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BBC news 2012-11-03

BBC News with David Austin

Latest figures in the United States show many more jobs were created last month than forecast 170,000 although the unemployment rate was marginally higher. Both the Obama and Romney presidential campaign seized on the numbers as they campaigned hard in the swing states. Mark Mardell reports from Ohio.

It's just four more days until the election from the Ohio crowd shouted out the support to a newly energized president. He said he wouldn't rest until every American who wanted a job had one, and that today's better than expected figures, 171,000 new jobs created in October was the most for eight months. But Mitt Romney in Wisconsin, one  another swing states said the slight rise in unemployment to 7.9% show the economy had stagnated. He would put America on a better course. The figures themselves are unsurprising, but in a race this tight, anything that could sway, just a few votes may really matter.

Five days after a huge storm wrecked parts of the United States northeastern seaboard, frustration is growing among the victims. Many of whom are still without fuel, and electricity. Motorists in New York have been queuing for hours at petrol stations and workers are struggling to restore power to millions on the east coast. Steve Kingston is in New York.

Emergency crews are here, the debris is beginning to be cleared away, there are bulldozers on these streets. But there is a degree of anger from residents who really feel that the authorities in the city should have done more, sooner to help them.

I saw Nobody here yet, Nobody came to my door yet. Nobody, the storm was on Monday night, it's now Friday, I still have nobody here, somebody get here help us, please.

It really is hard to comprehend that this is New York city, financial capital of the world. And putting it all right, all towed, will cost billions and take many months and perhaps a lot longer.

The Ugandan government says it will withdraw its forces from military operations in Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. Two cabinet ministers said the troop withdrawals were in responds to a UN report which suggested Uganda was supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda has described the leaked reports as malicious. The security minister is Muruli Mukasa.

We want to be in a good relationship with our neighbors, we want to be as so fine as so we've been, if by our action we are misinterpreted, please, we are sorry. Let's stop all these initiatives. We will concentrate on ourselves. Whoever wants to cause us trouble will find us at our home. Muruli Mukasa.

A BBC correspondent in Kampala says Ugandan withdrawl would have serious implications for regional peacekeeping efforts.

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A former minister in Britain's last Labour government is resigning as a member of parliament after he was found to have made false expenses claims. A parliamentary committee said that Denis MacShan had submitted $20,000 worth of false invoices. He said he regretted his actions but had not gained personally from the money paid out.

Cuba has accused the United States of helping dissidents access the internet as a part of campaign to undermine the Communist government. It said the American diplomatic representatives in Havana were providing training, finance and technology to opponents of the government. The US State Department said the US interest section in Havana did provide internet services to Cubans but denied they were aimed at subverting the government.

The Cambodian government has approved the building of a controversial hydroelectric dam on a tributary to the Mekong River. The joint-venture involves Cambodian, Chinese and Vietinamese investment of nearly $800m. Environmental campaigners warned it would devastate the livelihoods and homes of thousands of people.

The church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has warned it may shut its doors to pilgrims because of a row over an unpaid water bill of more than $2m. Many Christians believe the Church to be the place where Jesus was crucified and buried. Rond Ferurt has this report.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has traditionally being exempt from paying for water, but the company has in recent years begun demanding that its bill be settled. Church officials say they thought they'd clinched a deal with the water firm, allowing them to stop paying for future supplies, but writing off the multi-million dollar debts. With the banking account frozen, hundreds of priests, monks and teachers are going without pay. The church, the Holy Sepulchre now says that it may briefly close its door as a mark of the protest. Hundreds of thousands of Christians visit the church each year. It's being a place of pilgrimage since the 4th century.

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