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TURKEY
Erdogan: No delays in S-400 missiles delivery
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that there have been no delays in the delivery of Russian S-400 air defense missiles to his country. He made the remarks at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 Osaka summit in Japan, according to an official transcript of the conversation published on the Kremlin website. "The S-400 delivery - we continue watching over this process in accordance with our agreement reached in Dushanbe," Erdogan told Putin, calling joint missile production and technology transfer a priority of bilateral cooperation. The supplies of the S-400 missiles to Turkey will begin in the first half of July, Erdogan said earlier this month.
UNITED KINGDOM
Second man arrested in woman's stabbing
British police arrested on Sunday a second man on suspicion of stabbing to death a 26-year-old pregnant woman in south London a day earlier. The woman, who was identified by the police as Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, was around eight months pregnant. Her baby, delivered at the scene and taken to hospital, remains in a critical condition. Police said that they made the second arrest, of a 29-year-old man, in the case on Saturday and have him custody. They had initially arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of murder but he has since been released, pending further enquiries. The motive behind the killing has not yet been established, police said.
UNITED NATIONS
7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen
More than 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013 as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a United Nations report released on Friday. The report said the deaths and injuries were among 11,779 grave violations against children during the period between April 1, 2013 and Dec 31, 2018. It said the figures are likely to be worse because monitoring Yemen has become increasingly difficult.
UNITED STATES
43-year-old El Salvador migrant dies in custody
A law enforcement official said a 43-year-old El Salvadoran man has died after collapsing at a Texas border station. The man crossed the US-Mexico border about a week ago with his daughter and was being held at the central processing center in McAllen, Texas. Official also said the man had a medical check and was hospitalized after collapsing while the daughter is being placed in a shelter for children. A statement from US Customs and Border Protection agency said the cause of the man's death on Saturday is not yet known. At least two other adults as well as five children have died in custody since December.
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