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The Northern Command consists of three Corps, the XIV, XV, and XVI deployed along the line of control and holds extreme importance because of the J&K and Ladakh region. Indian Army is having six Commands across the nation. The Northern command has experienced a number of high and low intensity operations. The role of Northern Command in countering the most serious challenges like terrorism and proxy war in J&K has been very crucial.
Notwithstanding the fact that the centre has declared a unilateral ceasefire against militants in Jammu & Kashmir during Ramazan, Let Gen Singh has to once again prove that he is best suited for this role.
It is yet to be seen whether the government continues to restrain Indian Army from launching counter insurgency operations. However, the chances are scant.
Over 200 militants have been neutralized by the joint teams of Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF in counter insurgency operations in 2017 and 2018 beginning. J&K’s director general of police (DGP) S P Vaid had tweeted about this on November 30, 2017.
Lt Gen Singh had commissioned into 9 Dogra regiments in the Indian Army in 1980.
As Travis County commissioners contemplate a public-private partnership to finance a proposed civil courthouse downtown, they have been reviewing projects elsewhere as examples of what's possible. Among them: courthouse projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Long Beach, Calif., where such partnerships are in place.
Delegations of county officials have traveled in recent months to visit developers and officials involved in those two projects. In Brooklyn, a developer covered initial construction costs, which were paid back with public money. In Long Beach, where a new courthouse is planned, a developer will cover construction costs, and the state will pay the developer a not-yet-negotiated amount over 35 years.
Both projects make room for office or retail space.
The developer owns the top five floors of the 30-plus-story Brooklyn courthouse and leases office space on those floors. More than one-fifth of the Long Beach building will be used for commercial purposes, although the state will own that space.
Meridiam Infrastructure — a company with offices in Paris, New York and Toronto that is leading a private consortium which will pay for, design, construct and operate the $490 million Long Beach courthouse — is among the 20 or so development firms that have expressed interest in the Travis County courthouse project.
It's not certain whether Travis County commissioners will choose a private partner for the courthouse. They narrowly voted in April to solicit ideas for a partnership from developers. And on May 31 , commissioners voted 3-2 (Margaret Gómez and Karen Huber voted no) to seek outside expertise to help them review developers' responses, which are due June 30, and determine whether they should pursue a partnership. That decision would come later.
Huber and Gómez have said they oppose the way the county is moving forward with the partnership idea.
After the county purchased the downtown lot late last year , county leaders initially said they might call a bond election to pay for the courthouse construction, expected to cost at least $300 million. But County Judge Sam Biscoe recently said that a bond vote probably will not be on a November ballot.
State District Judge John Dietz — the lead advocate among judges for a new courthouse — urged commissioners to get off this track, telling them that getting voter approval might be difficult and that he thinks officials have no choice but to pursue a public-private partnership.
Involving a private developer in the project could lessen the public cost of the courthouse, which is slated for the block south of Republic Square Park , abutting a growing entertainment, retail, dining and condo district. The arrangement could bring office space or other uses to the block, keep part of the property on the tax rolls and generate revenue for the county and other taxing entities.
The county could negotiate the option to move into more space in the building over time, based on needs, Biscoe said. Until then, he said, the county could lease the extra space, which would generate revenue.
"In my view, (public-private partnerships) make all the sense in the world," Biscoe said. "If we get the right deal."
In a partnership, the construction risks would shift from the government to the private partner, which would have economic incentives to construct the building quickly, Dietz said. "Why not take advantage of that?"
"The need is so great, and the delay has been so long," he said, "I don't think they have many options left" but to collaborate with a private partner.
The county's current civil courthouse opened in 1931, and officials say they have run out of space there. In December, the county bought the vacant downtown block for a new courthouse from the Austin Museum of Art for $21.75 million.
The county's so-called downtown Central Campus master plan calls for a 17-story courthouse with close to 500,000 square feet, but a public-private partnership would probably mean a larger building because of the private component, Biscoe said.
The courthouse in Brooklyn opened in 2005 and includes 84 courtrooms, a 300-person detention facility and court administrative, city and nonprofit agency offices.
Family court and supreme criminal court occupy the first 26 floors, which are owned by the city. The developer owns and leases the top five floors to an insurance company, bank, nonprofit human services agency and women's foundation. The courts and offices each have a separate entrance and lobby. The courts occupy about three-quarters of the building's 1.1 million square feet.
The developer put up the money for the $660 million building, and the city ultimately paid that amount by setting up a corporation that issued bonds.
A public-private partnership is not subject to the restrictions of a typical public works project in New York, said Ron Younkins , chief of operations for the New York state court system. The $660 million price tag and design were agreed upon, and the risk and liability of the project — if it went over budget, for example — fell on the developer.
"We're really happy with the results," Younkins said. The courthouse was within budget, "done a little bit early and very well."
It was the first and largest public-private partnership courthouse project in New York. Two smaller courthouse projects with similar partnerships followed, Younkins said.
The Long Beach project is the first in which the State of California is collaborating with a private partner to finance, design, build and operate a courthouse.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the courthouse took place a couple of months ago , and the building is expected to be completed in 2013.
The courts will occupy nearly 80 percent of the 531,000-square-foot building, which will include 31 courtrooms, space for criminal and civil proceedings and court administrative offices.
Court officials hope to lease space to private businesses offering services that are compatible with court functions, such as mailing or transcript services.
The idea is to get the building erected at a lower cost to the state and perhaps faster, Carrizosa said.
"This is the first one we're doing, and we're eager to see if a public-private partnership really makes sense," he said. "If it does, we'll probably do more of them. If it doesn't, we probably won't."
Private developer:Forest City Ratner Cos.
Fear the Walking Dead is coming back in August after its mid-Season 4 break and the new trailer teases some terrifying and oddly comedic developments for the ragtag crew of spin-off survivors.
After the shocking mid-season finale in June, in which series mainstay Madison sacrificed herself to save her children and others, fans have been forced to wait more is in store for the characters of Fear the Walking Dead. The trailer for the second half of the season is a whirlwind of emotions, but for the most part it's pretty funny.
One of the most notable parts of the trailer is when the group finds what appears to be Carl Grimes' hat, which means we may be seeing more crossover with the main series.
Fear the Walking Dead returns to TV on Aug. 12.
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—On her inaugural day as the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos came into contact with a book for the first time in her life.
Cameras were present to capture the historic moment, as DeVos extended her left hand tentatively and eventually touched the foreign object.
After touching the book for approximately one minute, DeVos quickly withdrew her hand and appeared drained by the experience.
DeVos said that she “might touch another book” in the future but gave no specific indication of when that might occur.
Across the nation, millions of Americans reacted to DeVos’s confirmation by requesting vouchers that would enable to them to select an Education Secretary of their own choosing.
Taking a cue from previous Presidents, Lyndon Johnson's campaign adopted their own Broadway tune, turning Hello, Dolly into Hello, Lyndon. Brand new at the time, it was the title song of the Jerry Herman musical that had swept that year's Tony Awards and helped then 63-year-old Louis Armstrong push the Beatles off the number one spot in the pop charts. Carol Channing an original "Dolly" castmember belted out Lyndon's version at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.
Trump’s campaign denied that he had any financial ties to Russia. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization reportedly offered a palatial Trump-branded apartment to Vladimir Putin.
Hours after President Donald Trump’s former attorney pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his role in pursuing a business deal in Moscow for his longtime boss, details of that business deal broke, revealing that the Trump Organization was reportedly so eager to break ground on a real estate development in Moscow that it offered a prime unit to none other than Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.
On Thursday evening, Buzzfeed News’ Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier reported that when he was negotiating a potential Trump Tower Moscow on behalf of the Trump Organization, Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen told Putin’s press secretary that, among other considerations, the Trump Organization was willing to offer a $50 million penthouse in the planned 100-story skyscraper to Putin himself.
Cohen had told Congress that discussions of the possible tower ceased in January 2016, and that he had worked on the plan alone. But he has since admitted that he worked on the Trump Tower Moscow project well into the summer, and included both Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump on emails relating to the deal.
Plans for the tower eventually fell through—due at least in part to Trump’s election—but the report represents a major complication in the White House’s narrative that there is no truth to allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
An attempt to forge direct financial ties between Trump and the president of a hostile foreign power whose intelligence agencies were plotting to interfere in the 2016 presidential election at the same time that Trump was offering him a free penthouse is likely of the highest interest to special counsel Robert Mueller, whose team has sat down with Cohen multiple times in recent months.
Putin is unlikely to hear more specifics about the penthouse’s finishings or bathroom count anytime soon. Shortly after Cohen’s guilty plea became public, Trump announced that he was cancelling a summit with the Russian president in Argentina over the weekend, ostensibly due to recent aggressive actions taken by the Russian military against Ukrainian naval vessels.
Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesperson—who, incidentally, was the official to whom Cohen pitched the free penthouse idea—said late Thursday that the Kremlin had not yet officially been notified of Trump’s decision to scrap his planned meeting with Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina.
“So far we’ve seen only the tweet and media reports. We have no official information,” Peskov was quoted as saying by Russia’s Interfax news agency.
But, Peskov continued, “if that’s the case, the president will have an extra couple hours in his schedule for useful meetings” with other leaders at the G20.
High school girls basketball, boys and girls soccer and wrestling have postseason events from today through Saturday, including district championships for two girls basketball teams from Brevard tonight.
Heritage and Covenant Christian, both No. 1 seeds, play out-of-county opponents for district championships at 7 p.m. The Lions play Morningside for the District 6-2A title at Merritt Island Christian. The Panthers are in Okeechobee to face Sebastian River.
Cape Coast Conference wrestling begins at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Bayside. The 14 schools of the conference will compete for a team title and individual championships in 14 weight classes.
Girls and boys soccer teams alive in the FHSAA playoffs will compete in regional semifinals on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Boys basketball teams determine their district champions next week.
Bulldogs beat Viera and coach Jerry McCabe got his 600th win. Video by Brian McCallum. Posted Feb. 2, 2018.
The weekend schedule for playoff sports follows.
Hagerty/Harmony winner vs. No. 1 Melbourne, 5:30 p.m.
Another Brevard local on 'Survivor'?
Cape Coast Conference wrestling at Bayside, 1:30 p.m.
Playoffs: Eagles vs. Bears, Jan. 6, 2019 Mar 14, 2019 The Eagles visit the Chicago Bears Jan. 6, 2019 in NFC playoff game.
LIVE: Eagles vs. Titans Sep 30, 2018 The Eagles take on the Titans in Tennessee.
School Walkout: March 14, 2018 May 11, 2018 Teens protest against gun violence with school walkout.
Live: Eagles Super Bowl Parade, 2/8/18 Jun 21, 2018 Philadelphia celebrates the Eagles Super Bowl victory.
Live From the Super Bowl Jan 30, 2018 Bob Grotz is reporting on what's happening live from Minnesota as the Eagles get ready to play in the Super Bowl.
Live: Eagles vs. Giants, 12/17/17 May 13, 2018 The Eagles make a visit to New Jersey to play the New York Giants.
#ChescoSnow: March 14, 2017 May 11, 2018 Large pre-Spring snowstorm hit area.
#montcosnow: Feb. 9, 2017 May 12, 2018 Use #montcosnow on Twitter to report on your area.
#chescosnow: Feb. 9, 2017 May 10, 2018 Use #chescosnow on Twitter to report on your area.
LIVE: #delcosnow, Feb. 9, 2017 May 11, 2018 The first snowfall of the winter is hammering the area. Use #Delcosnow to report on your area.
LIVE: Protest at Philadelphia Airport May 11, 2018 Protesters at Philadelphia Airport to complain about President Donald Trump's immigration policy.
LIVE: Donald Trump, GOP visit Philadelphia Sep 21, 2018 There will be protests and meetings as the GOP visits Philadelphia to talk policy.
LIVE: #chescovote Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016 May 13, 2018 What's happening in and around Chester County on election day.
LIVE: Trump, Clinton debate No. 2, Oct. 9, 2016 Jun 26, 2018 Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in the second debate.
LIVE: Hillary Clinton in Haverford Mar 5, 2018 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is making a campaign appearance in Haverford Oct. 4, 2016.
LIVE: Donald Trump in Delco, Sept. 22, 2016 May 23, 2018 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign appearance in Chester Township.
LIVE: Eagles vs. Browns, 9/11/16 Jun 27, 2018 The Eagles open the 2016 season by hosting the Cleveland Browns.
LIVE: Gov. Tom Wolf talks about investement in drug abuse treatment Dec 27, 2017 Governor Wolf and Department of Human Services Secretary Ted Dallas will visit Montgomery County Recovery Center to discuss the investments made in the 2016-17 budget to combat the opioid abuse epidemic in Pennsylvania.
LIVE: Hillary Clinton hits Montgomery County Dec 19, 2017 Democtratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will be touring K'Nex in Hatfield as she starts her campaign.
LIve at the DNC: Day 2 7/26/16 Jun 26, 2018 Live coverage of Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention.
Live at the DNC: Day 1, 7/25/16 Jun 26, 2018 Live coverage from Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Education Minister, Rosy Akbar confirms that they are not forming an Education Commission.
Her comment comes as SODELPA’s Ro Teimumu Kepa had questioned in Parliament last week as to what has happened to government’s plan to have an Education Commission and also asked whether Cabinet has put an end to this idea.
In her end of the week statement, Ro Teimumu had stated that on 15th October 2014, the then Minister for Education had told Parliament that major changes will be made following the report from the Education Commission.
Ro Teimumu says the then Minister for Education had said that the Education Commission would be established in 2015 following Cabinet’s approval.
When questioned by FijiVillage, Akbar says there will no Education Commission.
Meanwhile, Akbar had highlighted in Parliament last week that work on aligning education to meet the needs of the employers for specific skills is already underway.
A tribal fighter aims his weapon during an intensive security deployment to fight against militants of the Islamic State in the town of Haditha, northwest of Baghdad, in Anbar Province.
In 2013, Ahmed Khalaf al-Dulaimi was elected governor of Iraq's Anbar province. His victory was largely due to his support for an anti-Baghdad protest movement — something that did not endear him to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who hit him with an arrest warrant.
The two then tried to reconcile with a series of negotiations over the demonstrations which cost the governor some local support. In December 2013, Maliki shut down the Ramadi protest site, which immediately led to open fighting by anti-government tribes, insurgent groups, and the Islamic State against the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and pro-Baghdad sheikhs.
Since then, more than half of Anbar has fallen to militants. Today, the governor finds himself in the difficult position of trying to work with locals to counter the insurgent threat while attempting to get concessions from Baghdad to satisfy his constituency.
Diana Maye, Associate Dean of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies at Henley-Putnam University, facilitated this interview with Governor Dulaimi. The governor can be followed on Twitter at @Ahmed_Alduliami.
Members of Iraqi security forces arrive in Anbar Province, to reinforce Iraqi security forces in Ramadi in June.
1. For almost two years, you and the Anbar provincial council have held talks with Baghdad trying to at first meet some of the demands of the protesters and then quell the fighting there. None of these seemed to be successful. What have been the main roadblocks in these talks?
To start with, it is a huge mistake believing there is a relationship between removing tents from Itisam Square and ISIS. There was a minor reaction from some parties, but ISIS doesn't believe in peaceful demonstrations or protests.
ISIS was thinking about invading the Sunni areas, and they found that Itisam Square provides substantial motivation.

The Northern Command consists of three Corps, the XIV, XV, and XVI deployed along the line of control and holds extreme importance because of the J&K and Ladakh region. Indian Army is having six Commands across the nation. The Northern command has experienced a number of high and low intensity operations. The role of Northern Command in countering the most serious challenges like terrorism and proxy war in J&K has been very crucial.

Notwithstanding the fact that the centre has declared a unilateral ceasefire against militants in Jammu & Kashmir during Ramazan, Let Gen Singh has to once again prove that he is best suited for this role.

It is yet to be seen whether the government continues to restrain Indian Army from launching counter insurgency operations. However, the chances are scant.

Over 200 militants have been neutralized by the joint teams of Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF in counter insurgency operations in 2017 and 2018 beginning. J&K’s director general of police (DGP) S P Vaid had tweeted about this on November 30, 2017.

Lt Gen Singh had commissioned into 9 Dogra regiments in the Indian Army in 1980.

As Travis County commissioners contemplate a public-private partnership to finance a proposed civil courthouse downtown, they have been reviewing projects elsewhere as examples of what's possible. Among them: courthouse projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Long Beach, Calif., where such partnerships are in place.

Delegations of county officials have traveled in recent months to visit developers and officials involved in those two projects. In Brooklyn, a developer covered initial construction costs, which were paid back with public money. In Long Beach, where a new courthouse is planned, a developer will cover construction costs, and the state will pay the developer a not-yet-negotiated amount over 35 years.

Both projects make room for office or retail space.

The developer owns the top five floors of the 30-plus-story Brooklyn courthouse and leases office space on those floors. More than one-fifth of the Long Beach building will be used for commercial purposes, although the state will own that space.

Meridiam Infrastructure — a company with offices in Paris, New York and Toronto that is leading a private consortium which will pay for, design, construct and operate the $490 million Long Beach courthouse — is among the 20 or so development firms that have expressed interest in the Travis County courthouse project.

It's not certain whether Travis County commissioners will choose a private partner for the courthouse. They narrowly voted in April to solicit ideas for a partnership from developers. And on May 31 , commissioners voted 3-2 (Margaret Gómez and Karen Huber voted no) to seek outside expertise to help them review developers' responses, which are due June 30, and determine whether they should pursue a partnership. That decision would come later.

Huber and Gómez have said they oppose the way the county is moving forward with the partnership idea.

After the county purchased the downtown lot late last year , county leaders initially said they might call a bond election to pay for the courthouse construction, expected to cost at least $300 million. But County Judge Sam Biscoe recently said that a bond vote probably will not be on a November ballot.

State District Judge John Dietz — the lead advocate among judges for a new courthouse — urged commissioners to get off this track, telling them that getting voter approval might be difficult and that he thinks officials have no choice but to pursue a public-private partnership.

Involving a private developer in the project could lessen the public cost of the courthouse, which is slated for the block south of Republic Square Park , abutting a growing entertainment, retail, dining and condo district. The arrangement could bring office space or other uses to the block, keep part of the property on the tax rolls and generate revenue for the county and other taxing entities.

The county could negotiate the option to move into more space in the building over time, based on needs, Biscoe said. Until then, he said, the county could lease the extra space, which would generate revenue.

"In my view, (public-private partnerships) make all the sense in the world," Biscoe said. "If we get the right deal."

In a partnership, the construction risks would shift from the government to the private partner, which would have economic incentives to construct the building quickly, Dietz said. "Why not take advantage of that?"

"The need is so great, and the delay has been so long," he said, "I don't think they have many options left" but to collaborate with a private partner.

The county's current civil courthouse opened in 1931, and officials say they have run out of space there. In December, the county bought the vacant downtown block for a new courthouse from the Austin Museum of Art for $21.75 million.

The county's so-called downtown Central Campus master plan calls for a 17-story courthouse with close to 500,000 square feet, but a public-private partnership would probably mean a larger building because of the private component, Biscoe said.

The courthouse in Brooklyn opened in 2005 and includes 84 courtrooms, a 300-person detention facility and court administrative, city and nonprofit agency offices.

Family court and supreme criminal court occupy the first 26 floors, which are owned by the city. The developer owns and leases the top five floors to an insurance company, bank, nonprofit human services agency and women's foundation. The courts and offices each have a separate entrance and lobby. The courts occupy about three-quarters of the building's 1.1 million square feet.

The developer put up the money for the $660 million building, and the city ultimately paid that amount by setting up a corporation that issued bonds.

A public-private partnership is not subject to the restrictions of a typical public works project in New York, said Ron Younkins , chief of operations for the New York state court system. The $660 million price tag and design were agreed upon, and the risk and liability of the project — if it went over budget, for example — fell on the developer.

"We're really happy with the results," Younkins said. The courthouse was within budget, "done a little bit early and very well."

It was the first and largest public-private partnership courthouse project in New York. Two smaller courthouse projects with similar partnerships followed, Younkins said.

The Long Beach project is the first in which the State of California is collaborating with a private partner to finance, design, build and operate a courthouse.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the courthouse took place a couple of months ago , and the building is expected to be completed in 2013.

The courts will occupy nearly 80 percent of the 531,000-square-foot building, which will include 31 courtrooms, space for criminal and civil proceedings and court administrative offices.

Court officials hope to lease space to private businesses offering services that are compatible with court functions, such as mailing or transcript services.

The idea is to get the building erected at a lower cost to the state and perhaps faster, Carrizosa said.

"This is the first one we're doing, and we're eager to see if a public-private partnership really makes sense," he said. "If it does, we'll probably do more of them. If it doesn't, we probably won't."

Private developer:Forest City Ratner Cos.

Fear the Walking Dead is coming back in August after its mid-Season 4 break and the new trailer teases some terrifying and oddly comedic developments for the ragtag crew of spin-off survivors.

After the shocking mid-season finale in June, in which series mainstay Madison sacrificed herself to save her children and others, fans have been forced to wait more is in store for the characters of Fear the Walking Dead. The trailer for the second half of the season is a whirlwind of emotions, but for the most part it's pretty funny.

One of the most notable parts of the trailer is when the group finds what appears to be Carl Grimes' hat, which means we may be seeing more crossover with the main series.

Fear the Walking Dead returns to TV on Aug. 12.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—On her inaugural day as the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos came into contact with a book for the first time in her life.

Cameras were present to capture the historic moment, as DeVos extended her left hand tentatively and eventually touched the foreign object.

After touching the book for approximately one minute, DeVos quickly withdrew her hand and appeared drained by the experience.

DeVos said that she “might touch another book” in the future but gave no specific indication of when that might occur.

Across the nation, millions of Americans reacted to DeVos’s confirmation by requesting vouchers that would enable to them to select an Education Secretary of their own choosing.

Taking a cue from previous Presidents, Lyndon Johnson's campaign adopted their own Broadway tune, turning Hello, Dolly into Hello, Lyndon. Brand new at the time, it was the title song of the Jerry Herman musical that had swept that year's Tony Awards and helped then 63-year-old Louis Armstrong push the Beatles off the number one spot in the pop charts. Carol Channing an original "Dolly" castmember belted out Lyndon's version at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.

Trump’s campaign denied that he had any financial ties to Russia. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization reportedly offered a palatial Trump-branded apartment to Vladimir Putin.

Hours after President Donald Trump’s former attorney pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his role in pursuing a business deal in Moscow for his longtime boss, details of that business deal broke, revealing that the Trump Organization was reportedly so eager to break ground on a real estate development in Moscow that it offered a prime unit to none other than Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.

On Thursday evening, Buzzfeed News’ Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier reported that when he was negotiating a potential Trump Tower Moscow on behalf of the Trump Organization, Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen told Putin’s press secretary that, among other considerations, the Trump Organization was willing to offer a $50 million penthouse in the planned 100-story skyscraper to Putin himself.

Cohen had told Congress that discussions of the possible tower ceased in January 2016, and that he had worked on the plan alone. But he has since admitted that he worked on the Trump Tower Moscow project well into the summer, and included both Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump on emails relating to the deal.

Plans for the tower eventually fell through—due at least in part to Trump’s election—but the report represents a major complication in the White House’s narrative that there is no truth to allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

An attempt to forge direct financial ties between Trump and the president of a hostile foreign power whose intelligence agencies were plotting to interfere in the 2016 presidential election at the same time that Trump was offering him a free penthouse is likely of the highest interest to special counsel Robert Mueller, whose team has sat down with Cohen multiple times in recent months.

Putin is unlikely to hear more specifics about the penthouse’s finishings or bathroom count anytime soon. Shortly after Cohen’s guilty plea became public, Trump announced that he was cancelling a summit with the Russian president in Argentina over the weekend, ostensibly due to recent aggressive actions taken by the Russian military against Ukrainian naval vessels.

Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesperson—who, incidentally, was the official to whom Cohen pitched the free penthouse idea—said late Thursday that the Kremlin had not yet officially been notified of Trump’s decision to scrap his planned meeting with Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina.

“So far we’ve seen only the tweet and media reports. We have no official information,” Peskov was quoted as saying by Russia’s Interfax news agency.

But, Peskov continued, “if that’s the case, the president will have an extra couple hours in his schedule for useful meetings” with other leaders at the G20.

High school girls basketball, boys and girls soccer and wrestling have postseason events from today through Saturday, including district championships for two girls basketball teams from Brevard tonight.

Heritage and Covenant Christian, both No. 1 seeds, play out-of-county opponents for district championships at 7 p.m. The Lions play Morningside for the District 6-2A title at Merritt Island Christian. The Panthers are in Okeechobee to face Sebastian River.

Cape Coast Conference wrestling begins at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Bayside. The 14 schools of the conference will compete for a team title and individual championships in 14 weight classes.

Girls and boys soccer teams alive in the FHSAA playoffs will compete in regional semifinals on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Boys basketball teams determine their district champions next week.

Bulldogs beat Viera and coach Jerry McCabe got his 600th win. Video by Brian McCallum. Posted Feb. 2, 2018.

The weekend schedule for playoff sports follows.

Hagerty/Harmony winner vs. No. 1 Melbourne, 5:30 p.m.

Another Brevard local on 'Survivor'?

Cape Coast Conference wrestling at Bayside, 1:30 p.m.

Playoffs: Eagles vs. Bears, Jan. 6, 2019 Mar 14, 2019 The Eagles visit the Chicago Bears Jan. 6, 2019 in NFC playoff game.

LIVE: Eagles vs. Titans Sep 30, 2018 The Eagles take on the Titans in Tennessee.

School Walkout: March 14, 2018 May 11, 2018 Teens protest against gun violence with school walkout.

Live: Eagles Super Bowl Parade, 2/8/18 Jun 21, 2018 Philadelphia celebrates the Eagles Super Bowl victory.

Live From the Super Bowl Jan 30, 2018 Bob Grotz is reporting on what's happening live from Minnesota as the Eagles get ready to play in the Super Bowl.

Live: Eagles vs. Giants, 12/17/17 May 13, 2018 The Eagles make a visit to New Jersey to play the New York Giants.

#ChescoSnow: March 14, 2017 May 11, 2018 Large pre-Spring snowstorm hit area.

#montcosnow: Feb. 9, 2017 May 12, 2018 Use #montcosnow on Twitter to report on your area.

#chescosnow: Feb. 9, 2017 May 10, 2018 Use #chescosnow on Twitter to report on your area.

LIVE: #delcosnow, Feb. 9, 2017 May 11, 2018 The first snowfall of the winter is hammering the area. Use #Delcosnow to report on your area.

LIVE: Protest at Philadelphia Airport May 11, 2018 Protesters at Philadelphia Airport to complain about President Donald Trump's immigration policy.

LIVE: Donald Trump, GOP visit Philadelphia Sep 21, 2018 There will be protests and meetings as the GOP visits Philadelphia to talk policy.

LIVE: #chescovote Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016 May 13, 2018 What's happening in and around Chester County on election day.

LIVE: Trump, Clinton debate No. 2, Oct. 9, 2016 Jun 26, 2018 Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in the second debate.

LIVE: Hillary Clinton in Haverford Mar 5, 2018 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is making a campaign appearance in Haverford Oct. 4, 2016.

LIVE: Donald Trump in Delco, Sept. 22, 2016 May 23, 2018 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign appearance in Chester Township.

LIVE: Eagles vs. Browns, 9/11/16 Jun 27, 2018 The Eagles open the 2016 season by hosting the Cleveland Browns.

LIVE: Gov. Tom Wolf talks about investement in drug abuse treatment Dec 27, 2017 Governor Wolf and Department of Human Services Secretary Ted Dallas will visit Montgomery County Recovery Center to discuss the investments made in the 2016-17 budget to combat the opioid abuse epidemic in Pennsylvania.

LIVE: Hillary Clinton hits Montgomery County Dec 19, 2017 Democtratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will be touring K'Nex in Hatfield as she starts her campaign.

LIve at the DNC: Day 2 7/26/16 Jun 26, 2018 Live coverage of Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention.

Live at the DNC: Day 1, 7/25/16 Jun 26, 2018 Live coverage from Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Education Minister, Rosy Akbar confirms that they are not forming an Education Commission.

Her comment comes as SODELPA’s Ro Teimumu Kepa had questioned in Parliament last week as to what has happened to government’s plan to have an Education Commission and also asked whether Cabinet has put an end to this idea.

In her end of the week statement, Ro Teimumu had stated that on 15th October 2014, the then Minister for Education had told Parliament that major changes will be made following the report from the Education Commission.

Ro Teimumu says the then Minister for Education had said that the Education Commission would be established in 2015 following Cabinet’s approval.

When questioned by FijiVillage, Akbar says there will no Education Commission.

Meanwhile, Akbar had highlighted in Parliament last week that work on aligning education to meet the needs of the employers for specific skills is already underway.

A tribal fighter aims his weapon during an intensive security deployment to fight against militants of the Islamic State in the town of Haditha, northwest of Baghdad, in Anbar Province.

In 2013, Ahmed Khalaf al-Dulaimi was elected governor of Iraq's Anbar province. His victory was largely due to his support for an anti-Baghdad protest movement — something that did not endear him to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who hit him with an arrest warrant.

The two then tried to reconcile with a series of negotiations over the demonstrations which cost the governor some local support. In December 2013, Maliki shut down the Ramadi protest site, which immediately led to open fighting by anti-government tribes, insurgent groups, and the Islamic State against the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and pro-Baghdad sheikhs.

Since then, more than half of Anbar has fallen to militants. Today, the governor finds himself in the difficult position of trying to work with locals to counter the insurgent threat while attempting to get concessions from Baghdad to satisfy his constituency.

Diana Maye, Associate Dean of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies at Henley-Putnam University, facilitated this interview with Governor Dulaimi. The governor can be followed on Twitter at @Ahmed_Alduliami.

Members of Iraqi security forces arrive in Anbar Province, to reinforce Iraqi security forces in Ramadi in June.

1. For almost two years, you and the Anbar provincial council have held talks with Baghdad trying to at first meet some of the demands of the protesters and then quell the fighting there. None of these seemed to be successful. What have been the main roadblocks in these talks?

To start with, it is a huge mistake believing there is a relationship between removing tents from Itisam Square and ISIS. There was a minor reaction from some parties, but ISIS doesn't believe in peaceful demonstrations or protests.

ISIS was thinking about invading the Sunni areas, and they found that Itisam Square provides substantial motivation.