Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Anti-IS coalition meets in Brussels

Sixty foreign ministers from around the world are meeting in Brussels to convene the first anti-Islamic State coalition.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will chair the US lead initiative which intends to unite international efforts to defeat IS and will discuss combined military strategy.

Jack Parrock reports.

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Russia faces recession, admits Russian minister

Russia's Deputy Economy Minister says Russia faces a recession, with GDP probably set to fall by 0.8 percent next year.

That's a significant change from a previous forecast of 1.2 GDP growth.

The announcement comes as NATO foreign Ministers meet in Brussels to discuss launching further economic sanctions against Russia.

Jake Rashbass reports.

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Pro-Russia militants break Donetsk ceasefire again, says Ukraine

Ukraine says that pro-Russia militants backed by Russian special forces have attacked its troops at Donetsk airport again, despite a ceasefire deal earlier in the day.


Fighting has raged at the airport for weeks, with Ukrainian troops holding on despite repeated bombardment and attacks by pro-Russia forces.


Tom Barton reports.


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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Lebanon detains IS leader's 'wife and son'

Lebanese authorities claim they've detained a wife and young son of the Islamic State group's leader.
The woman is believed to be one of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's wives.  Very little is known about him including how many wives and children he has.
It comes amid attempts to reach a prisoner-exchange deal between Lebanon on the one side and the Islamic State group and the Nusra Front on the other.

Hugh Naylor, Beirut correspondent for the Washington Post, says the pair may be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with IS.

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Mexicans call for president to resign

Thousands of people have marched across Mexico, denouncing President Enrique Pena Nieto's handling of the case of 43 massacred students. 

Although the protests were mostly peaceful, some turned violent as protesters clashed with police forces, fires were lit, windows smashed and banks vandalized.

Andrea Arenas reports. 

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U.S. Attorney General pledges to tackle racial profiling by police

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department will issue new guidelines aiming to end racial profiling by police.

This comes amidst ongoing protests across the U.S. over a grand jury's decision to not press charges against the white police officer who shot unarmed black teen Michael Brown in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson.

Mary MacCarthy reports:

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Lawyers seek US Supreme Court intervention to save mentally ill death row inmate

Lawyers for a mentally-ill death row inmate in Texas are fighting a last-ditch battle to halt his execution.


Scott Panetti is due to die in the state's death house on Wednesday for the murder of his ex-wife's parents.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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World Food Programme suspends Syria food aid on lack of funds

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The United Nations World Food Programme is running out of cash to feed Syrian refugees.


The shortage in funds has forced the WFP to suspend its food voucher program for more than 1.7 million Syrian people.


Liling Tan reports on the organization's urgent call for funding.


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Kenya vows to hunt down Al-Shebab terrorists after massacre

INTRO:  Kenya's president has sacked his country's interior minister and chief of police after Al-Qaida linked insurgents killed 36 people near the country's border with Somalia. The group Al-Shebab has accepted responsibility for the massacre, the second mass killing of non-Muslim Kenyans in less than a week. Gary Alfonso reports ... 

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FBI warns of destructive, new cyber threat

Law enforcement officials in the United States are warning American companies about a new and destructive cyber threat. 

The software concerned can reportedly knock out computers and bring down networks.

As Malcolm Brown reports, many in the cyber security world believe the malware was involved in a very serious cyber attack on Sony Pictures.

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Artist guilty of Pollock art fraud

An artist in New York has been pleaded guilty of making and selling
millions of dollars of fake Jackson Pollock art.

John Re from East Hampton used some of the money he made to buy a submarine.

Nick Harper reports from New York.

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Kenyatta vows to fight terrorist extremists after massacre

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged to fight terorism aimed at dismantling the country's democratic foundations following a massacre by Islamist group al-Shabab.

The president asked Kenyans to unite, and vowed not to flinch in war against terrorists.

President Kenyatta has replaced his interior minister and police chief David Kimayo stood down in a high-level reshuffle.. 

The al-Shabab group killed 36 quarry workers in the Mandera region near the Somali border Monday evening.

Non-Muslim workers were shot dead after being separated from the Muslims.

President Kenyatta said the time had come for Kenyans to chose sides in the war on terrorists. 


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Obama calls on Congress to approve multi-billion dollar Ebola fund

U.S President Barack Obama is urging Congress to approve a 6.18 billion dollar emergency fund to fight Ebola in West Africa and prepare hospitals in America to handle cases.

The package is mainly targeted at the immediate response to the fatal disease, but also includes funds for the longer-term.

Nina-Maria Potts reports:

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A temporary ceasefire agreed in Donetsk airport

INTRO: Ukraine's military says a temporary ceasefire has been established at the airport in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk. According to the statement from the military, the truce was agreed following talks between Russian and Ukrainain officials following days of intensified fighting in the area. Anya Ardayeva reports from Moscow.
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HIV Virus Slowing

A major scientific study from the University of Oxford in England, has discovered that HIV is becoming less infectious.


According to the findings, the HIV infection is taking longer to cause Aids and is adapting to our immune system.


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NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels

Foreign Ministers from the 28 member of the military alliance NATO are meeting in Brussels with the focus of their discussions on the Ukraine crisis and the Islamic State in the middle east.

In the run up to the meeting, NATO's new Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg - who will be chairing the foreign ministers for the first time - accused Russia of undermining Euro-Atlantic security.

Jack Parrock reports.

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden awarded Alternative Nobel Prize

Edward Snowden has been awarded the Right Livelihood Honorary Award, often referred to as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'.

The whistleblower, who is wanted by the United States for leaking secret documents on state surveillance programs, was awarded for his courage in revealing the "unprecedented" violation of "basic democratic processes and constitutional rights".

Mr Snowden accepted the award via video-link from Russia, where he now lives after receiving a three year residence permit in August.

Jake Rashbass reports.

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GORDON BROWN TO STAND DOWN, FIGHT FOR UK TO STAY IN UK

Former British Prime Minister Gordown Brown is to stand down from Parliament, but may be setting himself up to campaign for Britain to stay in the EU.

Mr Brown says he will not fight to retain his seat at May's general election.

But he insists he will not be moving up into the UK's House of Lords.

Gordon Brown was the UK's finance minister from 1997 to 2007, then Prime Minister for three years before losing 2010's election.

He announced his decision in a speech to constituents in Scotland.

And political reporter Theo Usherwood says there were some hints as to his future roles.

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Russia drops its South Stream gas pipeline project to Europe

Russia has dropped its south stream natural gas pipeline project to Europe, says President Vladimir Putin.

The pipeline would have run under the Black Sea to provide another transit route to Europe for Russian gas.

Tom Barton reports.

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Monday, December 1, 2014

Concrete changes needed after Ferguson riots - Pres. Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama wants concrete recommendations on how to improve policing and community relations following the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand jury refused to indict a police officer in the death of a black teen.

The Obama administration is asking the U.S. Congress for funds to give more police officers wearable cameras to record interactions and arrests.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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