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Clinton says Trump has based his campaign on prejudice and paranoia TWENTY years ago when Bob Dole accepted the Republican presidential nomination: “He pointed to the exits and told any racists in the party to get out,” Hillary Clinton recalled approvingly on August 25th, as she neared the end of a speech that—in effect—accused Donald Trump of beckoning bigots back in to the heart of the conservative movement. Mrs Clinton’s account of Mr Trump’s closeness to white supremacists and conspiracy theorists was both brutal and detailed: closer in tone and structure to a prosecutor’s closing argument than to a traditional campaign speech. The Democrat started with Mr Trump’s record as a young property developer, when he was sued by the Department of Justice for refusing to rent apartments to black and Latino tenants (whose applications would be marked with a “C” for “coloured”, Mrs Clinton told her audience). Trawling through well-fished waters, she cited Mr Trump’s energetic p...

AS IF the war in Syria did not have enough combatants, yet another country has entered the fray. On August 24th Turkey sent tanks, warplanes and special forces soldiers over the border, driving Islamic State (IS) out of Jarabulus, an important supply node for the jihadists. Turkey’s mission has the backing of America, which is leading an anti-IS coalition. But it is already raising concerns inside Syria, where a five-year-old civil war has killed perhaps 500,000 people. Lately the fighting has become more chaotic. Alliances are shifting and peace, already a dim prospect, now seems even further off. In this section Smoke and chaos The ballot and the Book Tithing troubles Nostalgia for a nightmare The richest, riskiest tin mine on Earth Reprints Related topics Kurdish politics Syrian politics Middle East politics War and conflict Government and politics The situation in Hasakah, in the north-east, is indicative of the changing landscape. Until recently, the...

France 'burkini': Mayors urged to heed court's ruling 3 hours ago From the section Europe Top of Form Image copyright   Image caption  . Patrice Spinosi spoke to journalists outside court Mayors of French towns who banned the controversial "burkini" swimsuit have been warned they must heed a court ruling suspending the action. Human rights lawyer Patrice Spinosi said if any mayors did not comply, he would take each case to court. At least three mayors have said they will keep the bans on their beaches. On Friday  the Council of State found   the ban in one town, Villeneuve-Loubet, "seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms". The decision is expected to set a precedent for all the 30 or so French resorts, chiefly along the Riviera, that issued similar bans. §   Arab social media alarmed §   Burkini beach row puts French values to the test §   Cannes burkini ban: What do Muslim women think? §   Fre...

Source: Biography WASHINGTON –   Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, the government told The Associated Press it won't finish the job before Election Day. The department has so far released about half of the schedules. Its lawyers said in a phone conference with the AP's lawyers that the department now expects to release the last of the detailed schedules around Dec. 30, weeks before the next president is inaugurated. The AP's lawyers late Friday formally asked the State Department to hasten that effort so that the department could provide all Clinton's minute-by-minute schedules by Oct. 15. The agency did not immediately respond. The schedules drew new attention this week after the AP analyzed the ones released so far. The news agency found that more than half the people outside the gove...

The Mirrored  master Conventional wisdom says your home should be a reflection of yourself.  Janet Andrews , 82, took that saying literally when decorating her  six-bedroom, $3.5 million home  in  Reno, NV . Want your space to reflect your lifestyle in more ways than one? Begin by adding mirrors. A  lot  of mirrors. While the 5,656-square-foot home offers its fair share of nearly traditional living spaces, at least six rooms feature a mirrored wall, mirrored ceiling, mirrored fireplace -- or all of the above. "I just like mirrors," Andrews says. Despite the reflection obsession, Andrews' style is far from garish. Her carefully curated dcor combines bold colors, vintage details, and classic accents to create a quirky and unique abode. Dining Room And Andrews is as unique as they come. "When I was a little girl, I decided to have an adventuresome life," she says. Her life story reads like a modern movie about an intrepid woman. Andrew...

19 minutes ago   From the section Asia Share Image copyright AP Image caption Afghan forces rushed to the scene after the blast and gunfire were heard Gunfire and an explosion have been heard at the American University in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say. Gunmen are believed to have attacked the building and special forces have been deployed. The emergency hospital said they had received five injured people from the scene so far. Student Ahmad Mukhtar told the BBC that he was 100m (320ft) away from the university's main entrance when he heard several shots and a big blast. The explosion created so much light that it momentarily lit up the surrounding area, he said. Then there were was more firing inside the campus. He added that he also heard students shouting. Another student told AFP news agency he was stuck inside his class with other students. "I heard explosions and gunfire is going on close by," he said by telephone. Image ...