Several dead as gunmen attack top Kabul hotel https://t.co/WsRwJMAXqW
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) January 20, 2018
Armed insurgents stormed Kabul’s largest hotel trapping an unknown number of hotel guests inside https://t.co/WGZRPUnWq0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2018
Gunmen wage attack on luxury Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. https://t.co/TxxcH9apRr pic.twitter.com/OQdrUI5qla
— ABC News (@ABC) January 20, 2018
Intense fighting going on in Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. 2-4 attackers have taken hostages too.
Gunfire can be heard in Pakistan embassy which is located about a km from the hotel. #kabul pic.twitter.com/mdE43aQF8v— Asfandyar Bhittani (@AsfandBhittani) January 20, 2018
Afghanistan's Special Operations Forces arrive shortly after gunmen launch attack on a major hotel in the capital Kabul, casualties feared https://t.co/I9VguRhJon pic.twitter.com/dCsoOdEXKG
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) January 20, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Hi @realDonaldTrump, New York City detests you. #WomensMarch2018 #RESIST pic.twitter.com/uWumDuRT4k
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) January 20, 2018
600,000 strong!#WMLA2018 | #WomensMarch2018 pic.twitter.com/l41n9LR9vI
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) January 20, 2018
The Women’s March became a movement. What’s next? https://t.co/me9QvugZOi pic.twitter.com/5NCOqqCd66
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2018
Meanwhile..
Happy One Year Anniversary, @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/JD2icF6XGd
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 20, 2018
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 20, 2018
Flake and Graham walk into Schumer’s office – first sign of birpartisan talks in Day One of shutdown. Schumer meeting with about 10 senators right now
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 20, 2018
Why is @POTUS not in the thick of these negotiations now? Because after several sessions in which he appeared willing to make a deal, only to be reeled in by his staff and @GOP leaders, NEITHER side trusts him to handle this.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) January 20, 2018
Trump accused Democrats of orchestrating a government shutdown to detract from the anniversary of his inauguration https://t.co/MssBkoxY1K
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2018
JUST IN: GOP lawmakers back three-week government funding bill to end shutdown https://t.co/XSTLIL325T pic.twitter.com/muFAXMCmhh
— The Hill (@thehill) January 20, 2018
JUST IN: White House: No negotiations on immigration until government reopens https://t.co/z74ACxNKoO pic.twitter.com/IYKqLzOI84
— The Hill (@thehill) January 20, 2018
I know it looks like a mess —- but there are many senators of good will who want to solve the problem. I appreciate Sens. Portman, Whitehouse, Coons, Alexander, Collins, Murkowski and others' commitment to hard work and finding solutions last night.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/954762560976445441
saw this going around and wanted to check for myself: here’s the message you hear today when you ring the White House comment line during the shutdown pic.twitter.com/sCquYj0XnX
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 20, 2018
Any joint that shuts its government because the party in power wants to deport immigrants and keep children from medical care is a shithole.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 20, 2018
oh, and..
JUST IN: Kushner privately met with Chinese ambassador several times, excluded US experts on China: report https://t.co/f7pNuMpjQ2 pic.twitter.com/sPT1P8sjzh
— The Hill (@thehill) January 20, 2018
Among the prominent Russian attendees at Trump's inauguration: Natalia Veselnitskaya, who attended Rohrabacher party https://t.co/X0AErdF7WI
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) January 20, 2018
Finally..
Weirdest photos of Trump's year one, from the Saudi orb to a big truck's cab https://t.co/6XCJKXbG1M
— Niall Carson (@niallcarsonpa) January 20, 2018
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WORLD
Turkish Warplanes Begin "Massive Bombing" Of US-Backed Syrian Kurds https://t.co/mp7H2wgDpD
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 20, 2018
Turkish officials have been warning all week that an invasion on Syrian Kurds is imminent. Now, the country has declared that the offensive has 'de facto' begun. https://t.co/A4WVSMFaqp
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 19, 2018
Turkey's dislike of Kurdish troops at its border could spark a new war – and this time, it may be with America | Analysis https://t.co/4H43p7zvex
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 20, 2018
Iraqi PM meets Kurdistan region leader for first time since independence vote https://t.co/D4tyfMMYZZ pic.twitter.com/ovvfrxBu6S
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2018
The moderate Iranian president asserts himself evermore as the next Supreme Leader. Can he survive the unlikely alliance of #Iran and US hardliners? #IranProtests https://t.co/HbghtP3keK
— Hossein Derakhshan (@h0d3r) January 19, 2018
British tourists have been told to stay in their resorts in Montego Bay in Jamaica after a spate of deadly shootings https://t.co/cRm7AAwddD
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 20, 2018
"At a stroke, the party leadership’s historical account is wiped clean." As @MaryLouMcDonald looks set to be the next president of @sinnfeinireland, @KevinPMeagher writes: Welcome to Sinn Féin 2.0. https://t.co/aE02yxd5d9 pic.twitter.com/G8HB7pHIf2
— Northern Slant (@NorthernSlant) January 20, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Britain able to have bespoke deal with EU – Macron https://t.co/R7TPszJE6k pic.twitter.com/qpR2X2tzL1
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2018
Poll in tmr’s Observer: among all potential Labour voters at the next election, 56% want the party to back permanent membership of the single market and customs union, while just 13% think it should remain opposed @laboursinglemkt https://t.co/QBZC9PSw2l
— ChukaUmunna (@ChukaUmunna) January 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/GuitarMoog/status/954541291337125888
A tragedy of Brexit is watching great Labour colleagues, and Tories who used to be sensible on Europe, saying that black is now white & essentially lining up behind Farage, Redwood, Gove & Rees-Mogg. We simply can’t let this continue!
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) January 20, 2018
The government is "systematically lying to us about #Brexit" according to @ChukaUmunna. pic.twitter.com/RWtmWVUdDY
— LBC (@LBC) January 20, 2018