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Hello. I am Fiona MacDonald with the BBC News.
The Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says Russia'sentry into the war in his country has changed thebalance on the ground. In an interview with Czechtelevision, Mr. Assad said a year of western airstrikes had failed to stop the advanced Islamic State militants. But since the Russianintervention, IS and other Jihadi groups have begun to shrink. When asked about shootingdown of a Russian plane by Turkey last week, he said it was due to President Recep TayyipErdogan's failure. "I think it has shown the real intention of Erdogan who, let's say, lost hisnerve just because the Russian intervention has changed the balance on the ground. So, thefailure of Erdogan in Syria, the failure of his terrorist groups, means his political demise."Turkey says Mr. Assad cannot be part of any long term solution in Syria.
On the eve of a crucial vote in parliament, the British Prime Minister David Cameron has calledhis MPs to support plans for air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria. But he sparkedthe controversy by calling opponents of the move a bunch of terrorist sympathizers. Mr.Cameron appears to be on course to win the vote.
The US Defense Secretary Ash Carter says American special forces will be deployed to Iraq tohelp fight Islamic State militants in both Iraq and Syria. He said he wanted the militants towonder who might come in through the window at night. "These special operators will over timebe able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture ISIL leaders. Thisforce will also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations in Syria. That creates a virtuouscycle, a better intelligence which generates more targets, more raids, more momentum."
The United States is scaling back its diplomatic presence in Mali because of security fears andwill offer only emergency consular services to American citizens. The move follows an Islamistmilitant attack on a hotel in the capital Bamako last month. Jessica McAllen has more details.
"Twenty two people were killed when gunmen attacked the Radisson Blu, a luxury hotelpopular with foreigners. The 9-hour siege, the latest in a series of Jihadi attacks in the country,ended when Malian special forces stormed the building. The US state department says thesecurity situation remains fluid with the potential for more attacks. In response it says non-essential embassy staff and some family members can leave the country if they want."
The Brazilian government has blamed political and economic instability for the country'sdeepening recession. Figures released on Tuesday show that South America's biggest economycontracted by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year.
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Qatar has rejected a report by the human rights group AmnestyInternational which stronglycriticized the Gulf state's efforts to end the exploitation of migrant workers. Amnesty saidalmost nothing had been done to tackle the problem since Qatar was chosen five years ago tohost the Football World Cup in 2022. The Qatari government said the report didn't reflectreforms that had been made.
The general commander of the African Union Regional Standby Force Sekouba Konate haspleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle tens of thousands of dollars in cash through anAmerican airport. Mr. Konate admitted in court in Alexandria in Virginia that he had tried to takearound 65,000 dollars through Dallas airport in Washington in June 2013.
The founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has announced the birth of his first child, a girlcalled Max, and he has vowed to donate most of his fortune to make the world a better placefor her to grow up in. Our Los Angeles correspondent David Lee looks at who might be therecipients of hisfortune.
"They are going to direct into education, into equality. We don't know precisely where thatmoney is gonna go initially. What is particularly interesting is that he seems to be separatingthis endeavor from Facebook. Some of his previous initiatives have been about connecting theInternet and improving perhaps Facebook's user base. There seems to be a very clear gap herebetween Mark Zuckerberg's personal desire to spend money on these things and whatFacebook, the business, will be doing in charitable ways."
A former Argentine political prisoner and her son have met for the first time since she gavebirth in the cell of a clandestine detention center in 1976. The man Mario Bravo was adoptedby a non-communist family, a common practice during the dictatorship. He was reunited with hismother after having doubts about his identity and agreeing to take DNA tests.
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