Новости за 13.04.2018

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Mark Sleboda, an international Affairs and Security Analyst, and Ann Wright, a retired United States Army colonel and former US State Department official in Afghanistan, who resigned in protest of the invasion of Iraq and became an anti-war activist.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A US warship named after British World War II leader Winston Churchill has joined the buildup of US naval power threatening Syria with air and missile strikes, the 6th Fleet said in a statement on Friday.

British intelligence officers say their cyber campaign against Daesh has made it “almost impossible” for the jihadist group to operate online by blunting their communications, according the head of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Jeremy Fleming.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Any US military action against Syria and its leader Bashar Assad will make matters worse while Washington’s policy is based only on "schizophrenic tweets" from President Donald Trump, Congressman Adam Smith said in a statement on Friday.

The Syrian Army has discovered a facility in Eastern Ghouta used for making toxic biochemical weapons, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian navy is still using the Tartus naval facility in Syria only for replenishment of supplies and repair work, the warships always return to the sea, a military-diplomatic source told Sputnik on Friday.

US President Donald Trump and his British counterpart Theresa May have agreed to engage in close cooperation to elaborate an international response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma. Radio Sputnik discussed this with Alberto Negri, a senior adviser at The Italian Institute for International Political Studies.

David Meade, the conspiracy theorist who falsely predicted that the end of days would happen on September 23, 2017, and then again on October 15, 2017, is now claiming that the world is coming to an end on April 23, 2018.

Find your own dock - this one’s taken!

MADRID (Sputnik) - The escalated situation around Syria should be resolved through the mediation of the UN special envoy, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Friday, adding that the international community should understand that the real enemies of Syria and other countries are terrorists.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A new draft law introduced to the US Senate would put pressure on Saudi Arabia to end the civil war in Yemen, Senators Todd Young, Jeanne Shaheen, Susan Colins and Chris Coons said in a joint press release on Friday.

After a phone talk, the US and UK government leaders said the countries would cooperate closely on an "international response" to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria's Douma. Alexander Gillespie, a professor of law and specialist in the laws of war and armed conflict from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, has commented on the issue.

A picture of Pavel Durov, the developer and CEO of the now blocked Telegram messaging platform, in which he proudly sits on a white horse has been circulating the internet and is now featured in a plethora of memes. The Russian entrepreneur originally posted the picture on Instagram after a court had ruled to block the encrypted service in Russia.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Friday "we have a very high confidence" the Syrian government is responsible for an alleged chemical attack.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to former Dick Cheney vice presidential aide Scooter Libby who was convicted of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI in 2007, the White House said in a press release on Friday.

The US Department of State announced on Friday that the UK was not involved in the alleged Syrian chemical attack that took place on April 7.

Russia and China have developed increasingly sophisticated space countermeasure weapons to destroy US satellites, according to a new report.

A McDonald's employee in Jacksonville, Florida, took justice into her own hands on Thursday after a customer reportedly came up to the counter and threw a drink on her.

Amid Western powers' planning for a military response to an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian Army in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, the Russian Defense Ministry has released a video interview of two young men who were on the ground at a local hospital where opposition media claimed victims of a 'chemical attack' were being treated.

The Justice Department inspector-general's report concludes that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's disclosure of ongoing investigation violated the department's media policy.

KALININGRAD, Sputnik - Holding a blue scarf of the local football team FC Baltika, Dmitry Pitshtel chanted "Baltika will be champions" while posing for a picture with a group of friends who came to watch the first game at the newly completed Stadium Kaliningrad, which will host three games during the upcoming 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The US, the UK and France are mulling over a potential response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Dr. Ehud Eilam, Israel’s national security analyst, who served in the Israeli military and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, presumed that Israel may mediate discussions between the US and Russia.

On April 13, a court in Moscow satisfied the appeal of Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor and ruled to block the Russian messenger Telegram, after the latter had failed to provide the authorities with its encryption keys, in their battle against terrorism.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision not to participate in potential military action against Syria in connection with an alleged chemical attack in Douma was made out of fear of resentment from the German population, Albert Breininge, a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, told Sputnik.

US President stated on Twitter that a potential US attack on Syria could happen “soon or not soon at all.” Trump added that he never specified any particular time of a US attack. Sputnik discussed Donald Trump's recent tweets with Salih Dogan from School of Politics and International Relations, Keele University.