trump administration has fired a top 7 white house ukraine specialist army lieutenant colonel alexander vin mun then must have provided damaging testimony about president trump during the recent and pietschmann process media reports say trump is also recalling u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon somnolent who likewise testified against the president. he was democratic presidential candidates have faced off in the final debates before tuesday's new hampshire primary bernie sanders and people who digit were targets after their strong finishes in monday's iowa caucuses sanders faced criticism for his left wing policy ideas while blue digits hit for his lack of support among minorities. 600 kilos of fine quartz sand a stolen by tourists as holiday souvenirs have been returned to a beach on the italian island of sardinia most of the sand was seized during baggage checks at the island's airports but some towns now have plainclothes police officers patrolling the beaches to prevent sand theft. well here in germany chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are set to hold crisis talks with their coalitio