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Trump says will speak with China’s Xi on North Korea on Friday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he would speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday night about the “very dangerous” situation regarding North Korea.

“Hopefully, it will all work out,” Trump told reporters at his New Jersey golf resort. “Nobody loves a peaceful solution better than President Trump that I can tell you.”

U.S. diplomat engaging in back-channel diplomacy with North Korea: AP

MORE: Trump says will speak with China’s Xi on North Korea on Friday

McLeod’s Daughters Michala Banas hints at reunion

A MYSTERIOUS tweet from the stars of Aussie drama McLeod’s Daughters has fans in a stir.

“Watch this space …” Banas tweeted this morning, along with a picture of herself and former co-stars Simmone Jade Mackinnon and Rachel Carpani.

Mackinnon also tweeted the same picture and message.

Sadly for fans of the outback drama, which ran from 2001 to 2009, Banas told News Corp Australia that the show isn’t coming back … though she will “never say never”.

“It’s been over 10 years since the show finished, and people, bless them, are still saying, ‘Are you going to make another show?’ That’s not happening, unfortunately.”

Source: McLeod’s Daughters Michala Banas hints at reunion

A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack fronts court over child porn charge

NINE Network journalist Ben McCormack is expected to enter a plea when he next appears in court on child porn charges.

The Current Affair reporter, 42, was arrested in April and admitted himself to hospital several days later where he remained when the matter was first heard in court.

He’s been charged with two counts of using a carriage service to transmit, publish or promote child porn.

Source: A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack fronts court over child porn charge | Perth Now

Boko Haram leader killed as army frees nine

A top Boko Haram commander was among the insurgents killed as soldiers fought to rescue children from a camp

Soldiers on their way to an Islamic extremist camp in Jarawa village in Borno State, ran into an ambush by Boko Haram fighters, said Nigerian army spokesman Brig Gen Sani Usman.

The soldiers then killed a large number of Boko Haram insurgents, including one of its commanders Abu Nazir, who was on the military’s wanted list, Usman said.

Soldiers also rescued nine abducted children, who are now being given preliminary humanitarian assistance. They will then go to a displaced persons camp in Kala Balge, about 150 km west of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, the army spokesman said.

Boko Haram sometimes uses kidnapped girls and boys to carry out suicide attacks.

Also Monday, soldiers arrested 24 suspected Boko Haram members in Edo state in southern Nigeria, said a local leader…

Source: Boko Haram leader killed as army frees nine

Australia wants to avoid a Korean conflict at all costs – and with good reason

Australia wants to avoid a Korean war at all costs – and with good reason

The escalating tensions in North and South Korea have created nothing short of a headache for the Australian government, which considers the matter a high priority. Bishop was said to have dedicated a lot of time on her February trip to Washington discussing North Korea. And why wouldn’t she? Australia has much to lose should war erupt in a strategically vital region for trade and security. Canberra’s core interest is to maintain stability in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in areas that will affect its trade, such as the Korean peninsula.

North Korea’s immediate neighbours – China, South Korea and Japan – are three of Australia’s top four trading partners, the other being the US. A war, which would probably involve all four powers, would have a direct and immediate impact on Australia’s economy. Canberra is rightly worried about the destabilising effects a Korean war would bring.

Australia may indeed be “blindly and zealously toeing the US line” with regards to North Korea – at least openly – but in truth, Canberra wants to avoid conflict with Pyongyang. There is much at stake for Australia should war resume on the Korean peninsula, after more than 63 years of tense calm. While Julie Bishop stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Mike Pence for the cameras, there is no doubt that, privately, Australian diplomats are offering their US counterparts advice geared towards resolving the North Korea dilemma peacefully.

There is good reason to believe that the current rise in tensions is not simply the latest political ploy by Pyongyang, and that the Trump administration is indeed prioritising the situation. The US president, Donald Trump, reportedly told UN security council diplomats on Monday to “solve the problem” of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, while the entire US Senate was warned during an unusual briefing by the White House on Wednesday that Pyongyang posed “an urgent national security threat”.

The diplomatic rhetoric has been matched by bellicose military posturing from both sides – the latest of which was North Korea’s large-scale artillery exercise on Tuesday, as the ballistic-missile submarine USS Michigan docked in South Korea. Pence reiterated on his visit to Canberra that “all options are on the table” and it seems the Trump administration is determined to flex its muscles to achieve compliance from North Korea on nuclear proliferation.

That message is undoubtedly being relayed to the Trump administration, which, despite its tough talk, has no ideas on how to resolve the dilemma. Aware of the high costs of military force, US officials, including Pence, concede that diplomacy remains the main course of action.

The options on the table are few. Kim Jong-un, questions of his sanity aside, appears aware of his advantageous position. North Korean nuclear and missile deterrence has worked thus far in staving off US military action, and China, despite its obvious frustrations with Kim, remains, at least for now, committed to the survival of the regime in Pyongyang for its own security interests.

All of this has brought US-Australian coordination on North Korea ever closer. Consultations are robust, and Australian input is being sought in providing ideas on how best to deal with North Korea. While Australia shares America’s concern regarding Pyongyang’s nuclear missile capabilities – particularly given Australia now is a marked target for North Korea’s missiles – and welcomes increased pressure to deter North Korean aggression, there is a strong preference in Canberra to avoid armed conflict.

Should Trump take the road to military action, Australia wants to be in on the decision-making process. According to sources in Washington, the Five Eyes alliance – America’s closest allies, which include the Anglo powers of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – were given only a three-hour notice of Trump’s decision to strike Syria. Last-minute calls on major military operations are not standard protocol for the Five Eyes and while, Syria is not a big national security concern for Australia, North Korea certainly is, and Canberra expects to be at the table early on.

But one clear takeaway from this month’s strike on Syria was that this administration will play tough on adversaries and enforce red lines – the red line here is a North Korean capability, presumed to be in development, to hit the US mainland with a nuclear warhead.

The possibility of armed conflict in the Korea peninsula – although remote – cannot be ruled out while Trump is in office. Such a possibility now has to be part of the Australian government’s calculus as it forms its policy towards North Korea in particular, and the Asia-Pacific in general.

Canberra had adapted to an Obama administration that preferred multilateral diplomacy and offshore balancing in its handling of Pyongyang. Although North Korea continued to expand its nuclear program, Obama’s hands-off approach resulted in a predictable stability on the peninsula around which Canberra could shape its policy. That predictability is now out the window.

The Trump administration has swiftly replaced Obama’s policy of containing North Korea with coercion. Trump will go to lengths to prevent the North Koreans from obtaining a long-range nuclear missile in striking distance of the US. How far he will go remains to be seen, which explains why Australia wants to get into his ear sooner rather than later.

Source: Australia wants to avoid a Korean conflict at all costs – and with good reason | Antoun Issa | World news | The Guardian

Repost: 13 violations at Mar-A-Lago resort undercooked fish, badly stored raw meat and dining plates covered in bacteria. Trump’s kitchen nightmare!

More than a dozen health violations were found in the kitchen at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, just days before he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Miami Herald reports 13 faults were found in the president’s kitchen – with most relating to ‘dangerous fish’ and food being stored in broken coolers.

Three of the violations were deemed to be a ‘high priority’, which is the classification given when ‘illness-causing bacteria’ could be found on dining room plates.

The findings came from a visit to the Palm Beach resort on January 26 – six days after his inauguration. Abe was with Trump at his Florida holiday spot across the weekend of February 12.

One of the specific findings in the report, according to the Herald, was that: ‘fish designed to be served raw or under-cooked had not undergone proper parasite destruction.’

As a result of that incident, the kitchen crew was told to throw all the fish away or cook it immediately.

Another violation related to meats being stored at dangerous temperatures.

The Herald reports investigators found duck and raw beef were kept at 50 degrees, chicken at 49 degrees, and ham at a staggering 57 degrees.

Source: Health inspectors find 13 violations at Mar-A-Lago resort | Daily Mail Online

North Korea fires missiles Monday, three reach Japan waters

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired four ballistic missiles east of the peninsula on Monday, with Japan saying three of them landed in its waters.

Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile last month — its first such launch since October — which Seoul said was aimed at testing the response from the new US administration of President Donald Trump.

Seoul said several missiles were filed into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, and that South Korea and the US were “closely analysing” tracking data for further details.

“In terms of the range, it is around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles),” the South’s defence ministry said in a statement.

Seoul said its armed forces were “closely monitoring the North’s military for further provocations and maintaining military readiness”.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said North Korea fired four missiles “almost simultaneously”, three of which landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

In response to the launch, South Korea’s acting president Hwang Kyo-Ahn convened an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting, the presidential office said in a statement.

Seoul and Washington launched annual joint military exercises last week that infuriate Pyongyang, which condemns them as provocative rehearsals for invasion.

A day after the Foal Eagle drills kicked off, the North’s military warned of “merciless nuclear counter-action” against enemy forces.

“Now that the US imperialists and the South Korean puppet forces again kicked off the dangerous nuclear war drills against the DPRK at its doorstep, our army will counter them with the toughest counteractions,” a spokesman said in a statement carried by the KCNA news agency.

North Korea has regularly carried out actions in protest against the exercises, last year firing seven ballistic missiles during them.

That rocket — said by the North to use solid fuel and to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead — flew east for about 500 kilometres before falling into the Sea of Japan, South Korea said at the time.

Read more: North Korea fires missiles, three reach Japan waters | SBS News

AT&T to launch smart streetlamps in San Diego that can monitor traffic and even detect gunshots

AT&T and General Electric have teamed up to up to help accelerate the digital era of urban development.

The firms have unveiled plans to add cameras, microphones and sensors to more than 3,000 street lights in San Diego, making the first large-scale use of ‘Smart City’ tools.

The system will allow street lights to monitor traffic, crowd sizes, weather and even notify authorities of gunshots in the area.

MORE HERE: AT&T to launch smart streetlamps in San Diego | Daily Mail Online

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