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| Two Republican senators seek to slash legal U.S. immigration | |  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican senators proposed steps to slash the number of legal immigrants admitted into the United States by half on Tuesday, but the legislation, developed with the Trump administration, faces an uphill climb to get through Congress. Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue said their bill would cut the number of immigrants granted U.S. residency each year to 500,000 from 1 million, through measures including cutting far back on which relatives can be brought into the country and eliminating a diversity visa lottery.
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| President backs protest-hit Romanian government to stay | |  By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's president on Tuesday tore into the Social Democrat-led government over a corruption decree that has sparked the biggest protests since the 1989 fall of communism but backed it to stay in power, in a potential reprieve for Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu. The government on Sunday rescinded the decree, which critics said would have turned back the clock on the fight against corruption in the European Union member state. After 250,000 protested on Sunday night and 25,000 on Monday, turnout dropped to around 5,000 in Bucharest on Tuesday and several thousand in other cities.
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| Top Senate Democrat says has 'serious concerns' about court nominee Gorsuch | |  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he had "serious, serious concerns" about President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, saying the judge had avoided answering questions aimed at gauging his judicial independence. Schumer told reporters Gorsuch declined to answer his questions about things like the ban Trump put in place on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations and the Emoluments Clause in the U.S. Constitution that bars officeholders from accepting money from foreign powers.
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| U.N. chief says Israel settlement bill goes against international law | |  The Israeli parliament's move to legalize thousands of settler homes in the occupied West Bank goes against international law and will have legal consequences for Israel, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Palestinians have condemned the legislation approved by Israeli lawmakers on Monday as a blow to their hopes of statehood, but its passage may only be largely symbolic as it contravenes Israeli Supreme Court rulings on property rights. "The Secretary-General deeply regrets the adoption of the (bill) ... This bill is in contravention of international law and will have far-reaching legal consequences for Israel," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, said in a statement.
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| Turkey dismisses more than 4,000 public servants in new decree - official gazette | | | ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey dismissed 4,464 public servants, more than half from the Education Ministry, in a decree published on Tuesday, extending a purge of state officials following a failed coup in July. Turkey has sacked or suspended more than 125,000 officials since the coup attempt, and formally arrested some 40,000 people from the military, police and other sectors. (Reporting by Ercan Gurses and Ece Toksabay; Writing by Tuvan Gumrukcu; editing by John Stonestreet) |
| No renegotiation on Brexit deal if parliament rejects it - minister | |  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not seek further talks with the European Union if parliament rejects the exit deal it reaches, the government said on Tuesday, as ministers defeated attempts to give lawmakers more say on the terms of the final agreement. The statement, which echoes Prime Minister Theresa May's stance that "no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain" came as parliament debated a law that would give her the power to begin exit negotiations with the EU. Last month, May promised to ask parliament to approve the final exit terms in 2019, but said that even if it rejected the deal, Britain would leave the EU.
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| Trump questions lawmakers' efforts to curb asset seizures by police | |  By Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there was "no reason" to curb law enforcement agencies that seize cash, vehicles and other assets of people suspected of crimes, a practise that some lawmakers and activists have criticized for denying legal rights. The issue of civil asset forfeiture, created to disrupt the activities of organised crime groups, arose when sheriffs from around the United States told Trump at a White House meeting that they were under pressure to ease the practise. "I'd like to look into that," Trump said.
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| Donald Trump Jr. takes over Washington hotel near White House | |  Donald Trump Jr. has taken the reins of the Trump International Hotel near the White House after critics charged it was a conflict of interest for U.S. President Donald Trump to run the hotel while also running the federal government that is leasing the building to his company. The filing left unresolved a controversy about Trump's leasing the Old Post Office, the historic government building that houses the hotel. Democrats have criticized the lease as a conflict of interest, and the agreement also has come under scrutiny from Representative Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican who heads the House of Representatives' Oversight Committee.
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| China 'mending its ways' on unethical organ transplants, official says | |  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Beijing's top official on transplants said on Tuesday Beijing was "mending its ways" from a murky past when organs were taken from detained or executed prisoners. Dr Huang Jeifu also told a Vatican conference bringing together nearly 80 doctors, law enforcement officials and representatives of health and non-government organisations that his participation, which medical ethics groups have criticised, was not an attempt to whitewash the past. "China is mending its ways and constantly improving its national organ donation and transplantation systems," said Huang, a former deputy health minister who is director of Beijing's transplant programme.
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| Britain's May faces bumpy road to her 'special relationship' with U.S. | |  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - It was an invitation to seal Theresa May's bid to revitalise the "special relationship" with the United States, but the promise of a state visit for Donald Trump is turning into another headache for the British prime minister. May is determined to strengthen her hand before launching divorce talks with the European Union by bolstering ties with world powers like the United States.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says not supporting stronger presidency sends 'positive signal' to militant groups | |  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Turks on Tuesday to vote in favour of strengthening the presidency in a referendum, saying failure to do so would encourage militant groups trying to divide the nation. Erdogan said he was still evaluating a parliamentary bill on constitutional changes to create an executive presidential system in Turkey and would give a response this week. Once Erdogan approves the bill, a referendum will be held most likely in April, which, if passed, could lead to him holding office until 2029.
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| France's Macron dismisses affair as rival Fillon battles scandal | |  By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential race sank deeper into smear and sleaze on Tuesday after centrist Emmanuel Macron was forced to deny an extramarital affair and conservative Francois Fillon pressed on with efforts to salvage his reputation. A slump in support for Fillon after accusations that he used taxpayers' money to pay his wife for work she may not have done has propelled Macron into the top spot in opinion polls. Late on Monday, Macron, a centrist former economy minister and ex-banker sought to kill rumours of a gay relationship outside his marriage to Brigitte Trogneux and push his campaign on.
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| DeVos confirmed as U.S. education secretary as Pence breaks tie | |  By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's choice of billionaire Betsy DeVos to be education secretary was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, but only after Vice President Mike Pence was called in to break a tie that threatened to defeat her. The tie-breaking vote, which Senate officials said was unprecedented to confirm a Cabinet nominee, followed an all-night debate on DeVos as Senate Democrats tried to pressure at least one more Republican to oppose her and defeat the nomination. Only two Republicans joined the 46 Democrats and two independents in opposition to DeVos.
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| Homeland Security chief tempers Trump illegal immigration promises | |  By Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly tempered some of President Donald Trump's recent promises on curbing illegal immigration before a congressional panel on Tuesday, explaining that funding to cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration agents would only be cut on a case-by-case basis. Trump has threatened to cut large swaths of federal funding to about 300 so-called 'sanctuary cities' in order to pressure them to cooperate in the apprehension and deportation of illegal immigrants. "If we are specifically giving grants for cooperation on the removal of illegal aliens and the department or city is no longer doing that, it seems irresponsible to me to continue giving them the money, but it will be case by case," Kelly told the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
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| Blasts echo across Somali capital on eve of election | |  By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - About three blasts, possibly from mortar bombs, echoed on Tuesday across the Somali capital where the authorities had imposed a security lock down on the eve of a presidential vote. There were no immediate reports of casualties or claims of responsibility, although the Islamist al Shabaab group often launches attacks in Mogadishu and says it wants to disrupt Wednesday's vote to be held behind the airport's blast walls. After months of delays, 329 newly sworn-in members of parliament will choose whether to back President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for a second term or one of 21 rivals.
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| Kenya accepts scrapping of order to disband Olympic committee | | | Kenya has accepted a court decision overruling last year's order to disband the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK), after accusations it had poorly handled arrangements for the Rio Games, the government said on Tuesday. Sports Minister Hassan Wario had ordered that NOCK be disbanded in August, saying the body had not arranged adequate accommodation and travel for the Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro, and had also mishandled other issues. "The ministry will abide by the decision of the court," Sports Ministry spokesman Richard Abura said, adding NOCK had until March to hold elections for senior posts under rules agreed by the government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). |
| U.S. Senate moves Jeff Sessions toward confirmation as attorney general | |  The U.S. Senate on Tuesday, in a procedural vote, cleared the way for confirming President Donald Trump's nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general. By a vote of 52-47, the Republican-controlled Senate agreed to limit debate on Sessions. A final vote on confirming him to head the Justice Department, the nation's top law enforcement job, is likely sometime this week.
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| Scottish lawmakers reject triggering Brexit in symbolic vote | |  By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's devolved parliament overwhelmingly rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to exit the European Union in a symbolic, non-binding vote on Tuesday. Although Britain as a whole opted to leave the EU in last June's referendum, most of the electorate in Scotland voted to remain. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly demanded that the interests of Scotland be taken into account during upcoming Brexit negotiations and says Scotland must have a choice on holding a new independence referendum if that is not the case.
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| Italian diesel probe omitted key tests for Fiat Chrysler models | | | By Laurence Frost and Silvia Aloisi PARIS/MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler vehicles were allowed to skip key tests for illegal engine software during Italy's main emissions-cheating investigation in the wake of the Volkswagen scandal, according to the transport ministry's own report. The report, presented to a European parliamentary committee in October but never officially published, will be seized upon by environmental groups pressing MEPs to vote on Thursday for tougher EU oversight of vehicle testing by national authorities. "It's imperative that we break this cosy relationship between national testing authorities and their domestic carmakers," said Julia Poliscanova, a vehicle emissions specialist at Brussels-based campaign group Transport & Environment. |
| Trump administration will not undo election system's designation as critical - official | |  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Tuesday he would not seek to reverse a decision made in the Obama administration's final days to designate U.S. election systems as critical infrastructure, despite concerns from some conservative states that the change amounted to a federal takeover. "I would argue that, yes, we should keep that in place." In January, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it had determined state election systems should be considered critical infrastructure by the federal government. The decision followed a 2016 presidential campaign marred by cyber attacks that U.S. intelligence agencies concluded were carried out by Russia in order to help now-President Donald Trump win.
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| Disgruntled troops seize town in southeastern Ivory Coast | | | By Ange Aboa ADIAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Special forces troops poured out of their camp firing weapons in the air and seized control of a town in southeast Ivory Coast on Tuesday in another show of discontent within the military. The revolt in Adiake, about 95 km (60 miles) east of the commercial capital Abidjan, comes on the heels of a series of mutinies across the country last month that dealt a blow to Ivory Coast's post-war success story. "Gunfire began earlier in the special forces' camp and then the town began panicking as armed soldiers left the barracks," said a high school teacher, who asked not to be named out of fear of reprisal. |
| Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump's travel ban | |  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will face off with opponents in a federal appeals court on Tuesday over the fate of President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, his most controversial action since taking office last month. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is to hear arguments about whether to restore the ban from Justice Department lawyers and opposing attorneys for the states of Minnesota and Washington at 3 p.m. PST (2300 GMT).
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| Melania Trump settles defamation claim against blogger | |  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - First lady Melania Trump has settled a defamation lawsuit for a "substantial sum" against a Maryland blogger who wrote about unsubstantiated rumors she had worked as an escort and falsely said she suffered a breakdown, Trump's lawyer said on Tuesday. "I acknowledge that these false statements were very harmful and hurtful to Mrs. Trump and her family, and therefore I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Trump, her son, her husband and her parents for making these false statements," the blogger, Webster Tarpley, wrote in a statement released by Trump's lawyer. A lawyer for Tarpley confirmed the accuracy of the statement in an email and said the case had been resolved.
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| Trump's pick for labor secretary admits to employing illegal immigrant | | | By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Labor Department admitted to employing an undocumented immigrant as a house cleaner, the kind of revelation that derailed Cabinet nominees in previous administrations. Andrew Puzder, chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants Inc, is one of several Trump nominees who face strong opposition from Senate Democrats and progressive groups. Senator Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the panel that will vet Puzder's nomination, said in a statement that Puzder had reported his mistake and voluntarily corrected it. |
| Indonesian police ban Islamist rally ahead of Jakarta election | | | Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have banned a rally organized by Islamist groups ahead of next week's hotly contested election to lead the city, officials said on Tuesday. The rally on Feb. 11, just four days before voting day, would have been the latest in a series of mass demonstrations by Muslims against the incumbent governor, a Christian, who they claim insulted the Koran. Police said they last week had received notice of the rally from the organizers, a large group of Islamic organizations led by hardliners like the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). |
| Syria executes, tortures thousands at military prison - Amnesty | | | By John Davison and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government executed up to 13,000 prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Amnesty said the executions took place between 2011 and 2015, but were probably still being carried out and amounted to war crimes. It called for a further investigation by the United Nations, which produced a report last year with similar accusations also based on extensive witness testimonies. |
| Homeland Security sec doesn't expect to meet immigration agent hiring goals within 2 yrs | | | Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told a congressional panel on Tuesday that he does not expect to meet President Donald Trump's hiring targets for U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents within the next two years. Trump has called for an additional 5,000 Customs and Border Protection agents and 10,0000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an executive order, but he did not specify a timeline. |
| Four killed in armed robbery on Banro's Congo gold mine | | | Armed robbers attacked Banro Corp's Twangiza gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Tuesday and three policemen and one assailant were killed, the Canadian company said. Police opened fire on the raiders, ending the assault, Banro's vice president for government relations, Désiré Sangara, earlier told Reuters. No items were stolen and operations at the mine continue as normal, Banro said in a statement. |
| Cars torched as tensions flare in Paris suburb | | | Gangs of French youths torched cars and bins in a showdown with police in a north Paris suburb overnight in a grim reminder of the simmering tension that sparked weeks of more serious rioting in the area a decade ago. It was the third night of tension since four police officers were suspended pending an inquiry into accusations they had used excessive force while arresting a 22-year-old man there, including shoving a baton into his anus. At one point in the skirmishes in Aulnay-sous-Bois late on Monday night, several police who ran out of tear gas fired real bullets into the air to scare off a crowd that had surrounded them, said police representative Luc Poignant. |
| Russia's Putin signs new law easing penalty for domestic violence | |  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a new law easing some penalties for domestic violence, a move which has alarmed women's rights campaigners who fear it will encourage abuse. The State Duma, or lower house of parliament, passed the bill in January in its second of three readings by 385 votes to two.
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| British police say PIA jet diverted because of disruptive passenger | | | A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft which was intercepted and escorted by fighter jets to Stansted airport northeast of London was diverted because of reports of a disruptive passenger, British police said on Tuesday. "This is not believed to be a hijack situation or terror matter," Essex Police said in a statement. "The plane is currently at the airport and officers are making enquiries." The Ministry of Defence had earlier said Typhoon jets had intercepted the aircraft, which had been en route to London's Heathrow Airport, and escorted it to Stansted. |
| Iran "thanks" Trump, rebuffs U.S. warning on missiles | |  By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday dismissed the U.S. decision to put Iran "on notice" over its missile tests and called President Donald Trump the "real face" of American corruption. In his first speech since Trump's inauguration, Iran's supreme leader called Iranians to take part in demonstrations on Friday, the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, to show they were not frightened of American "threats". "We are thankful to (Trump) for making our life easy as he showed the real face of America," Khamenei told a meeting of military commanders in Tehran, according to his website.
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| Britain says fighter jets escort Pakistan jetliner to Stansted airport | | | Britain scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft to Stansted airport. "Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon aircraft were launched this afternoon from RAF Coningsby to intercept a civilian aircraft," the Ministry of Defence said. "The aircraft was intercepted and safely escorted to Stansted airport," the ministry said. |
| Trump: U.S. appeals court should go his way on immigration order | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he needed a U.S. appeals court considering the legality of his immigration order to go his way, saying a lot of "bad people" are thinking of coming to the United States. Trump made the comments during an appearance at the White House in which he also criticized Senate delays of his Cabinet nominees, including Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Susan Heavey)
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| At least 20 dead in bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court | |  By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the centre of the Afghan capital, government officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on the judiciary. The Ministry of Public Health said at least 20 people were killed, while 41 wounded were taken to Kabul hospitals. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, in which police said an apparent suicide bomber targeted Supreme Court employees leaving their offices at the end of the working day.
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| Pakistan electoral reform plans aim to boost women's participation in politics | | | By Waqar Mustafa LAHORE, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reforms to Pakistan's electoral laws making it mandatory for political parties to allot five percent of their tickets to women candidates were approved on Tuesday by the federal cabinet, the country's highest decision-making body. Under Pakistan's constitution, women are guaranteed seats through a quota system in the national parliament and regional assemblies in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. At present, 60 out of 342 seats in the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, are reserved for women with a further 137 seats reserved for women in the four provincial assemblies. |
| Madonna granted permission to adopt twins from Malawi | |  Malawi's High Court on Tuesday granted Madonna permission to adopt twins from the Southern African country, a judiciary spokesman said. The U.S. singer has previously adopted two children from Malawi, stirring anger among some Malawians who accused the government of allowing her to skirt laws that ban non-residents from adopting. Madonna was inside the courtroom when the approval ruling was delivered, judiciary spokesman Mlenga Mvula said.Reuters could not reach representatives for Madonna for comment.
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