This Week: US judge faces sexual assault claims, Erdogan heads to Germany and Iran laughs at Israel

Trump's Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh faces accusations of sexual assault

View this email in your browser Dear TRT World readers, Trump's Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh faces accusations of sexual assault Brett Kavanaugh battled to rescue his Supreme Court nomination this week after three women consecutively accused him of sexually assaulting them. Most prominently, Dr Christine Blasey Ford came forward and provided a testimony of her allegations on Thursday during the ongoing Senate hearing. Ford spoke candidly while reliving her traumatic experiences, in which she accuses Kavanaugh of locking her in a room and attempting to rape her at a party in 1982. "I am here today not because I want to be," she said. "I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me with Brett." Kavanaugh denied the allegation, angrily saying he will not be quitting the process due to the accusations and describing the court proceedings as a "circus."       G M T       Detect languageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdishKyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianPashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu   AfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdishKyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianPashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu                     Text-to-speech function is limited to 200 characters       Options : History : Feedback : Donate Close In Iraq, Daesh is seen as a friend of the US Finally, in a feature piece this week, we look at Iraq's Salah al Din province where residents accuse the US of backing Daesh. "An elderly woman among them began shouting that the 'Americans brought Daesh' and insisted, with the enthusiastic support of others in the van, that all had heard others say they had seen US aircraft arrive in Daesh-held areas 'to help' the terrorists and demanded that 'the media report this' though she admitted she had not seen proof." A fascinating look at a province still affected by the war with Daesh, the piece is well worth a read. Iran dismisses Israeli nuclear warehouse claims Iran has denied claims it is hiding nuclear-related material in a warehouse in Tehran, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused them of continuing their nuclear weapons programme. In a speech at the UN General Assembly, Netanyahu used enlarged pictures and infographics to support his claim of the existence of a "secret facility." Iran dismissed the claims as an "arts and craft show." Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, "The world will only laugh loudly at this type of false, meaningless and unnecessary speech." The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly said Tehran has been abiding by the deal it struck with six major powers in 2015. Erdogan heads to Germany to reset relations Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make his first official visit to Germany since 2014, as both countries seek to rebuild their relationship after issues in recent years raised tensions. "The most important goal of my visit to Germany is to leave the phase of the last few years completely behind us in our relations. In addition, it will be a matter of establishing closer economic relations for mutual benefit," Erdogan said of the trip, which also comes in light of Turkey losing the bid to host Euro 2024 to Germany. Nonetheless, Erdogan's two-day visit will have a packed schedule with topics such as trade, Syria, the refugee crisis, security and rising xenophobia in Europe high on the agenda. The leaders will meet twice during the trip hoping to establish a renewed relationship between the historic allies. Join our Daily Newsletter Share Tweet Forward Don't have time to read the news? Subscribe to TRT World Daily News Brief on iTunes, SoundCloud or Amazon Echo and listen to daily updates on the go. Catch it all on your phone, with the TRT World app for iPhone or Android Do you have a question or suggestion? Get in touch at community@trtworld.com or visit trtworld.com Copyright © 2018 TRT World, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: TRT World Headquarters Ahmet Adnan Saygun Street No:83 34347 Ulus, Besiktas Istanbul / Turkey

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