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　　Hello, I am Stuart Mackintosh with the BBC news.

　　The Russian president Vladimir Putin said his countrymust do everything it can to eradicate the problemof doping in sport. He was making his first commentsince the World Anti-doping Agency released areport on Monday outlining what it called a state-supported program of cheating in Russianathletics. Richard Conway reports.

　　“In the immediate aftermath of the highly critical WADA report into doping, Russianauthorities reacted by saying the allegation was fictional. But a distinct change of tone isnow evident, with the country’s president Vladimir Putin pledging full cooperation with anti-doping organizations and promising an internal inquiry. Mr Putin argues that theresponsibility for cheating in sport is not just a problem for his country, and that clean athletesshouldn’t be punished because of the crime of those who've doped.

　　African leaders attending a summit in Malta with their European counterparts have criticizedwhat they called Europe’s fortress approach to the flow of African migrants reaching itsshores. The European Commission has offered 2 billion dollars to enable African governments tomake improvements that would discourage Africans from making the perilous journey acrossthe Mediterranean. But president Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger says that it is not nearlyenough. “It is part of the solution. It is true that Europe is proposing the creation of our fundat the cost of 2 billion Euros. This is not sufficient to deal with such a big problem. Otherdonors can contribute to the fund. But all that does not seem to me to be enough. What’snecessary is a new marshal plan in order to confront the problem of immigration. ”

　　A Kenyan pressure group, Journalists for Justice has accused the Kenyan military ofinvolvement in the illegal trades and human right abuses in Somalia. The Kenyan military hasbeen operating in Somalia since 2011 when they try to drive Islamist militants from the borderareas. Mary Harper reports.

　　“The report says the Kenyan defense force makes about 15 million dollars a year from taxingchoc as it leaves Somalia and sugar as it comes in. They also enable al shabaab to keep makingmoney, as it, too, taxes choc and sugar coming in and out in the areas at their controls. TheKenyan military has denied the allegations. ”

　　France has drafted a UN Security Council resolution on Burundi to be presented on Thursdaycalling for an increased international presence on the ground, possibly including a peace-keeping force. It follows talks by French, British and US diplomats on how to respond if thecurrent wave of political violence in Burundi spirals into a full-scale ethnic conflict.

　　A Scottish nurse who recovered from catching Ebola while working in Sierra Leon only to suffera relapse,has staged a recovery for the second time. Pauline Cafferkey has been released froman isolation unit at a London hospital.

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　　Amnesty International says police in China are continuing to use torture to extract confessionsfrom suspects despite having promised reforms. It based its finding on interview of nearly 40lawyers who said the methods, including beatings, sleep deprivation and torture chairs.

　　The Indian prime minister Narendra Modi arrived in Britain today for a two-day visit which isexpected to secure trade deals worth billions of dollars. It is the first visit by Indian primeminister to Britain for nearly a decade.

　　A regional government of Catalonia has said it will push ahead with a resolution to break awayfrom Spain despite a suspension of the secession process by the constitutional court. Earlythe court agreed to hear the Spanish government’s appeal against the motion. David Bamfordreports.

　　“Supporting Catalonia for breaking away from Spain has been growing, and it reached a highpoint this week when the Catalonia parliament passed a motion to create a independent statewithin 18 months. That has prompted the Madrid government to appeal to the constitutionalcourt to intervene. The court has now agreed to hear Madrid’s case, in effect suspendingCatalonia’s plans and warning its officials of legal action if they disobey. But the Catalans aredefiant. Their regional government has said it’s going to press on regardless, setting thescene for future confrontation with Madrid.”

　　Astronomers say they have identified the most distant object yet in the solar system, the icyrocky body of some 15 billion kilometers from the Sun, about three times further away thaneven distant Pluto. Scientists will need to track it further to learn the shape and extent of itsorbit. They say it could be a miniature planet.

　　And a rare blue-moon diamond, weighing over 12 carats was sold in an auction in Geneva for48.5 million dollars. The auction house Sotheby's said it was a world record price for agemstone at auction.