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Police in Uganda say they've increased security at all public places in the capital Kampala following an operation against suspected militants. Earlier the US embassy in Kampala said the authorities have found evidence of an imminent attack by the Somali militant group al-Shabab. Assistant Commissioner Fred Enanga said the police operation was continuing.
There are some leads of course let us to be followed and we cannot yet say that we have concluded, because you know when you have a thwart that was quite imminent like this thing, because it was at the verge of happening. So we moved in at a very opportunity moment, broke into this terrorist cell, and arrest some suspects with explosive materials.
There's been renewed fighting around Donetsk in eastern Ukraine in spite of a recent ceasefire agreement between the government and pro-Russian separatists. Our correspondents Paul Adams is in the city.
All day the approaches to Donetsk have reverberated to the sound of gunfire much more than usual. A Major reports the rebels were attempting to capture the airport, where a few hundred Ukrainian soldiers have been held up since June, were drift within a mile or two to a rebel checkpoint. Tank rounds were falling a few hundred metres beyond, just short of the airport itself. The government in Kiev claims to have repulsed an attack, but one rebel soldier told us there'd been no order to take the strategic site. For all the gunfire, it didn't seem a concerted push was on the way, but it's clear that in several parts of Donetsk, the week-long ceasefire is a fiction.
Pope Francis has said the current conflicts around the globe may already amount to a World War III, fought piecemeal with crimes, massacres and destruction. Speaking at an Italian war cemetery as he commemorated the beginning of the World War I a hundred years ago, the Pope said war was irrational and the motivations for it was greed, intolerance and the lust for power.
Both camps in the independence debate in Scotland have been out in force on the final weekend of campaigning before Thursday's referendum. Opinion polls suggest the outcome could be very close, but Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond insisted the YES campaign could still win people over.
Our big stand for the campaign is that we don't consider anybody beyond the reach, we think there are lots of people who are just waiting for the right reason to vote YES, who want to vote YES, and just need that last particular option sit for YES.
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he hopes Scotland would vote to remain part of the UK. For all the reasons that have been given by all the main party leaders in the UK, in the 21st century, to rip up the alliance between our countries would not be sensible, politically, economically or even emotionally.
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The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Egypt has a critical role to play in tackling the Jihadist group Islamic State. Mr Kerry, who wwas speaking in Cairo, said Islamic State (ISIL) was the most pressing danger to the region.
In today's globalized world, it's only a matter of time before the threat of terrorism anywhere becomes a threat of terrorism everywhere. That is certainly been proven true in the case of ISIL. It is an organization whose brutality and sheer evil knows no bounds.
At a news conference with Mr. Kerry, the Egyptian Foreign Minister said the campaign needed to be widened to include action against other militant groups in the region.
Coast guards in the central Philippines are trying to rescue a number of people missing after a ferry accident. About 80 people were on board when it began to sink and had to be abandoned. There are reports that the ferry had an engine trouble and was also baffled by huge waves and strong winds.
Hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped by flood waters in northern India and Pakistan, with an estimated 200,000 still stranded in Indian administered Kashmir alone. The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited survivors, saying he’ll do whatever was possible to rebuild their homes. This flood victim complained of the government's lack of help and assistance.
There's a lot of flood water in our area, we are upset, because the government is not giving us anything. We are living in makeshift camps, we have a problem. We pray the God to help us and save us from this disaster.
For the first time in Brazil, Judge has allowed a baby to be registered with two mothers and a father. The women married two months ago and the father was a male friend who'd asked to be involved in the child's upbringing. The judge said his decision would create legal precedent.