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‘I’m president, they’re not’: Donald Trump savages media at veterans rally

President pins tweet referring to ‘fraud news’ before suggesting media have subversive agenda and criticising his travel ban troubles

Donald Trump has lashed out at the “fake media”, accusing it of trying to gag him and his supporters during a speech at an evangelical event honoring veterans in Washington.

“The fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them,” he said. “The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House. But I’m president, and they’re not,” he told attendees at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The president suggested the press “destroyed themselves because they went too far” and told supporters “Their agenda is not your agenda.”

Before taking the podium, he took the rare move of pinning one of his tweets to the top of his feed, one that appeared to shift his slogan from fake news to fraud news.

In an apparent swipe at his trouble in applying a travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries, he told the gathering the threat of terrorism was “one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today.”

He said: “We cannot allow this terrorism and extremism to spread in our country, or to find sanctuary on our shores or in our cities. We want to make sure that anyone who seeks to join our country shares our values and has the capacity to love our people.”

Source: ‘I’m president, they’re not’: Donald Trump savages media at veterans rally | US news | The Guardian

Human Rights Watch: White Phosphorous Endangers Civilians – US military says OK

The U.S. military says it uses white phosphorous in a lawful way!

The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq is endangering civilians by using artillery-delivered white phosphorous, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, after reports that such weapons were used in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

HRW said it was not able to independently verify whether the use of the munitions resulted in any civilian casualties. The northern Iraqi city of Mosul and the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the extremist group’s de facto capital, have been under attack by different groups. The U.S. military says it uses white phosphorous in a lawful way.

White phosphorous burns at extremely high temperatures and can be used to illuminate conflict zones or obscure them with smoke. International law prohibits its use in civilian areas because of its indiscriminate effects, from starting fires to causing excruciating burns for bystanders, according to Human Rights Watch.

“No matter how white phosphorus is used, it poses a high risk of horrific and long-lasting harm…

Source: Human Rights Watch: White Phosphorous Endangers Civilians | Time.com

Indian fireworks factory blast kills 23

An explosion at a fireworks factory in central India has killed 23 workers, local news agencies say.

The blast is said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon while workers were making firecrackers in Kheri Village, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, triggering a blaze that has engulfed the factory.

The Press Trust of India is quoting a district police official, who says firefighers have now extinguished the blaze but 23 workers had died and seven others were injured.

Source: Indian fireworks factory blast kills 23 | Perth Now

United Airlines Passenger: A broken nose, concussion, two knocked-out teeth and sinus problems that may require reconstructive surgery.

In an hourlong news conference that touched on race, policing and airline manners, a lawyer for the passenger dragged off a United flight on Sunday listed his client’s injuries: a broken nose, a concussion, two knocked-out teeth and sinus problems that may require reconstructive surgery.

“For a long time, airlines, United in particular, have bullied us,” the lawyer, Thomas A. Demetrio, said Thursday in downtown Chicago.

“Are we going to just continue to be treated like cattle — bullied, rude treatment?” asked Mr. Demetrio, who placed the blame for his client’s injuries on a “culture of disrespect” at United Airlines and overly aggressive tactics from Chicago aviation police officers. He said a lawsuit was likely.

The video of Dr. David Dao, 69, of Kentucky, being bloodied as he was pulled off the flight in order to make room for four United employees has ignited conversation and outrage around the world. The three Chicago aviation police officers who removed Dr. Dao from the plane have been placed on administrative leave.

Truck crashes into Melbourne childcare centre

Disney puts ‘gay scene’ in Beauty and the Beast

The character, played by Josh Gad, is part of a ‘watershed moment’ for Disney. Director Bill Condon said: ‘It is an exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie’. Gaston is played by Luke Evans.

In Disney movies, princesses have always met their prince charming.

But, in a change of convention, one character in the new Beauty and the Beast film is set to have the studio’s first ‘exclusively gay scene’.

In the film, starring Emma Watson, manservant LeFou will explore his sexuality after developing feelings for macho leading man Gaston

MORE HERE: Disney puts ‘gay scene’ in Beauty and the Beast | Daily Mail Online

…f***ing face?’: Man unleashes racist tirade at a Muslim woman wearing a niqab in a Perth shopping centre

This is the moment Rahila, 22, a law student who came to Australia from Afghanistan six years ago, was abused by a middle-aged white man for wearing a full-face veil at a Perth shopping centre.

VIDEO HERE: Man abuses a Muslim woman for wearing a niqab in Perth | Daily Mail Online