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| Obama hosts China's Xi on state visit amid simmering tensions | |  By Matt Spetalnick and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for his first U.S. state visit on Friday but behind the pomp and pageantry were tensions over alleged Chinese cyber spying, Beijing's economic policies and territorial disputes with its neighbors. Obama greeted Xi on arrival at the White House for an elaborate ceremony on the South Lawn, including a military honor guard and 21-gun salute. U.S. and Chinese officials hope to cast the talks in a favorable light by showcasing at least one area of cooperation - the global fight against climate change - when the leaders officially unveil a deal later on Friday to build on a landmark emissions agreement struck last year.
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| U.S. House Speaker Boehner to quit Congress next month | |  By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, who struggled with repeated rebellions by conservatives during a tumultuous 5-year reign as the chamber's top Republican, will step down from the speakership and leave the House at the end of October. U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the No. 2 House Republican, quickly became the leading contender to replace Boehner as speaker, lawmakers said. Representative Paul Ryan, a former U.S. vice presidential candidate, told reporters in a Capitol hallway that McCarthy would likely be the next speaker.
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| Swiss investigate Blatter for criminal mismanagement of FIFA | |  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Friday. Blatter was interrogated after a meeting of FIFA's executive committee in Zurich, and authorities carried out a search at FIFA headquarters on Friday. "The office of the FIFA President has been searched and data seized," the office of the attorney general (OAG) said in a statement.
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| Boko Haram fighters kill at least 15 in Niger village raid - sources | | | Islamist Boko Haram militants operating out of Nigeria raided a village across the border in southern Niger and massacred at least 15 civilians, Niger security sources said on Friday. The overnight attack took place in the village of N'Gourtoua in the Diffa region near the West African nation's border with Nigeria, as residents celebrated Tabaski, or Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Boko Haram also burned down a number of houses and looted shops," one of the sources said. |
| Hungary seeks Austrian support for fencing off Croatian border | |  VIENNA/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Just two weeks after Austria's chancellor said his treatment of migrants was reminiscent of the Holocaust, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a surprise visit to Vienna on Friday, seeking support for further barricading his country's southern border. In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel this month, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann likened the way refugees were treated under Orban's government to the Nazis' deportation of Jews and others to concentration camps. "We are ready to forget everything," Orban told a news conference at his country's embassy in Vienna after a closed-door meeting with Faymann.
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| South Africa recalls troops from Congo for misconduct | |  South Africa is recalling 50 soldiers from United Nations peacekeeping duties in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of misconduct, the Defence Department said on Friday. The troops had broken curfew and been off-base and were being investigated by military police, defence spokesman Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga said. Almost 1,400 South Africans form the backbone of a Force Intervention Brigade acting under the umbrella of U.N. peacekeeping operations in the region, home to rebel militias linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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| Top Hong Kong judges defend rule of law in face of China pressure | |  By Stella Tsang and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two top Hong Kong judges on Friday defended the rule of law in an apparent rebuke of China's top official in the city who recently stoked controversy by saying Hong Kong's China-backed leader was above the law. The mainland official, Zhang Xiaoming, said this month Hong Kong's chief executive had a "special legal position which is above the executive, legislative and judicial institutions." The controversy highlighted a passionate debate in Hong Kong about the extent of mainland control. The former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework that gave it separate laws and an independent judiciary but reserved ultimate authority for Beijing.
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| Google mobile Android operating system under U.S. antitrust scanner | |  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Google Inc is using its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The Android mobile platform is a key element in Google's strategy to maintain revenue from online advertising as people switch from Web browser searches to smartphone apps, and action by U.S. regulators would be a big problem for the company. Reuters reported in April that some technology companies had complained to the U.S. Department of Justice about Google's anti-competitive practices and urged the regulator to investigate allegations that Google unfairly uses its Android system to win online advertising.
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| UK court postpones "flash crash" trader Navinder Sarao's extradition hearing | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A decision on whether London-based trader Navinder Sarao should be sent to the United States to stand trial over his alleged role in causing the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash" was delayed until next year in a British court on Friday. Westminster Magistrates' Court postponed Sarao's extradition hearing until Feb. 4 after the United States added new allegations to their request for him and his senior defence lawyer was unable to attend court due to injury. Arrested by British police on a U.S. warrant in April, Sarao has been indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on 22 criminal counts including wire fraud, commodities fraud, commodity price manipulation and attempted price manipulation.
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| Two Turkish soldiers, 34 Kurdish militants killed -security sources | | | Two Turkish soldiers and 34 Kurdish insurgents have been killed in a militant attack and Turkish military operations backed by air strikes, Turkish security sources said on Friday. Southeastern Turkey has been trapped in a spiral of violence since the collapse in July of a ceasefire with the PKK, leaving efforts to find a long-term peace in tatters. Overnight on Thursday Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters opened fire on troops in Sirnak province, close to Turkey's Iraq border, killing 2 soldiers. |
| Factbox: Catalonia's secession plan and how Spain would block it | | | About 5.5 million Catalans will elect their regional parliament on Sunday in a vote that has been framed by separatist parties as a proxy referendum on independence. Here is a list of questions surrounding the election and Catalonia's secessionist push: WHY DO CATALANS WANT TO BE INDEPENDENT? People who favour independence say Catalonia, which has its own language and culture, is a "nation" - not a "nationality" as recognised by the Spanish constitution - and that as such they should be allowed to have their own state. |
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