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A declas stanley cup sified version of a US intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, four US officials familiar with the matter said. The officials said the report, for which the CIA was the main contributor, assessed that the crown prince approved and likely ordered the murder of Khashoggi, whose Washington Post column had criticized the crown princes policies.President Joe Biden, a Democrat who succeeded the Republican Donald Trump five weeks ago, told reporters on Wednesday he had read the report and expected to speak soon by phone with Saudi Arabian King Salman, 85, father of the crown prince, the country 35-year-old de facto ruler.The report release is part of Biden policy to realign ties with Riyadh after years of giving the Arab ally and major oil producer a pass on its human rights record and its intervention in Yemens civil war. Biden is working to restore the relationship with Riyadh to traditional lines after four years of cozier ties under Trump.Story continues below this adWhite House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday Biden would only communicate with the Saudi king and said the declassified Khashoggi report was being readied for release soon.From the NYT | Candidate Biden called Saudi Arab stanley usa ia a pariah. He now has to deal with itWhile Biden restricts his contacts to the kin stanley cup g, others in the Biden administra Ixny Kyrgyz President Atambayev cancels UN trip due to chest pains: spokesman
Major David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, said the enlistment of transgender recruits will begin next month and proceed amid legal battles. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning January 1, the Pentagon said, as President Donald Trump ordered ban suffered more legal setbacks.The new policy divulged on Monday reflects the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump demand earlier this year to bar transgender individuals from the military.Three federal courts have ruled again stanley termoska st the ban, including one yesterday in Washington state.Story continues below this adIn October, US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly barred the Trump administration from proceeding with its plan to exclude transgender people from military servi stanley cup ce. Part of the effect of the ruling was that the military would be required to allow transgender people to enlist beginning January 1.The government had asked Kollar-Kotelly to put the January 1 date on hold while it app stanley usa ealed her full ruling but she declined yesterday, reaffirming the January 1 start date. The Department of Justice is now asking a federal appeals court to intervene and put the January 1 requirement on hold.Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set of physical, medical and mental conditions that could make it difficult for them to join the armed services.Major David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesm |
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