Tuesday, February 19, 2019

US-China trade talks resume

Chinese negotiators will arrive in Washington this week for a third round of trade talks.

The Trump administration has threatened to raise tariffs if a trade deal is not reached with China by March 2nd, although President Trump has said be may be willing to push back the deadline if talks are progressing.

From Washington, Harry Horton reports.

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US State Department confirms arrest of American citizens in Haiti


The US State Department has confirmed that several American citizens have been arrested in Haiti.

The country has been rocked by violent protests against President Jovenel Moise since early February.

Our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson has the details:

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Fashion supremo Karl Lagerfeld dies aged 85

The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85.

The German creative was highly regarded as the head of French fashion house Chanel.

Tributes have started pouring in to the legendary clothes maker. 

Our Paris correspondent Oliver Whitfield-Miocic reports. 

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HONDA CLOSES UK PLANT

Japanese carmaker Honda's confirmed it's closing a major plant in Swindon in England, with the loss of around 3500 jobs.

Honda says it's due to 'unprecedented changes' for the industry, and a need to speed up its 'electrification strategy'.

But the move comes with the UK yet to agree a Brexit deal, despite its exit from the EU due to take place on 29th March.

And it follows a decision by fellow Japanese carmaker Nissan to make its new X-Trail SUV in Japan, not the UK.

UK correspondent Olly Barratt says Brexit remains the backdrop - even if not the direct cause of the moves.

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Bernie Saunders running for US President, again

United States senator Bernie Saunders is running for President again,
joining a crowded field of Democrats looking to oust President Donald
Trump in next year's election.

Saunders missed out on the Democratic nomination in 2016 when the
party instead chose Hillary Clinton to run against Trump.

Nick Harper reports.

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HONDA CONFIRMS SWINDON PLANT CLOSURE

Japanese carmaker Honda's confirmed it's closing a major plant in Swindon in England, with the loss of around 3500 jobs.

Honda says it's due to 'unprecedented changes' for the industry, and a need to speed up its 'electrification strategy'.

But the move comes with the UK yet to agree a Brexit deal, despite its exit from the EU due to take place on 29th March.

And it follows a decision by fellow Japanese carmaker Nissan to make its new X-Trail SUV in Japan, not the UK.

Reporter Adam Hurd is at the Honda factory in Swindon.

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Russian Space Agency announces new space tourism contract

The Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced it will take two tourists to the International Space Station before the end of 2021. The amateur astronauts will be the first in more than a decade, when Roscosmos and its US partner company took seven tourists in total for trips costing hundreds of thousand of dollars each. Moscow Correspondent Lucy Taylor reports.


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Indian army says militant group leaders wiped out following deadly Kashmir attack

The Indian army says it has wiped out the leadership in the Kashmir Valley of the militant group behind last week's deadly attack in the region.

Forty Indian paramilitary police were killed on Thursday in Kashmir in a suicide bombing.

Our India correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports.

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Mohammad Bin Salman to visit India, Delhi to discuss Kashmir attack

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman will be in Delhi for a two-day visit.

This is his first visit to the Indian subcontinent since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.

Sources in the Indian government say India will discuss last week's attack in Kashmir that claimed the lives of 44 security personnel.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia has more.

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16 U.S. States seek legal action to stop border wall

16 U.S. States are seeking legal action to stop President Trump from
using emergency powers to get funding for a border wall.

The coalition of states including California and New York argue that
it's congress, not the President, that controls the purse strings in
the U.S.

William Denselow reports from New York.

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As William Denselow reports, these legal proceedings are expected to
be bitterly contested.

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Trump Calls Maduro a Cuban Puppet

US President Donald Trump called Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro a Cuban puppet,  ramping up the pressure to get  Maduro to step down. 

In a speech in Miami the president warned the entire world is watching those who are propping him up. 

US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details. 



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Monday, February 18, 2019

Trump speech to address crisis in Venezuela

Donald Trump is set to address the political unrest in Venezuela during a speech in Miami.

The US president is expected to use the speech to members of the Venezuelan community to put more pressure on Nicolas Maduro to step aside.

The White House says he will also reenforce US support for opposition leader Juan Guaido as the legitimate president of Venezuela.

Steve Mort reports from Miami.

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Trump claims he's the victim of an "illegal coup attempt"

President Trump is accusing officials within his own Department of Justice of "illegal and treasonous" activity after it was claimed they considered trying to oust him from office.


The former Acting Director of the FBI says officials discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, which allows the Vice President and Congressional leaders to force an incapacitated President from office.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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SEVEN MPs QUIT UK LABOUR PARTY IN PROTEST AGAINST LEADERSHIP

Seven MPs from the UK's opposition Labour Party have resigned.


They say they will stand as an independent group, in protest over the approach taken by the party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn.


UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.


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France snubs Trump call for repatriation of Islamic State fighters

France says it is not responding to demands by President Donald Trump for European countries to repatriate so called Islamic State fighters en masse. 

The US leader tweeted the request last week and said his forces would have to release the fighters if European nations refused. 

But the French Justice Minister says his country will look at things on a case by case basis. 

Our Paris correspondent Oliver Whitfield-Miocic reports. 

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European Lawmakers Denied Entry in Venezuela

The Venezuelan government is blocking five European lawmakers from entering the country.


Their passports were seized and the politicians say they have been given no reason for the explosion.


Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek has more from Brussels. 


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ISIS BRIDE 'SHOULD COME HOME' TO UK

The lawyer of a British teenager who fled to Syria to join the Islamic State - says she must be allowed to come home and be 'de-radicalised'.

19 year-old Shamima Begum has given birth to a baby boy in a refugee camp in Syria, four years after leaving London to marry an ISIS fighter.

Rachel Venables reports from London.

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Four India soldiers killed in Kashmir days after terror attack

Days after over 40 Indian security personnel were killed in what the government calls a suicide bombing, the situation in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir remains tense.

Four soldiers have been killed in an encounter with militants in the state.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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Berlin mulls response to Trump pressure over ISIS returnees

German foreign minister Heiko Maas called U.S. president Donald Trump's demand that European countries take back ISIS fighters "difficult to implement".

Just over a thousand Germans are believed to have travelled to Iraq and Syria in recent years to join the militant group.

Ira Spitzer has more from Berlin.

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India's Supreme Court refuses reopening of Tamil Nadu copper plant

India's top court has refused to permit the reopening of a copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in India. 

Residents in the city of Tuticorin staged protests last year, arguing that the copper plant belonging to a subsidiary of mining giant Vedanta was harmful to their health, leading to its closure.

Our India correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports.

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