| Mercedes reviews vans model portfolio as diesel debate hammers sales -  Daimler is reviewing the product portfolio at its vans division, where sales have been hit hard by doubts about the cleanliness of diesel engined vehicles, Mercedes-Benz executive Marcus Breitschwerdt said on Tuesday. "In order to optimize our performance, this also means reviewing and realigning our strategic orientation," Breitschwerdt, head of Mercedes-Benz Vans, said at the launch of an electric Mercedes-Benz van on Tuesday. Daimler will seek cost-saving opportunities, including through a review of the company's' product portfolio, he said.
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:35:22 -0400
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| UPDATE 1-Brazil police shoot bus hijacker dead in Rio, no hostages hurt - ![UPDATE 1-Brazil police shoot bus hijacker dead in Rio, no hostages hurt]( "UPDATE 1-Brazil police shoot bus hijacker dead in Rio, no hostages hurt") Brazilian security forces in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday morning shot dead a man who hijacked a commuter bus on a bridge across Guanabara Bay and took more than three dozen hostages. None of the hostages was harmed during the four-hour hijacking, Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witschel told reporters at the scene. The bridge that connects state capital Rio with the city of Niteroi across the bay is a major commuter thoroughfare, and the hijacking during the morning rush hour triggered travel chaos in the region.
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:35:02 -0400
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| EXPLAINER-A guide to the Brexit backstop, and why there's a UK-EU standoff - ![EXPLAINER-A guide to the Brexit backstop, and why there's a UK-EU standoff]( "EXPLAINER-A guide to the Brexit backstop, and why there's a UK-EU standoff") British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a fresh push to drop the so-called Irish backstop from the Brexit deal, renewing a demand the EU has repeatedly rejected. In a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, Johnson said that the backstop - an insurance policy to keep the Irish border open after Britain leaves the European Union - was "anti-democratic", and demanded its removal from the stalled divorce deal. The backstop would require Britain to obey some EU rules if no other way could be found to keep the land border between British-ruled Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland invisible.
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:31:53 -0400
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| Turkish police use water cannon, batons on Kurdish protesters - ![Turkish police use water cannon, batons on Kurdish protesters]( "Turkish police use water cannon, batons on Kurdish protesters") Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating in southeast Turkey on Tuesday against the ousting of three Kurdish mayors five months after they were elected. Ankara replaced the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) mayors with state officials on Monday and detained more than 400 people for suspected militant links in a step sharply criticised by opposition parties. In Diyarbakir, the region's biggest city, police repeatedly used water cannon on small groups of protesters, who huddled on the streets to protect themselves from the water cannon and made victory signs with their hands.
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:28:57 -0400
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| UPDATE 1-Death toll from Burkina Faso militant attack rises to 24 - ![UPDATE 1-Death toll from Burkina Faso militant attack rises to 24]( "UPDATE 1-Death toll from Burkina Faso militant attack rises to 24") The Burkina Faso military said 24 soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified militants on an army unit on Monday, the heaviest loss for the army in its fight to contain Islamist violence. The army, which earlier put the death toll at 10, said it had launched a land and air operation in response to the attack in Koutougou, in northern Burkina Faso's Soum province. Seven other soldiers were wounded and five are still missing, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:26:07 -0400
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