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The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a Syrian plane forced by Turkish jets to land in Ankara on Wednesday was carrying defence equipment and munitions destined for the Syrian military. Turkey intercepted the plane because it suspected an arms embargo was being breached. Syria has accused Mr Erdogan of lying and described his government's action as piracy. The plane's flight engineer Jasem Kaser said the Turkish authorities inspected boxes labeled as electronic equipment.
After waiting for an hour they then came and said they want to take some boxes, we have no problems with that, but we needed a receipt from them. They said will take them now and will bring you the receipt later. But we refused to hand over anything without getting an official receipt. After another hour they came back with armed soldiers, about ten of them, they raised the guns put us in handcuffs and made us lying on the ground before they took us back to the plane and two vehicles.
The Ministry of Defence in Britain says seven Royal Marines have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with an incident last year in Afghanistan. Caroline Wyatt has more details.
This is the first time that British servicemen have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to that deployment in Helmand. The arrests related to an incident in Afghanistan in 2011, when three Commando Brigade was based in Helmand. The MoD said the incident followed an engagement with an insurgent and there were no civilians involved. Investigation has been taken forward and dealt with by the services justice system. And the MoD says the arrests demonstrate that the department and the armed forces are determined to ensure that the UK personnel act in accordance with their roles engagement.
The head of the Lebanese Shiit movement hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah has said it was responsible for sending an unmanned spy plane into Israel last week. Jon Leyne reports from Cairo.
The flight over Israel of an unmanned drone was a rare breach of Israeli airspace. It was shot down by Israeli forces. And earlier around Thursday, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Now the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has also said his group was responsible. In a television broadcast, he said that Hezbollah was revealing just a small part of its capabilities and would keep more hidden. He warned that Hezbollah could now reach any place it wanted inside the Israel.
The United States Treasury has designated a violent gang established by immigrants from El Salvador in Los Angeles area as a transnational criminal organization. The move allows the authorities to seize property and money from the MS-13 gang, and makes it illegal for American citizens and banks to do business with them. The group makes millions of dollars from drugs and human trafficking. MS-13 has thousands of members across the United States in El Salvador and in other central American countries.
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A US government agency has warned that American and other Nato forces in Afghanistan who have been exposed to greater risk of Taliban attacks because of alleged fraud. US investigators say they found evidence of significant fraud by Afghan contractors who've been paid to seal more than 100 drainage channels often used to hide explosive under roads. A criminal investigation is underway.
British fishermen have asked for the protection of the Royal navy after a confrontation with their French counterparts about lucrative shellfish beds. The French are angry that the British are exempt from French restrictions designed to replenish stocks of coquilles St.Jacques, a type of scallop at this time of a year.
A 14-year-old school girl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban on Tuesday, has been transferred to a military hospital in Rawalpindi. Doctors say her condition has improved but she's not yet out of danger. Colonel Junaid Khan, a military doctor said the new facility would help her recovery.
We are also satisfied very much during the course of operation here also, but since our colleagues were critically care specialist suggested that if we shift this patient to critical care unit in paediatric ward which is very well-equipped at Armed Forces Institute of cardiology, that may help her much further.
Malala is from Swat in northwest Pakistan and became well-known because she campaigned for girl's education. The attack has shocked the country.
The Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the Nobel Prize for literature, the first time a writer working in mainland China has been honored by the Swedish academy. Many of his works explored the hardship and brutality of the tumultuous 20th century in China. Mo Yan said he was delighted to have won the prize.
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