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Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons.

Caliph Wannabe is Trump’s friend A month before invading Kurdish areas in Syria, Turkey’s president said he “cannot accept” the West’s restrictions that keep him from a bomb.

Pence, Erdogan, Kurdish SDF agree to 120-hour ceasefire in Syria

5 days to leave your families, homes, friends and leave them to whim of Turks – what a deal? On with the genocide in 120 hours!

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US Vice President Mike Pence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the commander of the Kurdish SDF forces agreed to a five-day ceasefire in the military offensive in northeastern Syria.

‘He was in it for the people’: Baltimore mourns Elijah Cummings

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Residents noted how the late congressman, who returned home to his community every night, had risen to national significance and touched their lives

Baltimore is mourning Elijah Cummings, a US congressman who returned home to his community every night and was among its most prominent champions.

“No!” exclaimed Shauntee Daniels, the executive director of the Baltimore National Heritage Area, throwing her head back in dismay at learning the news. “I’m so sorry to hear that. He was absolutely loved by the people he represented. He understood the benefit of preserving Baltimore’s history for current generations and future generations.”

Related: ‘America lost a giant’: Elijah Cummings’ sudden death prompts warm tributes

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Zuckerberg defends Facebook as bastion of ‘free expression’ in speech

ROTFLMAO!!!

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CEO faces quick backlash over highlighted policies, including on hate speech and voter suppression

Mark Zuckerberg touted Facebook as a champion of “free expression” in a wide-sweeping speech, offering a staunch defense of the social media giant following several rocky years characterized by allegations against the platform of censorship and bias.

Speaking at Georgetown University on Thursday, the Facebook CEO invoked Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr and Black Lives Matter as a means of positioning Facebook as a champion for freedom of speech.

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Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses

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Documents seen by Guardian show fresh attack on university debate under the guise of prohibiting antisemitism

Rightwing activists are attempting to spread new laws across Republican-controlled states that would ban criticism on public university campuses of Israel and its occupation of Palestinian territory.

Related: Resigning MP claims Corbyn has failed to tackle Labour antisemitism

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US marine in classic Iwo Jima photo was wrongly identified, historians find

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Military confirms identity of Harold ‘Pie’ Keller, three years after the discovery of another misidentified figure in the image

It’s a case of mistaken identity for a celebrated second world war photograph: six troops raise up an American flag in Iwo Jima, Japan. The photo has been printed in history books, displayed in museums, and even won a Pulitzer Prize. But for over 70 years, one of the figures appears to have been misidentified.

Three historians established that for seven decades, Cpl Harold “Pie” Keller has wrongly been identified as Pfc Rene Gagnon in the 23 February 1945 photo.

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