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BBC news 2014-01-31

BBCNews with Marion Marshall

In the past few minutes, an appeals court in Italy has upheld the conviction ofan American citizen Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. They were found guilty of the murder of a British student Meredith Kercher who was stabbed to death in Perugiain 2007.

The United States Attorney General Eric Holder says he will seek the death penalty against the surviving suspect accused of carrying out the Boston marathon attacks if he is convicted.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with planting bombs at the race finishing linelast April killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. David Willisreports from Washington.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen was arrested after one of the biggest manhunts in US history. Theother suspect in the attacks his brother Tamerlan had been killed during ashootout with police the night before. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30 charges in connection with the bombings which involved two devices made out of pressure cookers citing what he called the nature of the conduct and the resultant harm.Eric Holder said he will be seeking the death penalty should Dzhokhar Tsarnaevbe found guilty.

The American Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the UShas concerned that Syriais behind schedule in handing over its chemical weapons for destruction. US officialssay that less than 5% of the chemicals have been removed. Anna Holligan reports.

A number of military sources have suggested that President Assad may bedeliberately dragging his feet using the chemical deal as a way of delaying discussions about more punitive international intervention. Speaking toreporters in Warsaw, Chuck Hagel questions Syria's motivesfor failing to stick to the deal. He said, he wasn't sure if he would stand toincompetence, but that the Syrian government needed to fix it.

Opposition leaders in Ukrainehave expressed doubt about whether President Viktor Yanukovych is genuinelyill. Mr. Yanukovych has taken sick leave stating that he has acute respiratory illness and high fever. From Kievhere's David Stern.

The sickness comes at a crucial point in Ukraine’s two-month old political stand off. The protests have now become violent with police and demonstrators clashing in recent weeks in central Kiev.This week, parliament also repealed controversial laws that had restricted public demonstrations while passing legislation that would amnesty protesters.Mr. Yanukovych has not signed either law into force, however and it's unclearif he would be able to do this if he is on sick leave. Opposition leaders have questioned whether Mr. Yanukovych's illness is real or is a political maneuver.

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Panama has released 32 crewmembers of a North Korean ship seized six months ago in the Panama Canal with Cuban weapons and fighter jets found under sacks ofsugar. The captain and two other crew members will remain in detention as theyare facing weapons trafficking charges. Cubasaid the Soviet-era planes and weapons were being taken to North Korea for repair but the UN concluded there’dbeen a breach of international sanctions against North Korea.

The USair force says 92 nuclear missile launch officers have been investigated overallegations of cheating in a proficiency exam, a much higher number than previously implicated. Philip Herd reports.

The latest revelations mean that nearly 20% of the US air force's nuclear missilestaff are now implicated in a cheating scandal, almost three times as many asfirst thought. Earlier this month air force's Secretary Deborah Lee James disclosed that 34 officers have been suspended after the cheating or coveringup cheating on tests which they are required to pass each month to prove theyare capable of doing their highly sensitive jobs. Today Secretary James revealed further inquiries now showed 92 officers out of a total force of 500 are believed to have shared information about the answers to the test or to haveknown that others had done so.

The UN Security Council has renewed sanctions against the Democratic Republic of Congo. The measures include an arms embargo, travel bans and asset freezes. TheUN top official in the country said there were credible reports of the M23 rebels appeared to be regrouping two months after they were defeated by Congolese troops and UN peacekeepers.

One of  the Oscar contenders for the Best Original Song award has been disqualified.The nomination of Alone Yet Not Alone from a little known Christian film of thesame name came as a surprise to many then it was discovered that the song writer,Bruce Broughton, has violated the Oscar rules by emailing members of the academies music branch during the voting period.

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