Friday, September 26, 2014

World News Briefs -- September 26, 2014



'This Is About Psychopathic Terrorists Who Are Trying To Kill Us': Cameron Says There Is A 'Strong Case' For Air Strikes In Syria As Well As Iraq But Miliband Blocks Wider Action -- Daily Mail

* Prime Minister urges MPs to support military action against militants
* Warns mission will take 'not just months but years' as debate begins
* Labour leader Ed Miliband backs Iraq action but divisions emerge on Syria
* Air strikes in Iraq are expected to start within hours of the 5pm vote tonight
* Commons motion rules out action in neighbouring Syria without a vote
* But Philip Hammond says US legal case for action in Syria is 'robust'
* Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby backs military action in Iraq

Britain cannot 'walk on by' in the face of the threat posed by 'psychopathic terrorists', David Cameron warned today as he urged MPs to back air strikes in Iraq.

The Prime Minister told a packed House of Commons that ISIS is a terrorist group like no other, responsible for 'staggering brutality' and posing a direct threat to the British people.

MPs are expected to back sending RAF Tornados to destroy carefully chosen targets in Iraq in a vote at 5pm.

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MIDDLE EAST

Islamic State tightens grip on Syrian border town; shells hit Turkey. ISIS moves closer to Syria-Turkey border amid mass exodus of Kurds.

Raqqa residents on US strikes: ‘I would not wish them on my worst enemy’.

Syrian rebels unite to fight ISIS.

Assad steps up bombing as West strikes militants in Syria.

Assad reported to have used chemical weapons again.

Yemeni president urges rebels to pull out of capital. Yemeni Houthis celebrate 'Friday of victory'.

Top diplomats to hold 2nd day of Iran nuclear talks. No significant progress in Iran nuclear talks: French minister.

IAEA rejects Arab bid to curb Israel's nuclear capabilities.

Abbas: Israel waging war of genocide in Gaza.

ASIA

Taliban overrun several Afghan villages. Taliban storms Afghan region, kills 100 in days, amid incomplete power handover.

China says 50 dead in Xinjiang violence.

India, China resolve 2-week border standoff.

Report: Torture widespread in Uzbekistan.

U.N. nuclear assembly condemns North Korea reactor restart.

Likely next Korean president presses Obama on Pyongyang nukes.

North Korea admits to Kim Jong-un’s ill-health for first time. Is Kim Jong Un lying low?

Author: Wealthy elites want their money out of China.

AFRICA

West Africa awaits Ebola aid, vaccine trials.

'Collateral' death toll in Ebola outbreak expected to soar.

Spain and Morocco arrest 9 in terror cell.

Boko Haram militant leader is dead, Nigerian military says.

VOA exclusive: Sources describe final days of Al-Shabab's Godane.

Zambia denies reports President Sata was treated in U.S..

Six Nobel laureates boycott summit over Dalai Lama visa.

EUROPE

Ukraine holds talks on marking out 'buffer zone' with rebels.

Moscow rejects media reports of buffer zone talks in Ukraine. Russia denies its military met Ukrainian officials to discuss buffer zone.

Pro-presidential block to win early Ukrainian elections: poll.

Exclusive: Ukraine prime minister says Russians 'want us to freeze'.

Ukraine to pay $3.1bn of Gazprom debt by end of 2014 - EU Energy Commissioner.

No information on possible Islamic State subway attacks - French foreign minister.

Swedish center-left leader says has support for government.

Refugees rescued by cruise liner reluctantly disembark in Cyprus.

AMERICAS

Business spending, exports spur big bounce in U.S. economy.

Chicago flights stopped, area air traffic snarled after fire at FAA facility.

Rousseff gains momentum in tight Brazil election race.

Venezuela suffers another blackout.

Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace.

Deep, 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Anchorage.

Argentina uses drones to root out wealthy tax evaders.

3 retired firefighters who worked at Ground Zero die on same day.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

FBI, Pentagon unsure how close Khorasan Group was to US strike.

Some 1,000 Asians flock to ISIL: Adm. Locklear.

US government tweets and deletes photos of dead jihadists.

U.S. military probing digital currencies in terror fight.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

FBI tells Apple, Google their privacy efforts could hamstring investigations.

Secretive Russian oil giant has no fear of sanctions.

Storied bond investor Bill Gross quits Pimco for Janus.

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