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French police are searching for the lone gunman who opened fire at the head offices in Paris of the Liberation newspaper and Société Générale bank, the head of the Paris prosecution service said video footage indicated the attack was carried out by the same man who threatened journalists of a television station on Friday. The gunman made his escape on Paris' most celebrated street des Champs-Elysees. A photographer's assistant was severly wounded in the shooting at Liberation. The BBC's Christian Fraser is in the French capital.
There is a major police operation underway, I have just come back from liberation and can tell you that the news there is very subdued played, it's normally a news in this full of life, not so shadowing, at this time as the deadline approaches, but tonight, of course,all their thoughts was the man who shot them and the families there on the first day there he was due in the office, he was a photographer's assistant, he was loading the lift, and then this man came in behind and just shot him in the back in a very cold and calculated way, I think that is what worries police, there was no mercy given to this young man.
The Afghan president Hamid Karzai has rejected a key provision of a bilateral security agreement with the United States, just days before Afghan tribal leaders gather in Kabul for a grand council meeting, or loya jirga on the matter. Mr Karzai said U.S. troops should not have the right to search Afghan homes after NATO forces end combat missions in Afghan next year. The BBC's David Loyn is in Kabul.
President Karzai has taken a stand on this, his spokesman said the reason no flexibility in this regard, he feels very strongly about it, and this means that this clause that should be no ability for the U.S forces to enter Afghan homes from the Afghan points of view, his is now in the security agreement and that put the whole thing into extremely uncharted waters because delegates are already gathering to decide that whether the deal should be accepted or not. But the terms of the deal that they go to that loya jirga are not acceptable to the U.S.
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas should address the Israeli parliament and acknowledge Israel as a Jewish state. He urges Mr Abbas to recognize the Jewish people had a historic link to the land of Israel. And he said that in return, he would go to and publicly acknowledge Palestine's right to exist. Cornally reports from Jerusalem.
Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to Mahmoud Abbas had a dramatic field to it. He was speaking at a special session of the Israeli parliament that to honor the French president Francois Hollande who had met Mr Abbas in the Palestinian city of Ramallah hours earlier. In a direct call to the Palestinian leader,Mr Netanyahu said let's break the stalemates, come to knesset and I will to come to Ramallah. But while a visit by Mr Abbas will be highly note worthy, it's also highly unlikely.
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The American Secretary of State John Kerry has said the United States intends to negotiating in good faith to reach an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program. A fresh round of talks is due to take place in Geneva late this week between Iran and the group of six international mediators including the U.S. Mr Kerry said he has no specific expectations. But he hoped Iran understood the importance of proving to the world that its nuclear program was peaceful.
The American space agency NASA has launched its latest mission to Mars, the unmanned rocket blasted up from cape canaveral in Florida. Five, four, three, two ,one, main engine start,ignition and lift off of the with. Looking for clues about the evolution of Mars through its atmosphere, the orbiter will study the planet of atmosphere to try to discover why its climate changed dramatically. It's thought Mars once had a more thicker atmosphere and flowing water on its surface.
French police are questioning two senior executives of the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA as part of an inquiry into allegations that it snooped on employees and disgruntled customers in France. The former head of the company in French is also being questioned. IKEA has admitted breaching its own ethical standards after it was accused last year of illegally obtaining information from police files about its staff and customers.
Counselors in the Canadian city of Toronto are debating a motion to strip further power from Mayor Robert Ford, who has admitted smoking crack cocaine, drinking heavily and swearing profusely. They want to leave Mr ford's mayor in name only, but no effective legislative power and little budget. The council can not force him from office as he has not been convicted of criminal offense but it says he has become an embarrassment to the city.