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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
A massive rescue operation is underway in the Mexican state of Tabasco after heavy rains caused the worst flooding in the state's history. As many as 700,000 people are believed to have been affected. Almost half / that number are thought to be trapped in their homes. Our reporter in the region Andy Gallacher has more.
In many places, only the treetops are visible. And the state's governor says that farmers have lost 100% of their crops. But it's a humanitarian crisis that now concerns the Mexican authorities. It's thought that as many as 300,000 people are still trapped in their homes. The state has now been placed on high alert. The Mexican President Felipe Calderon has flown to the area and promised more soldiers and aid for the Gulf coast state.
Troops in Venezuela have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of university students in the capital Caracas who are demonstrating against a series of proposed constitutional reforms. The leaders of the protest have been allowed to enter the headquarters of the National Electoral Council to discuss their demands with the council's president. From Caracas, James Ingham reports.
The students and others on the march say President Hugo Chavez's government is undemocratic and doing little to solve serious social problems. Mr. Chavez is adamant that the changes, which include amending the law to allow him to stand for unlimited reelection, are needed to help him make Venezuela more socialist. He says he's giving more power to ordinary people and improving lives. It is a message he'll repeat as he launches a campaign for a "yes" vote at a referendum / due to be held in December.
There have been sharp falls on stock markets in Europe and North America due to renewed concerns about the credit and housing markets in the United States. New York's Dow Jones closed down 2.6%, while London’s main index fell 2%. Shares in the banking sector have been particularly hit following the announcement that the world's biggest bank, Citigroup, is short of capital.
The head of the London police force, Sir Ian Blair, says he will not resign over the guilty verdict in a high-profile case, in which an innocent man was shot dead after being mistaken for a suicide bomber. The Metropolitan police were found guilty of putting the public at risk when a Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, was killed at an underground station a day after a series of failed attacks on the London transport system in 2005. Sir Ian Blair rejected calls from senior opposition politicians for him to quit. Relatives of Mr. De Menezes welcomed the verdict, but said the Metropolitan Police would have to pay for their mistake. The lawyer for the De Menezes family, Harriet Wistrich, said she expected more.
The outcome of the trial leaves many questions unanswered. In particular, no evidence was heard from the officers responsible for shooting Jean Charles, or for any of the civilian passengers who witnessed the shooting. This serious omission enabled the defense to suggest that there was something about Jean Charles' behavior on the tube that led him to be shot.
This is Blerry Gogan with the latest World News from the BBC.
The former women's world tennis No. 1 Martina Hingis has announced that she is retiring from the game after failing a drug test for cocaine at this year's Wimbledon Championships. The Swiss player said she was 100% innocent and that she wanted to tackle the matter head-on by talking to the press.
The President of Chad Idriss Deby says he hopes some of the Europeans arrested last week over child abduction allegations can be released. Three French journalists and five Spanish air hostesses were among a group of Europeans detained following an attempt to fly more than 100 children out of Chad to France. Mr. Deby says he can not force the hand of the country's justice system.
Representatives of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, have arrived in the capital Kampala as part of efforts to end their brutal twenty-year campaign. It's their first official visit to the city. Correspondents say the negotiators face big obstacles, the main one being that the LRA's rejection of war crimes charges against its military leaders who have not traveled to Kampala. Norbert Mao, the chairman of Gulu district, which has been badly affected by the fighting, told the BBC the aim of the meeting was to find a way for the people of Uganda to contribute to a peace settlement.
The visit is long overdue. This is a consultative visit. The Uganda government has already carried out its consultation with the key stakeholders. The LRA is also expected to do the same. The purpose is to ensure that the ordinary people make an input in Agenda Item No.3, which is about justice and reconciliation.
The Supreme Court in the American state of Florida has ruled that the state's method of administering the death penalty by lethal injection does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment. The unanimous decision comes after the Federal Supreme Court states several executions while it considers whether this form of capital punishment is constitutional.
BBC World News.
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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
A massive rescue operation is underway in the Mexican state of Tabasco after heavy rains caused the worst flooding in the state's history. As many as 700,000 people are believed to have been affected. Almost half / that number are thought to be trapped in their homes. Our reporter in the region Andy Gallacher has more.
In many places, only the treetops are visible. And the state's governor says that farmers have lost 100% of their crops. But it's a humanitarian crisis that now concerns the Mexican authorities. It's thought that as many as 300,000 people are still trapped in their homes. The state has now been placed on high alert. The Mexican President Felipe Calderon has flown to the area and promised more soldiers and aid for the Gulf coast state.
Troops in Venezuela have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of university students in the capital Caracas who are demonstrating against a series of proposed constitutional reforms. The leaders of the protest have been allowed to enter the headquarters of the National Electoral Council to discuss their demands with the council's president. From Caracas, James Ingham reports.
The students and others on the march say President Hugo Chavez's government is undemocratic and doing little to solve serious social problems. Mr. Chavez is adamant that the changes, which include amending the law to allow him to stand for unlimited reelection, are needed to help him make Venezuela more socialist. He says he's giving more power to ordinary people and improving lives. It is a message he'll repeat as he launches a campaign for a "yes" vote at a referendum / due to be held in December.
There have been sharp falls on stock markets in Europe and North America due to renewed concerns about the credit and housing markets in the United States. New York's Dow Jones closed down 2.6%, while London’s main index fell 2%. Shares in the banking sector have been particularly hit following the announcement that the world's biggest bank, Citigroup, is short of capital.
The head of the London police force, Sir Ian Blair, says he will not resign over the guilty verdict in a high-profile case, in which an innocent man was shot dead after being mistaken for a suicide bomber. The Metropolitan police were found guilty of putting the public at risk when a Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, was killed at an underground station a day after a series of failed attacks on the London transport system in 2005. Sir Ian Blair rejected calls from senior opposition politicians for him to quit. Relatives of Mr. De Menezes welcomed the verdict, but said the Metropolitan Police would have to pay for their mistake. The lawyer for the De Menezes family, Harriet Wistrich, said she expected more.
The outcome of the trial leaves many questions unanswered. In particular, no evidence was heard from the officers responsible for shooting Jean Charles, or for any of the civilian passengers who witnessed the shooting. This serious omission enabled the defense to suggest that there was something about Jean Charles' behavior on the tube that led him to be shot.
This is Blerry Gogan with the latest World News from the BBC.
The former women's world tennis No. 1 Martina Hingis has announced that she is retiring from the game after failing a drug test for cocaine at this year's Wimbledon Championships. The Swiss player said she was 100% innocent and that she wanted to tackle the matter head-on by talking to the press.
The President of Chad Idriss Deby says he hopes some of the Europeans arrested last week over child abduction allegations can be released. Three French journalists and five Spanish air hostesses were among a group of Europeans detained following an attempt to fly more than 100 children out of Chad to France. Mr. Deby says he can not force the hand of the country's justice system.
Representatives of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, have arrived in the capital Kampala as part of efforts to end their brutal twenty-year campaign. It's their first official visit to the city. Correspondents say the negotiators face big obstacles, the main one being that the LRA's rejection of war crimes charges against its military leaders who have not traveled to Kampala. Norbert Mao, the chairman of Gulu district, which has been badly affected by the fighting, told the BBC the aim of the meeting was to find a way for the people of Uganda to contribute to a peace settlement.
The visit is long overdue. This is a consultative visit. The Uganda government has already carried out its consultation with the key stakeholders. The LRA is also expected to do the same. The purpose is to ensure that the ordinary people make an input in Agenda Item No.3, which is about justice and reconciliation.
The Supreme Court in the American state of Florida has ruled that the state's method of administering the death penalty by lethal injection does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment. The unanimous decision comes after the Federal Supreme Court states several executions while it considers whether this form of capital punishment is constitutional.
BBC World News.
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