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Poor Conditions Persist for Migrant Children Detained at the Border, Democrats Say

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Mexico's President Says A Spy Camera Was Found In His Office

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s president, speaks during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Photo: Bloomberg

SCMP/Reuters: ‘They’ve been recording us’: Mexican President Lopez Obrador says as hidden camera found in National Palace offices

* Lopez Obrador said the device had been found in a room used for meetings but has not given details on who had placed it there

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday unseen forces were spying on him and his cabinet, revealing that a “sophisticated camera” had been discovered at the presidential offices in central Mexico City.

During a regular daily news briefing, in which he usually expounds on everything from history and economics to culture, Lopez Obrador said the device had been found in a room used for meetings in the National Palace, his headquarters.

“Just imagine, they’ve been recording us in a meeting room, here in the Palace,” the president said as he reflected on the importance of free speech and transparency.

Lopez Obrador, who did not provide details on the camera or how it came to be there, said he had no secrets.

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Update: Mexican president says spy camera found in office (AFP)

WNU Editor: Before being elected President he accused the intelligence services of spying on him. I would not be surprised if he is suspecting them.

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Chinese troops in Hong Kong won't 'sit on hands' if situation worsens: China Daily

Chinese soldiers stationed in Hong Kong are not there merely for symbolic purposes and they will have "no reason to sit on their hands" if the situation in the city worsens, an editorial in the China Daily newspaper said on Friday.

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Trump’s Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Steps Down

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UN warns ceasefire violations could spark Lebanon-Israel war

The council warning came in a resolution adopted unanimously Thursday extending the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon until Aug. 31, 2020. It was approved days after an alleged Israeli drone crashed in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut and Lebanese army gunners fired at Israeli reconnaissance drones after they entered Lebanese airspace, heightening tensions between the two countries.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 29, 2019

Saphora Smith, Linda Givetash and Lawahez Jabari, NBC News: Israel's shadow war with Iran risks triggering wider conflict, analysts say

“If you infringe on their sovereignty — how much are they going to tolerate it?" Yossi Mekelberg, a professor of international relations, said.

LONDON — A recent series of airstrikes in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon that neighboring countries blame on Israel risks escalating into a wider conflict, some analysts say.

The strikes — most of which Israel has not claimed responsibility for — began Saturday when Israel claimed to have thwarted an imminent Iranian attack by striking an elite wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guardnear Damascus, the Syrian capital.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Twitter that the Iranian fighters were targeting Israelis living in the Golan Heights, a region that Israel annexed from Syria after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 29, 2019

The Israel-Iran Shadow War Escalates and Breaks Into the Open -- The New York Times

Battle for Aden: Who is fighting who and how things got here -- Al Jazeera

Clear and present danger: Iraq is at a tipping point of chaos and confusion -- Mustafa Alrawi, The National

What happens next? How Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament could force Remain MPs to spring their plot to block No Deal or force an election next week... if they can get their act together -- Joel Adams and Tim Stickings, Daily Mail

Could a US Recession End the Trade War? -- Shang-Jin Wei, Project Syndicate

The Guardian view on Hong Kong: what next? -- Guardian editorial

China’s Grand Plans for Shenzhen -- Eleanor Albert, The Diplomat

Why Greenland is really about China -- Nadia Schadlow, The Hill

Afghan war — What to expect from the US-Taliban Doha talks -- Shamil Shams & Masood Saifullah, DW

Afghanistan: nearly two decades of US intervention -- AFP

Why are we not seeing a revolution in Zimbabwe? -- Marian L. Tupy, CAPX

Russia pushing 'unsuitable' nuclear power in Africa, critics claim -- Jason Burke, The Guardian

Who is Oleksiy Honcharuk, Ukraine's new prime minister? -- Al Jazeera

Ukraine's Oleksiy Honcharuk: From political outsider to prime minister -- Roman Goncharenko, DW

The Brutal Truths Of Maduro's 'Last Stand' In Venezuela -- World Crunch Editorial

Trump — or What, Exactly? -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

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China's Xi says 'bigger step' possible in offshore oil, gas development with Philippines

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can "properly" handle their dispute over sovereignty.

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