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WATCH: United Airlines plane forced into emergency landing right after take-off as engine SPITS FIRE Passengers on board a United Airlines flight from New Jersey to Los Angeles were horrified to see flames spewing from the aircraft’s engine. The plane was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff and make an emergency landing. United Airlines flight 1871 was met by fire trucks on the runway shortly after touching down on Wednesday evening, having left the airport only minutes earlier. Shocking eyewitness video taken by one of the passengers shows flames erupting from the aircraft’s right engine. This is the regular speed version of the incident pic.twitter.com/BrZJmiOq2O— Gabby (@gabby_guzy) January 16, 2020 https://platform.twitter.c...

EU’s top diplomat Borrell discusses Iran nuclear deal with FM Zarif as dispute mechanism is triggered The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, held “frank” direct talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New Delhi on Thursday, Reuters reports. The negotiations took place after Britain, France and Germany formally accused Tehran of breaking a 2015 nuclear arms control agreement. “They discussed the latest developments around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” the European Union said in a statement, referring to the deal by its formal name. Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to “high school bully” Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the US president opposes, Reuters reports. The move could eventually ...

US-China ‘phase one’ trade agreement is 95% theatrics, Richard Wolff tells Boom Bust As the world’s economic superpowers, the US and China, have finally inked the first part of a broader trade agreement, analysts and industry leaders are raising doubts if the sides will move into ‘phase two’ anytime soon. RT’s Boom Bust is joined by Richard Wolff of the Economic Update to talk about the aspects of the long-awaited deal. “I don’t see much happening. This is 95 percent theatrics, partly for the Trump administration because they initiated all of this, but also partly for the Chinese also.” //www.youtube.com/embed/zuEMMMZ4VeE Wolff explains that China wants “to look as though they are cooperating and are no...

Libya’s Sarraj & Haftar confirm participation in Berlin conference – report Fayez al-Sarraj, who heads Tripoli-based internationally recognized government, and General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the eastern-based Libyan National Army, have confirmed they will take part in the Libya conference to be held in Berlin on Sunday, TASS reported. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will also host senior officials of Turkey, Russia, the US, Britain, China and Italy at the summit. It follows a meeting in Moscow on Monday where Haftar failed to sign a ceasefire agreement. Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas headed to Libya on Thursday to persuade Haftar to join the international conference. French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the summit to address the Libyan conflict, th...