in a letter to the press, john feeley said he would leave his post in march.the us state department feeley notified them of his decision in late december. a number of catholic churches have been vandalised in chile ahead of a visit by pope francis. police said homemade bombs were used to damage two churches in the capital santiago. the attackers left messages threatening the pope, saying the money for the visit could better be spent on the poor. women in saudi arabia have made history by watching a football match from the stands for the first time at a stadium injeddah. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come. facebook gets a status update — it says it will prioritise your family and friends over advertisers and news. a surgeon who branded his initials onto the livers of two transplant patients has been fined £10,000 and given a community service order. simon bramhall pleaded guilty to two counts of assault in december. his crimes, carried out at queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham, were discovered when the patients returned to hospital for further sur

in a letter to the press, john feeley said he would leave his post in march.tment feeley notified them of his decision in late december. a number of catholic churches have been vandalised in chile ahead of a visit by pope francis. police said homemade bombs were used to damage two churches in the capital santiago. the attackers left messages threatening the pope, saying the money for the visit could better be spent on the poor. women in saudi arabia have made history by watching a football match pakistan has deployed paramilitary forces to suppress riots in the eastern town of kasur, following the rape and killing of a 6—year—old girl. protesters are angry at the police for failing to find those responsible for a series of child murders over the past two years. officials say the situation is tense but has been brought under control after two days of violence. our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has more. so far today this city has remained calm. there is a big police business but there hasn't been the kind of angry protests we have seen over the past f

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the state department confirms john feeley is leaving his post that says it is for personal reasons.e was confirmed as ambassador to panama in 2015. the president has canceled a trip to london to open the new $1 billion u.s. embassy, avoiding protests promised by political opponents. some lawmakers had said mr. trump was not welcome there after he retweeted videos from a far right british group and criticized london mayor sadiq khan following a terror attack last year. president trump says his decision was due to concerns about the embassy move from the elite mayfair district to a far less fashionable area of london. were churches in chile attacked with firebox today, days before the pope makes his first visit to the country. was injured. unknown attackers through pamphlets at the scene that contained a message for the pontiff. the next bombs will be in your - - on monday. arrives global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: governor john kasich of wrote an op-ed in the new york ti

the state department conference john feeley is leaving his post but says it is for personal reasons. werechurches inchil attacked today. no one was hurt. capswn attackers through with messages for the pontiff. california, crews searching through rock and rubble hoping to find more survivors from tuesday's deadly mudslides. dead.ple are confirmed 100 homes were completely destroyed and another 300 badly damaged. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology," facebook shares fall after announcing a change -- after announcing big changes to the social network. mark zuckerberg says it did increase user engagement. tackling online extremism, congress wants to hear what facebook, google and twitter are doing to fight it. all three tech titans are set to testify on the hill once again. and screen time, is of a public health crisis when it comes to children? we look at why some apple shareholders seem to think so. but to our lead, shares of first, facebook falling more than 4% o

the first diplomat to resign, said john feeley is his name so i just wanted to get that out there. >> melissa: i want to address something that juan said. this is the longest week of any of our lives. the whole week has been pretty much insane. i was answering his question which is the whole reason why we want people from places that are a disaster is that these are the immigrants so often that appreciate being here the most. and work the hardest once they're here. and really understand the difference. and as we take this conversation forward and even as you try to advance the labor that we want coming into this country, the system is falling apart and people are perhaps less skilled and less educated, and i would say talk to people that run businesses and say that when you have an immigrant worker, they want immigration to be legal because these are the people who value these jobs and work very hard versus teenagers often times who don't appreciate the minimum wage job. the language is horrible, but the sentiment also needs to be corrected. >> harris: i want to go to this reporter af

ambassador to panama john feeley said he feels he can no longer serveve the presidedent. his reregnation tatakes effect march 9. the news of the resignation comes after trump sparked an international firestorm by reportedly saying during a meeting with lawmakers at the white house last week -- "why do we want all these people from africa here? they're s-hole countries we should have more people from norway." it's now being claimed by some lawmakers who were present at the meeting that trump used the word "s-house" not "s-hole." in response to the comments, the government botswana wrote in a statement "the botswana government has also inquired from the u.s. govevernment through the ambassador, to clarify if botswana is regarded as a 's-hole' country." this all comes as president trump has denied being a racist, duduring an n interview with rereporters s on sunday.y. pres. trump: no. no, i'm not a racist. i'm the l least racist person yu have ever interviewed, that i can tell you. amy: meanwhile, on saturday nit, activists proctcted ooo the trumininternionanal tel inin wash

john feeley is a career diplomat.ording to reuters, his resignation letter says that he took an oath to serve, even when he disagrees with a president's policies. but, he says, "if i believed i could not do that, i would be honor-bound to resign. that time has come." feeley's decision came before mr. trump's comments yesterday. they are still searching tonight for mudslide victims in southern california, but hope is starting to run out. 17 people have been killed, ages three to 89. today, a river of mud covered the 101 highway, as rescue crews scoured the debris. at least five people are still believed to be missing. in germany, chancellor angela merkel is a big step closer to ending her country's prolonged political deadlock. merkel's conservative ruling party and a center-left party agreed today on a framework for formal coalition talks. in berlin, the chancellor acknowledged pressure to form a government, because the elections were nearly four months ago. >> ( translated ): in the long time since the federal electi