World Media
Suspect in S.Carolina shooting disbarred lawyer
Officers from all over arrived to help. "It is my understanding that they didn't know the level of fire power that they were going into", he said. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene to assist the shooting investigation. Authorities also released the names of all the wounded officers.
World Media
US Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
Christine Blasey Ford does not want the next Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached in the event that Democrats retake the House in November, her lawyers have said . Democrats said Kavanaugh's partisan defence of himself, in which he said he was victim of a "political hit", was enough itself to disqualify him from the court.
World Media
Senators Collins, Manchin back Kavanaugh, paving way for confirmation
Ford also understands that the accusations have been hard on Kavanaugh and his family, Banks said . It was not clear that Kavanaugh would have the votes for confirmation until Collins said in a Senate floor speech that she would support his nomination.
World Media
US First Lady in Cairo wrapping up Africa trip
The first lady also would not say if she believed Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh. Ms Trump's visit to Africa is seen by some observers as an effort to mend fences after her husband's reported comment that the continent contained "shithole" countries.
World Media
EU's Juncker hopes for Brexit deal in November
Deadlines in European Union talks are notoriously elastic, and Mr Juncker told Austrian media that if an agreement was not reached at the 17 and 18 October summit, he was confident it could be done in November. "We will be setting forwards those proposals". "When it comes to the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, we are sticking to the point of view we have expressed so many times - Ireland first", Juncker said, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
World Media
Turkey summons Saudi envoy over missing writer
Saudi Arabia's consulate-general in Istanbul said in a statement that Mr. Khashoggi had left the consulate building, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , said during a televised news conference on Wednesday (Thursday NZT) that "the information we have is that the Saudi citizen in question is still in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul ".