Monday, February 9, 2015

Merkel to Urge Obama Against Arming Ukraine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to urge President Barack Obama not to provide arms to Ukraine.

She's visiting the White House and is urging caution for fear of escalating the conflict with Russian-backed rebels.

From Washington, Daniel Ryntjes reports.

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EU foreign ministers extend sanctions list over Ukraine crisis

Foreign Ministers from European Union countries are meeting in Brussels to discuss the ongoing fighting in Ukraine and a new wave of sanctions to pressure Russian officials Russian supporters in Ukraine to broker a lasting peace deal.

Ministers are due to announce 19 new names and 9 entities that will be added to the EU's sanctions list including Ukranian and Russian officials linked to the fighting in East Ukraine. 

Foreign affairs ministers will also discuss possible further sanctions against Russia ahead of a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday.

UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond says that while talks with Russia show progression, action needs to be taken. 

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UK Pledges more money to ebola-hit countries

The UK is pledging another 33 million pounds (50 million dollars) to help the three countries most affected by the ebola virus.


The money will be used to pay back debt that Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia owe to the International Monetary Fund.


Our UK correspondent Natalie Powell reports…


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Greece says other eurozone countries could be next to leave if they are forced out

Greek finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (pron: ya-niss va-roo-fa-kiss) has said Italy and Portugal could leave the eurozone if Greece is forced out.

The claim was quickly refuted by the finance minister in Rome who called the remarks "out of place".

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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HSBC knowingly helped tax dodgers store billions in Switzerland

Britain's biggest bank, HSBC, insists procedures have "fundamentally changed" after an investigation found it was helping wealthy clients cheat the UK out of millions of pounds in tax…

Details of thousands of secret Swiss accounts have emerged after being leaked by a whistleblower in 2007.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports…

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German exports reach record levels

Germany exported a record number of goods and services last year, while also achieving its highest-ever trade surplus. 

The positive figures come in spite of economic sanctions against Russia.

Our correspondent Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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More soldiers and civilians killed in Ukraine fighting

At least nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in the latest fighting in the east of the country, says Ukraine's military.


Battles have been particularly intense around the town of Debaltseve northeast of the Russian backed militant controlled city of Donetsk.


Tom Barton reports.


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REDMAYNE WINS BEST ACTOR AT BAFTAs

Eddie Redmayne won best actor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London for his role as Stephen Hawking in the Theory of Everything.

Boyhood was named best film, while Julianne Moore won the leading actress prize for Still Alice, in which she plays a linguistics professor with early onset Alzheimer's.

The Theory of Everything also won outstanding British film and is hotly tipped for the Oscars in two weeks.

But Eddie Redmayne says he is trying to take all the awards with a pinch of salt.

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HSBC 'HELPED WEALTHY CUSTOMERS HIDE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS'

British bank HSBC helped wealthy customers avoid tax and hide millions of dollars, according to reports.

Files passed to authorities and now seen by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists show the bank provided account facilities to international criminals, corrupt businessmen, as well as politicians and celebrities.

The thousands of account details from HSBC's private bank in Switzerland were actually first leaked in 2007 and HSBC says it has now 'fundamentally changed'.

The files reportedly show the bank colluded with clients to hide accounts from tax officials in their own countries.

Criminal investigations have been launched in the US, France, Belgium and Argentina, but no similar action has yet been taken in the UK.

Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management says the revelations go beyond simple legality and into morality.

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MERKEL IN DC FOR UKRAINE TALKS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington for talks on Ukraine amid reports of a rift with the White House.

The US is considering sending weapons to the Kiev government as it battles pro-Russian rebels, but Germany opposes the idea.

Angela Merkel will brief US President Barack Obama on peace proposals France and Germany are attempting to broker betweek Ukraine and Russia's leaders.

Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine between government troops and rebels it claims are armed and supported by Moscow.

Sir Gerald Howarth MP is a former UK defence minister - he's pessimistic about Angela Merkel's push for peace because of the ambitions of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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Merkel heads to Washington for talks on Ukraine

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington for talks with President Obama on the crisis in Ukraine.


The visit comes just 48 hours before a 4-nation summit sparked by increased violence in Eastern Ukraine.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Australian Prime Minister survives a leadership vote 61-39

Australia's Prime Minister is still Tony Abbott after a move to spill the Liberal Party leadership failed.
Arthur Stevens has more

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Sec Kerry quashes talk of extension for Iran nuclear talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry thinks it would be nearly impossible to extend the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program past the June deadline

The talks have already been extended twice and Secretary Kerry indicated the US is not interested in another extension

Our Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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US increasingly isolated over lethal assistance to Ukraine

A four-nation summit on the crisis in Ukraine will take place on Wednesday in Belarus.


Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet to try and hammer out a new peace plan, following the visit to Moscow on Friday by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.


Britain became the latest European government to decide against providing the Ukrainian government with lethal assistance.


But the US government says it's continuing to think about the possibility of extending more military aid to Ukraine.


From Washington, Simon Marks reports.


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Nigerian elections postponed due to Boko Haram threat

INTRO: Nigeria's electoral commission has postponed the country's presidential elections, scheduled for next Saturday, by six weeks to March 28th. The head of the commission said the military, which had deployed most of its troops to fight the Boko Haram threat in the north of the country, could not guarantee the safety of voters. But opposition parties have criticized the decision as a ploy to keep the current government in power. Gary Alfonso reports ... 

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Australian PM Abbott to face leadership contest on Monday

In Australia, members of the ruling Liberal party's MPs have begun arriving in the capital Canberra ahead of a special meeting to vote on Prime Minister Tony Abbott's leadership.
Arthur Stevens reports

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Bali Nine ringleaders will be executed - Indon ambassador

Indonesia's ambassador has played down hopes of a new appeal for death row Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who are likely to face the firing squad within weeks.
Arthur Stevens reports:

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Convicted Man Featured in Podcast "Serial" Granted Appeal

A Maryland court has agreed to hear an appeal by a man whose murder conviction was investigated in a  podcast that became a cultural phenomenon.

Adnan Syed  (ODD-nahn SI-yed) is serving a life sentence for the murder of his former girlfriend. 

Rachel Silverman reports the case received renewed attention after it was featured in the podcast Serial, which became the first podcast to reach five million downloads. 

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Russian backed rebels reportedly gear up for further offensives

Russian backed militants in eastern Ukraine have reportedly been massing their forces for attacks on Ukrainian populations centres.


Ukraine's military also reports that five of its soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in the most recent fighting.


Tom Barton reports.


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Friday, February 6, 2015

Hollande, Merkel, Putin talks end without a word of agreement on Ukraine crisis

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says that talks in Moscow between President Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were, 'constructive'.


But no word of agreement was reached in resolving the conflict in Ukraine, where fighting has escalated recently.


Tom Barton reports.


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