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BBC news with Jack Mackintosh.
United Nations officials in Afghanistan are in urgent discussions with the Afghan authorities over two western diplomats who have been asked to leave the country after being accused of posing a threat to national security. The expulsion order follows speculation that they've been meeting members of the Taliban. Our Afghanistan correspondent, Alastair Leithead, reports.
"A spokesman from the United Nations said the two men, one believed to be British and the other from Ireland, were told by the Afghan government that they had 48 hours to leave the country. One is thought to be the acting head of the EU mission in Afghanistan, the other, a United Nations political officer. They had just returned from Helmand province where the UN said they had been meeting with tribal elders not allied with the government, which would suggest Taliban representatives. The Afghan government initially put out a statement that two foreigners had been arrested, but this has not been confirmed. And it's understood they are not currently in custody. "
Suicide bombers have killed about 30 people in attacks north of the Iraqi capital, Bagdad. At least 20 died in the town of Baji when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint manned by local militia men. From Bagdad, Humphrey Hawksley.
"It's thought that some of the checkpoint guards might have been members of the Awakening Movement, a new militia made up of former Sunni insurgents who now backed the Americans. In the town of Baquba, another suicide bomber attacked a funeral procession, and among those dead is believed to be a local leader of the Awakening Movement. The two attacks may indicate a renewed attempt by hard line Sunni insurgents to stop more moderate militia from joining mainstream political line. "
On the day when Turkish planes carried out further air raids against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that no one could object if Turkey responded to guerilla attacks against its unity. Mr. Erdogan insisted that its cross-border action was acceptable. "It doesn't matter who says what. We are using and continue to use air and land operations within the framework of authority granted by international law. "
Russia has again accused the United States of disregarding Russian concerns over the deployment of American Missile Defense Systems in Eastern Europe. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, says it's clear to Moscow that the Missile Defense System is aimed at deterring Russia rather than Iran which is its stated objective.
Local people in Western Panama have found the wreckage of a light plane with a young girl still alive in it. The plane had crashed into the jungle in bad weather on Sunday. The Panamanian pilot and a Californian businessman who chartered the plane were dead along with the businessman's 13-year-old daughter, but her 12-year-old friend, Fransisca Louis, was safe. She was taken to hospital in Panama City with hyperthermia, and her condition was said to be stable.
World News from the BBC.
The biggest single group of Iranian Jews to leave Iran since the Islamic revolution of 1979 has arrived in Israel. The forty immigrants flew in secretly via a third country which wasn't named because of Israeli censorship laws. A spokesman for the Jewish Agency which deals with immigration, Michael Jankelowitz, said that the immigrants had received money from some non-governmental organizations. "The international fellowship of the Christians and Jews is supporting every immigrant with a grant of ten thousand US dollars to assist in his or her absorption into Israel above and beyond what is made available by the state of Israel."
The official in charge of Egypt's Antiquities says he wants Parliament to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whether its, whenever its ancient monuments, such as the pyramids, or the Sphinx are reproduced full-size. Zahi Hawass said he wanted the proposed law to provide money for the upkeep of Egypt's thousands of ancient sites. Sarsher Slipter reports.
"As head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass has never even wanted to shy away from controversy, but copyrighting the pyramids is something completely new. He is spearheading legislation, under which any country which reproduces an exact full-sized copy of an ancient Egyptian artifact or monument will have to pay royalties. These will go towards the upkeep of Egypt's thousands of pharaonic sites. "
In his Christmas Day sermon, the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, Rowan Williams, said human greed was distorting the fragile environmental balance of the planet. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict said he wanted Christmas to bring hope to those who faced poverty, injustice and war. In her Christmas message, Queen Elizabeth spoke of the need to care for the vulnerable in society.
And that's the latest BBC news.
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BBC news with Jack Mackintosh.
United Nations officials in Afghanistan are in urgent discussions with the Afghan authorities over two western diplomats who have been asked to leave the country after being accused of posing a threat to national security. The expulsion order follows speculation that they've been meeting members of the Taliban. Our Afghanistan correspondent, Alastair Leithead, reports.
"A spokesman from the United Nations said the two men, one believed to be British and the other from Ireland, were told by the Afghan government that they had 48 hours to leave the country. One is thought to be the acting head of the EU mission in Afghanistan, the other, a United Nations political officer. They had just returned from Helmand province where the UN said they had been meeting with tribal elders not allied with the government, which would suggest Taliban representatives. The Afghan government initially put out a statement that two foreigners had been arrested, but this has not been confirmed. And it's understood they are not currently in custody. "
Suicide bombers have killed about 30 people in attacks north of the Iraqi capital, Bagdad. At least 20 died in the town of Baji when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint manned by local militia men. From Bagdad, Humphrey Hawksley.
"It's thought that some of the checkpoint guards might have been members of the Awakening Movement, a new militia made up of former Sunni insurgents who now backed the Americans. In the town of Baquba, another suicide bomber attacked a funeral procession, and among those dead is believed to be a local leader of the Awakening Movement. The two attacks may indicate a renewed attempt by hard line Sunni insurgents to stop more moderate militia from joining mainstream political line. "
On the day when Turkish planes carried out further air raids against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that no one could object if Turkey responded to guerilla attacks against its unity. Mr. Erdogan insisted that its cross-border action was acceptable. "It doesn't matter who says what. We are using and continue to use air and land operations within the framework of authority granted by international law. "
Russia has again accused the United States of disregarding Russian concerns over the deployment of American Missile Defense Systems in Eastern Europe. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, says it's clear to Moscow that the Missile Defense System is aimed at deterring Russia rather than Iran which is its stated objective.
Local people in Western Panama have found the wreckage of a light plane with a young girl still alive in it. The plane had crashed into the jungle in bad weather on Sunday. The Panamanian pilot and a Californian businessman who chartered the plane were dead along with the businessman's 13-year-old daughter, but her 12-year-old friend, Fransisca Louis, was safe. She was taken to hospital in Panama City with hyperthermia, and her condition was said to be stable.
World News from the BBC.
The biggest single group of Iranian Jews to leave Iran since the Islamic revolution of 1979 has arrived in Israel. The forty immigrants flew in secretly via a third country which wasn't named because of Israeli censorship laws. A spokesman for the Jewish Agency which deals with immigration, Michael Jankelowitz, said that the immigrants had received money from some non-governmental organizations. "The international fellowship of the Christians and Jews is supporting every immigrant with a grant of ten thousand US dollars to assist in his or her absorption into Israel above and beyond what is made available by the state of Israel."
The official in charge of Egypt's Antiquities says he wants Parliament to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whether its, whenever its ancient monuments, such as the pyramids, or the Sphinx are reproduced full-size. Zahi Hawass said he wanted the proposed law to provide money for the upkeep of Egypt's thousands of ancient sites. Sarsher Slipter reports.
"As head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass has never even wanted to shy away from controversy, but copyrighting the pyramids is something completely new. He is spearheading legislation, under which any country which reproduces an exact full-sized copy of an ancient Egyptian artifact or monument will have to pay royalties. These will go towards the upkeep of Egypt's thousands of pharaonic sites. "
In his Christmas Day sermon, the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, Rowan Williams, said human greed was distorting the fragile environmental balance of the planet. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict said he wanted Christmas to bring hope to those who faced poverty, injustice and war. In her Christmas message, Queen Elizabeth spoke of the need to care for the vulnerable in society.
And that's the latest BBC news.
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