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Conflicting reports are emerging about the condition of the Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, who has been treated in hospital in Paris. On Friday rumours began circulating that he was in a coma or that he had died. Lucy Taylor reports.
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OUT: Lucy Taylor, Paris
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Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who assumed power on 2nd April has pledged to make reforms to the country's security and intelligence systems.
These agencies have often been criticized time and again for being perpetrators of human rights leading to ongoing protests.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is facing questions in the British Parliament today about her decision to authorise air strikes against the Syrian government on Saturday.
Some MPs are up in arms over the fact that no vote on the military action was given to Parliament, with the opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn calling for laws to be changed to ensure future interventions require a debate and vote before going ahead.
The air strikes were part of a joint effort between the UK, US and France, targeting sites near Damascus and Homs in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack on Douma which is said to have taken place on April 7th.
Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgdon has voiced concerns over the Prime Minister's decision.
IN: It's really worrying
OUT: for our democracy
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Meanwhile James Grey, a member of the joint committee on national security believes the Prime Minister was justified in her move.
IN: the government's job, the prime minister's job
OUT: to account property
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Russia says it will not delay legislation in response to new US sanctions. The Lower House of Parliament is considering legislation to give the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict US imports. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs. The United States, France and Great Britain hit Syria's chemical weapons production infrastructure in response to last week's suspected poison-gas attack against civilians. Moscow denounced the Western coalition's move, staying it had damaged the chances of achieving a political resolution in the seven-year long conflict in Syra. Our correspondent Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May says it had was "right and legal" to take military action against Syria after overnight missile strikes targeted suspect chemical weapons facilities.
The UK leader added that she is confident that the air strikes carried out by the UK, France and the US have been successful. However she's facing criticism from many MPs as Catherine Drew reports from London.
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Russia has condemned US-led airstrikes on Syria. Moscow has called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and said it would consider supplying modern S-300 missile defence systems to Syria to prevent airstrikes in the future. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.
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British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has described the overnight military action taken by the US, the UK and France against Syria as "legally questionable" and said such action won't save lives or bring peace.
The comments of the Labour leader come after British Prime Minister Theresa May said UK intelligence concluded it was highly likely that the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical attack on Douma which killed at least 80 people. She said the normalization of the use of such weapons could not go unchallenged.
Theresa May acted without the approval of the UK parliament which is currently in recess. Jeremy Corbyn says she should have consulted MPs and not acted unilaterally.
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OUT: in the United Nations."
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British Prime Minister Theresa May says it had was "right and legal" to take military action against Syria after overnight missile strikes targeted suspected chemical weapons facilities. Speaking from Downing Street, the UK leader said authorities are confident that the air strikes carried out by the UK, France and the US have been successful.
RAF fighter jets carrying Storm Shadow missiles targeted a former military base 15 miles west of Homs, where it's thought the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad stores material to make chemical weapons.
The action comes after a chemical weapons attack on the city of Douma which killed more than 80 people and injured hundreds.
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the action sends a strong message that there will be consequences for the use of chemical weapons.
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OUT: in the United Nations."
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British Prime Minister Theresa May says the normalization of the use of chemical weapons cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.
IN: "Over the last week….
OUT: …deterring their use."
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British Prime Minister Theresa May says the military action was limited to destroying chemical weapons infrastructure and did not have a wider goal.
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OUT: …chemical weapons."
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The Pentagon says air strikes on Syria called out by the US, Britain and France are over.
General James Mattis, America's defense secretary, called the campaign a "one-time shot" aimed at preventing President Bashar al Assad from researching, developing and deploying chemical weapons.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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