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Rod Rosenstein, el vicefiscal general de Estados Unidos, está programado para conversaciones crujientes con Donald Trump el jueves, en medio de dudas sobre su futuro en el trabajo. Los dos ya hablaron el lunes para discutir los informes que el Sr. Rosenstein había hablado el año pasado sobre expulsar al presidente y grabarlo secretamente. El Sr. Rosenstein supervisa la investigación sobre la colusión desafiada por el equipo de Trump con Rusia durante las elecciones de 2016. El presidente dijo que la reunión del jueves sería "determinar qué está pasando". "Queremos transparencia, queremos apertura y espero reunirnos con Rod en ese momento", agregó, hablando en Nueva York, donde asistirá a la Asamblea General anual de la ONU. America's second most senior law official was summoned to the White House on Monday amid a report that he had verbally resigned to the president's chief of staff in the expectation that he was going to be fired. But White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said afterwards: "At the request of the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, he and President Trump had an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories. "Because the President is at the United Nations General Assembly and has a full schedule with leaders from around the world, they will meet on Thursday when the President returns to Washington DC." If Mr Rosenstein did lose his job, another Department of Justice official, the solicitor general, would be in line to take over supervision of the Russian investigation. Mr Rosenstein assumed oversight of the inquiry after his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself when it emerged he had been in contact with Russia's ambassador to Washington while serving as a Trump campaign adviser. Mr Rosenstein and Mr Trump are believed to have discussed Friday's report in the New York Times that the deputy attorney general had discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke a US constitutional clause that provides for the removal of a president if deemed unfit for office. According to the newspaper, Mr Rosenstein had also apologized surreptitiously recording the president in order to expose the chaos in the White House. He denied the claims, and a Department of Justice spokesperson told the BBC the secret recording remark was just a joke. The deputy attorney general was said to have made the comments after Mr Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. Without Rosenstein, Russia inquiry in doubt Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, BBC Washington If Rod Rosenstein goes, by resignation or firing, the future of Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation would be very much in doubt. Mr Rosenstein is the reason there is a special counsel investigation, and he has given Mr Mueller a wide mandate to pursue that inquiry wherever it may lead. It has challenged, for instance, in the successful prosecution of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and a plea deal from Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen - both for activities tangential to the Russia probe. A different person in charge might have nipped those moves in the bud. Who took over if Mr Rosenstein departed - at the moment, Solicitor General Noel Francisco - could decide to curtail the scope of the investigation or push for a speedy resolution. At the very least, Mr Francisco would assume the oversight duties knowing full well the president is watching very closely and has no hesitation going on the attack - even against members of his own administration - if he feels in any way slight or wronged. As Mr Rosenstein will certainly attest, it is an unenviable position. Mr Trump said over the weekend he had not made up his mind wherever to fire the deputy attorney general. "We will make a determination," the Republican president told Fox News in the radio interview, which aired on Monday. "It's certainly a very sad story. "I have not gotten all the facts, but certainly it's being looked at in terms of what took place - If anything took place." Russia-Trump: Who's who? Sean Hannity, a Fox News host and friend of Mr Trump, has rushed him to not fire Mr Rosenstein, warning he would fall into a trap laid by his political enemies. Mid-term elections are looming on 6 November, when the president's party will try to keep control of the US Congress. Mr Trump has repeatedly referred to the special counsel's Russia investigation as a political witch hunt.

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The US ambassador to the UN has urged Iran to "look in the mirror" for the causes of an attack on a military parcel that killed 25 on Saturday. Nikki Haley said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had "oppressed his people for a long time". She was responding to Mr Rouhani's fierce criticism of the US, in which he blamed it for enabling the attack. Two separate groups have claimed they carried out the shooting, but neither has provided evidence. Four gunmen opened fire at Revolutionary Guard troops in the south-western city of Ahvaz on Saturday, killing 25 people including soldiers and civilians watching a commemorative parade. One of the victims was a four-year-old girl. Who is blaming who? An anti-government Arab group - Ahvaz National Resistance - and the Islamic State (IS) group both claimed responsibility for the killings. According to Reuters, the IS news agency Amaq has posted a video of three men purportedly on their way to carry out the shooting, with one saying they were targeting non-believers. President Rouhani said the "bully" US, along with Gulf states it backed, had enabled the attack. But the US has denied responsibility and says it condemns "any terrorist attack", while a senior official for the United Arab Emirates - one of the countries Mr Rouhani was thought to be referring to - called the accusations "baseless". "He's got the Iranian people ... demonstrating, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that's coming from, "Ms Haley told CNN. "He can blame us all he wants. The thing he's got to do is look in the mirror." Mr Rouhani will face Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly this week. How will Trump treat Iran at the UN? Speaking on Sunday, before leaving for the UN in New York, Mr Rouhani vowed that Iran would "not let this crime stand". "It is absolutely clear to us who committed this crime ... and what they are linked to," he said. He claimed that a Gulf country had supported the "financial, weaponry and political needs" of the attackers. He added: "The small puppet countries in the region are backed by America, and the US is providing them and giving them the necessary capabilities." Why does Iran blame its Gulf neighbors for the attack? Mr Rouhani did not specify which "puppet" countries he was referring to - but his comments are broadly thought to be directed at Iran's regional foe Saudi Arabia, and the UAE and Bahrain. Iran has previously claimed that Saudi Arabia supports separatist activity among Iran's Arab minority. Both countries have been struggling for regional political and religious dominance for decades, and are engaged in a number of proxy wars around the region, backing rival factions in Yemen and Syria. The decades-old feud between them is exacerbated by religious differences - Iran is large Shia Muslim, while Saudi Arabia sees itself as the leading Sunni Muslim power. The UAE and Bahrain are closely allied with Saudi Arabia. Iran has also claimed that the gunmen had links to its bitter foe Israel. Iran considers Israel an illegitimate occupier of Muslim land - and has accused it of attempting to threaten the government. Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia: Who's siding with whatever Iran also summoned diplomats from the UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark on Saturday, accusing their countries of harboring Iranian opposition groups. And why are US-Iran relations so tense? The two sides have had thorny relationships for decades. The US has accused Iran of operating a clandestine nuclear weapons program, which Iran denies. In 2015, under then President Barack Obama, the US and Iran reached a nuclear nuclear deal - also signed by China, Russia, the UK, France and Germany - where Iran limited its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. However, ties deteriorated after Mr. Trump took office and then withdrew from the nuclear deal. Trump and Rouhani trade angry threats Iran nuclear deal: Key details US-Iran relations: A brief guide Since then, the US has brought sanctions back into place, despite opposition from EU partners, China and Russia, and warned that anyone trading with Iran would also be punished. The US has also expressed support for anti-government protests in Iran. More generally, the US is deeply suspicious of Iranian activity in the Middle East - including its influence in Syria and Yemen - and is an ally of Israel and Saudi Arabia. Mr Trump is chairing a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday - and says the meeting will be focused on Iran.

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The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify against him next week. Lawyers for Dr Christine Blasey Ford said she accepted the Senate Judiciary Committee's request to appear before them to be questioned on the alleged attack at a party in 1982. Some reports say she will testify on Wednesday or Thursday. Judge Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the allegations. The allegations, which emerged in the US media last week, have deferred Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court. The truth about false assault accusations Kavanaugh accuser 'faces death threats' Could Kavanaugh confirmation be derailed? Dr Ford, a university professor, had originally been gifted a deadline on Friday, which later was extended to Saturday, to agree to testify. Her lawyer Debra Katz said in a letter to the committee on Saturday that her client had accepted the request to testify but wanted to "continue our negotiations" on the details. She also wrote that "many aspects of the proposal you provided ... are fundamentally inconsistent with the Committee's promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations, and we are disappointed with the leaks and the bullying that have tainted the process".

A woman who accuses Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her in 1982 has offered to testify to the Senate if it can "ensure her safety". Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer says her client will not appear on Monday, as senators proposed, but may do so next week on "terms that are fair". Republicans had filed to press ahead with the confirmation amid uncertainty over whether the accuser would testify. Judge Kavanaugh has issued a fresh rebuttal of the allegation. The truth about false assault accusations Kavanaugh accuser 'faces death threats' Could Kavanaugh confirmation be derailed? Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley welcomed Prof Ford's offer. "We are happy that Dr Ford's attorneys are now engaging with the Committee," his spokesperson told US media. Thursday's development came on the eve of a Republican-set deadline for Prof Ford to decide whether she would give evidence. Judge Kavanaugh, 53, has agreed to testify to the judicial committee, which vets Supreme Court nominees, on Monday. "Since the moment I first heard the allegation," he said in a statement on Thursday, "I have categorically and unequivocally denied it. What did Dr Ford's lawyer say? The California psychology lecturer's legal team emailed the panel's staff on Thursday. Debra Katz, the lawyer, wrote that she wished to "discuss the conditions under which [Prof Ford] would have prepared to testify next week". "As you are aware, she's been receiving death threats which have been reported to the FBI and she and her family have been forced out of their home." She continued: "She wants to testify, provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety." But she ruled out any testimony next Monday, calling the date "arbitrary". The attorney said her client would prefer to wait for the FBI to investigate the accusation before agreeing to testify. But US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have already ruled that out. The FBI investigated a sexual harassment claim against a Supreme Court nominee in 1991 at the behest of the White House, finishing that inquiry in three days. What are members of Congress saying? Senior Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas told CNN: "If she does not want to participate and tell her story, there's no reason for us to delay." Senator Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican, sounded bullish about the prospects of confirming the nominee, who would be expected to bring a more conservative tilt to America's highest court. "We got a little hiccup here with the Kavanaugh nomination, we'll get through this and we'll get off to the races," he said in a call with fellow Republicans, the Nevada Independent reports. Why is the US top court so important? Meet the Supremes - who are the justices? A petition backing Prof Ford, signed by more than 1,000 alumnae from Holton-Arms, her former Maryland high school, was delivered on Thursday to two Democratic women senators. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, said at the event: "Someone who is lying does not ask the FBI to investigate their claims. "Judge Kavanaugh has not asked to have the FBI investigate these claims. Is that the reaction of an innocent person? It is not." What are the other developments? On Thursday, 56 people were arrested while attending anti-Kavanaugh protests on Capitol Hill. The mostly female demonstrators wore pins reading: "I believe Christine Blasey Ford." Twelve of Prof Ford's family members have written an open letter, posted on Twitter, in which they call her "highly ethical", adding that "her honesty is above reproach". "Chrissy is not someone who chooses to be in the spotlight," the letter said. Prof Ford has accused Judge Kavanaugh of drunkenly pinning her to a bed and trying to remove her clothes at a house party in a Washington DC suburb when they were both teenagers 36 years ago.

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