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BBC news 2014-11-07

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The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced that she won't take action over a raid four years ago by Israeli commandos on a ship heading for Gaza that left nine people dead. Fatou Bensouda said she reached the decision even though there were a reasonable ground to believe that war crimes were committed onboard the Mavi Marmara.

After carefully assessing all relevant considerations, I concluded that the potential case or cases likely arising from an investigation into this incident would not be of sufficient gravity to justify further action by the court. Without, in any way, minimizing the impacts of the alleged crimes on the victims and their families, I have to follow the guidance of the Rome Statute that the International Criminal Court shall prioritize war crimes committed on a large scale or pursuant to a plan or policy.

Riot police in the Belgian capital Brussels have used tear gas and water canon against anti-austerity protesters who set fire to cars and hurled stones and flares. The violence erupted at the end of March by tens of thousands of demonstrators. They carried banners opposing policies to extend the pension age, free salaries and cut public services. Jan Vercamst is the chairman of the Liberal Trade Union.

We are here today with more than 120,000 people who protest against the policy of the government, a policy of spending cuts for which only the employees and the social insurer are paying. The people with more capital will not be affected by the cuts.

Official documents disclosed by the British Security and Intelligence Services MI5 and GCHQ revealed the policy guidance that allows them to access legally privileged confidential communications between lawyers and their clients. Cori Crider from the human rights charity Reprieve says talking to a lawyer in private is an essential part of a fair trial.

The right to communicate in confidence with your lawyer is not some new fangled rights. It's actually over 400 years old and in the common life of UK it's supposed to be absolute right. But what these policy documents show is that the security services haven't been treating it that way; that they basically say they have the right to eavesdrop on private calls between clients and lawyers; and that in certain circumstances they feel that they have the right to use that material and that maybe even their lawyers will see that material.

The US military says it has carried out airstrikes against the Al-Qaeda-linked Khorasan group in northwestern Syria. The US says the strikes hit five targets, including several vehicles and buildings near the border with Turkey. The Britain-based Syrian observatory for human rights said several militants and two children were killed in the attack. It's the second time US strikes have targeted Khorasan who admitted accuses of planning attacks on the US and Europe.

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Interpol has warned that would-be Jihadist fighters are traveling on cruise ships to try to reach Syria and Iraq. Interpol says alternative travel routes have been attempted because of increased monitoring at airports. Namly Grimly has more.

For months, Turkey has been seen as the favourite route for militant radicals because a flight to Istanbul, for example, wouldn't necessarily arouse suspicion. But the crackdown at Turkish airports seems to have encouraged some to change their tactics. The outgoing Chief of Interpol Ronald Noble suggests cruise ships are now being used instead. Regular stops at ports in the Middle East are thought to mean Jihadists can hop off undetected and then make their onward journey to Syria instead of rejoining their cruise.

Residents of a town in northeastern Nigeria say 18 men have been killed hours after being arrested by the military. The men in the town of Potiskum were accused of being members of Boko Haram. Will Ross reports.

After visiting the morgue, two residents of the Potiskum town told the BBC that they had identifies 18 bodies which all had gun shot and knife wounds. They said they were the same men arrested on Wednesday by the Nigerian military during a coordinated search operation. Potiskum has been a scene of many attacks by the Jihadist group Boko Haram, including a suicide bombing on Monday. An army spokesman denied that the men were killed while still in military detention. The Nigerian army has frequently been accused of committing gross human rights violations during the war against Boko Haram.

The French president Francois Hollande who has been interviewed on national television by journalists and members of the public has indicated that he would not seek a second mandate in 2017 if he fails to deliver on his promise to curb unemployment. The rare 90-minute TV appearance is being seen as an attempt to revive his image and relaunch the second half of his five-year term.

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