Wednesday, May 3, 2017

India Lodges Complaint With Pakistan Over Mutilation Of Soldiers

India summoned Pakistan's envoy and lodged an official complaint over the alleged beheading of two of its soldiers. Pakistan has called India's allegations false.

Both sides have often accused each other of violating ceasefire and beheading soldiers in the past.
 
Our India Correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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Majority of French left wing voters participating in online poll say they won't vote on Sunday

Two thirds of left wing French voters who took part in an online consultation say they'll stay away from the ballot box on Sunday - raising new fears low turnout could help far right candidate Marine Le Pen. 
Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron face off in a TV debate on Wednesday evening - with just 3 days to go.
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports from Brussels.

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JP Morgan Chase to move hundreds of jobs from London to Europe

US multinational bank JP Morgan chase is planning to move hundreds of jobs to Europe after brexit according to its head of investment.

Staff could be relocated to JP Morgan's existing offices in Dublin, Frankfurt or Luxembourg.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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UK ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY (OFFICIALLY)

The starting gun on the UK general election campaign is being fired with the dissolution of parliament.

Theresa May meets the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to formally mark the end of House of Commons business and begin official campaigning.

Britain votes on June 8th and current polling suggests Mrs May's Conservative Party could be heading for a comfortable majority.

She says Brexit requires a Conservative government, while Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron says his party will scrutinise that process, and Labour's Diane Abbott insists her leader Jeremy Corbyn is the right man to be Prime Minister.

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EU Brexit Negotiator to Lay Out Stance on Key Issues

The European Union's negotiating stance on how to handle crucial Brexit issues like citizen's rights and the divorce bill for the UK are due to be unveiled on Wednesday.

It all comes as tensions between Brussels and London heat up.

Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek reports from Brussels.  

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Russian and Turkish Presidents to meet in Sochi

German defense minister cancels US trip over far-right officer scandal

Germany's defense minister has cancelled her trip to the United States to address the fallout from a scandal involving an army lieutenant who has been arrested over a plot targeting refugees.

The situation has raised larger questions about right-wing viewpoints within the German military.

Ira Spitzer has more from Berlin.

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India plans to remeasure Mount Everest

India is planning to remeasure Mount Everest to record potential changes in its height following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.

India's official mapping and surveying centre confirmed this week that it will go ahead with a survey of the world's highest mountain.

Our India correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports.

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Indian Government Says Citizens Don’t Have Absolute Rights Over Their Bodies

The Indian government has told the country's top court that Indian nationals do not enjoy complete freedom over their own bodies.  

The government has made it mandatory for all citizens to have their biometric parameters registered- a proposal that has been challenged by various organizations.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports

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Australian journalists out on strike following mass sackings

On World Press Freedom day, Wednesday, a quarter of Australian newspaper publisher Fairfax's journalists were told they were being given their freedom, with the news their jobs were gone.
It's triggered a mass walk out by the company's journalists which is expected to encompass the Australian federal budget next Tuesday.
Arthur Stevens has more.

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Decade after Madeleine McCann disappearance, parents say search ongoing


People in Portugal, where 3-year old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared ten years ago, are marking the event with a special church service on Wednesday. 

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Ex-police officer pleads guilty in shooting death of black man in S. Carolina


A former South Carolina police officer accused of shooting a fleeing black man in the back is pleading guilty to using excessive force.  

Michael Slager, who is white, shot Walter Scott several times in 2015.

Our US correspondent Kevin McAleese reports

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Pres. Trump to host Pres. Abbas

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for talks at the White House.

His administration is indicating that President Trump wants to achieve peace for the Middle East, although he's initially backed his relationship with the Israelis.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff has a preview:

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Syria tops agenda for US Russia phone call

Syria topped the agenda for the phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The White House is characterizing the call as one with a positive tone.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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US FBI translator married ISIS recruiter she was investigating

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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that an FBI
translator married a Islamic State recruiter while on assignment.

In 2014, Daniela Greene travelled to Syria and secretly married the
man she was assigned to investigate, lying to the FBI about the trip.

Ms Greene served two years in a US prison after her deception was
uncovered by authorities.

US Correspondent Laura Cantekin reports.

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Clinton Blames Comey, Russia For Election Defeat

Hillary Clinton has told an audience at a charity lunch in New York that she was on the path to election victory last November, until the intervention of FBI Director James Comey.

The former Democratic candidate said she took 'absolute personal responsibility' for her losing campaign - but added that the letter sent by Mr. Comey at the end of October, saying agents were looking into possible new information related to her personal email server, helped her rival Donald Trump.

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Hillary Clinton also mentioned Wikileaks, which posted the hacked emails of her campaign chairman soon after a compromising video of Donald Trump had surfaced:

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The former Secretary of State said she hasn't finished fighting yet:

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Mrs. Clinton called on the Trump administration to make women's rights a central plank of foreign policy:

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White House repeats claim Mexico will pay for wall

Top White House officials are still trying to get Mexico to pay for the construction of a wall along the border with the U.S.

The spending compromise which President Trump is expected to sign includes just over $1 billion for some border security measures such as hiring more agents and repairs to the existing sections of the wall.

Office of Budget and Management Director Mick Mulvaney insists things are progressing on fulfilling this campaign promise to build the wall.

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White House insists it's the winner of the spending battle

White House officials are insisting that President Trump is the big winner in the compromise to keep the U.S. federal government running, despite the fact that hardly any of the president's priorities are funded.

President Trump is expected to sign the compromise legislation by the end of the week, which provides spending rules until the end of September, with the next fiscal year beginning October 1.

Office of Budget and Management director Mick Mulvaney said President Trump got the upside of the deal with the Democrats.

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media that maybe the American government should be shut down, but his budget director Mick Mulvaney tried to postpone that.

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Venezuelans Protest Against President's Plan for New Constitution

Early on Tuesday thousands of opposition demonstrators  blocked almost all streets in Caracas and other cities across Venezuela, in rejection of President Maduro call of a constituent assembly, which removes the possibility of general elections demanded by the opposition. 

Juan Carlos Lamas has more from Caracas. 

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UN disability rights expert announces first visit to North Korea



North Korea is welcoming a United Nations independent expert on human rights, in the first visit of its kind to the secretive nation.

Catalina Devandas-Aguilar is starting a six-day trip that will focus on the situation for children with disabilities.

Our UN correspondent Liling Tan reports from New York.

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