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BBC News, I'm Michael Poles.
Five years after labeling North Korea as part of an Axis of Evil, President Bush has welcomed an international agreement to dismantle its nuclear program. The accord was reached after protracted six-nation talks. From Washington, Jonathan Beale reports.
President Bush said the deal reached with North Korea showed a common commitment to shut down its nuclear program that would help secure the future peace of the region. North Korea has agreed to disable its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon by the end of the year. United States chief negotiator Christopher Hill said that was just one of the steps required of the communist country. Now, he said, a US team would seek access to the facility to help carry out that work. North Korea will receive economic aid in return for its cooperation.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said the United States is not in a position to attack Iran given its current military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Mottaki was asked about an article in the New Yorker magazine which said the US military was redrawing plans to confront Iran. Washington has insisted it has no plans to attack Iran.
The Kurdish regional government in Iraq says it's signed four international oil deals in a move that could trigger a dispute with the central authorities in Baghdad. An earlier oil agreement between foreign investors and the Kurds was described as illegal by the Iraqi government.
European Union ambassadors have agreed to toughen sanctions on Burma because of the suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations by the military government. The sanctions could include a wider ban on Burmese imports, and more visa restrictions on members of the military. Here is our Brussels correspondent Oana Lungescu.
The decision to toughen sanctions against Burma's generals was taken by the ambassadors of the 27 EU countries, but will need the formal approval of EU foreign ministers in two weeks from now. Meanwhile, experts will look at which Burmese officials and state companies they can add to an already very long list targeted by the existing sanctions, which were first imposed in 1996. EU companies are banned from investing in Burmese state-owned companies, but extra restrictions could be imposed on trade in sensitive products such as timber, rubies and sapphires.
More than 3,000 workers at a gold mine in South Africa have been stranded underground following equipment failure. A spokeswoman for the Harmony Gold Mining Company, Amelia Soares, told the BBC that one of the lift shafts in the Elandsrand Mine, west of Johannesburg, have been blocked. A compressed pipe column fell down the mine shaft and caused extensive damage to steel work underground as well as the electrical feeder cords that connected to the lifts underground and severed the electrical cords. Ms. Soares said the rescue could take hours because those trapped could only be brought up in batches of 75 at a time.
World News from the BBC.
President Bush has vetoed the bill passed by Congress that would have greatly expanded the children's health care program. The bill would have provided an extra 35 billion dollars for children's health insurance over five years by raising taxes on tobacco products. The Bush administration argued that the scheme was too expensive. Democrats described the vote, veto as the act of a tone-deaf president prepared to risk for health of children.
The leader of the main opposition Conservatives in Britain David Cameron has challenged the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call a general election. In a speech to his party's annual conference in Blackpool in the north of England, he said the Conservatives would fight for, what he called a new world of freedom. He promised to campaign for a referendum to oppose a new European Union treaty, saying he wanted to keep power in London not Brussels. Further afield, he pledged to focus on Afghanistan. "My top priority overseas would be Afghanistan. And I'll tell you why. If we get out of Afghanistan, the Taliban come back into Afghanistan, and al-Qaeda would set up in Afghanistan, and that will mean danger and terrorism on British streets again.
A meeting between the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Columbian FARC rebels to discuss a possible prisoner exchange has been postponed indefinitely. The Venezuelan president had offered to broker an exchange of rebels held by the Columbian government for 45 high-profile captives held by the FARC.
Russia is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik One, the first man-made satellite to go into orbit. The satellite, twice the size of a football, could be seen with the naked eye as it circled the earth. And its signal could be heard on a household radio. The BBC Moscow correspondent says the launch of Sputnik was a propaganda coup for the Soviet Union and began the space race with the United States. Today, more than 800 satellites orbit the earth used for communication, surveillance and navigation.
BBC News.
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BBC News, I'm Michael Poles.
Five years after labeling North Korea as part of an Axis of Evil, President Bush has welcomed an international agreement to dismantle its nuclear program. The accord was reached after protracted six-nation talks. From Washington, Jonathan Beale reports.
President Bush said the deal reached with North Korea showed a common commitment to shut down its nuclear program that would help secure the future peace of the region. North Korea has agreed to disable its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon by the end of the year. United States chief negotiator Christopher Hill said that was just one of the steps required of the communist country. Now, he said, a US team would seek access to the facility to help carry out that work. North Korea will receive economic aid in return for its cooperation.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said the United States is not in a position to attack Iran given its current military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Mottaki was asked about an article in the New Yorker magazine which said the US military was redrawing plans to confront Iran. Washington has insisted it has no plans to attack Iran.
The Kurdish regional government in Iraq says it's signed four international oil deals in a move that could trigger a dispute with the central authorities in Baghdad. An earlier oil agreement between foreign investors and the Kurds was described as illegal by the Iraqi government.
European Union ambassadors have agreed to toughen sanctions on Burma because of the suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations by the military government. The sanctions could include a wider ban on Burmese imports, and more visa restrictions on members of the military. Here is our Brussels correspondent Oana Lungescu.
The decision to toughen sanctions against Burma's generals was taken by the ambassadors of the 27 EU countries, but will need the formal approval of EU foreign ministers in two weeks from now. Meanwhile, experts will look at which Burmese officials and state companies they can add to an already very long list targeted by the existing sanctions, which were first imposed in 1996. EU companies are banned from investing in Burmese state-owned companies, but extra restrictions could be imposed on trade in sensitive products such as timber, rubies and sapphires.
More than 3,000 workers at a gold mine in South Africa have been stranded underground following equipment failure. A spokeswoman for the Harmony Gold Mining Company, Amelia Soares, told the BBC that one of the lift shafts in the Elandsrand Mine, west of Johannesburg, have been blocked. A compressed pipe column fell down the mine shaft and caused extensive damage to steel work underground as well as the electrical feeder cords that connected to the lifts underground and severed the electrical cords. Ms. Soares said the rescue could take hours because those trapped could only be brought up in batches of 75 at a time.
World News from the BBC.
President Bush has vetoed the bill passed by Congress that would have greatly expanded the children's health care program. The bill would have provided an extra 35 billion dollars for children's health insurance over five years by raising taxes on tobacco products. The Bush administration argued that the scheme was too expensive. Democrats described the vote, veto as the act of a tone-deaf president prepared to risk for health of children.
The leader of the main opposition Conservatives in Britain David Cameron has challenged the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call a general election. In a speech to his party's annual conference in Blackpool in the north of England, he said the Conservatives would fight for, what he called a new world of freedom. He promised to campaign for a referendum to oppose a new European Union treaty, saying he wanted to keep power in London not Brussels. Further afield, he pledged to focus on Afghanistan. "My top priority overseas would be Afghanistan. And I'll tell you why. If we get out of Afghanistan, the Taliban come back into Afghanistan, and al-Qaeda would set up in Afghanistan, and that will mean danger and terrorism on British streets again.
A meeting between the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Columbian FARC rebels to discuss a possible prisoner exchange has been postponed indefinitely. The Venezuelan president had offered to broker an exchange of rebels held by the Columbian government for 45 high-profile captives held by the FARC.
Russia is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik One, the first man-made satellite to go into orbit. The satellite, twice the size of a football, could be seen with the naked eye as it circled the earth. And its signal could be heard on a household radio. The BBC Moscow correspondent says the launch of Sputnik was a propaganda coup for the Soviet Union and began the space race with the United States. Today, more than 800 satellites orbit the earth used for communication, surveillance and navigation.
BBC News.
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