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| U.S., Mexican officials try to find common ground on security - sources | | | By Alexandra Alper MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican delegation met U.S. military officials in southern Mexico on Tuesday to discuss security initiatives, sources said on Wednesday, as the two countries try to find common ground in tough negotiations over trade, security and immigration. The relationship between the United States and Mexico has become strained after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to build a wall between the two countries to keep out illegal immigrants, drug dealers and criminals and make Mexico pay for it. |
| Britain's Brexit bill clears first legislative hurdle | |  Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to take Britain out of the European Union easily cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, paving the way for the government to launch divorce talks by the end of March. May's government is seeking approval for a new law giving her the right to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty - the legal process for leaving the bloc - after the Supreme Court ruled she could not take that decision unilaterally. The bill could complete the legislative process by March 7.
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| French judge interviews Kardashian in New York over Paris robbery | |  The French judge in charge of the investigation into Kim Kardashian's armed robbery last year in Paris was in New York on Wednesday to interview the U.S. TV reality star in the case, a source close to the matter said. The judge was expected in particular to show Kardashian pictures of the suspected thieves to try to confirm their identities. U.S. celebrity news website TMZ first reported the judge was in New York to take testimony from her.
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| Four hostages taken, two released at Delaware prison | |  Inmates at a Delaware prison were still holding two correctional staff members hostage on Wednesday night after releasing two others during an uprising at the facility, state officials said. One of the released hostages, an officer, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Delaware State Police spokesman Sergeant Richard Bartz told reporters. All those held at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna were state Department of Correction employees.
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| White House says has updated guidance for green card holders | |  The White House said on Wednesday it has issued updated guidance on President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration clarifying that legal permanent residents, or green card holders, do not require a waiver to enter the United States. "They no longer need a waiver because if they are a legal permanent resident they won't need it anymore," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a news briefing.
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| Congo's Tshisekedi leaves legacy of democratic struggle, unfulfilled promise | | | By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - The dates below the framed black-and-white photograph of Etienne Tshisekedi in the reception hall of the prime minister's offices in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, testify to a fraught and complicated relationship with power. Tshisekedi, who died on Wednesday in Brussels at 84, was named prime minister four times of the country then known as Zaire, between 1991 and 1997. Nicknamed "the Sphinx" for not speaking much but causing a lot of trouble when he did, Tshisekedi was a crusading voice for political pluralism and democracy in Congo, whose politics since independence in 1960 from Belgium has been marred by foreign intervention, civil war, coups and authoritarian rule. |
| Congo's main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, dies at 84 | |  By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's veteran opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, has died in Brussels aged 84, his party said on Wednesday. Tshisekedi stood up to Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled the country then known as Zaire, for more than three decades before Mobutu was overthrown by Rwanda, Uganda and other forces. Tshisekedi was set to take the top post in a transitional council agreed in December under a deal to pave the way for Kabila to leave power in 2017 and refrain from running for a third term as president.
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| Record number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in UK last year | | | Britain saw a record number of anti-Semitic incidents last year, fuelled by issues such as xenophobia following the EU referendum and allegations of anti-Jewish sentiment in the opposition Labour Party, an advisory body said on Thursday. The Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Britain's estimated 260,000 Jews on security matters, said it had recorded 1,309 incidents in 2016, the highest number since it began collecting figures 33 years ago. "Whilst Jewish life in this country remains overwhelmingly positive, this heightened level of anti-Semitism is deeply worrying and it appears to be getting worse," David Delew, the CST's chief executive, said in a statement. |
| Exclusive - Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam: sources | | Wednesday, February 01, 2017 11:43 PM | |
|  By Julia Edwards Ainsley, Dustin Volz and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program, "Countering Violent Extremism," or CVE, would be changed to "Countering Islamic Extremism" or "Countering Radical Islamic Extremism," the sources said, and would no longer target groups such as white supremacists who have also carried out bombings and shootings in the United States.
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| U.S. Senate support for Trump education nominee weakens | | Wednesday, February 01, 2017 11:41 PM | |
|  By Lisa Lambert and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public refusals on Wednesday by two U.S. Senate Republicans to support Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, raised the possibility of a rare congressional rejection of a Cabinet nominee. In an ominous sign for Trump, Republican senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski said they would not vote for DeVos, a billionaire philanthropist and charter-school advocate.
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| Five hostages taken, one released at Delaware prison | | Wednesday, February 01, 2017 11:24 PM | |
| (Reuters) - Prisoners took five hostages at a Delaware prison on Wednesday, later releasing one and entering into negotiations with state and federal authorities while continuing to hold the remaining four, police said. All five hostages were state Department of Correction employees, and the one who was released was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Sgt. Richard Bratz, a spokesman for Delaware State Police, told reporters. Armoured vehicles, SWAT teams and emergency medical personnel all converged on the prison, the News Journal of Delaware reported, and aerial video from WPVI television showed dozens of uniformed officers amassed in formation.
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| U.S. Senate confirms Tillerson as secretary of state | | Wednesday, February 01, 2017 11:23 PM | |
|  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump's secretary of state on Wednesday, filling a key spot on the Republican's national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive officer's ties to Russia. Fifty-six senators backed Tillerson, and 43 voted no. Every Republican favoured Tillerson, along with four members of the Democratic caucus, Senators Heidi Heitkamp, Joe Manchin and Mark Warner as well as Angus King, an independent.
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