Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Obama changes US government policy on hostages

President Obama says the families of American hostages seized by ISIS and other militant groups will no longer face the risk of prosecution if they attempt to negotiate ransom payments.


It's a big shift in US policy, and comes after the Department of Justice threatened to put several families on trial over their communications with hostage-takers.


From Washington, Simon Marks reports.


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US authorities hunting insider trading hackers

The United States government is on the hunt for hackers who broke into companies' email accounts to steal stock trading information.


This would mark the first time that U-S authorities are approaching with companies to gather data on cyber breaches.


Liling Tan reports from New York.


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Alabama governor orders Confederate flags down

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has ordered that Confederate flags be taken down at the State Capitol.

This comes amid the heated controversy over the flag following the deadly shooting last week in Charleston, South Carolina, where the body of the state senator who was killed is now lying in state.

US Correspondent Mary MacCarthy reports:

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Caribbean drought expected to intensify

Forecasters are predicting that a severe drought parching the Caribbean will get worse in the coming months.

Crops and reservoirs are already drying up in countries across the region, with a quiet hurricane season expected to bring little relief.

Steve Mort reports.

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President Vladimir Putin's approval rating at 89%, says poll

President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has hit 89%, according to a poll in Russia.


It comes amid worsened relations between the Russian government and others internationally over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.


Tom Barton reports.


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Peruvian authorities find mass grave

Peruvian prosecutors have discovered a mass grave in the Andean region of Ayacucho.

According to forensic experts, the grave contains 17 bodies believed to belong to local farmers who were kidnapped in the 1980s by the rebel group Shining Path. 

Andrea Arenas reports. 

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Greek debt talks heat up in Brussels

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels with pressure on to come to a deal on the Greek debt negations.

Greece presented a new budget proposals that Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras says met creditors' demands.

But although European creditors say the proposals were signifantly better then previous ones, the International Monetary Fund says they're still not enough.

Greece must repay €1.6 billion euro to the International Monetary Fund by the end of the June, or default on its debt and face removal from the Eurozone. 

If an agreement is reached, Greece can tap into a €7.2 billion bailout to help it's economy stay afloat. 

Our reporter Jack Parrock is in Brussels following the talks.

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Obama & Hollande expected to discuss spying allegations

US President Barack Obama is due to speak to French President Francois Hollande today (Wednesday) over revelations by Wikileaks that America's National Security Agency eavesdropped on three successive French presidents.
France has also summoned the U.S. ambassador in Paris to respond to the revelations by WikiLeaks.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

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Obama Clears The Way For Hostages’ Families To Pay Ransoms


US President Barack Obama is clearing the way for families of American hostages to pay ransom to terror groups without being prosecuted.


After criticism from the families of several Americans recently killed in captivity, the White House is releasing a hostage policy review.


Here's our US correspondent Lorna Shaddick.


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Emergency aid reaches Yemen port amid humanitarian crisis


The United Nations says that 1.6 billion dollars is now needed to face what it calls a 'looming catastrophe' in Yemen.

The country is suffering under a Saudi-led coalition naval blockade, part of the strategy to counter the advance of houthi rebels, backed by Iran.

The three month war has seen the humanitarian crisis worsen to alarming levels with 80 percent of the population in desperate need of aid.

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Positive views of America increase but criticism of interrogation methods continues

America's popularity around the world is on the rise.




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Obama to call Hollande over phone taps

Barack Obama is planning to call Francois Hollande after the latest Wikileaks documents showed that the US has eavesdropped on the French President's cellphone.


The documents also show that the US spied on former Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac when they were in office.


With the US reaction, our reporter in Washington Simon Marks.


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Freddie Gray Autopsy: Homicide, Not Accident

An autopsy report into the death of a young black man in police custody in Baltimore concludes that he died from a single "high energy injury".

Freddie Gray's death led to days of protests and riots in the US city.

Our US Correspondent Daniel Ryntjes reports...

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Snowden leak questions GCHQ drone-strike involvement

The UK intelligence agency GCHQ is under scrutiny after leaked documents suggest British involvement in targeted US drone strikes outside of war zones...

The papers allegedly outline a joint US, UK and Australian programme codenamed Overhead, which supported a drone attack in Yemen in 2012.

Our UK Correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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US economy shrinks at slower pace

The US economy shrank at a slower pace than previously feared in the
first quarter.

The latest GDP figures were revised up after stronger consumer spending.

Nick Harper reports from New York.

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British PM says scenes at Calais are totally unacceptable

Britain's Prime Minster David Cameron has called the scenes at the French side of the Channel Tunnel, which links the UK and France, totally unacceptable.


Hundreds of migrants have tried to board lorries at the boarder during a workers strike, with the intention of entering the UK and hopes of a better life.


The Prime Minister reassured parliament that the UK would work together with French Officials to try to resolve the situation.


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Wikileaks Claims NSA Spying on French Presidents

The French President Francois Hollande says his country will not tolerate security breaches, after whistleblower Wikileaks revealed the US National Security Agency spied on several French Presidents.


The US has not confirmed the accuracy of these documents which the Wikileaks website says are top secret intelligence reports.


Our Correspondent Natalie Powell reports…

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Royal accounts show Buckingham Palace in need of repair


Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second may have to vacate Buckingham Palace, to allow for maintenance work and decoration.   The palace is in need of new plumbing and wiring and the decor has not been updated in over sixty years.  

This has emerged following the publication of the royal accounts as Catherine Drew reports  from London.


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Greece says reforms proposals rejected by creditors

A Greek government official has said international creditors have rejected proposals from Athens ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.

European markets have seen a huge drop since the announcement.

Cracks are now showing between creditors of the European Union institutions to whom Greece owes money, and the International Monetary Fund - the IMF thinks they should be much tougher on Greece.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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WAR DISPLACES 3M IN IRAQ, HALVES SYRIAN ECONOMY

Over three million people have been displaced by fighting and the advance of the Islamic State in Iraq, according to the International Organization for Migration.

This as a new report claims Syria's economy has more than halved in size as a result of its ongoing conflict.

Olly Barratt reports from Istanbul.

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