Pentagon: coalition error leaves 18 rebels dead after airstrike

The Pentagon says a coalition airstrike on Syria killed more than a dozen of the country's rebel fighters by mistake.

The rebels are allies of the United States.

Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.

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Syria's Assad says chemical attack allegations a complete fabrication

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insists there is no evidence of a chemical weapons or sarin gas attack in  Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province.

Following on work done by the Turkish medical authorities, at the Hague, British scientists workwing the U.N.s' Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed they have also found evidence of sarin.

In an interview with Agence-France-Presse, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said it's all lies:

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US considering range of options to curb North Korean nuclear and military programs

The United States is believed to be considering a raft of options in a
bid to halt North Korea's military and nuclear programs.

A U.S. naval force has been sent towards the Korean peninsula and
Pyongyang warns that any American aggression will be met with a
nuclear attack.

U.S. correspondent William Denselow reports.

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U.N: Cyprus talks 'at crossroads'

The United Nations envoy to Cyprus has said talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots have reached a critical stage.

Cyprus has been split along ethnic lines for decades, but the UN says there are only a small number of issues still to be resolved in negotiations to end the division of the island.

Our correspondent at UN headquarters in New York, Lorna Shaddick.

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UK Catholic Priest Jailed

A British Catholic Priest has been found guilty of sexually abusing teenage boys at a boarding school.

The allegations date back to the late 1970s, and Father Michael Higginbottom was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Our UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.

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UK OFFERS INDIA DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY

The Indian government is being offered new technological arms cooperation from the UK while the British defence minister visits India.

It's a change in strategy by the UK which has traditionally sold military hardware to India.

Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai

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Russia owes €2,9mln compensation to Beslan school siege victims - ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Russian authorities failed to prevent the 2004 Beslan school siege in which more than 300 people died. It ordered a €2,9mln compensations to nearly 400 victims and their relatives who calimed Russia violated human right to life and protection. Our correspondent Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.

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Dortmund manager: Match played too soon after attack

Borussia Dortmund's manager said football officials shouldn't have scheduled his team's Champion's League match so soon after his team's bus was attacked in what German police believe was an act of terror.

The match was rescheduled for less than twenty four hours later and Dortmund was defeated by Monaco three to two.

Ira Spitzer has more from Berlin.

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India mulls prisoner swap to free national from Pakistan jail

India has stepped up efforts to secure the release of Kulbhushan Jadhav- an Indian national sentenced to death by Pakistan on charges of spying.

India could also raise this issue with the United States National Security Advisor H R McMaster when he visits India next week.

Neha Poonia reports from New Delhi.

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United Passenger Takes Legal Action Over Forceful Removal

Lawyers for the passenger forcibly removed from a United Airlines
plane in Chicago filed an emergency request in state court Wednesday,
requiring the airline to preserve videos and other evidence related to
the incident. A cell phone video of Dr. David Dao being dragged off
the flight, bleeding, went viral and sparked international outrage.

Patrice Howard reports from Los Angeles.

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Pres. Trump believes China wants to help with North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump believes China's President Xi Jinping wants to help on North Korea.

And the first indication that Beijing is on the same page is a strong editorial in a big newspaper, the Global Times.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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US President Trump says NATO is "no longer obsolete"

US President Donald Trump has said that NATO is no longer obsolete. His comments, during a joint press conference with the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, reverse a stance that had worried allies. But he reiterated his call that members needed to meet their financial obligations.

Kate Fisher reports

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Trump Says He Will NOT Label China "Currency Manipulator"

US  President Donald Trump has confirmed he's taking back his campaign pledge to label China a "currency manipulator". 

The President had promised to slap that label on China on his first day in office. 

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump says he's changed his mind. 

US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more. 

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Russia veto UN resolution on Syria

Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that
sought to condemn a suspected chemical attack in Syria last week that
killed nearly 90 people.

The British Ambassador to the UN told the council that it's highly
likely that the Syrian government was behind the attack but Moscow
refute those claims.

William Denselow reports from UN headquarters in New York.

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Trump abandons plan to name China "currency manipulator"

US President Donald Trump says he's decided not to name China as a "currency manipulator".

It's a big policy U-turn by the President who - on the campaign trail - vowed to brand China with that formal designation.

Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.

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US First Lady Melania Trump wins damages against Daily Mail after 'escort' article

INTRO:
Melania Trump has won a lawsuit which will force the UK's Daily Mail
newspaper to pay her an estimated $3 million dollars in damages.

The first lady of the United States sued the newspaper on defamation
charges, after an article claimed she used to work as an 'escort.'

Laura Cantekin has the details.

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U.S, woman confesses to mall shooting plot

A woman from the United States has confessed that she planned to carry
out a mass shooting in a Canadian shopping center.

The attack was planned for Valentines Day back in 2015 but police
discovered the plot the day before it was meant to take place.

U.S. correspondent William Denselow reports.

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Productive talks, relationship low - Tillerson

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said his talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were productive, but admitted the relationship is at a low point.

The White House has been trying to sell the story that the divisions over Syria prove that the Trump administration is not somehow under the influence of Moscow.

Both Minister Lavrov and Secretary Tillerson called for improved communication:

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No breakthrough at US/Russia talks in Moscow

Talks in Moscow between the American and Russian foreign ministers have ended without a breakthrough over Syria.

Earlier, President Trump claimed that President Bashar al Assad is an "animal" and he challenged President Putin to abandon his support for the government in Damascus.

From Washington, Simon Marks reports.

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Russia calls for independent Syria investigation

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov concedes that chemical weapons were used on April 4 in Syria, but he's calling for an independent investigation into the attacks.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin had suggested the attacks were fake and intended to discredit the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Now, his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov is moderating that claim.

The voice of a translator:

IN: "After the...

OUT: ...the truth."

DUR: 23

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the evidence clearly points to the attacks being planned out by the Syrian military at the direction of President Assad.

IN: "We have...

OUT: ...Bashar al-Assad."

DUR: 23

CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0412syria-tillerson1.mp3

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