Maybe it would be better to let Venezuela settle its own affairs rather than launch another wag the dog intervention. Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido said on Saturday he had met with government officials to convince them of the need for new elections, after a lawmaker said a meeting took place this week.
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Kurdish protesters storm Turkish military base in Iraq
Kurdish protesters have set fire to tanks and equipment at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq. The incident, the first of its kind, left two protesters dead and reportedly forced Turkish troops to leave the base.
One in 20 Britons ‘does not believe’ Holocaust took place, poll finds

Call for better education after scale of ignorance is revealed in survey to coincide with memorial day
One in 20 British adults does not believe the Holocaust happened, and 8% say that the scale of the genocide has been exaggerated, according to a poll marking Holocaust Memorial Day.
Almost half of those questioned said they did not know how many Jews were murdered in Nazi death camps, and one in five grossly underestimated the number, saying that fewer than two million were killed. At least six million Jews died.
When mobile phones fight injustice
It’s instant, public and happening all around us. A nation armed with cellphones — 116 crore at last count — is recording every crime it is witness to. Voyeuristic? Perhaps . But such evidence is helping thousands get lethargic authorities to act
Importance of Indigenous Peoples March got overshadowed by ‘the face of white privilege’

The Indigenous Peoples March in Washington was a major event to bring attention to the injustice that Indigenous Peoples face across the globe, writes Doug Cuthand. Instead the face of white privilege dominated the headlines.
US diplomat convicted over Iran-Contra appointed special envoy for Venezuela
Suitable that 45 hire someone already convicted!

Elliott Abrams, who was linked to failed coup against Chávez, to join Pompeo to urge security council to recognize Guaidó as head
The thick eyebrows were familiar from another era, even if the crown was balder, and the state department’s new hire admitted he had not worked there for 30 years.
Related: Venezuela at the crossroads: the who, what and why of the crisis
Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal: Taliban officials
Major European countries poised to recognize Venezuela’s Guaido
Pope Francis: Viewing migrants as threat to society is ‘senseless’
The leader of the Catholic Church told hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims that they should welcome migrants, not stigmatize them. He said it was “senseless” to condemn every immigrant “as a threat to society.”
US ‘White Rabbits’ members plead guilty to mosque bombing

Two men, members of a militia group called the “White Rabbits,” have pled guilty after trying to blow up a mosque to “scare” Muslims out of the country. They are also suspected of trying to bomb an abortion clinic.
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