Friday, January 30, 2015

EU foreign ministers agree to extend sanctions on Russia until September

EU foreign ministers have agreed to extend existing sanctions against Russia until September.


However no new sanctions were added to those already imposed.


Tom Barton reports.


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Google’s earnings disappoint analysts for fifth consecutive quarter

Google's earnings have come in below analysts' predictions for the fifth quarter in a row.

Nonetheless, the search leader's revenue for the fourth quarter of last year showed a 41% increase on the same period in 2013.

Rebecca Bowring has the latest from San Francisco.

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

US treasure hunter appears in court

A US treasure hunter who found hundreds of kilos of gold on a sunken ship has appeared in a Florida court charged with cheating his investors.

Tommy Thompson made the discovery in 1988 on board the SS Central America which sank in 1857.

He's accused of failing to pay the backers of his expedition to retrieve the gold and has been on the run for more than two years.

Steve Mort reports.

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Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe made limited human rights progress in 2014, says HRW

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Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe did little to improve their human rights records in 2014, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.

The international rights group said Thursday that South Africa's poor scorecard in protecting social and economic rights is a major concern, while Angola and Zimbabwe continued to violate basic civil and political rights.

Liling Tan reports from New York.

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US officials question if released Taliban returning to militant activity

U.S. officials are questioning whether at least one of the five Taliban officers released in return for Bowe Bergdahl may have returned to militant activity.

CNN's Barbara Starr says the communications of the five Taliban are monitored and one of them has shown suspicious activity.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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3 US Contractors Shot Dead in Kabul

Three American civilian contractors have been killed and a fourth wounded by an Afghan soldier at a military airport in Kabul, that's according to a US defence official.

An Afghan national also died. 

Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington. 

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Estimates of 3.2% GDP Rate Ahead Of Friday Report


The U.S. Government will release its first estimate of how the economy grew in the final quarter on Friday. Economists estimate the GDP, a tally of all goods and services produced across the US economy, grew at a 3.2% annual rate from October through December. Though slower than the third quarter's 5% rate, investors think the pace is a sign of slow but steady economic growth.

Patrice Howard has more from Wall Street.

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Obama will not return Gitmo to Cuba to meet Castro demand

The White House says it will not close the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay.

The Castro regime is demanding that America return it to Cuba as part of normalizing relations with the U.S. 

White House spokesman Josh Earnest insisted it will remain in U.S. hands but said that the Obama administration will continue efforts to shut down the prison there.

 

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Russian ambassador summoned over bomber flight

The Russian ambassador to the UK has been summoned by the British government - after Russian military bombers caused disruption to British civil air traffic on Wednesday...

Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled and "escorted" the Russian planes during a mission that lasted 12 hours.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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EU foreign ministers extend sanctions over Ukraine crisis

EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong sanctions on individuals thought to be responsible for renewed attacks in Ukraine at an emergency meeting on Thursday in Brussels.

But talks were overshadowed by uncertainties over the position of Greece's new leftist government who have already discouraged confrontation with Russia. 

Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann reports.

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Obama to propose $74 bn increase above current spending caps

The White House says President Barack Obama is to ask Congress to boost government spending by roughly 7 percent above current limits.

 

It sets up a clash with Republicans who insist that federal spending must be held in check.

 

Obama's budget, to be formally released on Monday, will call for $74 billion more than the levels frozen in place by cuts agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans and signed by Obama into law.

 

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said his new budget proposals will increase spending on both the domestic and military sides by similar amounts.

 

 

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Jordan demands 'proof of life' as ISIS hostage swap hangs in balance

The ISIS deadline for a prisoner swap for the release of a captive Jordanian pilot has passed with no response from the extremists.  

Jordan had demanded proof that the pilot was still alive before it would free an Iraqi female prisoner.

The deadline was announced via a recorded message by Japanese prisoner Kenji Goto, who is also being held by the ISIS militants.

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Jordan-based Taylor Luck, a contributor to the Washington Post, explains why the female prisoner is significant to the Islamic State group ....

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Elusive Fox Caught on Yosemite Camera

The elusive Sierra Nevada red fox has been spotted at Yosemite National Park in California, for the first time in nearly 100 years.
Fewer than 50 of the bushy-tailed mammals exist in North America. 
Rachel Silverman reports from California. 


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Measles Outbreak at Risk of Increasing "Dramatically"

The measles outbreak that originated at California's Disney parks is at risk of increasing dramatically in size.
Health officials in the US state of Arizona are keeping tabs on up to a thousand people who may have been exposed to the virus at a Phoenix area medical center. 

Rachel Silverman has the story.

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US agency to require better location data for emergency calls

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is requiring wireless telephone providers to send much more accurate location data for all 9-11 (nine-one-one) emergency calls.

In the U.S., forty percent of Americans only carry a mobile phone, and seventy percent of all emergency calls some from mobile phones.

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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US firms urge China to rethink source code rules

U.S. business groups have objected to new cybersecurity rules that would force them to hand over secret source code to the Chinese government.

18 business lobbies are urging Beijing to come to the table for urgent discussions.

Rebecca Bowring reports from Silicon Valley.

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US Travel Ban to Cuba May Be Lifted

The thaw in relations between the United States and Cuba has accelerated, with moves to end the travel ban on Americans visiting the Communist Caribbean nation.
As John Clarke reports from Washington, the latest development is an important step in normalising relations between the two countries.

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Proof of life demand from Jordan

The government of Jordan says it must be given proof of life of one of its pilots before it continues with a hostage swap with Islamic State militants…

An ultimatum came in a recording reportedly of the Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.

In the recording, it says Jordanian pilot Moaz-al-Kasasbeh will be killed unless the country releases Iraqi prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi by 14.30 GMT on Thursday.

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US scientist who claimed he could bomb New York jailed for 5 years

A disgruntled American nuclear scientist who promised to build 40 nuclear weapons for Venezuela and design a bomb targeted for New York City, has been jailed for five years.

In secret FBI recordings, Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, tells an agent posing as a Venezuelan official that the bombs would prevent the US from invading the oil-rich nation.

Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports

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Malaysia declares flight MH370's disappearance an accident and all passengers dead


Malaysian authorities have declared all 239 people on board the Malaysian Airline flight MH370 dead and the flight's disappearance an accident.

The flight, which was enroute to Beijing disappeared in March of last year.  Despite a massive international search of the souther Indian Ocean no wreckage has been found. 

Relatives of the victims have been angered by the ruling.  Many of the passengers were Chinese and the government in Beijing has called for Malaysia to pay compensation. 

Malaysian officials said the recovery of the missing aircraft was still a priority and all leads would be persued. 

The head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Asharuddin Abdul Rahman made the announcement.


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The head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Asharuddin Abdul Rahman quoted the laws that allowed for the disappearance of an aircraft to be declared an accident.


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