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Exclusive: Dashcam shows truck speed into Berlin Christmas market

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:25 PM PST

An image grab from a car dash camera shows a truck (background) after it crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, GermanyA video clip from a car-mounted dashcam appears to show the moment a truck drove into a Berlin Christmas market on Monday in an attack that killed 12 people. The video, obtained exclusively by Reuters, was taken by a taxi driver who was waiting for customers just outside the Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. In the video, the truck is seen speeding from left to right into Breitscheidplatz, where the Christmas market is at the foot of the church.


Germany says Tunisian's fingerprints found in Christmas market crash truck

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:28 PM PST

Handout pictures released by the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) Federal Crime Office show suspect Anis Amri searched in relation with the Monday's truck attack on a Christmas market in BerlinBy Paul Carrel and Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Fingerprints from a Tunisian suspect have been found inside the truck that smashed through a Berlin Christmas market on Monday in an attack that killed 12 people, and investigators assume the migrant was at the wheel, officials said. A hunt is underway across Europe for Anis Amri, 24, as Germany reels from its worst attack in decades. A video clip from a car-mounted dashcam obtained exclusively by Reuters appears to show the truck driving into the market at speed, immediately after which people run away from the scene.


Syrian army announces victory in Aleppo in boost for Assad

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:34 PM PST

Evacuees from the Shi'ite Muslim villages of al-Foua and Kefraya ride a bus at insurgent-held al-Rashideen in the province of AleppoBy Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army said it had retaken complete control of Aleppo on Thursday after the last rebel fighters were evacuated from the battered city, handing President Bashar al-Assad his biggest victory of the nearly six-year-old war. The military said it had brought "the return of safety and security to the city of Aleppo", ending four years of rebel resistance in the northern Syrian city. The recapture of Aleppo is Assad's most important gain so far in a war that has claimed 300,000 lives.


Snowden still has contacts with Russian intelligence: U.S. House report

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:58 AM PST

Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a conference at University of Buenos Aires Law SchoolBy Mark Hosenball and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden "has had and continues to have contact" with Russian intelligence services, according to a newly declassified U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee report released on Thursday. The Pentagon found 13 undisclosed "high risk" security issues caused by Snowden's release to media outlets of tens of thousands of the U.S. eavesdropping agency's most sensitive documents, the report said. Snowden criticized the report on Twitter, saying it was "rifled with obvious falsehoods" and presented no evidence that his disclosures were made "with harmful intent, foreign influence, or harm.


Monitoring group says Islamic State video shows two Turkish soldiers burned alive

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:20 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Islamic State in Syria released a video on Thursday purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned to death, according to the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group which monitors militant groups online. Reuters was not able to verify the report and no comment was immediately available from Turkish officials. Late last month, Turkish military officials said they had lost contact with two soldiers in northern Syria, where the army is waging an offensive against Islamic State. (Reporting by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Catherine Evans)

Chinese island engulfed in waste after garbage dumped in Yangtze River: media

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:07 PM PST

A massive load of garbage, including needles and broken bottles, has washed ashore on an island close to Shanghai, after two ships allegedly dumped more than 100 tonnes of waste in the Yangtze River, the Shanghai Daily reported on Friday. China's speedy industrial development has seen it struggling to regulate waste disposal, leading to toxic waterways and cities blanketed in smog. The waste has been floating onto Chongming island since early November, collecting near Dongfengxisha Reservoir, one of Shanghai's four major water sources and which supplies drinking water to 700,000 residents on the island, said the paper.

Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:50 PM PST

A policeman blocks the road as they search a house in the Melbourne suburb of Meadow Heights, AustraliaAustralian police said on Friday they had foiled a plot to attack prominent sites in the city of Melbourne with a series of bombs on Christmas Day that authorities described as "an imminent terrorist event" inspired by Islamic State. Six men and a woman, all in their twenties, were arrested in dawn raids across Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, Victoria state police said in a statement. "This is a significant disruption of what we would describe as an imminent terrorist event in Melbourne," Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin told reporters in Sydney.


UFC star "Cyborg" Justino has potential failed doping test

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:41 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Standout UFC fighter Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino has potentially violated the mixed martial arts promotion's anti-doping policy.

New Mexico officials approve re-opening of nuclear waste site

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:35 PM PST

New Mexico has given its approval to resume operations at the nation's only permanent nuclear waste disposal site after state inspectors found the facility safe to reopen for the first time since a radiation leak there nearly three years ago, officials said on Thursday. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico has been shut down indefinitely since February 2014, when a barrel of plutonium-contaminated debris entombed half a mile beneath the desert floor ruptured, spewing radiation that leaked to the surface. The site, privately operated under contract for the U.S. Department of Energy, was built for the disposal of radioactive refuse generated for decades by the DOE's network of nuclear weapons laboratories and development facilities.

Five good news stories you might have missed in 2016

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:28 PM PST

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono known as Timochenko shake hands after signing a peace accord in BogotaBy Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As 2016 draws to a close with news dominated by bloodshed, disasters and disease from the Middle East to Africa and Latin America, it may seem there wasn't much to be happy about this year. Despite continued violence in Syria and Yemen, severe drought in Africa and the outbreak of the Zika virus in Latin America, there have been events worth celebrating in 2016. PEACE COMES TO COLOMBIA In November, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono signed a modified peace deal, cobbled together after the first version was rejected in a public vote in October, to end 52 years of war.


Chelsea cleared by EPL for not reporting abuse claims

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:27 PM PST

The Premier League said it has insisted that Chelsea -- whose present owner Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich took over years after the abuse -- have an independent expert carry out a full safeguarding auditThe present Chelsea regime did not break any rules in keeping quiet about allegations of sex abuse suffered by former youth player Gary Johnson, the English Premier League said. "After careful consideration, the board has determined that no Premier League rules were broken by the club not reporting this matter to them in 2014," the Premier League said in a statement Thursday. The Premier League said it has insisted that Chelsea -- whose present owner Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich took over years after the abuse -- have an independent expert carry out a full safeguarding audit.


Trump: US must 'greatly strengthen' nuclear capability

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:21 PM PST

President-elect Donald Trump takes a question from a member of the media at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability" until the rest of the world "comes to its senses" regarding nuclear weapons.


Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100% effective': WHO

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:12 PM PST

In a major clinical trial, nearly 6,000 people in Guinea were given the test vaccine last year, at the tail end of a lethal epidemic of Ebola and non of them contracted the diseaseA prototype vaccine for Ebola may be "up to 100 percent effective" in protecting against the deadly virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. If all goes well, the vaccine could become available in 2018 under a fast-track approval process, it said. In a major clinical trial, nearly 6,000 people in Guinea were given the test vaccine last year, at the tail end of a lethal epidemic of Ebola.


A look at some of 2016's most inspiring sports moments

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin, left, and United States' Abbey D'Agostino after competing in a women's 5000-meter heat during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During a qualifying heat for the 5,000 meters at the Rio Games, D'Agostino Hamblin got their feet tangled, sending both sprawling. D'Agostino got up and, instead of trying to get herself back into the race, crouched down, helped Hamblin rise to finish the race. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)We watch sports to see who wins and loses, but also to be inspired — and 2016 offered plenty of examples of the latter, from a touching moment between two strangers on the Olympic track, to a little boy from a war-torn land who met his favorite soccer player, to a warm ovation fueled by empathy for a visiting NHL goalie.


Final test results confirm Ebola vaccine highly effective

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:04 PM PST

GENEVA (AP) — Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa.

Top Asian News 12:01 a.m. GMT

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police in Australia have detained five suspects who were allegedly planning a series of Christmas Day bomb attacks in the heart of the country's second largest city, officials said Friday. The suspects had been inspired by the Islamic State group and planned attacks on Melbourne's Flinders Street train station, neighboring Federation Square and St. Paul's Cathedral, Victoria state Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said. The arrests came after a truck smashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing 12 people. Two of seven people initially arrested in raids Thursday night and Friday morning in Melbourne — 26-year-old man and 20-year-old woman — were released without being charged, a police statement said.

Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:56 PM PST

Australian police said on Friday they had foiled a plot to attack prominent sites in the city of Melbourne with a series of bombs on Christmas Day that authorities described as "an imminent terrorist event" inspired by Islamic State. Six men and a woman, all in their twenties, were arrested in dawn raids across Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, Victoria state police said in a statement. "This is a significant disruption of what we would describe as an imminent terrorist event in Melbourne," Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin told reporters in Sydney.

Islamic State video shows Turkish troops 'burned alive'

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:49 PM PST

Speaking in Turkish, the killer of the two men verbally attacks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and calls for "destruction to be sowed" in Turkey in purported assassination videoThe Islamic State (IS) jihadist group on Thursday released a video purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive. The video, showing two uniformed men being hauled from a cage before being bound and torched, was posted on jihadist websites. The 19-minute footage was purportedly shot in the IS-declared "Aleppo Province" in northern Syria.


Death toll rises to 35 in Mexico fireworks blasts

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:43 PM PST

Mexico's biggest fireworks market in Tultepec after a massive explosion killed at least 35 people and injured at least 60, some of whom remain in critical conditionThe death toll in a fiery wave of blasts at Mexico's largest fireworks market has risen to 35, authorities said Thursday as mourners held funerals for people killed in the tragedy. The toll rose as two females, a woman and a minor, died in the hospital, the government of the state of Mexico said. Of the 60 hurt in the explosions Tuesday in Tultepec outside Mexico City, some remain in critical condition.


Bas Dost scores late to grab win for Sporting

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:41 PM PST

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Dutch striker Bas Dost scored in the 90th minute as Sporting Lisbon defeated Belenenses 1-0 Thursday to avoid losing ground to the leaders in the Portuguese league.

Prosecutors: Man fondled woman in air, apologized in notes

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:38 PM PST

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say an Indian citizen living in New Jersey who's accused of fondling a passenger on a flight from India to Newark wrote notes to the victim apologizing for a "moment's stupidity."

Christmas Day terror plot foiled in Australia: police

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:36 PM PST

View of the Melbourne downtown taken 21 June 2002A "significant" Islamic State-inspired Christmas Day terror plot targeting central Melbourne has been foiled after a series of arrests in raids across the city, police said Friday. Victoria Police chief commissioner Graham Ashton alleged those detained planned to use explosives, knives and guns to attack busy locations including Melbourne's Flinders Street train station, Federation Square and St Paul's Cathedral. "Over the last fortnight... we have had to conduct a criminal investigation relating to the formation of what we believe was a terrorist plot," he told a news conference.


Espanyol eliminated by 2nd division Alcorcon in Copa del Rey

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:31 PM PST

MADRID (AP) — Second division Alcorcon eliminated top-tier Espanyol from the Copa del Rey with a 4-3 victory in a penalty shootout on Thursday.

Mexican president pledges to rebuild fireworks market

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:20 PM PST

People accompany the coffin that contain the remains of Martina Almazan, a victim of the massive fireworks explosion, in Tultepec, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. A downtown Tultepec Catholic church hosted funeral Masses throughout the day Thursday for victims of the massive fireworks explosion at the San Pablito Market on Tuesday, that killed more than 30 people. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged on Thursday to help rebuild a fireworks market where explosions killed at least 35 people and reopen it next year, while a Roman Catholic church held funeral Masses throughout the day.


Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion meet in Bahamas Bowl

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:17 PM PST

Eastern Michigan (7-5, Mid-American Conference) vs. Old Dominion (9-3, Conference USA), 1 p.m. EST

Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion meet in Bahamas Bowl

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:16 PM PST

FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2016, file photo, Eastern Michigan head coach Chris Creighton, left, talks to wide receiver Mathew Sexton during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game against Missouri, in Columbia, Mo. Two years ago, it was hard to imagine EMU playing any kind of postseason football game. In fact, it was hard to envision it four months ago. The Eagles haven't played in a bowl since 1987, but that drought finally ends Friday when coach Chris Creighton's team takes on Old Dominion in the Bahamas. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Eastern Michigan is playing in its first bowl since 1987. Old Dominion earned its first bowl bid in school history just two years after becoming postseason-eligible in the Football Bowl Subdivision.


Syrian government takes full control of Aleppo after 4 years

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:15 PM PST

In this image made from video, buses carrying evacuees and ambulances leave the Ramousseh crossing point in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. The Syrian government took full control of Aleppo on Thursday for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern districts, sealing the end of the rebellion's most important stronghold. (AP Photo via AP Video)BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government took full control of Aleppo on Thursday for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern districts, sealing the end of the rebellion's most important stronghold.


Security Council to vote Friday on South Sudan arms embargo

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:13 PM PST

Under the proposed resolution, South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar, army chief Paul Malong and Information Minister Michael Makuei would be put on a sanctions blacklist, subjected to an assets freeze and a global travel banThe UN Security Council will vote Friday on whether to impose an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan, but the measure is expected to fail amid divisions over how to pressure leaders to end the three-year war. The council will meet at 9:30 am (1430 GMT) to decide on the US-drafted resolution calling for a one-year ban on weapons sales and sanctions on rebel leader Riek Machar, the army chief and a minister. The United States, backed by Britain and France, has argued that cutting off the arms flow was urgently needed following UN warnings of a risk of mass atrocities.


The Latest: Berlin attack suspect reported videoed at mosque

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:08 PM PST

Muslims from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community commemorate the victims of the terror attack in Berlin during a vigil in Hamburg, Germany, Thursday Dec. 22, 2016. Muslims are setting an example of peace with a candlelight vigil and a blood drive. (Axel Heimken/dpa via APBERLIN (AP) — The latest on the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market (all times local):


In Aleppo, Assad supporters shout their joy after regime victory

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:06 PM PST

Syrians celebrate on December 22, 2016 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, after the army said it has retaken full control of the country's second cityThe army said it has retaken full control of Syria's devastated second city AleppoThousands of people in western Aleppo took to the streets Thursday, rejoicing in the Syrian regime's operation to retake the eastern side of their city from rebels after a years-long battle. Celebratory gunfire began to erupt and crowds began to fill the streets as soon as the army announced the last rebels had left east Aleppo. The western side of the city had been under the control of President Bashar al-Assad's forces throughout the conflict, and also suffered heavy shelling and loss of life.


Mertens saves Napoli from defeat in 3-3 draw at Fiorentina

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:04 PM PST

Napoli's Dries Mertens celebrates with his teammate Lorenzo Insigne, right, after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Napoli, at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)ROME (AP) — Federico Bernardeschi did his best impression of Lionel Messi and it still wasn't enough for Fiorentina to beat visiting Napoli and the seemingly unstoppable Dries Mertens.


Moon rising? South Korea presidential hopeful quietly takes stage

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:03 PM PST

FILE PHOTO: Moon Jae-in, former human rights lawyer and presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic United Party, attends a campaign encouraging people to vote, in SeoulBy James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - As hundreds of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets every weekend for two months to call for President Park Geun-hye to resign, the opposition's leading contender to replace her appeared reluctant to seize the moment. Like many on the left, he calls for sweeping reform of the chaebol - the big conglomerates that dominate the economy and have been at the heart of the current political crisis - calling them a "source of unfairness" in South Korea. "The people who are angry in Korea want regime change, and the most realistic option and most probable person to do that is Moon Jae-in," Yang Jung-chul, a close aide to Moon, told Reuters.


Nigeria in talks to secure release of more Chibok girls, official says

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:01 PM PST

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign react on the presentation of a banner which shows "218", instead of the previous "219", referring to kidnapped Chibok school girls, during a sit-out in AbujaNigerian authorities are involved in negotiations aimed at securing the release of some of the more than 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, the president's spokesman said on Thursday. "The negotiations are ongoing and the Department of State Service, DSS is full of optimism that they will be successful," Garba Shehu, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, said in a tweet. "To my friends spreading the news of a further release of Chibok Girls, we are not there yet," he tweeted.


Argentine court to try Bieber for photographer assault

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:56 PM PST

Canadian singer Justin Bieber has ignored court orders to appear before a judge, prompting Argentina to request an Interpol Red Notice for his arrestAn Argentine court has ruled that pop star Justin Bieber must face trial for allegedly assaulting a photographer outside a nightclub in 2013, according to a decision published Thursday. Judge Alberto Banos ordered Bieber to go on trial on charges of robbery, attempted robbery and assault with minor injuries, according to the decision. The case dates to a stop in Buenos Aires on the Canadian heartthrob's Believe tour.


UN Security Council delays vote on Israeli settlements

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:54 PM PST

Israeli settlers block the entrance to the the settlement outpost of Amona, in the Israeli-occupied West BankThe UN Security Council on Thursday delayed a contentious vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt settlements as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in and said the United States should veto the measure. Egypt requested that the vote be postponed, one day after submitting the draft text to the council, a move that triggered immediate calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a US veto to block the resolution. A similar resolution was vetoed by the United States in 2011, and it remained unclear whether Washington would shift stance this time, possibly abstaining to allow the measure to pass, although without US support.


Obama administration intended to abstain from U.N. vote on settlements: Western officials

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:35 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration intended to abstain from a U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution critical of Israel settlement-building, Western officials told Reuters on Thursday. Egypt earlier postponed the vote and diplomats said Cairo had acted under pressure from Israel and to avoid alienating U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton and Arshad Mohammed; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Panama urges punishment of those who took Odebrecht bribes

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:31 PM PST

The Odebrecht conglomerate pleaded guilty to bribing government officials and political parties to the tune of $788 million to secure business on three continents -- mostly in BrazilPanama's government on Thursday warned of punishment for public employees who took any of the more than $59 million in bribes paid by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in return for contracts. The Odebrecht conglomerate pleaded guilty to bribing government officials and political parties to the tune of $788 million to secure business on three continents -- mostly in Brazil, but also in 11 other countries in Latin America and Africa. Under the plea agreement, Brazil will receive 80 percent of Odebrecht's fines, while the United States and Switzerland will garner 10 percent each.


EPA denies automakers' request for more time on fuel economy review

Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:27 PM PST

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday told an automaker lobbyist group that it would not extend the deadline for a review of strict fuel economy standards through the 2025 vehicle model year, indicating the agency would push ahead with a plan to make the rules final before the Obama administration leaves office Jan. 20. Acting EPA Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe informed the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which includes most major automakers in the U.S. market, in a letter dated Thursday. The auto manufacturers group had also requested that the EPA withdraw its plans to finalize the new standards.

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