ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

November 16, 2015 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks (Reuters)
• Supreme Court to hear abortion case that could erode Roe v. Wade (Huffington Post)
• Experts: Terrorists learning from each other and going after soft targets (Washington Post)
• About 1,500 Mormons resign from church in protest of same-sex policy (Reuters)
• Second democratic presidential debate: 7 moments that mattered (ABC news)
• GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks (Politico)
• Jeb Bush: Respond to Paris attack by only accepting Christian refugees(Raw Story)
• In new shock poll, Sanders has landslide over both Trump and Bush (The Hill)
• Clinton Has 45-To-1 'Superdelegate' Advantage Over Sanders NPR

WORLD

Europe

• Video: world shows solidarity with France in wake of terror attacks (France 24)
• Islamic State video threatens attacks in Russia 'very soon': site monitoring group (Reuters)
• British jihadist may have planned Paris-style attack in Istanbul (CS Monitor)
• Europe worries Malta giving Libyans backdoor to EU (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Athens erupts in violent protests over austerity measures (CS Monitor)

Middle East

• Battle for Sinjar: IS-held town  in Iraq“liberated” (BBC)
• Hezbollah chief condemns Paris attacks, vows retaliation for Beirut bombings (Reuters)
• U.S. strike believed to have killed ‘Jihadi John’ (BBC)
• Two suicide bombers hit Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon, 43 killed (Reuters)
• Lebanon detains 7 Syrian, 2 Lebanese terror suspects (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• U.S. to provide $115 million in aid to Syrian, Iraqi refugees (Reuters)
• Indyk: Israel offered Palestinians portions of Area C in West Bank and a building freeze (JPost)
• Palestinian songs encourage youth to attack Jews with 'knives and cleavers'(JPost)

Other world news

• Human trafficking survivor: I was raped 43,200 times (CNN)
•  Brazil levies initial fines of $66 million against mine for burst dams (Reuters)

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U.S.

New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks (Reuters)

 New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary rather than a response to any specific threats.

Supreme Court to hear abortion case that could erode Roe v. Wade (Huffington Post)

The stakes for a woman's right to a lawful abortion have rarely been higher.

Experts: Terrorists learning from each other and going after soft targets (Washington Post)

At first glance on Saturday, New York’s Penn Station looked like it always does, crammed with people rushing to be somewhere else, many of them clustering under the departures sign and waiting for their track to be called. On second glance, you would have seen the soldiers.

They were arrayed around the concourse in camouflage uniforms, bulked out with body armor. One leaned against a wall with an assault rifle clutched to his chest, barrel down. They were there in case terrorists showed up.

About 1,500 Mormons resign from church in protest of same-sex policy (Reuters)

 About 1,500 Latter-day Saints have submitted letters of resignation from the Mormon Church to protest a new policy barring children of married same-sex couples from being baptized until they are adults, movement organizers said on Sunday.

Second democratic presidential debate: 7 moments that mattered (ABC news)

Just over a day after a wave of attacks in Paris that claimed the lives of 129 people and injured hundreds of others, the three Democrats running for president sparred over their approaches to confronting the ongoing threat of terrorism.

GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks (Politico)

The Republican primary is shifting from a campaign for the presidency to a test for commander in chief.

Jeb Bush: Respond to Paris attack by only accepting Christian refugees(Raw Story)

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said over the weekend that the U.S. should respond to the terrorist attacks in Paris by carefully screening out Syrian refugees who are not Christians.

In new shock poll, Sanders has landslide over both Trump and Bush (The Hill)

In a new McClatchy-Marist poll, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by a landslide margin of 12 percentage points, 53 to 41. In the McClatchy poll, Sanders also leads former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) by a landslide margin of 10 points, 51 to 41.

Clinton Has 45-To-1 'Superdelegate' Advantage Over Sanders NPR

"Front-runner" can be a tenuous word. But when it comes to at least one group, Hillary Clinton is far and away the leader — the Democratic Party establishment.

WORLD

Europe

Video: world shows solidarity with France in wake of terror attacks (France 24)

Monuments around the world were lit up in the colours of France's tricolor flag Saturday in a show of solidarity after deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.

Islamic State video threatens attacks in Russia 'very soon': site monitoring group (Reuters)

Islamic State has released video threatening attacks in Russia "very soon", the SITE monitoring group said on Thursday.

British jihadist may have planned Paris-style attack in Istanbul (CS Monitor)

Turkish authorities say a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey may have been planning attacks in Istanbul, similar to the ones in Paris.

Athens erupts in violent protests over austerity measures (CS Monitor)

At least one Athens protest turned violent in Greece today after thousands walked away from their jobs in protest against austerity measures.

Europe worries Malta giving Libyans backdoor to EU (San Diego Union-Tribune)

European lawmakers are expressing concern about a widening scandal in which hundreds of Libyans allegedly received Maltese residency permits in a corruption scheme — giving them free access to any EU country and possibly compromising European security — and another in which large numbers of Algerians received visas through Malta's consulate.

Middle East

Battle for Sinjar: IS-held town  in Iraq“liberated” (BBC)

Kurdish fighters have regained control of the strategic Iraqi town of Sinjar which had been held by Islamic State (IS) militants since last year…IS killed and enslaved thousands of Yazidis after seizing the town.

Two suicide bombers hit Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon, 43 killed (Reuters)

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State in a crowded residential district in Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah.

Lebanon detains 7 Syrian, 2 Lebanese terror suspects (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Lebanon has detained seven Syrians and two Lebanese suspected of involvement in planning terrorist attacks, including a twin bombing last week, and smuggling extremists into the country.

Hezbollah chief condemns Paris attacks, vows retaliation for Beirut bombings (Reuters)

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks, which killed 129 people in Paris.

U.S. strike believed to have killed ‘Jihadi John’ (BBC)

… Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British militant, appeared in videos of the beheadings of Western hostages.

U.S. to provide $115 million in aid to Syrian, Iraqi refugees (Reuters)

The White House said on Friday that the Defense Department will provide $155 million in humanitarian aid to refugees displaced by the crises in Syria and Iraq.

Indyk: Israel offered Palestinians portions of Area C in West Bank and a building freeze (JPost)

During the 2013-2014 negotiations Israeli officials were willing to hand portions of Area C of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority and freeze settlement building, Martin Indyk said on Thursday in Tel Aviv. He served as the US special envoy to the nine months of Israeli-Palestinian talks that ended in failure in April 2014.

Palestinian songs encourage youth to attack Jews with 'knives and cleavers'(JPost)

Palestinian songs glorifying violent attacks against Jewish Israelis have frequently been featured on Fatah-controlled government radio, Fox News reported Friday, promoting music containing lyrics such as “We’re going down from every house with cleavers and knives,” and 'With grenades we announce a popular war."

Other world news

Brazil levies initial fines of $66 million against mine for burst dams (Reuters)

Brazil's president slapped preliminary fines of 250 million reais ($66.2 million) against a mine in the country's southeast where two dams burst, killing nine people and coating a two-state area with mud and mine waste.

Human trafficking survivor: I was raped 43,200 times (CNN)

… Her story highlights the brutal realities of human trafficking in Mexico and the United States, an underworld that has destroyed the lives of tens of thousands of Mexican girls like Karla. Human trafficking has become a trade so lucrative and prevalent, that it knows no borders and links towns in central Mexico with cities like Atlanta and New York.