Wednesday, April 4, 2018

UK says Russia involvement would compromise chemical weapons body

A British delegation says that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemial Weapons must allow independent and impartial experts to investigate the Salisbury attack without involvement from Russia. The latest statement suggests that Russian involvement would compromise the OPCW's impartiality. Dan Ashby has more.

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Amazon may make bid for Indian rival Flipkart

Amazon could make an offer to buy Indian e-commerce company Flipkart, according to reports in the India media. 

Flipkart is also in talks with US retailer Walmart for a deal.

Our correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai 

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China unveils new tariffs on 106 U.S. Products

China has announced it's slapping retaliatory tariffs on 106 products
from the United States.

The move comes after the U.S. proceeded with a plan to impose tariffs
on roughly $50 billion of Chinese high-tech and industrial goods.

William Denselow reports from China.

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Bodies of Ugandan Soldiers Killed in Somalia Returned Home

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The bodies of the 4 Ugandan soldiers who were killed in an Al Shabab attack in Somalia have been brought back home.

Six others were injured in the attack after the militants detonated two car bombs near the AMISOM base, 130km outside the capital Mogadishu.

Isabel Nakirya reports.

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Chemical Weapons Watchdog to Meet at Russia's Request

The Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons is granting Russia's request for an emergency meeting. 

It's the latest move in a back and forth diplomatic row between Russia and the West, after a spy was poisoned with a nerve agent in the UK last month.

Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek has more.  

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India's cricket body auctions multi-million dollar media rights

The Board of Control for Cricket in India or the BCCI is auctioning the media rights for Indian cricket. The bid process started on Tuesday and is expected to wind up by the end of Wednesday. 

According to the Broadcast Audience Research Council of India, India has about 717 million people watch cricket. 

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia has more.

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US plans 25% tariffs on 1,300 Chinese imports

More than a thousand Chinese products are the subject of a new round of proposed US tariffs.  

The 25% tax would affect 13-hundred products worth about 50-billion-dollars. 

It's an effort to correct the country's ballooning trade deficit with China and a response to Beijing's imposition of duties on about 3 billion dollars worth of US exports.

A review process is underway till May before the list can take effect.

But our Washington correspondent Kate Fisher says many US businesses don't want to see them imposed

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

French government faces down railway strike

The French government says it will not back down on planned railway reforms - after the first day of a rolling strike planned to last three months.

Just one in eight high speed train are expected to run on Wednesday. 

Elena Casas reports from Paris.


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4 wounded after woman opens fire at YouTube HQ in California

Police say a woman who opened fire at the headquarters of YouTube just outside San Francisco, killed herself at the scene of the attack.


4 people were wounded.


The motive for the shooting is unclear, as our US correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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YOUTUBE SUSPECTED SHOOTER DEAD - AT LEAST FOUR OTHERS SHOT

Police say a female shooter has opened fire at YouTube's headquarters
before turning the gun on herself.

Four are said to be injured at the technology giant's firms in San
Bruno. They've now been taken to hospital just outside San Francisco.

Police say the suspected shooter is dead.

US correspondent, Frances Read is in California. She says there's
never been this kind of incident in Silicon Valley before.

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Police investigate shooting at YouTube campus

Police are investigating a shooting at the You Tube headquarters just south of San Francisco.


Hospitals in the area say there have been multiple injuries at the scene.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Source of nerve agent in Salisbury attack 'not identified'


The head of Britain's main defence laboratory says the source of the nerve agent used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter has not been verified yet. 

The chief of the Porton Down research centre said the substance used in the Salisbury attack was likely to have been deployed by a state actor. 

Paul Barber reports from London.

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Trump says he'll Negotiate with China, as Trade War Heats Up

President Trump says he will continue negotiating with China as a trade war heats up between the two largest global economies.

China has imposed a series of tariffs this week on US products.

Beijing is retaliating for the White House decision to impose large steel and aluminium tariffs on imports.

President Trump is now considering tariffs on Chinese technology goods, to address US complaints about intellectual property transfer and cyber theft.

But he says a key goal is to tackle the large overall trade deficit with China.

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Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates main donors for UN Yemen aid appeal

The United Nations is on track to meet its nearly three billion U.S.-dollar aid appeal for the Yemen crisis, after 40 nations pledged two thirds of the total amount sought for 2018. 


Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged the biggest amount of half a billion dollars each, prompting questions about parties to the conflict as the main donors. 


Our UN correspondent Liling Tan has the details from United Nations headquarters in New York.


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Israel reverses African migrant settlement deal

Israel has reversed a decision to relocate thousands of African asylum seekers.

The UN's refugee agency, who brokered the deal, says it hopes Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reconsider his decision.

Nick Harper reports from the UN in New York.

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Dutch lawyer becomes first person jailed in Trump Russia probe

A Dutch lawyer based in London has become the first person jailed in connection with the probe into ties between President Trump and the Russians.


Alex van der Zwaan is beginning a 30-day jail sentence in the US after he admitted to lying to the FBI.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Trump takes aim at Mexico's 'migrant caravan', threatens free-trade deal


President Trump has once again taken aim at some twelve-hundred migrants travelling through Mexico towards the U.S. border.

Mexican officials say they are planning to disband the group which is made-up of people from Central American countries.

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Spotify makes stock market debut

Music streaming service spotify will make its stock market debut on Wall Street on Tuesday.

In an unusual move, Spotify will not issue any new shares. Analysts expect the company to be valued at more than $20bn.

Our US Correspondent Harry Horton reports.

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African Union honors Winnie Madikizela Mandela


The African Union Commission says Africa has lost an icon on liberation  with the passing of Winnie Madikizela Mandela.


It expresses its condolences to South Africa and the family of Winnie Madikizela Mandela .


Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:


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Moscow retaliates by expelling Montenegrin diplomat

Russia has expelled one diplomat from Montenegro in response to Montenegro doing the same over the poisoning of the Russian spy in the UK.

It's a further deterioration of the relationship between Russia and and the former Soviet allied state.

Jack Parrock reports from Moscow.

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