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| Turkish newspaper says faces tax inspection after journalists arrested | |  Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, whose top two journalists were arrested last week on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, is facing an investigation into its tax accounts, its chief executive said. A court last Thursday ordered the arrest of Can Dundar, the paper's editor-in-chief, and senior editor Erdem Gul over the publication of footage purporting to show the state intelligence agency helping send weapons to Syria. The case against the journalists has revived long-standing criticism of Turkey's record on press freedom under President Tayyip Erdogan with the United States saying it was "very concerned" about the arrests.
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| France and India look to the sun to save the planet | |  By Barbara Lewis PARIS (Reuters) - France and India on Monday launched an international alliance seeking to mobilise more than a trillion dollars by 2030 and deliver clean, solar energy to some of the planet's poorest. French President Francois Hollande, host of two weeks of U.N. talks, needs to win the support of nearly 200 nations if the summit is to forge a global deal to curb climate change. In the past, India has been one of the obstacles to consensus as it pushes for leeway to allow its population of more than a billion to develop.
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| Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting told he faces murder charge | |  By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine in a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs was told he faces first-degree murder charges during his first court appearance on Monday. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, appearing by video link from jail, spoke only to tell a judge he understood and had no questions. Police records from North Charleston, South Carolina, showed that Dear was charged with rape there in 1992, although Reuters could not determine in court records how the case was resolved.
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| Powerful New York legislator Silver convicted in bribery case | |  By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sheldon Silver, one of New York state's most powerful politicians for two decades, was convicted on Monday of abusing his office to collect as much as $4 million in illegal bribes and kickbacks. A federal jury in Manhattan found Silver, 71, guilty of all seven counts he faced, including fraud, extortion and money laundering, following a three-week trial. The verdict caps a stunning fall for Silver, a Democrat who as speaker of the New York State Assembly enjoyed immense political influence before his arrest in January.
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| Barring Syrians could cost U.S. states funding for other refugees - U.S. agency | |  By Julia Edwards and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Services to help refugees acclimate to life in the United States could be jeopardised in states where governors block Syrians, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris by Islamic State militants, 30 U.S. governors including in Florida, Texas and Michigan have vowed to block Syrian refugees.
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| Relief agency to resettle Syrians in Texas despite threats from state | | | By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - A relief agency said on Monday it plans to resettle Syrian refugees in Texas despite a threat from the state to cut funding to the nonprofit organisation if it tries to do so. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission warned the Dallas office of the International Rescue Committee in a letter last week that it would be in violation of its contract with the state if it did not comply with Governor Greg Abbott's order to stop accepting Syrian refugees. "As part of our mission and mandate from the U.S. Federal government, we will continue to resettle refugees in Texas and other states," a spokeswoman for the International Rescue Committee said in response to a Reuters email. |
| U.N. says Burundi on brink of war but no need for peacekeepers yet | | Monday, November 30, 2015 11:35 PM | |
|  By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Burundi is on the brink of a war that could have "potentially disastrous effects in an already fragile region" but there is no immediate need to deploy United Nations peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Monday. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled the African state during months of violence that began when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided in April to run for a third term. Earlier this month the 15-member Security Council asked Ban to provide options for boosting the U.N. presence in Burundi amid growing international concern that the violence could spiral into an ethnic conflict.
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| Relief agency seeks talks over Texas threat on resettling Syrians in state | | Monday, November 30, 2015 11:34 PM | |
| | By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - A relief agency said on Monday it wants to hold talks with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to discuss a threat from the state to cut funding to the nonprofit organisation if it tries to resettle Syrian refugees in the state. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission warned the Dallas office of the International Rescue Committee in a letter last week that it would be in violation of its contract with the state if it did not comply with Abbott's order to stop accepting Syrian refugees. Abbott, a Republican, is concerned that U.S. security screening is ineffective and could allow in people with ties to terrorism, the letter said, giving the group until Monday to reply. |
| Chicago officer, charged with murdering black teen, posts bond | | Monday, November 30, 2015 11:10 PM | |
|  By Mary Wisniewski and Justin Madden CHICAGO (Reuters) - A white Chicago police officer, charged with murdering a black teenager, posted bond on Monday afternoon as protests continued over a patrol car's dashboard camera video that showed the officer shooting the teen 16 times. Protesters including NAACP President Cornell William Brooks were arrested on Monday, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Police officer Jason Van Dyke appeared in shackles at Monday's hearing, where Cook County Criminal Court Associate Judge Donald Panarese, Jr. set bail at $1.5 million, of which 10 percent had to be posted.
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| Ohio grand jury hears from mother of Cleveland boy shot by police | | Monday, November 30, 2015 11:06 PM | |
|  By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The mother of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot in November 2014 outside a Cleveland recreation centre testified on Monday to a grand jury weighing whether to charge two officers in his death, her attorney said. "An indictment would give me just a little bit of breath," Samaria Rice said afterward, saying she was anxious for a decision but not prepared if the grand jury does not indict the officers in the death of her son, Tamir Rice. Rice's attorney, Subodh Chandra, said her appearance before the grand jury lasted a little over an hour.
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| Chicago man arrested for gun threat linked to black teen's killing | | Monday, November 30, 2015 11:04 PM | |
|  By Suzannah Gonzales and Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - A 21-year-old Chicago man was arrested on Monday for threatening to kill 16 white male students or staff on the University of Chicago in retaliation for the shooting last year of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer, according to law enforcement officials. Jabari R. Dean was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and, if convicted, could face up to five years in prison, the U.S. Attorney in Chicago said in a statement. The University of Illinois at Chicago said one of its students, living off campus, was arrested for making the threat, which caused the University of Chicago to cancel classes on Monday.
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| Condemning attacks, leaders in Paris make careful leap to climate change | | Monday, November 30, 2015 10:59 PM | |
|  By Alister Doyle PARIS (Reuters) - For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable. In a series of some 150 opening speeches at the heavily guarded facility on the outskirts of Paris, most heads of state and prime ministers offered condolences to their French hosts, pivoting quickly, sometimes awkwardly, to the climate talks. Many said the decision to press on with the summit in Paris so soon after the attacks was itself a rebuke to extremists trying to sow fear and disrupt normal life.
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