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Marine Le Pen loses immunity over graphic ISIS-related tweets
Prosecutors launched a probe in December, 2015 over the graphic pictures that the French National Front (FN) leader posted on social media, which included the decapitated body of U.S. The tweets were posted in response to a journalist whom Le Pen accused of likening her anti-immigrant National Front (FN) party to ISIS. Le Pen has not yet commented on Thursday's decision to lift her immunity, which only applies to the investigation into her tweets.
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President Trump addressing Newport News shipyard, expected to talk defense spending
President Trump meets with sailors and shipbuilders aboard the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET in Newport News, Va.to promote his plan for building up the USA military. During the campaign, Trump expressed support for a 350 ship Navy . The timeline and the exact cost of the buildup is unclear. "But if we do, they're in big trouble", Trump said before an audience of Navy sailors and civilian shipbuilders.
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Padraig Harrington backs Rory McIlroy's decision to play with President Trump
The Northern Irishman had posted a statement on Twitter defending his decision and claimed he had been branded "a fascist and a bigot" for associating with the 45th President of the U.S., who divides opinion in his homeland and overseas. At a press conference yesterday McIlroy said: "I was just doing what I felt was respectful". "When you get offered by the president of the United States to go and play a game of golf, it's very hard to say no".
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Trump delays travel ban, Iraq likely to be excluded
Trump will target a handful of Obama-era green regulations, including a federal coal mining ban and an initiative forcing states to cut carbon emissions, in an executive order as soon as next week, a White House official tells Reuters . "What we are doing is now in the implementation phase of working with the respective departments and agencies to make sure that when we execute this, it's done in a manner that's flawless", Spicer said last Thursday.
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Saudi king visits Indonesia with 500 tons of luggage
Hishammuddin, who was the Minister-in-Attendance during the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, said he, himself, had reviewed the cooperation and the Malaysian Chief of Navy was handling the details. The king met Indonesian President Joko Widodo at a military airbase in Jakarta , where he landed, and was escorted along a red carpet flanked by guards to a limousine.
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With June visit, Modi will be first Indian PM in Israel
The Secretary said that to mark the 25 years of diplomatic ties, a series of events were being organised both in India and Israel These include exchange of high-level political visits and visits by business delegations. Modi's visit, it is understood, is being anxiously awaited in Israel, given the "close chemistry" he has with his Israeli counterpart. The team won the tournament, held across India from January 28 to February 12, after defeating Pakistan in the final match in Bengaluru.