British members of parliament have voted to allow Britain's military to join air strikes againstIslamic State targets in Syria. After more than ten hours of impassioned debate, 397 MPsvoted in favor of the motion, a majority of 174. The foreign minister Phillip Hammond welcomedthe result. I'm very pleased that significant number of Labor MPs voted with the governmenttonight, so that we've got a clear majority across the House of Commons in support of theaction, and now we are going to be taking to degree this evil terrorist organization. Britain issafer tonight because of the decision that the House of Commons has taken. As the resultscame through, there were angry protests outside parliament. Nearly a third of MPs from theopposition Labor Party supported the government motion. Meanwhile President Obama haswelcomed the vote as Barbara Plett Usher reports from Washington. President Obamahighlighted the special relationship between the two countries, he called the UK one of America'smost valued partners in the fight against Islamic State, and said the US would work quickly tointegrate British forces into the air war over Syria. But in Washington, there is also skepticismabout the President strategy. The Republican Senator John Mccain is urging the deployment ofmore ground troops to defeat Islamic State. He said it was good to have a show of supportfrom Britain, but suggest this would be a token contribution that would significantly affect theoutcome of the conflict.
Two pairs of British Tornado fighter jets have taken off from the royal air force base of Akrotiriin Cyprus, defense ministry officials have not confirmed that the jets are heading for Syria.But correspondents say the airforce which is already conducting operations against IS in Iraq,has been preparing for months to extend its flights to Syria.
Police in California say at least 14 people have been killed in a mass shooting. Seventeen werealso injured in the attack at a social service center in San Bernardino. The attackers wearingmilitary staff clothing and armed with long guns opened fire at the center which helps adultswith disabilities. A short time after what local police chief Jerrod Burguan told reporters thepolice exchange fire with suspects inside a vehicle in a nearby residential area killing twopeople. We have two suspects that are dead after seeing. We have one police officer that waswounded, he has injuries that are not considered to be life threatening and he is at a localhospital. The suspects that are dead after seeing, one is a male, one is a female. They weredressed in kind of "assault-style clothing", I think it is probably the best way to term it. Theywere both armed with the sort of rifles, they were both armed with hand guns. We have taken avery cautious approach to dealing with the vehicles in case there is more explosives there.This is the latest world news from the BBC.
The speaker of the Brazilian congress has announced he'll begin impeachment proceedingsagainst President Dilma Rousseff. Eduardo Cunha said he was opening the process based onallegations that Ms. Rousseff broke the law in the management of last year's budget. Followingthe announcement,the president said she was outraged towards the decision and wasconfident the motion would be defeated in the Lower House.
The Australian government says it's refining the underwater search area for the missingMalaysian airline MH370 which has disappeared last year with 239 people on board. If nothinghas been found by the middle of next year, the search is likely to be called off. From Sydneymore details from Jon Donnison. Twenty one months of hunting and still no certainty aboutwhere MH370 went down. But in its latest report, the Australian government says it still believesit's looking in the right place, an area of southern Indian Ocean, around 2000kms of the coastof Perth. The underwater search zone has only been narrowed down to an area that just shortto a hundred thousand square kilometers, that's the around 60 times the size of London. Halfof that area has already been searched, the rest should be completed by June, 2016. JohnDonnison.
A report by the UN atomic watchdog the IAEA has reviewed that Iran was carrying out activitiesrelevant to developing nuclear weapons untill at least the end of 2003. But the report addsthat Iran ran no further than planning and testing basic components.
Twenty six Italian track and field athletes have been accused of evading drug tests. The claimshave been made about the country's National Olympic Committee following a policeinvestigation. It wants them to be banned for two years. Five of the athletes have alreadyqualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year, others have retired.
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