TWITTER CELEBS @newsofbahrain FRIDAY 8 Young poet to represent Mideast in world competition INSTAGRAM Michael B Jordan to /nobmedia 19 star in ‘The Silver Bear’ LINKEDIN FRIDAY newsofbahrain OCTOBER 2018 Actor Michael B Jordan WHATSAPP will star in and produce Li- 38444680 200 FILS onsgates film adaptation of ISSUE NO. 7904 assassin story “The Silver FACEBOOK /nobmedia Bear”.| P13 MAIL [email protected] WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com Higuain not bitter despite Juve trading up with Ronaldo 15 SPORTS WORLD 6 Military against immigrants Russians ‘will go to Court issues verdict heaven’ in event of in defamation case nuclear war: Putin against journalist Sochi, Russia ussians will “go to Playing the Rheaven” as martyrs in the event of nuclear war because Moscow will only ever use nuclear weapons in retaliation, President Vladimir Putin said Thurs- day. “We have no concept of a preemptive strike,” Putin ‘Trump’ card told a forum of internation- al experts in the southern city of Sochi in response to a US merges Jerusalem consulate into new embassy question from the audience. AFP | Washington, United States in a statement. He said that the Yousif Al Binkhalil United States “continues to take S Secretary of State Mike no position” on how any peace Former Sudanese Pompeo announced yes- deal between the Israelis and TDT | Manama Uterday that the US office Palestinians would take shape. president dies in Jerusalem dealing with Pales- “The administration is strong- Bahraini court has tinians is being merged into the ly committed to achieving a last- A ordered to detain controversial new US embassy ing and comprehensive peace the Editor in Chief of Al in the city. that offers a brighter future to Watan Newspaper Yousif Pompeo said the US Consulate Israel and the Palestinians,” he Al Binkhalil in connection General, a separate office which said. with a defamation case. formerly handled dealings with The move was the latest in The Court in its verdict Palestinians, would be replaced a series of steps Washington said that Al Binkhalil re - Al-Dahab by a new Palestinian Affairs has taken that have effective- mains free on a BD100 bail Unit inside the embassy. ly downgraded its relationship or by accepting a manual ormer Sudanese presi- The move, which was quick- with the Palestinians, who have community work to replace Fdent, Field Marshal Ab- ly condemned by the Palestine for decades sought a separate the punishment. dulrahman Siwar Al-Dahab Liberation Organisation, could state alongside Israel. The Bahrain Journal - has died in Riyadh Military effectively leave the US as the The embassy was officially ist Association, in a state- Hospital in Saudi Arabia. only major power without a spe- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (File photo) transferred on May 14. Analysts ment, expressed its shock He was 83 years- old. cific representative office to the say the US moves aim to pressure at the case filed against Al Al-Dahab, a former Chief Palestinians. the Palestinians into peace talks Binkhalil by a member of of Staff, was born in Sudan’s Pompeo denied the decision tering the Palestinian mission in the efficiency and effectiveness with Israel. President Donald the House of Represent- city Al-Ubayyid in 1935, represented a shift in relations Washington, that have angered of our operations. It does not Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kush- atives, while affirming its served as president of Su- between Washington and the them. signal a change of US policy on ner has been in talks with the obedience and respect to dan from 1985 to 1986. Palestinians, but it came after a “This decision is driven by Jerusalem, the West Bank, or Israelis on a still-secret peace the Bahraini law and judi- series of moves, including shut- our global efforts to improve the Gaza Strip,” Pompeo said plan he has reportedly devised. cial system. Facebook’s ‘war room’ to combat manipulation DON’T MISS IT Menlo Park, United States CNN, Fox News and Twitter, -- with a hastily taped “ WAR and other monitors showing ROOM” sign on the glass door n Facebook’s “War Room,” a graphs of Facebook activity in -- for the first round of the pres- Inondescript space adorned real time. idential vote in Brazil on Octo- 03 Climate change with American and Brazilian Facebook, which has been ber 7. flags, a team of 20 people moni- blamed for doing too little to It didn’t take long to find Trump plans to tors computer screens for signs prevent misinformation ef- false information and rum - of suspicious activity. forts by Russia and others in ors being spread which could 10 exit postal treaty The freshly launched unit at the 2016 US election, now wants have had an impact on voters in Facebook’s Menlo Park head- the world to know it is taking Brazil. An experiment quarters in California is the aggressive steps with initiatives “On election day, we saw a 11 with drug nerve center for the fight against like the war room. spike in voter suppression misinformation and manipula- “Our job is to detect ... anyone (messages) saying the election tion of the largest social network trying to manipulate the public was delayed due to protests. by foreign actors trying to in- debate,” said Nathaniel Gleicher, That was not a true story,” said fluence elections in the United a former White House cyber- Samidh Chakrabarti, Facebook’s States and elsewhere. security policy director for the Employees work in Facebook’s “War Room” head of civic engagement. Inside, the walls have clocks National Security Council who Chakrabarti said Facebook showing the time in various is now heading Facebook’s cy- was able to remove these posts regions of the US and Brazil, bersecurity policy. these actors.” get measures in place and be- in a couple of hours before they maps and TV screens showing “We work to find and remove Facebook has been racing to gan operating this nerve center went viral. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018 02 Leaders condole with Moroccan King TDT | Manama Bahrainis to fare well in is Majesty King Hamad Hbin Isa Al Khalifa yes- terday sent a cable of condo- lences to King Mohammed VI of Morocco over the vic- the job market: Minister tims of a train derailment near Rabat. TDT | Manama Bahrain is the most successful The accident near the Arab country in terms of invest- Moroccan capital Rabat ahrain’s children would ing and developing its human killed at least seven people be more productive than The World Bank resources”, the Minister said. and injuring over 80 others. Btheir Arab peers when report indicated The Minister said the Bos - Seven seriously injured they will be engaged in the la- the extent of ton Consultant Group, in its people were receiving treat- bour market, said Education development in the July 2018 report on levels of ment in Rabat military hos- Minister Dr Majid bin Ali Al educational field, well-being around the world, pital, with four in intensive Nuaimi yesterday. and that Bahrain is said that Bahrain was ranked in care Citing the latest report issued the most successful the fourth position among the HM the King prayed to by the World Bank, the Minis- Middle East and North African Almighty God to rest the ter said that the Kingdom in at- Arab country in terms countries with regards to Edu- victims in peace and to in- taining the ranking has outdone of investing and cation Indicators, noting it was spire their families comfort several top countries around the developing its human occupying the 12th position in and fortitude. globe including Turkey, Ukraine, resources 2011. The crash occurred some Malaysia, Argentina and Brazil. Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa EDUCATION MINISTER The Minister pointed out the 20 kilometres (12 miles) The latest report, Minister UN Development Programme north of Rabat between the said, issued by the World Bank (UNDP)’s report issued in Sep- towns of Kenitra and Sale. showed that Bahrain is on top of congratulatory message to HRH Ministry’s staff, the Minister tember 2018, which classified A short statement from Arab nations in the indicators of Prime Minister Prince Khalifa extended sincere congratula- the Kingdom among the coun- the ONCF national railway education and 47th internation- bin Salman Al Khalifa, hailing tions on Bahrain’s achievement, “The same report indicated tries with very high human de- company said “an investi- ally out of 157 countries. his leadership and directives. thanks to HRH the Premier’s the extent of development in velopment, ranking it 43 out of gation has been opened to The Minister said this in a On behalf of the Education leadership and directives. the educational field, and that 189 countries and territories. determine the causes of the accident” and pledged to provide more information when it had it. Similar cables of condo- lences were sent by Prime ‘Fikra’ open to Force will continue to boost Minister HRH Prince Khal- ifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and HRH Prince Salman all public sector combat readiness: BDF chief bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Su- preme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minis- employees: CP ter to King Mohammed VI of Morocco TDT | Manama preme Commander and First King Mohammed VI said Deputy Prime Minister said he would pay the burial ahrain’s public sector em- that incorporating all public costs of the victims and for Bployees were informed on sector employees’ suggestions the treatment of the injured, the objectives of the newly in- and innovations is a testament according to a royal cabinet troduced government innova- to Bahrain’s commitment to statement. tion competition (Fikra) that placing citizens at the heart of represents a new milestone in all development efforts.