President Trump has been accused of inciting attacks against journalists after he tweeted a spoof video of him assaulting a man with a CNN logo superimposed on his head. In the footage, Mr. Trump is showing slamming the CNN character to the ground and punching him repeatedly. The news channel said Mr. Trump was encouraging violence against journalists and his juvenile behavior was below the dignity of his office.
Twenty people have been killed in the Syrian capital Damascus by a car bomb that exploded just to the north of the old city. Syrian officials said the bomb was in one of 3 cars that had been pursued.