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The authorities in Slovenia say they have prevented a large group of refugees from passingthrough the country by rail from Croatia. A police spokeswoman said a train, carrying about 200people, was stopped at a railway station in Slovenian border town of Dobova. The governmentin Croatia had earlier said it would not be able to take any more migrants crossing from Serbia,as Guy De Launey reports from the capital Zagreb. “Croatia has now joined Hungary in closingits road borders with Serbia that cuts off the main land road from Northern Europe through toGreece and Turkey. The authorities in Zagreb say they have no choice. More than 10,000refugees have entered the country since Wednesday, the day after Hungary criminalizedunofficial border crossings. Croatia has attempted to take the newcomers to asylum centers,but the overwhelming numbers mean that many people have been left on the streets.”
Syrian government forces have launched a series of airstrikes on rebel held districts. At least15 people were killed in the town of Bosra al-Sham in Daraa province. In the north, activists saymore than 40 people have been killed in the air raids on Aleppo over the past two days. Furtherreleased reports say the government warplanes launched about a dozen airstrikes on Rakaa,the stronghold of the Islamic state group.
World football's governing body FIFA says its Secretary General Jerome Valcke has beenreleased from his duty until further notice. Some newspapers have published claims he wasimplicated in a scheme to sell World Cup tickets at considerably more than face value. RichardColven has the details. “FIFA sources have told BBC that with the organization urgently tryingto demonstrate its reforming, Mr. Valcke's position was finally considered untenable. In part,the decision to suspend the Frenchman was made due to the claims that had been made. Butit's also due to a desire to demonstrate the FIFA now has a zero-tolerance attitude regardingallegations of corruption.” Mr. Valcke has denied the allegations.
The United States Federal Reserve has decided not to increase its main interest rate which hasbeen close to zero since the financial crisis seven years ago. The Federal Reserve ChairwomanJanet Yellen said the unemployment had declined and US labor market had improved, butinflation remained lower than desired. The BBC's Michelle Fleury in Washington says China'seconomic slowdown was also a factor in the decision. “You have to look back as far as theAsian crisis of 1998. I think it was a time when global events have played a large role in therate decision, at least certainly when you have seen the Fed so vocal about it. But thisdecision to leave rate on hold actually may be welcomed by those in emerging marketeconomies. Many of them would have faced higher bills because of the money they haveborrowed in dollars.” World news from the BBC.
The United States car manufacturer General Motors has agreed to pay 900 million dollars to enda criminal inquiry into its failure to recall millions of vehicles with fault ignition switches. GMadmitted failing to disclose the problem which could shut down engines, disable power brakes,and prevent airbags from working.
German police have shot and killed a man they described as a known Islamic extremist after anofficer was stabbed in Berlin. Damien McGuiness reports. “Police were alerted by members of thepublic, who said a man was threatening people with a knife. When officers arrived on thescene, the man attacked and seriously injured one of the officers. She is in hospital in a stablecondition. The attacker Rafik Yousef was shot dead. Yousef was convicted by a German court ofbeing a member of a terrorist organization, and being involved in a plot in 2004 to murder thethen prime minister of Iraq.”
Benin says its president Thomas Boni Yayi and his Senagalese counterpart Macky Sall will travelto Burkino Faso on Friday to mediate after a coup there. The presidential guards stormed acabinet meeting on Wednesday detaining the Burkino Faso’s interim president and primeminister. State television said a close ally of the former president Blaise Compaore has beennamed as Burkino Faso's new leader.
The president of Guinea Bissau has appointed a new prime minister, the third in a month to tryto solve the country's political crisis.Carlos Correia has already served as prime minister threetimes. The country has been a political turmoil since president Jose Mario Vaz sacked thegovernment last month.
Six Mexican tourists who were injured in an attack by the Egyptian army after being mistakenfor militants are on the way home. Eight other Mexicans were killed in the attack when thegroup stopped for a picnic in the western desert. BBC news.
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