July 23rd, 2019 - Daily News Brief - a podcast by TRT World

Trump offers to mediate Kashmir issue

US President Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to mediate the 70-year-old Kashmir issue.
India rejected the statement Trump made, saying it will deal directly with Pakistan on issues related to the disputed region.
At a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Trump said he could end the Afghanistan war but it would wipe it "off the face of the earth".
Syrian regime and Russian jets kill at least 69

Syrian regime and Russian jets hit a crowded market in northwest Syria, killing at least 69 people, according to a war monitor.

The raids hit a vegetable market and surrounding areas in the town of Maaret al Numan in Idlib province, air strikes also struck the nearby town of Saraqib, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression are expressly prohibited.

Hong Kong police arrest six over train station attack

To Hong Kong now, where police have arrested six suspects believed to have triad links after an attack at a train station injured 45 people.

The suspects are believed to be part of a masked group that assaulted pro-democracy demonstrators during protests over a controversial extradition bill.

The attacks happened as protesters were heading home after the seventh consecutive week of anti-government demonstrations.

Rockets fired into Turkish border town from Syria

Six people, including a child, were injured when one of two rockets fired from a YPG-controlled area in Syria hit a family estate in southeastern Turkey.

The Turkish army responded with heavy artillery fire to various positions.

The US-backed YPG is the Syrian branch of the PKK terror group which has led an insurgency against the Turkish state that cost at least 40,000 lives.

Cristiano Ronaldo will not face rape charges in Las Vegas

And finally,

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges in Las Vegas over sexual assault allegations.

Prosecutors said the case cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Kathryn Mayorga, a former model, said that Ronaldo raped her in a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. The striker has denied the accusations.

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