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Pelosi rejects calls for Trump impeachment after Mueller testimony: 'We still have some outstanding matters’
Nancy Pelosi and other senior member of the Democratic Party, have rejected calls to move forward with Donald Trump’s impeachment, claiming they wanted to yet build a stronger case against the president.In a seemingly testy appearance before reporters just hours after Robert Mueller completed his testimony, the House speaker brushed off the idea proceeding with impeachment of the president - something many in her party have called for.“My position has always been: whatever decision we make in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand, and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts,” she said.More follows…
A Turkish diplomat has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil.
The shooting took place at a restaurant in the city where a number of Turkish officials were dining on Wednesday, according to security sources.
Turkey's foreign ministry confirmed that one its employees from the consulate in Irbil was killed.
The Turkish military is currently battling militants belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the mountains of northern Iraq, and maintains a number of military bases in the country.
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