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Croatia has closed 7 of its 8 border corssings with Serbia. This is a struggle to curb withthousands of migrants trying to get to northern Europe. The government in Croatia had earliersaid it would not be able to take any more migrants crossing from Serbia. As Gade Ronnyreports from Zagreb. Croatia has now joined Hungary in closing its road borders with Serbia,that cuts off the main land road from Northern Europe through to Greek and Turkey. Theauthorities in Zagreb say they have no choice. More than ten thousand refugees have enteredthe country since Wednesday, the day after Hungary criminalized unofficial border crossings.Croatia has attempted to take the newcomers to asylum centers, but the overwhelmingnumbers mean that many people have to be left on the streets. The authorities in Slovenia saythey have stopped a train carrying more than a hundred migrants at the Slovenian bordertown of Dobova.
Syrian government forces have launched airstrikes on rebel-held districts. At least 15 peoplewere killed in the town of Buzra in Daraa province. In the north, activists say that more than 40people died in air raids on Allepo, further east reports say warplanes struck Raka.
The Pakistani military says gunman have attacked airforce base in the northwestern city ofBushawa, and says the security forces responded killing at least six of them. From IslamobadSasha Gilani reports. The attack came around sunrise on Friday, when up to ten heavily armedmilitants tried to break into the Badaber airbase near Bushawa. Soon after, a contingent of thePakistani army's rapid response force surrounded the area. In the subsequent gunbattle, atleast six militants were killed, and a army major and a soldier were wounded. The army says thehunt is on for the remaining gunmen. In an email to reporters, the Pakistani Taliban said theyordered the attack.
World football's governing body FIFA has suspended its secretary general Jerome Valcke untilfurther notice. FIFA's ethics committee is to investigate reports claiming that Mr. V sold WorldCup tickets at exorbitant prices. Richard Comvoy has the details. Jerome Valcke, Blatter' righthand man, set off in a private jet to Moscow, however, he failed to arrive in his destination,until his plane was turned around amid flight and returned to Zurich following the dicision tosuspend him from his role immediately. Reports emgerged on Thursday claiming that Mr. Valckewas part of a scheme to profit from sales of World Cup tickets during last summer'sTournament in Brazil. He's believed to strongly deny the claims. Richard Comvoy reporting.
United States federal reserve has decided not to increace its main interest rates which hadbeen close to zero since the financial crisis seven years ago. The US central bank said the risksabroad and other financial developments, had lead it to delay what would have been the firstrise since 2008. You are listening to the latest world news from the BBC.
The Mexican authorities have arrested a gang leader who they say was a key figure in thedisappearance of 43 students last year in the town of Iguala in Guerrero state. Gildardo LopezAstudillo，known as El Gil, has alleged to be one of the leaders of the Guerreros Unidos drugcartel.
Cuba has appointed its first ambassodar to the US for 54 years following the restoration ofthe relations between the two countries in July. He has been named as Jose Cabanas, a veterandiplomat who has run Cuba's interest setion in Washington since 2012. From Hewana, WillGround reports. The ceremony of reinstating the Cuban embassador to Washington had noneof the pump of reopening the embassy a few weeks ago. But in many ways, it was just assignificant. After more than 50 years of estrangement, Jose Cabanas has become the fistCuban ambassador to the US since the height of the cold war. The latest example of theimproving relationship between Cuba and US under the Obama administration.
Benin says its president and his Senegal counterpart will travel to Burkina Faso on Friday tomediate after a coup there. The presidential guards stormed a cabinet meeting on Webnesdaydetaining Burkina Faso's intrim president and prime minister. Reports say at least three peoplewere killed on Thursday amid protest in the capital Ouagadougou.
The American businessman Donald Trump, who is hoping to win the Republican presidentialnomination has been critisized by his opponents, for failing to correct his supporter who saidpresident Obama was a Muslim and not even an American. Mr. Trump sought to laugh off thecomment, which was made during a campaign rally in New Hampshire.
A study showing nearly all mammals had the same amount of time to urinate is among thewinners of the Annual Ig Nobel Awards, a parody of the Nobel Prizes, which celebrateimprobable research. The study found that from cats to elephants, mammals ended theirbladders in about 21 seconds. BBC news.
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