Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Zuckerberg to Testify in Washington

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in Washington next week.
He's scheduled to appear in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee  on Wednesday to answer questions about how the company protects its users' data. 

Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details. 

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Trump: major immigration announcement imminent

President Trump has said that he will be making a major announcement on immigration on Wednesday.

This comes just a day after he said he would deploy troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.

US correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more:

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Stocks Fall as China Retaliates Against Trump Tariff Move

China has announced that a tit-for-tat retaliation against President Trump's decision to impose tariffs on imports worth $50 billion.

It's sent global stock markets tumbling over fears of a widening trade war.

From Washington, Daniel Ryntjes reports...

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Boris under fire for remarks about origin of nerve agent in spy poisoning case

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading the public after wrongly claiming in a television interview that experts from the military facility at Porton Down had identified the source of the nerve agent that poisoned a former Russia spy and his daughter as coming from Russia. 


The row comes after the head of Porton Down said in an interview that the laboratory could not definitively say that the nerve agent had come from Russia, prompting Moscow to call an emergency meeting of the world's chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW.   From London, Catherine Drew reports. 



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21st Commo0nwealth Games opens on Australia's Gold Coast

The 21st Commonwealth Games has opened to cheers on Australia's Gold Coast.
Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall  were welcomed to the Carrara Stadium as showers threatened celebrations.
Arthur Stevens has more

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QUEEN'S HUSBAND ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR HIP SURGERY


The husband of Queen Elizabeth the Second, the Duke of Edinburgh, is due to undergo planned surgery today for problems he's been having with his hip. 


From London, Marnie Gill reports.


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US threatens AGOA suspension on Rwanda


Rwanda has not opposed a decision by the United States to suspend duty-free status for Rwandan apparel products under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

The suspension follows a stern decision by Rwanda to stop importing used clothes .

 

Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:



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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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