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Israeli PM presses UK over new sanctions on Iran Kremlin protests Fox
News host’s ‘killer’
comments on Putin
JILL LAWLESS “Iran seeks to annihilate Is- ing activity in the region.” Pro-Palestinian campaign-
Associated Press rael, it seeks to conquer the The Trump administration is ers and opposition politi-
LONDON (AP) — Israeli Middle East, it threatens Eu- also perceived as sympa- cians urged May to con- MOSCOW (AP) — The Krem-
Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- rope, it threatens the West, thetic to Israeli settlements demn Israeli settlement- lin is indignant over the
tanyahu on Monday urged it threatens the world,” he on occupied Palestinian building. comments of a Fox News
British Prime Minister There- host who called Russian
sa May to follow the Ameri- President Vladimir Putin a
can administration and im- “killer” in an interview with
pose new sanctions on Iran President Donald Trump.
over a recent missile test. In the interview broad-
The two leaders met at 10 cast over the weekend,
Downing St. for talks Brit- Bill O’Reilly called the Rus-
ish officials tried to focus sian leader “a killer.” Trump
on boosting trade ties be- replied that the U.S. has
tween the two countries killers, too. Putin’s spokes-
once Britain leaves the Eu- man Dmitry Peskov refused
ropean Union. to comment Monday on
But as photographers cap- Trump’s reply, but lashed
tured the start of the meet- out at Fox News, calling
ing, Netanyahu told May: O’Reilly’s remarks “unac-
“I’d like to talk to you about ceptable and offensive.”
how we can ensure that “We would like to receive
Iran’s aggression does not an apology from the presi-
go unanswered.” dent from this respected
Iran and Israel are bit- organization,” Peskov told
ter enemies. Netanyahu reporters on Monday, re-
vehemently opposes the ferring to Fox News.
2015 international agree- A British judge concluded
ment that imposed curbs last year that two Russians,
on Tehran’s nuclear pro- acting at the behest of
gram in exchange for lifting Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel Moscow’s security services
sanctions. Britain backs the at the Foreign Office in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. and probably with approv-
deal, which May has called (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool) al from Putin, poisoned ex-
“vital.” KGB agent Alexander Lit-
U.S. President Donald said. “And it offers provo- land, an issue that caused A small group of protesters vinenko at a London hotel
Trump, with whom May’s cation after provocation. friction between Netan- calling for an end to Isra- in 2006.
government wants close “That’s why I welcome Pres- yahu and former President el’s 50-year occupation of Litvinenko died after drink-
ties, is also a critic of the ident Trump’s assistance of Barack Obama. Palestinian lands protested ing tea spiked with a fatal
Iran deal. new sanctions against Iran. The Palestinians claim the outside the gates of Down- dose of radioactive poloni-
His administration imposed I think other nations should West Bank and east Jeru- ing St. during Netanyahu’s um-210. The Kremlin angrily
new sanctions on more follow suit, certainly respon- salem, captured by Israel visit. dismissed the inquiry as a
than two dozen compa- sible nations.” in the 1967 Mideast war, as May said at the start of the “quasi-investigation.”
nies and individuals after May’s office said after the parts of a future state. They meeting that “we remain Putin’s critics in Russia and
Tehran tested a ballistic meeting that the prime say the settlements, home committed to a two-state abroad also held him po-
missile last week. minister “was clear that the to 600,000 Israelis, are mak- solution as the best way litically responsible for the
In pointed remarks at the nuclear deal is vital and ing it increasingly impos- of brokering stability and 2006 killing of investigative
start of his meeting with must be properly enforced sible to partition the land peace.” Downing St. said journalist Anna Politkovs-
May, Netanyahu said he and policed, while rec- into two states — a position later that she had “reiter- kaya and the 2015 slaying
wished other countries ognizing concerns about that has wide international ated the U.K.’s opposition of leading Kremlin critic Bo-
would follow the U.S. lead. Iran’s pattern of destabiliz- backing. to settlement activity.”q ris Nemtsov. The critics said
the atmosphere of intoler-
IS suspects detained in Turkey raids reach nearly 750 ance to dissent under his
watch contributed to the
two killings.
SUZAN FRASER day saying that 748 people be in contact with IS opera- a New Year’s mass shoot- In 2014, a court in Moscow
Associated Press have been detained in the tives in conflict zones. ing at an Istanbul nightclub convicted the gunman
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — police sweep, but did not Deputy Prime Minister Nu- that killed 39 people, claims and three other Chechens
Turkey has now detained give their nationalities. In man Kurtulmus said Turkey to have multiple cells in involved in Politkovskaya’s
nearly 750 suspects in a addition, 72 other suspects was determined to “bring Turkey. The accused per- killing along with a former
police operation against were detained last week, it to their knees” IS and other petrator of the nightclub Moscow policeman who
the Islamic State group, au- said. The state-run Anadolu terror organizations active attack, an Uzbek national was their accomplice. In-
thorities said Monday. Agency said police seized in the country by blocking who reportedly trained in vestigators have failed to
Anti-terrorism police IS documents, digital mate- them from recruiting new Afghanistan, was detained track down the master-
launched the security op- rial and six firearms during fighters. “We will get re- in Istanbul two weeks after mind. Five suspects, all of
eration against people with the raids. Anadolu, citing sults,” Kurtulmus added. the assault. them Chechens, went on
alleged links to IS early Sun- police sources, said the IS Turkey in the last year has Officials hoped his ques- trial in the fall for their al-
day, conducting simulta- was “searching” for ways suffered dozens of deadly tioning would lead to valu- leged roles in Nemtsov’s
neous raids in 29 provinces, to carry out a “sensational attacks linked to IS or Kurd- able information about IS murder. The suspected trig-
including Istanbul, Ankara attack” in Turkey, and was ish militants, and has been operations and cells inside german served as an of-
and the border provinces actively engaged in pro- stepping up its anti-terror- Turkey, but it wasn’t imme- ficer in the security forces
of Gaziantep and Sanliurfa. paganda in order to recruit ism efforts. diately known if the major of the Moscow-backed
The Interior Ministry re- fighters. It said the raids tar- The Islamic State group, raid was in any way linked Chechen regional leader,
leased a statement Mon- geted suspects believed to which took responsibility for to his arrest.q
Ramzan Kadyrov.q