Friday, October 3, 2014

US condemns ISIL brutality

The Obama administration is condemning the video which reportedly shows the execution of the fourth hostage held by the Islamic State jihadis.

Alan Henning was kidnapped in December as he was volunteering as an aid worker in Syria.

Lisa Monaco is U.S. President Barack Obama's top aide on counter-terrorism.

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ISIL is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the term often used by the Obama administration.

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White House condemns IS murder of Alan Henning

The White House is condemning Islamic State militants for the apparent murder of British hostage Alan Henning.


And another American hostage is now being threatened by the group.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Judge orders release of videos of Guantanamo force feeding

The US government is being made to release footage of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner being force-fed.

An American judge has ordered that the footage be unsealed once some portions are redacted.

As North America correspondent Malcolm Brown reports, the government had argued against the release.  

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VIDEO SHOWS UK HOSTAGE EXECUTION

A video claiming to show the execution of British hostage Alan Henning has been released by Islamic State militants.
The video of his beheading has yet to be verified.
IS had threatened his murder in a film last month of the killing of fellow UK hostage David Haines.
UK correspondent Olly Barratt reports.
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JPM data breach exposed contact info of 83 million accounts

User names, addresses, phone number and email addresses of more than 80 million households and small businesses were compromised in a June cyberattack at JP Morgan Chase.

The scope of the previously disclosed hacking incident was revealed in a Securities Exchange Commission filing by the investment bank.

Liling Tan reports from New York.

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Suspected Ebola patient being tested in Washington DC hospital

A person who recently returned to the US Nigeria is being tested for Ebola in a Washington, DC hospital.  

The individual is reportedly displaying symptoms associated with the deadly virus which has claimed thousands of lives across West Africa.

FSN's Washington correspondent, Priscilla Huff is outside the hospital where the patient is being monitored...

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Google removes "tens of thousands" of nude celebrity photos

Google's removed "tens of thousands" of nude photos stolen from celebrities' iCloud accounts and posted online.

On Thursday the company was threatened with a 100 million dollar lawsuit by lawyers representing some of the stars.

Rebecca Bowring reports from San Francisco.

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Suspected Ebola case in Washington DC

A hospital in Washington says it's quarantined a patient with symptoms that could be associated with Ebola.


The move follows news that an American television team is being flown from home from Liberia after a cameraman became infected with the disease.


From Washington, Simon Marks reports.


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Ebola diagnosis forces US news crew to evacuate from Liberia

A television news crew from American broadcaster NBC News is evacuating from Liberia after their freelance cameraman was diagnosed with Ebola.

Separately, an American missionary who has returned home to Arizona has self-imposed a quarrantine after working in Liberia for two weeks.

Priscilla Huff has an update:

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US unemployment at 6-year low

Unemployment in the United States has fallen to a six-year low.

Almost 250,000 new jobs were added to the economy last month, helping push the unemployment rate to 5.9%

Nick Harper reports from New York.

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Second ebola patient arrives in Germany

A Ugandan doctor infected with the ebola virus has arrived in Germany
for treatment.

He is the second patient to be treated recently in Germany for the
virus that has killed over three thousand people in the past year.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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UK Conservatives plan law to overrule European Court of Human Rights

The UK Conservative Party says if it wins the next general election it will pass a bill to stop British laws being overruled by human rights rulings from Strasbourg...

The party says the plans are "viable and legal" despite opposition parties criticising the plans.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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UK PM MEETS NEW AFGHAN PRESIDENT, PROMISES SUPPORT

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised Afghanistan's new President continued support from Britain as the country's forces wind down combat operations there.

Mr Cameron is the first world leader to visit Ashraf Ghani after he took office four days ago in a power-sharing government with his presidential rival Abdullah Abdullah.

The British Prime Minister said the UK would continue to offer military training and support for the Afghan economy.

And, speaking in the capital Kabul, he said Afghanistan's security forces are now highly capable.

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PROTESTERS AGREE TO HONG KONG TALKS

Protestors in Hong Kong say they will meet with the government after a week of pro-democracy demonstrations.

Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung made the offer of talks with his deputy, while rejecting calls to step down himself.

Protestors are angry at Beijing's plans to vet candidates for 2017's leadership elections in the territory.

China says the student-led demonstrations in Hong Kong are 'illegal'.

Journalist Paul Martin is in Hong Kong - he says the students have been joined by thousands of other protesters.

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Ukraine's economy set to suffer more than previously thought says World Bank

Ukraine's  economy is likely to suffer more than previously thought because of the conflict in the country's east, says the World Bank.


It comes as fighting continues between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russia rebels for control of Donetsk airport.


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Thursday, October 2, 2014

US To Partially Lift Vietnam Weapons Embargo

The US has announced that it will lift its embargo on providing lethal military support to Vietnam, to help improve its maritime security. 

The State Department announced the lifting of the decades-old ban after talks with the Vietnamese Foreign Minister in Washington.

Lorna Shaddick reports from the US capital.

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Liberia to prosecute Texas ebola victim for non-disclosure

INTRO:   Liberian authorities have confirmed that the man who travelled to Texas while infected with the ebola virus, will be prosecuted for lying on his airport screening questionnaire. Thomas Duncan, who is in quarantine in a hospital in Dallas, failed to disclose that he had had contact with an infected woman days before he left Monrovia. Gary Alfonso reports from Lagos.

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President Obama Praises Improved US Economy

US President Barack Obama has been refocusing attention on the American economy, with a speech saying the decisions Washington makes in the coming years will determine middle-class growth in the 21st century.

Mr. Obama was speaking at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management on the successes and shortcomings of the US economy, saying that while things have improved under his presidency, it's clear that millions of Americans still aren't feeling the benefits.

Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington.

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The President laid out the ways in which people can still perceive economic improvements and problems in their everyday lives: 

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With just over a month to go until November's mid term elections, the President singled out Republicans for opposing many of his policies, and challenged them to come up with their own ideas:

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Texas officials quarrantine family of Ebola victim

Texas health officials have confirmed, they have ordered at least four family members of Thomas Eric Duncan to remain in their apartment.

Mr. Duncan is being treated at Texas Presbyterian Hospital for Ebola.

Now, Liberian officials that he lied on his travel documents about his care for Ebola patients in Monrovia.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins confirmed the family has been asked to remain indoors.

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Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins reminded reporters that the family members are not showing symptoms of Ebola and therefore are not contagious.

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Dr. C.J. Perkins of the Texas health department also reiterated, the likelihood any of Mr. Duncan's family members will transmit Ebola is very small.

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Texas broadens Ebola screening

Texas health officials say they are casting a very wide net, now checking on more than 100 people for possible Ebola infections, as they trace the contacts made with a man under care for Ebola.

Thomas Eric Duncan was most likely exposed to Ebola while helping neighbors in Liberia, four of whom have died.

Priscilla Huff has an update:

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