SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 RAJAB 19, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Month-long Dozens killed, ‘Star Wars: Sensational ‘Sarayat wounded as The Last Jedi’ Isco spares Season’ brings car bomb hits first trailer Real blushes unstable2 weather Syria evacuees8 thrills37 fans against20 Sporting North Korea stages giant Min 21º Max 34º show of military strength High Tide 03:20 & 14:14 Low Tide Pyongyang flaunts missiles as US carrier group approaches 08:44 & 21:31 40 PAGES NO: 17200 150 FILS PYONGYANG: North Korea’s weapons of war rolled through Pyongyang streets yesterday and it promised Tests launched “nuclear justice” in response to any atomic attack as leader Kim Jong-Un mounted a spectacular show of for upgraded strength. Tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear ambi- tions are stretched to the limit, with US President US nuke bomb Donald Trump deploying an aircraft carrier battle group to the region. After a 21-gun salute, tens of ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico: Scientists at Sandia thousands of soldiers, sailors and airmen goose- National Laboratories are claiming success with the stepped through Kim Il-Sung Square turning their first in a new series of test flights involving an eyes towards the high balcony from where Kim upgraded version of a nuclear bomb that has been watched, flanked by officers and officials. part of the US arsenal for decades. Work on the B61- Some detachments carried assault rifles or rocket- 12 has been ongoing for years, and government propelled grenades, others were equipped with night- officials say the latest tests using mock versions of vision goggles and daubed in face paint. One troupe the bomb will be vital to the refurbishing effort. An was made up of sword-wielding women. Tanks came F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert ver- next through the square - named after Kim’s grandfa- sion of the weapon over the Nevada desert last ther, the North’s founder - followed by the objects of month to test its non-nuclear functions as well as world concern. A total of 56 missiles of 10 different the plane’s ability to carry the bomb. types were displayed, culminating in enormous rockets With a mere puff of dust, the mock bomb landed on articulated trailers and on 16-wheeler vehicles. in a dry lake bed at the Tonopah Test Range. “It’s The nuclear-armed North is under United Nations great to see things all come together: The weapon sanctions over its weapons programs, and has ambi- design, the test preparation, the aircraft, the range tions to build a rocket capable of delivering a war- and the people who made it happen,” Anna head to the US mainland - something Trump has Schauer, director of Sandia’s Stockpile Resource vowed “won’t happen”. Ostensibly, yesterday’s event Center, said in a statement. Scientists are planning was to mark the 105th anniversary of Kim Il-Sung’s to spend months analyzing the data gathered from birth - a date known as the “Day of the Sun” in the the test. Tracking telescopes, remote cameras and North - and a squadron of warplanes flew overhead other instruments at the test range recorded PYONGYANG: North Korean men and women wave flags and plastic flowers as a float with model missiles and forming the number. Continued on Page 13 rockets with words that read “For Peace and Stability in the World” is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade yesterday. — AP Continued on Page 13 Turkey rivals in last poll push ISTANBUL: Turkey’s top politicians made a If passed, the new presidential system final effort yesterday to sway undecided will implement the most radical political voters in a frenetic end to campaigning a shake-up in Turkey’s recent history, dis- day ahead of the closely-contested refer- pensing with the office of the prime min- endum on expanding President Recep ister and centralizing the entire executive Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. With election bureaucracy under the presidency. rules banning all campaigning after 1500 “Turkey will tomorrow make one of the GMT, both the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ camps most important decisions in its history,” squeezed in a flurry of rallies as the clock said Erdogan as he wrapped up an ticked down to today’s landmark poll. exhausting nationwide campaign with a Analysts see the poll as a historic choice rally in the Istanbul district of Sariyer. on the direction of the NATO member Confidently predicting victory, he which will shape its future political system declared: “The polls look really good.” and determine relations with the West. Continued on Page 13 Emma Morano World’s oldest person dies in WASHINGTON: Protestors take part in the “Tax March” to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records yesterday. — AFP Italy aged 117 ROME: Emma Morano, who at 117 was believed to be Protesters take to streets to the world’s oldest person and the last to be born in the 19th century, died yesterday, Italian media report- demand Trump tax returns ed. Morano, who lived in northern Italy, was born on Nov 29, 1899, four years before the Wright brothers NEW YORK: Tens of thousands of people by a single tweet, organizers said. A day first took to the air. Her life spanned three centuries, were expected to take to the streets after the massive Jan 21 women’s march two World Wars and more than 90 Italian govern- across the United States and beyond yes- in Washington and other cities, comedy ments. Italian news agencies ANSA and Agi said the terday to press President Donald Trump to writer Frank Lesser tapped out on Twitter, death was reported by her friends and family. release his tax returns and to dispute his “Trump claims no one cares about his tax- Dr Carlo Bava told AP by telephone that Morano’s claim that the public does not care about es. The next mass protest should be on caretaker called him to say the woman had passed the issue. The demonstrations, organized Tax Day to prove him wrong.” It has been away yesterday afternoon while sitting in an armchair by a loose coalition of labor and left-lean- retweeted more than 21,000 times. in her home in Verbania, a town on Lake Maggiore. ing groups with various economic agen- Organizers said they stuck with the tradi- Bava said he had last paid his nearly-daily call on das, intended to focus on Trump’s refusal tional April 15 Tax Day for the marches Morano on Friday. He says “she thanked me and held to disclose his tax-paying history, some- because as a Saturday, it would draw more my hand” as usual. — Agencies ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses with children after a rally thing his predecessors in the White House attendance, even though this year’s income yesterday on the eve of a constitutional referendum. — AFP have done for more than 40 years. tax filing deadline was pushed back to “When we check in with our members, Tuesday. Joe Dinkin, spokesman for the this is something they care about deeply,” Working Families Party, which is also plan- said Ben Wikler, Washington director of ning the marches, said ongoing investiga- Black US Muslims aim for unity MoveOn.org, a progressive political tions into the Trump campaign’s connec- group. Critics have raised questions tions with Russia underscore the need to DEARBORN, Michigan: In her job as a refugee @BlkMuslimWisdom formed in recent weeks to about what Trump’s tax returns say about disclose his returns. “Without seeing his tax- case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come to amplify stories of black Muslims, whether it’s to his net worth and about his various busi- es we’ll never really know who he’s working work in a hijab and speak with her clients in praise Mahershala Ali, who is black and became ness ties. Organizers of “Tax March” were for,” said Dinkin, who expects the marches Arabic. Nonetheless, she found herself being the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, or to planning events in more than 150 cities, to draw at least 100,000 protesters. asked whether she was Muslim. It’s not easy, express concern over the lack of black speakers including New York, Washington and Los There have been some glimpses into Farooq says, navigating her dual identities as at a recent Islamic conference. Tensions are also Angeles, as well as cities in Europe, Japan Trump’s tax history. Last month, MSNBC black and Muslim. “I’m constantly trying to prove being aired at community town halls, with pan- and New Zealand. host Rachel Maddow released two pages that I belong,” said Farooq, who now works in elists questioning why there hasn’t been more As a candidate and as president, Trump of Trump’s 2005 return that were public health. “It’s really hard not to be an out- involvement from Arab and South Asian has steadfastly refused to release his tax obtained by investigative reporter David sider in a community - especially today, in the Muslims in Black Lives Matters events. returns, citing an ongoing audit by the Cay Johnston. They showed Trump paid current times.” In response, activists say they’re seizing the Internal Revenue Service. $38 million in taxes on more than $150 Many Muslims are reeling from a US presiden- opportunity to unite Muslims of all backgrounds. In September, he told ABC News, “I million in income. And last October, The tial administration that’s cracked down on immi- Fatimah Farooq Kashif Syed, who lives in the Washington, DC don’t think anybody cares, except some New York Times reported that Trump had grants, including through the introduction of a and for being black and Muslim among a popu- area, grew up in a family of South Asian Muslim members of the press.” The IRS has said declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 travel ban that suspends new visas for people lation of immigrant Muslims.