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Libyan PM Warns EU About Almost Million of Potential Migrants, Echoes Gaddafi

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the head of Libya’s National Army, loyal to the Tobruk government, has announced an offensive to take over Tripoli, where the UN-backed government is located.

Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, who is at the helm of the Tripoli-based Libyan government, has issued a warning that the flow of refugees from Libya to Europe will grow significantly if the fighting in Libya continues.

“We are facing a war of aggression that will spread its cancer throughout the Mediterranean. Italy and Europe need to be united and firm in stopping the war of aggression by Khalifa Haftar, a man who betrayed Libya and the international community,” al-Sarraj said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Repubblica.

“There are not only the 800,000 migrants potentially ready to leave, there would be Libyans escaping from this war,” the president noted. He added that the south of Libya had seen the resurgence of Daesh* terrorists who were ousted from the city of Sirte in late 2016.

Al-Sarraj ruled out any reconciliation talks with Haftar until he orders an end to the offensive on Tripoli and withdraws his forces. “Haftar’s treacherous action will bring destruction to Libya and its neighbours; no negotiations will be possible if [Haftar’s Libyan National Army] does not stop its attack on the population and if it does not withdraw,” he said.

In a televised press conference on Monday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called for a cease-fire and expressed hope for the withdrawal of Haftar’s forces. “We must avert a humanitarian crisis that could be devastating, not only for the repercussions on Italy and the EU but in the interests of the Libyan people themselves,” he said.


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Days before the 2011 NATO-led military intervention in Libya, which resulted in Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow and murder, Libya’s veteran ruler warned that an unstable situation in Libya would lead to millions of migrants fleeing Africa and the Middle East for Europe.

“There are millions of blacks who could come to the Mediterranean to cross to France and Italy, and Libya plays a role in security in the Mediterranean,” Gaddafi said.

His overthrow was followed by a period of transitional government and the creation of the General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli in 2012.

The eight-year chaos in Libya saw another escalation earlier this month after Marshal Haftar, who represents the rival government in Tobruk, launched an offensive on Tripoli, prompting the local UN-backed government to announce its mobilisation for a counteroffensive.

Fayez al-Sarraj has ordered the arrest of Haftar and his allies, while the latter has accused the Government of National Accord of supporting terrorism.

Haftar’s army earlier took control over the cities of Surman and Garyan, located west and south of Tripoli, respectively. According to the World Health Organisation, over 140 people have been killed and over 610 wounded since the start of fighting near Tripoli.

The 2011 civil war in Libya and the UN-authorised NATO-led military intervention, which resulted in veteran ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow and murder, were followed by a period of transitional government and the creation of the General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli in 2012.

Following the controversial June, 2014 parliamentary election, the GNC ceded power to the House of Representatives, which became Libya’s new legislative body.

Those politicians, who lost the election, refused to hand over power to the new parliament and continued to convene as the GNC.

The House of Representatives moved to Tobruk in August 2014 after an armed group took over the capital, and has backed a new government, formed in Tobruk.

The two rivalling governments reached a UN-backed political agreement in late 2015 and formed the Government of National Accord (GNA), which has failed to stitch the country back together. In 2016, the House of Representatives voted down the list of ministers and refused to recognise the GNA.

Despite losing approval from the Libyan House of Representatives, the GNA is still recognised by the United Nations as Libya’s legitimate government.

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‘Pennies before a steamroller’: Nigerian vote delay a reminder of investment risk

FILE PHOTO: A man sits next to a campaign poster of Atiku Abubakar, leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), after the postponement of the presidential election in Kano
FILE PHOTO: A man sits next to a campaign poster of Atiku Abubakar, leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), after the postponement of the presidential election in Kano, Nigeria February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

February 20, 2019

By Karin Strohecker

LONDON (Reuters) – A surprise delay in Nigeria’s presidential ballot has served foreign asset managers another reminder of political risk and volatile investment returns in Africa’s biggest economy – just days after piling into assets in a bet on a smooth election run.

The electoral commission announced a week’s delay to voting in the early hours of Saturday, citing logistical problems, even as some of Nigeria’s 84 million registered voters were already making their way to polling stations.

The vote pitches President Muhammadu Buhari against former vice president Atiku Abubakar, in what is seen as a tight race.

The delay adds to uncertainty for investors, who have endured a wild ride in the West African country: The 2014 oil price crash, and election in 2015 followed by currency controls and dollar shortages that tipped the oil-exporting economy into recession in the same year, its first in more than two decades. Its bonds got ejected from key indexes.

A new exchange rate mechanism launched in 2017 drew back some investors but concern has built around the election that has proved hard to call, threatens to spark violence and promises little material change.

“The likelihood of violence is now higher than before,” said Thierry Larose at Vontobel Asset Management. “And we have seen some effect on markets.”

Below are four charts that show foreign investor exposure and positioning in Nigeria.

FLOWS COMING BACK

Lured by a rekindled appetite for emerging markets and an upbeat oil price outlook, foreign investors have recently raised exposure to Nigeria, according to flow tracker EPFR https://tmsnrt.rs/2BGB0Yo.

Nigeria’s debt in particular has seen a sharper acceleration of inflows since the start of the year than emerging market debt more widely.

TAKING STOCK

Nigeria’s debt may have got kicked out of key indexes, but its stocks escaped a similar fate. They comprised a chunky 6.4 percent in 2017 in MSCI’s frontier market index of smaller and often riskier stocks.

Year-to-date, MSCI’s Nigeria index has risen just over 2 percent, with an 8 percent jump in February making up for losses earlier in the year. Broader frontier and emerging equities have performed better, however.

Moreover, trading volumes have decreased steadily overall, and the percentage of foreigners trading has also shrunk to 48 percent from a peak of 65 percent in September 2017, according to stock exchange data.

Interactive – https://tmsnrt.rs/2GOrplz

“This is a deeply unloved market whether measured by overall market volumes, foreign participation, valuation relative to history, or performance versus frontier or oil-exporter peers,” said Hasnain Malik at Exotix Capital. “That level of despair usually means opportunity.”

EXTERNAL OUTPERFORMER

With the International Monetary Fund estimating Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP ratio at just under 27 percent in its 2018 outlook, the country compares favorably to the Sub-Saharan average of 50 percent.

Nigeria’s dollar-denominated debt has long been a favorite off-benchmark play. The issues have outperformed https://tmsnrt.rs/2TVAyMP both wider emerging market sovereign debt and African peers, returning some 10 percent year-to-date.

“Eurobond valuations still look attractive as yields are likely to remain anchored regardless of outcome and the election means we are unlikely to get issuance until 3Q,” said Diana Amoa, emerging market debt portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management.

Nigeria Eurobonds Outperform – https://tmsnrt.rs/2TVAyMP

LOCAL LURES

Investors are split on local debt markets. On T-bill markets, the arbitrage between high yields and stable hedging costs through currency forwards delivers solid returns for anything up to a year. The picture is less clear further out.

“We continue to like the t-bill trade as it’s an attractive carry play on oil,” said Kevin Daly, investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments in London.

Others say the trade has become too crowded. And plans by presidential contender Abubakar to possibly float the naira currency makes it a risky play.

“It is like picking up pennies in front of a steam roller -you pick up a lot of pennies, but the losses are huge if the steamroller gets you,” said Lutz Roehmeyer at Capitulum Asset Management.

Local government 10-year benchmark yields – https://tmsnrt.rs/2V86fCH

(Reporting by Karin Strohecker in London; Additional reporting by Tom Arnold in London; Editing by Frances Kerry)

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Declining U.S. market ratchets up competition for SUV sales

FILE PHOTO: Used vehicles are lined up in lanes before being sold during a dealer-only auction at Manheim Detroit auction house in Carleton, Michigan
FILE PHOTO: Used vehicles are lined up in lanes before being sold during a dealer-only auction at Manheim Detroit auction house in Carleton, Michigan, U.S., June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

April 17, 2019

By Nick Carey and David Shepardson

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Falling U.S. new vehicle sales through the rest of 2019 and into 2020 will bring more intense competition in the increasingly crowded market for SUVs and a continued decline in passenger car sales, executives and economists said at this week’s auto show in New York.

“There are more and more SUVs coming to market and I continue to see that market growing,” said Fred Diaz, chief executive of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. “It’s hyper competitive.”

The new SUVs at this week’s auto show included models from Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co, Subaru Corp, Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai Motor Co.

After a long bull run, U.S. auto sales are expected to fall about 3 percent to 16.8 million units. That is still a respectable number, but the decline will increase competition for market share.

Much of the decrease will be driven by falling sedan sales. As recently as 2012, passenger cars made up more than 50 percent of U.S. new vehicle sales. But that number has dropped rapidly as American consumers have sought the greater comfort and space provided by larger pickup trucks and SUVs.

While those bigger vehicles are far more profitable for automakers, increased competition could lead to higher incentives in that segment that could squeeze profit margins just like with sedans over the years, industry officials said.

Executives also cited slowly climbing auto interest rates and the rising cost of new vehicles. Honda Senior Vice President Henio Arcangeli said uncertainty about the revised U.S. tax code also had an impact on sales.

In the first quarter, cars made up just over 30 percent of new vehicle sales.

Bob Carter, head of U.S. sales at Toyota, said the industry-wide passenger car market share could still fall slightly before hitting a bottom.

But for SUVs, the market has continued to grow and may see slight growth in 2019. That has automakers pushing out new SUVs to fight for sales.

According to data from automotive consultancy LMC Automotive, by the year 2023 there will be 90 mainstream SUV and crossover models on the U.S. market, as well as 90 luxury models. Those numbers compare with 2017 levels of 65 mainstream SUV and crossover models and 53 luxury models.

Patrick Manzi, senior economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), said the growing competition favors those automakers bringing fresh vehicles to the market to grab consumers’ attention.

“If you don’t have the newest, hottest product, you’re going to have to stand out somehow,” he said.

One way to stand out with an older vehicle is to offer steeper discounts to potential buyers, Manzi added.

At the show, Ford’s luxury Lincoln brand launched a new SUV, the Corsair, which chief marketing officer Joy Falotico said had turned out to be “lucky timing.”

Lincoln sales rose 11.2 percent in the first quarter, driven by SUV sales even as Ford brand sales fell 2.2 percent.

“I am confident that sales trend will continue,” Falotico said.

Despite falling sedan sales, executives at Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Toyota said they remain committed to the segment.

Toyota’s Carter noted Americans still bought 5.3 million sedans in 2018.

“So maybe it drops another 10 percent, it’s still 4.8 million units and I care desperately about that market,” he said. “We’re absolutely committed to the truck and SUV market. But we’re as equally committed to the car market.”

(Reporting by Nick Carey and David Shepardson; Editing by Dan Grebler)

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2 IS-linked men arrested far from Philippine militant bases

Philippine police say two Muslim militants have been arrested with guns, explosives and Islamic State group-style black flags in a northern province far from the traditional lairs of Muslim militants in the volatile south.

National police chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said Monday the arrest last week of the two militants in Baggao town in Cagayan province in the northern tip of the main Luzon island was not an indication that IS-linked militants have been able to expand their presence far beyond their traditional southern bases.

Police say the militants, Altero Bello and Greg Bello, belonged to an IS-aligned jihadist group called Syuful Khilafa Fi Luzon, which was established in 2016 but does not have a record of involvement in any violent attack in the largely Roman Catholic northern region.

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Trump to award 8th Medal of Honor, his first to Iraq war vet

President Donald Trump can recognize individuals for contributions to the arts and humanities, to science and technology and for other gifts to American society, but the Medal of Honor is one of the only awards he gives out regularly, recognizing military members living or dead for acts of bravery against an enemy.

Trump on Wednesday will present his eighth Medal of Honor, this time to the family of Army Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins, who gave his life in 2007 to save fellow soldiers from an Iraqi suicide bomber .

The president, who received a series of deferments to avoid military service during the Vietnam War, speaks highly of medal recipients. He recounts for White House guests the details of the heroic acts for which the recipients are being recognized and, at times speaks, of them using language that suggests he could not have matched their bravery.

"America is the greatest force for peace, justice and freedom the world has ever known because of you and people like you," Trump said at the October ceremony for retired Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley , the most recent medal recipient. "There are very few. There are very few. Brave people, but very, very few like you, John."

The 80-year-old Canley's heroism during the Vietnam War included twice scaling a hospital wall in view of the enemy to help extract wounded Marines.

At an earlier ceremony, Trump said Medal of Honor recipients are a godsend.

"Our nation is rich with blessings, but our greatest blessings of all are the patriots like John and all of you that just stood, and, frankly, many of the people in this room — I exclude myself, and a few of the politicians, who, like John, carry our freedom on their shoulders, march into the face of evil, and fight to their very last breath so that we can live in freedom, and safety, and peace," he said before presenting the medal to the widow of John A. Chapman. The Air Force sergeant was critically wounded and died in 2002 while trying to rescue a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan.

Trump asked past Medal of Honor recipients attending the August 2018 event to stand and be recognized.

The first seven medals he awarded recognized gallantry during World War II, Vietnam and war in Afghanistan, including two posthumous awards. Wednesday's award will be the first Trump gives to a service member who fought in Iraq.

Presidents often get credit for putting the medal and its familiar blue ribbon on living recipients, but they have little say in who ultimately gets them.

The process takes years, including strict time limits for making an initial recommendation and awarding the medal itself, and can vary depending upon the circumstances of each case. Cases work their way up the chain of command at the Pentagon to the service secretary and defense secretary. Both have authority to disapprove of a recommendation.

Once the defense secretary signs off, the president — as commander in chief — has final say. Exceptions sometimes are made, as in the case of Canley, who personally saved more than 20 Marines during combat in one of the Vietnam War's longest and bloodiest battles.

But as years stretched into decades, some of the Marines who fought alongside Canley pushed for the Oxnard, California, resident to receive the medal. After reviewing the case, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis agreed in December 2017 that Canley deserved the honor. Trump then signed legislation waiving the time limit on awarding the medal.

"To me, it wasn't really about me," Canley said in a telephone interview. "It was about those young Marines that I had the pleasure of leading in combat."

Some 3,522 people have received the Medal of Honor since President Abraham Lincoln awarded the first one in 1863, during the Civil War, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Canley is one of 72 living recipients.

The first awards Trump presented after taking office in 2017 went to first responders who were injured when a gunman fired on lawmakers at baseball practice, critically wounding Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. No arts or humanities medals have been handed out since September 2016, when Barack Obama was president. No science medals have been given since May 2016.

In place of Atkins, his son, Trevor, and his parents will represent him on Wednesday. Atkins was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, but it was upgraded to a Medal of Honor following a Defense Department review.

Atkins, 31, of Bozeman, Montana, was trying to subdue the suspected insurgent in June 2007 when he realized the man was attempting to detonate a bomb strapped to his body. Atkins then covered the bomber's body with his in a selfless act that officials said saved three soldiers.

Atkins belonged to the 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, New York. He was on his second tour of duty in Iraq and overseeing a 15-soldier squad at the time of his June 2007 death, one month after he was promoted to staff sergeant. He first deployed to Iraq in 2003 and was later honorably discharged as a sergeant. He re-enlisted in the Army in 2005 after attending the University of Montana and was sent back to Iraq in 2006.

"When Staff Sergeant Atkins faced the unenviable choice of being a survivor or a hero, he chose the latter," said Sherman Gillums Jr., chief advocacy officer for AMVETS, a veterans service organization. "His actions, while costing him his life, gave new life to those he'd saved and will forever be embodied by the Medal of Honor."

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Brazil economy minister confident on one trillion reais pension reform

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes gestures during a meeting at Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) of the Brazilian Federal Senate in Brasilia
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes gestures during a meeting at Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) of the Brazilian Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

April 10, 2019

By Jamie McGeever

(Reuters) – Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Wednesday he is “optimistic” that Congress will pass a pension reform bill that will generate savings of 1 trillion reais ($261.68 billion) over 10 years, in line with the government’s ambitious proposal.

Guedes is also confident Brazil will exceed its 2019 privatization goal of raising $20 billion from the sale of public assets by as much as 40 percent, he told a conference in New York, without giving any detail on which sectors or assets.

Brazil was expected to return to high growth rates “very soon,” Guedes said, even though growth in the United States and across the rest of the world is slowing.

Key to that is pension reform, the government’s flagship economic policy to slash public spending, restore Brazil’s finances and revive growth, despite increasing signs that the process is running into political quicksand.

Lawmakers know they are “in a corner” and need to cut spending on pensions and change the system to private retirement accounts from the current “pay as you go” framework, he said.

“I’m optimistic, I think Congress will vote with us. They (lawmakers) will cut something here, something there, but I think we will get 1 trillion, which is exactly what we wanted,” Guedes said, referring to the proposed savings over 10 years.

Analysts and investors overwhelmingly say that the final savings generated will likely be below that, with the consensus estimate settling around 600-700 billion reais.

Guedes said that the government’s proposals are widely supported by ordinary Brazilians, although a DataFolha poll on Wednesday showed that 51 percent of Brazilians are against them.

Guedes and President Jair Bolsonaro have been accused of not being fully committed to building the political bridges in Brasilia required to get Congress onside. Guedes’ appearance at a Congressional hearing on pension reform last week descended into angry finger-pointing, shouting, insults and jostling.

The minister’s bullishness on social security reform also extended to other areas of the government’s economic agenda. Privatizations this year will exceed forecasts, taxes are being cut and simplified, and regulations reduced, Guedes said.

Privatization proceeds so far this year have reached $12 billion, more than half the $20 billion forecast, and the government will ramp that up in its four-year term, he said.

“We’re selling everything,” Guedes said, adding that selling everything would cut government debt by $300 billion. “It will be hard to sell everything in four years, but let’s see.”

($1 = 3.8214 reais)

(Reporting by Jamie McGeever; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Grant McCool)

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Former French PM Fillon and wife to stand corruption trial

Investigating judges have ordered that former Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife stand trial on corruption charges, a judicial official said on Tuesday.

Fillon, who served as prime minister under President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2007 to 2012, was at one point the front-runner in France's 2017 presidential race. But he saw his bid unravel over allegations he paid his wife Penelope and two of their children more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) from 1981 to 2013 for jobs as parliamentary aides that involved no sustained work.

The judicial official confirmed a report in Le Monde newspaper that the couple will stand trial. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

According to Le Monde, Marc Joulaud, who replaced Fillon as a lawmaker in the National Assembly while Fillon served as prime minister, will also stand trial for misuse of public funds.

Fillon has denied wrongdoing, contending the allegations were a smear campaign to undo his presidential bid.

He was handed preliminary charges in March 2017, including for misuse of public funds and improper declaration of assets. His wife was also charged that year with misuse of public funds, receiving money from a misuse of company assets and receiving money from a fraud.

Fillon kept on running for president despite the corruption investigation, which he denounced as "political assassination."

From the start of 2017, when the investigation began, Fillon had to limit his campaign events to rallies and a few visits under high security to avoid anti-corruption protesters shouting "Fillon in prison!"

The 2017 election was won by Emmanuel Macron, a young upstart centrist.

Fillon had served five times as a government official under two previous presidents, Francois Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac.

In 1981, Fillon was elected to parliament for the first time, representing Sable-sur-Sarthe, a small town in rural western France. At 27, he was the youngest lawmaker in the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly.

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FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

April 26, 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve may lower the interest it pays on excess reserves banks leave with it by 5 basis points at its April 30-May 1 policy meeting in a bid to prevent the federal funds rate from drifting higher, Morgan Stanley analysts said on Friday.

This would mark the third such “technical” adjustment on the interest on excess reserves (IOER) following cuts last June and December.

(Reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Singles Final
FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Australian Open – Women’s Singles Final – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2019. Japan’s Naomi Osaka attends a news conference after winning her match against Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

April 26, 2019

(Reuters) – World number one Naomi Osaka came from behind in the final set to beat Croatian Donna Vekic 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) on Friday and move into the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix semi-finals.

Osaka comfortably won the opening set but was tested by the Croatian, who pushed her to the limit in the second and third. The Japanese made 45 unforced errors as she struggles to get to grips with swapping hard courts for clay.

Osaka was visibly frustrated and trailed 5-1 in the final set but she refused to give up and found her rhythm to break Vekic twice and prevent her from serving for the match.

In the tiebreaker, a confident Osaka upped her baseline game and had two early mini breaks before wrapping up the match in two hours and 18 minutes. An infuriated Vekic even smashed her racket after losing the match.

“I told myself I didn’t want to have any regrets here,” Osaka said. “I was stressed out when I went down 1-5… but this (comeback) was pretty good because I don’t play really well on clay.”

Earlier, world number three Petra Kvitova came back from a set down to beat Anastasija Sevastova 2-6 6-2 6-3 and move into the tournament’s semi-finals for the third time in her career.

Sevastova had a dream start, breaking Kvitova twice to take a 3-0 lead as the Czech struggled with her first serve. Kvitova also made a slew of unforced errors, with many of her returns going long.

Sevastova used the full width of the court to get the better of Kvitova, who played on the back foot for much of the first set as the Latvian gave her little time to catch her breath.

However, Kvitova recovered in the second set and she broke Sevastova’s serve when she was 3-2 up, winning 10 straight points to take a 5-2 lead. Sevastova looked shaken and was broken again to give Kvitova the second set.

Kvitova took command in the final set and broke a visibly upset Sevastova to take a 3-1 lead before easing into the semis.

“In the first set I missed almost everything. I was pretty slow and she just couldn’t miss,” Kvitova said. “In the second set it was very important for me to stay on my serve and the chance to break her came.”

Kiki Bertens plays Angelique Kerber later on Friday and Victoria Azarenka faces Anett Kontaveit in the last quarter-final.

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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The Latest on fatal pileup on Interstate 70 near Denver (all times local):

10:10 a.m.

Colorado officials say four people have died after a semi-truck hauling lumber plowed into vehicles on Interstate 70, causing a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars.

Authorities had to wait until daylight Friday to confirm the death toll from Thursday’s 28-vehicle pileup because of the devastation caused by the fire.

Six people were taken to hospitals with injuries. Their conditions are unclear.

Lakewood police spokesman Ty Countryman says the driver of the truck who caused the crash sustained minor injuries. He has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide.

Officials say the driver was headed down a hill when he slammed into slower traffic. Countryman says there is no indication the crash was intentional.

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7:40 a.m.

A truck driver blamed for causing a deadly pileup involving over two dozen vehicles near Denver has been arrested on vehicular homicide charges.

Lakewood police spokesman Ty Countryman said Friday that there’s no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role in Thursday’s crash.

The unidentified driver was headed down a hill on Interstate 70 when he slammed into slower traffic and sparked a massive fire. Countryman said police are looking at whether his brakes were working properly.

He said 28 vehicles were involved, up from the initial 15 vehicles police reported after further sorting through the burned wreckage.

Police still say there were multiple fatalities but are still working to provide an exact number.

The highway is expected to remain closed until Saturday.

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Tiger woods celebrates after winning the 2019 Masters
FILE PHOTO: Golf – Masters – Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia, U.S. – April 14, 2019 – Tiger Woods of the U.S. celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the 2019 Masters. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

April 26, 2019

Tiger Woods is sending a message that he thinks he still has enough left, emotionally and physically, to win three more major championships to tie Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 titles.

Speaking to GolfTV in his first sit-down interview since the Masters, Woods said he has taken some time off since his victory at Augusta National, which still doesn’t feel real.

“Honestly, it’s hard to believe,” Woods said. “I was texting one of my good friends last night … that I couldn’t believe that I won the tournament. That it really hasn’t sunk in. I haven’t started doing anything. I’ve just been laying there. And every now and again, I’ll look over there on the couch and there’s the jacket.”

That’s the fifth green jacket for the 43-year-old Woods, who hadn’t won a major tournament since the 2008 U.S. Open. Along the way, four back surgeries, a divorce and other personal issues derailed him.

He said he has been spending time with his children – daughter Sam, 11, and son Charlie, 10 – who weren’t born when their father was the most dominant golfer on the planet.

“They never knew golf to be a good thing in my life and only the only thing they remember is that it brought this incredible amount of pain to their dad and they don’t want to ever want to see their dad in pain,” Woods said. “And so to now have them see this side of it, the side that I’ve experienced for so many years of my life, but I had a battle to get back to this point, it feels good.”

He said he hopes – maybe expects — they’ll see this side again.

And no one will take Woods for granted at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black Course on Long Island, N.Y., which starts May 16.

Woods said he’ll be ready for a course he already conquered once in a major: the 2002 U.S. Open.

“I’m doing all the visual stuff, but I haven’t put in the physical work yet. But it’s probably coming this weekend,” he said.

Before Woods encountered health and personal problems, it was expected that topping Nicklaus’ major mark was “when” and not “if.” Then the certainty went away, but Woods thought he still had a chance.

“I always thought it was possible, if I had everything go my way. It took him an entire career to get to 18, so now that I’ve had another extension to my career – one that I didn’t think I had a couple of years ago – if I do things correctly and everything falls my way, yeah, it’s a possibility. I’m never going to say it’s not.

“Now I just need to have a lot of things go my way, and who’s to say that it will or will not happen? That’s what the future holds, I don’t know. The only thing I can promise you is this: that I will be prepared.”

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Maria Butina, the Russian woman who was accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday by a federal judge in Washington after pleading guilty last year to a conspiracy charge.

Butina, who has already served nine months behind bars, will get credit for time served and can possibly get credit for good behavior, the judge said. She will be removed from the U.S. promptly on completion of her time, the judge added, and returned to Russia.

MARIA BUTINA, ACCUSED RUSSIAN SPY, PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY

An emotional and apologetic Butina said in court Friday she is “truly sorry” and regrets not registering as a foreign agent.

“I feel ashamed and embarrassed,” she said, adding that her “reputation is ruined.”

Butina has been jailed since her arrest in July 2018. She entered the court Friday wearing a dark green prison jumpsuit and spoke in clear English, with a slight Russian accent.

“Please accept my apologies,” Butina said.

Butina’s lawyer, Robert Driscoll, said after the sentencing they had hoped for a “better outcome,” but expressed a desire for Butina to be released to her family by the fall.

Prosecutors had claimed Butina used her contacts with the National Rifle Association and the National Prayer Breakfast to develop relationships with U.S. politicians and gather information for Russia.

Prosecutors also have said that Butina’s boyfriend, conservative political operative Paul Erickson, identified in court papers as “U.S. Person 1,” helped her establish ties with the NRA.

WHO IS MARIA BUTINA, THE RUSSIAN WOMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING ON US?

In their filings, prosecutors claim federal agents found Butina had contact information for people suspected of being employed by Russia’s Federal Security Services, or FSB, the successor intelligence agency to the KGB. Inside her home, they found notes referring to a potential job offer from the FSB, according to the documents.

Investigators recovered several emails and Twitter direct message conversations in which Butina referred to the need to keep her work secret and, in one instance, said it should be “incognito.” Prosecutors said Butina had contact with Russian intelligence officials and that the FBI photographed her dining with a diplomat suspected of being a Russian intelligence agent.

Fox News’ Jason Donner, Bill Mears, Greg Norman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News Politics

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