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Hello, I’m Jerry Smit with the BBC News.
The Afghan Taliban have appointed a successor toMullah Omar, whose death the militant group hasnow acknowledged. The new leader is Mullah AkhtarMansour, who was the second in command.Shaimaa Khalil reports from Islamabad.
Despite being second in command, Mullah Akhtar Mansour is not a unifying name. Othersenior figures including the Taliban’s military commander do not approve of hisappointment. At least one faction in the Taliban would have preferred Mullah Omar’s son tosucceed him. Senior Taliban members have accused pro-Pakistani circles of imposing Mansouron them. Pakistan says a second round of peace talks between the Afghan government and theTaliban have now been postponed.
A piece of aircraft debris washed up on a French island in the Indian Ocean is due to be flownto mainland France later today to be examined by investigators. Experts say it appears to be awing component from a Boeing 777 and could be the first part of a missing Malaysian airlinerto be recovered. Malaysia has sent investigators to the island of Reunion where the wreckagewas found and to the French city of Toulouse where it would be taken for inspection.
Israeli police have arrested an ultra orthodox Jew who stabbed 6 people taking part in theannual gay pride march in Jerusalem. Witnesses said a man had launched himself into thecrowd apparently from a supermarket. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahucondemned the attack.
A despicable hat crime was committed this evening in Jerusalem. In Israel, everyone includingthe gay community has the right to live in peace, and we will defend that right. In the name ofall Israelis, I wish the wounded a full and speedy recovery. Police said the attacker YishaiShlissel was the same man who stabbed 4 gay pride marchers in 2005. He was recentlyreleased from prison.
Prosecutors in Germany are investigating whether 2 journalists committed an act of treasonby reporting on plans to expand surveillance of the country’s online communications. Thewebsite Netzpolitik. org said one of its journalists and the website editor were beinginvestigated. The German press association says it’s an attack on the freedom of the press.
The government in El Salvador has ordered military and police escorts for bus drivers whowent on strike on the order of powerful criminal gangs. Some drivers who defied the strikehave been killed. Katy Watson reports.
This week’s strike shows just how much power El Salvador’s gangs have or at least thegovernment’s inability to contain them. Gangs stepped up violence over the weekend to tryand put pressure on the government to ease a crackdown on their operations. Thegovernment has so far refused to enter into dialogue with gang members. Authorities are nowtrying to get buses running again, but by Thursday many commuters were struggling to get towork with some routes still not running.
BBC News.
Parliament in Chad has voted to reinstate the death penalty for acts of terrorism after it wasabolished 6 months ago. The move follows recent attacks by Boho Haram militants fromneighboring Nigeria. The opposition and civil liberties’ groups have criticized the anti-terrorlegislation, saying it will be used to curb civil rights. Chad has deployed thousands of soldiersalongside troops from Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger to fight Boko Haram.
A US special envoy has warned South Sudan’s warring parties that their failure to reach a peacedeal has exhausted the world’s patience. Donald Booth told a news conference in Cuba thetalks to end more than 18 months of fighting could not go on indefinitely. He said too manypeople had already died.
European scientists say photographs taken by the Philae space probe show the surface of thecomet on which it landed is much harder than expected. Our science editor David Shukman hasthe details.
The landing was one of the boldest in space exploration with the tiny Philae craft bouncing onthe surface before settling beside a cliff. But despite all that, the instruments were gatheringinformation. 2 of them analyzed the dust, and found it contained water and oxygen which wereexpected, but also more complex compounds which are rich in carbon. On their own, these areinert. But given the right conditions, they could conceivably help form what are called thebuilding blocks for life, such as the amino acids found in DNA, and this supports the theory thatcomets brought what was needed to get life started on the early earth.
A report by the US Department of Justice says the FBI is struggling to attract computerscientists to its cyber security programme mainly due to low pay. The report says the FBI’sinability to match private sector salaries has been hampering a major initiative launched in2012 to tackle the growing threat from computer hackers.
BBC News.
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