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http://ift.tt/2s800DO Joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill have been accused of showing “complacency and hubris” PHOTO: Rick Findle/PA:Press Association British Prime Minister Theresa May’s two closest aides announced their resignations Saturday after a crushing electoral setback that left her authority in tatters. Senior members of the ruling Conservative party had reportedly made the departure of Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill a condition of allowing May to stay on after losing her parliamentary majority in Thursday’s vote. But it will be another blow to the prime minister, who has been heavily reliant on their advice and support since her previous job at the interior ministry. Timothy said he had resigned on Friday after the result was confirmed, and took responsibility for the Conservative manifesto, including a botched plan for elderly social care that caused a major backlash. But he wrote on the ConservativeHome website: “The reason for the disappointing re...

http://ift.tt/2r8Zne0 < Previous 1 of 10 Next > Argentina’s Lionel Messi (L) fights for the ball with Brazil’s Jose Paulo Maciel Junior during their friendly international football match between Brazil and Argentina at the MCG in Melbourne on June 9, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Mal Fairclough / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE Brazil's Gabriel Jesus attacks Argentina goalpost during their friendly international football match between Brazil and Argentina at the MCG in Melbourne on June 9, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE Argentina's gaollkeeper Sergio German Romero (L) makes a save against Brazil's Renato Augusto during their friendly international football match between Brazil and Argentina at the MCG in Melbourne on June 9, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus is carried off the fie...

http://ift.tt/2sHeAju A handout photo made available by the Saudi press Agency (SPA), shows Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (L) meeting with King of Bahrain Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa in Jeddah on June 7, 2017.<br />Saudi Arabia and allies including the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on June 5 cut diplomatic ties with fellow GCC state Qatar over claims Doha supports extremism. / AFP PHOTO / SPA / BANDAR AL-JALOUD / Bahrain Thursday followed the United Arab Emirates in announcing that expressing sympathy for Qatar over sanctions imposed by its Gulf neighbours was an offence punishable by a lengthy jail term. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on Monday cut diplomatic ties with Qatar over accusations that the emirate is a champion of extremist groups in the region. Qatar firmly denies the allegations. “Any expression of sympathy with the government of Qatar or opposition to the measures taken by the government of Bahrain, whether through social media, ...

http://ift.tt/2rvBp9H Andrea Pirlo Juventus and Italy legend Andrea Pirlo has told his former team-mates to win Saturday’s Champions League final for him. “Here we are: Juve-Real in the Champions League final. I say ‘we’ because even if this time I will not be on the pitch, I will be the number one supporter,” the veteran midfielder wrote in a column for La Stampa, the daily based in Juventus’s home city of Turin. Now playing for New York City FC, Pirlo said he would be racing home after his new club’s MLS clash with Philadelphia to watch the final on television. “I don’t think I’ll be able to sit still,” he wrote. Pirlo won four Italian titles in his 2011-15 stint at Juventus. He was part of the side that lost the 2015 final to Barcelona and the pain lingers still. “Sometimes I think back to that night two years ago in Berlin. When you lose a final you find yourself back there in your mind and you’d love to play it again. Unfortunately for me, I can’t do that, but I’m ha...

http://ift.tt/2qJCE8f This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 22, 2017 shows North Korean ground-to-ground medium-to-long range strategic ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 being launched in a test-fire. North Korea on May 22 declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the latest step in its quest to defy UN sanctions and develop a weapon capable of striking US targets.STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP Moscow on Friday said it will not veto a UN resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea, despite Kremlin ire over fresh US punitive measures that hit Russian firms. The United States has presented a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday that would hit North Korea over with new sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, diplomats said. The text — drafted in agreement with China, traditionally Pyongyang’s sole diplomatic and military ally — was expected to be submi...

http://ift.tt/2qN8Kzy The convener of Live Your Dream Africa, Bankole Williams After successfully hosting four editions, organisers of Live Your Dreams Africa conference said the fifth edition would hold on May 20 at The Eventistry, Lekki Phase I, Lagos State. Live Your Dreams Africa Conference is an annual event convened by one of Nigeria’s foremost management consultants and speakers- Bankole Williams, founder of LYD Consulting. Since 2013, this conference has been instrumental to the growth and transformation of over 4,000 young professionals and this year, organisers said they hoped to reach over 2,500 upwardly mobile young professionals. The theme for this edition is The EVOLUTION and the carefully selected panellists are men and women of renown and great societal impact. They, through their careers, businesses and initiatives, embody this theme. They include Bolanle Austen-Peters, Debola Williams, Bez, Desmond Elliot, Mai Atafo, Ebuka, Yewande Zaccheaus, Timaya, Eloho...

http://ift.tt/2qgudiy A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 8, 2017, shows the first batch of militants and some of their family members leaving from Damascus' Barzeh neighbourhood following a deal to evacuate the area. Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating from a district of Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the capital. HO / SANA / AFP At least 1,500 civilians and rebels evacuated an opposition district in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital. The evacuations from the Qabun district in northeast Damascus follow similar departures from the Barzeh and Tishrin neighbourhoods earlier this week. An AFP correspondent inside Qabun saw around a dozen white buses carrying out residents and fighters in the morning, after a deal for the neighbourhood was announced late Saturday following heavy fighting....