Tuesday, July 26, 2016

UK PM May talks Brexit with Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will meet her Irish counterpart Enda Kenny at Downing Street on Tuesday - with the Brexit negotiations top of the agenda...

It's understood the issue of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland will be discussed.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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AB InBev ups its offer for SABMiller as takeover stalls post Brexit

The worlds biggest brewer,  Ab InBev has upped its offer for the worlds second largest brewer, SABMiller in what the former says is its final offer for the company.   

The proposed takeover, which  could be the world's third largest corporate takeover in history, has been hampered by currency falls post-Brexit.    From London Catherine Drew reports


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First baby born in Europe with microcephaly due to Zika

A woman in Spain infected with the Zika virus has given birth to a baby with microcephaly, the first such birth in Europe.
Doctors detected the brain disease in the foetus in May but the couple decided to keep the baby.
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports.

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UK BANKS WARN OF CHARGES ON DEPOSITS

British banks are warning businesses they may have to start charging them to hold deposits, due to historically low interest rates.

Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland have sent a letter to over a million customers informing them charges may be applied to accounts which are in credit.

It comes with UK interest rates at 0.5% and expected to fall lower as the Bank of England tries to stabilise the economy following the Brexit vote.

Tom McPhail Hargreaves Lansdown says it's unprecedented in Britain.

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corrections minister sacked following detention TV program

There have been calls for Australia's Northern Territory government to be sacked/fired following revelations of child abuse in the prison system.
Australian TV broadcaster ABC's Four Corners program has shown disturbing footage of juvenile offenders being assaulted, abused, and gassed by officers at Darwin's child detention centre.
Arthur Stevens has more

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JAPAN KNIFE ATTACK LEAVES 19 DEAD

Nineteen people have been stabbed to death in a knife attack at a care centre for people with mental health issues in Japan.

It's the worst mass killing in the country in decades.

It happened in the city of Sagamihara.

A former employee at the care centre has been arrested after handing himself in to police.

He reportedly told officers he wanted disabled people to 'disappear'.

Anna Fyfield of the Washington Post is at the scene - she says the man was known to authorities.

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Turkish deputy PM on visit in Moscow

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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Murettin Canikli, is visiting Moscow on 26-27 July to discuss the resumption of bilateral trade and economic relations with Russian officials.  Russia and Turkey are expected to renew negotiations on a new agreement on trade, services and investment. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.


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ISIS releases possible video of Germany bomber

A video has appeared on the ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency purporting to show the suicide bomber who injured fifteen people in the German town of Ansbach.

It was the second ISIS-linked attack in the country in a week.

In Berlin here's Ira Spitzer

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Bernie Sanders' supporters continue protests on day one of Democratic Convention

Senior Democrats spent day one of the party's convention urging supporters of Bernie Sanders' to get behind Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, First Lady Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders himself made the case for Hillary Clinton's White House bid, but not all Bernie supporters were persuaded.

Simon Marks reports from the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.

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Bernie Sanders urges supporters to back Hillary Clinton

Bernie Sanders has urged his supporters to follow him in backing Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States.

On the first day of the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, Sanders' supporters consistently booed every mention made of Clinton.


Senator Sanders said it was essential voters kept Donald Trump out of the White House.


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Senator Sanders said Hillary Clinton agreed with many of his policies, included opposition to the trans pacific partnership.


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Michelle Obama backs Hillary Clinton

First Lady Michelle Obama has thrown her weight behind Hillary Clinton's campaign to become President of the United States.

In a passionate and at times emotional speech at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, the First Lady said it was vital the US backed Clinton in November.



ALTERNATIVE

In a passionate and at times emotional speech at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, the First Lady spoke of the progress America has made.


Democratic Convention calms after rocky start, but Sanders speech to come

There have been angry scenes on the floor of the Democratic Party's convention in Philadelphia, with supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders consistently booing every mention made of Hillary Clinton.


Senator Sanders took the extraordinary of texting his delegates, urging them to show respect for the Party's presumed Presidential candidate.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks is there.


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Royal Commission called following child detention abuse in Australia

Disturbing footage of young boys being stripped naked, tear-gassed and held in solitary confinement for days has surfaced in Australia's Northern Territory.
The footage has alarmed authorities and human rights activists alike, and the federal government has intervened by launching a Royal Commission.
Arthur Stevens has more

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Uproar on floor of Democratic Convention in Philadelphia

Uproar has broken out on the floor of the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, where supporters of Bernie Sanders are booing every single mention of Hillary Clinton's name.

The convention got underway just 24 hours after leaked Democratic Party e-mails showed that party leaders had worked behind the scenes to engineer Senator Sanders' defeat in the primary elections earlier this year.

Our US Correspondent Simon Marks is at the Convention in Philadelphia.

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Democratic Convention begins in Philadelphia

The Democratic Party's convention is underway in Philadelphia, just hours after the FBI launched a probe into a hacking attack on the party's e-mail server.


It's renewed tensions between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders, after leaked e-mails showed that party leaders were conspiring to engineer Mrs. Clinton's victory in the party's primary elections.


As our US correspondent Simon Marks reports from the Convention arena, it's unclear whether Bernie Sanders' supporters will now get behind Mrs. Clinton's leadership of the party.


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At the first mention of Hillary Clinton's name during a prayer at the start of the Convention, Bernie Sanders' supporters erupted in boos indicating their hostility towards the Party's presumed Presidential nominee.


From the convention arena in Philadelphia, Simon Marks reports.


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$7m security upgrade for New York Police Department

$7 million worth of new equipment is now property of the New York City
Police department. This comes amid increased vigilance by US police
departments over recent targeted attacks on police in Dallas and Baton
Rouge.
Mimi Chiahemen reports from New York

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DKNY to relocate back to New York after sale by LVMH

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Fashion brand DKNY, or Donna Karan New York, is set to relocate back
to its original headquarters in the Big Apple - after its owner and
France's biggest conglomerate, LVMH, lost money on the business.

LVMH, which is based in Paris, bought the company in 2001 but it's now
been sold for 650 million dollars to manufacturing and licensing
company GIII [PRON: Jee-Three].

Our New York correspondent Laura Cantekin has more details.

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Hollywood's Invisible Voice Dies at Age 86

The singer known as Hollywood’s invisible voice has died at the age of 86.
Marni Nixon appeared uncredited on many of the biggest movie musicals ever produced. 
As US Correspondent Rachel Silverman reports, Time magazine called Nixon “The Ghostess with The Mostess."


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No comment from White House on Democrats' woes

The White House is saying little on the political scandal developing as the Democratic Party convention gets underway in Philadelphia.

The party chair was forced to resign after embarassing emails were posted on Wikileaks, showing that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz favored Hillary Clinton's candidacy over Bernie Sanders.

Donna Brazile, a long-time party operative, has been named interim chair, and at the White House, Josh Earnest refused to comment further.

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US screening helps protect against attacks - White House

The White House believes that the extensive screening of refugees helps prevent possible attacks such has been recently seen in Germany, to where tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled.

Two deportation orders were issued for the Syrian man who detonated a bomb at a music festival in Ansbach, Germany, where 15 were injured.

The U.S. has been criticized for accepting few refugees from the Middle East, but White House spokesman Josh Earnest says, the rigourous screening process is key.

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