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BBC News, with Johnathan Izard.
The Czech president Milos Zeman has been jeered and pelted with eggs at the ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution which ended Communist rule. He was attending the unveiling of the plaque to students beaten by riot police in 1989. Rob Cameron reports from Prague.
A hostile reception for president Milos Zeman. A few days ago, Mr. Zeman had said the violent suppression of the student pro-democracy protests in 1989 was hardly a blood buff, happened itself caused the revolution. This was his opponents’ response. They are troubled by his rotter on civil society and accused him of being pro-Russian. He says there are no Russian troops in Ukraine for an example and has criticized the EU sanctions.
The governor of the US state Missouri has declared a state of emergency ahead of an imminent decision on whether to file criminal charges against the white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager. The killing in the town of Furgurson in August sparked days of violent street clashes. Reginy Vidinaph reports from Washington.
The small town of Furgurson was thrust into the spot light this summer after police and protesters clashed after the killing of Michael Brown. Those who took to the streets said the demonstrations would continue until Dunning Wilson, the white police officer who pulled the trigger was charged. As a ground jury near his decision on his prosecution, officials have been preparing for the possibility of further violence. The national guard were sent to assist during the summer, but now being redeployed to help local police forces keep the peace.
The church of England has ended centuries of tradition by adopting legislation to allow women to become bishops. The changed church law was approved by an overwhelming majority at its general summon in London. The referent Calmon Rozy Harper said the change was enormously welcomed after years of division over the issue.
We happened to be appointing in history where a lot of bishops have retired, there are a lot of vacancies. And we have seen here women who are a kind of standing in the winds for a long time. Highly talented, highly experienced, already to go, the flection process will be done very very honorably and the best person would be chosen for the job. But some of those best would definitely be women.
The Bangladeshi navy has intercepted the boat carrying 600 would-be migrants about 200 kilometers off the country’s coast. The police said the migrants who include children and women, have set up from Bangladesh heading to get to Malaysia. Most are Bangladesh nationals, but some are from Myanmar. Correspondent say people trafficking is rife in that part of Indian Ocean. One month ago, 170 Bangladeshi men were found in Thailand after being abducted and sold into slavery. The navy is bringing these latest migrants to the port of Chittagong in southern Bangladesh.
BBC News.
A doctor from Sirra Leon who has been treated for Ebola at a hospital in the United States has died. The Nebraska medical center where the doctor Martin Salliar was being cared for said he died of the advanced symptoms of the disease. Doctor Salliar was infected while working in a Freetown hospital.
The French Interior Minister Damacus Neil has said it’s very likely that a French citizen was among the group of Islamic State militants, seen on a video on Sunday which showed the beheadings of an American aid worker and 18 Syrian soldiers. Maxin Wushah, who is 22, left Normandy for Syria last year, having been recruited via the internet. The French government had said that young people should open their eyes towards what he described as the horror of Islamic State. The parents of the American aid worker Abdul Kassig had appealed to people around the world to pray for him.
A leading Egyptian actor, Harlid Abuagar is facing a media campaign against him after he expressed criticism of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in an interview. Our Arab Affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports.
A big figure in Egypt, not just he is an actor as a TV host and comedian, Harlid Abuagar has failed the force of the new orthodoxy turn on him after suggesting president el-Sisi he isn’t doing his job that well. In an online interview, Mr. Abuagar said Mr. El-Sisi couldn’t provide security without infringing human rights. And he was failing his presidency. Such open criticism is now rare in Egypt. Pro-government TV personnel is lined up to denounce the actor, some even questioning his masculinity. Mr. Abuagar has hit back, saying he has a perfect right to speak out under Egypt’s new constitution.
The Colombia authorities have mounted a huge search operation for an army general who was kidnapped by left-wing FARC rebels on Sunday. He is the most senior military figure to be captured by the group in 50 years of fighting. President Juan Manuel Santos suspended the next round of peace talks which have been taking place in Havana for the past 2 years.
BBC World Service News.