| Leader of Britain's UKIP faces calls to quit over girlfriend's remarks Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:46 AM PST ![Leader of Britain's UKIP faces calls to quit over girlfriend's remarks]( "Leader of Britain's UKIP faces calls to quit over girlfriend's remarks") The leader of Britain's eurosceptic UK Independence Party faced calls on Sunday to stand down after a newspaper published racist messages sent by his girlfriend about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle. Last year, Henry Bolton was the fourth leader in a year to be appointed to the helm of UKIP, a party which helped bring about a Brexit vote. The Mail on Sunday published a series of messages sent by Jo Marney to a friend in which she made offensive comments about Markle and black people.
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| Iran oil tanker explodes off coast of China with no survivors Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:53 AM PST ![Iran oil tanker explodes off coast of China with no survivors]( "Iran oil tanker explodes off coast of China with no survivors") A burning Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank Sunday after more than a week listing off the coast of China, as an Iranian official acknowledged there was "no hope" of missing sailors surviving the disaster. The collision and disaster of the Sanchi, which carried 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis, had transfixed an Iran still reeling from days of protests and unrest that swept the country at the start of the year. Families of the sailors wept and screamed at the headquarters of the National Iranian Tanker Co. in Tehran, the private company that owns the Sanchi.
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| Israel destroys tunnel from Gaza it says intended for attacks Posted: 14 Jan 2018 08:14 AM PST  Israel said Sunday it used a combination of air strikes and other means to destroy a tunnel stretching from the Gaza Strip into the country and continuing into Egypt. Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus said the tunnel belonged to Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, and was intended for attacks as opposed to smuggling. It ran underneath the main goods crossing between Israel and the blockaded Gaza Strip -- known as Kerem Shalom -- as well as gas and fuel pipelines, he said.
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| In Terrifying Close Call, Plane Skids Off Turkish Runway And Nearly Plunges Into Black Sea Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:51 AM PST  Terrifying images captured Saturday night at Trabzon airport on Turkey's northeast coast showed a passenger plane teetering precariously on a steep slope, its nose pointing toward the waters of the Black Sea below, after the jet skidded off the runway as it was attempting to land.
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| Turkey says it will oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, Syria Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:25 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey's president vowed to oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, northern Syria, on Saturday as Syrian rebels also said they are bracing for such an operation.
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| Hawaii missile alert: Donald Trump has not responded to false alarm but has tweeted about Michael Wolff's book Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:17 AM PST  Donald Trump is yet to issue a public response to an emergency alert warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack which was mistakenly sent to Hawaii's residents. Instead, in his first public comments since the blunder, the US President took to Twitter to attack "fake news" for promoting the "mentally deranged author" Michael Wolff and his "fake book" Fire and Fury. Mr Trump has also been criticised for wrapping up a round of golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while panicked Hawaiians scrambled to find shelter.
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| Whistleblower Manning seeks US Senate seat Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:07 AM PST  Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking classified information, is seeking election in the US state of Maryland, a document seen on Saturday says. The Federal Election Commission document, filed Thursday, lists Chelsea Elizabeth Manning of North Bethesda, Maryland, as a Democratic candidate for the United States senate. Manning, now 30, was an army intelligence analyst sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking more than 700,000 classified documents related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| The Latest: Hawaii governor apologizes for false alert Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:04 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a missile threat mistakenly sent by Hawaii officials (all times local):
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| Ballistic missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:29 PM PST ![Ballistic missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities]( "Ballistic missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities") By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU (Reuters) - An emergency alert was sent mistakenly on Saturday to Hawaii's residents warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack when an employee at the state emergency management agency pushed the "wrong button," Hawaii's governor said. State officials and the U.S. military's Pacific Command confirmed that there was no actual threat to the state. The mistaken alert stated: "EMERGENCY ALERT BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII.
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| Hawaii panics after false alert of incoming missile Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:14 PM PST  The erroneous message came after months of soaring tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, with North Korea saying it has successfully tested ballistic missiles that could deliver atomic warheads to the United States, including the chain of volcanic islands. "I deeply apologize for the trouble and heartbreak that we caused today," said Vern Miyagi, administrator of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency.
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