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• Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image
• Britain signals move toward air strikes in Syria
• Britain signals move towards air strikes in Syria
• Donald Trump to Deliver National Security Address at Veterans for a Strong America event in Los Angeles
• The Latest: Merkel, Hungary's Orban speak on crisis
• Candy and cuddly toys: Migrants finish epic trek to Germany
• France mulls strikes on IS in Syria: report
• Opposition promises to increase Syrian refugees to Canada post-election
• U.S., allies launch 25 air strikes in Iraq, eight in Syria: U.S.
• Tajik police 'closing in' on renegade general after clashes
• Canada less welcoming to refugees under Harper's leadership
• Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees
• At least four die as violence flares in eastern Turkey
• Spain arrests 18-year-old woman suspected of IS links
• Coalition attacks Yemen capital after UAE, Saudi soldiers killed
• German UN official seen as favorite for Libya post - envoys
• Austrian far-right leader blames U.S., NATO for migrant crisis
• Germany to turn down 75,000 asylum requests as speeds procedures: magazine
• At least 47 killed in clashes between Islamic State and Syrian rebels: monitor
• France considers air strikes on Islamic State in Syria: Le Monde
• Merkel: No legal limit to asylum seekers Germany can take
• WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO BEST?
• Between hope and despair, migrants board buses for Austria
• UK plan to join Syria air strikes threatened by Corbyn

Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:05 PM PDT By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia pose a threat to the European Union's values and global standing and may diminish its ability to act jointly to reform the euro zone and ease Greece's debt. With harrowing images of drowning children, refugees being herded on and off trains and beaten by police, and barbed-wire fences slicing across Europe, the migration crisis is the moral equivalent of the euro zone crisis. By making the EU look ineffective, disunited and heartless, pitting member states against each other and fuelling political populism and anti-Muslim sentiment, the latest crisis is undermining the ideals of European integration.

Britain signals move toward air strikes in Syria Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:33 PM PDT By Nick Tattersall and William Schomberg ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain moved closer to military action in Syria as a senior minister on Saturday said Europe's migration crisis had to be tackled at its source and a newspaper said a parliamentary vote on bombing Islamic State militants in Syria could take place next month. Finance minister George Osborne said Britain and Europe had to find a way to tackle the conflict in Syria as well as provide asylum to those genuinely fleeing persecution. "You've got to deal with the problem at source, which is this evil Assad regime and the ISIL (Islamic State) terrorists, and you need a comprehensive plan for a more stable, peaceful Syria," Osborne told Reuters in an interview.

Britain signals move towards air strikes in Syria Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:20 PM PDT By Nick Tattersall and William Schomberg ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain moved closer to military action in Syria as a senior minister on Saturday said Europe's migration crisis had to be tackled at its source and a newspaper said a parliamentary vote on bombing Islamic State militants in Syria could take place next month. Chancellor George Osborne said Britain and Europe had to find a way to tackle the conflict in Syria as well as provide asylum to those genuinely fleeing persecution. "You've got to deal with the problem at source, which is this evil Assad regime and the ISIL (Islamic State) terrorists, and you need a comprehensive plan for a more stable, peaceful Syria," Osborne told Reuters in an interview.

Donald Trump to Deliver National Security Address at Veterans for a Strong America event in Los Angeles Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:12 PM PDT SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Sept. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donald J. Trump will join Veterans for a Strong America (VSA) Chairman Joel Arends and VSA board members, dignitaries and supporters for a major national security address aboard the battleship USS Iowa Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California on the eve of the CNN presidential debate focused around national security. The "Make America's Military Great Again" event will focus on topics of concern for our veterans, the military, and their families.

The Latest: Merkel, Hungary's Orban speak on crisis Posted: 05 Sep 2015 01:21 PM PDT The latest news as tens of thousands of migrants pour into countries across Europe. All times local (CET):

Candy and cuddly toys: Migrants finish epic trek to Germany Posted: 05 Sep 2015 12:44 PM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — For weeks while they traveled a punitive road, Europe cast a cold and callous eye on their unwelcome progress. On Saturday, for the first time since fleeing their troubled homelands, they could set foot in their promised land — and it came with a German face so friendly that it brought some newcomers to tears of joy.

France mulls strikes on IS in Syria: report Posted: 05 Sep 2015 12:41 PM PDT France is considering air strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, in what would be a reversal of its current position, Le Monde daily said on Saturday. Neither the French presidency, the foreign ministry nor the defence ministry would comment on the report, with officials saying only that President Francois Hollande may address the question during his twice-yearly press conference on Monday. France currently only participates in missions against IS in Iraq following that country's request for international help against the jihadists.

Opposition promises to increase Syrian refugees to Canada post-election Posted: 05 Sep 2015 11:10 AM PDT As the Syrian refugee crisis became a major campaign issue this week, the Canadian opposition party New Democrats promised Saturday to welcome 46,000 Syrian refugees to Canada if it wins the upcoming legislative elections. The announcement follows intense media coverage of the death of a Syrian toddler who drowned as his family fled the war-torn country and a refugee crisis shaking Europe, which has put migration policy front and center in the October 19 elections. The New Democrats say they are asking the current Conservative government to accept 46,000 refugees through 2019 -- 10,000 this year and 9,000 each of the next four years.

U.S., allies launch 25 air strikes in Iraq, eight in Syria: U.S. Posted: 05 Sep 2015 10:20 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and coalition forces launched 25 air strikes in Iraq and eight in Syria on Friday against Islamic State targets, the U.S. military said. In Iraq, the air strikes were centered near 12 cities including Mosul, Ramadi, Baiji, Tuz and Sinjar, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday. They destroyed buildings, vehicles, a homemade explosives facility and more than 50 of the militants' fighting positions, it said. In Syria, six strikes hit near Mar'a and others at Raqqa and Tal Abyad, the statement said. ...

Tajik police 'closing in' on renegade general after clashes Posted: 05 Sep 2015 10:13 AM PDT By Vladimir Soldatkin and Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) - Police in Tajikistan said on Saturday they were closing in on a sacked deputy defense minister accused of ordering gun attacks around the capital Dushanbe, amid rising tension between the pro-Moscow secular government and Islamist opposition groups. Nine police officers and 13 rebels were killed in Friday's clashes in Dushanbe and the nearby city of Vahdat, police said. Security forces pursued the insurgents, led by the sacked deputy defense minister, General Abdukhalim Nazarzoda, to Ramit Gorge some 150 km (95 miles) from the city.

Canada less welcoming to refugees under Harper's leadership Posted: 05 Sep 2015 10:00 AM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Canada has long prided itself for opening its doors wider than any nation to asylum seekers, but the number it welcomes has waned since Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper took power almost 10 years ago.

Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees Posted: 05 Sep 2015 09:28 AM PDT Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. The 34-year-old self-taught photographer considered as one of the first professional female photojournalists in Iran, said she would be donating 15,000 to an organisation helping Syrian and Iraqi refugees. The Amsterdam-based Prince Claus Fund dedicated to culture and development said on its website Thursday that it had awarded its Principal 2015 prize to Tavakolian.

At least four die as violence flares in eastern Turkey Posted: 05 Sep 2015 09:06 AM PDT One civilian was killed and a district official from the ruling AK Party was wounded by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters in Semdinli district of Hakkari province, close to Turkey's borders with Iraq and Iran, security sources said. The attack happened after a car carrying the two victims refused to stop at a roadblock thrown up by the outlawed PKK, and the militants opened fire. In the town of Cizre, two people were killed in clashes between security forces and suspected PKK militants, according to the town's mayor, Leyla Imret.

Spain arrests 18-year-old woman suspected of IS links Posted: 05 Sep 2015 08:29 AM PDT Spanish police Saturday arrested an 18-year-old Moroccan woman accused of preparing to travel to Syria to join the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). At the time of her arrest, the suspect "was making the last preparations for her journey" to Syria, a police statement said. More than 100 people from Spain are suspected of having joined jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria, and authorities fear they may return to launch attacks.

Coalition attacks Yemen capital after UAE, Saudi soldiers killed Posted: 05 Sep 2015 07:53 AM PDT By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Warplanes from the United Arab Emirates struck Houthi targets across Yemen, state news agency WAM said on Saturday, a day after at least 60 soldiers from a Saudi-led coalition, mostly Emiratis, were killed in an attack in central Yemen. WAM said the UAE air force struck a mine-making plant in the Houthi-dominated Saada province in northern Yemen, as well as military camps and weapon stores in the central Ibb province, causing "heavy damage". Apart from 45 Emiratis and five Bahrainis, Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported on Saturday that 10 Saudi soldiers were also killed in the attack in Marib province on Friday, quoting Brigadier-General Ahmed al-Asiri, the coalition spokesman.

German UN official seen as favorite for Libya post - envoys Posted: 05 Sep 2015 06:24 AM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Tom Miles UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Martin Kobler, a German United Nations official currently overseeing the mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the top candidate to take over as head of the world body's mission to Libya, U.N. diplomats said. If U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon decides to appoint Kobler to head the mission in conflict-torn Libya, he would replace Bernardino Leon, who the diplomats said was expected to step down soon and may have political ambitions in his home country of Spain. Four years after the ousting of late leader Muammar Gaddafi, militant groups allied to each of two rival administrations have brought the country's oil-dependent economy to its knees, and most of Libya is lawless and run by armed groups.

Austrian far-right leader blames U.S., NATO for migrant crisis Posted: 05 Sep 2015 05:40 AM PDT The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has blamed the United States and the NATO Western military alliance for triggering the refugee crisis that has overwhelmed Europe. Strache's opposition FPO party, which leads opinion polls ahead of the centrist Social Democrats and People's Party coalition partners, typically espouses anti-Muslim and isolationist approaches to dealing with foreign policy.

Germany to turn down 75,000 asylum requests as speeds procedures: magazine Posted: 05 Sep 2015 05:10 AM PDT Germany is expected to reject up to 75,000 asylum requests this year by migrants mainly from southeastern Europe, as it speeds up asylum and extradition procedures for those from countries it deems safe to focus on refugees from war-torn Syria and Iraq. Der Spiegel magazine said on Saturday Germany had deported more than 10,000 foreigners so far this year, many of them from western Balkan countries such as Serbia and Macedonia, around the same number as for the whole of 2014. Germany expects a record influx of up to 800,000 refugees and migrants this year, four times last year's level.

At least 47 killed in clashes between Islamic State and Syrian rebels: monitor Posted: 05 Sep 2015 04:46 AM PDT At least 47 fighters were killed in clashes between the Islamic State group and rival Syrian rebels, a monitor said on Saturday, in an area where the United States and Turkey are planning to open a new front against Islamic State militants. The renewed fighting raged on Friday around the rebel-held town of Marea, 20 km (12 miles) from the Turkish border, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The area falls within a "safe zone" Turkey said last month it would set up in northern Syria to help keep Islamic State at bay.

France considers air strikes on Islamic State in Syria: Le Monde Posted: 05 Sep 2015 03:03 AM PDT France is considering conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, joining an international coalition led by the United States, Le Monde newspaper said on its website on Saturday, quoting an unnamed "high level source". Government officials declined to comment on the report, saying President Francois Hollande would express his views on the matter at a news conference on Monday. France was the first country to join the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq, but had ruled out doing so in Syria, fearing that would benefit President Bashar al-Assad.

Merkel: No legal limit to asylum seekers Germany can take Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:06 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that her country won't stop anyone from seeking asylum, as thousands of migrants desperate to leave Hungary made their way westward to Germany and Austria.

WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO BEST? Posted: 04 Sep 2015 10:00 PM PDT Can there be a better subject to discuss in an election season than the question of what government actually is good at? Can there be a bigger snoozer than a book written by a Canadian scholar based in New Brunswick on the uses of government? Can we get a copy of Donald J. Savoie's "What Is Government Good At?

Between hope and despair, migrants board buses for Austria Posted: 04 Sep 2015 08:38 PM PDT ONBOARD A MIGRANT BUS TO AUSTRIA (Hungary) (AFP) - "According to the Hungarian government, there will be free buses to take you to the last town before the border," shouts a man urgently in Arabic through a megaphone. It is the camp of the 1,200-strong group who set out from Keleti at noon to walk to Austria.

UK plan to join Syria air strikes threatened by Corbyn Posted: 04 Sep 2015 07:20 PM PDT Prime Minister David Cameron's hope that Britain would join air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria is fading due to the likely election of anti-war campaigner Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition Labour Party. After parliament returns Monday, Cameron's centre-right government had hoped to call a vote on the issue in a bid to extend Britain's current role in coalition air strikes against IS targets in Iraq.

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