VietPress USA (Jan. 4th, 2016): Today World News on Jan. 4th, 2016:
Exclusive: UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council | Liberal Democrat and Green Party leaders call on David Cameron to reveal whether British government supported Saudi bid (independent.co.uk)
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British ISIS militant's desperate plea for doctors to join the terror group as he admits many fighters are dying due to poor treatment in latest sign of the group's collapse(dailymail.co.uk)
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Saudi Arabia omitted from UK death penalty strategy 'to safeguard defence contracts' - Kingdom is only major death penalty state missing from document setting out UK strategy to curb executions (independent.co.uk)
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Denmark responds to Swedish border checks with own controls. "If the European Union cannot protect the external border you will see more and more countries forced to introduce temporary border controls." - Danish PM (bbc.com)
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Israel Retaliates to Hezbollah bombing at Lebanon Border - IDF currently firing artillery at Hezbollah and Lebanese army positions (ynetnews.com)
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A virus linked to shrinking newborns’ brains is spreading rapidly beyond Brazil (epidemic of Zika virus suspected) (qz.com)
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Leaked memo shows Saudi Arabia was fully prepared for executions backlash – and went ahead anyway | Middle East | News (independent.co.uk)
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Merkel rejects Bavarian bid for refugee limit: Amid ongoing tensions with her allies in Bavaria, Angela Merkel has refused their plan to place a cap on incoming aslyum seekers. The proposed upper limit of 200,000 for 2016 was "not the chancellor's position." (dw.com)
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Teachers claim the “politics of austerity” is leaving Scottish schoolchildren so hungry they have to steal from their classmates just to be able to eat. (thenational.scot)
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Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik’s court case against the Norwegian state over his prison conditions, which he likens to torture, will take place in the jail where he is being held.Breivik killed 77 people because he was opposed to Norway’s multiculturalism. (theguardian.com)
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