Celebrity PHOTOS: Texas funeral held for former President George H.W. Bush
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard followed by family members at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in College Station, Texas. (Photo: Jeff Roberson/Pool via Reuters)The body of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was carried to the burial site at his presidential library in College Station, Texas, on Thursday after a funeral at a Houston church where he was remembered by family members who knew him best as “Gampy.”Bush’s casket was carried to his grave behind his library by a military honor guard in a ceremony overseen by his son and former President George W. Bush.Bush, the 41st U.S. president, died last week in Texas at 94. His remains were flown to Texas on Wednesday following a state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral attended by President Donald Trump, the four living former presidents and foreign leaders.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP)Thursday’s funeral service was held at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, where Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush worshipped for more than five decades. The service took on a personal tone with remarks by family members.George W. Bush, who followed his father to the White House, sat in a front pew near the flag-draped casket and joined in as some 1,000 mourners sang “America the Beautiful.”
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (Photo: David J. Phillip, Pool/AP)Following the funeral service, Bush’s remains were taken by train some 80 miles northwest to College Station for the burial alongside his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and their daughter Robin, who died of leukemia at age 3 in 1953.Residents of small towns along the route gathered to wave at the train, a Union Pacific Corp locomotive numbered 4141 and bearing the name “George Bush 41” on the side, as it passed. (Reuters)_See more images here:
The hearse carrying the body of former US President George H.W. Bush arrives for the internment ceremony at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, on Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
The hearse carrying the body of former US President George H.W. Bush arrives for the internment ceremony at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, on Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
The Bush family looks on as a joint military services honor guard carries the casket for former President George H.W. Bush from the Union Pacific funeral train at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Loren Elliott/Reuters)
Spectators cheer and wave flags as the Union Pacific funeral train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Nick Oxford/Reuters)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (Photo: David J. Phillip/Pool via Reuters)
Firefighters stand on their truck and salute along with other attendants on an overpass as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past on the way to Bush’s final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (Photo: Michael Wyke/AP)
People look from a building as they pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (Photo: David J. Phillip/Pool via Reuters)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (Photo: David J. Phillip/Pool via Reuters)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas, as it is placed on a Union Pacific train.(Photo: David J. Phillip, Pool/AP)
Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, leave St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston after the funeral service for his father, former President George H.W. Bush on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin’s Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a hearse during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The Oak Ridge Boys perform during the funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at the St. Martins Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Rick T. Wilking/Reuters)
Reba McEntire sings “The Lord’s Prayer” during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. MartinÃs Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: David J. Phillip/Pool via Reuters)
Former President George W. Bush embraces former Secretary of State James Baker, right, after he gave a eulogy during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: David J. Phillip, Pool/AP)
Former Secretary of State James Baker speaks during the funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush in Houston, Texas, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Rick T. Wilking/Reuters)
George P. Bush touches the flag-draped casket after giving a eulogy during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP)
Elizabeth Dwen Andrews reads scripture during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. At back are Noelle Lucila Bush, Barbara Pierce Bush and Marshall Lloyd Bush. (Photo: David J. Phillip, Pool/AP)
The funeral service for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush at the St. Martins Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo: Rick T. Wilking/Reuters)
Former President George W. Bush places a hand on his chest during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP)
People pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in repose at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: David J. Phillip, Pool/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush arrives at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Ellington Field in Houston. (Photo: Eric Gay/AP)
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Exclusive: U.S. probe of China’s Huawei includes bank fraud accusations – sources
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FILE PHOTO: A man walks by a Huawei logo at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China December 6, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s [HWT.UL] chief financial officer was arrested as part of a U.S. investigation of an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, according to people familiar with the probe.The United States has been looking since at least 2016 into whether Huawei Technologies Ltd violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported in April. More recently, the probe has included the company’s use of HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) to make illegal transactions involving Iran, the people said.Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, daughter of the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States. The news roiled global stock markets on fears the move could escalate the Sino-U.S. trade dispute.In 2012, HSBC paid $1.92 billion and entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn for violating U.S. sanctions and money-laundering laws.An HSBC spokesperson declined to comment on Thursday. HSBC is not under investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter.After news of the arrest, Huawei said it has been provided little information of the charges against Meng, adding that it was „not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms. Meng.”A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn, which Reuters has reported is investigating Huawei, declined to comment.Stock markets around the world tumbled on Thursday on fears actions against Huawei could derail talks to resolve the trade dispute between the world’s top two economic powers, whose tariffs have disrupted the flow of hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of goods. [TOP/GLOMKT]HSBC’s U.S.-listed shares (HSBC.K) initially fell as trading volume rose, dropping as much as 6 percent after Reuters reported the bank’s link to the case. They were subsequently down 4.6 percent.INTENSE SCRUTINY Huawei is already under intense scrutiny from Washington and other western governments over its ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns it could be used by Beijing for spying. It has been locked out of U.S. and some other markets for telecom gear, but has repeatedly insisted Beijing has no influence over it.Meng, one of the vice chairs on the company’s board, was arrested on Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities and a court hearing has been set for Friday, a Canadian Justice Department spokesman said. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had dined in Buenos Aires on Dec. 1 at the G20 summit.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said his government had no involvement in the arrest of Meng, who was detained while changing planes at Vancouver airport.Trudeau told reporters that Ottawa had been given a few days’ advance notice about the planned arrest, but declined to give further details, citing an upcoming bail hearing.Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said in an interview with National Public Radio that he knew in advance about the arrest, but a White House official said Trump did not know about the Huawei extradition request before his dinner with Xi in Argentina.Huawei, which generated $93 billion in revenue last year, confirmed the arrest. „The company has been provided very little information regarding the charges and is not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms. Meng,” it said in a statement.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily briefing on Thursday that China had asked Canada and the United States for an explanation of Meng’s arrest, but they have “not provided any clarification.”The Chinese consulate in Vancouver has been providing her assistance, he added, declining further comment. On Wednesday, China’s embassy in Canada said it resolutely opposed the arrest and called for her immediate release.Republican U.S. Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Ben Sasse welcomed the arrest, saying the Chinese tech giant posed a security threat. Cruz tweeted: “Huawei is a Communist Party spy agency thinly veiled as a telecom company.”The probe of Huawei is similar to one that threatened the survival of China’s ZTE Corp <0763.HK> <000063.SZ>, which pleaded guilty in 2017 to violating U.S. laws that restrict the sale of American-made technology to Iran in efforts to curb Tehran’s missile and nuclear programs. ZTE also paid a $892 million penalty.
Earlier this year, the United States said ZTE made false statements about disciplining some executives responsible for the violations, and banned U.S. firms from selling parts and software to the company. After ceasing major operations as a result, ZTE paid another $1 billion as part of a deal to get the ban lifted.Huawei has said it complies with all applicable export control and sanctions laws and other regulations.News of the arrest came the same day Britain’s BT Group (BT.L) said it was removing Huawei’s equipment from the core of its existing 3G and 4G mobile operations and would not use the Chinese company in central parts of the next network.(Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Additional reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottowa and Susan Heavey and Roberta Rampton in Washington.; Writing by Tomasz Janowski; Editing by Chris Sanders, Jonathan Oatis and Dan Grebler)
Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted to withdraw from a wide-ranging treaty on friendship with Russia, the latest step in escalating tensions between the two neighbors.
The Supreme Rada overwhelmingly supported a motion by President Petro Poroshenko not to prolong the treaty when it comes up for renewal in April. The camouflage-clad president on Thursday visited an air base to announce an upcoming dispatch of troops to the Russian border.
The long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine that started with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 spilled into the open on Nov. 25 when the Russian coast guard fired upon and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews. The seamen are still in Russian captivity.
Ukraine’s foreign minister on Thursday reiterated his country’s call for the release and safe return of the 24 Ukrainian sailors.
Pavlo Klimkin in a speech at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe warned that since the Crimean annexation Russia has not pulled back but, on the contrary, has extended operations into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
With the Ukraine-Russia conflict at the top of the OSCE agenda, the EU’s high representative Federica Mogherini on Thursday also called on Russia to release the Ukrainian ships and soldiers „without delay.”
Poroshenko responded to the standoff by introducing martial law for 30 days, something Ukraine hadn’t done even after Crimea’s annexation and amid large-scale fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in 2014-2015.
As part of martial law, Ukraine has beefed up its forces on the border with Russia, called up reservists for training and barred entry to all Russian males aged between 16 and 60.
Poroshenko in an opinion piece published in The New York Times on Thursday called on the West to respond to what he described as Russia’s aggression by imposing additional sanctions on the Kremlin.
„Our common task is not to allow Russia to spill its aggression into the Sea of Azov,” he said. „While the West is speaking, Mr. Putin is acting. It is time to respond.”
Poroshenko on Thursday visited a military air base in the city of Zhytomyr where Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces troops were preparing to leave for the locations on the border with Russia „in order to strengthen our defense capabilities and be ready to stop the aggressor without losing a second.”
The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted not to prolong the friendship treaty with Russia, which is up for renewal next April, and adopted a bill that unilaterally doubles the extent of Ukraine’s territorial waters to 24 nautical miles.
Ukrainian authorities say this will allow the coast guard and the navy to be more efficient in patrolling the area to prevent military threats and smuggling. The bill also allows Ukrainian border guards to open fire without warning on potential attackers.
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Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow and Colleen Barry in Milan contributed to this report.
