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From The Daily Mail
Shocking moment journalists filming conditions at Calais Jungle are robbed at knife-point by the migrants they were trying to help
- Dutch filmmaker Maaike Engels was making documentary in Calais Jungle
- She was filming when her colleague Teun Voeten was attacked by migrants
- Three young men armed with knife and pepper spray tried to steal camera
- Pair saved when other migrants came to their rescue and ran attackers off
This is the shocking moment migrants armed with a ‘big knife’ and pepper spray attacked journalists in Calais’ notorious Jungle on Saturday.
Dutch filmmaker Maaike Engels was filming with her colleague Teun Voeten when he was attacked and pushed into a tent by the three young men as they attempted to steal his camera.
Ms Engels continued to film even as she tried to fight the youngsters off, kicking one when he approached her with a knife before the three attackers were chased off by other refugees who threw stones at them.
Dutch filmmaker Maaike Engels was filming in the Calais Jungle with her colleague Teun Voeten when he was attacked and pushed to the ground by the three young men who tried to steal his camera
From PressTV
Syrian forces capture strategic heights in Homs
Syrian army troops have retaken strategic hills and heights in the central province of Homs as government forces continue their mop-up operations in many parts of the Arab country.
The Syrian army and popular forces targeted Daesh terrorists’ positions southeast of Homs city, and gained control over several strategic hills and heights near al-Quaryatayn town.
The news comes as the army also retook al-Raqqah bridge and the hills of Brok in Dayr al-Zawr after fierce clashes with Daesh terrorists.
Some 19 terrorists were killed and a number of others injured in the clashes which also left six machine gun-mounted vehicles destroyed.
The Syrian forces also destroyed a number of terrorists’ gathering centers and weapons in Sheikh Lutfi village and the neighborhood of al-Rashideen 4 on the southern outskirts of Aleppo city.
Meanwhile, four civilians were killed and five others injured in a terrorist rocket attack on al-Safirah town, southeast of Aleppo.
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From PressTV
Iraqi forces inflict more losses on Daesh Takfiri militants
Iraqi government forces, backed by military aircraft, have launched successful clean-up operations against Daesh terrorist group, dealing heavy blows to the Takfiri militants.
On Wednesday, at least 34 Daesh terrorists were killed when Iraqi fighter jets carried out precision strikes against four terrorists’ hideouts in a number of districts in the embattled western province of Anbar as well as the city of Husaybah, which lies seven kilometers (4.5 miles) east of the provincial capital city of Ramadi, Arabic-language al-Forat news agency reported.
Three vehicles belonging to the terrorists were also destroyed in the attack.
Separately, fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units pounded Daesh positions on the outskirts of the volatile northern city of Samarra, located 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of the capital, Baghdad, killing an unspecified number of the terrorists.
Volunteer forces also targeted two vehicles occupied by Daesh militants in the al-Siniya district of the northern province of Salahuddin, leaving all those onboard dead.
The developments came a day after Iraqi warplanes carried out an airstrike in the town of al-Qa’im, situated about 500 kilometers (about 310 miles) west of Baghdad, killing a number of high-profile Daesh figures, among them Saudi national Musab al-Jazrawi better known by the nom de guerre, Abu Faris.
Daesh Takfiris demolish Iraq’s oldest monastery in Mosul
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From PressTV
Israel conducted 570+ attacks on reporters in 2015: Report
A new report has cataloged around 574 instances of attacks against reporters by Israeli forces during the course of the last year.
The number was featured in the Annual Report by the Palestine Office of the Islamic Radios and Televisions Union.
According to the report, two of the incidents were fatal, causing the deaths of Palestinian cameramen Ahmed Jahajehe and Ahmed al-Herbavi, the latter of whom died in the Gaza Strip.
As many as 190 cases of the attacks, a number of which were carried out using metal and rubber bullets as well as toxic and pepper gas, led to injuries.
Some of the assaults, the union said, saw Israeli forces using reporters as human shields.
Detentions, the extension of detention periods, and the issuance of subpoenas comprised 85 of the cases, while 81 instances saw the reporters being prevented from covering stories.
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From The Independent
Isis in Iraq: UN report details ‘staggering’ violence, war crimes and ‘possible genocide’ in Iraq
From The Daily Mail
French president declares economic emergency
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande pledged Monday to redefine France’s business model and declared what he called “a state of economic and social emergency,” unveiling a 2-billion-euro ($2.2 billion) plan to revive hiring and catch up with a fast-moving world economy.
The measures he proposed, however, are relatively modest, and he said they would not “put into question” the 35-hour workweek. With his country under a state of emergency since extremist attacks in November, Hollande did not seek to assume any new emergency powers over the economy.
In an annual speech to business leaders, Hollande laid out plans for training half a million jobless workers, greater use of apprenticeships, and aid for companies that hire young workers.
Hollande’s Socialist government has struggled to boost long-stagnant French growth or reduce chronic unemployment, which has been around 10 percent for years. His chances of winning a potential second term may hinge on whether jobs pick up before next year’s presidential vote.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Human Rights Watch report ramps up pressure on Israeli settlement activity
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process a year ago has led to an accelerating war of words over Israeli settlements, with Israel accusing its growing chorus of foreign critics of prejudging the final terms of a peace deal at best – and anti-Semitism at worst.
The battle heated up this week with the release of a report by Human Rights Watch arguing that doing business with West Bank settlements reinforces Israel’s presence there and contributes to human rights abuses.
The report comes a day after the European Union, which in November announced new guidelines to label Israeli exports produced in the settlements, declared that any agreement with Israel “must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.”
And the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro, while not going nearly as far, decried Israel’s seizure of West Bank lands and what he described as a two-tiered justice system.
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From Russia Today
Macedonia closes border with Greece to migrants – report
Published time: 20 Jan, 2016 16:21
Syrian refugees struggle to enter Macedonia through a narrow border crossing as Macedonian policemen try to shut a metal gate near to the Greek village of Idomeni. © Yannis Behrakis / Reuters Macedonia has closed its border with Greece to migrants, AFP reports, citing police.
“The border is closed,” a senior Macedonian police official told AFP. The move has left around 600 refugees stranded in Greece. A police spokesman in northern Greece told the agency that the border has been closed since Tuesday evening.
Macedonian officials said that the border closure was “temporary” and cited several reasons for the move, which included a railway traffic disturbance on the territory of neighboring Slovenia.
“Macedonia temporarily closed the border upon the request received from Slovenia. The reason is a defect on the railroad (in Slovenia) and migrants trying to enter Macedonia could not continue their journey,” a Skopje police official said as quoted by AFP.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Lord George Weidenfeld, philanthropist who rescued Iraqi and Syrian refugees, dies at 96
(JTA) — Lord George Weidenfeld, a British Jewish philanthropist who recently helped rescue Christian Iraqi and Syrian refugees has died at 96.
Weidenfeld died in his sleep on Wednesday morning following a brief illness and is expected to be buried in Israel, the London Jewish Chronicle reported.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Anti-Israel Ohio professor being probed for ties to ISIS
(JTA) — A professor at Kent State University with a history of anti-Israel activity is under FBI investigation for ties to the Islamic State.
The FBI confirmed that Professor Julio Pino is being investigated, the Akron Beacon Journal reported Tuesday night.
The Cuban-born Pino, a convert to Islam who is also known as Assad Jibril Pino, has denied connections to the Islamist group.
“I can only imagine, given my past record at Kent State dealing with controversial issues about the Middle East, some people may be favorable or unfavorable. Rumors start, and that’s the only thing I can think would draw attention from a government agency,” Pino told the Akron Beacon.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Michael Douglas, Natan Sharansky to discuss anti-Semitism in campus visits
Douglas and Sharansky will visit Brown University on Jan. 28, Stanford University on Feb. 2 and the University of California at Santa Barbara on Feb. 3. They will also address the issue of tolerance and inclusion in the Jewish community worldwide.
The program, “Jewish Journeys: A Conversation with Michael Douglas and Natan Sharansky,” is co-hosted by the Genesis Prize Foundation, Hillel International and the Jewish Agency for Israel. Douglas, who won the 2015 Genesis Prize, pledged to use his platform and $1 million in prize money to improve outreach to intermarried families.
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From Ynet News
Putin to Europe’s Jews: ‘Come to Russia to escape anti-Semitism’
The Russian president met with members of the European Jewish Congress and heard about the rise in anti-Semitism across the continent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called on European Jews who are facing anti-Semitism to move to Russia.
In a meeting with members of the European Jewish Congress, held in the Kremlin, Putin heard from congress president Dr. Moshe Kantor about the rise in anti-Semitism in Western Europe.
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