Monday, April 20, 2015

US aircraft carrier heading to Arabian Sea

A US aircraft carrier is being moved into the waters of the Arabian Sea as a result of the deteriorating security situation in Yemen.


But it's not clear whether the USS Theodore Roosevelet will try to intercept Iranian vessels that are heading to Yemen to re-supply Houthi rebels.


From Washington, Simon Marks reports.


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US troops start training Ukrainian counterparts to Moscow's chagrin

US troops have started training their Ukrainian counterparts against attacks from Russian backed militants in the east of the country.


The training comes after criticism from Moscow that the training will undermine a shaky ceasefire.


Tom Barton reports.


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Washington Post: Iran Charging Jailed Reporter With Espionage (WRAP)

The Washington Post newspaper says its bureau chief in Tehran Jason Rezaian, who's been imprisoned in Iran for nine months, has been charged with four serious crimes including espionage.

According to his Iranian lawyer, one of the counts accuses him of having broken the law by writing a letter to President Obama.

As Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington, the White House has described the charges as 'absurd'.

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FBI Admits Widespread Forensic Errors

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations has formally admitted providing flawed forensic evidence in hundreds of criminal cases.

The FBI has so far disclosed that forensic match analysis of human hair was faulty in 32 instances in which defendants were sentenced to death.

14 of those cases led to the defendant being executed or dying in prison.

The cases occured for at least two decades leading up to the year 2000.

The issues was first raised internally by former FBI scientist Dr. Fred Whitehurst in the 1980s, concerns he then made public in the 1990s.

Since then he's been fighting for hundreds of cases to be re-examined...

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He says he was ousted from his job after making his concerns public.

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He provides the example of just one inmate in South Carolina....

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Whitehurst's attorney Stephen Kohn says it exposes major flaws in the forensic system across the country...

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Whitehurst's attorney Stephen Kohn says it's a vindication of his client's whistleblowing...
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Whitehurst's attorney Stephen Kohn says the errors were only uncovered because of these actions...

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FBI Admits Decades of Mistakes on Forensic Analysis

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations has formally admitted that it's forensic unit was responsible for providing flawed evidence in hundreds of criminal cases.

The cases were based around faulty evidence of matching hair analysis.

Of the case reviewed so far, the FBI has admitting mistakes in 32 cases in which defendants were sentenced to death.

14 of those cases led to the defendant being executed or having died in prison.

Rosalie Bolin who's husband Oscar Ray Bolin is on death row says she is hoping the case will now be revisited.

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Rosalie Bolan who's husband Oscar Ray Bolin is on death row says execution must now be suspended in all such cases.

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At the White House, President Obama’s spokesman John Earnest said he was not aware of any contacts between the President and the Department of Justice over the FBI’s admission.

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EU foreign and interior ministers vow deeper cooperation over migrant crisis

Foreign and interior ministers from the European Union meeting in Luxembourg have vowed to cooperate more to deal with the migrant crisis developing in the Mediterranean.

At least 700 people drowned in a single incident over the weekend prompting widespread criticism from humanitarian groups of the lack of a unified, European search and rescue mission.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.  

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UN chief condemns UN workers' deaths in Somalia

The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the attack on a UN vehicle in Somalia that killed seven people, including four UNICEF staff. 

Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. 

Ban Ki-moon called the staff "brave and dedicated" and said their work should be an inspiration to people everywhere. 

He commented on the attack while speaking at the UN headquarters in New York.

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Ban Ki-moon urges more help for Mediterranean migrants

The United Nations Secretary-General has said the Mediterranean is fast becoming a "sea of misery" following news of more migrant boats capsizing. 

Ban Ki-moon is calling on the EU to step up efforts to help migrants, after it scaled back its rescue response last year. 

In the past week hundreds have died trying to cross the sea to Europe, fleeing violence and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. 

Ban Ki-moon said the whole world should be take heed. 

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Ban Ki-moon said the EU must increase its efforts and support.

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EU to deepen cooperation on Mediterranean migrant crisis

The European Union has responded to the growing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean sea by calling a summit of its 28 leaders.

At least 700 people drowned in a single incident over the weekend prompting widespread criticism from humanitarian groups of the lack of a unified, European search and rescue mission.

An Italian operation ended in November 2014 and since then the number of people making the treacherous journey has increased dramatically.

Last year 175 thousand people are known to have made the journey and over 3500 died.

At a meeting of the EU's foreign and interior ministers, the European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (fer-er-ee-ka mog-er-ee-nee) says she saw a new level of cooperation forming.

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At a meeting of the EU's foreign and interior ministers, the European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (fer-er-ee-ka mog-er-ee-nee) said they will concentrate on countries like Libya, where a large percentage of the migrant ships set off from.

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Six Minnesota men arrested on terror charges


Six men from the U.S. state of Minnesota been arrested after allegedly attempting to travel to Syria to try to join the militant group Islamic State.

Mary MacCarthy reports:

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Morgan Stanley profits up 60%

Morgan Stanley has seen its quarterly profits jump 60%.

The bank says it has earned more revenue from stocks and bonds over
the last three months.

Nick Harper reports from New York.

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More Boston Marathon bombing victims oppose death sentence for bomber

A married couple badly injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
have spoken out against the death penalty for convicted bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

They want Tsarnaev to "disappear from [the] collective consciousness
as soon as possible", but say a federal execution is not the answer

Mimi Chiahemen reports

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Arrests of young American Somali men on terrorism charges shocks migrant community

There's rising concern in the United States over radical Islamic groups recruiting Somali migrants.

As John Clarke reports from  Washington, US authorities have released further details about the arrest of six young men that have rocked the American Somali community.

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U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger told a news conference in Minneapolis on Monday that the arrest of six young Somali American men on terrorism charges was the result of a long investigation. He warned the parents of young men of Somali descent that the recruiters could be people they know.

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UN workers killed in Somali bomb attack

At least seven people have been killed in northern Somalia following a
suicide bomb attack on a United Nations van.

Al-Shabab have claimed responsibility for the strike that killed four
members of the UN's children agency UNICEF.

William Denselow reports from New York.

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Government task team to probe xenophobic attacks in South Africa

INTRO:  South African president Jacob Zuma has appointed a ministerial task team to investigate the motives behind a spate of attacks on African foreign nationals in South Africa over the past week. At least 7 people have been killed and many took refuge in makeshift refugee camps to escape attacks. Hundreds of Mozambicans and Zimbabweans in Johannesburg have indicated they are leaving South Africa after pictures emerged of the brutal public stabbing of a Mozambican man in the city. Gary Alfonso reports. 

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Nuclear deal about broader cooperation - Iran's Zarif

Nuclear negotiations about broader cooperation and international relations, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif writes in the New York Times.

With an increasingly complex region, the U.S. has maintained that the nuclear negotiations with Iran are separate from other issues.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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Fresh migrant boat distress calls

Fresh rescue operations have been launched in response to distress calls from migrant boats in the Mediterranean.

It follows the capsizing of a boat on Sunday en route from Libya with hundreds of migrants on board.

European Union ministers have been discussing the issue at talks in Luxembourg.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has called for more help from the EU, with Italy the destination for many of the migrant vessels leaving Libya.

It's thought 1600 migrants have died attempting the crossing this year.

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond believes the EU must rapidly agree a response to the growing crisis.

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In stunning admission, FBI concedes forensic mistakes in hundreds of trials

The FBI has admitted that it provided flawed forensic evidence in hundreds of criminal trials over a twenty year period.


The cases include those of more than 30 defendants who were eventually sentenced to death.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Gyrocopter Man Says Had No Fears of Being Shot

A Florida mailman says he was not afraid of being shot down, after notifying authorities ahead of his gyrocopter flight to the US Capitol.

Doug Hughes faces up to four years in jail for violating restricted airpsace.

From Washington, Daniel Ryntjes reports...

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Three dead after boat carrying migrants sinks near Greece

At least three people including a child have drowned after a sailing boat carrying more than 100 migrants sunk off the coast of the Greek island of Rhodes. 

The incident follows several hundred deaths this weekend near Libya, prompting the European Union to hold crisis talks on saving lives in the mediterranean.

Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann reports. 

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