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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has told theUnited Nations general assembly that it will be a hugemistake not to cooperate with the Syrian PresidentBashar Assad to defeat Islamic State militants.President Obama said the United States was prepared to work with any nation to end theconflict in Syria. But he talked of a managed transition away from Mr. Assad. Here is ourMiddle East editor Jeremy Bryon.
“It's clear now that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is determined to take the initiative on thewar in Syria,especially the fight against the Jihadists of Islamic State. And in his speech of theUN, President Putin said Russia would push for a resolution to coordinate the fight againstthe IS. But in a speech in latest with rebukes to Russia, President Obama told the generalassembly that President Assad had no part of Syria's longer term future.”
Speaking at the UN, President Obama says its peacekeepers remained one of the world's mostimportant tools to address armed conflict. And more nations needed to bear the burden ofproviding troops. “At this summit, more than 50 countries, from Bangladesh to Colombia, fromFinland to China, are making commitments total in more than 30, 000 new troops andpolice.And they’re serving up with critical contributions like medical units,helicopters andcapabilities to counter IEDs( Improvised Explosive Devices ) which will help peacekeepers beable to stay safe and succeed in their missions.”
The Taliban in Afghanistan say they have captured the government headquarters in thenorthern city of Konduz and are advancing towards the city's airport. A senior governmentofficial confirmed the headquarters had fallen. Johnny Dymond reports.
“Around dawn, Taliban fighters attacked Konduz from three directions. After the initial assault,one resident says that they were told the battle was over. But by late afternoon,the Talibanbanner was flying in the city's main square. A spokesman said that they had taken thegovernor’s house and were marching on the airport. Thepolice say that half the city is in Talibanhands. The Afghan government is sending reinforcements. But if the Taliban dig in, they will bedifficult to dislodge.”
NASA says it's obtained the strongest evidence yet that water flows on the surface of Mars.Images from the Mars reconnaissance orbiter have found the long gullies inside crates andslopes are most likely to have been formed by salty water with rounds along the surface to thisday. The latest study says different kinds of salts have been identified in these channels whichby melting ice could enable it to flow.
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Reports from the Central African Republic say several hundred inmates have escaped from themain prison in the capital Bangui. The Security Services says there was no one left at theNgaragba jail. Earlier, United Nations peacekeepers fired shots in the air to disperse thousandsof protesters calling for the rearming of the military and resignation of President CatherineSamba-Panza.
The military in Burkina Faso says members of the presidential guard that staged a short livecoup earlier this month are refusing to lay down their weapons. The joint chief of staff issued astatement saying the disarmament process had reached an impasse. Last week, the armyagreed to withdraw from the capital while members of the presidential guard were supposed tobe disarmed.
Officials in the eastern Indian state of Assam say as many as 50 people may have drowned afteran overcrowded riverboat hit a bridge and capsized. Survivors said more than 20 people weretrapped below deck.
A search has begun for the lost tomb of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. The Britisharchaeologist Nicholas Reeves believes he's detected the outline of two doors hidden behindthe decoration of the wall to the tomb Tutankhamun. Alan Johnston has more details.
“Doctor Reeves reckons that Tutankhamun was buried in what amounts to an entrance way tothe tomb of Nefertiti, the woman who was his stepmother. So this raises a question,did thegreat archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun’s grave,actually miss whatwould probably have been a much greater prize, the resting place of the famous queen. Fornow, Doctor Reeves' theory is just that. But soon when he's put his radar, sonar and otherequipment to work, we'll find out whether he has indeed made what would be one of thegreatest archaeological finds of our time.”
BBC News.
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