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BBC News with Mike Cooper.
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has described the world economic situation as serious after the main European stock markets recorded the biggest one-day falls in share values since the September 11th attacks on America. Mr. Strauss-Kahn said the markets had reacted unfavorably to the package President Bush proposed last week to stimulate the US economy. With more details, here's our economic correspondent Andrew Walker.
"The stock market turbulence was due to growing concerns about the severity of the economic slowdown gripping the United States and deepening fears that it might turn into a recession. The International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that all developed countries are suffering from what's happening in the US. He predicted that emerging markets, the more advanced developing nations, will continue to drive global growth but he did also warn that they, too, could be dragged down by the US weakness. "
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to a one-day easing of its blockade of Gaza to allow some fuel and medical supplies into the Hamas-controlled territory. The blockade has prevented fuel reaching Gaza's power station which shut down leaving hundreds of thousands of Gazans without electricity and food. The Israeli action has been widely condemned by Arab countries as Crispin Thorold reports.
"Saudi Arabia's cabinet expressed extreme concern about what it described as Israeli violations in the most brutal form of group punishment. Syria's foreign ministry called for an immediate end to the Israeli crimes. And the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak telephoned the Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister to demand that Israel ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip. In Lebanon and Jordan, which are homes to large numbers of Palestinian refugees, there were demonstrations. Whilst the number of people protesting on the Arab streets has been relatively small, there's little doubt that many in the region have great sympathy for the residents of Gaza. "
The Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has been holding crisis talks following the defection of one of the members of his governing coalition, the Catholic centrist UDEUR Party. From Rome, Christian Fraser.
"Last week the former Justice Minister, Clemente Mastella, had promised to continue supporting Mr. Prodi on a case-by-case basis. His support was crucial. The left-leaning coalition has a majority of just one in the senate, and without the three seats controlled by UDEUR, it's a question of when not if this government will collapse. Mr. Mastella who at times has been criticized for holding the government to ransom said the experiment with the center-left was now over. "We are for elections," he said, "and if there's a confidence motion in the future we will vote against the government."
Thousands of people have gathered in Auckland, New Zealand for the state funeral of the mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. He and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to climb Mount Everest in 1953. 40 men and women carrying ice axes formed a guard of honor. And Hillary's ice ax from the expedition was placed on his casket.
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The Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has sought to allay fears that instability in his country could lead to the loss of control of its nuclear weapons. He told representatives of the European Parliament in Brussels that safe guards were securely in place. Mr. Musharraf also appealed for help in Pakistan's fight against terrorism and rejected allegations that elements of the Pakistani Ministry might be colluding with Islamic extremists.
The authorities in Saudi Arabia have decided to end the ban on unaccompanied women staying in hotels. A royal decree stipulates that a woman can now stay in a hotel on her own as long as she produces a personal identification. With more details, here's Paddy Clock.
The new ruling ends one of a string of inconveniences faced by Saudi women who previously needed to be accompanied to hotels by male guardians. Longstanding tradition and Islamic conservatism dictate that Saudi women still face plenty of obstacles for what most of the rest of world would consider to be normal life. They include not being allowed to drive and requiring male guardian's permission to travel abroad. More liberal voices in the Saudi establishment have been advancing arguments for change. King Abdullah himself has said he would be in favor of lifting the driving ban but only when society accepts it. "
Hundreds of protestors from the landless movement in Brazil have invaded the farm which the authorities confiscated from an alleged Colombian drug lord. The movement says the farm was bought with money raised through criminal activity and it wants the government to use the area to settle families. Police say three hundred families are occupying the farm which was owned by Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia who is awaiting extradition to United States on drug charges.
In football, Ivory Coast has secured a major victory against fellow favorite Nigeria, winning one nil in the first ground of the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. The goal, from Salomon Kalou, came in the 64th minute of the game that saw Ivory Coast in the ascendancy. In the final match of the day, Mali beat Benin one nil on a penalty in the 49th minute.
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BBC News with Mike Cooper.
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has described the world economic situation as serious after the main European stock markets recorded the biggest one-day falls in share values since the September 11th attacks on America. Mr. Strauss-Kahn said the markets had reacted unfavorably to the package President Bush proposed last week to stimulate the US economy. With more details, here's our economic correspondent Andrew Walker.
"The stock market turbulence was due to growing concerns about the severity of the economic slowdown gripping the United States and deepening fears that it might turn into a recession. The International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that all developed countries are suffering from what's happening in the US. He predicted that emerging markets, the more advanced developing nations, will continue to drive global growth but he did also warn that they, too, could be dragged down by the US weakness. "
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to a one-day easing of its blockade of Gaza to allow some fuel and medical supplies into the Hamas-controlled territory. The blockade has prevented fuel reaching Gaza's power station which shut down leaving hundreds of thousands of Gazans without electricity and food. The Israeli action has been widely condemned by Arab countries as Crispin Thorold reports.
"Saudi Arabia's cabinet expressed extreme concern about what it described as Israeli violations in the most brutal form of group punishment. Syria's foreign ministry called for an immediate end to the Israeli crimes. And the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak telephoned the Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister to demand that Israel ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip. In Lebanon and Jordan, which are homes to large numbers of Palestinian refugees, there were demonstrations. Whilst the number of people protesting on the Arab streets has been relatively small, there's little doubt that many in the region have great sympathy for the residents of Gaza. "
The Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has been holding crisis talks following the defection of one of the members of his governing coalition, the Catholic centrist UDEUR Party. From Rome, Christian Fraser.
"Last week the former Justice Minister, Clemente Mastella, had promised to continue supporting Mr. Prodi on a case-by-case basis. His support was crucial. The left-leaning coalition has a majority of just one in the senate, and without the three seats controlled by UDEUR, it's a question of when not if this government will collapse. Mr. Mastella who at times has been criticized for holding the government to ransom said the experiment with the center-left was now over. "We are for elections," he said, "and if there's a confidence motion in the future we will vote against the government."
Thousands of people have gathered in Auckland, New Zealand for the state funeral of the mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. He and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to climb Mount Everest in 1953. 40 men and women carrying ice axes formed a guard of honor. And Hillary's ice ax from the expedition was placed on his casket.
World News from the BBC
The Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has sought to allay fears that instability in his country could lead to the loss of control of its nuclear weapons. He told representatives of the European Parliament in Brussels that safe guards were securely in place. Mr. Musharraf also appealed for help in Pakistan's fight against terrorism and rejected allegations that elements of the Pakistani Ministry might be colluding with Islamic extremists.
The authorities in Saudi Arabia have decided to end the ban on unaccompanied women staying in hotels. A royal decree stipulates that a woman can now stay in a hotel on her own as long as she produces a personal identification. With more details, here's Paddy Clock.
The new ruling ends one of a string of inconveniences faced by Saudi women who previously needed to be accompanied to hotels by male guardians. Longstanding tradition and Islamic conservatism dictate that Saudi women still face plenty of obstacles for what most of the rest of world would consider to be normal life. They include not being allowed to drive and requiring male guardian's permission to travel abroad. More liberal voices in the Saudi establishment have been advancing arguments for change. King Abdullah himself has said he would be in favor of lifting the driving ban but only when society accepts it. "
Hundreds of protestors from the landless movement in Brazil have invaded the farm which the authorities confiscated from an alleged Colombian drug lord. The movement says the farm was bought with money raised through criminal activity and it wants the government to use the area to settle families. Police say three hundred families are occupying the farm which was owned by Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia who is awaiting extradition to United States on drug charges.
In football, Ivory Coast has secured a major victory against fellow favorite Nigeria, winning one nil in the first ground of the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. The goal, from Salomon Kalou, came in the 64th minute of the game that saw Ivory Coast in the ascendancy. In the final match of the day, Mali beat Benin one nil on a penalty in the 49th minute.
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