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| Factbox: Key points from Britain's Brexit White Paper | |  The British government has published a "White Paper" policy document, setting out its plans for coming negotiations on leaving the European Union. The 77-page paper reiterated the 12 priorities already set out by Prime Minister Theresa May including that Britain would seek a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU but not an unlimited transitional status. The white paper can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-united-kingdoms-exit-from-and-new-partnership-with-the-european-union-white-paper ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: "That agreement may take in elements of current Single Market arrangements in certain areas as it makes no sense to start again from scratch when the UK and the remaining Member States have adhered to the same rules for so many years.
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| Deutsche Bank lags rivals with quarterly loss | |  By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank fell further behind its Wall Street rivals in 2016, lagging their strong rebound in bond trading in the last three months of the year and increasing pressure on CEO John Cryan ahead of an expected strategy update this spring. Germany's flagship lender posted on Thursday a net loss of 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in the final quarter of 2016 as legal costs for past misdeeds weighed heavily on results. Analysts had expected the bank to post a loss of 1.16 billion euros.
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| One Delaware prison officer dead, one in hospital after uprising | |  One male prison officer was killed and a female colleague has been hospitalized after they were held hostage overnight by inmates at a men's prison in Delaware, state officials said on Thursday. The hostages were removed by police at about 5 a.m. from the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in the town of Smyrna, where an uprising began on Wednesday, Delaware's Department of Correction said in a statement. It was not immediately clear how the male correctional officer died.
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| U.S. watchdog agency to review implementation of Trump travel ban | |  A watchdog agency at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it is planning to review how President Donald Trump's immigration executive order to temporarily suspend travel from seven majority-Muslim nations was implemented. The review of Friday's order was being planned "in response to congressional request and whistleblower and hotline complaints," the DHS's Office of Inspector General said in a statement late Wednesday. The watchdog agency would also look at "DHS' adherence to court orders and allegations of individual misconduct on the part of DHS personnel," the statement said. "If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review." The order triggered widespread protests and caused confusion for travelers around the world.
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| In Congo, Tshisekedi's death undermines chances of 2017 transition | |  By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - The death on Wednesday of Congo's opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi leaves opponents of President Joseph Kabila seriously weakened in their bid to force Kabila to quit power after he defied constitutional term limits to stay on last year. Democratic Republic of Congo has never experienced a peaceful transition of power and Kabila's refusal to stand down when his final term expired in December has raised fears the chronically unstable country could slide back into civil war. Despite his 84 years and failing health, Tshisekedi known as "the Sphinx" for his sparse but profound statements, remained the undisputed leader of the opposition to Kabila.
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| Congolese police fire tear gas at protesters in Kinshasa | | | KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese police fired tear gas on Thursday at more than 100 anti-government protesters gathered near the home of late opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa, a Reuters witness said. Police in a jeep aimed tear gas at members of Tshisekedi's Union for Democracy and Social Progress while a plume of smoke rose from a nearby vehicle, the witness added. (Reporting by Benoit Nyemba; Writing by Emma Farge; editing by Richard Lough) |
| One prison officer dead after Delaware hostage situation - officials | |  (Reuters) - One male prison officer is dead and a female colleague has been hospitalized after they were held hostage overnight by inmates at a prison in Delaware, state officials said on Thursday. The hostages were removed by police at about 5 a.m. local time from James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, a men's prison in the town of Smyrna, where an uprising began midday on Wednesday, the state Department of Correction said in a statement. (Reporting by Laila Kearney)
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| Turkey orders 177 police detained, extending post-coup crackdown - Anadolu | | | Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 177 police officers, the state-run Anadolu agency said on Thursday, widening a crackdown against people accused of links to a failed coup in July. The government has accused the network of cleric Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating the coup, and says it made use of ByLock in the attempt. Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, has denied the charge and condemned the coup. |
| NATO helping Western Balkans resist foreign influence - Stoltenberg | |  By Maja Zuvela SARAJEVO (Reuters) - NATO is helping Western Balkan governments build up intelligence and defence bodies to resist foreign, especially Russian, political influence, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. Stoltenberg, speaking during a visit to Sarajevo, said the alliance was aware of reports of increased Russian influence in the Balkans and of Russian intervention in political processes in Montenegro. "We are following that very closely, we work with partners, including Montenegro, to help them strengthen their intelligence capacities and defence institutions," Stolteneberg said, answering a journalist's question.
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| Fillon bid for French presidency in turmoil as MPs break rank | |  By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Pressure on French presidential candidate Francois Fillon to pull out of the election race intensified on Thursday as some lawmakers in his own camp urged him to abandon his scandal-tainted bid to save the conservatives from defeat. The scandal, which erupted last week when a newspaper reported the 62-year-old ex-prime minister had paid his wife hundreds of thousands of euros for work she may not have done, has thrown Fillon's campaign off track. Fillon denies wrongdoing, but opinion polls show support for Fillon eroding fast to the benefit of far right leader Marine Le Pen and a former investment banker, Emmanuel Macron, who is running as an independent.
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| Romania's justice minister hands over duties to deputy until Feb. 7 - agency | | | BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Justice Minister Florin Iordache, who brought in the corruption decree that sparked protests by tens of thousands of Romanians, has handed over his duties to his deputy until Feb. 7, state news agency Agerpres said. Constantin Sima will deal with "the intense activity required by the 2017 budget adoption", Agerpres news agency quoted a ministry official as saying. (Reporting by Radu Marinas; Editing by Louise Ireland) |
| Thailand hopes for upgrade in U.S. human trafficking report | | | By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has stepped up prosecutions for human trafficking and hopes its status will be upgraded in the annual U.S. Trafficking in Persons report, the foreign minister said on Thursday. The report, which ranks countries based on anti-trafficking efforts, matters to Thailand's junta as it tries to fully normalise relations with Washington and to show it is tackling tough issues better than previous civilian administrations. Last year, Thailand's status was upgraded a notch to Tier 2 "Watch List". |
| Romanian minister resigns after huge anti-graft protest | |  By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Romanian cabinet minister resigned on Thursday, testing the stability of the month-old leftist-led government after 250,000 people came out in protest over a decree that could effectively amnesty dozens of officials accused of corruption. The government order, hastily adopted late on Tuesday, has triggered the biggest nationwide protests since the fall of communism in 1989. Critics say decriminalising a number of graft offences marks the most significant retreat on anti-corruption reforms since Romania joined the European Union in 2007.
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| Congo's Tshisekedi leaves legacy of democratic struggle, unfulfilled promise | | | By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) - The dates below the framed black-and-white photograph of Etienne Tshisekedi in the reception hall of the prime minister's offices in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, testify to a fraught and complicated relationship with power. Tshisekedi, who died on Wednesday in Brussels at 84, was named prime minister four times of the country then known as Zaire, between 1991 and 1997. Nicknamed "the Sphinx" for not speaking much but causing a lot of trouble when he did, Tshisekedi was a crusading voice for political pluralism and democracy in Congo, whose politics since independence in 1960 from Belgium has been marred by foreign intervention, civil war, coups and authoritarian rule. |
| Romania's ruling party vice-president wants withdrawal of graft decree | | | BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A vice-president of Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) called on his party's leadership and government to withdraw a decree decriminalising some graft offenses, a move that has brought tens of thousands of Romanians out in protest. Private television station Digi24 TV quoted Mihai Chirica, also mayor of the northern city of Iasi, as saying he understood protesters' legitimate demands and that he backed them. (Reporting by Radu Marinas) |
| Cambodian law change could ban PM's opponent from elections | |  By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday a law was being amended to stop anyone convicted of an offence from running for office for five years, effectively barring his main rival from elections. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has been convicted of a series of defamation charges and has lived in exile in France since 2015 to avoid them. Opponents accuse Hun Sen of manoeuvring to try to keep his three-decade grip on power.
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| EU's Tusk calls on Russia to end violence in east Ukraine | | | European Council President Donald Tusk, the chairman of EU leaders' meetings, called on Russia on Thursday to use its influence with rebels in east Ukraine to stop a recent spike in violence there. "We are reminded again of the continued challenge posed by Russia's aggression in eastern Ukraine," Tusk told a news conference. The ceasefire must be honoured." "Russia should use its influence to disengage the Russian-backed separatists." The latest spike in violence in east Ukraine - where Russia-backed rebels face off against Kiev government troops - coincides with the taking office by the new U.S. President Donald Trump, who has promised to seek rapprochement with Moscow. |
| Romanian president challenges government decree in court | |  Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday he had filed a challenge with the Constitional Court to a government decree decriminalising some graft offenses and which has brought hundreds of thousands of Romanians out in protest. "It is obviously a legal constitutional conflict between the government and the judicial system and parliament," Iohannis said in a televised news conference. Romania's top judicial watchdog has also filed a court challenge to the decree.
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| Europe lifts ban on Iraqi Airways entering airspace | |  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The European Aviation Safety Agency has lifted a ban on Iraqi Airways entering European airspace, Iraq's transport minister Kadhim al-Hamami told state television on Thursday. The national carrier was banned from flying to Europe in 2015 because it did not meet International Civil Aviation Organization safety standards. "Iraqi Airways were removed from the black list and put under monitoring by the European Aviation Safety Agency, Hamami said. (Reporting by Saif Hameed; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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| Turkish foreign minister warns of Greek 'provocations' | |  Turkey has accused Greece of provocative actions and warned there could be "no going back" if tensions were allowed to escalate, a newspaper said on Thursday, underscoring strains from territorial disputes and Athens' failure to hand over Turkish soldiers who fled after an abortive coup. Tensions between the NATO allies rose when a Greek court last week blocked the extradition of eight Turkish soldiers Ankara accuses of involvement in July's failed coup. The move angered Turkey, which said relations with Greece would be reviewed.
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| Philippine leader to use troops in drug war, says willing to 'kill more' | |  By Karen Lema and Martin Petty MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would issue an executive order for military support in his fight against illicit drugs, which he said was a national security threat and he would "kill more" people if he had to. The mercurial leader ruled out declaring martial law and said he did not need extra powers, but wanted to bring the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) into his drugs war because he could no longer trust law enforcement agencies. Duterte has placed an anti-drugs agency in charge of the campaign and has said he wants the armed forces to play a supportive role.
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