Monday, December 19, 2016

US Electoral College votes for 45th President

Electors from the 50 US states and the district of Columbia will cast their votes for President Monday.

Largely a formality, it's the next step on Donald Trump's path to becoming the 45th President of the United States.

Kevin McAleese has more from Washington....

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French court convicts Christine Lagarde of negligence

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has been convicted of criminal negligence over her failure to overturn the ruling of an arbitration panel that paid out 425 million dollars to businessmen Bernard Tapie.
The court says she won't face jail time or a fine. 
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports from Brussels.


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UN approves monitors to help Aleppo evacuations

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a plan to
send monitors to the Syrian city of Aleppo to oversee the safe
evacuation of civilians.

It will also allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to people who
chose to stay behind.

Nick Harper report from the UN un New York.

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AMNESTY: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN MYANMAR

Rights group Amnesty International says Myanmar's military may be committing 'crimes against humanity' against the Rohingya minority.

It follows allegations of violence in Rakhine state after an anti-insurgency operation was launched in October.

Olly Barratt reports.

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Polish Parliament blocked by press freedom protests

Protesters in Poland have been holding a sit-in outside Parliament since Friday, against government plans to restrict journalists' access to Parliament. 
Opposition supporters are furious that the government held a budget vote on Friday with only its own MPs in attendance, with opposition lawmakers and press excluded.
Elena Casas reports from Brussels.


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Italy says 2016 has been record year for migrant rescues in the Mediterranean

The Italian government says they have rescued more refugees and migrants from smugglers boats in the Mediterranean in 2016 than in any other year.

The coastguard says 180 thousand people have been saved during its operations.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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German-Turkish school at center of Christmas controversy

The German foreign ministry responded angrily to a media report that a German school in Istanbul had banned several traditional Christmas celebrations.

The school's management however has denied the allegations.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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ZSA ZSA GABOR DIES AT 99

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died at the age of 99.

She'd suffered a heart attack.

Claudia Leiteman looks back at her life.

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Apple to Launch Appeal in EU Tax Evasion Case

This week Apple is expected to launch an appeal against the European Union—which claims the tech giant owes billions of dollars in back taxes.

It's also a legal case that's pitting EU member state Ireland against EU lawmakers in Brussels.

Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek.


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ALEPPO EVACUATIONS RESUME

Evacuation buses and ambulances have been leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The evacuations had been halted after a deal was threatened by the torching of buses sent to rescue people from government-controlled areas.

Hundreds of people are thought to have left rebel-held areas on Sunday, but thousands more are waiting to leave.

The UN Security Council will vote later on a compromise deal to allow UN monitoring of the evacuation process.

US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power is hopeful it will pass.

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Russian military plane crashes in Siberia

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Russia's Ministry of Defence has confirmed on Monday that its plane had crashed in northeast Siberia.  It had 39 people on board but nobody had been killed in the incident.  Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.

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Australian Rugby League player sues over broken neck

Former Australian Rugby League player Alex McKinnon is reportedly taking action against the National Rugby League and another player over a 2014 on-field tackle that left him paralysed.
Arthur Stevens has more

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US Electoral College Set To Meet

The 538 electors making up the US Electoral College will meet on Monday to determine who will be the next president, in what is usually a mere formality confirming November's result.

In all 50 state capitols and the District of Colombia, representatives will cast ballots along the lines of how their state voted in the election, with a majority, 306, set to vote for Donald Trump.

But as our US correspondent Lorna Shaddick explains, given that Mr. Trump lost the popular vote, and after allegations of Russian interference, there has been a campaign to get the electors to vote differently.

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Sunday, December 18, 2016

US Senators Call For Russia Hacking Committee

A bipartisan group of US senators are calling for a new select committee on cyber attacks to be created, to look into possible Russian interference in the US election.

In a letter released on Sunday, the two Republicans and two Democrats urged the senate majority leader to create the group, to carry out an investigation into what they called 'the ultimate cross jurisdictional challenge'.

Arizona Republican John McCain, who's one of the four, told CNN that any Russian interference is a huge concern:

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But President Elect Donald Trump dismisses claims of Russian interference, and his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CBS News on Sunday that the intelligence services - and those suggesting that the electoral college should change the result of the election because of hacking- are undermining democracy

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UN To Vote On Monitoring Syria Evacuation

As a tenuous evacuation in eastern Aleppo stalled once again, the United Nations Security Council is closing in on a vote to deploy UN monitors to the besieged Syrian city.

The 15 member council will vote on Monday on a resolution, agreed on by both Russia and the US, to ensure safe evacuations and the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Our UN correspondent Liling Tan has the details.

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China to return US Navy drone

The Pentagon says it has secured an understanding that China will return the unmanned US underwater drone that it captured late last week in the South China Sea.

President-elect Donald Trump had accused the Chinese of ‘stealing’, which led Beijing to criticise the US for ‘hyping up the incident’.  

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US economy shows continued growth

Figures in the week ahead are expected to confirm strong growth in the US economy during the third quarter.

However, data for the housing market may be less impressive. 

US correspondent Nick Harper reports.

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Obama holds end of year news conference: Aleppo, Russia, China

President Obama says he told Vladimir Putin to 'cut it out' over cyber attacks aimed at interfering in the US election.

On Friday, reports said the FBI had joined the CIA in its conclusion that US election hacking was directed by the Russians to help elect Donald Trump.

Mr Trump has disputed whether the Russians were involved in any hacking, but President Obama says the evidence is clear.

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President Obama advised President-elect Donald Trump to consider the consequences of ending the 'one China' policy.

Mr Trump has angered Beijing by accepting a call from the leader of Taiwan - reversing decades of US policy on the issue.

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Obama warns Trump on upsetting China

U.S. President Barack Obama has given his last press conference of 2016.

Taking questions from journalists on a wide range of issues, the outgoing president said Washington's relationship with China was the single most important, going forward.

He called on Donald Trump's administration to think through the consequences of upturning China's stance on Taiwan.

And he addressed his own foreign policy record on Syria, as Nina-Maria Potts reports:

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VENEZUELA HIT WITH CASH CRISIS

Venezuela’s highest denomination banknote is no longer legal tender. 
The replacement bills have not arrived, further frustrating Venezuelans dealing with triple digit inflation. 
Our Latin American Correspondent Juan Carlos Lamas reports from Caracas. 

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