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| Jurors asked to hold Charleston church shooting suspect accountable | |  By Greg Lacour CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Racial hatred drove white supremacist Dylann Roof to kill nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, after months of meticulous planning, a federal prosecutor argued on Thursday, asking jurors to hold the accused gunman accountable. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Williams' voice rose as he criticized the young man's self-proclaimed bravery in carrying out the attack during Bible study at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015. There is no bravery in his actions," Williams told jurors in his closing argument at Roof's federal trial.
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| Brazil prosecutors hit ex-president Lula with more corruption charges | |  By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday charged former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his wife and a former finance minister with more corruption charges in the investigation of graft at state-run oil company Petrobras. It is now up to federal judge Sergio Moro to decide if the new charges will result in another trial for Lula, who is already accused in Moro's court in southern Brazil with separate corruption charges, with a ruling not expected before late January or early February. Lula, an extremely popular two-term president who left office in January 2011, faces another trial on graft charges in a Brasilia court, but a start date has not been set.
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| Yahoo shares fall on worries new breach will kill Verizon deal | |  Yahoo Inc shares fell more than 5 percent on Thursday after the technology company disclosed a second massive data breach that raised fears Verizon might kill a deal to buy its core internet business. Silicon Valley-based Yahoo said late on Wednesday that it had uncovered a 2013 cyber attack that compromised data of more than 1 billion user accounts, the largest breach in history. Yahoo shares were down 5.2 percent at $38.79 in midday trade as the latest disclosure cast new doubt on whether Verizon Communications Inc would proceed with a $4.83 billion agreement to buy Yahoo's core internet business, struck in July.
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| French prosecutor says accusations against IMF's Lagarde "very weak" | |  The chief prosecutor in the negligency trial of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in Paris said on Thursday that the hearing had failed to support the "very weak" accusation against her. Lagarde, 60, faces charges, which she denies, of being negligent when, as French finance minister, she approved in 2008 a payout to businessman Bernard Tapie in an out-of-court settlement which cost the French taxpayer 400 million euros ($425 million).
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| U.S. FCC chairman to step down, handing GOP a majority | |  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler plans to step down on Jan. 20, he said on Thursday, a move expected to hand Republicans a 2-1 majority on the panel when Donald Trump takes office as president. Wheeler could have kept the commission at 2-2 until Trump names a new member who needs to be confirmed by the Senate. Last week, two Republican FCC commissioners said the Trump administration should quickly reverse many significant policies set by the telecommunications and cable regulatory body under Democratic President Barack Obama.
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| EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017 -diplomats | | | By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend the bloc's main economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine for six months until mid-2017, diplomats said. The decision was expected and the formal process to extend the sanctions on Russia's defence, energy and financial sectors will take place early next week, they said. The bloc slapped sanctions on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and stepped them up as Moscow went on to support a separatist rebellion in Ukraine's industrial east. |
| Traces of explosives found in EgyptAir crash - investigators | |  CAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) - Egyptian air accident investigators said on Thursday traces of explosives had been found on the remains of victims of an EgyptAir flight that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo. Egypt's investigation committee issued a statement saying the coroner had found traces of explosives on the remains of some victims. "The technical investigation committee ... places itself and its expertise at the disposal of prosecutors," it said.
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| Trump names Montana Congressman Zinke to lead Interior Dept | |  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday formally announced that Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke, a former Navy SEAL commander and a proponent of coal development on federal lands, as his choice for secretary of the interior. If the Senate confirms Zinke, he will head the Interior Department, which employs more than 70,000 people across the country and oversees more than 20 percent of federal land, including national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite. As a single-term Republican U.S. Representative, Zinke took several stances favoring coal, a fossil fuel that suffered during the administration of President Barack Obama as use of natural gas and renewable energy soared.
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| Trump renews questions about U.S. hacking tied to Russia | |  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday raised more questions about Russia's reported role in cyber attacks on U.S. political parties and individuals as well as the timing of the White House's response under President Barack Obama. "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?" Trump wrote in a post on Twitter.
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| Trump ordered to give deposition in Washington restaurant suit | | | By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington judge has ordered Republican President-elect Donald Trump to give a deposition in a lawsuit against celebrity chef Jose Andres stemming from Trump's disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro ruled on Wednesday that Trump must testify in New York about Andres' restaurant deal at Trump's luxury Washington hotel. |
| Dozens of Afghans deported from Germany as Merkel takes firmer line | |  By Mohammad Aziz and Madeline Chambers KABUL/BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of 34 rejected Afghan asylum-seekers arrived in Kabul from Germany on Thursday, the German interior ministry said, the first to be deported under an agreement reached between the two countries this year. "It was early morning and I was sleeping when four policemen came to my home and arrested me," said Ali Madad Nasiri, one of the men on board a charter plane that landed in the Afghan capital from Frankfurt. "I didn't have a chance to take my clothes, cellphone and laptop - all left behind," added Nasiri, who said he had been living in Germany for three years.
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| Police say Muslim woman made up story about attack on NYC subway | | | By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman has been arrested and charged with filing a false report after telling police that three white men yelling President-elect Donald Trump's name had attacked her on a New York City subway for wearing a traditional Muslim head scarf, police said. Yasmin Seweid, 18, was also charged with obstructing governmental administration, a police spokesman said on Thursday. The false report comes as U.S. civil rights advocates have voiced alarm over a rise in attacks on Muslims and other minorities since Trump won the Nov. 8 presidential election. |
| U.S. sues to recover ancient Syrian artifacts looted by Islamic State | | | By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is suing to recover four ancient Syrian artifacts it believes were trafficked by Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a tiny fraction of the plundered antiquities likely to have passed through the jihadist group's hands. Islamic State used the mayhem of war to establish a lucrative trade in stolen relics dug up from the territory it controlled in Syria and Iraq, which includes remnants of some of the world's oldest and most culturally rich civilizations, according to archaeological experts. U.S. Department of Justice officials filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday seeking the forfeiture of the antiquities, including a gold ring with a carved gemstone, two gold coins, and a neo-Assyrian stone stela, together worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
| Philippine government says can live with less aid from U.S. | | | The Philippines government said on Thursday it could live with less aid from the United States after an agency put on hold a decision to fund a second anti-poverty programme. The Millennium Challenge Corp (MCC), a U.S. poverty reduction agency, said on its website that its board had "deferred a vote on the reselection of the Philippines for compact development, subject to further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties". U.S. embassy press attache Molly Koscina said the MCC would continue to monitor unfolding events in the Philippines, but like all country partners, it needed to demonstrate "commitment to the rule of law, due process and respect for human rights". |
| Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach | |  Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history. The number of affected accounts was double the number implicated in a 2014 breach that the internet company disclosed in September and blamed on hackers working on behalf of a government. News of that attack, which affected at least 500 million accounts, prompted Verizon Communication Inc to say in October that it might withdraw from an agreement to buy Yahoo's core internet business for $4.83 billion.
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| Canada's Trudeau to face ethics questions over party fundraisers | |  By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dogged by accusations that rich donors to his Liberal Party gained privileged access, will be questioned by the ethics commissioner to see whether he broke conflict of interest rules, an official said on Thursday. The development marks a new low for Trudeau, who came to power in November 2015 vowing to run an open and ethical government but faces relentless accusations the Liberals are running a cash-for-access scheme. "I will follow up with Mr. Trudeau regarding his involvement with the fundraising events," Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson said in a letter to Rona Ambrose, interim leader of the official opposition Conservative Party, who had filed a complaint.
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| Crime wave worsens Venezuela's already shaky telecoms service | |  By Diego Oré CARACAS (Reuters) - The clanging sound of collapsing metal shook awake the residents of Guayabal, an industrial zone in the outskirts of Venezuela's capital, last October. Then they watched a 40-meter (131 feet) telecoms tower tumble after thieves had stripped even the screws holding up the installation, which was owned by state telecoms provider CANTV and rented out to private operator Movistar. The theft, which also included copper cables and a generator, was the latest of six at that station this year and one of hundreds worsening crime-rife Venezuela's already shaky telecoms.
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| Gulf states rebuke Assad over violence in Aleppo | | | Gulf Arab countries condemned the Syrian government's handling of a ceasefire and evacuation in Aleppo and called on Thursday for civilians trying to flee the war-torn city to be protected. An emergency meeting of Arab League representatives convened at Qatar's request discussed the situation in Aleppo, where an evacuation of the rebel-held eastern part of the city has come under fire from fighters loyal to the Syrian government. The evacuation of Aleppo's last rebel enclave would end years of fighting for the city and mark a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Arab League foreign ministers are expected to meet on Monday to discuss the situation further. |
| Some poor Venezuelan parents give away children amid deep crisis | | | By Girish Gupta and Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan mother Zulay Pulgar asked a neighbor in October to take over care of her six-year-old daughter, a victim of a pummeling economic crisis. The family lives on Pulgar's father's pension, worth $6 a month at the black market rate, in a country where prices for many basic goods are surpassing those in the United States. With average wages less than the equivalent of $50 a month at black market rates, three local councils and four national welfare groups all confirmed an increase in parents handing children over to the state, charities or friends and family. |
| Germany angry with Greece over Afghan refugee murder suspect | | | A German minister rebuked Greek authorities on Thursday for letting a convicted Afghan criminal slip through the system and make it to Germany where he sought asylum and is now under arrest on suspicion of rape and murder. The case of the 17-year old Afghan, arrested this month in the city of Freiburg, has stirred outrage in Germany and spurred politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, to warn against making generalisations about migrants. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the suspect, identified only as Hussein K., had been convicted of attempted murder in Greece 2013 and sentenced to 10 years behind bars. |
| Sweden to send notorious 'laser man' killer to Germany | | | Sweden has agreed to temporarily send one of its most notorious criminals to Germany where he is suspected of killing a woman in 1992, a Swedish court said on Thursday. The man, John Asonius, struck terror in Sweden during a racially motivated, six-month crime spree in 1991-1992 were he shot and killed one person and injured ten others in a string of attacks in the Stockholm area. Asonius maintains his innocence but has not objected to being transferred on the condition he can serve any possible jail sentence in Sweden. |
| EU must talk to war criminals to end Syrian crisis, says France's Fillon | |  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate seen as most likely to win next year's French presidential election, said on Thursday that Western policy on Syria had failed and Europe had to talk to those responsible for war crimes to end the killing. After meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of European centre-right parties in Brussels for talks, Fillon said Europe's efforts to stop the Syria conflict had shown "indignation", but this in itself never saved lives and would not stop the slaughter. "I told European leaders that what we are forced to concede today is that Western diplomacy and in particular European diplomacy has failed," Fillon, a former prime minister, told reporters in Brussels, dismissing the option of a U.S. military intervention.
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| Freed from Mosul, Iraqi brothers carry scars of Islamic State rule | |  By Patrick Markey AL-DHIBANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) - His right arm strapped with a tourniquet and numbed by anaesthetic, Azad Hassan sat before the crowd waiting for Islamic State militants to chop off his hand as a punishment. Freed from Islamic State rule in Mosul by Iraqi forces who are fighting to recapture the city, the Hassan family bear more scars than most from two years under the jihadists' self-declared caliphate. The family tragedy parallels Mosul's own recent history, from its storming by Islamic State in 2014, and the imposition of the group's ultra-hardline rule in its de facto capital, to the Iraqi military campaign to retake it which has led to ferocious fighting in eastern districts.
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| EU parliament warns talks plan risks Brexit deal veto | |  By Alastair Macdonald and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament could block a Brexit deal for Britain if EU leaders exclude lawmakers from the negotiating process, its outgoing speaker warned on Thursday as the legislature pushes for a bigger role in the talks. "If we are not adequately involved, we may not be able to give our consent," Parliament President Martin Schulz told an EU summit, according to a text of his remarks. "And in this situation the UK would face the hardest Brexit possible." He earlier told reporters he was "really surprised" by a draft plan for negotiations with London, which Britain's 27 EU partners are due to agree over a post-summit dinner.
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| Iran sanctions extension act to become law without Obama's signature - White House | |  A bill extending U.S. sanctions against Iran for 10 years will become law without President Barack Obama's signature, but will not affect implementation of the international accord limiting Iran's nuclear program, the White House said on Thursday. The announcement represents an apparent reversal by the administration, after it said previously Obama would likely sign the act passed by Congress last month extending some sanctions on Tehran and also making it easier to reimpose others lifted under the 2015 nuclear pact. "This Administration has made clear that an extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, while unnecessary, is entirely consistent with our commitments in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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| Turkey could hold referendum on stronger presidency in March | |  By Ercan Gurses and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey may hold a referendum as early as March on constitutional changes to expand the president's powers, a senior ruling party lawmaker said, a move that would help Tayyip Erdogan acquire the executive presidency he has long sought. The ruling AK Party over the weekend submitted to parliament a 21-article package of constitutional reform proposals, aiming to hold a referendum on the package by spring. The constitutional commission is due to discuss the package next week and debate in parliament is likely to follow in January, according to Mustafa Sentop, the head of parliament's constitutional commission.
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