 1963, an eruption of Agung killed more than 1,000 people and razed several villages by hurling out pyroclastic material, hot ash, lava and lahar.Recordings now show the northeast area of Agung's peak has swollen in recent weeks "indicating there is fairly strong pressure toward the surface", PVMBG said.It warned that if a similar eruption occurred, it could send rocks bigger than fist-size up to 8 km (5 miles) from the summit and volcanic gas to a distance of 10 km (6 miles) within three minutes.Some analysis, however, suggests the threat should not be as great this time because "energy at Mount Agung's magma chamber is not as big" and the ash column only around a quarter as high so far as the 20 km (12 miles) reached in 1963, Sutopo said."CHECK-INS CLOSED"-Bali airport, about 60 km (37 miles) from the volcano, will be closed for 24 hours, its operator said.The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in Darwin, Australia, said ash was "confirmed on the ground" at the airport as well as ash at FL300 (which refers to flight level at 30,000 feet) in the vicinity of the volcano.Ash is expected to cover much of Bali, parts of the neighboring islands of Lombok and Java as winds blow to the southwest, VACC maps indicated.Ten alternative airports have been prepared for airlines to divert inbound flights, including in neighboring provinces. The airport operator said it was providing buses to take travelers to ferry ports for alternative travel arrangements.The island is served by many neighboring airlines. Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said it was cancelling flights on Tuesday, while Jetstar was offering to exchange Bali bound tickets for other destinations.Television footage showed hundreds of holidaymakers camped inside the airport terminal, some sleeping on their bags, others using mobile telephones."We have been here (in Bali) for three days we are about to leave today, but just found out our flights have been canceled. We have got no information because the gates, the check-ins, have been closed indefinitely," said Carlo Oben from Los Angeles.TRAVEL INSURANCE-Cover-More, Australia's biggest travel insurer, said on its website customers would only be covered if they had bought policies before the volcano alert was first issued on Sept. 18.Indonesia's hotel and restaurant association said stranded tourists at member hotels would get one night's free stay.The main airport on Lombok had reopened after the transport ministry said "no volcanic ash was detected".Airlines avoid flying when volcanic ash is present because it can cause significant damage to engines and can clog fuel and cooling systems and hamper visibility.In June 1982, a British Airways 747 suffered severe damage and had all four engines flame out after encountering ash from Mount Galunggung in Indonesia. It descended to 12,000 feet before being able to restart some engines and make an emergency landing in Jakarta.(Additonal reporting by Reuters Bali stringer in DENPASAR, Angie Teo, Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina Munthe in JAKARTA and Jamie Freed in SINGAPORE; Writing by Ed Davies and Fergus Jensen; Editing by Michael Perry and Nick Macfie)
