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6A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Hostage-taker in France kills 3, is shot dead by police TREBES, France — An armed man took hostages in a supermarket in southern France today, killing three people and injuring about a dozen others before being shot to death when French police stormed the market, authorities said. French President Emmanuel Macron said all evidence suggested that it was a terror attack — the first one since he became president in May. It’s unclear how many victims there are overall, said Yves Lefebvre, secretary general of SGP Police-FO police union, The attacker first fired six shots at police offi- cers on their way back from jogging near the city of Carcassonne, said Lefebvre. The police were not in uniform but were wearing athletic clothes with police insignia. One police officer was shot in the shoulder, but the injury was not serious, Lefebvre said. The suspect then went to a Super U super- market in the nearby small town of Trebes, 60 miles southeast of Toulouse, taking an unknown number of people hostage. In an hourslong standoff, special police units converged on the scene and authorities blocked roads and urged residents to stay away. Police then stormed the supermarket. France’s interior ministry described the suspect as a 26-year-old petty criminal who was considered radicalized and under police surveillance. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb identified the suspect as Redouane Lakdim. Congress OKs $1.3 trillion budget, averting another shutdown WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval today to a giant $1.3 trillion spend- ing bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late scuffles and conservatives objected to big outlays on Democratic priorities at a time when Republicans control the House, Senate and White House. Senate passage shortly after midnight averted a third federal shutdown this year, an outcome both parties wanted to avoid. But in crafting a sweeping deal that busts budget caps, they’ve stirred conservative opposition and set the contours for the next funding fight ahead of the midterm elections. The House easily approved the measure Thursday, 256-167, a bipartisan tally that underscored the popularity of the compromise, E TH which funds the government through Septem- ber. It beefs up military and domestic programs, delivering federal funds to every corner of the country. But action stalled in the Senate, as conserva- tives ran the clock in protest. Then, an unusual glitch arose when Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, wanted to remove a provision to rename a for- est in his home state after the late Cecil Andrus, a four-term Democratic governor. At one point, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., stepped forward to declare the entire late-night scene “ridiculous. It’s juvenile.” Activists: Hours before cease-fire, 37 killed in Syrian town BEIRUT — Syrian rescuers and a war mon- itoring group say 37 people were killed in air- strikes in a town in the eastern Ghouta region near the capital, Damascus, just hours before a cease-fire went into effect after midnight. The rebel group Faylaq al-Rahman, one of at least three operating in the sprawling region, says intense government attacks targeted the area it controls on Thursday. Rescuers, known as White Helmets, say the casualties were from an airstrike that hit an underground shelter in the town of Arbeen. Rebel spokesman Wael Oweilan said Friday negotiations with Russia will follow to allow for the evacuation of civilians from the area. A similar deal with another rebel group, Ahrar al-Sham, led to the evacuation of hun- dreds of fighters and civilians from Harasta, an eastern Ghouta town. China may hike tariffs on US pork, aluminum, other goods BEIJING — China announced a $3 billion list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation in a tariff dispute with President Donald Trump and girded for a bigger battle over technology policy as financial markets sank on fears of disruption to global commerce. The Commerce Ministry said higher duties on pork, apples, steel pipe and other goods would offset Chinese losses due to Trump’s tar- iff hike on steel and aluminum imports. It urged Washington to negotiate a settlement but set no deadline. In a separate dispute with potentially bigger consequences, the ministry criticized Trump’s decision Thursday to approve a possible tar- iff hike on Chinese goods worth up to $60 bil- lion over Beijing’s technology policy. It gave no indication of a possible response but the foreign ministry said Beijing will take “all necessary ® E V I N R U D E E-TEC ® PERFECT NOV. 1, 2017 10 APR. 30, 2018 SALES EVENT measures” to protect its interests. Financial markets sank on concern the esca- lating tensions might disrupt the biggest global trading relationship or lead other nations to raise import barriers. U.S. stocks sank. In Asia, Tokyo’s bench- mark tumbled by an unusually large 4.6 per- cent while the Shanghai Composite index fell 4.5 percent. Protest over shooting of unarmed black man overtakes freeway SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Protesters decry- ing this week’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black man marched from Sacramento City Hall and onto a nearby freeway Thursday, disrupting rush hour traffic and holding signs with mes- sages like “Sac PD: Stop killing us!” Hundreds of people rallied for Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old who was shot Sunday in the backyard of his grandparents’ home. Police say they feared he had a handgun when they confronted him after reports that he had been breaking windows in the South Sacramento neighborhood. But police found only a cellphone. “We are at a place of deep pain” because of recent violence directed at black people in Sac- ramento and elsewhere, said the Rev. Les Sim- mons, a community leader. He said the city’s first black police chief, Daniel Hahn, is doing what he can but protested the actions of Hahn’s officers. Clinton Primm said he was friends with Clark, who was nicknamed “Zoe,” for about six years and fears others are also at risk at being shot by police. Maryland school shooting victim has died A teenage girl who was shot when a class- mate opened fire inside their Maryland high school has died, authorities said. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said Jaelynn Willey died at 11:34 p.m. Thursday. Earlier that night, her family said she would be taken off life support at the University of Mary- land Prince George’s Hospital Center. Melissa Willey told news reporters Thursday night that her daughter was brain dead and had “no life left in her.” The mother, holding a young baby, said, “On Tuesday … our lives changed completely and totally forever. My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from our lives.” The teen was shot Tuesday by 17-year-old Austin Rollins at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County. AP Photo/Alex Brandon President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMas- ter with John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton replacing McMaster as Trump national security adviser WASHINGTON — Charging ahead with the dramatic remaking of his White House, President Donald Trump said he would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a foreign policy hawk entering a White House facing key decisions on Iran and North Korea. After weeks of speculation about McMaster’s future, Trump and the respected three-star general put a posi- tive face on the Thursday departure, mak- ing no reference to the growing public fric- tion between them. Trump tweeted that McMaster had done “an outstanding job & will always remain my friend.” He said Bolton will take over April 9 as his third national security adviser in just over a year. The national security shakeup comes as the president is increasingly shedding advisers who once eased the Republican establishment’s concerns about the foreign policy and political novice in the White House. McMaster is the sixth close adviser or aide to announce a departure in a tur- bulent six weeks, joining ally Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was unceremoni- ously fired last week. The White House has said the president is seeking to put new foreign policy lead- ers in place ahead of a not-yet-scheduled meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un. 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