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The Russian president Vladimir Putin has strongly defended his country's military operationsin Syria, saying the aim is to stabilize what he called the legitimate authorities there and tocreate the conditions for a political compromise. He said that without Russian support forpresident Bashar al-Assad, there was a danger that terrorists, as he described them, wouldtake over Syria. Sarah Rainsford is in Moscow. Mr. Putin insisted that Russia was a peace-lovingnation but it was in typical forceful form. He says the barrage of brand-new cruise missilesfired at Syria last week showed the world what high-tech modern weapons Russia has and thatit's ready to use them to protect its interests. As for warnings that he's only increased the riskof a terror attack here, Vladimir Putin argued that it's better to target Russians fighting with ISin Syria and let them to gobble up that country as he put it, then bring their jihad back home.
The Iraqi military says its air force killed several senior members of the Islamist State group inan airstrike in the west of the country on Saturday. The military initially suggested that the ISleader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was among those killed but other sources say this wasn't the case.Sebastian Usher reports. The first statement from an intelligence unit in the Iraqi InteriorMinistry said that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was the target of the attack. Instead he was takenaway from the scene and his condition was unknown. But various sources now suggest the ISleader was not there at all. This is not the first time that such reports have surfaced about theelusive al-Baghdadi. But witnesses on the ground say that an airstrike did hit an IS meetingand the group has taken casualties.
A British military helicopter's crashed in Afghanistan killing five of those on board and injuringfive others. Sharma Creal reports from Kabul.The Puma helicopter crashed as it was landing atNATO's resolute support mission headquarters. It is NATO's current train, advise and assistmission in Afghanistan. A spokesman said an investigation was underway but confirmed thecrash was an accident and not the result of an insurgent activity. This comes hours after animprovised explosive device struck a convoy of UK military vehicles in central Kabul.
An Iranian court has convicted a Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian who's beenaccused of spying. The judiciary official quoted by Iran's official news agency said no furtherdetails were available. The Washington Post foreign editor Douglas Jehl called the ruling vagueand said it was unclear if he'd been sentenced. We've now heard from the Iranian governmentthat a verdict has been issued but that is not final. And that's subject to appeal. That's truelyall we know. And unfortunately it reflectes a continued pattern of mystery, opacity andgamesmanships surrounding the way Iran's handled this case. You know the only thing that'sbeen clear in the case from the beginning is Jason's innocence. You're listening to the latestworld news from the BBC.
The governing African National Congress has passed a resolution for South Africa to leave theInternational Criminal Court. South Africa has been criticized for ignoring an order to arrestthe indicted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir when he attended a conference inJohannesburg in June. Parliament must now decide if South Africa is to withdraw.
The Mexican attorney general has made public the file on the disappearance of 43 studentslast year. Candace Piette reports. The attorney general's office said the document had takenaround a hundred investigators seven months to compile. The disappearance of the studentshas deeply embarrassed the government of Enrique Pena Nieto. Relatives disputed thegovernment's account that police in Guerrero state handed the students over to a drug cartelwho killed them and burnt the bodies. And an international panel of experts said it had foundmany flaws in the investigation.
The center-left Social Democratic Party in Austria's held up to par in the capital Vienna,withstanding a challenge by the far-right Freedom Party in municipal elections. Elections weredominated by concerns about the economy and immigration. Vienna's Social Democratic mayorMichael Haupl said he had mixed feelings about the result. I've got mixed feelings but when itcomes down to a naturally result due respect and humility, I'm not happy about our losses.But under the circumstances, I can live with the results. The refugee question was not mypreferred topic but I think it's important if people come to us fleeing murder and terror orstarvation in the refugee camps, we need to help them in an appropriate manner.
President Alexander Lukashenko Belarus has won a fifth term in office with almost 84 percent ofthe vote. No other candidate had achieved more than 5 percent. In 2005, the then USsecretary of state Condoleezza Rice described Belarus as Europe's last dictatorship. BBC news.
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