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| Clinton cleared but wounded in email inquiry | Clinton cleared but wounded in email inquiry |
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| UK Iraq war inquiry denounces Tony Blair | UK Iraq war inquiry denounces Tony Blair |
| A long-awaited official report into the Iraq war has been published in London and delivers a crushing verdict on the former prime minister Tony Blair, accusing him of deliberately exaggerating the Iraq threat. The report concludes that the 2003 invasion was not a “last resort”, Saddam Hussein posed “no imminent threat”, preparations were “wholly inadequate”, and Britain chose to join the US invasion before peaceful options had been exhausted. In a previously unpublished memo from July 2002, Blair told George W Bush: “I will be with you, whatever.” A total of 179 British soldiers, along with 4,491 US service members and 150,000 Iraqis, died over the course of the 11-year conflict. The Chilcot inquiry, named for author Sir John Chilcot, sheds light on US-UK consultations, as the well as wide-ranging failures of the UK intelligence services, including the so-called “dodgy dossier” used to “sex up” the case for war. The Bush administration repeatedly overrode advice from the UK on how to oversee Iraq after the invasion, including how to address the involvement of the United Nations, the control of Iraqi oil money and the extent to which better security should be put at the heart of the military operation, the Chilcot inquiry concludes. | A long-awaited official report into the Iraq war has been published in London and delivers a crushing verdict on the former prime minister Tony Blair, accusing him of deliberately exaggerating the Iraq threat. The report concludes that the 2003 invasion was not a “last resort”, Saddam Hussein posed “no imminent threat”, preparations were “wholly inadequate”, and Britain chose to join the US invasion before peaceful options had been exhausted. In a previously unpublished memo from July 2002, Blair told George W Bush: “I will be with you, whatever.” A total of 179 British soldiers, along with 4,491 US service members and 150,000 Iraqis, died over the course of the 11-year conflict. The Chilcot inquiry, named for author Sir John Chilcot, sheds light on US-UK consultations, as the well as wide-ranging failures of the UK intelligence services, including the so-called “dodgy dossier” used to “sex up” the case for war. The Bush administration repeatedly overrode advice from the UK on how to oversee Iraq after the invasion, including how to address the involvement of the United Nations, the control of Iraqi oil money and the extent to which better security should be put at the heart of the military operation, the Chilcot inquiry concludes. |
| Chilcot delivers crushing verdict on Blair and the Iraq war | Chilcot delivers crushing verdict on Blair and the Iraq war |
| Earlier, Chilcot said he hoped the report – which is five times the length of Tolstoy’s War and Peace – would ensure that Britain did not go to war in the future without a more thorough assessment of the potential disadvantages. Here we look at the divergent post-conflict fates of the war’s architects, Blair and Bush; Jonathan Freedland examines the importance of the Chilcot report; and Joshua Rozenberg says the inquiry has left the door open for Blair to be prosecuted. Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, said he believed there “must now be a consideration of what political or legal consequences are appropriate for those responsible”. In response, Blair said he still believed it had been “better to remove Saddam Hussein”. Here is a summary of the Chilcot report. | Earlier, Chilcot said he hoped the report – which is five times the length of Tolstoy’s War and Peace – would ensure that Britain did not go to war in the future without a more thorough assessment of the potential disadvantages. Here we look at the divergent post-conflict fates of the war’s architects, Blair and Bush; Jonathan Freedland examines the importance of the Chilcot report; and Joshua Rozenberg says the inquiry has left the door open for Blair to be prosecuted. Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, said he believed there “must now be a consideration of what political or legal consequences are appropriate for those responsible”. In response, Blair said he still believed it had been “better to remove Saddam Hussein”. Here is a summary of the Chilcot report. |
| Bush, Blair and the Chilcot report: the diverging fates of Iraq war orchestrators | Bush, Blair and the Chilcot report: the diverging fates of Iraq war orchestrators |
| Clinton and Obama campaign together after FBI recommends no charges in email inquiry | Clinton and Obama campaign together after FBI recommends no charges in email inquiry |
| The FBI director, James Comey, chastised Hillary Clinton for the “extremely careless” way in which she handled emails on her private server while she was secretary of state, but Comey in effect lifted the threat of criminal charges in the matter by recommending none should be brought. It was widely believed a criminal indictment could have wrecked Clinton’s election prospects. Comey said “it is possible that hostile actors gained access” to the server situated at the Clintons’ home in Chappaqua, New York. Hours later, Clinton and Barack Obama campaigned together in North Carolina. “Nothing makes for a quicker getaway after a narrow brush with the law than Air Force One,” writes Dan Roberts. Meanwhile, Donald Trump weighed in on the FBI decision, saying “The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment.” And in day two of our Voices of America series, we reveal that despite Trump’s denial of climate change, at the Republican presidential contender’s Palm Beach estate and the other properties that bear his name in south Florida, the water is already creeping up bridges and advancing on access roads, lawns and beaches because of sea-level rise. | The FBI director, James Comey, chastised Hillary Clinton for the “extremely careless” way in which she handled emails on her private server while she was secretary of state, but Comey in effect lifted the threat of criminal charges in the matter by recommending none should be brought. It was widely believed a criminal indictment could have wrecked Clinton’s election prospects. Comey said “it is possible that hostile actors gained access” to the server situated at the Clintons’ home in Chappaqua, New York. Hours later, Clinton and Barack Obama campaigned together in North Carolina. “Nothing makes for a quicker getaway after a narrow brush with the law than Air Force One,” writes Dan Roberts. Meanwhile, Donald Trump weighed in on the FBI decision, saying “The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment.” And in day two of our Voices of America series, we reveal that despite Trump’s denial of climate change, at the Republican presidential contender’s Palm Beach estate and the other properties that bear his name in south Florida, the water is already creeping up bridges and advancing on access roads, lawns and beaches because of sea-level rise. |
| FBI rebukes Clinton but recommends ‘no charges’ in email investigation | FBI rebukes Clinton but recommends ‘no charges’ in email investigation |
| Pistorious sentenced to six years for murder | Pistorious sentenced to six years for murder |
| Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. Pistorius, 29, was initially convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years. After an appeal by state prosecutors, he was convicted of murder last year, a crime which carries a mandatory sentence of 15 years. But the judge in the case said the athlete was “genuinely remorseful”. Doup De Bruyn, a lawyer who has represented the Steenkamp family, acknowledged their disappointment. “There is nothing [the family] can do about the sentence. Nothing will bring Reeva back. The best thing to do is to maintain a dignified silence.” | Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. Pistorius, 29, was initially convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years. After an appeal by state prosecutors, he was convicted of murder last year, a crime which carries a mandatory sentence of 15 years. But the judge in the case said the athlete was “genuinely remorseful”. Doup De Bruyn, a lawyer who has represented the Steenkamp family, acknowledged their disappointment. “There is nothing [the family] can do about the sentence. Nothing will bring Reeva back. The best thing to do is to maintain a dignified silence.” |
| Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years in jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder | Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years in jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder |
| Louisiana officers suspended amid protests after black man’s death | Louisiana officers suspended amid protests after black man’s death |
| Overnight protests have been staged in Baton Rouge and two Louisiana policemen placed on administrative leave after an unarmed black man was shot “four to six times” in the chest and back following an altercation with police outside a convenience store. Video posted on Twitter appeared to show Alton Sterling, 37, lying on the ground with two officers holding him down while he was shot. The store’s owner, Abdul Muflahi, told WAFB-TV that the first officer used a Taser on Sterling and the second officer tackled the man. He said that as Sterling fought to get the officer off him, the first officer shot him “four to six times”. Sterling’s death brings the number of people killed by police in the US in 2016 to 558. | Overnight protests have been staged in Baton Rouge and two Louisiana policemen placed on administrative leave after an unarmed black man was shot “four to six times” in the chest and back following an altercation with police outside a convenience store. Video posted on Twitter appeared to show Alton Sterling, 37, lying on the ground with two officers holding him down while he was shot. The store’s owner, Abdul Muflahi, told WAFB-TV that the first officer used a Taser on Sterling and the second officer tackled the man. He said that as Sterling fought to get the officer off him, the first officer shot him “four to six times”. Sterling’s death brings the number of people killed by police in the US in 2016 to 558. |
| Protests in Baton Rouge after Louisiana police shoot Alton Sterling dead | Protests in Baton Rouge after Louisiana police shoot Alton Sterling dead |
| Ronaldo and Bale, two of soccer’s great players, go head-to-head | Ronaldo and Bale, two of soccer’s great players, go head-to-head |
| Wales and Portugal face off in the Euro 2016 semi-finals today in a match that could be decided by the skills of their respective star players, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. Barney Ronay writes that an outsider might be forgiven for thinking the match was “some kind of celebrity cage fight. King Meringue versus the Welsh Prince, with a supporting cast to pass the towels and hold the spit bucket.” Statistically, they’re neck-and-neck, with both teams scoring 12 goals in the tournament and three of these from Bale and Ronaldo. | Wales and Portugal face off in the Euro 2016 semi-finals today in a match that could be decided by the skills of their respective star players, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. Barney Ronay writes that an outsider might be forgiven for thinking the match was “some kind of celebrity cage fight. King Meringue versus the Welsh Prince, with a supporting cast to pass the towels and hold the spit bucket.” Statistically, they’re neck-and-neck, with both teams scoring 12 goals in the tournament and three of these from Bale and Ronaldo. |
| How Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo devote their talent to their teams | How Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo devote their talent to their teams |
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| Amazon’s progress toward an army of helpful robots is one step closer: a prize for the best warehouse-working “picker” machine has gone to a robot designed by a team from TU Delft Robotics Institute and Delft Robotics, both based in the Netherlands. | Amazon’s progress toward an army of helpful robots is one step closer: a prize for the best warehouse-working “picker” machine has gone to a robot designed by a team from TU Delft Robotics Institute and Delft Robotics, both based in the Netherlands. |
| Amazon moves one step closer toward army of warehouse robots | Amazon moves one step closer toward army of warehouse robots |