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Saturday, November 4, 2017 Issue No. 7555 Today’s Weather Nadal pulls out 200 Fils Max Min of Paris Masters www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh 34°C 26°C 8P 24 FM: Qatar is gateway for terrorists Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa Muhannad Mansour/DTNN organisations, such as 2016, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia “Qatar facilitated of Qatar, granting visas UN slammed for [email protected] Lebanon, Shaikh Khalid and the UAE took several the granting of entry and residency to citizens said that Qatar is facilitating procedures to limit relations and residency visas in of countries sponsoring backing Houthis Manama entry of terrorists to Gulf with Lebanon and ban their contravention of its terrorism and extremism.” atar has become a countries. citizens from travelling to obligations to GCC His Majesty King Hamad Riyadh gateway for terrorist Commenting on his Lebanese soil. This came as regulations that facilitate bin Isa Al Khalifa issued audi Arabia has strongly Qorganisations to enter the official Twitter page, Foreign the Lebanese government the movement of residents directives to tighten entry condemned the United GCC region as it continues to Affairs Minister Shaikh failed to condemn the attacks between the GCC countries and residence procedures in SNations’ decision to give $14 facilitate entry to citizens of Khalid bin Ahmed Al on Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic and this is security risk,” light of the current security million in aid to the Ministry courtiers harbouring terrorists, Khalifa said: “Revoking entry missions in Iran. the minister tweeted on requirements and to impose of Education run by the Houthi Foreign Affairs Minister visas for Lebanese citizens, During the same period, Wednesday. the visas on Qatar’s citizens militia in Yemen. Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al with all due respect to the Interior Ministry here Referring to the Kingdom’s and residents. Houthi militias are planting Khalifa said yesterday. people of Lebanon, open announced that it has taken decision to impose entry Interior Minister thousands of landmines inside Referring to the recent the doors wide for members procedures to deport Lebanese visas on Qatar citizens and Lieutenant General Shaikh Yemen and on its border with announcement by the and followers of Hezbollah citizens who had links with residents, the minister added: Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa Saudi Arabia, Saudi said. Qatari authorities allowing terrorist organisation to enter Hezbollah, which was declared “The visas were not aimed announced on Tuesday that x entry to citizens of certain Qatar and the GCC”. by the states as a terrorist at the people of Qatar, but the visas will come into effect countries that host terrorist By the beginning of the year organisation in the same year. were aimed at the facilitation on November 19 this year. Spain issues warrant against Catalan leader Mdrid Spanish judge has Expat medical check-up fee fixed at BD20 issued European arrest Awarrants for sacked Catalan Minister Faeqa Al Saleh issued any of the private healthcare as part of efforts to streamline and conditions of medical leader Carles Puigdemont Muhannad Mansour/DTNN Resolution 30 of 2017 to this centres that are authorised and procedures. It was also check-ups that are set by the and four of his allies who [email protected] effect, regulating the medical specified by Health Ministry included in the resolution ministry”. went to Belgium. The five check-up of expatriate workers. and Labour Market Regulatory that “healthcare institutions The conditions include that failed to attend a high Manama The minister’s resolution Authority (LMRA) after the wishing to provide the the institutions must be linked court hearing in Madrid on he authorities have fixed follows the Cabinet’s approval fee is paid”. The ministry has medical examination service through the IGA services, Thursday when nine other a fee of BD20 for medical on Monday to privatise the announced that it discussed for expatriates shall apply to maintain an electronic IGA ex-members of the regional check-upT of expatriate workers check-ups. the plan with the LMRA, the the Authority for permission record and an electronic government were taken into at specified private healthcare In the resolution it was National Health Regulatory to add the activity to their documentation mechanism custody. centres in the Kingdom, mentioned that “the employer Authority and the Information list of services, in accordance of patients’ data and health DT News has learnt. Health is granted the liberty to choose and e-Government Authority with approved standards condition. P 02 P 03 P 05 New bill to Trump Embassy denies crack down begins targeting kin of ‘free visa’ Asia tour escaped convict employers 2 Saturday, November 4, 2017 Saturday, November 4, 2017 3 Reckless driving: Man Trump Embassy denies to appear before court Muhannad Mansour/DTNN targeting kin of [email protected] begins Manama reckless school bus driver, Awho was seen over- Donald Trump speaks to escaped convict speeding in a recent video the media ahead of his footage, will meet his fate as Asia tour yesterday he stands before the court on Asia tour Monday . Traffic Prosecution A screen grab of the video showing the bus Head and Consultant Attorney driven in high speed on the wrong lane Washington issues. in the 2016 presidential with Putin,” Trump told Fox Papadopoulos offered to help reform bid fizzle, worry the Hussain Al Bualihas confirmed eset by challenges at These include an election and his attorney News. “And, again – Putin arrange a meeting between tax effort could suffer without that the driver was interrogated General Directorate of Traffic all drivers to follow traffic rules Bhome, President Donald intensifying federal general, Jeff Sessions, faced is very important because candidate Trump and Putin. him to keep momentum by the Traffic Prosecution, confirmed the man’s arrest to enhance road safety,” the Trump yesterday embarked investigation into Russian Democratic calls to appear they can help us with North While tweeting about going. which ordered to detain him. in a statement and said he directorate said in a statement. on the longest trip to Asia meddling in last year’s before Congress again to Korea. They can help us with developments vigorously this Trump will fly on Friday Al Buali said the man would be soon referred to the The video showed the school by an American president in election, New York’s recovery clarify his previous testimony Syria. We have to talk about week, Trump told the New morning to Hawaii, stopping confessed to his crimes of over- Public Prosecution stating, “In bus being heedlessly driven more than a quarter century, from an attack that killed eight about the campaign’s Russia Ukraine.” York Times on Wednesday for a briefing on U.S. military speeding, wrongly changing response to a video circulated over the speed of 120 km/h looking for help to pressure people and debate over a tax- contacts. Court documents made that he was “not angry at forces in the Pacific and a visit lanes and posing risks to lives on social media of a bus driver on King Faisal Highway in North Korea to stand down cut plan that if approved by Amid the furor caused by public on Monday also anybody” about the case and to Pearl Harbor. Trump then and properties. working for a transportation Manama. The speed limit for from a nuclear crisis. Congress would be his first the revelations, the Kremlin disclosed a Trump campaign there was nothing to suggest will visit Japan and South DT News reported last week company who was over- such vehicles on this road is Trump’s tour of Japan, major legislative victory. said on Friday a meeting foreign policy adviser, George any collusion by his campaign Korea in search of a united that the man was arrested speeding and not sticking to 70 km/h and they are not to South Korea, China, Vietnam The trip began just days after between Trump and Russian Papadopoulos, pleaded and Russia. front against North Korea by traffic police following the correct lane, the General be driven on the left lane. The and the Philippines from Trump’s former campaign President Vladimir Putin was guilty last month to lying to Trump’s plan for an before going to Beijing, where Alwedaei and other wanted escaped convicts the circulation of a video Directorate of Traffic has driver additionally overtook Friday to Nov. 14 will take manager, Paul Manafort, was being discussed and Trump the FBI. They cited a March extended absence from he will push Chinese President repeatedly attacked the Bahraini Embassy and footage online showing him arrested the driver and referred another vehicle using the him out of Washington, where indicted in the investigation said it might happen. 2016 meeting, attended by Washington has alarmed allies Xi Jinping to get tougher with officials in London. In frame is when they chained driving irresponsibly on one him to the Public Prosecutor.” left lane without using the he has been beset by several into Russian meddling “We may have a meeting Trump and Sessions, in which who, after seeing a healthcare Pyongyang. - Reuters the entrance of the embassy last January. of the kingdom’s roads. The “The department calls upon indicators.

DT News Network Kingdom of Bahrain, which (Younis Abdulaziz Mansour [email protected] provides that “punishment and Jalal Mahfoodh) planted is personal” to an offender, fake explosive devices on a Manama thereby prohibiting any public highway. Clearly, these he Embassy of Bahrain attempt to punish others for are not individuals detained in London has denied any offences committed by an for their family ties to takingT part in targeting the individual.” Alwadaei. Rather, they have family members of a Bahraini The embassy clarified that been convicted, after trials convict currently seeking “evidence emerged, DNA and before Bahrain’s independent asylum in the UK. material evidence, linking courts, of involvement in Moreover, the embassy members of Alwadaei’s serious criminal activities said in a statement that extended family to acts of with the aim of spreading the convict’s relatives were terrorism, which required a terror in the civilian prosecuted before the court full and proper investigation.” population.” here for their individual The statement stressed that “All these cases were involvement in serious the names of the convicted investigated and prosecuted criminal and terrorist members of Alwadaei’s properly and in accordance activities. This clarification family who he mentioned with the law, with suspects’ came after British-based in his article, including rights to proper treatment, online news publication IB his mother-in-law Hajer representation, due process Times UK quoted an article Mansoor, brother-in-law and fair trial fully upheld. published by Sayed Ahmed Sayed Nazar Alwadaei and The ruling came from the Alwadaei, who was convicted cousin Mahmood Marzooq, court of first instance and in several terror crimes here were all found guilty by therefore is open to appeal.” before escaping to the UK the court here for their “With regards to few years back, claiming that involvement in terror crimes. allegations of torture, firstly, his relatives have been jailed “Hajer Mansoor was the Ombudsman Office here for the sole reason that arrested on March 5, initiated an investigation on they’re related to him. 2017. She was convicted information in the news and Alwadaei claimed that his of planting fake explosive media that Nazar Alwadaei close relatives and in-laws devices to spread fear and has been subjected to torture, were “tortured and forced to terror. Nazar Alwadaei was and have interviewed him. confess” by the authorities arrested on the same day The case was referred to in Bahrain. This was denied as Hajer. He was convicted the Special Investigation SEND OR EXCHANGE MONEY in a statement issued by the of arson, assembling and Unit (SIU). The SIU’s Bahraini Embassy in the UK planting fake explosive investigation is still ongoing AT GREAT RATES, GUARANTEED! on Thursday. devices, and participation in but all evidence thus far We aim to make a positive difference in our customers’ lives by providing The embassy’s statement an illegal gathering which does not substantiate the fast, safe and convenient services every time! read, “The embassy has breached public security. allegation.” received a number of inquiries Mahmood Marzooq was “The SIU opened an • Worldwide Money Transfer • Corporate Payments regarding the false allegation arrested on March 1, 2017. investigation into Mansoor • Online Money Transfer • Payroll Services of deliberate targeting and He was convicted of planting and Marzooq’s case, following • Currency Exchange • Wholesale Services acts of reprisals against fake explosive devices and allegations of torture raised Members of Alwadaei Family. possessing offensive weapons by Amnesty International. • Bill Payments At the outset, it must be (swords and knives),” the The first investigation was made clear that no individual embassy said. closed due to lack of evidence /BFCBahrain /BFCBahrain has been arrested for their Clarifying further, it said, to substantiate the allegation, Tel: 1722 8888 | www.bfc.com.bh family links to Mr. Alwadaei, “The charges relate to an and the second is still and with reference to the incident on January 28, 2017, ongoing but all evidence thus provisions of Article 20(b) where the defendants and far does not substantiate the of the Constitution of the two other wanted fugitives allegation.”

JO3082_BFC_DT_Ads_18cmX12.8cm_Generic_Services.indd 1 2/1/17 3:31 PM Saturday, November 4, 2017 3 Reckless driving: Man Embassy denies to appear before court Muhannad Mansour/DTNN targeting kin of [email protected] Manama reckless school bus driver, Awho was seen over- escaped convict speeding in a recent video footage, will meet his fate as he stands before the court on Monday . Traffic Prosecution A screen grab of the video showing the bus Head and Consultant Attorney driven in high speed on the wrong lane Hussain Al Bualihas confirmed that the driver was interrogated General Directorate of Traffic all drivers to follow traffic rules by the Traffic Prosecution, confirmed the man’s arrest to enhance road safety,” the which ordered to detain him. in a statement and said he directorate said in a statement. Al Buali said the man would be soon referred to the The video showed the school confessed to his crimes of over- Public Prosecution stating, “In bus being heedlessly driven speeding, wrongly changing response to a video circulated over the speed of 120 km/h lanes and posing risks to lives on social media of a bus driver on King Faisal Highway in and properties. working for a transportation Manama. The speed limit for DT News reported last week company who was over- such vehicles on this road is that the man was arrested speeding and not sticking to 70 km/h and they are not to by traffic police following the correct lane, the General be driven on the left lane. The Alwedaei and other wanted escaped convicts the circulation of a video Directorate of Traffic has driver additionally overtook repeatedly attacked the Bahraini Embassy and footage online showing him arrested the driver and referred another vehicle using the officials in London. In frame is when they chained driving irresponsibly on one him to the Public Prosecutor.” left lane without using the the entrance of the embassy last January. of the kingdom’s roads. The “The department calls upon indicators.

JO3082_BFC_DT_Ads_18cmX12.8cm_Generic_Services.indd 1 2/1/17 3:31 PM 4 Saturday, November 4, 2017 Palestinian flag King’s inter-faith flies half-mast on Balfour anniv DT News Network an independent and sovereign Manama Palestinian state, with Al-Quds he Palestinian flag was as its capital and admit the initiatives lauded Thoisted half-mast yesterday Palestine as full member of the at its Embassy headquarters in United Nations. Manama on the centennial of The community has the Balfour Declaration. delivered a second memo to The Palestinian community the British Ambassador to living in Bahrain addressed two Bahrain Simon Martin and separate memos to the United was received on his behalf by Nations (UN) Secretary- the Political Affairs Officer General and the British Graham Jason. Ambassador to Bahrain. Submitted by Rami Rashid The memos deplored the on behalf of the community, Balfour Declarations, which the memo recalled the injustice was issued by the British done to the Palestinian people Foreign Secretary Arthur due to the infamous Balfour Balfour to Lord Walter Declaration a century ago. Rothschild, on November 2, The memo called upon 1917, paving the way for the the British Government to establishment of the State of acknowledge its historical Israel in 1948 to the detriment crime, instead of celebrating of the rights of the Arab the centennial of the Balfour Palestinian people, who have Declaration, apologise for its been living on their lands for sin, work with international thousands of years. community to end the Israeli A delegation representing occupation and recognize the the Palestinian community Palestinian state with Al-Quds in Bahrain to Manama-based as its capital. Dr. Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa United Nations Office media The memo also urged addressing students yesterday director Samir Al-Darabea, on the British Government to behalf of the UN Secretary- recognize the Palestinian state DT News Network history in this respect and and duties are guaranteed He also pointed out General António Guterres. immediately and back the Manama contributions of the Al Khalifa by the constitution, being Bahrain’s hosting of many The memo urges the UN Palestinians’ efforts seeking oard of Trustees Deputy rulers and the people to paving main pillars of social functions over the past years Secretary-General to step up the UN Security Council Chairman and Executive the way of all the civilisational stability. to promote those noble values. international concerted efforts recognition of its state, on BDirector of Isa Cultural Centre accomplishments. He added that His Dr. Shaikh Khalid to end the Israeli occupation of par with all other states in the Dr. Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa In a lecture organised by Majesty King Hamad bin spotlighted the content of the Palestinian lands, establish world. Al Khalifa stressed that the two “This Is Bahrain” society, Isa Al Khalifa has always “The Kingdom of Bahrain initiatives, “The Kingdom of in cooperation with Isa backed religious tolerance Declaration”, describing it as Bahrain Declaration” and The Cultural Centre and with and peaceful co-existence an international document King Hamad Global Centre the participation of 300 through many initiatives and a humanitarian message for Inter-Faith Dialogue and secondary level students, Dr. since 2001, the prominent to foster religious freedom Peaceful Co-Existence, are a Shaikh Khalid affirmed that being “The Kingdom of and tolerance and peaceful boost to the Bahraini people’s the royal reform project and Bahrain Declaration” and The co-existence. status as ambassadors of the National Action Charter King Hamad Global Centre He also pointed out the religious tolerance and underlined that freedom and for Inter-Faith Dialogue and efforts made to eliminate peaceful co-existence. equality between citizens Peaceful Co-Existence in Los all forms of hatred and He highlighted Bahrain’s before the law in rights Angeles. extremism. Study UK Exhibition 2017 concludes DT News Network institutions. The exhibition universities’ representatives. Professor Riyad Hamzah, Manama was opened by Simon Simon Martin, UK President of the University of ritish Council Bahrain Martin, UK Ambassador to Ambassador to the Kingdom Bahrain, stated: “University of organised a two-day the Kingdom of Bahrain. The of Bahrain, stated on the Bahrain is delighted to extend Bannual ‘Study UK Exhibition opening was attended by key occasion: “I am delighted to its partnership with the British 2017’ at the University of figures from education and see the large number of British Council to host the Bahrain- Bahrain. business sectors, including Dr Universities representing UK Education Week. Not only The exhibition on Muna Al Balooshi, Assistant the UK Higher Education have students benefited from Wednesday and Thursday Secretary General for sector at this year’s Study UK learning more about science gave prospective students of Accreditation and Evaluation Exhibition, and proud that and technology but also about undergraduate and graduate at the Higher Education the UK is home to a growing studying opportunities at programmes the opportunity Council, Prof. Riyad Yousef number of Bahraini students many UK universities”. to meet representatives from Hamzah, President of the during their tertiary education. Prof. Hamzah said that such UK universities, colleges and University of Bahrain, Dr. It is inspiring to witness the activities and partnerships are educational institutions. Roy Blatchford from the Students at the expo enthusiasm and ambition of fruitful; the previous Science Organised by the British office of the First Deputy initiative to enhance cultural from across Bahrain attend young Bahrainis looking to Collaboration Symposium Council, this education Prime Minister and Khalid and educational relations the exhibition to obtain pursue their university studies which was organized by the exhibition attracted over Al Zayani, Chairman of the between Bahrain and the UK information about education in the UK, highlighting the British Council and held at the 1000 visitors who met BBBF. by helping create a knowledge- opportunities, admission, importance of education in university last year led to more representatives from up The ‘Study UK Exhibition’ based economy. available programmes and the relationship between our than 10 BH-UK universities to 20 UK universities and was part of British Council’s Prospective students scholarships directly from the two countries”. proposals. Saturday, November 4, 2017 5 New bill to crack down ‘free visa’

The new bill is aimed at eradicating the illegal employment and “runaway” workers’ phe- employers nomenon, and to tackle its negative effects on the security and economy of the Kingdom Muhannad Mansour/DTNN “free visa, DT News has learnt. According to Al Assoomy, permission to be practiced. launch of the flexible work illegal workers. [email protected] Submitted by MP Adel Al the bill is aimed at eradicating Several initiatives have been permits by the Labour Market The method was formally Assoomy and other MPs, the the illegal employment taken to tackle the free visa issue Regulatory Authority (LMRA) adopted by the United Nations Manama bill stipulates that the existing and “runaway” workers’ in Bahrain. MPs had formed a last July. The permits basically last month as one of a number he House of punishment in the Penal Code phenomenon, and to tackle its specialised committee in 2014 gives foreign employees of international initiatives to Representatives will should be doubled from a jail negative effects on the security to investigate the phenomenon of certain professions the form part of the draft Global discussT a bill in its weekly term not exceeding six months and economy of the Kingdom, and come out with solutions liberty of working for several Compact on Migration due session on Tuesday to toughen to a full year imprisonment, by maintaining the regulation and recommendations. employers at the same time. to be adopted following the the punishments for those who and from a fine of BD4, 000 to of economic or professional Another official step taken At the same time it offered a International Migration hire illegal employees, under BD8, 000. activities that require to challenge the issue was the solution to the existing issue of Conference in 2018. Faber-Castell Spectra held

Children taking part in a competition held as part of the event DT News Network partook in the competition helped in making the event a Manama after being selected in the success. he Indian Community preliminary rounds organized The winning entries and Relief Fund (ICRF), under in their respective schools. other outstanding creations by theT patronage of the Embassy This annual event was aimed the children will figure in the of India, held this year’s art at unearthing artistic talents Wall Calendars and Desk-Top carnival entitled ‘Faber Castell among the youth and creating Calendars designed for the year - Spectra 2017’ at the Indian a future generation who would 2018. School yesterday. be catalysts for social change. These calendars will The event was inaugurated Participants were divided be launched at the finale by P K Chowdry, Second into four age groups - five to function by Alok Kumar Secretary at the Embassy eight years, eight to eleven Sinha, Ambassador of India to of India, in the presence of years, eleven to thirteen years Bahrain on November 25. ICRF Chairman Bhagwan and fourteen to eighteen years. A large number of each of Asarpota, ICRF General The results will be these calendars will be made Secretary Aruldas Thomas, announced and the winners available to educational Spectra Convener U K Menon, will be honoured during the institutions, clubs, associations Spectra Joint Convener Mrs finale to be held on November and businesses. Rosaline Charlie, Indian 25, 2017 evening at the Bahrain Faber Castell is the prime School Chairman Prince Keraleeya Samajam Diamond sponsor of the event that Natarajan, Indian School Jubilee Hall, Segaiya. has provided all the artwork Secretary Shemily John, Indian The art carnival aims at materials. Participating School Principal Palaniswamy, encouraging and honouring students were allowed to take Keraleeya Samajam President artistic skills among the youth. home the materials after the Radhakrishna Pillai, Keraleeya It is the largest art competition competition. Samajam Secretary N K for students in the Kingdom of Net proceeds from the Veeramani, Prime Sponsor Bahrain. competition will go towards Faber Castell representative This is the 9th annual art a Family Welfare Fund to Aneesh and other ICRF carnival by ICRF, the first one provide relief to support the volunteers. was held in the year 2009 with families of deceased Indian Around 1,300 children from around 700 participants. More labourers drawing wages below various schools in Bahrain than 150 tireless volunteers BD100 per month. 6 Saturday, November 4, 2017 Saturday, November 4, 2017 7

Iraqi forces, backed by the Hashed al-Shaabi during an operation White House bomb threat: man arrested Washington swarming the area and a robot man is reportedly in checking the boot of a black Acustody after he drove up car. Death toll to a White House check point The CNN reporter on the claiming to have a bomb in scene said on Twitter that a Climate Change his car. member of the bomb squad CNN said there was no was inspecting items in the confirmation of any device in car’s boot. Conference 2017 the vehicle but that security President Donald Trump from Gaza at the White House had been was not at the White House at he UN Climate Change Conference - November 2017 will take upgraded. the time. He was spending the place 6-17 November in Bonn, Germany and will be presided Surrounding roads were weekend at his Florida resort, overT by the Government of Fiji. It will be the 23rd yearly session of closed as police checked the Mar-a-Lago. the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework vehicle for explosives. It is the third security Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The objective of the 2017 A statement from the incident at the White House tunnel strike conference is to cement and bind the universal agreement on climate Secret Service confirmed that in two weeks. change which is accepted by majority nations of the world community. a man had been detained at On 10 March a man a scaled At the Paris climate conference (COP21) in December 2015, 195 White House check point at the White House fence and countries adopted the first-ever universal, legally binding global 11.05pm on Saturday evening was on the property’s grounds climate deal. The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the and agents had “declared his for 16 minutes before being world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global vehicle suspicious”. detained. rises to 12 warming to well below 2°C. The Paris Agreement is a bridge between The service had “increased Then on Saturday a person today’s policies and climate-neutrality before the end of the century. their posture of readiness”, jumped over a bike rack in We need to be proud that representative Governments from the statement said. It did not a buffer zone in front of Gaza participating countries have agreed a long-term goal of keeping the mention any claims of an the White House but was Palestinian militant increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre- explosive device. not able to make it over Agroup said yesterday that industrial levels and have aim to limit the increase to 1.5°C, since this Twin Iraq and Syria Images from the scene the fence into the grounds. five of its members had been would significantly reduce risks and the impacts of climate change. The showed emergency vehicles (The Guardian) killed earlier this week when countries understand the need for checking global emissions which are Israel blew up a cross-border going to peak limits at the earliest and recognizing that this action will tunnel being dug by militants take longer time for developing countries. We need to undertake rapid from the Gaza Strip, bringing reductions in accordance with the best available practices. assaults as Islamic the death toll in the strike COP 23 is also committed to reinforce responsible collaboration to 12. between all Parties in order to achieve a collective shift towards a new Neither side seemed eager sustainable development model. to seek escalation after the The climate change agreement is considered to be a real opportunity tunnel was blown up on to emphasize on actions, consultations, keeping the momentum, Monday by Israel, which celebrating the successes, sharing experiences and learning from each State loses last city pointed out that its action other for action against climate change. was carried out on its own The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn is a crucial next step side of the border. for governments looking to operationalize the Paris Climate Change Damascus city in September, breaking an IS siege On October 17, it lost the city of The Islamic Jihad group Agreement adopted last year. While the Paris Agreement gave clear yrian troops on Friday retook the of nearly three years on government- Raqqa to the US-backed SDF, a highly said it was denied access to Security vehicles units on standby near the White House pathways and a final destination in respect to decisive action on last major city where Islamic State held parts of the provincial capital. symbolic blow that illustrated how its the collapsed tunnel and was Relatives mourn at the family home of a man who was killed during the strike climate change, many of the details regarding how to move forward Shad a presence as Iraqi forces punched The battle has been ferocious, with “caliphate” has disintegrated. unable to recover the bodies reconciliation agreement project by mid-2019. militant rocket barrages. as one global community in that common direction still need to be into the jihadists’ last urban bastion heavy Russian air strikes and Syrian In Deir Ezzor province, it is under of its five members. it reached with Mahmoud During the last Gaza war, Israel and the United resolved. across the border. artillery fire leaving much of the city attack by both regime and SDF forces, Suicide attack kills 9 in Both Islamic Jihad and Abbas, the president of the in 2014, Hamas fighters States have called for Hamas While the Agreement is enforced few days before COP 22, the The simultaneous assaults on Deir in ruins. while across the border in Iraq it now Hamas, the dominant Palestinian Authority, last used dozens of tunnels to to be disarmed as part of the dialogue and decisions expected in Bonn hold immense potential Ezzor in eastern Syria and Al-Qaim A reporter inside the city on retains a foothold in just a single town, Syria’s Golan Heights village Islamist group in Gaza month. blindside Israel’s superior pact between Hamas and to accelerate and amplify the immediate response to the challenge in western Iraq dealt fresh blows to Thursday saw entire floors of Al-Qaim, after losing its stronghold of Damascus village, located on the outskirts that had said earlier it lost Israel has been forces and threaten civilian the Palestinian Authority, recognized in the Paris Agreement. This meeting is therefore incredibly IS in its former heartland, leaving buildings that had crashed onto those Mosul in July and the town of Hawija suicide car bomb attack of Hader, killing nine people two people in the tunnel constructing a sensor- communities near the so Israeli peace efforts with important for all nations and people. Albu Kamal, on the Syrian side of the beneath, while on others, facades in October. killed nine people in a and injuring at least 23,” the collapse, have sworn to equipped underground frontier, a counterpoint to Abbas, which collapsed in It is expected that all concerned people will follow the Bonn border, the last town of note under its were completely blown away to reveal But Iraqi forces entered Al-Qaim Agovernment-held village in agency said. retaliate. wall along the 60-km (36- the Iron Dome anti-missile 2014, could proceed. Hamas Conference proceedings to see what is discussed and understand how full control. empty, destroyed interiors. on Friday, military commanders said, Syria’s Golan Heights yesterday, Al-Nusra Front is the old Hamas accused Israel mile) Gaza border, aiming system that largely protected has rejected the demand. we as individuals can take action and contribute to the mounting The jihadist group that once laid Trenches dug by IS fighters were still unleashing a barrage of artillery fire state media said, reporting name for a militant group of trying to undermine a to complete the $1.1 billion the country’s heartland from (Reuters) momentum to meet the interlinked global challenges of climate claim to a self-styled “caliphate” visible, as were army minesweepers along with Iraqi and US-led coalition clashes between government that was formerly Al Qaeda’s change and sustainable development. spanning swathes of Syria and Iraq has working to locate and defuse explosives air strikes. forces and militants afterward. affiliate in Syria and is now It is assessed that the National Climate Action Plans submitted are seen its proto-state crumble in recent laid by the jihadists. Troops from the army and the elite State news agency SANA said known as the Fateh al-Sham not enough to keep the targeted global warming below 2°C, but these months under the pressure of multiple Before Syria’s war began in March Counter Terrorism Service “have the car bomb hit the outskirts Front. New Al Qaeda-linked group claims agreements are commitment and way to achieve the progress. It is offensives. 2011 with anti-government protests, started the assault on the centre of of the village of Hader, which “In the aftermath of the commendable that the Governments have agreed to come together In October, it lost its one-time de around 300,000 people lived in the Al-Qaim,” Staff Major General Noman lies near the disengagement terrorist attack, terrorist groups every 5 years to review the achievements and set more ambitious facto Syrian capital Raqqa after an city, provincial capital of Deir Ezzor Abed al-Zobai, the commander of the line that divides the Syrian- carried out a heavy attack on responsibility for Egypt attack targets as required by current technologies and share with each other assault of more than four months province along Syria’s eastern border 7th Division, said from the scene. controlled part of the Golan Hader, and army units and the and the public on how well they are doing to implement their targets. waged by the US-backed Syrian with Iraq. Soon afterwards, another officer from that occupied by Israel. Popular Defence units [pro- Cairo the enemy’s campaign,” the The countries now recognize the importance of averting, minimizing Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-Arab But in 2014, IS jihadists seized the said on condition of anonymity that “A suicide bomber from government militants] clashed previously unknown statement said. and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of alliance. city and much of the surrounding the town’s Gaza district had fallen Al-Nusra Front detonated a with the attackers,” SANA militant group with Two security sources and climate change. They also acknowledge the need to cooperate and On Friday, Syrian state media province, including vital oil and gas from jihadist hands. car bomb in the midst of the added. (AFP) Alinks to al Qaeda claimed a forensic doctor said DNA enhance the understanding, action and support in different areas such announced that the army, backed by fields that once served as a key source The paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi responsibility on Friday for analysis of bodies of militants as early warning systems, emergency preparedness and risk insurance. Russian firepower, had recaptured all of revenue for the extremists. (Popular Mobilisation) force said in an attack in Egypt’s Western killed in the air raid showed The agreement have recognized the role of non-Party stakeholders of Deir Ezzor city, in the oil-rich east IS has now been driven from most a statement that jihadists had set fire Desert that killed at least 16 Abd al-Hamid was among in addressing climate change, including cities, other subnational of the country. of its strongholds in Deir Ezzor, but to civilian houses in the southwestern policemen two weeks ago, them. authorities, civil society, the private sector and others. They are invited “The army announces full control of it still controls over 35 per cent of the neighbourhood to make it harder to announcing the start of a holy The security sources said to scale up their efforts and support actions to reduce emissions, build Deir Ezzor city,” state television said province, much of it empty desert. see them from the air. war against the Egyptian state. he was the deputy of Hesham resilience and decrease vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate in a breaking news alert, citing sources Its last major position is the town Government forces launched the The new group, Ansar al-Ashmawy, a former Egyptian change, uphold and promote regional and international cooperation. on the ground. of Albu Kamal, though it also holds operation last week to seize Al-Qaim al-Islam, gave no evidence military officer turned jihadist All our focus and attention will be on the Conference and we expect State news agency SANA also a string of smaller towns and villages and its surroundings, a barren pocket for its claim of responsibility who has operated out of that earth friendly decisions will be taken and we will start a new era reported that Deir Ezzor had been and at least one oilfield, according to of desert along the Euphrates river for the Oct. 21 attack but said the city of Derna across the of cooperation and living together in harmony with people and our “fully liberated”. the Syrian Observatory for Human near the Syrian border. Abu Hatem Emad al-Din border in Libya and is blamed surroundings. State television said engineering Rights monitor. The US-led coalition has said Abd al-Hamid, a fighter for past attacks. The two * Head of Waste Disposal Unit, Supreme Council for Environment, units from the army were combing IS, which at its peak controlled around 1,500 IS fighters are left in the suspected by the authorities Egyptians pray before the coffin of Police Cpt. men graduated from Egypt’s Kingdom of Bahrain (Email: [email protected]) captured neighbourhoods to clear territory roughly the size of Britain, area, which it expects to be the scene of involvement, was one of its Ahmed Fayez during his funeral (file photo) military academy the same mines and other explosives. has suffered a string of losses in recent of the “last big fight” against the group leaders. He was killed this week year and were both fired from (The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not Smokes billows from the Syrian village necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.) Syrian forces entered Deir Ezzor months in both Syria and Iraq. in Iraq. (AFP) in an air strike. with the battle of the Lion’s area on the borders of Cairo the army for adopting radical of Hader after a suicide car bomb attack “We have started our jihad Den in the Bahariya Oasis and were victorious against Islamist beliefs. (Reuters) Saturday, November 4, 2017 7 White House bomb threat: man arrested Washington swarming the area and a robot man is reportedly in checking the boot of a black Acustody after he drove up car. Death toll to a White House check point The CNN reporter on the claiming to have a bomb in scene said on Twitter that a his car. member of the bomb squad CNN said there was no was inspecting items in the confirmation of any device in car’s boot. the vehicle but that security President Donald Trump from Gaza at the White House had been was not at the White House at upgraded. the time. He was spending the Surrounding roads were weekend at his Florida resort, closed as police checked the Mar-a-Lago. vehicle for explosives. It is the third security A statement from the incident at the White House tunnel strike Secret Service confirmed that in two weeks. a man had been detained at On 10 March a man a scaled White House check point at the White House fence and 11.05pm on Saturday evening was on the property’s grounds and agents had “declared his for 16 minutes before being vehicle suspicious”. detained. rises to 12 The service had “increased Then on Saturday a person their posture of readiness”, jumped over a bike rack in the statement said. It did not a buffer zone in front of Gaza mention any claims of an the White House but was Palestinian militant explosive device. not able to make it over group said yesterday that Images from the scene the fence into the grounds. Afive of its members had been showed emergency vehicles (The Guardian) killed earlier this week when Israel blew up a cross-border tunnel being dug by militants from the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the strike to 12. Neither side seemed eager to seek escalation after the tunnel was blown up on Monday by Israel, which pointed out that its action was carried out on its own side of the border. The Islamic Jihad group said it was denied access to Security vehicles units on standby near the White House the collapsed tunnel and was Relatives mourn at the family home of a man who was killed during the strike unable to recover the bodies reconciliation agreement project by mid-2019. militant rocket barrages. of its five members. it reached with Mahmoud During the last Gaza war, Israel and the United Suicide attack kills 9 in Both Islamic Jihad and Abbas, the president of the in 2014, Hamas fighters States have called for Hamas Hamas, the dominant Palestinian Authority, last used dozens of tunnels to to be disarmed as part of the Syria’s Golan Heights village Islamist group in Gaza month. blindside Israel’s superior pact between Hamas and Damascus village, located on the outskirts that had said earlier it lost Israel has been forces and threaten civilian the Palestinian Authority, suicide car bomb attack of Hader, killing nine people two people in the tunnel constructing a sensor- communities near the so Israeli peace efforts with killed nine people in a and injuring at least 23,” the collapse, have sworn to equipped underground frontier, a counterpoint to Abbas, which collapsed in Agovernment-held village in agency said. retaliate. wall along the 60-km (36- the Iron Dome anti-missile 2014, could proceed. Hamas Syria’s Golan Heights yesterday, Al-Nusra Front is the old Hamas accused Israel mile) Gaza border, aiming system that largely protected has rejected the demand. state media said, reporting name for a militant group of trying to undermine a to complete the $1.1 billion the country’s heartland from (Reuters) clashes between government that was formerly Al Qaeda’s forces and militants afterward. affiliate in Syria and is now State news agency SANA said known as the Fateh al-Sham the car bomb hit the outskirts Front. New Al Qaeda-linked group claims of the village of Hader, which “In the aftermath of the lies near the disengagement terrorist attack, terrorist groups line that divides the Syrian- carried out a heavy attack on responsibility for Egypt attack controlled part of the Golan Hader, and army units and the from that occupied by Israel. Popular Defence units [pro- Cairo the enemy’s campaign,” the “A suicide bomber from government militants] clashed previously unknown statement said. Al-Nusra Front detonated a with the attackers,” SANA militant group with Two security sources and car bomb in the midst of the added. (AFP) Alinks to al Qaeda claimed a forensic doctor said DNA responsibility on Friday for analysis of bodies of militants an attack in Egypt’s Western killed in the air raid showed Desert that killed at least 16 Abd al-Hamid was among policemen two weeks ago, them. announcing the start of a holy The security sources said war against the Egyptian state. he was the deputy of Hesham The new group, Ansar al-Ashmawy, a former Egyptian al-Islam, gave no evidence military officer turned jihadist for its claim of responsibility who has operated out of for the Oct. 21 attack but said the city of Derna across the Abu Hatem Emad al-Din border in Libya and is blamed Abd al-Hamid, a fighter for past attacks. The two suspected by the authorities Egyptians pray before the coffin of Police Cpt. men graduated from Egypt’s of involvement, was one of its Ahmed Fayez during his funeral (file photo) military academy the same leaders. He was killed this week year and were both fired from Smokes billows from the Syrian village in an air strike. with the battle of the Lion’s area on the borders of Cairo the army for adopting radical of Hader after a suicide car bomb attack “We have started our jihad Den in the Bahariya Oasis and were victorious against Islamist beliefs. (Reuters) 8 BUSINESS Saturday, November 4, 2017 Coca Cola partners with Brave combat week Manama The Brave International future when the world reaches nation to host IMMAF World he world’s largest beverage Combat Week is the largest out to Bahrain as we take Championships which is the company, Coca-Cola and most unique combat steps that put ourselves in largest till date, under the willT be the official beverage sports festival held during the the global forefront when patronage of His Highness partner for the 2017 Brave year where athletes, celebrities it comes to sports media Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al International Combat Week. and officials from over 40 industry,” said Mohammed Khalifa. 2017 Brave International nations visit the Kingdom of Shahid, President of the Brave Brave 9: The Kingdom of Combat Week features Bahrain. Combat Federation. Champions held under the 2017 IMMAF World “This is a huge step for 2017 Brave International patronage of His Highness Championships, Brave 9: The sports media and industry Combat Week is held in Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Kingdom of Champions, Road in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain during 12 November Khalifa is also the largest fight Show, Food Festival, Concerts Athletes are looking forward till 19 November 2017. Bahrain card in the MENA region till and 2017 Ace Media Awards. with hope towards a brighter also makes history as the only date. China raps US

sanctioning Japan is looking into whether “flammable ice” – the frozen mixture of water and natural methane – could be burned for energy.

Energy imports of bank Until now the country has relied heavily on importing fuel to fire its power plants and it’s considered to be the one of the largest importers of oil, coal and liquefied natural gas. Nuclear plants over North The devastating effects of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown did not help Japan’s situation, with more than 50 of its nuclear reactors that once helped provide a solution to its scarce energy resources now standing idle. Korea ties Energy crisis Scientists are exploring the new flammable ice technology to help end Japan’s energy crises.

Availability The frozen mixture, called methane hydrates, is abundantly available. The National Energy Technology Laboratory, Beijing “comprehensively, actively, the missile threshold. Along with the ban on Bank which forms part of the U.S. Department of Energy, esti- eijing yesterday hit meticulously and strictly” But, alongside this sabre- of Dandong, the Treasury mated that there are around 20,000 trillion cubic meters back at a US decision implementing UN sanctions, rattling, Washington is also also issued new guidance of methane hydrate resources available worldwide. The Bto exclude a Chinese bank she added. slowly stepping up secondary to international banks’ risk gas hydrates can be found under arctic permafrost, as well from the American financial Trump has demanded that sanctions on foreign and compliance officers to as beneath the ocean floor, and may represent one of the system over its alleged ties Beijing do more to push its institutions like the Bank of help them spot North Korean world’s largest reservoirs of carbon-based fuel. to North Korea, slamming neighbour North Korea to Dandong which it accuses of attempts to infiltrate world the move as “long-armed stop efforts to build a nuclear- funnelling illicit funds. finance. Organic carbon jurisdiction”. armed missile capable of This risks angering China, Banks from China and It has been suggested that the world’s gas hydrates may Washington had alerted reaching American cities. but hawkish commentators around the world find it hard contain more organic carbon than the world’s coal, oil, and other businesses in June He will bring this message argue that it remains the only to operate if they are barred other forms of natural gas combined. that it planned to take the to President Xi Jinping in way short of war to force from the US financial system, action, but it finally went into Beijing next week, but China Pyongyang, and perhaps which is a clearing house for Still under investigation effect on Thursday, just as is reluctant to push too hard more importantly Beijing, to most dollar-denominated President Donald Trump was and risk destabilising Kim reconsider its strategy. transactions. For years scientists have been investigating the potential to set off on an Asian tour. Jong-Un’s North Korean “Banks and businesses In addition to the financial of using this natural gas as an energy source, touting it as China “strongly opposes regime. worldwide should take measures, Washington may the way of the future in clean energy, but no one has been the long-armed jurisdiction Officials in Washington note that they must be also decide to re-designate able to extract methane gas hydrate commercially yet. imposed by any country,” warn that, while they would vigilant against attempts North Korea as a “state Chinese foreign ministry prefer Kim to come to the by North Korea to conduct sponsor of terrorism” -- a spokeswoman Hua Chunying table, Trump has not ruled illicit financing and trade,” formal blacklist that would told a regular press briefing. out a pre-emptive strike to Treasury Secretary Steven add to sanctions pressure. China has been prevent him from crossing Mnuchin said. (AFP) Saturday November 4, 2017 BUSINESS 9 Republicans unveil tax cut bill BMW recalling 1 million vehicles in North America “The ESM (European Stability Washington Washington Mechanism) might turn into a .S. House of Representatives Republicans unveiled MW AG said on Friday it is recalling about 1 million ‘European Monetary Fund’, and I think Ulegislation to deliver deep tax cuts that President Donald Bvehicles in North America for two separate issues involving that makes a lot of sense. This would Trump has promised, setting off a fire risks and said it may expand show a rich part of frantic race in Congress to give him the recalls to other countries. the world is able to his first major legislative victory. One recall covers 670,000 2006- The 429-page bill, representing what 2011 U.S. 3-Series vehicles to solve imbalances by would be the largest overhaul of the address a wiring issue for heating themselves” U.S. tax system since the 1980s, and air conditioning systems that Ewald Nowotny called for slashing the corporate tax may overheat and could increase rate to 20 percent from 35 percent. the risk of a fire. (AFP) Veteran European Central Bank policymaker

The Haramain Express, Saudi Arabia’s first high-speed train, will link Medina and Mecca in less than two-and-a-half hours and cut pollution and congestion on the road between the two Muslim holy cities Alibaba opens HARAMAIN HST: Total of 35 trains built by Spain, adapted for desert climate Air conditioning: Works on auxiliary Cab window: Polyurethane sheets power if overhead electrification fails reduce wear from blowing sand electronic trading hub Wheels: Blowers positioned in close Dust ingress: Reinforced door seals, proximity to clear sand from track military-grade air filters SAUDI Rolling stock: Talgo 350 SRO in Malaysia ARABIA Medina Maximum speed: 300km/h Length of train: 215m (13 cars) Haramain high-speed Passenger capacity: 417 seats rail line: Length 453km Thermal resistance: Up to 50°C

50km Track modifications: Construction 30 miles of retaining walls and ditches along King Abdullah line and use of slab track instead of Economic City ballast in exposed sections to prevent encroachment of desert sand King Abdulaziz Existing International Airport railways Branch line serves main entry point for Hajj pilgrims Mecca Riyadh RED SAUDI ARABIA SEA Jeddah

Sources: International Railway Journal, Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) © GRAPHIC NEWS Broadcom redomiciling to U.S. from Singapore Washington the best place to lead a business allow us to go all in on U.S. Representative image hipmaker Broadcom with a global footprint. Thanks redomiciliation. However, we Kuala Lumpur The trading hub offers enterprises “have the power to Ltd (AVGO.O) plans to to you Mr. President, business intend to redomicile to the libaba launched an Malaysian businesses help in transform the economy. They redomicileC to the United States conditions have steadily United States even if there is electronic trading hub in areas including e-commerce, are ambitious, nimble and have from Singapore, President improved.” no corporate tax reform.” AMalaysia yesterday aimed at logistics and cloud computing, the potential to create high Donald Trump said on The company later confirmed Trump praised the move, helping small- and medium- as well as in exporting their value employment”, Najib was Thursday at a White House the plan in a statement that calling Broadcom “one of the sized businesses, a first for the goods. cited as saying by state-run news conference where the quoted Tan as saying: ”We really great, great companies.” Chinese internet giant outside The broader digital free news agency Bernama. company’s chief executive cited expect the tax reform plan “They employ over 7,500 its home country. trade zone, spearheaded by a Ma last year became the Republican tax efforts. effectively to level the playing workers in many states The hub, part of a “digital Malaysian government agency, Malaysian government’s Broadcom Chief Executive field for large multinational across our country. We’re free trade zone” near Kuala aims to help local firms sell “digital economy” adviser. Officer Hock Tan told corporations headquartered looking forward to seeing that Lumpur International Airport, their products more easily Alibaba is China’s dominant reporters: “America is again in the United States and to number grow, which it is now went live during a ceremony globally, and to make Malaysia player in online commerce, anticipated to do,” he added. attended by Alibaba founder the gateway for products with its Taobao platform The company, which makes Jack Ma and Malaysian Prime entering Southeast Asia from holds the vast majority of a range of semiconductor Minister Najib Razak. outside the region. the consumer-to-consumer products for wireless It was the latest move by The ground-breaking market. communications, smartphones, Alibaba into Southeast Asia, on a regional e-commerce The company, often data center networking and one of the world’s hottest logistics hub, to be developed compared to US giants Amazon other markets, is currently e-commerce battlegrounds. by Malaysia’s main airport and eBay, has expanded outside incorporated in Singapore and The company has already operator and Alibaba’s logistics its core e-commerce business, co-headquartered there and in built up a substantial stake in affiliate, also took place. in sectors ranging from sports Representative image San Jose, California.(Reuters) regional online retailer Lazada. Small and medium-sized to entertainment. (AFP) 10 BUSINESS Saturday, November 4, 2017 Oil near two-year high

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AUSTRALIA 0.2958 0.2933 Amsterdam report on crude inventories the deal, which is due to Dubai benchmarks now at the BANGLADESH 0.00483 0.00462 il prices rose yesterday, and exports showed a large expire in March, could be highest in three years. CANADA 0.2998 0.2966 nearing their highest draw in U.S. stocks, showing extended if necessary but that Traders also eyed risks DENMARK 0.0621 O EGYPT 0.0234 0.0220 levels in more than two years, that market is rebalancing. a decision was not imminent. from ongoing financial EURO 0.4457 0.4431 with buyers attracted by “Wednesday’s EIA report While supplies are being troubles of OPEC-members HONGKONG 0.04970 0.04930 expectations of an extension was bullish so the longs withheld, demand is also Venezuela and its state oil INDIA 0.00592 0.00584 to a global pact to cut output took profit then but now the rising, especially in China, company PDVSA. INDONESIA 0.00003017 0.00002844 that has reduced oversupply. uptrend is reasserting itself. whose roughly 9 million bpd The government and IRAN TUMAN 0.000323 Global benchmark Brent Roll-over of the OPEC/non- of imports have surpassed PDVSA owe some $1.6 billion IRAQI DINAR 0.000304 futures traded up 41 cents at OPEC deal looks certain those of the United States in debt service and delayed JAPAN 0.00349 0.003420 $61.03 a barrel at 1345 GMT, and is also supportive,” said to top the world’s crude interest payments by the end JORDAN 0.5350 0.5354 approaching levels around Tamas Varga, senior analyst importer list. of the year, plus another $9 KOREA 0.00038568 $61.70 a barrel last seen in at London brokerage PVM “China’s oil demand growth billion in bond servicing in KUWAIT 1.249 1.249 July 2015. Brent has risen Oil Associates. appears to be accelerating,” 2018. 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Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh develop the next generation our mission scenarios, each fighter jets to avoid becoming maintenance procedure, each too reliant on US technology, update?” he asked. Airbus Defence and Space To counter the US influence, chief executive Dirk Hoke said Hoke urged countries like yesterday. France and German to “To date, the countries of “quickly” move forward with COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN Europe have indulged in plans for a joint European expensive customised national fighter jet system to replace their BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5738 0.3777 0.3321 solutions or have made their current fleets, as announced by Representative image KUWAIT 0.2855 32.4071 0.2860 0.2515 means of national defence President Emmanuel Macron dependent on the USA,” Hoke countries to go it alone, as F-35 fighter jets, which are and Chancellor Angela Merkel OMAN 0.3849 0.3842 0.3856 0.3391 said in an op-ed published in Hoke said, pointing to the cheaper thanks to economies in July. QATAR 3.6420 3.6351 3.6489 3.2085 Griephan Briefe, a German “huge increase in technical of scale, Europeans risked Such a partnership would UAE 3.6730 3.6660 3.6800 3.2358 weekly specialised in defence requirements” that military giving away control of their save money and remove issues. aircraft now have to meet. own defence capabilities, competition between different SAUDI 3.7500 3.7429 3.7571 3.3037 It is becoming increasingly But by choosing to buy according to Hoke. jets currently on the market. unaffordable for European American defence goods such “Do we want to put (AFP) Saturday, November 4, 2017 11

186 large trees are planted throughout the terminal, separating boarding area from common Automated check-in machines at the Changi airport Singapore old business models at airport, where they carry print and tag their baggage shopping mall than a and has been testing hand assengers’ baggage is major airports, with analysts out tasks including cleaning and then send it off on the traditional hub, and is aimed luggage scanners that allow collected by robots, warning operators may face and carrying luggage, while conveyor belt, is available at at cashing in on transiting passengers to keep liquids Pthey relax in a luxurious a hit to their revenues to the Changi’s new terminal will airports including Australian passengers. and laptops in their bags. It waiting area complete with tune of billions of dollars. have robotic cleaners complete hubs, Hong Kong, London “They are looking at retail, is also looking at biometric an indoor garden before Facial scanning in particular with butlers’ uniforms. Heathrow and Amsterdam’s non-aeronautical profits,” said technology. getting a face scan and swiftly is generating a lot of buzz. Self-service check-in and Schiphol. Shukor Yusof, an aviation Despite the buzz passing through security and Changi in the affluent city- printing of boarding passes Airports are also trying to analyst from Endau Analytics. surrounding new technology, immigration - this could be state of Singapore, regarded is already common, with overhaul their image as dreary But while hubs in Asia- there are concerns that rapid the airport of the future. as among the world’s best many people printing their places that must be endured Pacific and the Middle East innovation could threaten It’s a vision that planners airports, is set to roll out this passes at home or at airport in order to get from A to B, surge ahead, airports in the long-held ways of doing hope will become reality as biometric technology at a new kiosks, and some hubs are to somewhere travellers can United States and Europe are business. new technology is rolled out, terminal to open later this now introducing self-service enjoy spending time. being left behind. A report from consultancy transforming the exhausting year. baggage drop points. Changi is building a new “Europe and the US were the Roland Berger warned that experience of getting stuck Passengers will have their The service, which allows terminal complex called Jewel, leading aviation markets for airport revenues from retail in lengthy queues in ageing, faces scanned when they first passengers to a 10-storey development the last 75 to 100 years, and it’s and parking could fall by overcrowded terminals into check in and at subsequent filled with shops and very difficult to revolutionise between two and four billion something far more pleasant. stages, theoretically restaurants whose your infrastructure when you dollars due to the new The Asia-Pacific has been allowing them to go centrepiece will are on a foundation that is innovations. leading the way but faces fierce through the whole be a 40-metre 75 years old,” said Young Automated, more competition from the Middle boarding process An automatic robot vacuum cleaner (130-foot) of the Center for Aviation predictable check-in East as major hubs compete quickly without indoor waterfall Studies. procedures threaten retail to attract the growing number encountering surrounded He added it was also a outlets as passengers are likely of long-haul travellers who another human. by an indoor matter of “political will”, as to reduce the “buffer” they can choose how to route their Australia garden. emerging economies see build in to trips to the airport, journey. announced in July The building cutting-edge airports meaning less shopping time, The regions “are the two an investment of complex as a way of raising their status while developments such leading pockets of technology Aus$22.5 million will globally. as ride-hailing apps could growth because they are really ($17.5 million) make the undercut parking revenues, it competing to be the global to introduce airport Ageing hubs said. hubs for air transportation,” face recognition look Some US and European Still, the landscape may not Seth Young, director of the technology at more airports are nevertheless transform so quickly as many Center for Aviation Studies all the country’s like a trying to up their game. airports face difficulties in at Ohio State University, told international New York’s ageing airports introducing new technology, AFP. airports, while Dubai have long been criticised as from resistance to change “If I’m going to fly from Airport is also trialling old-fashioned, cramped to availability of financing, New York to Bangalore, do I it. and dirty but JFK, the main said Xavier Aymonod, a transfer through Abu Dhabi or international hub serving the transport expert at Roland Dubai or do I transfer through Robot baggage city, hopes to shed its dire Berger and lead author of the Hong Kong? That’s a huge, handlers reputation with a proposed report. huge market.” Robots are $10 billion redevelopment. “It’s really challenging for But the changes also appearing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol is airports to launch this digital represent major challenges some major hubs, aiming to become the world’s transformation,” he told AFP. that could upend decades- including at Seoul’s Incheon leading digital airport by 2019, (AFP) 12 Saturday, November 4, 2017

In the presence of the Deputy Chairman of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club High Committee HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Shaikh Turki bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, as well as the Vice-President of the Supreme Council for the Environment and President of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club today held the inaugural race for this season, 2017-2018, at its racecourse in Raffa, Sakhir. Shaikhs, representatives of sponsors and horse-racing fans also attended.

Assistant Foreign Minister Abdulla bin Faisal bin Jabur Al Doseri received Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahisa Sato and his accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Al Doseri reviewed with the Japanese state minister the friendly ties and cooperation between Bahrain and Japan, praising the progress of joint relations in various fields. Southern Governor HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa visited Royal University for Women campus in Riffa. RUW Board of Trustees and staff received the Governor.

Southern Governor HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa visited Isa Town Police Station in Riffa and commended the support of Interior Minister Lt-Gen Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa for police officers in recognition of their efforts to maintain public order. The Southern Governor was received upon arrival by chief of Isa Town Police Station Lt-Colonel Shaikh Salman Member of the Higher Organizing Committee of the World Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Championship Khaled Al Khayat presided over the committee’s meeting in the presence of President of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Kerrith Brown, Deputy Head of the bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and a number of officers. Championship’s Executive Committee Omar Abdulaziz Bukamal, and other committees’ heads. Al Khayat reviews the committees’ preparations and confirms readiness to launch the international event in Bahrain. Saturday, November 4, 2017 13

In the presence of the Deputy Chairman of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club High Committee HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, HH Shaikh Turki bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, as well as the Vice-President of the Supreme Council for the Environment and President of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club today held the inaugural race for this season, 2017-2018, at its racecourse in Raffa, Sakhir. Shaikhs, representatives of sponsors and horse-racing fans also attended.

Southern Governor HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa visited Royal University for Women campus in Riffa. RUW Board of Trustees and staff received the Governor.

Member of the Higher Organizing Committee of the World Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Championship Khaled Al Khayat presided over the committee’s meeting in the presence of President of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Kerrith Brown, Deputy Head of the Championship’s Executive Committee Omar Abdulaziz Bukamal, and other committees’ heads. Al Khayat reviews the committees’ preparations and confirms readiness to launch the international event in Bahrain. 14 Saturday, November 4, 2017

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Los Angeles ctress Molly Shannon has been roped in for “Will & Grace”. She has been booked for a guest starring role in the back half of its first season,A reports variety.com. Shannon will reprise her role of Val Bassett, which she originated in a 1999 episode of the hit sitcom’s original run. Bassett was a neighbour of the titular Will (Eric McCormack) and Grace (Debra Messing) who memorably acted as a replacement best friend for Will when Grace was too busy with work and later went on to stalk Jack after seeing his one-man show. Shannon appeared in five episodes from 1999 to 2004. Shannon is the latest returning favourite to pop into the revival. Others who have already appeared in early episodes Beyoncé include Harry Connick Jr., Michael Angarano and Leslie Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Jordan. Minnie Driver and Bobby Cannavale are also set to Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various reprise roles later this season. (IANS) singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups in history. Their hiatus saw Beyoncé’s theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember and the release of her debut album, Dangerously in Love.

Los Angeles ctor Ben Affleck says he had fun shooting “Justice League” with Los Angeles Aactor Jason Momoa, and calls him a ctress Hilary Duff had a fantastic vacation real superhero. with family and friends in Canada but her Warner Bros Pictures’ “Justice Ahouse was burgled while she was away. League”, directed by Zack Snyder Burglars took jewellery reportedly worth and starring DC Super Heroes hundreds of thousands of dollars from her -- Affleck as Batman, Henry Beverly Hills home, reports dailymail.co.uk. Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot “This is a scary and upsetting situation as Wonder Woman, Raymond for anyone to go through, but Duff Fisher as Cyborg, Momoa as is thankful that her family, Aquaman and Ezra Miller as her staff, her home and her The Flash. pets are all safe,” Duff’s “I really enjoyed working representative said. with all of them. Ezra has a “That said, she has a ton of energy and is a lot of significant security fun.” Affleck said. (IANS) team in place that will work with the authorities on this incident and handle security measures moving forward,” the representative added. Matthew While on McConaughey vacation, the “Younger” star shared November 4, 1969 several photographs of her travels, including a few images of her. (IANS) Actor well known for his roles in films such as Dazed and Confused, Interstellar, and Magic Mike. He won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. Saturday, November 4, 2017 15

ctress Grace Fulton is in negotiations to star in DC’s Los Angeles superhero movie ‘Shazam!’. Actor Zachary Levi was earlier ctress Kate Winslet says she is worried about Acast as the lead in the film, which follows a boy named Billy the pressure that young girls have in mind Batson who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering Aabout looking in “perfect” shape. the magic word ‘Shazam!’. The ‘Annabelle: Creation’ star will Winslet feels in today’s times, people celebrate portray the role of one of the close friends of Batson in the film curves more, reports dailymail.co.uk. to be directed by David F Sandberg. “Not so much. We have celebrated curves more ‘Shazam!’ is an acronym of the ancient world gods and in the last five years,” Winslet told dailymail. historical figures Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles co.uk. and Mercury, from which the big Batson derives his heroic “But I do worry about the extra pressure attributes when in adult form. (TOI) to be ‘perfect’ on girls growing up now. I’m obsessed about the misuse and potential perils of social media for our younger generation. “We need to be aware of how damaging to children’s self-esteem and the natural process of growing up certain aspects of this ‘sharing’ are,” she added. (IANS)

he success of “Crimson Gold” depends to an intriguing degree on the performance of Tits leading actor, a large, phlegmatic man who embodies the rule that an object at rest will stay at rest until some other force sets it into motion. The character, named Hussein and played by Hussein Emadeddin, is a pizza deliveryman in Tehran, Iran, heavy-set, tall, undemonstrative. He sits where he sits as if planted there, and when he rides his scooter around the city streets, he doesn’t lean and dart like most scooter drivers, but seems at one with his machine in implacable motion. When he smokes, he is like an automaton programmed to move the cigarette toward and away from his lips. He has a friend named Ali (Kamyar Sheissi). We meet Ali for the first time in a tea house, where he produces a purse he has just found. Its contents are disappointing -- a broken gold ring. Another man overhears their conversation, assumes they stole the purse and delivers a little lecture on the morality of theft. He believes the rewards should suit the crime; you should not put your targets through a great deal of suffering just to relieve them of pocket change. Hussein, who is engaged to Ali’s sister, seems an unlikely candidate for marriage. We learn indirectly that he was wounded in the Iraq-Iran war, and Ali refers to his “medication.” Perhaps that accounts for his sphinxlike detachment; he acts as little as it is possible to act and yet, paradoxically, we can’t take our eyes off him. The film uses Hussein and his life as a lens to look at Tehran today. The director, Jafar Panahi, also made “The Circle,” a film showing the impossibility of being a single woman in modern ollywood actor Chris Hemsworth, who has been Iran without having a man to explain your status. playing the god of thunder ‘Thor’ in Marvel It was written by Abbas Kiarostami, the best-known CinematicH Universe since 2011, revealed that he got Iranian director. (rogerebert) really “bored” of his character ‘Thor’. The 34-year-old actor shared that he got “bored” and asked the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, if he could do something different with the norse god in the third instalment of ‘Thor’ franchise, ‘Thor: Ragnarok’. In an interview with a leading U.K. publication, Hemsworth said, “Even prior to the script I called Kevin and I said, ‘I got to do something different. I’m so bored of myself. I don’t think I’m giving everything’.” “I said, ‘You’ve got to give me the opportunity to do something different.’” The ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ star also shared that Taika Waititi, the director of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, was really receptive and that set a bit of tone to the script. (TOI) 16 Saturday, November 4, 2017

HOW TO REACH US “Out & About’, a ready reckoner for the events taking place on the island, is published from Friday to Tuesday. To be included, please NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION send the matter to the Date : 16 December 2017, 8:00pm following email ID Venue : Bahrain National Theatre : [email protected] Coinciding with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s National Day celebrations, the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities presents a variety of events and cultural activities with the partici- ART AT THE HARBOUR EXHIBITION “FROM BAHRAIN” FUEGO: ANTONIO GADES pation of a number of musical bands Date: Ongoing COMPANY and Bahraini musicians. Venue: Harbour Towers-West Date : 1 December 2017, 8:00pm Tickets will be available soon at Virgin Venue : Bahrain National Theatre Megastore. Bahrain Financial Harbour Holding Company had more than 30 people attending the opening of the 20th Art at The Antonio Gades Company, a major the Harbour exhibition “From Bahrain” in the Harbour Towers-West, within Bahrain Financial Harbour. pillar of Spanish flamenco dance, Twenty-six pieces by the Bahraini artist Ameena Alaidi went on display at the expo showcasing the artist’s own will be presenting “Fuego”, which is representation of Bahrain, introduced by the CEO of Bahrain Financial Harbour Holding Company, Mr. Angus inspired by the work of the late Spanish FINE DINING WITH THE OLIVETO Campbell. legendary composer, Manuel de Falla. BAND. Ameena is a very talented young artist who has always been very interested in art since she was a young girl, spend- The plot, choreography and lighting Date : 12th October 2017 to 31st ing most of her time playing with pencils and colours. She studied Educational Arts in University of Bahrain for made by the late Antonio Gades and March 2018 two years and a half and she participated in Nasser Bin Hamad International Youth Creativity Award in 2013 and the Spanish film director, photographer Venue : Oliveto Bahrain won the 3rd place. In addition, she participated in many exhibitions in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Oman. and writer Carlos Saura. Coinciding “From Bahrain” is a very unique reflection of Bahrain, not only reviving some elements from the old Bahraini with the tenth anniversary of the death Join us from Wednesdays to Saturdays culture, heritage and lifestyle, but also featuring other sides of the current modern life and beautiful nature. of Antonio Gades, the foundation that with the sultry sounds of The Oliveto “I felt like I owe it to my country to dedicated time and effort to reflect its beauty on canvas. Bahrain Financial carries his name decided to under- Band and the finest Italian cuisine on Harbour Holding Company gave me the opportu- take a very significant challenge setting the Island. nity by giving me the space to showcase my artwork up another version of the Manuel de in the Harbour Towers and I decided to allocate my Falla’s ballet “Enchanted Love”. Titled RSVP +97317716747 entire exhibition for the love of Bahrain.” “Fuego”, this production was the sec- Website :www.oliveto.net This is yet another step that Bahrain Financial ond scenic interpretation which the Harbour Holding Company takes towards sup- choreographer had of Manuel de Falla’s 11TH SHAHRAZAD CHARITY porting art in Bahrain and providing artists a space work. Being an exponent of Gades’ BAZAAR to display their artwork. The exhibition will con- core idea “return to tradition if you Date : 25th November 2017 tinue in the Harbour Towers-West lobby for a total want to evolve”, this ballet is a transi- Venue : Shahrazad Hall of four weeks, after which it will be moved to the tional piece between the almost mythi- Harbour Towers-East for another four weeks and it cal setups in the classic plays, Carmen is open for visitors at any time. and Fuenteovejuna. It was also the last We are pleased to announce the of the joint mythical flamenco works 11th Annual Charity Sale Bazaar in by Gades and Saura, with the same Shahrazad Hall (Behind Zait Alzaytoon overlaying structure they followed in –Budaiya Road) on the 25 November Carmen, first as a film and secondly 2017 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.!! as a ballet. Participate in this great charity event to the Bahrain Cultural Hall. The event the waw (O) which follows a helical support Bahrain Breast Cancer Society is being held under the patronage of layout. A back and forth movement Mehdi Moutashar was born in Hilla, (Think Pink) & Other charitable causes. the Indian Embassy Bahrain to com- similar to breathing is born from the Iraq in 1943. He moved to Paris in ROMEO & JULIET Ways YOU Can Help! memorate the 70th year of Indian inde- entanglement of these two letters; 1967, and since 1974, has lived and Date : 12th November 2017, Donate items for the charity sale event pendence. the first as a breath, the second as an worked in Arles. He was a professor 7:00pm from 1 to 24 November 2017 from 9 The dance production is an attempt to instrument. at Ecole National Superieure des Arts to 12 a.m. & from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in look at the life of Meera who was born Decorantifs in Paris, from 1974 to 2008. Venue : Bahrain National Theatre Shahrazad Hall: “Clothes, books, furni- a princess, into the lap of luxury. She Houe literally means “the other, him, Moutashar’s work has been exhibited ture, toys, household items, electronics, renounced it all, to follow a spiritual the one who reflects my image and globally, in such countries as Bahrain, The groundbreaking world famous plants, antiques, etc” quest and thereby, came to be hailed by confirms my humanity”. It is also the the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, ballet, Romeo and Juliet, will be grac- all posterity, as one of the greatest saint root of the word identity, but beyond Germany Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, ing the Kingdom of Bahrain’s National MEERA – THE SOUL DIVINE poetesses of India. She was a woman this first meaning, Houé (Him) is the the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Theatre stage coinciding its 5th of deep conviction, was defiant of the name used by mystics to signify God. the UAE, and the US. Anniversary- with the first full-length blind strictures of society. The ballet ballet choreographed by Sir Kenneth is set to the traditional Braj basha or Houé’s calligraphic from, written from PAOLO FRESU QUARTET MacMillan. This performance won language and aims to bring out the pure right to left using a qalam, a sharpened Date : 16 November 2017, 8:00pm him a place of honor in the history of essence of Meera’s life journey. The dried reed filled with ink, starts with a Venue : Cultural Hall world choreography. The ballet show entire music score for the production thick, intense, black line and narrows will consist of a unique Dance Open is composed by Smt. Bombay Jayshri. towards the end like a hair. With his creativity, talent and tech- Festival production, a Russian Ballet For more information on tickets nique, Paolo Fresu is considered one Company with the UK ballet star and sponsorships, please do call on The material shape of the lines forming of the most important trumpeters and soloists from the Royal Ballet theatre 39442633 OR 39685173 these three successive angles complies jazz musicians in the Italian scene. His of London. The original UK-Russian with this logic, as does the general discography numbers an astonishing work of art, Shakespeare’s eternal love “HOUE” structure: the beginning of the second 130 titles and his music ranges from story with wonderful music by the Date : Till 31 December 2017, angle appears halfway along the first, contemporary music to classic jazz, Great Russian composer Prokofiev, 8:00am - 8:00pm the third starts halfway along the sec- from dance to jazz/folk fusions. will be presented by immensely pas- Venue : Bahrain National Theatre ond… So it is the construction in its sionate and talented English and entirety which results from the logic This musical performance in Bahrain Russian dancers, dressed in mag- underpinning it. featuring Paolo Fresu (trumpet), Bebo nificent costumes created by Italian The Bahrain National Theatre will host Date: November 10 Ferra (electric guitar), Paolino Dalla designers. 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Ex-Argentina VP Osama bin Laden arrested in corruption case Washington CIA&FDD fake news w/ fiercely critical of Iran and he CIA’s release of selective AlQaeda docs re: sceptical of its nuclear deal documents seized during Iran can’t whitewash role of with world powers. The CIA US energy secretary, Rick Perry theT 2011 raid that killed US allies in 9/11.” gave the Long War Journal al-Qaeda leader Osama bin The report included in the early access to the material. Laden appears to bolster US CIA document dump shows The release comes as US Washington The Trump administration claims that Iran supported how bin Laden, a Sunni President Donald Trump he US energy secretary, has been pushing to increase the extremist network extremist from Iran’s arch- has refused to recertify Iran’s TRick Perry, has said domestic production of leading up to the September rival Saudi Arabia, could nuclear deal with world Amado Boudou, who had he thinks using fossil fuels fossil fuels for export, with 11 terror attacks. look across the Muslim powers and faces domestic been former Argentine econ- can help prevent sexual Perry specifically challenging US intelligence officials world’s religious divide to pressure at home over omy minister and vice presi- assault, sparking criticism what he calls an inaccurate and prosecutors have partner with the Mideast’s investigations into Russian dent, was arrested on corrup- from the Sierra Club, which narrative pushed by long said Iran formed Shiite power to target his interference in the 2016 tion charges. accused Perry of exploiting environmentalists that fossil loose ties to the terror ultimate enemy, the United election. the struggle of those fuels are harmful because organisation starting in States. The unsigned 19-page Beijing issues orange most affected by climate they contribute to climate 1991, something noted in a “Anyone who wants to report is dated in the Islamic change. change. 19-page al-Qaeda report in strike America, Iran is ready calendar year 1428 – 2007 alert for upcoming smog Perry, who was at an “Let me tell you where Arabic that was included in to support him and help – and offers what appears China’s capital, Beijing, issued energy conference in Africa people are dying, is in Africa, the release of some 47,000 him with their frank and to be a history of al-Qaeda’s its first orange smog alert last week, said on Thursday because of the lack of energy other documents by the clear rhetoric,” the al-Qaeda relationship with Iran. It ahead of winter, forecasting that fossil fuels used to they have there,” Perry said CIA. report reads. says Iran offered al-Qaeda heavy air pollution over the power electricity could help at an event sponsored by the For its part, Iran has long The Associated Press fighters “money and arms next four days. developing regions in the news site Axios and NBC denied any involvement with examined a copy of the report and everything they need, continent. News. (The Guardian) al-Qaeda, and its foreign released by the Long War and offered them training Pro-IS ‘stragglers’ a minister disparaged the Journal, a publication backed in Hezbollah camps in documents in a tweet late by the Washington-based Lebanon, in return for threat to Marawi Thursday: “A record low for Foundation for Defence of striking American interests Armed stragglers sup- the reach of petrodollars: Democracies, a think tank in Saudi Arabia.” (AP) porting the IS and hiding Indian Police parents out among the ruins of a Philippine city after the end catch ‘daughter’s rapists’ Lost Spanish town emerges from underwater of a battle still pose a threat New Delhi ordered. to civilians, army said. he parents of a teenage The 19-year-old victim Madrid Tgirl in India have caught was returning from a study he ruins of a Spanish IS says NY attacker their daughter’s alleged centre on Thursday evening Ttown abandoned nearly was one of its ‘soldiers’ rapists after police refused to when two men attacked her 60 years ago to make way for The attacker who killed register their complaint. under a bridge in the central the expansion of a reservoir eight people in a truck The parents, who are Indian city. have re-emerged following rampage in New York on police officials, said that one After raping her for hours, a prolonged drought in the Tuesday was a “soldier” of officer accused their daughter they tied her up and called area. the Islamic State group, the of “making up a filmy story”. two more men who also took Mansilla de la Sierra, located jihadists said. A gang rape case was turns to sexually assault her. in a valley in La Rioja, 170 registered only after the Local media reported that miles north of Madrid, remains Dead trees line an old road in the ruins. For more, catch us parents personally caught at least two police stations underwater for most of the Towards the end of the Visitors can walk along online at: two suspects and brought initially refused to register a year. summer, the water level drops the original footpaths and them to a police station in case of rape. Its residents were relocated enough to give eager explorers observe the decaying buildings, www.newsofbahrain.com the city of Bhopal. Two police officers have in 1959 before the area was the opportunity to walk around petrified trees and crumbling /nobonline Two other men have been been sacked for refusing to flooded - a new village was and take in what remains of bridges that dot the eerie /newsofbahrain arrested, and a fast-track trial lodge the complaint. 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The Taj Mahal attracts millions of tourists every year

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Marchionne has said the FIA, F1 and the six leading “The fact we now appear Fteam could quit Formula teams. to be at odds in terms of 1 if they do not approve of Liberty is expected to the strategic development of the direction taken by new outline further details of its this thing, and we see the owners Liberty Media. plans for the sport, including sport in 2021 taking on a The Ferrari chief pinpointed how to instigate a budget cap. different air, is going to force proposals for a new engine Marchionne said: “Liberty some decisions on the part of design from 2021 as he made has got a couple of good Ferrari. the threat in a conference call intentions in all of this, one of Marchionne likened some with investors. which is to reduce the cost of of Liberty’s ideas to those Marchionne said F1 had execution for the team, which witnessed in the American been “part of our DNA since I think is good. Nascar stock-car racing the day we were born”. “There are a couple of things series, which effectively uses But he added: “If we change we don’t necessarily agree standard cars and employs a the sandbox to the point it with, one of which is the fact number of artificial means to becomes unrecognisable, I Ferrari President Sergio Marchionne (L) during a press conference (file pic) that somehow powertrain keep racing close. don’t want to play any more.” Mercedes and Renault over Tuesday by governing body earlier this year. uniqueness is not going to be one He said: “I don’t want to His concerns follow plans for a new engine design the FIA and the F1 Group, They set a confrontational of the drivers of distinctiveness play Nascar globally, I just objections from both that were presented jointly on which was bought by Liberty tone for the major meeting on of the participants’ line-up. I don’t.” (BBC) Rosberg sees genetics as Vettel to skip 2018 a big part of F1 success Race of Champions London believer that genetics are quite a big London Fans of the annual event Race of Champions website, Mahal is it anyway? etired 2016 Formula One part of this...I would probably say errari F1 driver and four- were surprised recently when “The event will be held in Whose Taj world champion Nico Rosberg 66 percent genetics, 33 percent time Formula 1 champion it was announced that it early 2018 as a celebration of saysR genetics, mind management nurtured,” he added. FSebastian Vettel is pulling would be held next January in the 2017 motorsports season New Delhi as “the pinnacle of Mughal built by a Rajput ruler. from many cultures. Mughal and being less self-enamoured than “I would go to that extreme. In our out of the 2018 Race of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. and a final winner-takes-all n Indian MP and some architecture”. Oak believed that Emperor architecture is no different. some of the other drivers all played sport it’s very clear...” Champions event. Vettel says But a specific date for the showdown for competitors Aright-wing groups claim The government’s official Shah Jahan seized the The kalash is an important a part in his success. Referring to Red Bull’s Max he would rather spend more 2018 ROC event has yet to be from across the world of that the iconic Taj Mahal is a Taj Mahal website also says “the structure after a battle, and symbol for Hindus, but The German retired abruptly Verstappen, whom he dubbed “the time in the F1 simulator. announced. According to the racing.” Hindu temple. period of Mughal architecture later renamed it the Taj Mahal. you also see it in Mughal at the end of last season after crazy Dutchman”, Rosberg cited the But whenever it is, Vettel Vinay Katiyar from the best exemplifies the maturity Writer Sacchidananda monuments, including the beating Mercedes team 20-year-old triple race winner as is busy that day. ruling Bharatiya Janata of a style that had synthesised Shevde, who worked closely Taj Mahal. Leaves and flowers mate Lewis Hamilton to an example. Vettel is a Race of Party (BJP) recently asked Islamic architecture with its with Oak, told BBC Marathi have also been depicted in the title and becoming “His dad (Jos) was a Champions regular, the government to change indigenous counterparts”. that the government should many Mughal buildings,” he the second son of a successful driver too reportedly having attended the name and identity of the “By the time the Mughals appoint a team of experts to told the BBC. champion to win the and now his son is a every event since 2009. monument and acknowledge built the Taj, though proud “uncover the truth”. championship. successful driver because However, just days after that a Hindu ruler built it. of their Persian and Timurid “Taj Mahal is not a piece Why now? Finnish father it’s the genes that pass losing the 2017 F1 title to His statement has been roots, they had come to see of Muslim architecture. It’s For decades, the Taj Mahal Keke was world on,” he added. Lewis Hamilton, he has widely reported in the media, themselves as Indian,” it adds. original Hindu architecture,” has been used in official tourism champion in Hamilton, who became announced that he will prompting many right-wing Historian Rana Safvi told he said. campaigns to attract travellers 1982. Britain’s most successful not be attending Race of groups to support him. the BBC that “there is no But the government’s from all over the world. The “I just driver and a four times Champions next year. There is no convincing question” of revisiting the official Taj Mahal website says story of Shah Jahan and from my dad world champion in Mexico Germany’s Sport Bild evidence to back the claim. history of the Taj Mahal, and the monument represents “a Mumtaj Mahal has been used genetically last Sunday, goes against quoted the Ferrari driver Instead the vast majority of that there is no evidence a style that combines elements by poets and writers to describe inherited a that narrative, however, as as saying he will instead historians and the Indian temple ever existed on the site. from Persian, Indian, and love. natural gift to drive someone with no family be working in the Ferrari government agree that the “There was a haveli Islamic architectural styles”. So what does Katiyar stand to racing cars,” Rosberg, background in motor racing. simulator. mausoleum is a fine example [mansion] owned by Hindu gain by his claims? who is now looking Without giving “My goal is to take Ferrari of Indo-Islamic architecture. ruler Jai Singh which existed The architecture question His comment coincides with at technology startup examples, Rosberg said back to the top,” said Vettel. before the Taj was built there. Both Katiyar and Shevde the rise of Hindu nationalism companies, told an many Formula One “I think it would be magical Who built it? “Shah Jahan officially argue that the Taj Mahal in India. Several BJP politicians event in London drivers had personality to take the title back to India’s official recorded bought the haveli from him. comprises a number of Hindu have given provocative organised by traits that were both a Maranello, just like Michael history says that Mughal (or An official farman [order] was architecture symbols. statements about restoring Wired magazine. strength and weakness. Schumacher managed to Mogul) ruler Shah Jahan built issued about this and it still “There is a crescent moon “Hindu pride” since the BJP “I’m a firm Nico Rosberg (file pic) (Reuters) do. He still inspires me.” the Taj Mahal in memory of exists. The farman also shows on the pinnacle of the Taj. In came to power in 2014. Sebastian Vettel (file pic) (autoweek) his queen, Mumtaj Mahal. that the Mughals were very Islamic culture, the moon is Katiyar’s latest statement also The Mughals, who particular about recording tilted, this crescent moon is appears to be targeted at the originally came from Central their deeds and history,” she Islamic architecture on Taj Mahal not tilted, it’s related to the people who believe in Hindu Asia, ruled most of what is said. building on that land,” she The temple theory Shaivaite [Followers of Hindu nationalism. now India and Pakistan in the Safvi says a book titled said. So where does this temple god Shiva] culture,” Shevde Such statements also help ICC gives clean chit to Virat 16th and 17th Centuries. Taj Mahal: The Illumined Another noted historian, theory come from? says. politicians deflect people’s The Mughal empire Tomb by WE Begley and Harbans Mukhia, agrees with Katiyar is not the first “There is also a kalash attention from real issues like consolidated Islam in South ZA Desaihas compiled an Safvi. person who has demanded [pitcher] on the pinnacle, job creation and the health of Asia, and spread Muslim arts anthology of these documents. “Recorded history proves that the history of the Taj there are mango leaves and the economy. Kohli for using walkie talkie and culture as well as the faith “From such books I realised beyond any doubt that the Taj Mahal should be changed. inverted coconut in it. These Though the government has through the region. how well-documented the Mahal was built by Shah Jahan The late right-wing are all Hindu symbols. Flowers not endorsed his views, right- New Delhi, India out and TV footage showed Venue ACU manager before Kohli had sought the ICC’s And the Taj Mahal building of the mausoleum in memory of his queen,” he historian PN Oak called the and animals are prohibited in wing groups are more than he International Cricket him talking on the walkie- using it,” an ICC official, who Anti Corruption Security epitomises their love for fine was. I use these translations said. monument Tejo Mahal in his Islamic culture, yet they are happy to follow his lead. Council on Thursday gave talkie at the Feroz Shah Kotla did not wished to be named, Unit’s permission to use a craftsmanship. to present my arguments that School text books and 1989 book titled Taj Mahal: used in Taj’s construction,” One such group recently aT clean chit to India skipper Stadium. said. walkie-talkie. The Archaeological Survey the Taj Mahal was built on various government websites The True Story. he added. demanded that they should Virat Kohli who was seen using “While walkie-talkie is There were some media Though use of mobile phones of India, the custodian of the land where Raja Jai Singh also describe the monument He argued in the book that Mukhia rejects these claims. be allowed to offer Hindu a walkie-talkie during the first used by support staff to reports that suggested Kohli is banned in the dressing room, the country’s monuments, had a mansion and that there as an example of Indo-Islamic the monument was originally “Architecture always prayers at the Taj Mahal. T20 International against New communicate between dug out had violated ICC regulations players and support staff have describes the Taj Mahal is no mention of any religious architecture. a Hindu temple and palace evolves and imbibes influences (BBC) Zealand in New Delhi. and the dressing room, Kohli by using a communication access to walkie-talkies under Virat Kohli (file pic) Kohli was sitting at the dug- had sought permission from device during a match. But ICC rules. (PTI) 22 Saturday, November 4, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Saturday, November 4, 2017 23 Messi set for WTA Elite Trophy David Goffin Everton crash out 600th Barca Goerges qualifies for appearance London slightly fortunate 2-0 win away ATP Tour Finals ionel Messi will make his to Athletic Club Bilbao last enters Paris afterLondon defeat to Lyon fortnight ago, opened the 600th official appearance weekend. anagerless Everton scoring midway through the forL FC Barcelona when they Messi and goalkeeper Marc avid Goffin has become the first Belgian singles player in crashed out of the second half, before substitute host Sevilla at the Camp Nou Andre Ter Stegen were the Dthe 48-year history of the Nitto ATP Finals to qualify for the MEuropa League with two Houssem Aouar and former Stadium today. architects of last weekend’s win prestigious season finale. He will join World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, Group E games left to play as Manchester United man Only Xavi Hernandez (767) with Messi opening the scoring six-time champion Roger Federer, debutants Alexander Zverev they were beaten 3-0 at Lyon. and Everton transfer target and Andres Iniesta (642) have and Ter Stegen frustrating all semi-finals and Grigor Dimitrov, and former qualifiers Dominic Thiem and Former Chelsea Memphis Depay wrapped played more games for Barca of their rival’s efforts. Marin Cilic in the elite eight-man field at The O2 in London from forward Bertrand things up. than the 30-year-old who made Meanwhile, Barca are still 12-19 November. Traore, who The 80th minute dismissal his debut on October 16, 2004. without the injured Dembele Goffin is the seventh player to secure his place as a result of had netted the of Morgan Schneiderlin, And nobody has got close while Luis Suarez is struggling play at the Rolex Paris Masters on Thursday. He served as an winner in Lyon’s following a second yellow to the 523 goals he has scored for form in front of goal, alternate at 2016 Nitto ATP Finals, replacing the injured Gael 2-1 victory at card, capped a miserable for the club, who limiting Barca coach Ernesto Monfils in one round-robin match. Goodison night for the Toffees. currently lead the Valverde’s options in attack, “I would have preferred to have qualified by winning my Park a The defeat, Everton’s fifth Liga Santander with given that he appears to have match and Lucas is a friend but I am still so happy to have in a row in all competitions, a four point gap over little faith in former Valencia qualified!” said Goffin. “It is every player’s dream to make the combined with Valencia, reports forward Paco Alcacer. (Nitto ATP) Finals and it is my first time there so I can’t wait Atalanta’s 1-1 Xinhua news Sergio Busquets to get to London!” draw at Apollon agency. and Ivan Rakitic The 26-year-old Goffin has compiled the best season of his Limassol, means As many as will play in career, with his first 50+ match wins record and as the first Belgian the rock-bottom 23 of those midfield. to break into the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 10 Toffees cannot goals (IANS) on 20 February. He ended a six-match losing streak in finals with reach the last have back-to-back ATP World Tour titles in October at the Shenzhen 32. come Open and the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 Three of the Nabil Fekir (C) from Lyon competes (Picture courtesy: xinhua) against in Tokyo. losses have come experienced trio of Wayne post, Everton settled and a tidy Sevilla He also finished as runner-up in consecutive finals in February since Ronald Rooney, Leighton Baines and passing move led to the ball in 21 league at the Garanti Koza Sofia Open and the ABN AMRO World Koeman’s Phil Jagielka for this contest, falling to Sigurdsson in the games against the Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Goffin earned the biggest sacking, and while and his starting line-up - Lyon box in the 18th minute side from the south of victory of his career over then No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic in caretaker boss featuring six changes - had no - but he could not produce a Spain. With the form April at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and has compiled a 21-5 David Unsworth recognised striker, with Gylfi decent shot. Messi is in, it would match record since 28 August. has made it clear Sigurdsson starting as a ‘false Lyon were soon back on almost be a surprise if he With less than one week left of the regular 2017 ATP World he would like the nine’. the front foot and Jordan didn’t add to that total today Tour season, Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta currently holds the last position full-time, the Unsworth had spoken about Pickford made a fine double night. remaining qualification berth, but could still be ousted by one of results so far are not Everton “giving it everything save, parrying Traore’s header It is fair to say that Barca Juan Martin del Potro, Roberto Bautista Agut, John Isner and Jack strengthening his to win” in a competition that and blocking a follow-up effort have not been at their best Sock subject to results in Paris this week. (atpworldtour) position. was important to them - but from Nabil Fekir, who then at times this season, as shown Unsworth the selection only emphasised sent a shot over the bar. by their 0-0 draw away to Julia Goerges (file pic) opted to the significance of Sunday’s Sigurdsson was beaten by his Olympiakos in the Champions rest the Premier League home clash marker to a good cross from League on Tuesday or the Zhuhai, China finals earlier in 2017. set, but I don’t want to go out 20 percent of the points on with Watford. Jonjoe Kenny, and Mason ulia Goerges booked her By winning the Azalea with losing the match and her second serve. On the After the hosts exerted some Holgate was then fortunate Jspot in the semifinals of Group, Goerges also still being in the semifinals. I other side of the spectrum, Memphis Depay (R) from early pressure, with Mouctar not to score an own-goal as the Hengqin Life WTA Elite completes the final four in think that’s a bit weird.” Goerges had 31 winners, Lyon celebrates scoring Diakhaby just failing he diverted a Maxwel Cornet Trophy Zhuhai yesterday, Zhuhai, after American CoCo Mladenovic, meanwhile, outnumbering her 23 with teammates (Picture to convert Depay’s cross into Pickford’s arms. defeating No.1 seed and Vandeweghe, Australia’s ends her season with a unforced errors, and won courtesy: Xinhua) free-kick at the back (eurosport) Lionel Messi (file pic) World No.10 Kristina Ashleigh Barty, and Anastasia 12-match losing streak, seven of eight points at the Mladenovic, 6-2, 7-6(4), to Sevastova of Latvia won their dating back to the CitiOpen net. win the Azalea Group with respective groups yesterday in Washington, D.C. in early Goerges started the a 2-0 record in the round- to confirm their positions in August. A wonderful start to match strongly, outpacing robin portion. the semifinals. the year helped her rise into the powerful Mladenovic Arsenal qualify despite Red Star Belgrade draw Goerges extended her Goerges only needed the Top 10 for the first time on the forehand side in the winning streak to seven to win a single set to make in her career last month, but first game, and clinching an London Giroud stabbed an angled began with Arsenal trying to up matches. The German came the semifinals, but she still the Zhuhai results will cause initial break with a backhand rsenal qualified from the shot too close to Borjan as the the pace, and then the visitors’ into Zhuhai having won the fought for the victory. “I her to be replaced in this elite winner down the line. After Europa League group goalkeeper came out to block, Srnic sent an angled shot too last event she contested, the really wanted to win that bunch by Vandeweghe. consolidating the break for Astage despite being held to a and seconds later Slavoljub close to Macey. Kremlin Cup in Moscow, match,” Goerges said in her The Frenchwoman had a 2-0 lead, Goerges already 0-0 home draw by Red Star Srnic saw his effort from 20 Back came Arsenal, and Theo which was her first title of press conference. “It didn’t nine double faults in the had six forehand winners. Belgrade, with rivals BATE yards tipped over by Macey at Walcott got down the right to the year after losing three matter if I had to win one match, and could only win (wtatennis) David Goffin (file pic) Borisov being thrashed 5-2 in the other end. arrow in a dangerous cross that Cologne. From the resulting corner was heading for Giroud before The Gunners were under after 36 minutes, Macey a visiting defender got a crucial pressure early on when Red touched a fine header from touch. Star’s Guelor Kanga found Vujadin Savic onto the crossbar On the hour, Wilshere Wozniacki gets engaged to NBA star David Lee Nemanja Radonjic, but he was and away. But Red Star were appealed in vain for a penalty unable to pick out a colleague growing in confidence and when he went down under London happy news that she is to be agent and last played for the with McIlroy lasted from 2011 with a low cross from the left. threatened again as Srnic and a challenge from Nemanja ennis star Caroline married on social media. San Antonio Spurs, also took to 2014, when the Northern And there were more home Kanga linked but the former Radonjic, and minutes later TWozniacki has announced Wozniacki, who was to social media to reveal the Irishman called it off. jitters moments later when saw his attempted pass into the his dinked shot was brilliantly that she is engaged to NBA engaged to golfer Rory McIlroy happy news. “The problem is mine,” goalkeeper Matthew Macey area intercepted. hooked off the line by Damien star David Lee, saying that it in 2014 before they broke up “She said YES! So thrilled to he said at the time. “The scuffed an attempted clearance They should have taken the Le Tallec. was the “happiest day of my later that year, posted a picture be engaged to my soulmate,” wedding invitations issued at but Red Star failed to take lead when Richmond Boakye With a little over 20 minutes life”. of her huge engagement ring he posted alongside a picture the weekend made me realise advantage. Arsenal’s Matt Macey tips Vujadin Savic ‘s header on to the crossbar (Picture courtesy: theguardian) surged through following a fine remaining, Arsenal manager The former world No1 on Twitter during the pair’s of the pair on Instagram. that I wasn’t ready for all The home side mustered a Borjan. in a promising position and Francis Coquelin won the ball counter-attack but, with only Arsene Wenger brought on enjoyed one of the best holiday in Bora Bora. Wozniacki hit the top of that marriage entails. I wish good chance after 11 minutes But the game was shaping seeing his attempted cross roll and set off towards the Red Macey to beat, bent his attempt Eddie Nketiah, whose two victories of her career last week “Happiest day of my life the world rankings in October Caroline all the happiness she when Ainsley Maitland-Niles up to be a scrappy affair, with harmlessly through to Borjan. Star area, only to ignore the wide. goals won the Carabao Cup tie when she beat Venus Williams yesterday saying yes to my 2010 and is now ranked at deserves and thank her for found Olivier Giroud, whose passes from both sides going After 31 minutes, Arsenal unmarked Jack Wilshere to his Giroud blasted over from against Norwich City last week, to win the WTA Finals and soulmate,” she posted. number three in the world. the great times we’ve had.” Caroline Wozniacki David Lee (file pic) strike was saved by Milan astray and Giroud stumbling had another opportunity as left and then lose possession. 25 yards as the second half for Joseph Willock (espn.in) she has now announced the Lee, who is currently a free Her high profile relationship (mirror.co.uk) SPORTS Saturday, November 4, 2017 23 WTA Elite Trophy David Goffin Goerges qualifies for ATP Tour Finals enters Paris avid Goffin has become the first Belgian singles player in the 48-year history of the Nitto ATP Finals to qualify for the Dprestigious season finale. He will join World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, six-time champion Roger Federer, debutants Alexander Zverev semi-finals and Grigor Dimitrov, and former qualifiers Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic in the elite eight-man field at The O2 in London from 12-19 November. Goffin is the seventh player to secure his place as a result of play at the Rolex Paris Masters on Thursday. He served as an alternate at 2016 Nitto ATP Finals, replacing the injured Gael Monfils in one round-robin match. “I would have preferred to have qualified by winning my match and Lucas is a friend but I am still so happy to have qualified!” said Goffin. “It is every player’s dream to make the (Nitto ATP) Finals and it is my first time there so I can’t wait to get to London!” The 26-year-old Goffin has compiled the best season of his career, with his first 50+ match wins record and as the first Belgian to break into the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 10 on 20 February. He ended a six-match losing streak in finals with back-to-back ATP World Tour titles in October at the Shenzhen Open and the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 in Tokyo. He also finished as runner-up in consecutive finals in February at the Garanti Koza Sofia Open and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Goffin earned the biggest victory of his career over then No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic in April at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and has compiled a 21-5 match record since 28 August. With less than one week left of the regular 2017 ATP World Tour season, Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta currently holds the last remaining qualification berth, but could still be ousted by one of Juan Martin del Potro, Roberto Bautista Agut, John Isner and Jack Sock subject to results in Paris this week. (atpworldtour)

Julia Goerges (file pic)

Zhuhai, China finals earlier in 2017. set, but I don’t want to go out 20 percent of the points on ulia Goerges booked her By winning the Azalea with losing the match and her second serve. On the spot in the semifinals of Group, Goerges also still being in the semifinals. I other side of the spectrum, Jthe Hengqin Life WTA Elite completes the final four in think that’s a bit weird.” Goerges had 31 winners, Trophy Zhuhai yesterday, Zhuhai, after American CoCo Mladenovic, meanwhile, outnumbering her 23 defeating No.1 seed and Vandeweghe, Australia’s ends her season with a unforced errors, and won World No.10 Kristina Ashleigh Barty, and Anastasia 12-match losing streak, seven of eight points at the Mladenovic, 6-2, 7-6(4), to Sevastova of Latvia won their dating back to the CitiOpen net. win the Azalea Group with respective groups yesterday in Washington, D.C. in early Goerges started the a 2-0 record in the round- to confirm their positions in August. A wonderful start to match strongly, outpacing robin portion. the semifinals. the year helped her rise into the powerful Mladenovic Goerges extended her Goerges only needed the Top 10 for the first time on the forehand side in the winning streak to seven to win a single set to make in her career last month, but first game, and clinching an matches. The German came the semifinals, but she still the Zhuhai results will cause initial break with a backhand into Zhuhai having won the fought for the victory. “I her to be replaced in this elite winner down the line. After last event she contested, the really wanted to win that bunch by Vandeweghe. consolidating the break for Kremlin Cup in Moscow, match,” Goerges said in her The Frenchwoman had a 2-0 lead, Goerges already which was her first title of press conference. “It didn’t nine double faults in the had six forehand winners. the year after losing three matter if I had to win one match, and could only win (wtatennis) David Goffin (file pic) Wozniacki gets engaged to NBA star David Lee

London happy news that she is to be agent and last played for the with McIlroy lasted from 2011 ennis star Caroline married on social media. San Antonio Spurs, also took to 2014, when the Northern Wozniacki has announced Wozniacki, who was to social media to reveal the Irishman called it off. thatT she is engaged to NBA engaged to golfer Rory McIlroy happy news. “The problem is mine,” star David Lee, saying that it in 2014 before they broke up “She said YES! So thrilled to he said at the time. “The was the “happiest day of my later that year, posted a picture be engaged to my soulmate,” wedding invitations issued at life”. of her huge engagement ring he posted alongside a picture the weekend made me realise The former world No1 on Twitter during the pair’s of the pair on Instagram. that I wasn’t ready for all enjoyed one of the best holiday in Bora Bora. Wozniacki hit the top of that marriage entails. I wish victories of her career last week “Happiest day of my life the world rankings in October Caroline all the happiness she when she beat Venus Williams yesterday saying yes to my 2010 and is now ranked at deserves and thank her for to win the WTA Finals and soulmate,” she posted. number three in the world. the great times we’ve had.” Caroline Wozniacki David Lee (file pic) she has now announced the Lee, who is currently a free Her high profile relationship (mirror.co.uk) Goerges enters P23 semi-finals SPORTS 2424 Saturday, November 4, 2017 Nadal pulls out of Paris Masters Paris “I have to afael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters yesterday because of a right Rknee injury, putting in doubt his participation in the ATP finals. pull out. Of The top-ranked Spaniard, who had his knee taped during the third set of his third-round win over Pablo Cuevas, said he wouldn’t be able to play Serbian qualifier Filip Krajinovic. course it’s a “I have to pull out. Of course it’s a very tough decision for me, especially here in Paris, which has been the most important city in my very tough career without a doubt,” said Nadal, a 10-time French Open champion. “It’s a tough situation but I tried my best ... I did one treatment yesterday night to try and play today.” decision He didn’t say whether he will be able to play at the ATP finals in London, which starts Nov. 12. “It’s not about London, it’s about the longer term,” Nadal for me, said. “It’s important to play tennis as long as possible” The 31-year-old Nadal said he will consult a doctor to assess especially the state of his right knee. “I’m going to go back, check again with the doctors (like) I did after Shanghai,” Nadal said. “Let’s see. I’m going to do my here in Paris, treatment. In the past it worked well.” As the match against Cuevas went on, Nadal’s movement which has looked restricted and he lacked his usual speed and mobility around court. While he was serving for the match, Nadal hardly had any spring as he double-faulted. been the most “Yesterday, the pain during the match was too much. But I didn’t want to stop,” Nadal said. “It’s not the thing that I love important city to do.” Nadal missed large chunks of last season with a wrist injury and came back to win the French Open for the 10th time and in my career the U.S. Open for the third time, taking his tally to 16 Grand Slam titles. without a He began the year with a five-set loss to Roger Federer in the Australian Open final. Federer has beaten doubt” Nadal three other times this year. (espn)

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