'COMPREHENSIVE BATTLE' AGAINST ISIS'
The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu says the US and Turkey will soon launch what he called a ‘comprehensive battle’ against ISIS. US aircraft and drones have arrived at a Turkish air base in the soytheast. Late last month, Turkey formally approved the US-led coalition to use its Incirlik air base to launch air strikes against ISIS. Meanwhile,Turkey and the US have been working on plans to provide air cover for a group of US-trained Syrian opposition fighters. They intend to force ISIS out of a strip of northern Syria that stretches about 80 kilometres along the Turkish border.
MILITARY CONVOY ATTACKED
Unidentified gunmen have ambushed a paramilitary convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir. The attack occurred near the city of Udhampur, close to the border with Pakistan. The area has a military base. At least two security forces and one attacker died. The director of police says at least eight soldiers were wounded.
FINES FOR CARRYING MIGRANTS
Transport companies and truck drivers have been fined 6.2 million dollars for transporting migrants this year. That’s up 50 percent from last year. The UK border patrol issued 33 hundred fines. They can run as high as three thousand dollars for every migrant found. Companies have called the system is ‘unfair’. A growing number of migrants in Calais continue to try to enter the UK through the Eurotunnel. On Tuesday, Britain announced it plans to force landlords to evict migrants who don’t have proper documentation.
TRIBUTE TO CECIL
An Oscar-nominated animator who worked on the Disney film The Lion King has painted a tribute to Cecil the Lion. Last month, an American dentist named Walter Palmer killed the famous lion in Zimbabwe. Aaron Blaise included a quotation from the film in his painting. It reads ‘Look at the stars. The great kings from the past look down upon us from those stars.’ Cecil’s death has drawn international protest and condemnation.
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