Lisa Smith, the Irish woman who went to Syria to join Isis, has told a US news reporter that she wants to go home. CNN's Connect The World travelled to a camp where so-called "Isis brides" are being held. Reporter Jomana Karadsheh Scott said she spoke to a woman who did not give her name "but she has been identified by Irish media as Muslim covert Lisa Smith". The woman, who speaks in an Irish accent and appears to be former member of the Irish Defence Forces Smith, told CNN's Jomana Karadsheh Scott: "I think that people should just realise that all the people here are not terrorists." The Dundalk widow is in the camp with her two-year-old daughter. "I want to go home," she said. When asked about the prospect of being prosecuted, she said: "I know they'd strip me of my passport. And I wouldn't travel and I'd be watched.....but...I'm already in prison (in the camp)."Earlier this month, Defence Minister Paul Kehoe said Lisa Smith will be treated like any Irish citizen who finds … [Read more...] about ‘I’m already in prison’: Lisa Smith tells US news report she wants ‘to go home’
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US President Donald Trump in bitter Twitter fight with advisor’s husband George Conway
US President Donald Trump is publicly feuding with the husband of one of his closest advisors. For months, George Conway - spouse of White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway - has been taking shots at Trump on the President's own favourite social network, Twitter. Trump largely ignored him until this week, when George Conway questioned his mental state, suggesting the President was showing "signs of serious mental instability" and shouldn't have "command over the world's second-largest arsenal of nuclear weapons". In response, Trump said George Conway was "VERY jealous of his wife's success and angry that I, with her help, didn't give him the job he so desperately wanted". "I barely know him but just take a look, a stone cold LOSER & husband from hell!" In a separate tweet, Trump called his employee's husband a "total loser". Rather than ask him to back off, Kellyanne Conway - who coined the infamous phrase 'alternative facts' in attempt to justify false information being … [Read more...] about US President Donald Trump in bitter Twitter fight with advisor’s husband George Conway
US cops search for Brit tourist who vanished while swimming off California beach
COPS in California are searching for a Scot who vanished on holiday while facing serious criminal charges back home. Kim Gordon was reported missing by his 17-year-old son who said he’d gone for a swim at a beach notorious for its dangerous waters. US detectives revealed the teen said he was hiking while his father went in. Police divers were drafted in to scour the sea off Monastery Beach in Carmel for Gordon — a well-known street trader in Inverness, Scotland. But they were unable to find any trace despite searching for several days. Sergeant Michael Darlington of Monterey County Sheriff’s Department said: “This beach is notorious for injuries and fatalities. “It’s right off the highway, so as a tourist drives by they see a nice, sandy beach. “They come out here and they don’t realise that it’s a very steep beach. It gets very deep very quickly.”'NOTORIOUS BEACH WATERS' Department Commander John Thornburg added: “We … [Read more...] about US cops search for Brit tourist who vanished while swimming off California beach
WATCH: US News Crew Robbed, Security Guard Shot During Oakland Teachers’ Strike
Reporter Joe Vazquez and photographer John Anglin were preparing to interview strikers at the Oakland Library around 5 p.m. Sunday when a car pulled up and two people got out and demanded the news crew's equipment. One of the suspects shot security guard Matt Meredith in the leg during the incident, even after the news crew surrendered their equipment, according to KPIX. — Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019 — Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019 In another tweet, Vazquez added that the guard who was shot is a retired Berkeley, California, police officer who "got some shots off" at the shooter. — Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019 The guard was transported to Highland Hospital in Oakland and is currently in stable condition, CBS News reported. Surveillance footage released online shows Oakland police officers pursuing a champagne-colored Lexus sedan … [Read more...] about WATCH: US News Crew Robbed, Security Guard Shot During Oakland Teachers’ Strike
US deputy attorney general ‘to step down’ after Trump accuses him of treason
The US Justice Department official who once oversaw the Russia probe, Rod Rosenstein, plans to resign in mid-March, US news outlets reported. Rosenstein's departure from his post as deputy attorney general has been expected for some time. CNN late Monday quoted a department official as saying it has nothing to do with recent explosive claims by the former acting director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe. McCabe has said that Rosenstein raised the idea of wearing a wire to tape President Donald Trump and talked about removing him from office under the 25th Amendment after Trump fired FBI director James Comey in May 2017. CNN said Rosenstein has widely been expected to leave his job after Bill Barr is confirmed to fill the vacant post of attorney general. The network said that a departure by Rosenstein next month could suggest the Russia probe being carried out by special counsel Robert Mueller is nearing completion. Trump abruptly fired Comey as pressure rose … [Read more...] about US deputy attorney general ‘to step down’ after Trump accuses him of treason