BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 3:05 p.m. Russia's defense ministry says it will treat U.S.-led
coalition planes in Syria, west of the Euphrates River, as targets
after the U.S. military shot down a Syrian Air Force jet on Sunday. Moscow has condemned the U.S. downing of the Syrian government fighter jet after it dropped bombs nears U.S. partner forces. The Russian defense ministry says in a statement
that, starting Monday, it will track all jets and drones of the U.S.-led
coalition west of the Euphrates and treat them as targets. The ministry also called on the U.S. military to provide a full account of why it decided to shoot down the Syrian SU-22. Russia, a key backer of Syrian President Bashar
Assad, has been providing an air cover to the government's offensive on
the Islamic State group since 2015. ___ 2:40 p.m. Russia's defense ministry says it is suspending
coordination with the United States in Syria over so-called
"de-confliction zones" after the Americans downed a Syrian government
fighter jet. The United States and Russia, which has been
providing an air cover for Syria's President Bashar Assad since 2015 in
his offensive against the Islamic State group, have a standing agreement
that should prevent in-the-air incidents involving U.S. and Russia jets
engaged in operations in Syria. The Russian defense ministry said in a statement on
Monday that it was suspending the deal after the U.S. military confirmed
that it downed a Syrian Air Force fighter jet on Sunday after it
dropped bombs near U.S. partner forces. The ministry says it views the incident as
Washington's "deliberate failure to make good on its commitments" under
the de-confliction deal. ___ 12:30 p.m. A top Russian diplomat has condemned the United
States for shooting down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet the previous day
as an act of "aggression." The U.S. military confirmed a U.S. F-18 Super Hornet
shot down Sunday a Syrian SU-22 after it dropped bombs near the U.S.
partner forces, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, aligned with the
Americans in the fight against the Islamic State group. Russia has been a staunch supporter of Syria's
beleaguered President Bashar Assad and has been providing an air cover
for this offensive since 2015. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told
Russian news agencies on Monday that the downing was akin to "helping
the terrorists that the U.S. is fighting against." Ryabkov asks: "What is this, if not an act of aggression?" Related:
According to an
eyewitness, the suspect – a 48-year-old who was detained by onlookers
before being arrested by police – screamed “I’m going to kill all
Muslims” before he was tackled to the floor outside the Muslim Welfare
House on Seven Sisters Road.
Abdulrahman Saleh
Alamoudi said he was among a group of people helping an elderly
worshipper who had fallen down, possibly due to the heat, when the van swerved towards them.
Abdikadar Warfa said he helped detain the alleged mosque attacker (PA)
He told BuzzFeed News: “This big van just came and went all over us.
“I think at least
eight or 10 people got injured. Luckily I managed to escape. And then
the guy came out of his van and I got him.
“He was screaming, he was saying, ‘I’m going to kill all Muslims, I’m going to kill all Muslims’. He was throwing punches.
“Then we managed to get him on the floor. Then he was saying, ‘Kill me, kill me’.
“I said, ‘We are not going to kill you. Why did you do that?’ He wouldn’t say anything.”
Another witness, Abdikadar Warfa, told how he helped to detain the suspect while his friends helped victims.
The attacker ploughed into pedestrians near the Finsbury Park mosque (PA)
He said: ”I saw a man underneath the van. He was bleeding.
“My friend said he had to lift the van, I was busy with a man who tried to escape.
“My friend said he said some words, but I didn’t hear it.”
Speaking about the victims of the attack, he added: “They were mostly young. They are very bad.
“I tried to stop him (the suspect), some people were hitting him but I said stop him and keep him until the police came.
Armed police stand guard after pedestrians were ploughed into (PA)
“He was trying to run away but people overpowered him. He was fighting to run away.”
Mr Salah Alamoudi said he had also helped to hold the suspect on the ground for up to half an hour before police arrived.
He said: ”The guy, I had to keep him at least half an hour. He was a strong guy. A big man.
“It was heartbreaking. It wasn’t an accident.”
One resident told the Press Association he jumped out of the way as the van struck pedestrians.
At least 10 people are said to have been injured in the incident, which has so far resulted in one death (PA)
The man, who did
not want to be named, said: “The gentleman went straight down this road,
people were just conversing, talking, just doing what we’re doing. And
he just came into all of us.
“There was a lot of people. We got told to move straight away. I was shocked, shocked, shocked. There were bodies around me.
“Thank God I just moved to the side, I just jumped. Everyone is hurt. Everyone is actually hurt.”
Another witness to the aftermath of the attack, Ratip Alsulaimen, said he was nearby when alerted by a friend.
Locals observe prayers at the scene of the attack (PA)
He said: “When I came I saw ambulance people taking people to the ambulance. I think between eight to 10 people were taken away.
“There was an old
man – about 60 years old – I don’t know if he’s alive or dead. There
were other people, mid-30 to 40. There are men and women.
“We are shocked
when we heard the news because we were just having a good time. We were
praying for peace and for Grenfell Tower.
“When we heard this we were actually shocked.”
Police declared it a terrorist incident within eight minutes. Speaking after she chaired a meeting of the
Government’s Cobra emergencies committee, the Prime Minister said the
attack was “every bit as insidious and destructive to our values and our
way of life” as the recent string of terror attacks apparently
motivated by Islamist extremism. “We will stop at nothing to defeat it,” she added. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said: “This is being treated as a terrorist attack.” He said eight people are in hospital and two others were treated at the scene. All of the casualties were Muslims, he added. Communities and Local Government Secretary
Sajid Javid visited the scene and was seen comforting a woman, who was
visibly shaking, outside the police cordon. He paused to speak with her
as she wiped away tears with a tissue. Mr Javid condemned what he described as an attack on innocent people.
Top pic: PA
Newt Gingrich says Trump has a 'compulsion to counterattack'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Trump's tweet asserting that he's under investigation for firing FBI Director James Comey wasn't helpful to the president. "Trump has a compulsion to counterattack, and is very
pugnacious," Gingrich, a strong ally of Trump, told ABC News' "This
Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview Sunday. "I don't think it serves him well. I don't think that tweet helped him." But, the former GOP House Speaker added, Trump "is
infuriated, and legitimately, in my judgment, by this whole Russian
baloney.”Gingrich was referring to a tweet by Trump on Friday that
appeared to confirm that the president is under investigation in the
Russia probe. “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt," Trump tweeted. The president seemed to be referring to Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who wrote a memo detailing what he saw
as concerns about Comey's leadership of the FBI immediately prior to
Trump's firing him on May 9. In the letter to Comey informing him of his
dismissal, the president said he was acting on a recommendation from
Rosenstein. A few days later, however, in a May 11 interview, Trump told
NBC News he was thinking of the Russia investigation when he ultimately
made the decision to dismiss Comey. Raddatz asked Gingrich on Sunday if the president has lost confidence in Rosenstein who, after Comey's dismissal, appointed Bob Mueller
as special counsel in charge of the FBI's investigation of Russian
interference in the U.S. election and possible ties to Trump
associates.Gingrich didn't directly respond. "I think he's furious," Gingrich said of the
president. "I think Trump sits there and says, 'Let me get this
straight, I know I didn't do anything with the Russians. Comey has said
three times I didn't do anything with the Russians. Nobody on Capitol Hill
has any proof I did anything with the Russians. And now I get an
independent counsel who is going to mess up at least the next year.'" Referring to an ABC News report
that Rosenstein has said he may need to recuse himself from having
authority over the Russia probe, Raddatz asked Gingrich if the deputy
attorney general should take that action. "No," Gingrich said. "I think this whole game of recusal now is -- this is a nightmare." Trump says he is under investigation for firing James Comey Trump earned more at Mar-a-Lago, from 'Art of the Deal,' financial disclosure form shows
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Box Office: 'Cars 3' Beats 'Wonder Woman' With $53.5M; 'All Eyez on Me' Nabs $27M
Despite signs of franchise fatigue, Pixar and Disney's Cars 3 dominated the road at the North American box office. The threequel opened to an estimated $53.5 million from 4,256 theaters, enough to beat ruling champ Wonder Woman. Overseas, Cars 3 debuted to $21.3 million from its first handful of territories for a global start of $74.8 million. Make no mistake, Wonder Woman continued to
impress, falling a scant 30 percent in the U.S. to $40.8 million for a
domestic total of $274.6 million. The Warner Bros. movie, directed by
Patty Jenkins, enjoyed one of the best third weekends in history for a
superhero film and topped the $500 million mark globally. Cars 3 nabbed an A CinemaScore. That means
all 18 Pixar films have received some variation of the top grade. It is
also the 16th Pixar film to open at No. 1. At the same time, Cars 3 came in 19 percent behind the $66.1 million debut of Cars 2 in 2011 on its way to earning $562.1 million worldwide. Cars, which
hit theaters in 2006, opened to $60.1 million in its North American
debut before topping out at $462.2 million worldwide. The threequel follows the legendary Lightning McQueen
(Owen Wilson) as he's pushed out of the sport he loves by a new
generation of blazing-fast racers. He enlists the help of a young race
technician (voice of Cristela Alonzo) to help him get back in the game. The other big headline of the weekend was the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me, directed by Benny Boom. The movie, landing at No. 3, came in ahead expectations with $27.1 million from 2,471 theaters. Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films partnered with Lionsgate
on the movie, which was released on what would have been the iconic
rapper's 46th birthday. Named after Shakur's fourth studio album, the
movie includes over a dozen songs from his music catalog.
The biopic, starring Demetrius Shipp Jr.,
grabbed an A CinemaScore. The cast also includes Kat Graham, who plays
Jada Pinkett-Smith, who was close to Shukar. (Pinkett-Smith says the movie is "deeply hurtful.") The Mummy followed at No. 4 with $1.9 million from 4,034 locations for a domestic total of $5.5 through Sunday. The news was rough for Sony's raunchy female comedy, Rough Night.
The R-rated movie fell flat with $8.1 million from 3,162 theaters. The
$20 millionmovie stars Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer, Kate McKinnon,
Jillian Bell and Zoë Kravitz as a group of friends who gather for a
weekend-long bachelorette bash. Lucia Aniello helmed the film, and is
the first female director in two decades to direct an R-rated movie. In a surprise upset, Rough Night was beat by the femme-centric shark thriller 47 Meters Down,
starring Mandy Moore and Claire Holt. The film, the first major title
from Byron Allen's distribution venture Entertainment Studios, grossed
$11 million from 2,270 theaters to land at No. 5. Rough Night received a C-plus CinemaScore, and 47 Meters, a C. Watch: Cars 3 Cast Explains Why There Are No Humans Around
Big League Stew
Red Sox fan tells on Astros fan who interfered with ball
Sometimes, you have to look out for No. 1. No one
wants to leave a baseball game early, particularly when it isn’t by
choice. So when one young Boston Red Sox fan found himself potentially
facing a wrongful ejection after interfering with a ball, he did what he
needed to do in order to keep watching the game. He pointed out the
real culprit.
The exchange took place in the bottom of the second
inning during Saturday’s game against the Houston Astros. With two outs,
George Springer hit a 3-2 pitch just barely fair over the third base
bag. The ball bounced into foul territory after it passed the bag and
headed toward the wall in left. When it reached the wall, one Astros fan reached down
and made contact with the ball. The play was ruled dead and Springer
was rewarded a double on fan interference. When Xander Bogaerts came over to retrieve the ball,
one young Red Sox fan had to let him know he wasn’t responsible for
letting Springer pick up a double. He pointed out the Astros fan who
touched the ball. He told on him. He tattled.
This Red Sox fan was just protecting himself after one fan interfered with a ball. (MLB.com Screenshot)
It didn’t take long for security to get
involved. A few moments later, they came down to the section looking for
the guilty party. It wasn’t tough to find him, especially after he was
pointed out to everyone. He slinked off with security. We’re guessing he
did not return. In the end, the young Red Sox fan’s actions
didn’t really matter. Security has the resources to review tape. They
knew exactly who they were after before they even went down to the front
row. The guilty party would have be apprehended either way. Maybe they had some help, but so what? It was
only the second inning, and the Red Sox fan wanted to stay at the game.
He may not have been rewarded with a win, as the Red Sox lost 7-1, but he did get a ball from Bogaerts and got to see all nine innings. Not a bad day at the ballpark, honestly. More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports:
The PC market has been
in freefall for some time. With the proliferation of smartphones and
tablets, consumers have found fewer reasons to upgrade their years-old
computers for newer, more powerful models.
But that isn’t stopping Microsoft (MSFT) from jumping headlong into the fray with its very first laptop conveniently named the Surface Laptop, which went on sale worldwide on June 15. So what makes the Windows maker think it can thrive in a market that’s slowly falling apart?
Simple: There will always be a need for laptops.
That’s according to Microsoft Corporate Vice President Panos Panay, the man behind the company’s Surface line.
“This is a classic
form factor,” Pana said. “The laptop is not going anywhere, and it’s a
product that people use every day, in and out to get done what they need
to create to produce.”
The Surface Laptop,
which starts at $999 with an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a
128GB solid-state drive, is certainly an elegantly designed device. The
notebook’s industrial styling is offset by the Alcantara fabric covering
its keyboard deck, which serves as a comfortable perch for your wrists
as your type.
A laptop built for safety
But the Surface Laptop isn’t your standard computer. In addition to serving as a competitor for Apple’s (AAPL)MacBook and MacBook Air, the Surface Laptop is being marketed to students and teachers as a means to compete with Google’s (GOOG,GOOGL) Chromebooks.
To that end, the
Surface Laptop comes loaded with a special version of Windows 10 called
Windows 10 S. Unlike the standard version of Windows 10, 10 S locks you
down to the apps already on the computer and those available through
Microsoft’s Windows Store.
That means you can’t download things like Google’s Chrome browser, since Google doesn’t have a Chrome app in the Windows Store.
The Microsoft Surface Laptop has an elegant, industrial design.
Panay says there’s a reason for that kind of restriction: safety.
“We brought
Windows 10 S to market with this product because we wanted a streamlined
experience, because people want security. They want more battery — our
customers demand it,” Panay said. “We think this is a perfect
opportunity to bring a product like this to market.”
Microsoft isn’t offering Windows 10 S as an option for the Surface Laptop, though. Instead, 10 S will be the sole operating system you can purchase with the computer.
If you want
fewer restrictions, you’ll also be able to quickly update to the full
version of Windows 10 for free until Dec. 31. After that you’ll have to
pay $50 to upgrade the OS.
A confusing situation?
But selling a laptop without a full version of Windows 10 could confuse consumers. That, however, doesn’t concern Panay.
“When they use
[the Surface Laptop], when people use, it I think Windows 10 S is going
to delight a lot of people,” Panay said. “This is a product that when
you get into it, it gives you everything you need.
“Now, the
ideal situation is you get to stay in 10 S, we can make sure you’re as
secure as you can possibly be, you get all of that battery life, and
everything is verified through the Windows Store which is great,” he
explained.
The entire family of Microsoft Surface Laptops.
Still, Panay said, Microsoft understands if people decide to leave Windows 10 S.
“Where people will go, I think we’ll wait and see, but I think we’re going see a lot of adoption of Windows 10 S.”
Will
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop bring about a sort of renaissance for the PC
market? Will it be able to dethrone Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Air? And
how will consumers respond to Windows 10 S? We’ll find out soon enough.
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