Thursday, July 28, 2016

AU's monitoring body meets South Sudan's president

The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission of the South Sudan Peace agreement has met with president Salva Kiir to convince him to accept the deployment of a regional force recently approved by the African Union.

Coletta Wanjohi reports :

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UK burger chain immigration arrests

A number of workers at a British burger chain have been arrested following a raid by immigration officials.

35 people were seized at Byron restaurants across London, for suspected immigration offences.

The UK Home Office says it worked in 'full co-operation' with the burger chain to carry out the operation.

Our UK correspondent Martha Holeyman has more.

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Lloyds Banking Group axes jobs following Brexit

British lender Lloyds Banking group is planning further cuts to help reduce costs, ahead of an expected rate cut by the Bank of England.


The BoE's Governor Mark Carney hinted that an interest rate cut could take place within the next month, as the UK begins to feel the impact of the Brexit decision.


Our UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.


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Second suspect in Normandy priest killing named by prosecutors

The second suspect in the killing of a priest in an attack on a church in Normandy on Tuesday has been named by French prosecutors. 
Abdel Malik Petitjean was a 19 year old who had previously tried to travel to Syria.
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports.

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UK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO GO AHEAD WITH FRENCH, CHINESE BACKING

((EDITORS' NOTE: AUDIO HOLDS AFTER DECISION ANNOUNCED))

Final approval is expected later for a new nuclear plant in the UK, financed by French and Chinese investment.

Hinkley Point in Somerset will cost $24bn and be Britain's first new nuclear plant in 20 years.

The project will go ahead despite financial concerns for the main backer - French energy firm EDF.

One third of the funding also comes from Chinese investors.

Energy expert Malcolm Grimston from Imperial College London says it's much needed.

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OBAMA URGES DEMOCRATIC UNITY BEHIND CLINTON

President Barack Obama has implored American voters to "reject cynicism" and elect Hillary Clinton as the next US president.

Speaking at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, President Obama tried to paint a positive vision of America in stark contrast to the problems highlighted by Republican nominee Donald Trump.

US correspondent Simon Marks watched the speech from the Convention hall.

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US correspondent Simon Marks watched the speech from the Convention hall - he says President Obama called for the party to unite after an at-times divisive primary campaign.

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Russian National Team departs for Rio

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Members of the Russian National Team have left Moscow for Rio to take part in the Olympic Games.  The departure comes after the IOC offered Russian athletes a lifeline by ruling that decisions on individual competitors will be left to individual international sports federation. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.


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President Obama urges voters to back Hillary Clinton

President Barack Obama has implored American voters to "reject cynicism" and elect Hillary Clinton as the next US president.

Speaking at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, President Obama tried to paint a positive vision of America in stark contrast to the problems highlighted by Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Obama said the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has the necessary experience to be president. 


Obama also praised the efforts of Bernie Sanders' voters, and said all democrats should match their enthusiasm in the general election.


Obama dismissed Donald Trump's chances of becoming president.



Obama urged voters to back Hillary Clinton in November's general election.

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VP Joe Biden: Trump 'has not clue'

Vice-President Joe Biden has delivered a swift rebuke of Donald Trump's credibility for president of the United States.

In a passionate speech that wowed the crowd at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, the Vice-President said the Republican nominee "had no clue".

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Facebook Now Used by 1.7 Billion People

Facebook’s latest earnings report shows it just keeps on growing.
The social media site is now used by more than 1.7 billion people every month. 

Silicon Valley Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more. 

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Cardinal George Pell denies "groping"allegations from the late 1970s

Australia's most senior Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell has for a second time called for an investigation into Victoria Police to determine whether there has been a "conspiracy to pervert the course of justice".
The demand follows a report aired on Australia's ABC on Wednesday night carrying allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the late 70s.
Arthur Stevems has more

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

New York welcomes the bloom of the rare 'corpse' flower

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This week gardening enthusiasts are gathering at New York's Botanical
Gardens to witness the 36-hour bloom of the rare corpse flower.

While the corpse flower can have a lifetime spanning decades, it only
shows its large, stalk-like petals once every 10 years.

Laura Cantekin has more from New York.

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US doesn't want voices of Turkish journalists silenced

Turkey has shut down dozens of media outlets, including  16 TV channels, 45 papers and 15 magazines and following the attempted coup of July 15, the government wants to detain nearly 100 journalists.

The Obama administration is pushing democratic values, saying these voices should not be silenced.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff has the reaction from Washington:

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UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq sasy the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki=Moon is worried about developments in Turkey:

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Venezuela's Opposition Demands Answer from Electoral Board


Opponents of Venzuela’s President Nicolas Maduro are demanding an answer from their country’s electoral board. 
They say the Board is stalling their attempts to hold a recall referendum to oust the president.
Our Latin America correspondent Juan Carlos Rivas Lamas reports from Venezuela. 


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ISIS release video of Normandy church killers

The two men who killed a French priest in his church on Tuesday have appeared in a video released online by the Islamic State group's news agency.
It's the first evidence the pair had had any contact with the terror group before carrying out their attack.
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports.

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ISIS release video of Normandy church killers

The two men who killed a French priest in his church on Tuesday have appeared in a video released online by the Islamic State group's news agency.
It's the first evidence the pair had had any contact with the terror group before carrying out their attack.
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports.

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US Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

Policymakers at the Federal Reserve have left American interest rates unchanged at a quarter to a half a per cent after their two day meeting this week.

It was the first gathering of the central bank's open markets committee since the British vote to leave the European Union in June.

Lorna Shaddick reports from New York.

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No comment from US State Dept on Trump & Russia

The U.S. State Department is refusing to comment on Donald Trump's call for Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton's email and find the 30,000 files she deleted as personal and not government records.

Russia is also the lead suspect into the email hacking of the Democratic party headquarters, according to U.S. intelligence officials speaking to the New York Times.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby would only say the FBI is investigating.

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44 killed in Syrian bombing

At least 44 were killed when a huge explosion tore through the Syrian town of Qamishli.

The majority of the residents are ethnic Kurds.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the truck bomb, which was detonated near a Kurdish security headquarters.

In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby condemned the violence as reprehensible.

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NOTE: U.S. officials now tend to use the Arabic word Daesh when referring to the Islamic State organization.

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Clinton campaign calls Trump's Russia comments "national security" issue.

Hillary Clinton's campaign team is accusing Donald Trump of encouraging Russia to commit cyber espionage against the United States.


They're calling a "national security issue" after the Republican candidate urged Moscow to help find some of Mrs. Clinton's missing e-mails.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks is at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.


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