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BBC news 2015-04-08

BBC news with Jonathan Izard.

The United States says it's speeding up the delivery of weapons to a Saudi-led coalition confronting Houthi fighters in Yemen. As the coalition continues its airstrikes on Houthi rebels, many Yemenis and foreigners are fleeing to neighboring Djibouti, from where Orla Guerin reports.“On the dock side in Djibouti, 2 warships dropped anchor, one Indian, one Pakistani, bringing more evacuees from Yemen. As the latest arrivals came ashore today, the US ambassador to Djibouti, Tom Kelly, was at the docks. With the crisis in Yemen escalating, he told us the Houthi rebels must enter peace talks. There is no sign that the rebels are ready for talks and no indication that they have been seriously weakened after almost 2 weeks of airstrikes.”

A temporary shrine with crosses and candles has been set up at a park in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to remember the victims of last week's attack at Garissa university by al-Shabab gunmen. Photographs of the 148 victims have gone on display at the vigil, which marks the end of 3 days of the official mourning. One of the organizers of the vigil, Bunerfarsse Wargi said the government had a lot to answer for.“They died, it's preventable. But almost it is the corruption killed them. If there's no corruption in this country that could have been prevented. Because corruption has misled some young groups, this country has no hope and no future. Corruption has led to marginalization of communities in this country. And the government is wince too bad to the violence and brutal force. That wouldn't help anyone. So, we're here to mourn, and it's a big tragedy. This is one of the biggest terror attacks in this country. But the President is like nothing happened.”

The Kenyan authorities say they have frozen the bank accounts of 86 individuals and entities they suspect of financing terrorism. Their names have been placed on a government watch list. 13 informal money transfers known as Hawalas have also been closed. The Kenyan government has advised Muslims who want their banking affairs to remain compliant with Islamic law to use only institutions that are regulated by Kenya's central bank.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated EU rules against torture during a G8 Summit in 2001. The court in Strasbourg awarded damages to an Italian man seriously injured by police at the summit. James Reynolds reports.“During the G8 Summits in January, 2001, the Italian police carried out a late night raids on a school used by anti-summit demonstrators, Amaldo Cestaro was among those who surrenders but the police kicked him and beat him with truncheons, the officers who carried out the attack were never identified. Now after 3 years of investigations, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Mr. Cestaro's beating counts as torture. It's awarded him 45,000 euros in damages.”World news from the BBC.

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has arrived in Moscow ahead of formal talks with President Putin on Wednesday. Greece says the meeting will deal with relations between the European Union and Russia, but analysts say Athens is seeking to improve relations with Moscow in case troubled bailout negotiations with its western creditors failed.

The Republican senator Rand Paul has announced that he intends to stand in next year's US presidential election, addressing a rally in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr Paul pledged to take the country back from special interests. The message went down well with these supporters.“I like that he's for a small governments that spending by the government, more state control.”“Someone speculate a battle for the heart and soul of the party, yeah this one-side there is very much kind of adventurous, specially on the world stage, Rand Paul's gonna bring that back, I'm very much with that.”

Mexican prosecutors say 15 police officers have been killed and 5 wounded in an ambush by suspected gang members in the state of Jalisco. The state security commissioner said the attack took place as a convoy of elite police officers was traveling on a highway towards the state capital Guadalajara.

Militants have killed 4 Tunisian soldiers in an attack in the Kasserine area near the country's border with Algeria. This mountainous region is known for Islamist militant activity. Tunisians are still coming to terms with last month attack on a museum in the capital Tunis, in which more than 20 people were killed, many of them tourists.

A judge in Florida has dismissed court documents which have accused Queen Elizabeth's second son Prince Andrew of having sexual relations with a young woman who had been trafficked. The British prince has strongly denied the accusations which had been filed by a woman named Virginia Roberts. Ms. Roberts has made the claim as part of evidence relating to a wider case of an alleged sex trafficking scheme, involving a businessman and registered sex offender Jeffery Epstein, who was a former friend of Prince Andrew. That's the latest world service news.