Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Arrests made in France linked to Paris attacks

A man has been arrested in the Paris area in relation to the terror attacks which killed 130 people on November 13th.

Police have conducted over 2 thousand 7 hundred raids in the wake of the attacks.

Our Europe correspodent Jack Parrock reports.

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Los Angeles schools closed after bomb threat

The entire public school system in Los Angeles has been closed for the day after what authorities are calling a "credible threat" to launch a bomb attack.


640 thousand students are being given the day off, just two weeks after an attack on a social services center in San Bernardino killed 14 people.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Republican's line-up in Vegas for final debate of 2015

2016 US presidential hopefuls are lining up in Las Vegas for the final republican debate of the year. 

The candidates are expected to be pushed on issues ranging from America's resettlement of refugees to the role against Islamic extremism in the wake of attacks in Paris and California.

FSN's Washington correspondent Kevin McAleese has more...

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POLLS SHOW UK EU MEMBERSHIP ON KNIFE EDGE

Two new polls suggest Britain is split down the middle over whether the country should remain a member of the European Union.

It comes as UK Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to win reforms in Britain's relationship with the EU, ahead of a referendum on membership of it.

Olly Barratt reports from London.

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UK has its first astronaut in space after blast off flight to ISS

Sydney remembers - anniversary of the Lindt Cafe Sieger

Sydney has come to a halt on Tuesday night as the city commemorates the victims and survivors of the Lindt Cafe siege.
Arthur Stevens has more

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Australian aircraft challenged above disputed South China Sea islands

An Australian military plane has been challenged as it flew over the South China Sea, and area claimed by China, prompting a warning on tensions in the area.
Arthur Stevens has more

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Germany sees rise in anti-refugee attacks

Germany has had over sixteen hundred instances of aggression towards asylum seeker this year, almost double the total for twenty fourteen. 

Over one million migrants have arrived in the country this year.

Our correspondent Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Putin allows Russia to ignore international human rights courts decisions

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing Russia to ignore the decisions of international human rights courts. The bill enables Russian Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement any international court's decision to "protect Russian interests" in law suits against the country. Russian legal community is convinced the law mainly targets the case of Yukos and its former owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.

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European Union proposes an EU wide border and coastguard force in response to refugee crisis

The European Union has announce plans to introduce an EU border and coast guard force to control the flows of refugees and migrants.

The proposals are being met by stiff opposition from the national governments for the EU member states.

Our Europe correspodent Jack Parrock reports.

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Prosecutors say French Teacher Lied about ISIS Attack

Prosecutors say a preschool teacher in France lied about stabbed my a man sympathetic to the Islamic State.
Investigators say the teacher wounded himself.
Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek reports from Brussels.

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John Kerry meets Sergei Lavrov in Moscow

Kerry To Discuss Future Of Assad At Kremlin Meetings


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will use talks in Moscow on Tuesday to try and narrow differences with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The US State Department says Mr. Kerry will try to prepare the ground for a third round of talks on Syria, amid doubts over whether a meeting planned for this Friday in New York will go ahead.

Here's our New York correspondent Lorna Shaddick.

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U.S. federal interest rate hike all but certain

The U.S. federal reserve is expected to hike its short-term interest rate this week.

The move is seen as a sign of confidence in the economy, but it could put the brakes on some sectors of the economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen had planned to raise the benchmark rate earlier in the fall but delayed the move after financial markets tumbled when China devalued its currency.

US Correspondent Mary MacCarthy reports:

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Monday, December 14, 2015

FBI charges Maryland man in alleged terrorist plot

The FBI has charged a man in the American state of Maryland with planning a terrorist attack for the so-called Islamic State group.
Thirty-year old Mohammed Elshinaway was charged in a Baltimore Court with supplying material support for Islamic State. As our North American correspondent John Clarke reports, authorities allege the man was being paid through fake e-commerce accounts:

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Registration Required for Drones and Their Owners

New rules will soon require drones in the United States, and the people who fly them, to be registered in a national database. 
The rules go into effect on December 21st. 
Rachel Silverman reports from San Francisco. 


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Bill Cosby Countersues 7 Accusers

Bill Cosby is counter-suing seven of his accusers, claiming defamation in a lawsuit filed Monday. Arash Ghadishah reports from Los Angeles.

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Argentina: dozens die in bus crash

Dozens of police officers have lost their lives in northern Argentina, when the bus they were in went off the side of a bridge, falling 20 meters into a riverbed.

The bus was part of a convoy travelling on a national highway.

Andrea Arenas reports. 


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San Bernardino shooter’s social media not checked.

US security officials did not check social media posts made by one of the San Bernardino shooters years before she entered the US, missing information that some say may have prevented the attacks.  Arash Ghadishah reports from Los Angeles.

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NASA seeks new recruits to overcome astronaut shortage

The American space agency NASA is advertising for new recruits who may end up participating in a mission to Mars.

 

NASA says it will accept applications to join its team of astronauts until the middle of February.

 

From Washington, Haddie Djemal reports.

 

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