Thursday, October 8, 2015

FIFA suspends Blatter, Platini and Valcke

The president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, has been suspended from his position for 90 days amid a growing corruption scandal at the world football governing body.

FIFA's secretary general Jerome Valcke (prob Val-ka) and its vice president Michel Platini are also suspended by the body's ethics committee.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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Fifa suspends Blatter, Valcke and Platini

Fifa has provisionally suspended its President Sepp Blatter for 90 days...

Football's world governing body has also handed out suspensions to secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini.

Our correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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Britain expected to announce long-term deployment to Baltic States

Britain's defence secretary, Michael Fallon, is expected to announce in Brussels that the country will deploy troops to Baltic states for a long-term period.


The British troops will bolster Nato forces, who are responding to Russian aggression in the area.


The move comes after Russia launched air strikes in Syria, which the UK believes is making the situation more dangerous, as our UK correspondent Natalie Powell reports….


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Russian air strikes help Syrian government army's ground offensive

Syrian government troops backed by Russian air strikes launched ground assault operations in northern provinces of the country. NATO countries, who's ministers are meeting in Luxembourg, accuse Russia of bombing western-backed rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime rather than the Islamic State targets. Russia's incursion has hampered Moscow relations with leading world and regional powers, including Istanbul, who threatened to revise Russia-Turkish energy ties over Syria escalation. Daria Bondarchuk reports from the Russian capital. 


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Corbyn in hot water over Queen "snub"

Britain's new leader of the opposition, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of snubbing Queen Elizabeth the Second after declining to attend a meeting of the Privy Council. 

Labour officials say their leader has prior engagements and has sent his apologies as Catherine Drew reports. 

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Merkel: 'Europe can't become a fortress'

Angela Merkel told German television viewers on Wednesday that she
wouldn't consider closing the country's borders to refugees.

The German chancellor has been under increasing pressure domestically
over the refugee crisis.

Our correspondent Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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HUNDREDS REFERRED FOR 'DERADICALISATION' IN UK

Nearly 800 people in the UK were referred for possible deradicalisation intervention between June and August, according to the latest figures.

The British government's 'Channel' scheme had eight people a day referred to it during that period.

It comes as UK officials attempt to stem the flow of people traveling to join the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

Over a third of those referred to Channel were under 18.

Dr Erin Saltman from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue says it's a worrying but unsurprising trend.

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EU ministers meet with Turkish, Jordanian, Lebanese and Western Balkan counterparts on refugee crisis

EU interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg along with their counterparts from Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and the Balkan countries to discuss the ongoing refugee crisis. 

Europe wants to engage more with its neighbours to ease refugee flows and is offering financial aid to countries also dealing with high numbers of asylum seekers. 

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports from Luxembourg.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton now opposes Trans Pacific Partnership

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton now opposes the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade deal she supported as U.S. Secretary of State.

Political rivals were quick to denounce her change in opinion, noting the reversal comes just days before the first Democratic candidates debate.

Hillary Clinton told American public broadcasting's the PBS NewsHour, her opinions have changed as she's learned about the impact of big trade deals.

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Hillary Clinton opposes Asia-Pacific Trade deal

Hillary Clinton has announced her opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership.

The massive trade deal is set to reduce tarriffs on everything from automobiles to zebra mussels and was negotiated over eight years among 12 Asia-Pacific Nations - but not including China.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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New York Prison Inmates Defeat Harvard Debating Team

Prisoners from the Eastern New York Correctional Facility have defeated a prestigious debating team from Harvard University.

The competition, which took place in mid September, was part of the Bard College Prison Initiative, which provides education to inmates.

Lorna Shaddick reports from New York.

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Obama apologizes to MSF for Afghan hospital strike

U.S. President Barack Obama has apologized to Doctors Without Borders [Medecins Sans Frontieres] , for an airstrike that killed at least 22 people over the weekend in Afghanistan.

Nina-Maria Potts reports:

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PENTAGON: 'Close encounter' between US and Russian Aircraft over Syria

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The United States military has had to adjust its air campaign over Syria after coming close to a Russian aircraft, according to Pentagon officials.

Russian forces are conducting airstrikes in support of close ally, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, while the US continues to lead a coalition operation against ISIS militants in Syria.

In Washington here's Kevin McAleese

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BLATTER PROVISIONALLY SUSPENDED

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been suspended for 90 days by football's world governing body. 

He's accused of making what's described as a 'disloyal payment' to another football official.

A final decision on the suspension could be made by the end of the week.

Olly Barratt reports.

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President Obama apologises to MSF as they call for independent inquiry into US airstrike on hospital

US President Barack Obama has apologised to Medecins Sans Frontiers for the U.S. air attack that hit the group's medical clinic in Afghanistan
The aid agency is seeking to invoke a never-used independent body to investigate the bombing which killed 22 people.
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) was set up in 1991 under the Geneva Conventions.
MSF is calling the attack a war crime but chair of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain, says that's an insult.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports


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FIFA ethics committee suspends Sepp Blatter for 90 days

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been suspended for 90 days by
football's world governing body.

The provisional suspension comes despite Blatter's refusal to resign
before his term ends next year.

Mimi Chiahemen has more from New York.

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MSF calls for IHFFC to investigate Afghan hospital bombing. McCain denies it's a war crime (wrap)

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres is seeking to invoke a never-used body to investigate the US airstrike on its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz.

MSF said it did not trust internal military inquiries into the bombing that killed at least 22 people and is calling for an independent assessment.

The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) was set up in 1991 under the Geneva Conventions.

MSF is calling the attack a war crime but chair of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain, says that's an insult.

Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports

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AP: Attempts to Sell Russian Nuclear Material to Islamic State Interrupted

The FBI and authorities in Moldova have interrupted four attempts by Russians to sell radioactive materials to Middle Eastern extremists.

That's according to an investigation by the Associated Press, which suggests there's a "thriving black market" in Eastern Europe.

From Washington Daniel Ryntjes reports... 

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EU implements plan to swiftly deport failed asylum seekers

The European Union is implementing a plan to deport failed asylum seekers from Europe as the 28 state bloc steps up their naval presence in the Southern Mediterranean.

It's part of an overall effort to decrease the number of refugees and asylum seekers continuing to arrive at European borders every day. 

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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Russian warships fire missiles on Syria from the sea

LEAD: Russian military and Syrian armed forces have launched coordinated attacks in western Syria on Wednesday targeting Islamic factions in Hama and Idlib provinces. Russian warships also began participating in the operation by launching missiles from the sea on Wednesday. The strikes continue amid mounting international criticism of the operation and Russia's souring relations with the West. Anya Ardayeva reports from Moscow.

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