Roger Stone to be sentenced while Democrats ponder debate fall-out - live updates
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Bloomberg the main target in bruising debate debutRoger Stone to be sentenced, likely to prompt more Trump furyHelp us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 11.48am GMT Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been in North Dakota visiting Minot Air Force Base, acclaiming president Trump´s plan to modernise the nation´s nuclear arsenal. Esper told reporters that the spending was needed to keep up with Russia and outpace China. He told reporters that `Russia and China are both modernizing and expanding their nuclear arsenals.`Great visit with #TeamMinot. Extremely impressed with the operations & how @TeamMinot accomplishes one of our most important missions: strategic deterrence. Again, thank you @SenKevinCramer and @SenJohnHoeven for all you do for our service members & their families. pic.twitter.com/HQSTaszxmV 11.41am GMT California´s lawmakers are expected to vote to formally apologize for the role the state legislature played in the incarceration of more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent during the second world war. The resolution, which is likely to be approved today, was introduced by California state assembly member Albert Muratsuchi. Related: California will apologize to Japanese Americans for internment camps `I´ll never forget that day, nor the tears streaming down my mother´s face as we were forcibly removed, herded off like animals, to a nearby race track. There, for weeks, we would live in a filthy horse stable while our `permanent´ relocation camp was being constructed thousands of miles away` Related: George Takei: We Japanese Americans must not forget our wartime internment Continue reading...