Mes: septiembre 2019

(CBS News) LEBANON – The Syrian dictator threatened Monday to use chemical weapons and biological weapons against any aggression from foreign powers. It’s the first time Syria admitted it has weapons of mass destruction. A Syrian government spokesman drew a line, though, saying the dictatorship would not use those weapons against Syrian civilians. President Obama had a warning for Assad on Monday: “Given the regime’s stockpiles of chemical weapons, we will continue to make it clear to Assad and those around him that the world is watching and that they will be held accountable by the international community and the United States should they make the tragic mistake of using those weapons.” Syrian rebels, fighting the 42-year-old Assad dictatorship, have seized the initiative over the last week; a bomb killed Assad’s defense minister and three top officials. More in After the Arab Spring Israel: U.S. discussed collapse of Assad gov’tSyria: Chemical, biological weapons could be used if there is “external aggression”Syria’s biggest cities seeing fighting now The rebels held several Syrian border crossings for a time, and now they’re closing in on Syria’s second most important city, Aleppo. The war has now come to Aleppo. Until a few days ago, Syria’s biggest city had stayed relatively calm. Not anymore. A major opposition offensive is under way to take this vital commercial hub. Syrian Free Army colonel Abdel al-Akaidi made...

(AP) LONDON – British police say Hans Kristian Rausing, an heir to a packaging fortune, has been charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva, whose body was found last week in the couple’s London home. Eva Rausing’s body was found July 9 after her husband was arrested on suspicion of drug possession. Police said Tuesday night that Hans Kristian Rausing, 49, had been charged with “preventing the lawful and decent burial of the body of Eva Rausing on or before” the date of his arrest. Hans Kristian Rausing, whose father made billions selling his stake in the Tetra Pak drinks-carton empire, will appear in custody at West London Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, police added. U.K. billionaire suspected of wife’s murderThe Rausings, U.K. billionaires, had drug issuesAnswers sought in U.K. billionaire’s deathU.K. billionaire found dead in London Meanwhile, the family of Eva Rausing says she had returned to the British capital to try and persuade her husband to join her in drug treatment in the U.S. While an official cause of death is pending the results of more tests after an initial autopsy was inconclusive, Eva Rausing’s struggles with drugs were well known after she was caught trying to smuggle crack cocaine and heroin into the U.S. Embassy in London in her handbag. In a family statement released through a public relations firm Tuesday, Eva...