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| As Calais 'Jungle' closes, women migrants in smaller camps fear influx | |  By Lin Taylor and Sally Hayden NORRENT-FONTES, France (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At a small, muddy makeshift migrant camp in the quiet countryside of Norrent-Fontes, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) from Calais in northern France, Ethiopian and Eritrean women prepare to cook injera, a type of flatbread, for their lunch. Inside a wooden shack lined with mattresses and belongings hanging in plastic bags overhead, Ethiopian migrant Sara, 26, stirs carrots, lentils and potatoes into a stew she is cooking for the 60 women in the camp. The security Sara feels in Norrent-Fontes contrasts with her experience of the "Jungle" camp outside Calais which the French authorities began clearing on Monday, ahead of its demolition.
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| Romanian parliament scraps over 100 taxes, including radio/TV fees | | | Romania's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to scrap over 100 small taxes, at an annual cost to the budget estimated at 1.6 billion lei ($387.42 million), in the latest fiscal easing measure ahead of a December 11 election. Both the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund have repeatedly warned Romania's budget gap will overshoot the European Union's 3 percent of gross domestic product ceiling next year. The bill, introduced by the leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD), eliminates a slew of small levies such as taxes for the commerce registry, for securing copies of fiscal records, fees for the issuance of temporary passports, fishing and sports fees, and environment fees for car registration. |
| Irked Philippine police boss tells subordinates - talk to me, not media | |  The Philippines' police chief on Tuesday reprimanded officers and some senior generals for raising concerns with journalists about the country's war on drugs, telling subordinates to talk to him instead - if they were brave enough. Asked to comment on a Reuters Special Report published on Monday that highlighted widespread discrepancies in statistics related to President Rodrigo Duterte's drugs crackdown, Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa appeared irked at police and took a swipe at journalists for what he called "unfair" reporting. "Tell our men, the officers who had said this, if they had balls, they should talk to me." Dela Rosa, whose nickname means "rock", said officers with grievances should tell their commanders or go to a panel dedicated to hearing internal complaints.
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| South Africa's Zuma says Gordhan charges a concern for all | | | CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday that fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan were a concern for "all of us" and that he had never discussed the case with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Zuma was responding to questions in the upper house of parliament about the charges against Gordhan, which analysts and the finance minister's supporters have said appear to be a ploy to remove him from office. The NPA has said the charges are not politically motivated. ... |
| Irish parliament could decide on abortion referendum by end-2017 | | | DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's parliament could be in a position to decide on whether to hold a referendum to repeal restrictive abortion laws by the end of next year if a citizens' assembly recommends a vote should be held to widen access. Regulations in the once stridently Catholic Ireland are among the strictest in the world and Prime Minister Enda Kenny this month called together 99 members of the public to advise government on the politically-divisive issue. ... |
| German police carry out raids on suspected terrorist financiers | | | German police on Tuesday stormed an accommodation facility for refugees and 12 homes around the country that were believed to house people suspected of financing terrorism. Police searched residences in the eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony as well as in Bavaria, the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in Hamburg, police in Thuringia said in a statement. No one was arrested during the raids, a police spokeswoman eastern state of Thuringia said. |
| No arrests in German police raids on suspected terrorist financiers - police | | | No one has been arrested during police raids on the homes of people suspected of financing terrorism on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for police in the eastern German state of Thuringia said. Police stormed an accommodation facility for refugees and 12 homes in the eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony as well as in Bavaria, the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in Hamburg, police in Thuringia said earlier on Tuesday. |
| Islamic State claims attack on Pakistan police academy, 59 dead | |  By Gul Yusufzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Middle East-based Islamic State on Tuesday said fighters loyal to their movement attacked a police training college in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, in a raid that officials said killed 59 people and wounded more than 100. Pakistani authorities have blamed another militant group, Lashkar-e-Janghvi, for the late-night siege, though the Islamic State claim included photographs of three alleged attackers. Hundreds of trainees were stationed at the facility when masked gunmen stormed the college on the outskirts of Quetta late on Monday.
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| Watford face inquiry over "forged" letter | | | Watford are being investigated by English football authorities over allegations that the club falsified financial information before its current owner completed his takeover. The Football League announced an inquiry into claims that a banking letter, allegedly forged to appear to be written by HSBC, was submitted when the Italian businessman Gino Pozzo took full control of the club from his father Giampaolo in 2014. The letter was reportedly submitted to the Football League, which oversees clubs outside the Premier League, when Watford were a second-tier club in the Championship. |
| From a shack to parliament, Kenya's slum MP pushes pro-poor agenda | | | By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With human waste from a burst sewer oozing down the main street of Kenya's largest slum, annoyed residents have been bombarding the Facebook page of Kibera constituency's first parliamentarian, Kenneth Okoth, with insults. "It's just been: 'Ken Okoth is good for nothing. Okoth has phoned and sent photographs of the filth to Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company and Nairobi's governor, who is in charge of sewerage services, without response. |
| U.N. gets reports of massacres by Islamic State around Mosul | |  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have reportedly massacred scores of people around its Iraq stronghold of Mosul in the past week, U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesday, citing preliminary information from sources in the area. On Sunday, IS reportedly killed 50 former police officers being held in a building outside Mosul, and last Thursday Iraqi security forces discovered the bodies of 70 civilians in houses in Tuloul Naser village south of Mosul, Colville said. In Safina village, about 45 km (30 miles) south of Mosul, 15 civilians were killed and their bodies thrown into the river in an attempt to spread fear, and six men, apparently relatives of a tribal leader fighting against IS, were tied to a vehicle and dragged around the village.
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| Islamists launch three attacks in Somalia and Kenya in 24 hours | | | By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group rammed a military base with a suicide truck bomb, shot dead an intelligence officer and killed 12 people in a Kenyan border town in a series of strikes over 24 hours, the militants said on Tuesday. The group, which once ruled much of Somalia, wants to topple the Western-backed government in Mogadishu and drive out African AMISOM peacekeepers made up of soldiers from Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda, Ethiopia and other African nations. Al Shabaab spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab said the group was behind a truck bomb that rammed into an AMISOM base in the Somali town of Beledweyne, north of Mogadishu. |
| Hong Kong legislature delays swearing-in of pro-independence lawmakers amid pressure | |  By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - The president of the Hong Kong legislature on Tuesday delayed the swearing-in of two pro-independence lawmakers and temporarily banned them from attending meetings, an unprecedented move that follows weeks of pressure from factions loyal to Beijing. The promotion of independence has long been taboo in the former British colony, governed under the "one country, two systems" principle since its return to Communist Party-ruled China in 1997. Activists advocating various forms of greater autonomy for Hong Kong, from self-determination to outright independence, gained one in five votes in the city-wide Legislative Council election in September.
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| Slovak parliament curbs far-right vigilante train patrols | | | Slovakia's parliament on Tuesday acted to curb patrolling of trains by far-right vigilantes who have been accused by rights activists of stirring racial hatred, but the group threatened to extend its patrols to other parts of the country. Members of the People's Party-Our Slovakia, wearing green T-shirts and some carrying legally-held weapons, have been patrolling irregularly on trains since a 21-year old girl was assaulted and robbed in April. The anti-immigration, anti-euro opposition party says the attack showed the inadequacy of the police to ensure passengers safety, but rights groups say their activities are aimed at Slovakia's Roma minority. |
| British banker's torture video stuns jury in Hong Kong murder trial | |  By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Filming himself torturing and killing a young Indonesian woman, British investment banker Rurik Jutting veered between boasting, remorse and describing the pleasure he derived from sexually brutalising the first of two victims. Footage taken from four hours of recordings on Jutting's mobile phone formed the core of the prosecution opening on the second day of a murder trial in Hong Kong that has grabbed global attention. The 31-year-old Cambridge University graduate has admitted killing Sumarti Ningsih, a 23-year-old single mother, and another Indonesian woman, Seneng Mujiasih, in his luxury high-rise apartment two years ago.
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| Some Indonesians 'joining pro-Islamic State groups in Philippines' | | | By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Islamic State supporters from Indonesia are travelling to join forces with their counterparts in the Philippines, raising concerns about cross-border violence, Indonesian anti-terrorism officials said on Tuesday. Authorities in Southeast Asia have been on heightened alert since a gun-and-bomb attack rocked the Indonesian capital Jakarta in January and stamped Islamic State's presence in the region for the first time. "Some (Indonesian Islamic State supporters) are training in the Philippines," said A. Syamsu of the Indonesian counter-terrorism agency. |
| Philippine police ponder different tack in deadly drugs war | | | By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police commanders met on Tuesday to evaluate the country's war on drugs, the president's spokesman said, thrashing out what law enforcement sources have described as a shift in strategy to increase arrests and cut down on bloodshed. Spokesman Ernesto Abella said a "command conference" was being held to evaluate "Project Double Barrel", as the narcotics crackdown is called, to assess whether there was a need to make adjustments to what he described as a successful campaign. Two sources with knowledge of the matter said under the plan, dubbed Project Double Barrel Alpha, more resources would go into arresting prominent people tied to the drugs trade, such as police, politicians and celebrities. |
| Thai junta seeks extradition of royal insult suspects | |  Thailand's military government has requested the extradition of several people suspected of insulting the monarchy after the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the foreign minister said on Tuesday. It has also led to the rise of ultra-royalist vigilante groups who say they will punish anyone perceived to have insulted the monarchy during a highly sensitive time for Thailand. Known by the French term lese majeste, the crime can carry a jail term of up to 15 years for each offence.
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| Turkey's post-coup emergency rule led to torture, abuse - rights group | |  By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has effectively written a "blank cheque" to security services to torture people detained after a failed military coup attempt, a U.S.-based rights group said on Tuesday, citing accusations of beatings, sleep deprivation and sexual abuse. A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) said a "climate of fear" had prevailed since July's failed coup against President Tayyip Erdogan and the arrest of thousands under a State of Emergency.
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| South Korea's Park apologises for seeking friend's advice, as row overshadows key reform | |  By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a rare public apology on Tuesday for showing a friend drafts of speeches, as she sought to refocus attention on a proposal to amend the constitution so that presidents can serve more than one term. Television network JTBC reported late on Monday that drafts of Park's speeches from 2012 to early 2014 had been found in the computer used by the friend, Choi Soon-sil.
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| Former Thai PM Yingluck can appeal $1 billion fine over rice scheme - government | |  Ousted Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra can appeal a 35 billion baht ($1 billion) fine imposed on her in connection with a rice-subsidy scheme, the junta chief said on Tuesday in his first public comment since the government ordered the fine. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is also head of the junta, said that Yingluck can appeal the order and denied that the military government was singling her out. "Don't do it through the media," he said, referring to comments given by Yingluck to reporters about the fine.
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| U.N. chief could win South Korean presidency, but contest would be bruising | |  By Ju-min Park and Tony Munroe SEOUL (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is the odds-on favourite to be the next president of South Korea - if he wants the job - thanks to high name recognition, a clean reputation and what is seen to be a lacklustre field of rivals. Kim Chong-in, former leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea, said Ban many not be able to run a rigorous campaign after having been away for so long.
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| Four killed on river ride at Australia's biggest theme park | |  By Colin Packham and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - Four people were killed on Tuesday on a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park, police said, after a malfunction threw two of the victims off the seemingly innocuous ride and left the other two trapped inside. "One of the rides sustained a malfunction, causing two people to be ejected from a ride, and the other two were caught inside," Gavin Fuller, an official of Queensland Ambulance, told reporters.
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| Indonesia jails Australian man for 15 years for molesting girls | |  An Indonesian court on Tuesday jailed an Australian man for 15 years for sexually molesting several girls on the resort island of Bali. Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis, 70, "groomed" and molested 11 girls aged between seven and 17 over a period of two years before he was arrested early this year. "He has been proven to have molested children in Bali, which has a big impact for their future psychological development," presiding judge I Wayan Sukanila said, ordering Ellis to serve 15 years and pay a fine of 2 billion rupiah ($154,000).
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