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02/05/2019

02/05/2019

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Nothing to Sisi Here

Top News: In Egypt, lawmakers are weighing a change to the constitution that could open the door for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to lead for 12 years after the expiry of his current term—a move that could keep the former general in power until 2034. The proposal also pushes for greater presidential power over the judiciary, and the addition of a second parliamentary body. Critics railed against the concept, calling it a “coup against the Egyptian constitution.”

United Arab Emirates: In Abu Dhabi, 120,000 people gathered for Mass at Zayed Sports City stadium to hear Pope Francis speak. Francis, who is the first pontiff to visit the Arabian peninsula, entered the stadium in a white Jeep before addressing the interfaith crowd.

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AFRICA

•  The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s outgoing government defended its controversial plans to offer life-long stipends to outgoing ministers, including monthly housing allowances of $1,000 and an annual business-class flight.

•  Two hundred people have been arrested in Ethiopia for receiving illegal military training at outposts close to the border with Sudan.

•  Amid tensions caused by an uptick in terrorist attacks, Burkina Faso’s security forces reported that their troops killed 146 militants in the country’s northern provinces.

AMERICAS

•  Guyana, Mexico, and St. Lucia split with the 11 other member countries of the Lima group, and declined to sign onto a declaration offering “recognition and support” for Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela.

•  After a one-week delay, due to the partial shutdown of the government, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to give his second State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Trump’s guests for the speech include the family of a couple killed by an undocumented immigrant, and a schoolboy from Delaware who has been bullied for sharing the president’s last name.

•  Amazon’s plans to build a campus in Queens, New York, are up against renewed pressure as a state senator who opposes the deal has been named to the Public Authorities Control Board that will oversee it.

ASIA

•  Calls for Myanmar’s State Counselor and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to free Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been met with hostility by the leader, according to U.S. government officials.

•  The United States plans to provide 159 Black Hawk helicopters to Afghanistan’s Air Force by 2023. But a report from the U.S. Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction warned that the Afghan Air Force does not have pilots or the engineers to absorb them.

•  In Australia, Queensland’s environment minister warned that significant flooding has displaced snakes and crocodiles, and cautioned residents to look out for them in “unlikely places.”

EUROPE

•  Russia plans to respond to the withdrawal of the United States from the INF treaty by building new missiles by 2021, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

•  An array of European countries—including Britain, France, Germany, and Spain—offered their support for Juan Guaidó, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, as the country’s interim leader.

•  After the Norwegian intelligence community concluded that Huawei technologies could pose a threat to state secrets, the Chinese embassy in Oslo responded on Tuesday that the assessment was “ridiculous.”

MIDDLE EAST

•  Saudi Arabia plans to launch a financial reporting office to monitor state spending.

•  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he had not seen an acceptable plan from the United States for the creation of safe zone in northeastern Syria. “Our patience is not limitless,” he told his party on Tuesday.

•  Iran pushed back against the European Union’s criticism of its ballistic missile tests, a stance that the Iranian government said in an online statement was “not in line with regional security and the real interests of Europe.”

- By Jefcoate O'Donnell

(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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