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BBC News with Neil Nunes.
Reports from Burma say the security forces have raided monasteries in the main city Rangoon and elsewhere as they tried to stop more anti-government protests. A witness said she heard shouting and screaming from a monastery in Rangoon. Earlier the UN Security Council in New York urged the Burmese military government to exercise restraint towards protesters. The United States Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, called on the government to meet the UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari. From UN headquarters, here is our diplomatic correspondent James Robins with more.
The fifteen members of the council including China and Russia had been able to unite sending a message to the generals that they must exercise restraint, but that's where consensus seemed to break down after that. The Chinese have just come out and said to us that they don't accept, this is other than an internal matter for Burma to resolve, it's not a threat, they believe, to international security, and therefore not properly a matter for the Security Council. So you can see the division there and it seems to be quite a breach, to be gulfed.
Militants in Iraq have killed at least 50 people in a series of bomb attacks. Police said 32 died when two car bombs exploded in a mainly Shiite Muslim district of Baghdad. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital for weeks. The American military spokesman acknowledged that there had been an upturn in violence in Iraq of the past few days, mostly he said in areas where al-Qaeda operated.
The US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told Congress he is unhappy with the way private security contractors working in Iraq are monitored and policed. The Pentagon has revealed that a fact-finding team has been sent to Iraq to investigate the situation. The concern follows the deaths of eleven Iraqis earlier this month in a shooting involving employees of the Blackwater security firm. From Washington, here is our correspondent Justin Webb.
This was a frank acknowledgement from the man in charge of America's official military forces that private organizations backing up the official effort in Iraq might not be properly controlled. The Pentagon says it has the legal authority to control the contractors, but Mr. Gates told senators that he wondered whether the commanders in the field had sufficient means and resources to exercise that control. Pentagon has reviewed that a five-person investigative team was dispatched to Iraq last Sunday and has been told to report back to Mr. Gates within days.
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has accused the United States and Britain of a relentless campaign to destabilize and vilify his country. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Mr. Mugabe criticized George Bush's human rights record and called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be lifted, reiterating that regime change in his country would not be brought about by outside influence. Zimbabwe has been suffering chronic food shortages and runaway inflation.
This is the latest world news from the BBC in London.
A judge in Los Angeles has declared a mistrial in the case of the music producer Phil Spector after the jury was unable to reach a verdict for a second time. The record producer was accused of killing an actress Lana Clarkson four years ago. Peter Biles has this report from Los Angeles.
Twelve days after deliberations started the jury said it was split 10-2. Unable to reach a verdict they all agreed upon, the judge declared a mistrial. The record producer was accused of shooting Lana Clarkson in the head after he met her at a Hollywood nightclub four years ago. Prosecutors now have the option to re-file the charges, a move that could result in a second trial. Phil Spector has worked with some of the biggest names in the record business including the Beatles.
EU Agriculture ministers have approved plans to increase production of wheat and other grains to meet growing shortages on the world market. It is hoped that will boost grain production by at least ten million tons. Jonny Dymond sent this report from Brussels.
For years the European Union has told farmers to leave 10% of their land uncultivated. It was a response to the overproduction of cereals that left embarrassing surpluses, known popularly as Grain Mountains. But those days are long gone. Sharply increased demand and poor harvests have shrunk reserves stocks to almost nothing. Prices of cereals have increased sharply, leading to protests from food producers and consumers.
Israeli military strikes have reported to have killed at least eight people in the Gaza Strip. In one incident an Israeli air strike hit a vehicle in Gaza city killing four people in it. Sources at Gaza's main hospital said the victims are members of the Palestinian militant group, the Army of Islam. In the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses say four people died when an Israeli tank fire hit a house although Israel has not confirmed the attack.
BBC news.
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BBC News with Neil Nunes.
Reports from Burma say the security forces have raided monasteries in the main city Rangoon and elsewhere as they tried to stop more anti-government protests. A witness said she heard shouting and screaming from a monastery in Rangoon. Earlier the UN Security Council in New York urged the Burmese military government to exercise restraint towards protesters. The United States Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, called on the government to meet the UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari. From UN headquarters, here is our diplomatic correspondent James Robins with more.
The fifteen members of the council including China and Russia had been able to unite sending a message to the generals that they must exercise restraint, but that's where consensus seemed to break down after that. The Chinese have just come out and said to us that they don't accept, this is other than an internal matter for Burma to resolve, it's not a threat, they believe, to international security, and therefore not properly a matter for the Security Council. So you can see the division there and it seems to be quite a breach, to be gulfed.
Militants in Iraq have killed at least 50 people in a series of bomb attacks. Police said 32 died when two car bombs exploded in a mainly Shiite Muslim district of Baghdad. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital for weeks. The American military spokesman acknowledged that there had been an upturn in violence in Iraq of the past few days, mostly he said in areas where al-Qaeda operated.
The US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told Congress he is unhappy with the way private security contractors working in Iraq are monitored and policed. The Pentagon has revealed that a fact-finding team has been sent to Iraq to investigate the situation. The concern follows the deaths of eleven Iraqis earlier this month in a shooting involving employees of the Blackwater security firm. From Washington, here is our correspondent Justin Webb.
This was a frank acknowledgement from the man in charge of America's official military forces that private organizations backing up the official effort in Iraq might not be properly controlled. The Pentagon says it has the legal authority to control the contractors, but Mr. Gates told senators that he wondered whether the commanders in the field had sufficient means and resources to exercise that control. Pentagon has reviewed that a five-person investigative team was dispatched to Iraq last Sunday and has been told to report back to Mr. Gates within days.
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has accused the United States and Britain of a relentless campaign to destabilize and vilify his country. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Mr. Mugabe criticized George Bush's human rights record and called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be lifted, reiterating that regime change in his country would not be brought about by outside influence. Zimbabwe has been suffering chronic food shortages and runaway inflation.
This is the latest world news from the BBC in London.
A judge in Los Angeles has declared a mistrial in the case of the music producer Phil Spector after the jury was unable to reach a verdict for a second time. The record producer was accused of killing an actress Lana Clarkson four years ago. Peter Biles has this report from Los Angeles.
Twelve days after deliberations started the jury said it was split 10-2. Unable to reach a verdict they all agreed upon, the judge declared a mistrial. The record producer was accused of shooting Lana Clarkson in the head after he met her at a Hollywood nightclub four years ago. Prosecutors now have the option to re-file the charges, a move that could result in a second trial. Phil Spector has worked with some of the biggest names in the record business including the Beatles.
EU Agriculture ministers have approved plans to increase production of wheat and other grains to meet growing shortages on the world market. It is hoped that will boost grain production by at least ten million tons. Jonny Dymond sent this report from Brussels.
For years the European Union has told farmers to leave 10% of their land uncultivated. It was a response to the overproduction of cereals that left embarrassing surpluses, known popularly as Grain Mountains. But those days are long gone. Sharply increased demand and poor harvests have shrunk reserves stocks to almost nothing. Prices of cereals have increased sharply, leading to protests from food producers and consumers.
Israeli military strikes have reported to have killed at least eight people in the Gaza Strip. In one incident an Israeli air strike hit a vehicle in Gaza city killing four people in it. Sources at Gaza's main hospital said the victims are members of the Palestinian militant group, the Army of Islam. In the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses say four people died when an Israeli tank fire hit a house although Israel has not confirmed the attack.
BBC news.
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