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BBC News with Nick Kelly.
Relatives of the victims of the train bombings in Madrid have condemned as excessively lenient the verdict in the trial of those involved in the attacks in the Spanish capital in 2004. Three of those at the heart of the al-Qaeda inspired conspiracy received multiple life sentences. But nobody was convicted for masterminding the bombings and some defendants received relatively light sentences. The Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said justice had been done. But the opposition leader Mariano Rajoy said more investigation was needed. His party's Foreign Affairs spokesman Gustavo de Aristegui told the BBC that many questions remained unanswered. "Certain details of these atrocious attacks that we still think that are unknown. We still don't know who gave the order. We still don't know who built those bombs and we still don't know who was the coordinator of the cells that carried out these attacks. And I think that we need to know, we must know exactly what happened there."
Spain has passed a controversial law which for the first time recognizes the victims of the country's civil war and the subsequent 40-year rule of General Francis Franco. The vote by Spain's Lower House condemned Franco's extreme right-wing government and requires local authorities to find efforts to unearth mass graves from the 1936-1939 civil war.
Hundreds of United States diplomats have expressed their anger over a State Department decision to force employees to take jobs in Iraq. The diplomats were questioning officials at the meeting after being singled out as candidates to fill posts at the embassy in Baghdad and in other Iraqi provinces when they become vacant next year. James Coomarasamy reports from Washington.
The diplomats attending the meeting have been singled out as prime candidates to fill 48 posts at the US Embassy in Baghdad and in other Iraqi provinces that will become vacant next year. They've been given 10 days to decide whether or not to accept the posting after which the state department says remaining openings will be filled on a compulsory basis. Those who refused to go could lose their jobs unless exempt for medical or other personal reasons. Department officials were questioned about their decision to assign diplomats to a war zone against their will, the decision which some described as a potential death sentence.
United States Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rates to 5% amid concerns about the recent slump in the US housing market. Here's Andrew Walker.
The Fed said that economic growth is likely to slow in the near future due to the weakening of the housing market. The interest rate cut is likely to reduce the cost of repaying a homebuyer's loan. So it could limit any fall in house prices and ease any slowdown in the wide economy. There was, however, a warning in the Fed's statement that recent increases in energy and commodity prices could cause inflation to rise. Many economists also think the rate cut is likely to lead to a weaker dollar which would make imports more expensive and could add to inflation.
World News from the BBC.
The Turkish government has announced economic sanctions against groups which support Kurdish fighters responsible for an upsurge in attacks on Turkish soldiers. The measures could result in a boycott of the autonomous Kurdish administration in Iraq which Ankara says is failing to rein in the activities of PKK in its territory. Turkey has been maintaining its strikes against suspected PKK targets and the United States has revealed that it's supplying Turkey with intelligence on PKK positions.
The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov is reported to have said that the United States, Britain and Israel are all legitimate targets in what he called the global jihad. He made the statement in a video sent to the American-backed radio station Radio for Europe. Richard Galpin reports from the Chechen capital Groznyy.
In the video the rebel leader says all those who attack Muslims anywhere in the world are enemies. He highlights the fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and the Palestinian territories, and therefore concludes that countries such as the United States, Britain and Israel should be targets in the global jihad. Mr. Umarov's words have provoked a furious reaction from other Chechen separatists. One, Ahmed Zakayev, who is now based in London, described the statement as "criminal and a provocation".
The United Nations has announced that its envoy Ibrahim Gambari is returning to Burma on Saturday on a mission to open a dialogue between the military government and the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It will be Mr. Gambari's second visit since the suppression of anti-government demonstrations more than a month ago.
And the authorities in the neighboring Caribbean countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti say that at least 60 people have died as a result of heavy rains and mudslides sparked by Tropical Storm Noel. The Dominican authorities say that another 33 people are unaccounted for and more than 25,000 have been left homeless by the storm.
BBC News.
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BBC News with Nick Kelly.
Relatives of the victims of the train bombings in Madrid have condemned as excessively lenient the verdict in the trial of those involved in the attacks in the Spanish capital in 2004. Three of those at the heart of the al-Qaeda inspired conspiracy received multiple life sentences. But nobody was convicted for masterminding the bombings and some defendants received relatively light sentences. The Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said justice had been done. But the opposition leader Mariano Rajoy said more investigation was needed. His party's Foreign Affairs spokesman Gustavo de Aristegui told the BBC that many questions remained unanswered. "Certain details of these atrocious attacks that we still think that are unknown. We still don't know who gave the order. We still don't know who built those bombs and we still don't know who was the coordinator of the cells that carried out these attacks. And I think that we need to know, we must know exactly what happened there."
Spain has passed a controversial law which for the first time recognizes the victims of the country's civil war and the subsequent 40-year rule of General Francis Franco. The vote by Spain's Lower House condemned Franco's extreme right-wing government and requires local authorities to find efforts to unearth mass graves from the 1936-1939 civil war.
Hundreds of United States diplomats have expressed their anger over a State Department decision to force employees to take jobs in Iraq. The diplomats were questioning officials at the meeting after being singled out as candidates to fill posts at the embassy in Baghdad and in other Iraqi provinces when they become vacant next year. James Coomarasamy reports from Washington.
The diplomats attending the meeting have been singled out as prime candidates to fill 48 posts at the US Embassy in Baghdad and in other Iraqi provinces that will become vacant next year. They've been given 10 days to decide whether or not to accept the posting after which the state department says remaining openings will be filled on a compulsory basis. Those who refused to go could lose their jobs unless exempt for medical or other personal reasons. Department officials were questioned about their decision to assign diplomats to a war zone against their will, the decision which some described as a potential death sentence.
United States Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rates to 5% amid concerns about the recent slump in the US housing market. Here's Andrew Walker.
The Fed said that economic growth is likely to slow in the near future due to the weakening of the housing market. The interest rate cut is likely to reduce the cost of repaying a homebuyer's loan. So it could limit any fall in house prices and ease any slowdown in the wide economy. There was, however, a warning in the Fed's statement that recent increases in energy and commodity prices could cause inflation to rise. Many economists also think the rate cut is likely to lead to a weaker dollar which would make imports more expensive and could add to inflation.
World News from the BBC.
The Turkish government has announced economic sanctions against groups which support Kurdish fighters responsible for an upsurge in attacks on Turkish soldiers. The measures could result in a boycott of the autonomous Kurdish administration in Iraq which Ankara says is failing to rein in the activities of PKK in its territory. Turkey has been maintaining its strikes against suspected PKK targets and the United States has revealed that it's supplying Turkey with intelligence on PKK positions.
The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov is reported to have said that the United States, Britain and Israel are all legitimate targets in what he called the global jihad. He made the statement in a video sent to the American-backed radio station Radio for Europe. Richard Galpin reports from the Chechen capital Groznyy.
In the video the rebel leader says all those who attack Muslims anywhere in the world are enemies. He highlights the fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and the Palestinian territories, and therefore concludes that countries such as the United States, Britain and Israel should be targets in the global jihad. Mr. Umarov's words have provoked a furious reaction from other Chechen separatists. One, Ahmed Zakayev, who is now based in London, described the statement as "criminal and a provocation".
The United Nations has announced that its envoy Ibrahim Gambari is returning to Burma on Saturday on a mission to open a dialogue between the military government and the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It will be Mr. Gambari's second visit since the suppression of anti-government demonstrations more than a month ago.
And the authorities in the neighboring Caribbean countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti say that at least 60 people have died as a result of heavy rains and mudslides sparked by Tropical Storm Noel. The Dominican authorities say that another 33 people are unaccounted for and more than 25,000 have been left homeless by the storm.
BBC News.
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