Новости за 10.07.2017

President Donald Trump’s first negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that the leaders are committed to dialogue despite the recent challenges to the relationship between their two countries, former EU consultant and USAID adviser Paolo von Schirach told Sputnik.

The European Union has strict rules, according to which the member states must define whether arriving migrants are fleeing from war or coming to find financial support, while Italy broke those rules by accepting all migrants coming into country, the head of the national Department of Security and Migration of the Lega Nord party told Sputnik.

The US Navy has turned to defense manufacturers with a request for information (RFI) that could signal the death knell for a Littoral Combat Ship program that never quite got legs.

8,000 Californians have been evacuated from their homes as no less than 14 wildfires bring ruin to the forests of the West Coast.

The UK government treats the intelligence sharing with other countries very seriously, as well as the alleged hazards of cyberattacks by Russia, UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday.

Donald Trump, Jr., the son of the US president, said on Monday he would willingly speak with the Senate Intelligence Committee over a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 US election campaign.

The EU-Jordan Association Council discussed on Monday the Syrian conflict resolution, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in the follow-up to the council’s meeting.

Turkey's state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company BOTAS and Russia's energy giant Gazprom have reached an agreement on financing the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project on the Turkish territory, BOTAS General Director Burhan Ozcan said Monday.

Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, who in 1986 exposed Israel’s nuclear weapons program and spent 18 years in jail for his revelations, has been sentenced again, this time for violating terms of his parole.

When you hit the snooze button one too many times and your cat decides to take action.

Authorities confirmed Monday that a US Army soldier killed his wife and a state trooper who responded to reports of gunshots during a domestic dispute at the couple’s property in rural upstate New York.

The United Nations stands ready to support the government of Iraq in its work to create conditions for the safe return of civilians to Mosul, UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Monday.

The United States should change its decision on the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement, however its commitment to environmentally conscious approach on the energy resources is a positive development, Sun Xiansheng, the Secretary General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), told Sputnik on Monday.

A TV story about Russian national Viktor Ageev, detained in eastern Ukraine in June, was put together from carefully chosen 'clips' in great haste solely to please the visiting officials from the US administration, the press service of Russia's Southern Military District said Monday.

Democratic senators from the US states of individuals nominated by President Donald Trump for federal judgeships have failed to signal their approval, an ominous sign of plans to stall confirmation of jurists that could radically alter the philosophy of US courts, an article published by the White House Office of the Press Secretary said on Monday.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev discussed by telephone on Monday the United States’ support of Macedonia’s aspiration to join the European Union and NATO, the White House stated in a press release on Monday.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did talk about sanctions related to Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US election during their meeting in Hamburg, Germany on Friday, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a press briefing on Monday.

US President Donald Trump sent congratulations to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the victory against Daesh terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) in Mosul, White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said in a press briefing on Monday.

Responding to a burglary call, a Minneapolis police officer is caught on surveillance footage shooting at a homeowner’s dogs, despite neither pet showing any signs of aggression.

The White House does not have specific plans yet that would lead to the creation of a cyber security unit with Russia but the discussions can still take place, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Monday.

The White House is concerned that a new Iran sanctions bill addressing punitive measures against Moscow does not include any national security waivers, Director for Legislative Affairs Mark Short said in a press briefing on Monday.

The Iranian foreign ministry has called for the freshly brokered US and Russian ceasefire in southwestern Syria to be extended to the entire war torn nation to aid in peace talks intended to bring the 6-year-old war to an end.

The Iran sanctions bill, which also contains new punitive measures against Russia, will likely not get bipartisan support in the US Congress, Legislative Affairs Director Mark Short said in a press briefing on Monday.

Australia is moving forward with US defense giant Raytheon for the next-generation jammer program, to ensure the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and its friends in the US Navy can engage all types of electronic warfare attacks in the South Pacific Theater and beyond.

The head of the US’ nuclear arsenal said Sunday that Washington isn’t responding to North Korea’s alarming missile test quickly enough. US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) chief Gen. John Hyten remarked that if the US is going to keep up with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, it has to be willing to take more risks.