French police detained a man who wounded seven people in a knife attack in downtown Paris late on Sunday, a judicial source said early on Monday, adding there was no initial indication the attack was linked to terrorism.
Four of the victims suffered severe wounds, the source said.
Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Peter Cooney
In November, Floridians will go to the polls to decide whether they should do away with the state's extreme felony disenfranchisement laws, which leave a huge portion of the state without voting rights.
Republican governor Rick Scott has been accused of using the process to suppress the vote in the state, which is known for narrow elections. He's bragged about the fact that there are "no standards" behind his decisions on who to restore rights to. Among other things, one board member is known for asking almost everyone who goes before him whether they attend church and where.
On his HBO show Sunday, John Oliver took on the topic and then begged Floridans to support the effort to repeal the law.
"I would like to speak directly to the people of Florida for a second," Oliver said. "I know that we make fun of you a lot, Florida, because of all the stupid things that happen where live. You're probably expecting me to steer away from all that and appeal to your innate goodness and state of reason. But I'm not going to do that, I'm going to double down... I mean, come on Florida, you're Florida."
Oliver then aired some hilarious Florida Man headlines.
"Yes, Floridians, you do make mistakes—but it's also in your nature to help one another recover," he said.
Watch the segments explaining the background of the law and where Oliver appeals to Floridians below.
HBO's John Oliver opened his show Sunday by recapping the week in which the Trump administration was rocked by more insider accounts of the president's unsuitability for office.
Oliver aired footage of Trump attempting to pronounce the word anonymous and then discussed all the comments Trump's staffers have allegedly made about his demeanor, character and intelligence.
"I don't like policies, ideas or demeanor, but I do like how he occasionally sounds like a Teddy Ruxpin someone fished out of a lake," Oliver said. "Anyway, the president's a disaster and we're all going to die."
Watch the segment below.
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Conservative firebrand Mark Levin invited actor Jon Voight onto his Sunday night Fox News Channel show to talk about the late, great Burt Reynolds and Donald Trump.
Jon Voight, 79, was a liberal in the 60s who has grown conservative with age. He has quarreled with others in Hollywood after developing his new outlook.
Voight, who is the father of Angelina Jolie, was also a very early Trump supporter.
On Levin's show, Voight told the story of his flight to appear on the show, where he asked an actress traveling with him what she thought of "our man" Trump.
"She just did this," Voight said, touching his heart and beginning to cry.
"That's, that's, uh, me, crying," Voight said. "It—it—was her, too. Saying, because. First of all, the gesture was so beautiful. She couldn't even speak. She was just saying, 'Thank God!' And I say, 'Thank God!'"
Watch below.
The GOP candidate for Secretary of State in Minnesota and his campaign manager were both injured when the party's float crashed on Sunday.
According to reports, the float was being pulled by a tractor when the tractor driver sped up and slammed into a curb.
The incident happened in Carver, Minnesota at the corner of Main and Hickory Streets.
GOP Secretary of State candidate John Howe was injured but not seriously.
Also injured was Howe's campaign manager, who posted a photo of himself in the hospital with the hashtag #MAGA.
The candidate was sent well-wishes from supporters on Twitter, including a warning from one Republican who suggested he avoid "SJW" doctors.
Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. drilling for new production stalled and as the market eyed tighter conditions once Washington’s sanctions against Iran’s crude exports kick in from November.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $67.96 per barrel at 0150 GMT, up 21 cents, or 0.3 percent, from their last settlement.
Brent crude futures climbed 30 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $77.13 a barrel.
U.S. energy companies cut two oil rigs last week, bringing the total count to 860, energy services firm Baker Hughes said on Friday.
The U.S. rig count has stagnated since May, after staging a recovery since 2016, which followed a steep slump the previous year amid plummeting crude prices.
Outside the United States, new U.S. sanctions against Iran’s crude exports from November were helping push up prices.
Energy consultancy FGE said several major Iran customers like India, Japan and South Korea were already cutting back on Iran crude.
“Governments can talk tough. They can say they are going to stand up to Trump and/or push for waivers. But generally the companies we speak to ... say they won’t risk it,” FGE said.
“U.S. financial penalties and the loss of shipping insurance scares everyone,” it said in a note to clients.
U.S. rig count has stagnated since May: tmsnrt.rs/2NsKwpc
TIGHTER OUTLOOK
With U.S. rig activity stalling and Iran sanctions looming, the oil market outlook is tightening.
“Investors have largely turned positive again ... likely welcoming the return of backwardation,” said Edward Bell, commodity analyst at Emirates NBD bank.
Backwardation describes a market in which prices for immediate delivery are higher than those for later dispatch. It is considered a sign of tight conditions giving traders an incentive to sell oil immediately instead of storing it.
The Brent backwardation between October this year and mid-2019 is currently around $2.20 per barrel. <0#LCO:>
While Washington exerts pressure on other countries to fall into line and also cut imports from Iran, it is also urging other major producers to raise their output in order not to create too strong a price spike.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will meet counterparts from Saudi Arabia and Russia on Monday and Thursday, respectively, as the Trump administration seeks the world’s biggest exporter and producer to keep output up.
One key question going forward is how demand develops amid the trade dispute between the United States and China, as well as general emerging market weakness.
Consultancy FGE warned that “trade wars, and especially rising interest rates, can spell trouble for the emerging markets that drive (oil) demand growth.”
Despite this, FGE said the likelihood of significantly weaker oil prices was relatively low as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would withhold output to prevent prices from plunging.
“We see $65 per barrel as a trigger for cuts,” FGE said.
Russia, U.S. & Saudi crude output: tmsnrt.rs/2NqbrBZ
Reporting by Henning Gloystein; Editing by Joseph Radford and Richard Pullin
Florida Republican Ron DeSantis has been under fire since the morning after he won the state's GOP primary and declared that voters should support him over his "articulate" black opponent who would "monkey up" the state.
Now, the Washington Post is reporting that DeSantis also spoke at "racially charged" events organized by extremist David Horowitz, who has been called an Islamaphobe and who has been thrown off Twitter and had his ability to receive donations blocked by Visa and Mastercard.
Horowitz has made controversial statements such as tweeting that American blacks owe their freedom to whites.
“Black Africans enslaved black Africans. America freed them sacrificing 350k mainly white Union lives. American blacks are richer, more privileged, freer than blacks anywhere in the world, including all black run countries," he wrote.
The Trump-loving DeSantis has attended several of Horowitz's "Restoration Weekend conferences" attended by people like Stephen K. Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, Sebastian Gorka, James O’Keefe, Ben Shapiro and Geert Wilders.
At one, DeSantis described himself as an "admirer" of Horowitz.
Speaking to the Post, Horowitz attempted to distance himself from DeSantis.
“You can’t pin me on DeSantis. He’s not like me," he said.
Read the report here.
Leslie Moonves, the top executive at CBS Corp (CBS.N) since 2006 and a major figure at the broadcast network and media company for more than two decades, resigned on Sunday amid a new wave of allegations against him of sexual assault and harassment.
His departure as chairman, CEO and president was confirmed by the company in a statement coinciding with its announcement of a deal to end litigation against majority CBS shareholder Shari Redstone and National Amusements Inc for control of CBS.
Chief Operating Officer Joe Ianiello will take over as interim CEO as the board searches for a replacement, according to the announcement. The settlements end years of uncertainty over the future of CBS and could potentially open the door to future deals.
The announcement came after six more women accused Moonves of sexual assault and harassment in a report published on Sunday in the New Yorker magazine.
The newly disclosed incidents, which the women said occurred between the 1980s and early 2000s, included claims of forced sex, Moonves exposing himself and his alleged use of physical violence and intimidation.
Moonves, who turned CBS from an aging radio and TV broadcaster into a successful provider of shows to digital platforms, was expected to reap an estimated $100 million in severance.
But Moonves, 68, could end up with nothing pending an investigation into the allegations of violence against women conducted by law firms hired by an independent committee of the CBS board of directors.
CBS said it and Moonves will donate $20 million of Moonves’ severance to organizations supporting the #MeToo movement.
“Today’s resolution will benefit all shareholders, allowing us to focus on the business of running CBS - and transforming it for the future,” Redstone said in a statement.
“We are confident in Joe’s ability to serve as acting CEO and delighted to welcome our new directors, who bring valuable and diverse expertise and a strong commitment to corporate governance.”
National Amusements agreed to avoid pressing for a merger of CBS and Viacom, which is also controlled by National Amusements, for at least two years.
In earlier court filings, NAI had dropped support for a deal before it was sued in May by CBS for control of the company. The settlement does not preclude other parties from suggesting a merger or bringing other potential transactions to the board, one source said.
Five current independent directors and one National Amusement-affiliated director have stepped down from the board of directors and six new directors have been elected, the company said.
Three of the new board members are women, each considered a trailblazer in their respective fields, bringing the total to six on the 13-member board.
They are: Candace Beinecke, a senior partner at international law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed; Barbara Byrne, a retired vice chairman of investment banking at Barclays, and Susan Schuman, CEO of SYPartners, a business consultancy.
Also were to the board were: Richard Parsons, former chairman of Citigroup and Time Warner; Brian Goldner, CEO of Hasbro; and Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive(TTWO.O).
CBS said the board will schedule its annual shareholders meeting no later than Nov. 30.
‘DAMAGE DONE’
Reports of a potential big payout to Moonves drew fire from advocacy groups.
“CBS, as you sit in a room debating next steps to rectify the damage done, remember that the world is watching. We will accept nothing less than full transparency of the investigation’s findings, a commitment to real change across all levels of CBS management and no reward for Les Moonves,” Time’s Up, a campaign against workplace sexual misconduct, said in a statement.
CBS said details of the litigation settlement and the Moonves agreement will be disclosed in an upcoming regulatory filing.
Moonves could not immediately be reached to comment on Sunday after the latest claims. In a statement to the New Yorker, Moonves acknowledged three of the newly described encounters, but said they were consensual.
“The appalling accusations in this article are untrue,” Moonves told the New Yorker. “What is true is that I had consensual relations with three of the women some 25 years ago before I came to CBS. And I have never used my position to hinder the advancement or careers of women.”
CBS said on Sunday it takes such allegations very seriously.
“The CBS Board of Directors is committed to a thorough and independent investigation of the allegations, and that investigation is actively underway,” the media company’s board said in a statement.
Reporting by Kenneth Li in New York; Editing by Will Dunham
On Saturday, the New York Times reported that a key White House adviser cautioned President Trump and other top Republicans that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) may lose his Senate race to upstart Democrat Beto O'Rourke. The key issue, according to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, is that Cruz is unlikable.
On Sunday night, one of Cruz's top former aides agreed that Beto O'Rourke looks like he might have pole position.
Rick Tyler is a veteran political consultant who served as the spokesman for Cruz's failed 2016 presidential bid.
Tyler was asked for his assessment of the race by MSNBC host Kasie Hunt on her show Kasie DC.
"As the former Cruz strategist, it does seem as though the signs are that Ted Cuz might actually lose this race?" she said.
"It's possible—people say no, it's not possible because you look at Texas and say 'it's a red state and it's never going to happen' but Beto O'Rourke has consistently out-fundraised him two-to-one, and he doesn't take PAC money," he said. "It should be a 10 to 15 point race and it's not, it's a zero to four point race. And Beto O'Rourke is running an interesting campaign. He's grabbed national attention. So it's a race."
Watch the segment below.
China is participating for the first time in Australia’s largest maritime exercise as more than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries engage in joint training off the strategic northern port of Darwin.
Exercise Kakadu is hosting 23 ships and submarines from across the Indo-Pacific region, enabling them to establish familiarity which helps to prevent conflict on the high seas and to coordinate disaster relief efforts.
Commander Anita Sellick of the Australian frigate HMAS Newcastle said two Royal Australian Navy sailors were accepted onto China’s naval frigate Huangshan during the drill.
“Two of our Australian navy sailors are across actually, right now in the Chinese ship. So they’ve both been able to integrate within each other’s navy and learn a little bit of what life is like for them today in Exercise Kakadu,” Sellick told Reuters on Saturday.
Commander of the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead, told reporters in Darwin in a televised interview on Friday that there were mutual benefits in building understanding and trust during the exercise.
The joint military practice, which will continue until Sept. 15, is supported by the Royal Australian Air Force and involves 21 aircraft.
Darwin, on the doorstep of Asia, is Australia’s most strategically important city and has been home to a contingent of U.S. Marines since 2011 making it the logical place for the exercise.
Integrating the People’s Liberation Army Navy into the biennial training with American, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian forces for the first time has given China an opportunity to improve its working relationship with those countries, which has been tense at times.
In April, three Australian warships had a challenging encounter with China as they passed through the South China Sea. Then in May, the United States disinvited China from joint naval exercises off Hawaii in response to what it called China’s militarization of disputed areas of the South China Sea, an allegation Beijing rejects.
The participating countries in Exercise Kakadu are: China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, U.S., Australia, and Vietnam.
Reporting by Alison Bevege; editing by Grant McCool
A front-running and far-right Brazilian presidential candidate began physical therapy on Saturday and remained in serious but stable condition after being stabbed during a campaign rally earlier this week, doctors and family members said.
Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, who is unlikely to return to the campaign trail before the Oct. 7 first-round vote, was being fed intravenously but was in “good clinical condition,” according to a written statement from the Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo.
The attack further complicates Brazil’s most unpredictable election in three decades. Corruption investigations have jailed scores of powerful businessmen and politicians in recent years, and alienated infuriated voters.
Bolsonaro, 63, has for years angered many Brazilians with extreme statements on race, gender and sexual preference, but is also seen by his many supporters as a politically incorrect gust of fresh air in a broken system.
Bolsonaro’s son, Flavio, on Saturday posted on his verified Twitter account a photo of his father wearing a blue hospital gown and sitting in a bedside chair with tubes coming from his arms and nose. The law-and-order candidate was making his trademark “guns up” gesture, with both his hands resembling pistols. Flavio wrote that his father was in physical therapy.
Police have a suspect in custody and say only that they are continuing the investigation and that no clear motive was yet known, though the assailant told police he stabbed Bolsonaro on Thursday on “orders from God.”
Surveys consistently give Bolsonaro, a member of the Social Liberal Party, around 22 percent in simulated first-round votes. However, those polls find he would badly lose to most rivals in the likely event of a runoff, which takes place if no candidate wins a majority in the first ballot.
Reporting by Brad Brooks; editing by Diane Craft
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro opened her Saturday night show with a broad condemnation of President Barack Obama's "full-throttle savage attack" on Donald Trump.
"It has never happened in the history of this country, an ex-president viciously attacking his successor, trashing our commander-in-chief, his party, and all those Americans who put him in the Oval Office," Pirro said.
"Donald Trump is one of the biggest threats to our democracy?" Pirro said. "How dare you! This man is the president of the United States, someone we put in office, and he is to be respected!"
Pirro then told her audience to not listen to the many Trump administration officials who have complained about the president's incompetence and poor character in a variety of mediums.
"If you're a patriot and you like the course America is on, just ignore them, get behind this president, and vote," she told her viewers.
Pirro said Obama "pontificated" about racism and accused him of being "divisive" by making
"Are you kidding?" Pirro said. "If anyone has stoked racial hatred and divisiveness it's you and your self-proclaimed wingman Attorney General Eric Holder, running off to Ferguson, attacking all law enforcement, whenever there's a death, even before there's any investigation."
Pirro said that Trump's election was Obama's fault.
"You desperately tried to defeat Trump and it didn't work," Pirro said. "I'm sorry to say this, but there's one thing you're going to have to live with: the only reason we have an outsider businessman president, is because of you, your lies, your policies and your divisiveness. You, Barack, you elected Donald Trump. And there's nothing you can do about the fact that he's sitting in the Oval Office now. So I guess I should say, 'thank you Barak.'"
Watch below.
During Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, a Trump aide named Zina Bash was accused of being a white supremacist for positioning her hands in an "OK" gesture.
Bash originally made the gesture on Tuesday. She then repeated the gesture later in the week after it became a controversy.
Bash, who works as an aide crafting immigration policy for the Trump administration, is a wealthy heiress from south Texas. She was born in Mexico and is also the descendant of Holocaust survivors.
On Saturday night, Florida GOP congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) went on Jesse Watters' Fox News show and made the gesture to mock people who accused Bash of being a white supremacist.
The host mockingly told Gaetz not to make the gesture.
"Matt, don't make that hand-gesture, they're going to freeze-frame it," Watters joked.
"I know, right?" Gaetz said. "It just shows you the extent to which people want to focus on the absurd, rather than the substance."
Florida's election season has been marred by alleged racist dog-whistles from people like Trump-loving GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis who warned that his black opponent was going to "monkey up" the state.
Watch the segment below.
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