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The United States officials say two American B-52 bombers have flown through a newlyannounced Chinese air defence zone in the east China sea without informing the Chineseauthorities. On Saturday, Beijing said it was requiring aircraft to report their flight plans beforeentering the zone. Jonny Dymond reports from Washington.
The self-declared east China Sea Air Defence Identification zone includes the skies over islandswhose sovereignty is disputed by China and Japan, it was declared by China over the weekendand immediately condemned as destabilising by the US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel. Chinasaid it would take defensive emergency measures against any aircraft that failed to file flightplans before entering the airspace. The two American bombers did not identify themselves orfile such plans and the Pentagon says they were neither observed no contacted by the Chineseauthorities.
The United Nations Deputy Secretary General has sounded an alarm about the chaotic situationin the Central African Republic admitting that it was late response. Jan Eliasson said that theUN has received many reports of massacres, rapes, summary executions and recruitment ofchild soldiers since rebels took power in March. Civilians were starving, he said, calling for swiftinternational response. He welcomed the French announcement that it would send moretroops.
The French already have 400 personnel on the ground and are planning to send, I think,something that would be a contigent of 1,200 and I understand from my French colleaguesthat they are acting very soon, very soon.
Pope Francis has outlined a mission statement for his papacy arguing that the power of theRoman Catholic Church is too concentrated in the Vatican. From Rome David Willey.
Pope Francis says he prefers the church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has beenout on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and fromclinging to its own security. Excessive centralization, rather than proving helpful, complicatesthe Church's life and her missionary outreach, he says. The document suggests major changesare on the way, with Francis noting that the Church has to get over an attitude that says: Wehave always done it this way.
The man who organized the last football World Cup in South Africa says Brazil faces hugechallenges to get ready for the next's tournament. Danny Jordaan who's also in FIFA's WorldCup organizing committee told the BBC that Brazil may need to ask those building the stadiumsto work around the clock, as South Africa did when it was running behind schedule. Six of the12 venues including the stadium in Sao Paolo where the opening game will be played are not yetready.
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Portugal's parliament has given final approval to a national budget that includesunprecedented cuts in public sector pay and further savings of almost four billion Euros.Government employees will have five hours added to the working week and up to 12% cut oftheir salaries.
Israeli security forces say they've killed three Palestinians in the West Bank south of the city ofHebron. The Israelis said the three men were militant members of an al-Qaeda-linked network.A security official said the men planned attacks in the coming days against Israeli targets andthe Palestinian authority.
The Cuban government says it has been forced to close most of its consular services in theUnited States because it has been unable to find a bank to take its business. Havana'sdiplomatic mission in Washington said in a statement that M&T bank had informed thatin July that it will no longer provide banking services to foreign missions. The Cuban missionssaid that it had been impossible to find a replacement despite efforts with US statedepartment and several banks. It blamed long-standing economic sanctions.
The French Sport Minister Valerie Fourneyron has called her colleagues around the Europe tohelp stage football matches to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the once played by firstWorld War soldiers between the trenches. The games happened during a festival break in theviolence. As Paul Henley reports.
Next December, it will be 100 years since allied and German troops called a Christmas truceamid slaughter in the trenches of Belgium and northern France to play football peacefullytogether. It was a move disapproved of by the officers who saw it as fraternizing with theenemy and it wasn't repeated. The French Minister Valerie Fourneyron is picking up on asuggestion from the European Football's governing body UEFA to commemorate the matches,she says she wants to add a political dimension to what she calls a great movement offriendship.Paul Henley is reporting.
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