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| Cleveland fires six police officers over deadly 2012 chase | | | By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Six Cleveland police officers were fired over their involvement in a November 2012 chase that led to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man and woman, city officials said on Tuesday. "The incident was unprecedented," Cleveland Police Commander James Chura told reporters of the shooting, which killed Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell. The Cleveland chase lasted more than 20 minutes and went through multiple cities at speeds topping 90 mph (145 kph), ending in a school parking lot where Russell was shot 24 times and Williams 23 times. |
| Burkina Faso army arrests dozens of suspects after armoury raid | | | Burkina Faso's army has arrested a total of about 40 suspects after an armoury raid last week on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The country is still reeling from an attack by gunmen on a hotel and restaurant in Ouagadougou on Jan. 15 during which 30 people were killed, most of them foreigners. Authorities blame former members of the presidential guard - disbanded after a coup in September and loyal to ousted president Blaise Compaore - for the armoury raid on Friday in which rocket launchers and assault rifles were stolen. |
| German Jews fear rising antisemitism during Mideast refugee influx | |  By Tina Bellon BERLIN (Reuters) - When Judith G. helped out at a refugee centre near Frankfurt last October and identified herself as Jewish, she was spat on and insulted. German Jews say the case of Judith G., a 33-year-old optician who asked not to be fully named, isn't isolated and underlines concerns many have about the record arrivals of asylum seekers, largely from Muslim countries in the Middle East. Official figures show German-born far-right supporters commit the vast majority of antisemitic crimes in the country, and Muslim leaders say nearly all asylum seekers - who can be targets of hate crime themselves - are trying to escape conflict, not stir it up.
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| Stockholm police investigating explosion outside shopping centre | | | Police were investigating an explosion outside an up-market shopping centre in central Stockholm on Tuesday, although there were no immediate reports of injuries. Police said they were called to the Mood shopping centre around 1730 GMT after witnesses described hearing a loud blast and seeing a white flash. |
| Migrants wounded in gunfight in camp near Dunkirk | | | Three migrants from the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk, northern France, were injured on Tuesday in what a charity worker said appeared to be a fight between rival bands of smugglers. Some 3,000 people, many of them Kurds, live in the makeshift camp in the town of Grande-Synthe just 35 km away from the so-called "Jungle" camp in Calais on France's north coast. |
| Canada government discriminated against aboriginal children - tribunal | | | The government of Canada discriminated against aboriginal children by underfunding welfare services on reserves, a human rights tribunal ruled on Tuesday, a decision that could affect how Ottawa funds education, healthcare and housing for indigenous Canadians. The ruling comes nearly nine years after aboriginal groups opened a human rights complaint against Ottawa over its funding formula for child welfare on reserves. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who took office in November, has pledged to repair relations with Canada's 1.4 million indigenous people, who make up 5 percent of the population but represent about half of Canadian children aged 14 and under who live in foster care. |
| French protests and strikes disrupt airports, roads, schools | |  French riot police and firefighters cleared a busy Paris ring road at rush-hour on Tuesday after taxi drivers angry about competition from private car ride firms like Uber threw tyres across the road and set them alight. The nationwide protest by licensed taxi drivers coincided with a walkout by air traffic controllers that forced airlines to cut flights by 20 percent, and another protest by teachers that disrupted schooling. Prime Minister Manuel Valls told taxi driver representatives in a meeting that more efforts would be made to ensure other car ride services respected rules limiting them to pre-booked trips and returning to base after each one, according to a statement from the premier's office.
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| Islamic State 'enjoyed Turkish money for oil' - Israeli minister | |  Israel's defence minister said on Tuesday that Islamic State militants had been funded with 'Turkish money', an assertion that could hinder attempts to mend fences between the two countries after years of estrangement. "It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide whether they want to be part of any kind of cooperation to fight terrorism. This is not the case so far," Moshe Yaalon told reporters in Athens.
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| Denmark passes tough migrant law as Nordic refugee welcome dims | |  By Alexander Tange COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's parliament passed measures on Tuesday aimed at deterring refugees from seeking asylum, including confiscating valuables to pay for their stay, despite protests from international human rights organisations. The measures, which also include extending family reunification among refugees from one year to three years, are the latest sign that the Nordic welcome for refugees is waning as large numbers flee war in Africa and Middle East for a better life in Europe. The "jewellery bill" is the latest attempt by Denmark's minority centre-right government to curb immigration to a country that took in a record 20,000 refugees last year.
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| EU considering sanctions on Libyans blocking peace -diplomats | |  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is discussing imposing travel bans and asset freezes on at least two Libyans it sees as blocking efforts by the United Nations to form a government of national unity, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday. While European governments have threatened sanctions for many months, the rejection of the unity government on Monday is forcing the 28-nation bloc to act, sources said, as frustration grows in Brussels after a string of delays. Nouri Abusahmain, the head of Libya's General National Congress, one of two rival parliaments, and Khalifa al-Ghwell, who heads one of Libya's two rival governments, could face the sanctions early next month if diplomats reach agreement soon, the sources said.
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| Danish parliament passes tough immigration laws | |  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Danish parliament on Tuesday passed a package of measures to deter refugees from seeking asylum, including confiscating valuables to pay for their stay, despite protests from international human rights organisations. The measures were passed by an overwhelming majority with the main centre-left opposition Social Democrats voting in favour as Denmark's political landscape shifts to the right thanks to the popularity of anti-immigrant Danish People's Party. (Reporting by Alexander Tange; editing by Sabina Zawadzki)
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| Paris lycees briefly evacuated after false bomb alert | | | Students at five Paris high schools returned to class on Tuesday after thousands of them had to be evacuated following bomb threats in anonymous phone calls, the Paris education authority said. Police intervened at the Henri IV, Louis Le Grand, Fenelon, Condorcet, Montaigne and Charlemagne schools, all prestigious schools in up-market areas, after five of them received bomb threats around mid-morning, the Paris education authority said. "It's probably just a malicious caller," an official at the Louis Le Grand lycee told Reuters. |
| Spain's parties to discuss new government with king next week | |  Spain's four main party leaders will meet King Felipe for a second time next Monday and Tuesday to see whether any of them can muster enough support to form a government and break a six-week election deadlock, the palace said. The parties held their first consultations with the king last week. Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who wants his ruling centre-right Popular Party (PP) to form a 'grand coalition' including the centre-left Socialists, admitted after meeting the king last Friday that he did not yet have enough backing to seek a parliamentary confidence vote.
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| HSBC board to meet, China's role in Hong Kong a factor in HQ debate | |  By Lawrence White HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC's board meets on Wednesday to consider moving headquarters to Hong Kong, and concerns about China's increasing influence over the financial hub and its independent status may be a factor in the decision, said a senior source at the bank. Reuters reported that a relocation to Hong Kong is unlikely to save the British bank much tax, and may actually increase its bill, while signs Beijing is encroaching on Hong Kong's partial autonomy are further playing on directors' minds. "The situation in Hong Kong appears to be getting worse.
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| Senegal interrogates 900 people in counter-terrorism operation | | | Senegal said on Tuesday it had interrogated some 900 people over a three-day period as part of efforts to prevent attacks by Islamist militants following a series of strikes in the region. The former French colony has a reputation for stability in an otherwise turbulent region, having never suffered a major attack, despite sharing a border with Mali where al Qaeda-linked fighters have been active in desert areas for years. "Nearly 900 people were called in for questioning in the context of the security campaign led by national police amid the terrorist threat," said police spokesman Henry Boumy Ciss, referring to a weekend campaign in the capital Dakar and the nearby city of Thies. |
| Kenyan troops abandon Somali camp to al Shabaab militants | | | Kenyan soldiers have abandoned a camp in the southern Somali town of El Adde following an attack by al Shabaab, a military spokesman said, and the islamist militants said they had taken full control of the base on Tuesday. The Kenyan troops, part of an African Union (AU) force in Somalia (AMISOM), took heavy losses when al Shabaab launched a dawn raid on the camp near the Kenyan border on Jan. 15. David Obonyo, spokesman for the Kenya Defence Forces, said the troops had vacated the camp, and were now stationed nearby. |
| U.N. has invited Syria's warring sides to Geneva peace talks | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks set to start in Geneva on Friday, a U.N. statement said on Tuesday, without giving any details of who had been invited, or how many groups might participate. "The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has addressed invitations to the Syrian participants today, 26 January 2016, in accordance with the parameters outlined in Security Council resolution 2254 (2015)," the statement said. "The intra-Syrian talks will start as of 29 January 2016 in Geneva. ... |
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