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アメリカ独立記念日_米海軍ブルーエンジェルスの実演飛行_US DC Fourth of July Flyover (CR)

Planes fly over Washington during Trump speech

日付：2019年7月4日

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アメリカ独立記念日、抗議者と支持者の1日_US DC July 4th Protests

Trump protesters, supporters mark July 4 in DC

日付：2019年7月4日

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「コロンビアにおけるベネズエラ移民とコロンビア帰還民、受入コミュニティへの人道支援制度強化計画」書簡を交換する森下敬一郎駐コロンビア大使

Title:Colombia Japan Venezuela Migrants Japan donates $4.5 million for Venezuelan migrant care

日付：2019年7月4日

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海上自衛隊最大の護衛艦「いずも」インド・太平洋海域で各国と共同訓練_At Sea Japan Warship

Warship shows Japan's expanding military role

日付：2019年7月3日

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アメリカ独立記念日に首都ワシントンに戦車を展示_US DC Tanks Memorial

Military equipment in place for Trump's July 4th

日付：2019年7月3日

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French thief arrested in London for attempting to convert 50K euros

Date:JUNE 27, 2019 A convicted French thief who stole 11.6 million euros from a Lyon bank in 2009 and spent five years in prison was arrested in London on Wednesday (June 26) for attempting to exchange tens of thousands of pounds in cash before being released by police, French newspaper Le Progres reported. Toni Musulin said he obtained the large sum from the sale of a luxury car, according to the newspaper. Musulin succeeded in converting 4,000 pounds and said he was going to return to convert a second sum of 75,000, at which point currency exchange employees alerted authorities of the suspicious amount, the newspaper reported. Musulin was a security vehicle driver who disappeared with 11.6 million euros he was transporting but then surrendered himself to police in Monaco in November 2009 and served five years in prison. (Production: Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:4202EV-FRANCE-THIEF_ARREST_FILE)

日付：2019年6月27日

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Tunisia: Police secure downtown area of first suicide attack

Date:JUNE 27, 2019 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday (June 27), killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the government said. It was not immediately known who was behind the attacks, which come months before an election and at the peak of a tourist season in which Tunisia is hoping for a record number of visitors. The first suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle Street in central Tunis. One police officer was killed and at least one other as well as three civilians were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Shortly afterwards, a second suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in al-Gorjani district. Four people were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Heavily armed police cordoned off the locations of the attacks, one of which was about 200 metres away from the French embassy. Separately on Thursday, 92-year-old President Beji Caid Essebsi was taken to a military hospital after suffering a "severe health crisis", the presidency said. (Production: Nadeen Ebrahim, Salma Nassar) (Caption:4195EV-TUNISIA-SECURITY_UPDATE)

日付：2019年6月27日

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Crowds gather at site of first attack in Tunisian capital

Date:JUNE 27, 2019 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday (June 27), killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the government said. It was not immediately known who was behind the attacks, which come months before an election and at the peak of a tourist season in which Tunisia is hoping for a record number of visitors. The first attack targeted a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle Street in central Tunis. One police officer was killed and at least one other as well as three civilians were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Shortly afterwards, a second suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in al-Gorjani district. Four people were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Heavily armed police cordoned off the locations of the attacks, one of which was about 200 metres away from the French embassy. Visibly distressed citizens gathered near the site. Reuters witnesses saw people rushing away from the scene, while the body of one suicide bomber lay on the ground. (Production: Mohamed Haddad, Mostafa Salem, Seham Eloraby) (Caption:4185EV-TUNISIA-SECURITY_SCENE)

日付：2019年6月27日

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Tunisia: Police secure area after two suicide bomber attacks

Date:JUNE 27, 2019 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday (June 27), killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the government said. The first targeted a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle Street in central Tunis. One police officer was killed and at least one other officer and three civilians were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Shortly afterwards, a second suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in al-Qarjani district. Four people were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Heavily-armed police cordoned off the sites of the attacks. It was not immediately known who was behind the attacks, which took place months before an election and at the peak of a tourist season in which Tunisia is hoping for a record number of visitors. (Production: Zobeir Soussi, Tara Oakes) (Caption:4179EV-TUNISIA-SECURITY_)

日付：2019年6月27日

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Fresh protests rock Hong Kong, call for end to 'police violence'

Date:JUNE 27, 2019 Hundreds of Hong Kong activists and youngsters, along with democracy activist Joshua Wong, marched to the territory's Department of Justice on Thursday (June 27th), speaking out against what they see as excessive use of police force against protesters. The protesters, many of whom were clad in black and wore face masks, shouted slogans against the government and asked the Secretary for Justice, Teresa Cheng, to come out and speak to them in person. Hong Kong was plunged into chaos again on Thursday early morning as police forcefully moved against protesters who had rallied outside the police headquarters, blocking roads and effectively holding law enforcement officers hostage. Hong Kong's Secretary for Security, John Lee, later issued a stern rebuke to protesters in an afternoon press conference, and warned that any illegal protest or violent action could have severe consequences for offenders. Millions have thronged the streets in the past three weeks to demand that the government scrap a controversial extradition bill, which would allow criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial in courts controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. The demonstrators have seized on this week's G20 summit of world leaders in Japan to appeal for Hong Kong's plight to be put on the agenda, a move certain to rile Beijing, which has vowed not to tolerate such discussion. (Production: Aleksander Solum, Joyce Zhou) (Caption:4114EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_POLICE)

日付：2019年6月27日

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Hong Kong police chase protesters through iconic nightlife spot

Date:JUNE 27, 2019 Hong Kong police took back control of the streets surrounding their headquarters in the early hours of Thursday (June 27), which had been blocked for several hours by protesters. Thousands of people in Hong Kong joined an evening protest on Wednesday (June 25) and marched to major foreign consulates, urging leaders gathering for this week's G20 summit to back their demand to scrap a much criticized extradition bill. Many had donned helmets, masks and goggles, as they cursed Hong Kong's police chief for what they say was a brutal clampdown on some protests in recent weeks. Police officers equipped with crowd control gear such as batons and shields chased dozens of protesters through the streets of Wan Chai, an iconic nightlife hotspot that played host to many confrontations. Running towards the protesters with batons and helmets, the police then chased the protesters down several side streets, until they were finally cornered on a major thoroughfare. Requests to the police by Reuters to confirm the number of arrests made or the nature of the charges have so far gone unanswered. (Camera: Joyce Zhou, Aleksander Solum. Editing: Aleksander Solum) (Caption:4111EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_PROTESTS_MORNING)

日付：2019年6月27日

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World War One peace treaties go on display in London

Date:JUNE 26, 2019 On June 28, 1919 Allied powers and Germany gathered at the Hall of Mirrors in France's Palace of Versailles to sign a peace settlement which would formally bring an end to World War One, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. A hundred years later, a certified copy of the Treaty of Versailles will go on display at Britain's National Archives on Thursday (June 27) alongside more treaties that ended the bloody war. The private display has been set up for historians attending a conference to mark the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. By the end of 1918 Germany stood defeated even though its forces still occupied much of Europe. Fighting ended on 11 November 1918, when an armistice was signed and wild celebrations broke out in London and Paris. Despite the armistice, it took six months of Allied negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty, the first of many agreements signed between the allies, Germany and the central powers - Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria and Hungary. The treaties drew new borders across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, carving out new nations by dismantling German colonies, and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. Britain is the only nation to hold a complete set of all the original treaties, which are kept by the National Archives. After the Treaty of Versailles, Germany remained a sovereign nation but the agreement made it solely responsible for World War One, requiring it to pay reparations for the damage done to the Allied countries and peoples between 1914 and 1918. The aim of the peace treaties was to establish durable peace. "But it didn't work", head of Modern Overseas, Intelligence and Security Records at the National Archive, Juliette Desplat told Reuters on Wednesday (June 26). "And one of the reasons it didn't work was that they were so hard on the central powers." Signed after the Paris Peace Conference, the treaties of Sevres and Lausanne, also on display at the National Archives, redrew the borders of the Ottoman Empire. The changes gave momentum to the Turkish nationalist movement, leading to the founding of modern Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Efforts were made to reduce the strain on Germany and the central powers, notably with the Dawes Plan in 1924 and the Young Plan in 1929, during which Berlin was granted loans to meet its reparation payments. But the heavy burden nevertheless unleashed massive resentment in Germany and helped to fuel the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party. Hitler would later launch his invasion on September 1, 1939, following Poland's refusal to hand over Gdansk, then called Danzig, an overwhelmingly ethnic German port granted free city status after World War One, setting in motion the beginning of World War Two. Preparing for the private display, Desplat said there was still much to learn from the 100-year old treaties. "If there's a lesson to learn from these treaties is that peace should never be a punishment." (Production: Gerry Mey, Iona Serrapica) (Caption:3178EV-WW1-CENTURY_VERSAILLES_TREATIES)

日付：2019年6月26日

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Palestinians across Gaza and the West Bank angered by Bahrain conference

Date:JUNE 26, 2019 Thousands of Palestinians rallied in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (June 26) condemning the economic conference in Bahrain. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and burnt posters of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "No for the conference of treason, no for the conference of shame," read one banner. The Trump administration launched a $50 billion economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace on Tuesday (June 25), saying an investment program for the Palestinians was a precondition for ending the decades-old conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner opened a two-day international meeting in Bahrain to rally support for the blueprint, which has met broad disdain from Palestinians and others in the Arab world although regional U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia discreetly support it. Ismail Haniyeh, chief of Hamas, urged for the cancellation of the 1993 Oslo peace accord in response to the U.S. peace plan. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, demonstrations against the Bahrain conference were light for a second day. Some Palestinians voiced a sense of exhaustion with U.S. peace efforts and promises of cash and prosperity. In Hebron, other Palestinians voiced support for their government's boycott of the conference. (Production: Rinat Harash, Nihad Shanaa, Maamun Wazwaz, Hassan Hamouda) (Caption:3150EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_REACTIONS)

日付：2019年6月26日

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Security forces gun down militant in Indian Kashmir encounter

Date:JUNE 26, 2019 Security forces gunned down a militant in India's northern Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir state on Wednesday (June 26). The firefight took place in Tral area of the district after the security forces launched a search operation on receiving information about militants hiding in the area. The body of the killed militant was retrieved from the site of the encounter along with arms and ammunition. Unrest has simmered in Kashmir, home to a separatist movement, for decades. The insurgency that erupted in 1989 against India has eased in recent years, but most Kashmiris yearn for independence and some support the few hundred militants still fighting. (Caption:3092SC-INDIA-KASHMIR_ENCOUNTER)

日付：2019年6月26日

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Russia shows off military might at Army 2019 expo

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Russia's military showed off its combat skills on Tuesday (June 25) in the Moscow region at this year's Army Forum, an annual event. Tanks, self-propelled guns, missile launchers and aviation took part in joint manoeuvres in front of delegations from 120 countries. The convention showcases the latest advancements across the military industry from Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, China, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and South Africa. The Army 2019 expo will host military shows and conferences until June 30. (Production: Dmitry Madorsky, Anton Derbenev) (Caption:2124EV-RUSSIA-DEFENCE_SHOW)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Ethiopia pays tribute to army chief killed in coup attempt

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday (June 25) for the army chief of staff slain with four other senior officials in weekend attacks that posed the biggest threat yet to prime minister Abiy Ahmed's reforms. The coffins of army chief of staff Seare Mekonnen and retired general Gezai Abera, both shot dead on Saturday (June 22) by Seare's bodyguard in the national capital Addis Ababa, were carried into the memorial hall draped in Ethiopian flags. Photographs of the men in formal military dress were adorned with yellow roses. Seare will be buried in his home region of Tigray on Wednesday (June 26). At the memorial, the army's deputy chief of staff General Birhanu Jula spoke of Seare's bravery in the guerrilla war against the Communist Derg regime that was toppled in 1991, and his leadership role in Ethiopia's war against neighbouring Eritrea in the late 1990s. The attacks were led by Amhara's head of state security General Asamnew Tsige, who had been openly recruiting fighters for ethnic militias in a state that has become a flashpoint for violence. The foiled plot to seize control of the northern Amhara region and the assassinations in the national capital underscored the threat of spiralling violence in Africa's second-most populous nation. (Production: Kumerra Gemechu, Jackson Njehia, Rosalind Church) (Caption:2165WD-ETHIOPIA-SECURITY_MEMORIAL_UPDATE)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Ethiopia pays tribute to army chief killed in coup attempt

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday (June 25) for the army chief of staff slain with four other senior officials in weekend attacks that posed the biggest threat yet to prime minister Abiy Ahmed's reforms. The coffins of army chief of staff Seare Mekonnen and retired general Gezai Abera, both shot dead on Saturday (June 22) by Seare's bodyguard in the national capital Addis Ababa, were carried into the memorial hall draped in Ethiopian flags. Photographs of the men in formal military dress were adorned with yellow roses. Seare will be buried in his home region of Tigray on Wednesday (June 26). At the memorial, the army's deputy chief of staff General Birhanu Jula spoke of Seare's bravery in the guerrilla war against the Communist Derg regime that was toppled in 1991, and his leadership role in Ethiopia's war against neighbouring Eritrea in the late 1990s. The attacks were led by Amhara's head of state security General Asamnew Tsige, who had been openly recruiting fighters for ethnic militias in a state that has become a flashpoint for violence. The foiled plot to seize control of the northern Amhara region and the assassinations in the national capital underscored the threat of spiralling violence in Africa's second-most populous nation. (Production: Kumerra Gemechu, Jackson Njehia, Rosalind Church) (Caption:2165WD-ETHIOPIA-SECURITY_MEMORIAL_UPDATE)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Ethiopia pays tribute to army chief killed in coup attempt

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday (June 25) for the army chief of staff slain with four other senior officials in weekend attacks that posed the biggest threat yet to prime minister Abiy Ahmed's reforms. The coffins of army chief of staff Seare Mekonnen and retired general Gezai Abera, both shot dead on Saturday (June 22) by Seare's bodyguard in the national capital Addis Ababa, were carried into the memorial hall draped in Ethiopian flags. Photographs of the men in formal military dress were adorned with yellow roses. Seare will be buried in his home region of Tigray on Wednesday (June 26). At the memorial, the army's deputy chief of staff General Birhanu Jula spoke of Seare's bravery in the guerrilla war against the Communist Derg regime that was toppled in 1991, and his leadership role in Ethiopia's war against neighbouring Eritrea in the late 1990s. The attacks were led by Amhara's head of state security General Asamnew Tsige, who had been openly recruiting fighters for ethnic militias in a state that has become a flashpoint for violence. The foiled plot to seize control of the northern Amhara region and the assassinations in the national capital underscored the threat of spiralling violence in Africa's second-most populous nation. (Production: Kumerra Gemechu, Jackson Njehia, Rosalind Church) (Caption:2165WD-ETHIOPIA-SECURITY_MEMORIAL_UPDATE)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Ethiopia pays tribute to army chief killed in coup attempt

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday (June 25) for the army chief of staff slain with four other senior officials in weekend attacks that posed the biggest threat yet to prime minister Abiy Ahmed's reforms. The coffins of army chief of staff Seare Mekonnen and retired general Gezai Abera, both shot dead on Saturday (June 22) by Seare's bodyguard in the national capital Addis Ababa, were carried into the memorial hall draped in Ethiopian flags. Photographs of the men in formal military dress were adorned with yellow roses. Seare will be buried in his home region of Tigray on Wednesday (June 26). At the memorial, the army's deputy chief of staff General Birhanu Jula spoke of Seare's bravery in the guerrilla war against the Communist Derg regime that was toppled in 1991, and his leadership role in Ethiopia's war against neighbouring Eritrea in the late 1990s. The attacks were led by Amhara's head of state security General Asamnew Tsige, who had been openly recruiting fighters for ethnic militias in a state that has become a flashpoint for violence. The foiled plot to seize control of the northern Amhara region and the assassinations in the national capital underscored the threat of spiralling violence in Africa's second-most populous nation. (Production: Kumerra Gemechu, Jackson Njehia, Rosalind Church) (Caption:2165WD-ETHIOPIA-SECURITY_MEMORIAL_UPDATE)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinians clash with Israeli forces in protest against Trump's economic peace plan

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces on Tuesday (June 25) across the West Bank against the first stage of President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan. The economic part of the plan was to be launched on Tuesday, at a conference the White House touts as a bid to begin drumming up $50 billion in investment but which Palestinians deride as an "economy first" approach doomed to fail. Palestinian politician Mustafa Bargouthi, attending a violent protest in the West Bank village of Al-Bireh, said that no economic development is possible in the Palestinian territories as long as Israel controls most aspects of economic activity in Gaza and the West Bank. In Gaza, Palestinians burnt pictures of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in continued protests. The two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's long-delayed broader political blueprint to revive the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which will be unveiled at a later date. (Production: Nehad Khalil, Mohammad Abu Ganeyeh, Saed Howari, Mamun Wazwaz, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:2113EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_PROTESTS_MORE)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protest against Bahrain Workshop

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY OF THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS IS AS INCOMING Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested on Tuesday (June 25), echoing disdain from the Palestinian leadership for an economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace proposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's political blueprint to resolve the conflict. In Beirut, demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to voice concern as they waved Palestinian flags and banners while protesters in Ain el-Hilweh camp, in southern Lebanon, held a separate protest. It is not clear whether the Trump team plans to abandon the "two-state solution," which involves creation of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel. The United Nations and most nations back the two-state solution and it has underpinned every peace plan for decades. Washington will be hoping that attendees at the conference in Manama such as wealthy Gulf Arab states will show a concrete interest in the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian territories, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Chiara Rodriquez) (Caption:2146WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月25日

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Palestinian refugee camp plans shutdown to protest Trump's peace plan

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Businesses in Jordan's Baqaa camp for Palestinian refugees closed for an hour on Tuesday (June 25) to protest a peace plan launched by the administration of U.S. Presdient Donald Trump. A two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner includes a bid to drum up $50 billion dollars to fund investment in the region and has been billed as the first part of Washington's broader political blueprint to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinians have already denounced the approach as a sell-out and neither the Israeli nor Palestinian governments will attend the curtain-raising event in Manama. The Bahrain conference will be attended by Gulf Arab states as well as Jordan and Egypt. Israel is expected to send a business delegation but no government officials. Black flags were hung outside of stores in the refugee camp, and a spontaneous demonstration took place in the street with people chanting "Down with the Bahrain conference". The Baqaa camp, currently home to 119,000 registered refugees, was set up to accommodate Palestinians who fled the West Bank and Gaza after the onset of the 1967 Arab-Israel war. (Production: Mohammed Ramahi, Bushra Shakhshir, Martin Veal) (Caption:2147EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_JORDAN)

日付：2019年6月25日

RM 107624405

Bolton sees U.S. pressure on Iran leading it to new talks

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton predicted on Tuesday (June 25) that Washington's pressure campaign against Iran would lead it to enter negotiations. "It will be, I think, the combination of sanctions and other pressure that does bring Iran to the table," Bolton told reporters after meeting his Russian and Israeli counterparts in Jerusalem. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on Monday (June 24) against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior figures. The moves came after Iran shot down a U.S. drone last week and Trump called off a retaliatory air strike minutes before impact, which would have been the first time the United States had bombed Iran in decades of hostility between them. In Jerusalem, Bolton also said that it would be a mistake for the Palestinians to boycott the first economic stage of Trump's administration Middle East plan which kicks off in Bahrain's capital Manama on Tuesday. Israeli and Palestinian governments were not invited to Manama. Palestinian leaders have boycotted the workshop, and are refusing to engage with the White House - accusing it of pro-Israel bias. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner told Reuters that "some" Palestinian businessmen would attend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close Trump ally who is facing an election, said Israel was open to the plan. The political details of the peace plan, which has been almost two years in the making, remain a secret. Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner said on Monday (June 24) that it would not adhere to a Saudi-led Arab peace initiative that has been the Arab consensus on the necessary elements for a deal since 2002. (Production: Eli Berlzon, Lianne Back) (Caption:2114EV-ISRAEL-USA_BOLTON)

日付：2019年6月25日

人物：ジョン・ボルトン

RM 107624357

Palestinians protest Kushner 'economy first' approach to Mideast peace

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Palestinians staged protests on Tuesday (June 25) across the West Bank and Gaza as the first stage of President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan was launched at a conference the White House touts as a bid to begin drumming up $50 billion in investment but which Palestinians deride as an "economy first" approach doomed to fail. Dozens marched through West Bank city of Jericho and burnt a casket reading 'Deal of the century born dead'. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the team in Bahrain is not balanced and is a total failure. In Gaza, Palestinians burnt pictures of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, before stamping on more pictures on the ground. Shops were closed and black flags and signs rejecting the conference were hung across the empty streets of the coastal city. The two-day international meeting in Bahrain, led by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been billed as the first part of Washington's long-delayed broader political blueprint to revive the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which will be unveiled at a later date. (Prodcution: Elana Ringler, Abed Shanaa, Fadi Shanaa, Mohammed Shanaa, Adel Abu Nemeh) (Caption:2111EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_PROTESTS)

日付：2019年6月25日

RM 107624355

Israeli air strikes on Syria undesirable, says Russian security official

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday (June 25) that Israeli air strikes on Syria were undesirable. Israel has repeatedly attacked what it describes as Iranian targets in Syria and those of allied militia, including Lebanon's Hezbollah. The strikes have caused friction between Israel and Russia, which apart from Iran is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's other major foreign backer. Patrushev also said Russia has military intelligence that shows that a U.S. drone was in Iranian air space when it was shot down by Iran last week. Speaking at a briefing for journalists in Jerusalem, Patrushev said evidence presented by the United States alleging Iran was behind attacks on ships in the Gulf of Oman was poor quality and unprofessional. (Caption:2112EV-MIDEAST-IRAN_RUSSIA)

日付：2019年6月25日

RM 107624340

Bolton says way is open for Iran to enter talks with U.S.

Date:JUNE 25, 2019 U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, speaking after the United States increased sanctions against Iranian officials, said Washington was still willing to talk to Iran. "The president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons programme, its ballistic missile delivery systems, its support for international terrorism and other malign behaviour worldwide," Bolton said in Jerusalem on Tuesday (June 25). "All that Iran needs to do is to walk through that open door." The United States backed out of the 2015 international agreement curbing Iran's nuclear programme in May last year. Iran denies it is trying to build nuclear weapons. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (June 24) targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials with sanctions, increasing pressure on Iran after Iranian forces shot down an unmanned American drone. Bolton was speaking at the start of a meeting with his Israeli and Russian counterparts that was expected to focus on Iran and Syria. (Production: Rinat Harash, Eli Berlzon) (Caption:2110EV-MIDEAST-IRAN_USA_BOLTON)

日付：2019年6月25日

人物：ベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ, ジョン・ボルトン

RM 107624187

Trump's Middle East plan hits nerve in Lebanon, stirs old fears

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the Middle East has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians focuses on encouraging $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and three neighbouring Arab states, one of them Lebanon. Lebanese of all sects are objecting to ideas that have surfaced so far, seeing $6 billion for Lebanon as an inducement to accept the settlement of Palestinians who have lived as refugees in the country since Israel's creation in 1948. Rejecting the naturalization of Palestinians has been a rare point of agreement among Lebanese through a troubled history including the 1975-90 civil war in which Palestinian groups played a major role. The first part of the plan is set to be unveiled by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, at a Bahrain conference on Tuesday (June 25). The Lebanese government was invited but is not attending. The prospects of the plan getting anywhere do not look good: the Palestinian Authority is itself staying away from the conference and has refused to deal with the Trump administration for 18 months, accusing it of bias towards Israel. "As a Lebanese and an Arab, I reject the entire American project, and with regards to the Lebanese part, of course I am against Palestinian naturalisation, not because we are against Palestinians, but so they return to their country," said Hussam Mneime, a 43-year-old taxi driver. "It doesn't suit us for there to be naturalisation of any nationality because it creates a demographic, geographic imbalance, and this is something we do not accept," he added. The ideas unveiled so far make no mention of the big political issues at the heart of the conflict such as Palestinian statehood or the fate of refugees. The heavily armed, Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared the plan a "historic crime" that must be stopped. Fears over changes to Lebanon's demography are most acutely felt by Lebanese Christians who are allotted half the seats in parliament and top state positions including the presidency under a sectarian power-sharing system. The presence of more than one million refugees from neighbouring Syria who, like the Palestinians, are predominantly Sunni Muslim has led President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, to warn of an existential threat to Lebanon. Edmond Chammas, a 55-year-old Christian, said any permanent settlement of Palestinians would destabilise Lebanon. "Certainly, with all my love for the Palestinian people, I hope they return to their country," he said. "We have enough problems and we wish them luck but I am certainly against naturalisation." There are some 470,000 registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, although an official 2017 census found the number living here to be less than half that at some 175,000. Lebanon tightly restricts their right to work and bans them from owning property. At the Shatila camp in Beirut, where Christian militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinians during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a banner echoes Palestinian rejection of the U.S. plan: "Our right of return will defeat the deal of the century". Maps of historic Palestine and posters of Palestinian leaders are pasted to the walls of the camp's narrow alleyways. "Nobody can accept an alternative to his homeland. Our stay is temporary," said Hassan Ali Abdel Rahman, a refugee who arrived in Lebanon in 1973, now in his 50s. Though Lebanese leaders would in all circumstances reject the naturalisation of Palestinians, they would have been shocked by the relatively small amount floated in the Kushner plan, said Mohanad Hage Ali, a fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. According to Ali, within the political debates in Lebanon there has always been the belief that the international community and Israel would pay off all of Lebanon's debt in return for the naturalisation of Palestinian refugees. "Now what we are seeing is quite surprising, $6 billion over 10 years, much of them are loans and paid by the Arab side, rather than the Israeli side," he said. "So it's actually a joke." (Production: Alaa Kanaan, Imad Creidi, Ahmad Kerdi, Ayat Basma) (Caption:1185EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107624186

Trump's Middle East plan hits nerve in Lebanon, stirs old fears

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the Middle East has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians focuses on encouraging $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and three neighbouring Arab states, one of them Lebanon. Lebanese of all sects are objecting to ideas that have surfaced so far, seeing $6 billion for Lebanon as an inducement to accept the settlement of Palestinians who have lived as refugees in the country since Israel's creation in 1948. Rejecting the naturalization of Palestinians has been a rare point of agreement among Lebanese through a troubled history including the 1975-90 civil war in which Palestinian groups played a major role. The first part of the plan is set to be unveiled by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, at a Bahrain conference on Tuesday (June 25). The Lebanese government was invited but is not attending. The prospects of the plan getting anywhere do not look good: the Palestinian Authority is itself staying away from the conference and has refused to deal with the Trump administration for 18 months, accusing it of bias towards Israel. "As a Lebanese and an Arab, I reject the entire American project, and with regards to the Lebanese part, of course I am against Palestinian naturalisation, not because we are against Palestinians, but so they return to their country," said Hussam Mneime, a 43-year-old taxi driver. "It doesn't suit us for there to be naturalisation of any nationality because it creates a demographic, geographic imbalance, and this is something we do not accept," he added. The ideas unveiled so far make no mention of the big political issues at the heart of the conflict such as Palestinian statehood or the fate of refugees. The heavily armed, Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared the plan a "historic crime" that must be stopped. Fears over changes to Lebanon's demography are most acutely felt by Lebanese Christians who are allotted half the seats in parliament and top state positions including the presidency under a sectarian power-sharing system. The presence of more than one million refugees from neighbouring Syria who, like the Palestinians, are predominantly Sunni Muslim has led President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, to warn of an existential threat to Lebanon. Edmond Chammas, a 55-year-old Christian, said any permanent settlement of Palestinians would destabilise Lebanon. "Certainly, with all my love for the Palestinian people, I hope they return to their country," he said. "We have enough problems and we wish them luck but I am certainly against naturalisation." There are some 470,000 registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, although an official 2017 census found the number living here to be less than half that at some 175,000. Lebanon tightly restricts their right to work and bans them from owning property. At the Shatila camp in Beirut, where Christian militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinians during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a banner echoes Palestinian rejection of the U.S. plan: "Our right of return will defeat the deal of the century". Maps of historic Palestine and posters of Palestinian leaders are pasted to the walls of the camp's narrow alleyways. "Nobody can accept an alternative to his homeland. Our stay is temporary," said Hassan Ali Abdel Rahman, a refugee who arrived in Lebanon in 1973, now in his 50s. Though Lebanese leaders would in all circumstances reject the naturalisation of Palestinians, they would have been shocked by the relatively small amount floated in the Kushner plan, said Mohanad Hage Ali, a fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. According to Ali, within the political debates in Lebanon there has always been the belief that the international community and Israel would pay off all of Lebanon's debt in return for the naturalisation of Palestinian refugees. "Now what we are seeing is quite surprising, $6 billion over 10 years, much of them are loans and paid by the Arab side, rather than the Israeli side," he said. "So it's actually a joke." (Production: Alaa Kanaan, Imad Creidi, Ahmad Kerdi, Ayat Basma) (Caption:1185EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107624185

Trump's Middle East plan hits nerve in Lebanon, stirs old fears

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the Middle East has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians focuses on encouraging $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and three neighbouring Arab states, one of them Lebanon. Lebanese of all sects are objecting to ideas that have surfaced so far, seeing $6 billion for Lebanon as an inducement to accept the settlement of Palestinians who have lived as refugees in the country since Israel's creation in 1948. Rejecting the naturalization of Palestinians has been a rare point of agreement among Lebanese through a troubled history including the 1975-90 civil war in which Palestinian groups played a major role. The first part of the plan is set to be unveiled by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, at a Bahrain conference on Tuesday (June 25). The Lebanese government was invited but is not attending. The prospects of the plan getting anywhere do not look good: the Palestinian Authority is itself staying away from the conference and has refused to deal with the Trump administration for 18 months, accusing it of bias towards Israel. "As a Lebanese and an Arab, I reject the entire American project, and with regards to the Lebanese part, of course I am against Palestinian naturalisation, not because we are against Palestinians, but so they return to their country," said Hussam Mneime, a 43-year-old taxi driver. "It doesn't suit us for there to be naturalisation of any nationality because it creates a demographic, geographic imbalance, and this is something we do not accept," he added. The ideas unveiled so far make no mention of the big political issues at the heart of the conflict such as Palestinian statehood or the fate of refugees. The heavily armed, Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared the plan a "historic crime" that must be stopped. Fears over changes to Lebanon's demography are most acutely felt by Lebanese Christians who are allotted half the seats in parliament and top state positions including the presidency under a sectarian power-sharing system. The presence of more than one million refugees from neighbouring Syria who, like the Palestinians, are predominantly Sunni Muslim has led President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, to warn of an existential threat to Lebanon. Edmond Chammas, a 55-year-old Christian, said any permanent settlement of Palestinians would destabilise Lebanon. "Certainly, with all my love for the Palestinian people, I hope they return to their country," he said. "We have enough problems and we wish them luck but I am certainly against naturalisation." There are some 470,000 registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, although an official 2017 census found the number living here to be less than half that at some 175,000. Lebanon tightly restricts their right to work and bans them from owning property. At the Shatila camp in Beirut, where Christian militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinians during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a banner echoes Palestinian rejection of the U.S. plan: "Our right of return will defeat the deal of the century". Maps of historic Palestine and posters of Palestinian leaders are pasted to the walls of the camp's narrow alleyways. "Nobody can accept an alternative to his homeland. Our stay is temporary," said Hassan Ali Abdel Rahman, a refugee who arrived in Lebanon in 1973, now in his 50s. Though Lebanese leaders would in all circumstances reject the naturalisation of Palestinians, they would have been shocked by the relatively small amount floated in the Kushner plan, said Mohanad Hage Ali, a fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. According to Ali, within the political debates in Lebanon there has always been the belief that the international community and Israel would pay off all of Lebanon's debt in return for the naturalisation of Palestinian refugees. "Now what we are seeing is quite surprising, $6 billion over 10 years, much of them are loans and paid by the Arab side, rather than the Israeli side," he said. "So it's actually a joke." (Production: Alaa Kanaan, Imad Creidi, Ahmad Kerdi, Ayat Basma) (Caption:1185EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107624181

Trump's Middle East plan hits nerve in Lebanon, stirs old fears

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the Middle East has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians focuses on encouraging $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and three neighbouring Arab states, one of them Lebanon. Lebanese of all sects are objecting to ideas that have surfaced so far, seeing $6 billion for Lebanon as an inducement to accept the settlement of Palestinians who have lived as refugees in the country since Israel's creation in 1948. Rejecting the naturalization of Palestinians has been a rare point of agreement among Lebanese through a troubled history including the 1975-90 civil war in which Palestinian groups played a major role. The first part of the plan is set to be unveiled by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, at a Bahrain conference on Tuesday (June 25). The Lebanese government was invited but is not attending. The prospects of the plan getting anywhere do not look good: the Palestinian Authority is itself staying away from the conference and has refused to deal with the Trump administration for 18 months, accusing it of bias towards Israel. "As a Lebanese and an Arab, I reject the entire American project, and with regards to the Lebanese part, of course I am against Palestinian naturalisation, not because we are against Palestinians, but so they return to their country," said Hussam Mneime, a 43-year-old taxi driver. "It doesn't suit us for there to be naturalisation of any nationality because it creates a demographic, geographic imbalance, and this is something we do not accept," he added. The ideas unveiled so far make no mention of the big political issues at the heart of the conflict such as Palestinian statehood or the fate of refugees. The heavily armed, Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared the plan a "historic crime" that must be stopped. Fears over changes to Lebanon's demography are most acutely felt by Lebanese Christians who are allotted half the seats in parliament and top state positions including the presidency under a sectarian power-sharing system. The presence of more than one million refugees from neighbouring Syria who, like the Palestinians, are predominantly Sunni Muslim has led President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, to warn of an existential threat to Lebanon. Edmond Chammas, a 55-year-old Christian, said any permanent settlement of Palestinians would destabilise Lebanon. "Certainly, with all my love for the Palestinian people, I hope they return to their country," he said. "We have enough problems and we wish them luck but I am certainly against naturalisation." There are some 470,000 registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, although an official 2017 census found the number living here to be less than half that at some 175,000. Lebanon tightly restricts their right to work and bans them from owning property. At the Shatila camp in Beirut, where Christian militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinians during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a banner echoes Palestinian rejection of the U.S. plan: "Our right of return will defeat the deal of the century". Maps of historic Palestine and posters of Palestinian leaders are pasted to the walls of the camp's narrow alleyways. "Nobody can accept an alternative to his homeland. Our stay is temporary," said Hassan Ali Abdel Rahman, a refugee who arrived in Lebanon in 1973, now in his 50s. Though Lebanese leaders would in all circumstances reject the naturalisation of Palestinians, they would have been shocked by the relatively small amount floated in the Kushner plan, said Mohanad Hage Ali, a fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. According to Ali, within the political debates in Lebanon there has always been the belief that the international community and Israel would pay off all of Lebanon's debt in return for the naturalisation of Palestinian refugees. "Now what we are seeing is quite surprising, $6 billion over 10 years, much of them are loans and paid by the Arab side, rather than the Israeli side," he said. "So it's actually a joke." (Production: Alaa Kanaan, Imad Creidi, Ahmad Kerdi, Ayat Basma) (Caption:1185EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107624179

Trump's Middle East plan hits nerve in Lebanon, stirs old fears

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the Middle East has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its Christian-Muslim sectarian balance. The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians focuses on encouraging $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and three neighbouring Arab states, one of them Lebanon. Lebanese of all sects are objecting to ideas that have surfaced so far, seeing $6 billion for Lebanon as an inducement to accept the settlement of Palestinians who have lived as refugees in the country since Israel's creation in 1948. Rejecting the naturalization of Palestinians has been a rare point of agreement among Lebanese through a troubled history including the 1975-90 civil war in which Palestinian groups played a major role. The first part of the plan is set to be unveiled by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, at a Bahrain conference on Tuesday (June 25). The Lebanese government was invited but is not attending. The prospects of the plan getting anywhere do not look good: the Palestinian Authority is itself staying away from the conference and has refused to deal with the Trump administration for 18 months, accusing it of bias towards Israel. "As a Lebanese and an Arab, I reject the entire American project, and with regards to the Lebanese part, of course I am against Palestinian naturalisation, not because we are against Palestinians, but so they return to their country," said Hussam Mneime, a 43-year-old taxi driver. "It doesn't suit us for there to be naturalisation of any nationality because it creates a demographic, geographic imbalance, and this is something we do not accept," he added. The ideas unveiled so far make no mention of the big political issues at the heart of the conflict such as Palestinian statehood or the fate of refugees. The heavily armed, Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared the plan a "historic crime" that must be stopped. Fears over changes to Lebanon's demography are most acutely felt by Lebanese Christians who are allotted half the seats in parliament and top state positions including the presidency under a sectarian power-sharing system. The presence of more than one million refugees from neighbouring Syria who, like the Palestinians, are predominantly Sunni Muslim has led President Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, to warn of an existential threat to Lebanon. Edmond Chammas, a 55-year-old Christian, said any permanent settlement of Palestinians would destabilise Lebanon. "Certainly, with all my love for the Palestinian people, I hope they return to their country," he said. "We have enough problems and we wish them luck but I am certainly against naturalisation." There are some 470,000 registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, although an official 2017 census found the number living here to be less than half that at some 175,000. Lebanon tightly restricts their right to work and bans them from owning property. At the Shatila camp in Beirut, where Christian militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinians during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a banner echoes Palestinian rejection of the U.S. plan: "Our right of return will defeat the deal of the century". Maps of historic Palestine and posters of Palestinian leaders are pasted to the walls of the camp's narrow alleyways. "Nobody can accept an alternative to his homeland. Our stay is temporary," said Hassan Ali Abdel Rahman, a refugee who arrived in Lebanon in 1973, now in his 50s. Though Lebanese leaders would in all circumstances reject the naturalisation of Palestinians, they would have been shocked by the relatively small amount floated in the Kushner plan, said Mohanad Hage Ali, a fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center. According to Ali, within the political debates in Lebanon there has always been the belief that the international community and Israel would pay off all of Lebanon's debt in return for the naturalisation of Palestinian refugees. "Now what we are seeing is quite surprising, $6 billion over 10 years, much of them are loans and paid by the Arab side, rather than the Israeli side," he said. "So it's actually a joke." (Production: Alaa Kanaan, Imad Creidi, Ahmad Kerdi, Ayat Basma) (Caption:1185EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_LEBANON)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107624154

21 wounded in suspected drone attack at Saudi airport - health official

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 Twenty-one people were wounded on Sunday (June 23) in a suspected drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, Saudi Ministry of Health spokesperson Abdullah Al Shaea said on Monday (June 24). Speaking to journalists on a government-organised trip for the media, Al Shaea said that two people were still in critical condition. Saudi state television earlier reported that a Syrian resident had been killed in addition to the 21 injured. The Iran-aligned Houthis have stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi cities in the past month amid rising tension between Iran and Gulf Arab states allied to the United States. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said that the movement had targeted Abha and Jizan airports in the south of the kingdom with drones attacks. The Western-backed Sunni Muslim coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognized government that was ousted from power in Sanaa by the Houthis in late 2014. (Production: Nael Shyoukhi, Chiara Rodriquez, Rosalind Church) (Caption:1132EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_SAUDI_ARABIA)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107566096

Palestinians rally against U.S.-led economic conference in Bahrain

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 Palestinians burned effigies of the leaders of the United States and Bahrain on Monday (June 24) as they protested against U.S.-led plans for a conference on their economy in Bahrain. "Down with Bahrain, down with Trump, down with the Manama conference," chanted crowds in Gaza, which is ruled by the armed Islamist group Hamas. Some burned large paintings of Trump marked with the words: "Deal of the devil". In Halhoul, Near the West Bank city of Hebron, Protesters burned posters and effigies of both Trump and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. In the West Bank, hundreds marched through Ramallah's main squares, waving Palestinian flags and posters in support of President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Western-backed Palestinian Authority exercises limited self-rule in the territory. Many Palestinian business groups have said they will boycott the June 25-26 event, billed as part of Washington's long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan and spearheaded by Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner. The rallies marked a moment of political unity against the Bahrain conference, despite a 12-year political feud between Abbas's Fatah party and Hamas. Leaders in both territories have accused Washington of pro-Israel bias and railed against the conference's focus on economics, rather than their aspirations for an independent state. The Bahrain conference will be attended by Gulf Arab states as well as Jordan and Egypt. Israel is expected to send a business delegation but no government officials. A U.S. official told Reuters that at least 15 Palestinians were expected to attend. Palestinian leaders on Monday renewed their calls for a boycott of the conference. "This workshop is simply a political laundry for settlements and a legitimisation of occupation," Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh told journalists ahead of a cabinet meeting in Ramallah. (Production: Saleh Salem, Hassan Hamouda, Maamun WazWaz, Arafat Barbagh, Saed Hawari, Lee Marzel, Rinat Harash) (Caption:1113EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_PLAN_PROTESTS)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107566064

Georgian protesters pledge to keep pressure on authorities

Date:JUNE 24, 2019 Protests in Georgia continued on Monday (June 24) with hundreds of cars and motorbikes driving in the city centre, waving national flags and sounding their horns. The protesters said they also plan to hold another rally in front of the country's parliament building in the evening. Protests in Georgian capital Tbilisi broke out in front of Georgia's parliament building last week after Russian lawmaker Sergei Gavrilov addressed the Georgian parliament from the speaker's chair, speaking in Russian. The protesters came up with a number of demands including resignation by the number of officials and changes into election laws which have since been partially satisfied. Earlier on Monday the ruling Georgian Dream party said that for the 2020 parliamentary election, the country would switch from a mixed electoral system to a proportional system, with no threshold for parties to get into parliament. The move was hailed by the anti-government protesters as a victory. The switch was scheduled to happen anyway in 2024, but the protesters had been demanding that the change be brought forward. A proportional system is likely to make it harder for Georgian Dream to maintain its dominance in parliament without building a coalition. The protesters also demand the interior minister to resign over police behaviour last Thursday (June 20) protests. When the protests first erupted, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to prevent crowds of protesters from storming Georgia's parliament. Hundreds of people were injured, some seriously. (Production: Alexander Reshetnikov, David Chkhikvishvili, Maria Vasilyeva) (Caption:1126EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月24日

RM 107565692

Thousands protest for fourth day in Georgia

Date:JUNE 23, 2019 Georgia's opposition continued protests on Sunday (June 23) as thousands gathered in front of parliament building in the centre of Tbilisi. People with banners and placards called Russia an occupier state and mocked President Vladimir Putin, while peacefully listening to speeches from improvised stage in front of the parliament building. Georgia and Russia earlier traded blame for an outbreak of unrest in Tbilisi sparked by the visit of a Russian lawmaker which lead to police using tear gas and rubber bullets to stop furious crowds. Clashes between the police and protesters lead to hundreds of injuries and arrests on Thursday (June 20) night. Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi are running high and on Friday (June 21), Putin signed a decree suspending Russian passenger flights from Russia to Georgia from July 8 to protect people from what the Kremlin called criminal actions. Putin also recommended Russian travel agencies suspend tours to Georgia and ordered the government to bring Russian tourists already there home. Over 1 million Russian tourists holiday in Georgia each year. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject, with the opposition accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party - which backed Salome Zurabishvili for the presidency late last year - of being too meek when it comes to confronting Moscow. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:7141EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月23日

RM 107565689

Thousands protest for fourth day in Georgia

Date:JUNE 23, 2019 Georgia's opposition continued protests on Sunday (June 23) as thousands gathered in front of parliament building in the centre of Tbilisi. People with banners and placards called Russia an occupier state and mocked President Vladimir Putin, while peacefully listening to speeches from improvised stage in front of the parliament building. Georgia and Russia earlier traded blame for an outbreak of unrest in Tbilisi sparked by the visit of a Russian lawmaker which lead to police using tear gas and rubber bullets to stop furious crowds. Clashes between the police and protesters lead to hundreds of injuries and arrests on Thursday (June 20) night. Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi are running high and on Friday (June 21), Putin signed a decree suspending Russian passenger flights from Russia to Georgia from July 8 to protect people from what the Kremlin called criminal actions. Putin also recommended Russian travel agencies suspend tours to Georgia and ordered the government to bring Russian tourists already there home. Over 1 million Russian tourists holiday in Georgia each year. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject, with the opposition accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party - which backed Salome Zurabishvili for the presidency late last year - of being too meek when it comes to confronting Moscow. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:7141EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月23日

RM 107530320

U.S. sanctions on Iran are biting - Bolton

Date:JUNE 23, 2019 Iran is feeling the effects of existing U.S. sanctions as President Donald Trump prepares to impose more of them from Monday (June 24), his National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Sunday (June 23) during a visit to Israel. While flagging further sanctions, Trump also said on Saturday (June 22) he wanted to make a deal to bolster Iran's flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone by the Islamic Republic. Tensions in the region began to worsen significantly when Trump pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six powers and reimposed sanctions on the country. The sanctions had been lifted under the pact in return for Tehran curbing its nuclear program. Iran may further scale back compliance with its nuclear deal unless European countries shield it from U.S. sanctions through a trade mechanism, the head of Tehran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations was quoted as saying on Sunday. The Trump administration, with the support of Israel and some Gulf Arab powers, has deemed the 2015 deal insufficient to deny Iran the means of making nuclear weaponry in the long term. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons, and has been cool to U.S. suggestions of renewed negotiations. Bolton, who made the statement during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu in Jerusalem, will also meet with Israeli national security and atomic energy officials during the trip, National Security Council Spokesman Garrett Marquis said. (Production: Dedi Hayun, Lianne Back) (Caption:7091EV-MIDEAST-IRAN_ISRAEL_BOLTON)

日付：2019年6月23日

人物：ベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ, ジョン・ボルトン

RM 107505981

Security forces kill four militants in Indian Kashmir

Date:JUNE 23, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS HIGH DEFINITION MATERIAL Indian security forces killed four militants in a gunfight on Sunday (June 23) that ensued after they surrounded the holed up insurgents in Kashmir's Shopian district. Local police said that they launched an operation in Shopian on Saturday (June 22) evening, in which the police, Army, and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched the operation based on specific inputs. Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said that all four of the slain militants belonged to either Shopian or Pulwama. He added that a large quantity of arms and ammunition and other incriminating material was recovered from their possession. Unrest has simmered in Kashmir, home to a separatist movement, for decades. An insurgency that erupted in 1989 against India has eased in recent years, but most Kashmiris yearn for independence and some support the few hundred militants still fighting. (Caption:7064SC-INDIA-KASHMIR_ENCOUNTER)

日付：2019年6月23日

RM 107530318

Tripoli-backed forces advance on airport west of the capital

Date:JUNE 22, 2019 Forces allied with the U.N.-backed government said on Saturday (June 22) they were preparing an advance on a former airport - located in a southern suburb - in Tripoli, the latest in a two-month battle over the capital. The former airport road has been one of the main avenues of fighting between the two sides since Eastern Libyan Commander Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on Tripoli in early April. But since then, the assault has stalled in the face of resistance from local armed groups aligned with the U.N.-recognised government. Haftar and his backers say they are trying to free the capital from militias, which they blame for destabilising Libya since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011. Haftar's critics accuse him of trying to seize power through force and deepening a conflict between factions based in the east and west of the sprawling North African country. The campaign on Tripoli has left at least 653 dead and displaced more than 93,000, according to the United Nations, as well as causing extensive material damage. (Production: Yosri al-Jamal, Seham Eloraby) (Caption:6116EV-LIBYA-SECURITY_)

日付：2019年6月22日

RM 107505663

Protesters in Georgia say "no" to Russia

Date:JUNE 22, 2019 Anti-Russian protesters gathered in the centre of Georgian capital Tbilisi for the third day of demonstrations on Saturday (June 22). Thousands of people with banners and placards calling Russia an occupier state and mocking President Vladimir Putin peacefully listened to speeches from improvised stage in front of the parliament building. Georgia and Russia earlier traded blame for an outbreak of unrest in Tbilisi sparked by the visit of a Russian lawmaker which led to police using tear gas and rubber bullets to stop furious crowds. Clashes between the police and protesters lead to hundreds of injuries and arrests on Thursday (June 20) night. Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi are running high and on Friday (June 21), Putin signed a decree suspending Russian passenger flights from Russia to Georgia from July 8 to protect people from what the Kremlin called criminal actions. Putin also recommended Russian travel agencies suspend tours to Georgia and ordered the government to bring Russian tourists already there home. Over 1 million Russian tourists holiday in Georgia each year. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject, with the opposition accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party - which backed Salome Zurabishvili for the presidency late last year - of being too meek when it comes to confronting Moscow. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Alexander Reshetnikov, Maria Vasilyeva) (Caption:6111EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月22日

RM 107505596

Despite waning turnout, 'yellow vests' enter 32nd week of protests

Date:JUNE 22, 2019 Hundreds of "yellow vest" protesters marched in Paris on Saturday (June 22), marking the 32nd consecutive weekend of the anti-government demonstrations despite a drop in turnout from recent weeks. Except from a slight increase in demonstrator numbers two weeks ago, the movement has been losing steam, as turnout remained well below earlier peaks seen in November and December, when an estimated 300,000 took to the streets on Saturdays in protests that often resulted in widespread violence and vandalism in Paris. The "yellow vests" protests, named after the bright jackets French drivers have to keep in their cars and which have been worn by demonstrators, began in November after public anger against fuel tax rises. Those were subsequently scrapped but the movement has since morphed into a broader anti-government protest. The number of protesters has gradually fallen as a result of measures taken by President Emmanuel Macron to quell the public anger, such as tax cuts to boost consumers' spending power. Still, protesters present on Saturday continued to criticise Macron's policies. (Production: Clara Marchaud, Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:6098EV-FRANCE-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月22日

RM 107505511

Exiled Tibetans in India protest supporting Hong Kong against extradition law

Date:JUNE 22, 2019 Activists, mainly students of exiled Tibetan community in northern India's hill town of Dharamsala, took to the streets on Saturday (June 22) in support of Hong Kong activists protesting against the extradition law. Hong Kong has been bracing for a third weekend of widespread protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis, posing the greatest popular challenge to President Xi Jinping since he took power in 2012. Exiled Tibetans in Dharamsala, held placards, banners, and conducted a signature campaign on the banners to be sent to Hong Kong as an expression of support to their agitation. The amendments in the extradition bill, which will allow the extradition of accused of any wrongdoings to the mainland of China, have been suspended for now but activists are demanding a complete scrapping of the bill. According to them, it poses a threat to the independence of the judicial system in Hong Kong and would further bring them under Chinese control. Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, since when it has been governed under a "one country, two systems" formula that allows freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, including a much-cherished independent judiciary, legislature, and economy. (Caption:6032SC-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_TIBET_INDIA)

日付：2019年6月22日

RM 107505458

Hong Kong protesters leave, police clear barricades, clean up starts

Date:JUNE 22, 2019 Thousands of protesters who had blockaded police headquarters in Hong Kong had mostly dispersed by Saturday morning (June 22) and roads were reopening for traffic after police cleared barricades set up by the crowd. A few black-clad protesters remained outside the Legislative Council (LegCo) in nearby Admiralty district but it remained unclear whether further mass protests would take place. One middle-aged protester who had come to LegCo in the morning to look at the situation said he had visited last night's protests, but left early as the situation looked tense. "I really support ,the views and philosophy of the students", he said. "But I would also be really worried that there might be police violence so I kept hoping they would disperse early." Hong Kong has been bracing for a third weekend of protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis, posing the greatest popular challenge to President Xi Jinping since he took power in 2012. In a statement early on Saturday, police said the acts of the protesters had seriously affected their work including the provision of emergency services to the public. Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, since when it has been governed under a "one country, two systems" formula that allows freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, including a much-cherished independent judiciary. (Camera: Mark Chisholm, Ronn Bautista, Wang Yuyang, Aleksander Solum) (Caption:6002EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_PROTEST_MORNING)

日付：2019年6月22日

RM 107530148

Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator's order

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday (June 21), after the U.S. aviation regulator barred its carriers from the area until further notice. Thursday's (June 20) emergency order from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came after Iran shot down a high-altitude U.S. drone with a surface-to-air missile, sparking concerns about a threat to the safety of commercial airlines. The downing of the unarmed Global Hawk drone, which can fly up to 60,000 ft (18,300 m), was the latest in a series of incidents in the Gulf region, a critical artery for global oil supplies, that included explosive strikes on six oil tankers. According to flight tracking applications, the FAA said, the nearest civil aircraft was operating within about 45 nautical miles of the unmanned aircraft when it was shot down. Malaysia Airlines, Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Germany's Lufthansa, British Airways and KLM of the Netherlands said they were re-routing flights to avoid the area. The FAA said it remained concerned about the escalation of tension and military activity in close proximity to high-volume civil aircraft routes as well as Iran's willingness to use long-range missiles in international airspace with little or no warning. (Production: Angie Ramos) (Caption:5152EV-MIDEAST-IRAN_AIRLINES)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107530147

Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator's order

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday (June 21), after the U.S. aviation regulator barred its carriers from the area until further notice. Thursday's (June 20) emergency order from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came after Iran shot down a high-altitude U.S. drone with a surface-to-air missile, sparking concerns about a threat to the safety of commercial airlines. The downing of the unarmed Global Hawk drone, which can fly up to 60,000 ft (18,300 m), was the latest in a series of incidents in the Gulf region, a critical artery for global oil supplies, that included explosive strikes on six oil tankers. According to flight tracking applications, the FAA said, the nearest civil aircraft was operating within about 45 nautical miles of the unmanned aircraft when it was shot down. Malaysia Airlines, Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Germany's Lufthansa, British Airways and KLM of the Netherlands said they were re-routing flights to avoid the area. The FAA said it remained concerned about the escalation of tension and military activity in close proximity to high-volume civil aircraft routes as well as Iran's willingness to use long-range missiles in international airspace with little or no warning. (Production: Angie Ramos) (Caption:5152EV-MIDEAST-IRAN_AIRLINES)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107530146

Georgian capital cleans up after a night of violent protests

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 After a night of violent clashes in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi police started to clean and seal off the scene on Friday (June 21). At least 70 people were injured after protesters rallying against the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building the night before, Georgian Ministry of Health said. There are new protests announced for Friday night. Protester Goga Mikeladze visited the scene in the morning and presented his wounds, which he suffered according to him the night before. Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon after protesters pushed against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning. The majority of protesters left the area outside the parliament, but dozens of them remained at adjoining streets, while police continued to use tear gas to disperse them. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili) (Caption:5123EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_MORNING)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107530145

Georgian capital cleans up after a night of violent protests

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 After a night of violent clashes in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi police started to clean and seal off the scene on Friday (June 21). At least 70 people were injured after protesters rallying against the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building the night before, Georgian Ministry of Health said. There are new protests announced for Friday night. Protester Goga Mikeladze visited the scene in the morning and presented his wounds, which he suffered according to him the night before. Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon after protesters pushed against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning. The majority of protesters left the area outside the parliament, but dozens of them remained at adjoining streets, while police continued to use tear gas to disperse them. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili) (Caption:5123EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_MORNING)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107530144

Georgian capital cleans up after a night of violent protests

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 After a night of violent clashes in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi police started to clean and seal off the scene on Friday (June 21). At least 70 people were injured after protesters rallying against the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building the night before, Georgian Ministry of Health said. There are new protests announced for Friday night. Protester Goga Mikeladze visited the scene in the morning and presented his wounds, which he suffered according to him the night before. Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon after protesters pushed against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning. The majority of protesters left the area outside the parliament, but dozens of them remained at adjoining streets, while police continued to use tear gas to disperse them. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili) (Caption:5123EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_MORNING)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107530143

Protesters take rally to Hong Kong police headquarters

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Thousands of people dressed in black rallied in Hong Kong on Friday (June 21) after the expiry of a deadline protesters set for the government to scrap a controversial extradition bill - the latest wave of protests to rock the Chinese-ruled city. Demonstrators, mostly students, gathered peacefully outside the legislature in sweltering heat of about 30 degrees Celsius (86°Fahrenheit) to vent their anger and frustration at Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam who promoted, and then postponed the bill after mass protests last week. Some protesters on Friday tried to block key roads near the heart of the financial center in scenes reminiscent of democracy protests in late 2014, sparking early morning traffic chaos. They then moved to gather outside police headquarters ahead of a news conference there. Lam's suspension of the bill, that would allow people to be extradited to the mainland to face trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party, has done little to pacify opponents, who are demanding it be axed. (Production: Ronn Bautista, Joyce Zhou, Aleksander Solum, Yiming Woo) (Caption:5015EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_PROTESTERS)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505423

Peaceful anti-Russian rally in Georgia calls for political change

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Thousands of Georgians gathered outside the country's parliament on Friday (June 21) where opposition leaders gave the floor to young activists and students. The a peaceful rally took place one day after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop crowds furious about the visit of a Russian delegation from storming parliament. On Friday police were present, though not in large numbers. The speaker of parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, resigned earlier, satisfying one of the protesters' demands. A coalition of opposition parties has demanded the interior minister's resignation as well, the release of detained protesters, and talks on holding an early parliamentary election. Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi are running high and President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday suspending Russian passenger flights from Russia to Georgia from July 8 to protect people from what the Kremlin called criminal actions. Putin also recommended Russian travel agencies suspend tours to Georgia and ordered the government to bring Russian tourists already there home. Over 1 million Russian tourists holiday in Georgia each year. (Productions: David Chkhikvishvili, Tatiana Gomozova) (Caption:5139EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_NIGHT)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505310

Thousands of protesters return to Algiers streets demanding change

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Tens of thousands went back onto the streets of Algiers on Friday (June 21) to demand the departure of interim President Abdelkader Bensalah and Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui. Protesters see the pair as part of the old guard that has run the North African country since independence from France in 1962. The protests, now in their 18th week, saw the end of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's rule after he stepped on April 2 under pressure from the army after the mass protests began in February. Authorities have postponed a presidential election previously planned for July 4 because of a lack of candidates, with no new date set for the vote. (Production: Abdelaziz Boumzar, Thawab Herzallah) (Caption:5229EV-ALGERIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505283

Anti-Russian protesters in Georgia demand more resignations

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Anti-Russian protesters in Georgian capital Tbilisi on Friday (June 21) demanded resignation of the country's minister of interior as well as release of all those detained during the previous night's clashes with police. Earlier a coalition of opposition parties also demanded talks on holding an early parliamentary election, one opposition leader said. Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze resigned on Friday, a day after violent protests outside the parliament building rocked Tbilisi. Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) evening, pushing against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. Georgia's president later called Russia "an enemy and occupier" and suggested Moscow had helped trigger protests that rocked Tbilisi, but the Kremlin on Friday blamed radical Georgian politicians for what it called "an anti-Russian provocation." (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Maria Vasilyeva) (Caption:5138EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_MORE)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505268

Thousands gather for protest in Georgia after night clashes with police

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE Demonstrations continued on Friday (June 21) in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Earlier a coalition of opposition parties in Georgia demanded the interior minister's resignation, the release of protesters detained the previous night, and talks on holding an early parliamentary election, one opposition leader said. Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze resigned on Friday, a day after violent protests outside the parliament building rocked Tbilisi, the ruling Georgian Dream party's secretary general Kakha Kaladze said. Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) evening, pushing against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. Georgia's president later called Russia "an enemy and occupier" and suggested Moscow had helped trigger protests that rocked Tbilisi, but the Kremlin on Friday blamed radical Georgian politicians for what it called "an anti-Russian provocation." (Production: Alexander Reshetnikov, Tatiana Gomozova) (Caption:5134EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505227

WFP hopeful Yemen's "good" Houthis will prevail to allow food aid suspension to end

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE United Nations food chief David Beasley said on Friday (June 21) he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday (June 20) it had started a partial suspension of aid in Yemen, citing failure to reach an agreement with the Iran-aligned Houthis on controls to prevent food being diverted away from vulnerable people. The decision affects about 850,000 people living in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of the more than 10 million people in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country who rely on food provided by the WFP. "We're hopeful that the authorities in Sanaa will come to their senses and do what's right for the people," Beasley, the agency's executive director, told Reuters in an interview. He said he and his teams had been talking to and meeting with Houthi leaders such as Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his brother who had been doing their best to find a solution. "There are hardliners inside the Ansar Allah movement that don't care about people, they don't care about anything other than profiteering and destabilisation." Beasley said the WFP estimated that at least 10 percent of the $175 million of food aid per month they provided was being diverted in Houthi areas to help fund the conflict. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government that was ousted from power in Sanaa the year before by the Houthis, who say their revolution is against corruption. Both parties in the four-year conflict, widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, have used access to aid and food as a political tool. "At this stage, you can clearly say the humanitarian system is funding military and political operations. We are independent, neutral, impartial and if we can can't guarantee that, we shouldn't be there," Beasley said. "The entire humanitarian system is at stake here." The suspension follows a dispute over the control of biometric data that the WFP use to ensure the food was not being diverted from its intended recipients. The Houthis have said the WFP's insistence on controlling the data breached Yemeni law. Beasley said they chose Sanaa as it was where people were the most nourished but where most of the food diversion was occurring. Nutrition programmes for malnourished children, pregnant and nursing mothers will be maintained there. "This is one of, if not the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," Beasley said. "Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth today and it's being exacerbated by food aid diversion." (Production: Iona Serrapica, Gery Mey) (Caption:5154EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_WFP)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505226

WFP hopeful Yemen's "good" Houthis will prevail to allow food aid suspension to end

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE United Nations food chief David Beasley said on Friday (June 21) he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday (June 20) it had started a partial suspension of aid in Yemen, citing failure to reach an agreement with the Iran-aligned Houthis on controls to prevent food being diverted away from vulnerable people. The decision affects about 850,000 people living in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of the more than 10 million people in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country who rely on food provided by the WFP. "We're hopeful that the authorities in Sanaa will come to their senses and do what's right for the people," Beasley, the agency's executive director, told Reuters in an interview. He said he and his teams had been talking to and meeting with Houthi leaders such as Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his brother who had been doing their best to find a solution. "There are hardliners inside the Ansar Allah movement that don't care about people, they don't care about anything other than profiteering and destabilisation." Beasley said the WFP estimated that at least 10 percent of the $175 million of food aid per month they provided was being diverted in Houthi areas to help fund the conflict. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government that was ousted from power in Sanaa the year before by the Houthis, who say their revolution is against corruption. Both parties in the four-year conflict, widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, have used access to aid and food as a political tool. "At this stage, you can clearly say the humanitarian system is funding military and political operations. We are independent, neutral, impartial and if we can can't guarantee that, we shouldn't be there," Beasley said. "The entire humanitarian system is at stake here." The suspension follows a dispute over the control of biometric data that the WFP use to ensure the food was not being diverted from its intended recipients. The Houthis have said the WFP's insistence on controlling the data breached Yemeni law. Beasley said they chose Sanaa as it was where people were the most nourished but where most of the food diversion was occurring. Nutrition programmes for malnourished children, pregnant and nursing mothers will be maintained there. "This is one of, if not the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," Beasley said. "Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth today and it's being exacerbated by food aid diversion." (Production: Iona Serrapica, Gery Mey) (Caption:5154EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_WFP)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505223

WFP hopeful Yemen's "good" Houthis will prevail to allow food aid suspension to end

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE United Nations food chief David Beasley said on Friday (June 21) he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday (June 20) it had started a partial suspension of aid in Yemen, citing failure to reach an agreement with the Iran-aligned Houthis on controls to prevent food being diverted away from vulnerable people. The decision affects about 850,000 people living in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of the more than 10 million people in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country who rely on food provided by the WFP. "We're hopeful that the authorities in Sanaa will come to their senses and do what's right for the people," Beasley, the agency's executive director, told Reuters in an interview. He said he and his teams had been talking to and meeting with Houthi leaders such as Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his brother who had been doing their best to find a solution. "There are hardliners inside the Ansar Allah movement that don't care about people, they don't care about anything other than profiteering and destabilisation." Beasley said the WFP estimated that at least 10 percent of the $175 million of food aid per month they provided was being diverted in Houthi areas to help fund the conflict. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government that was ousted from power in Sanaa the year before by the Houthis, who say their revolution is against corruption. Both parties in the four-year conflict, widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, have used access to aid and food as a political tool. "At this stage, you can clearly say the humanitarian system is funding military and political operations. We are independent, neutral, impartial and if we can can't guarantee that, we shouldn't be there," Beasley said. "The entire humanitarian system is at stake here." The suspension follows a dispute over the control of biometric data that the WFP use to ensure the food was not being diverted from its intended recipients. The Houthis have said the WFP's insistence on controlling the data breached Yemeni law. Beasley said they chose Sanaa as it was where people were the most nourished but where most of the food diversion was occurring. Nutrition programmes for malnourished children, pregnant and nursing mothers will be maintained there. "This is one of, if not the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," Beasley said. "Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth today and it's being exacerbated by food aid diversion." (Production: Iona Serrapica, Gery Mey) (Caption:5154EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_WFP)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505222

WFP hopeful Yemen's "good" Houthis will prevail to allow food aid suspension to end

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE United Nations food chief David Beasley said on Friday (June 21) he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday (June 20) it had started a partial suspension of aid in Yemen, citing failure to reach an agreement with the Iran-aligned Houthis on controls to prevent food being diverted away from vulnerable people. The decision affects about 850,000 people living in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of the more than 10 million people in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country who rely on food provided by the WFP. "We're hopeful that the authorities in Sanaa will come to their senses and do what's right for the people," Beasley, the agency's executive director, told Reuters in an interview. He said he and his teams had been talking to and meeting with Houthi leaders such as Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his brother who had been doing their best to find a solution. "There are hardliners inside the Ansar Allah movement that don't care about people, they don't care about anything other than profiteering and destabilisation." Beasley said the WFP estimated that at least 10 percent of the $175 million of food aid per month they provided was being diverted in Houthi areas to help fund the conflict. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government that was ousted from power in Sanaa the year before by the Houthis, who say their revolution is against corruption. Both parties in the four-year conflict, widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, have used access to aid and food as a political tool. "At this stage, you can clearly say the humanitarian system is funding military and political operations. We are independent, neutral, impartial and if we can can't guarantee that, we shouldn't be there," Beasley said. "The entire humanitarian system is at stake here." The suspension follows a dispute over the control of biometric data that the WFP use to ensure the food was not being diverted from its intended recipients. The Houthis have said the WFP's insistence on controlling the data breached Yemeni law. Beasley said they chose Sanaa as it was where people were the most nourished but where most of the food diversion was occurring. Nutrition programmes for malnourished children, pregnant and nursing mothers will be maintained there. "This is one of, if not the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," Beasley said. "Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth today and it's being exacerbated by food aid diversion." (Production: Iona Serrapica, Gery Mey) (Caption:5154EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_WFP)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505218

WFP hopeful Yemen's "good" Houthis will prevail to allow food aid suspension to end

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE United Nations food chief David Beasley said on Friday (June 21) he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday (June 20) it had started a partial suspension of aid in Yemen, citing failure to reach an agreement with the Iran-aligned Houthis on controls to prevent food being diverted away from vulnerable people. The decision affects about 850,000 people living in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of the more than 10 million people in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country who rely on food provided by the WFP. "We're hopeful that the authorities in Sanaa will come to their senses and do what's right for the people," Beasley, the agency's executive director, told Reuters in an interview. He said he and his teams had been talking to and meeting with Houthi leaders such as Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his brother who had been doing their best to find a solution. "There are hardliners inside the Ansar Allah movement that don't care about people, they don't care about anything other than profiteering and destabilisation." Beasley said the WFP estimated that at least 10 percent of the $175 million of food aid per month they provided was being diverted in Houthi areas to help fund the conflict. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government that was ousted from power in Sanaa the year before by the Houthis, who say their revolution is against corruption. Both parties in the four-year conflict, widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, have used access to aid and food as a political tool. "At this stage, you can clearly say the humanitarian system is funding military and political operations. We are independent, neutral, impartial and if we can can't guarantee that, we shouldn't be there," Beasley said. "The entire humanitarian system is at stake here." The suspension follows a dispute over the control of biometric data that the WFP use to ensure the food was not being diverted from its intended recipients. The Houthis have said the WFP's insistence on controlling the data breached Yemeni law. Beasley said they chose Sanaa as it was where people were the most nourished but where most of the food diversion was occurring. Nutrition programmes for malnourished children, pregnant and nursing mothers will be maintained there. "This is one of, if not the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," Beasley said. "Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth today and it's being exacerbated by food aid diversion." (Production: Iona Serrapica, Gery Mey) (Caption:5154EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_WFP)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505215

WFP hopeful Yemen's "good" Houthis will prevail to allow food aid suspension to end

Date:JUNE 21, 2019, FILE United Nations food chief David Beasley said on Friday (June 21) he was hopeful that "good Houthis" would prevail to allow the agency to lift its partial suspension of aid in Yemen and prevent the collapse of the entire humanitarian system. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday (June 20) it had started a partial suspension of aid in Yemen, citing failure to reach an agreement with the Iran-aligned Houthis on controls to prevent food being diverted away from vulnerable people. The decision affects about 850,000 people living in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of the more than 10 million people in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country who rely on food provided by the WFP. "We're hopeful that the authorities in Sanaa will come to their senses and do what's right for the people," Beasley, the agency's executive director, told Reuters in an interview. He said he and his teams had been talking to and meeting with Houthi leaders such as Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his brother who had been doing their best to find a solution. "There are hardliners inside the Ansar Allah movement that don't care about people, they don't care about anything other than profiteering and destabilisation." Beasley said the WFP estimated that at least 10 percent of the $175 million of food aid per month they provided was being diverted in Houthi areas to help fund the conflict. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to try to restore the internationally recognised government that was ousted from power in Sanaa the year before by the Houthis, who say their revolution is against corruption. Both parties in the four-year conflict, widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, have used access to aid and food as a political tool. "At this stage, you can clearly say the humanitarian system is funding military and political operations. We are independent, neutral, impartial and if we can can't guarantee that, we shouldn't be there," Beasley said. "The entire humanitarian system is at stake here." The suspension follows a dispute over the control of biometric data that the WFP use to ensure the food was not being diverted from its intended recipients. The Houthis have said the WFP's insistence on controlling the data breached Yemeni law. Beasley said they chose Sanaa as it was where people were the most nourished but where most of the food diversion was occurring. Nutrition programmes for malnourished children, pregnant and nursing mothers will be maintained there. "This is one of, if not the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," Beasley said. "Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth today and it's being exacerbated by food aid diversion." (Production: Iona Serrapica, Gery Mey) (Caption:5154EV-YEMEN-SECURITY_WFP)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505214

Hong Kong protesters rally, pay tribute to activist who fell to his death

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Thousands of demonstrators blockaded police headquarters in Hong Kong on Friday (June 21) as Asia's leading financial centre braced itself for a third weekend of mass protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis. Groups of mostly students wearing hard hats, goggles and face masks set up roadblocks and trapped vehicles in a generally peaceful protest to demand that leader Carrie Lam, who promoted and then postponed the bill, scrap it altogether. "For this moment, this is just all we can do," said 26-year-old protester Michael Chan, who had joined in surrounding the headquarters of the Hong Kong police force. The protests, which pose the greatest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he took power in 2012, once again forced the temporary closure of Hong Kong government offices over security concerns. Roads that would normally be jammed with traffic near the heart of the former British colony were empty, with demonstrators reinforcing roadblocks with metal barriers. On a nearby location outside a glitzy shopping mall, dozens of activists showed up to pay their respects to a protester who had fallen to his death while hanging up a political banner. (Production: Joyce Zhou, Aleksander Solum) (Caption:5221EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_PROTEST_EVENING)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107505140

Hong Kong: protesters surround and hurl objects at police HQ

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Protesters surrounded and hurled objects at Hong Kong's police headquarters on Friday (June 21) in a wave of demonstrations over an extradition bill that has triggered violent protests and plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis. Protesters wearing goggles, face masks and hard hats gathered early on Friday outside government offices before marching towards police headquarters where they called on police chief Stephen Lo to step down. The largely peaceful protests pose the greatest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he took power in 2012, once again forced the temporary closure of Hong Kong government offices over security concerns. Millions, fearing further erosion of Hong Kong's freedoms by China, have clogged the streets of the former British colony this month to rally against the bill, which would allow people to be extradited to the mainland to face trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party. (Production: Aleks Solum, Rosalind Church) (Caption:5194EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_PROTEST)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504974

Friday blast at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad wounds several -police sources

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 A bomb blast at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in eastern Baghdad wounded at least seven people on Friday (June 21), security sources said, correcting earlier reports of seven killed. Police sources said on Friday a suicide belt or improvised explosive device had been used in the attack in the Baladiyat neighbourhood, for which there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The toll was initially put at seven dead and more than 20 wounded. But police and other security sources said on Saturday the attackers had leaked false news of casualties through witnesses that police relied on for their reports. An investigation had been launched, they said. It was a rare attack on a Shi'ite place of worship in the Iraqi capital. Sunni extremists carried out high-profile bombings of Iraqi Shi'ite sites during the worst of the country's sectarian violence after the U.S. invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Baghdad's security improved significantly with the defeat of Islamic State in 2017 and bomb attacks of any kind in the city have been rare since then. (Production: Haidar Kathim, Rosalind Church) (Caption:5182EV-CORRECTION-IRAQ_BLAST_)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504898

Hong Kong police ask protesters to clear out, fate of those arrested hangs in balance

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Hong Kong police on Friday (June 21) asked protesters to stop gathering in front of their headquarters during a planned demonstration to urge the government to suspend an extradition bill that would have allowed individuals to be sent to China for trial. Twenty-four people arrested during the largely peaceful demonstrations, with the government saying those at the frontline, charging at police with umbrellas for instance, would be shown no clemency. 32 were arrested in total and eight cases were dropped, police said. They did not give details of the charges. The arrests have further enraged many protesters who are demanding the government drop the cases and stop referring to the protests as a riot, which could lead to heavier jail terms. Demonstrators on Friday focused much of their anger on police as they surrounded their headquarters. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologized for the turmoil caused by the planned extradition legislation and said she had heard the people "loud and clear." The former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula, which guaranteed its freedoms, including freedom to protest and an independent legal system, which many say are being slowly eroded by Communist Party rulers in Beijing. (Production: Thomas Suen, Yiming Woo) (Caption:5017EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_POLICE_NEWSER)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504854

Activist Joshua Wong joins protesters at Hong Kong police headquarters

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 EDITORS NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE GESTURE Thousands dressed in black marched to the Hong Kong Police Headquarters on Friday (June 21), occupying the roads in front of the city's most important police station and its vicinity. Pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong joined the protest, condemning police violence and urging the government to drop the word "riot" to describe the demonstrations. Demonstrators, mostly students wearing hard hats, goggles and face masks, also disrupted traffic on key roads around the legislature and the government buildings. Millions have clogged the streets of Hong Kong this month to rally against a controversial new extradition bill, which would potentially allow fugitives to be extradited to the mainland as well as other territories such as Taiwan and Macau. It triggered the most violent protests in decades when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds. Friday's marchers demanded that the government drop all charges against those arrested in clashes between the protesters and police last week, investigate police over what they describe as disproportionate use of force, and end the practice of referring to protesters as rioters. (Production: Joyce Zhou, Aleksander Solum) (Caption:5025EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_JOSHUA_WONG)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504841

Anti-extradition protesters part for ambulance in Hong Kong

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 A sea of anti-extradition protesters outside Hong Kong's police headquarters on Friday (June 21) parted to make way for an ambulance and then erupted in applause. The protests are the latest in a wave of demonstrations over an extradition bill that has triggered violent protests and plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis. An unidentified person among the protesters was assisted into an ambulance and driven away. Further details were not immediately clear. Millions, fearing further erosion of Hong Kong's freedoms by China, have clogged the streets of the former British colony this month to rally against the bill, which would allow people to be extradited to the mainland to face trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party. (Production: Joseph Campbell, Natasha Howitt) (Caption:5027EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_AMBULANCE)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504676

Numbers of black-clad protesters swell outside of Hong Kong government complex

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 Hundreds of protesters assembled outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Friday (June 21), joining a smaller crowd that had stayed overnight after the government did not respond to a self-imposed deadline by student groups. The Hong Kong government has suspended the bill, which would allow criminal suspects in the former British colony to be extradited to mainland China for trial, following huge street protests earlier in the week, but student groups have called for it to be axed it altogether. Hong Kong officials announced yesterday that both legislative and executive operations in the Central Government Offices would be closed Friday (June 21) due to "security considerations". (Production: Aleksander Solum, Masako Iijima) (Caption:5013EV-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_MORNING)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504634

Over 70 injured during clashes at protest in Georgia

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES At least 70 people were injured after protesters rallying against the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) night, Georgian Ministry of Health said. Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon after protesters pushed against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning. The majority of protesters left the area outside the parliament, but dozens of them remained at adjoining streets, while police continued to use tear gas to disperse them. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:4272EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_CLASHES_MORE)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504632

Over 70 injured during clashes at protest in Georgia

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES At least 70 people were injured after protesters rallying against the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) night, Georgian Ministry of Health said. Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon after protesters pushed against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning. The majority of protesters left the area outside the parliament, but dozens of them remained at adjoining streets, while police continued to use tear gas to disperse them. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:4272EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_CLASHES_MORE)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504631

Over 70 injured during clashes at protest in Georgia

Date:JUNE 21, 2019 CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES At least 70 people were injured after protesters rallying against the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) night, Georgian Ministry of Health said. Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon after protesters pushed against lines of riot police, throwing bottles and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning. The majority of protesters left the area outside the parliament, but dozens of them remained at adjoining streets, while police continued to use tear gas to disperse them. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:4272EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_CLASHES_MORE)

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 106722025

空撮・陸自ヘリ着陸失敗、大破　けが人なし　立川駐屯地

21日午前9時55分ごろ、東京都立川市の陸上自衛隊立川駐屯地で、同駐屯地所属の多用途ヘリコプターUH1Jが飛行訓練中、着陸に失敗した。乗っていた操縦士と副操縦士にけがの情報はない。

日付：2019年6月21日

RM 107504616

Police fire rubber bullets at protesters in Georgia

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) evening, pushing against lines of riot police, throwing bottles, and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. Riot police repeatedly used tear gas, prompting most of the protesters to disperse. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. The two countries have not had diplomatic ties since, and Russia went on to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where Russian troops are now garrisoned. Georgia, which is crisscrossed by energy pipelines, hopes to one day join the European Union and NATO. That ambition has angered Moscow, the country's former Soviet overlord. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:4263EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_CLASHES)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107504611

Albanian opposition supporters rally in Shkodra as election protests mount

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Albanian opposition supporters were pepper sprayed by riot police in Shkodra on Thursday (June 20) in a week of nationwide protests over whether to hold local elections on June 30. Opposition parties have boycotted parliament since mid-February and refused to take part in the elections, accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of vote buying. They want Rama to quit to pave the way for a snap general election. But Rama's Socialists have been campaigning as usual and ignored a decree by President Ilir Meta cancelling the vote for mayoral and municipal posts over security concerns. In 14 towns run by opposition mayors, supporters and municipal police members have been involved in scuffles with state police since Tuesday. (Production: Florion Goga, Martin Veal) (Caption:4251CE-ALBANIA-ELECTION_MAYORS)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107504607

Georgian opposition protests outside parliament over Russian delegation's visit

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday (June 20) evening, pushing against lines of riot police, throwing bottles, and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. Riot police repeatedly used tear gas, prompting most of the protesters to disperse. Two wounded protesters told a Reuters reporter they were hit by rubber bullets. They were taken to hospital in an ambulance shortly afterwards. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject. The small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. The two countries have not had diplomatic ties since, and Russia went on to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where Russian troops are now garrisoned. Georgia, which is crisscrossed by energy pipelines, hopes to one day join the European Union and NATO. That ambition has angered Moscow, the country's former Soviet overlord. Thursday's protests were sparked by a visit by Sergei Gavrilov, who was leading a Russian delegation taking part in the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO), a body set up by the Greek parliament in 1993 to foster relationships between Christian Orthodox lawmakers. Gavrilov, president of the IAO's General Assembly, addressed delegates in his native Russian from the Georgian parliamentary speaker's seat. That angered some politicians and Georgians who want Russia kept at arm's length. The IAO session had to be cut short as a result. The opposition accuses the ruling Georgian Dream party of being insufficiently firm in confronting Moscow. Many of the protesters gathered outside parliament chanted slogans insulting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Gavrilov told Russian news agencies water had been thrown at him and unspecified people had tried to remove his identity documents. He was reported to have already left Georgia. "Georgian Dream has brought the Russian occupiers in and let them sit in the speaker's chair," Elene Khoshtaria, an opposition member of parliament, said. "That was a slap in the face to recent Georgian history." Opposition MPs demanded that the parliamentary speaker, interior minister and state security service chief all resign over the incident. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said in a statement that Moscow was outraged by the actions of what he called radical Georgian political forces whom he accused of propagating anti-Russian sentiment. He said Russia would keep trying to normalize relations with Georgia. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:4265EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_MORE)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107504604

Georgians angry over Russian lawmaker's visit try to storm parliament

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia's parliament building on Thursday evening, pushing against lines of riot police, throwing bottles, and grabbing riot shields from some officers and tearing off their helmets. The scenes in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, flared up suddenly after public anger over the visit and speech of a member of the Russian lower house of parliament triggered big street protests. Riot police used tear gas against the protesters, which prompted some of them to disperse. Russian influence in Georgia remains a politically sensitive subject after the small country, a U.S. ally, fought and lost a short war against Moscow in 2008. The two countries have not had diplomatic ties since, and Russia went on to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where Russian troops are now garrisoned. Georgia, which is crisscrossed by energy pipelines, hopes to one day join the European Union and NATO, an ambition that has not got down well in Moscow, the country's former Soviet overlord. Thursday's protests were sparked by a visit by Sergei Gavrilov, who was leading a Russian delegation that was taking part in the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO), a body set up by the Greek parliament in 1993 to foster relationships between Christian Orthodox lawmakers. Gavrilov, president of the IAO's General Assembly, addressed delegates in his native Russian from the Georgian parliamentary speaker's seat, a move that angered some politicians and Georgians who want Russia kept at arm's length. The IAO session had to be cut short as a result. The opposition accuses the ruling Georgian Dream party of being insufficiently firm in confronting Moscow, and many of the protesters gathered outside parliament chanted slogans insulting Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two countries have not had diplomatic ties since Russia fought and won a brief war against Georgia in 2008 and then recognized the independence of two breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where Russian troops are now garrisoned. Georgia's domestic politics are dominated by relations with its giant neighbor and Soviet-era overlord, with the opposition accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party of being insufficiently firm in confronting Moscow. Opposition MPs demanded that the parliamentary speaker, interior minister and state security service chief all resign over the incident. The Russian delegation's presence has angered many Georgians, and a boycott by opposition lawmakers who objected to it had already led to the cancellation of an IAO session at the parliament. (Caption:4262EV-GEORGIA-PROTESTS_UPDATE)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107329577

Putin says U.S. attack on Iran would be a catastrophe

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a U.S. military attack on Iran would be a catastrophe for the Middle East that would trigger a surge in violence and a possible refugee exodus. Putin, speaking during his annual televised question and answer session, said Moscow believed Tehran was in full compliance with its nuclear commitments and called sanctions against Iran groundless. (Production: Maria Vasilyeva) (Caption:4082WD-MIDEAST-IRAN_USA_PUTIN)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107329324

Roadside bomb kills one, wounds 20 in Afghanistan's Jalalabad

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING A roadside bomb targeted a pro-government militia vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday (June 20), killing at least one civilian, local officials said. Twenty people were also wounded, most of whom were civilians, a spokesman for Nangarhar province's governor, Ataullah Khogyani said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic State militants have carried out a string of suicide bombings and attacks on government offices, schools, and aid groups in recent years in Jalalabad, Nangarhar's main city. Last week, a suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in Jalalabad, killing at least nine people, including civilians, local officials said. As talks between U.S. officials and Taliban leaders have intensified in recent months aimed at bringing an end to more than 17 years of war in Afghanistan, fighting and insurgent attacks continue to take place across the country. (Production: Mohammad Rafiq, Hameed Farzad) (Caption:4014EV-AFGHANISTAN-BLAST_)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107329323

Roadside bomb kills one, wounds 20 in Afghanistan's Jalalabad

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING A roadside bomb targeted a pro-government militia vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday (June 20), killing at least one civilian, local officials said. Twenty people were also wounded, most of whom were civilians, a spokesman for Nangarhar province's governor, Ataullah Khogyani said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic State militants have carried out a string of suicide bombings and attacks on government offices, schools, and aid groups in recent years in Jalalabad, Nangarhar's main city. Last week, a suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in Jalalabad, killing at least nine people, including civilians, local officials said. As talks between U.S. officials and Taliban leaders have intensified in recent months aimed at bringing an end to more than 17 years of war in Afghanistan, fighting and insurgent attacks continue to take place across the country. (Production: Mohammad Rafiq, Hameed Farzad) (Caption:4014EV-AFGHANISTAN-BLAST_)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107329322

Roadside bomb kills one, wounds 20 in Afghanistan's Jalalabad

Date:JUNE 20, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING A roadside bomb targeted a pro-government militia vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday (June 20), killing at least one civilian, local officials said. Twenty people were also wounded, most of whom were civilians, a spokesman for Nangarhar province's governor, Ataullah Khogyani said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic State militants have carried out a string of suicide bombings and attacks on government offices, schools, and aid groups in recent years in Jalalabad, Nangarhar's main city. Last week, a suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in Jalalabad, killing at least nine people, including civilians, local officials said. As talks between U.S. officials and Taliban leaders have intensified in recent months aimed at bringing an end to more than 17 years of war in Afghanistan, fighting and insurgent attacks continue to take place across the country. (Production: Mohammad Rafiq, Hameed Farzad) (Caption:4014EV-AFGHANISTAN-BLAST_)

日付：2019年6月20日

RM 107329133

Albanian opposition supporters scuffle with police ahead of local elections

Date:JUNE 19, 2019 Supporters of Albania's opposition parties scuffled with police outside vote-counting centres and burned voting equipment at three locations on Wednesday (June 19), ahead of local government elections due on June 30. Opposition parties have boycotted parliament since mid-February, refusing to participate in local elections after accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of vote buying. They want Rama to quit to pave the way for a snap general election. In areas of strong opposition support, there have been scuffles between opposition supporters and police since Monday (June 17). A dozen people have been held for damaging election equipment in two northern towns while at one location they were dispersed with pepper spray. Crowds chanted "Rama quit", and "There will be no elections without the Democratic Party". Despite the boycott, Rama's Socialists have been campaigning as usual and have ignored a decree by President Ilir Meta cancelling the vote for security concerns. (Production: Florion Goga, Martin Veal) (Caption:3226CE-ALBANIA-ELECTION_PROTEST)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107329121

Crash site of MH17 airliner, shot down over Ukraine in 2014

Date:JUNE 19, 2019, FILE Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said on Wednesday (June 19). The Dutch-led international team tasked with assigning criminal responsibility for the plane's destruction named the four suspects as Russians Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Igor Girkin, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko. It said international arrest warrants for the four have been issued. The suspects are likely to be tried in absentia in proceedings set to start in the Netherlands next March. Dutch authorities said Russia has not cooperated with the inquiry and is not expected to surrender defendants. MH17 was shot out of the sky on July 17, 2014 over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Everyone aboard died. Last year Russian President Vladimir Putin called MH17's downing a "terrible tragedy" but said Moscow was not to blame and there are other explanations for what happened. (Production: Alexander Ermochenko, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:3218EV-UKRAINE-CRISIS_MH17_CRASH_SITE)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107329120

Crash site of MH17 airliner, shot down over Ukraine in 2014

Date:JUNE 19, 2019, FILE Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said on Wednesday (June 19). The Dutch-led international team tasked with assigning criminal responsibility for the plane's destruction named the four suspects as Russians Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Igor Girkin, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko. It said international arrest warrants for the four have been issued. The suspects are likely to be tried in absentia in proceedings set to start in the Netherlands next March. Dutch authorities said Russia has not cooperated with the inquiry and is not expected to surrender defendants. MH17 was shot out of the sky on July 17, 2014 over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Everyone aboard died. Last year Russian President Vladimir Putin called MH17's downing a "terrible tragedy" but said Moscow was not to blame and there are other explanations for what happened. (Production: Alexander Ermochenko, Dmitry Turlyun) (Caption:3218EV-UKRAINE-CRISIS_MH17_CRASH_SITE)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107328979

Attack near foreign oil firms in Basra connected to U.S.-Iran conflict - local Mayor

Date:JUNE 19, 2019 A rocket hit a site in southern Iraq used by foreign oil companies on Wednesday (June 19), including U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, wounding three people and threatening to further escalate U.S.-Iran tensions in the region. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack near Iraq's southern city of Basra, the fourth time in a week that rockets have struck close to U.S. installations. Abbas Maher, mayor of the nearby town of Zubair, said he believed Iran-backed groups had specifically targeted Exxon to "send a message" to the United States. Three previous attacks on or near military bases housing U.S. forces by Baghdad and Mosul caused no casualties or major damage. None of those incidents were claimed. U.S.-Iranian hostility has risen since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and other world powers in May last year. (Production: Mohammed A'ty, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Kristian Brunse) (Caption:3193EV-IRAQ-ENERGY_ROCKET)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107248307

ホルムズ海峡でのタンカー攻撃事件

Damage to tanker "consistent with limpet mine attack" - U.S. Navy Date:JUNE 19, 2019 The United States Navy on Wednesday (June 19) said the damage to the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous oil tanker "is consistent with a limpet mine attack." Video footage recorded by Reuters on a trip organised by U.S. naval authorities showed a hole in the hull of the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous oil tanker, as it lay moored off the coast of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Japanese company that owns the Kokuka Courageous had said that its ship was damaged by two "flying objects", but Commander Sean Kido, commanding officer of an explosive ordinance dive and salvage task group in the Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) dismissed this, after a team went on site to investigate the damage and found a magnet, "an imprint of the limpet mine" and "nail holes" consistent with such a mine that has a "striking resemblance to Iranian mines." Tehran has denied any involvement in both attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, a major transit route for global oil supplies, but the incidents have raised fears of broader confrontation in the Gulf region. Washington and Riyadh have publicly blamed Iran for last week's attack and the sabotaging last month of four ships, including two Saudi tankers, off Fujairah, a major bunkering hub. Several European nations have said more evidence is needed. The United States said on Monday it would send around 1,000 more troops to the Middle East, in addition to a 1,500-troop increase announced last month that it said was prompted by Iranian threats. (Production: Abdelhadi Ramahi, Tarek Fahmy, Lisa Giles-Keddie) (Caption:3175EV-MIDEAST-ATTACKS_TANKER_NEWSER)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107248228

ホルムズ海峡でのタンカー攻撃事件

U.S. Navy says mine fragments, magnet point to Iran in Gulf tanker attack Date:JUNE 19, 2019, RECENT Reuters footage filmed on Wednesday (June 19) on a trip organised by U.S. naval authorities, showed a hole in the hull of the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous tanker as it lay moored off the coast of Fujairah, UAE. The tanker was hit by explosions along with the Norwegian-owned Front Altair ship on June 13 and was towed to the Emirati coast by U.S. naval authorities last week. The U.S. military previously released images it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) removing an unexploded limpet mine from the Kokuka Courageous tanker. The Japanese company that owns the Kokuka Courageous had said that its ship was damaged by two "flying objects", but U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) dismissed this. Tehran has denied any involvement in both attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, a major transit route for global oil supplies, which have raised fears of broader confrontation in the region. (Production: Abdelhadi Ramahi, Martin Veal) (Caption:3167EV-MIDEAST-ATTACKS_TANKER_MORE)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107248219

Hole visible in blast-hit tanker moored off UAE coast

Date:JUNE 19, 2019 Video footage recorded by Reuters on a trip organised by U.S. naval authorities showed a hole in the hull of the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous oil tanker, as it lay moored off the coast of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday (June 19). The tanker was hit by explosions along with the Norwegian-owned Front Altair ship on June 13 and was towed to the Emirati coast by U.S. naval authorities last week. The U.S. military previously released images it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) removing an unexploded limpet mine from the Kokuka Courageous tanker. The Japanese company that owns the Kokuka Courageous had said that its ship was damaged by two "flying objects", but U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) dismissed this. Tehran has denied any involvement in both attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, a major transit route for global oil supplies, which have raised fears of broader confrontation in the region. (Production: Abdelhadi Ramahi, Kristian Brunse) (Caption:3164EV-MIDEAST-ATTACKS_TANKER)

日付：2019年6月19日

RM 107248220

Libyan steel firm plans $1 bln tender in July, output hike in 2019

Date:JUNE 18, 2019 The Libyan Iron and Steel Company (Lisco), one of North Africa's biggest steelmakers, plans to launch a tender next month worth $1 billion to build two new plants and also aims to increase production this year, its chairman said. Mohamed al-Faqih also said that Lisco had started exporting products to a new market, Algeria, in a rare sign of non-oil activity in the OPEC oil producer. The steelmaker has been hit by power cuts, shortages and the reluctance of European firms to engage with the country amid chaos since the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. But thanks to its location in the western Libyan city of Misrata largely untouched by violence, Lisco managed to keep producing and even open a new bar mill last year with an annual capacity of 800,000 tonnes. To feed the new mill, Lisco plans to attract foreign companies to build two plants to produce billets, with a tender worth $1 billion to be likely launched next month, Faqih said. The move would help cut costly imports. Faqih said that tender documents are being prepared, adding that Lisco was targeting large European companies such as Italy's Danieli or Germany's SMS Group. Lisco plans to increase production of liquid steel, its main base product, this year to more than 600,000 tonnes, up slightly from last year, he said. Power and gas supply was better than last year but there were still disruptions, he said, explaining why Lisco was running below its 1.3 million tonne capacity. The company also plans to produce in 2019 at least 1 million tonnes of finished and semi-finished products, up from last year's level, he said, without providing exact comparisons. Output of reinforcing bars (rebar) will rise to 500,000 tonnes in 2019 after 350,000 tonnes last year. The original plan had been 650,000 tonnes but by June Lisco had only achieved 250,000 tonnes. Lisco also made by June 100,000 tonnes of hot briquetted iron, putting it on target to reach 300,000 tonnes in 2019. A war started in April by eastern forces to take Tripoli held by the U.N.-backed government had halved output at a small Tripoli plant and made foreign banks more reluctant to open credit letters, although security in Misrata remained good. Lisco started this year exporting rebars to Algeria, having sent 30,000 tonnes in five shipments and planning to export 10,000 tonnes a month. It had long sought access to the neighbour to complement European and Arab markets. (Production: Ayman Sahely, Seham Eloraby, Muath Freij) (Caption:3145ME-LIBYA-ECONOMY_STEEL)

日付：2019年6月18日

RM 107173901

Two militants killed in gun battle in Indian Kashmir

Date:JUNE 18, 2019 Indian security forces and militants were engaged in a gun fight in Indian Kashmir and two people linked with Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed, officials said on Tuesday (June 18). The encounter broke out on Monday (June 17) after security forces got tip-off about presence of militants in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district. "We were able to neutralise two militants. They were identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat and Tauseef Ahmad Bhat and they were both the residents of Marhama and they both had connections with Jaish-e-Mohmmad and they were wanted in several terrorism-related cases and activities," said Kashmir Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh. He added that the Sajad Ahmad Bhat was also involved in the Feb. 14 suicide car bomb attack that killed 40 paramilitary police. The car which was turned into an improvised explosive device was bought in Bhat's name, police said. On Monday, in another encounter in Achabal town of the same district, at least three soldiers were injured and Indian Army Major, Ketan Sharma succumbed to his injuries. Sharma's mortal remains were brought to the Army base in New Delhi where Indian defence minster and other senior army officials paid their last respect. Muslim-majority Kashmir is the subject of decades of hostility between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, who have fought two wars over the territory. They came close to a third war earlier this year after a suicide car bomb by a Pakistani militant group killed dozens of Indian police in the region. (Caption:2071SC-INDIA-KASHMIR_)

日付：2019年6月18日

RM 107173900

Two militants killed in gun battle in Indian Kashmir

Date:JUNE 18, 2019 Indian security forces and militants were engaged in a gun fight in Indian Kashmir and two people linked with Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed, officials said on Tuesday (June 18). The encounter broke out on Monday (June 17) after security forces got tip-off about presence of militants in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district. "We were able to neutralise two militants. They were identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat and Tauseef Ahmad Bhat and they were both the residents of Marhama and they both had connections with Jaish-e-Mohmmad and they were wanted in several terrorism-related cases and activities," said Kashmir Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh. He added that the Sajad Ahmad Bhat was also involved in the Feb. 14 suicide car bomb attack that killed 40 paramilitary police. The car which was turned into an improvised explosive device was bought in Bhat's name, police said. On Monday, in another encounter in Achabal town of the same district, at least three soldiers were injured and Indian Army Major, Ketan Sharma succumbed to his injuries. Sharma's mortal remains were brought to the Army base in New Delhi where Indian defence minster and other senior army officials paid their last respect. Muslim-majority Kashmir is the subject of decades of hostility between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, who have fought two wars over the territory. They came close to a third war earlier this year after a suicide car bomb by a Pakistani militant group killed dozens of Indian police in the region. (Caption:2071SC-INDIA-KASHMIR_)

日付：2019年6月18日

RM 107173899

Two militants killed in gun battle in Indian Kashmir

Date:JUNE 18, 2019 Indian security forces and militants were engaged in a gun fight in Indian Kashmir and two people linked with Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed, officials said on Tuesday (June 18). The encounter broke out on Monday (June 17) after security forces got tip-off about presence of militants in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district. "We were able to neutralise two militants. They were identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat and Tauseef Ahmad Bhat and they were both the residents of Marhama and they both had connections with Jaish-e-Mohmmad and they were wanted in several terrorism-related cases and activities," said Kashmir Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh. He added that the Sajad Ahmad Bhat was also involved in the Feb. 14 suicide car bomb attack that killed 40 paramilitary police. The car which was turned into an improvised explosive device was bought in Bhat's name, police said. On Monday, in another encounter in Achabal town of the same district, at least three soldiers were injured and Indian Army Major, Ketan Sharma succumbed to his injuries. Sharma's mortal remains were brought to the Army base in New Delhi where Indian defence minster and other senior army officials paid their last respect. Muslim-majority Kashmir is the subject of decades of hostility between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, who have fought two wars over the territory. They came close to a third war earlier this year after a suicide car bomb by a Pakistani militant group killed dozens of Indian police in the region. (Caption:2071SC-INDIA-KASHMIR_)

日付：2019年6月18日

RM 107173724

More than 150 people killed in apparent inter-ethnic revenge attack

Date:JUNE 17, 2019 At least 161 people have been killed in a north-eastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, with survivors who fled to safety saying on Monday (June 17) that people were killed and homes set of fire. The violence is an apparent resurgence of ethnic clashes between farming and herding communities. Survivors who spoke to Reuters said they had lost members of the families. Ngorima Bakambu Godefroid, who fled from the village of Kpatsi-Solenyama said his sister-in-law and her five children were all killed. Others said some people were burned alive inside houses, while others were killed with machetes. A series of attacks in Ituri province has mostly targeted Hema herders, who have long been in conflict with Lendu farmers over grazing rights and political representation, although the exact identity of the assailants remains murky. Open conflict between Hema and Lendu from 1999-2007 resulted in an estimated 50,000 deaths in one of the bloodiest chapters of a civil war in eastern Congo that left millions dead from conflict, hunger and disease. (Production: Djaffar Sabiti, Yvonne Bell) (Caption:2125EV-CONGO-VIOLENCE_)

日付：2019年6月17日

RM 107104459

Hong Kong: As night falls, protesters say won't stop until Lam steps down

Date:JUNE 17, 2019 Several hundred protesters gathered around the entrance to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's office into Monday (June 17) evening, demanding her resignation. The ongoing protests come only days after she promised to suspend a controversial bill that would extradite suspects to mainland China. Although Lam had agreed to suspend the bill on Saturday (June 15), protests have continued to disrupt the special administration region as many are demanding a complete scrapping of the legislation, as well as Lam's resignation. Protester Matthew Chan said that Lam has lost public trust. Protesters, although noticeably calm on Monday evening, had already occupied a small piece of road in front of the city's main government offices. Protest organizers said almost 2 million people turned out on Sunday (June 16) to demand that Lam step down in what is becoming the most significant challenge to China's relationship with the territory since it was handed back by Britain 22 years ago. (Production: Joseph Campbell) (Caption:1013WD-HONGKONG-EXTRADITION_NIGHT)

日付：2019年6月17日

RM 107104421

Nigeria: Triple suicide attack kills at least 30

Date:JUNE 17, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday (June 17), in the biggest mass killing this year by suicide bombers. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The Boko Haram group and its Islamic State splinter group have often carried out attacks targeting civilians and the military in Borno state. Their attacks have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions of people. Earlier the head of the village of Konduga, Bulama Kalli, said three suicide bombers had taken part in the attack, targeting a place where villagers had gathered to watch a soccer match on a large screen. Most of those killed have now been buried while several survivors are still in hospital in Maiguduri. the village is located around 25 km (15 miles) from Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno state. The decade-long insurgency has killed more than 30,000 people and displaced millions of civilians in northeast Nigeria. (Production: Adewale Kolawole, Angela Ukomadu) (Caption:1134EV-NIGERIA-SECURITY_)

日付：2019年6月17日

RM 107104414

Nigeria: Triple suicide attack kills at least 30

Date:JUNE 17, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday (June 17), in the biggest mass killing this year by suicide bombers. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The Boko Haram group and its Islamic State splinter group have often carried out attacks targeting civilians and the military in Borno state. Their attacks have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions of people. Earlier the head of the village of Konduga, Bulama Kalli, said three suicide bombers had taken part in the attack, targeting a place where villagers had gathered to watch a soccer match on a large screen. Most of those killed have now been buried while several survivors are still in hospital in Maiguduri. the village is located around 25 km (15 miles) from Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno state. The decade-long insurgency has killed more than 30,000 people and displaced millions of civilians in northeast Nigeria. (Production: Adewale Kolawole, Angela Ukomadu) (Caption:1134EV-NIGERIA-SECURITY_)

日付：2019年6月17日

RM 107104413

Nigeria: Triple suicide attack kills at least 30

Date:JUNE 17, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday (June 17), in the biggest mass killing this year by suicide bombers. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The Boko Haram group and its Islamic State splinter group have often carried out attacks targeting civilians and the military in Borno state. Their attacks have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions of people. Earlier the head of the village of Konduga, Bulama Kalli, said three suicide bombers had taken part in the attack, targeting a place where villagers had gathered to watch a soccer match on a large screen. Most of those killed have now been buried while several survivors are still in hospital in Maiguduri. the village is located around 25 km (15 miles) from Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno state. The decade-long insurgency has killed more than 30,000 people and displaced millions of civilians in northeast Nigeria. (Production: Adewale Kolawole, Angela Ukomadu) (Caption:1134EV-NIGERIA-SECURITY_)

日付：2019年6月17日