Negotiators at the climate change talks in Paris have been working through the night in thehope of reaching a historic deal by the scheduled conclusion later today. New Zealand's climatechange envoy Jo Tyndall told the BBC she was confident the deal would be agreed, but notnecessarily within the timetable set by the French hosts. The key issue underpinning this wholenegotiation is how you deal with the treatment of countries at different stages ofdevelopment. And so far in the climate change world, there have been two categories ofcountries, developed and developing, with legal obligations expected of one set of countriesand voluntary actions expected of other set of countries. So we are looking for ways to geteverybody on the same legal footing.
The human rights lobby group Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia and its allies ofdeliberately attacking schools in Yemen. Amnesty says more than 1000 schools have been putout of action. Frank Gardner reports. The campaign group calls on both Britain and the US tosuspend all transfers of weapons being used to commit violations of international law. After civilwar broke out in Yemen and Saudi Arabia intervened militarily in March, more than 6000Yemenis have purportedly been killed. Both the Saudi-led coalition and the Iranian backed rebelshave been accused of war crimes with air strikes reportedly causing the bulk of civiliancasualties.
A senior US Treasury official has said that Islamic State militants have looted up to a billiondollars from banks in territory held by the group in Iraq and Syria. Adam Szubin told the BBChow the Jihadists acquired the cash. As they rolled through in terms of their initial militarycampaign and took over cities like Mosul, there were banks, standing banks there had cash intheir vaults. Of course, ISIL then obtained control over those bank vaults. The good news isthat once that money is spent, it's not renewable. Mr. Szubin said IS had made a further 500million dollars from oil sales. This is the latest world news from the BBC.
The front-runner for the Democratic Party nomination for the US presidency Hilary Clinton hascondemned her Republican rival Donald Trump as dangerous. She said she could no longerfound him funny following his suggestion that Muslims be banned from entering the UnitedStates. For his part, Mr. Trump said the comments he made following the California killings hadsparked an important debate about US immigration policy. All of asudden, I am watching theshows in the morning, and I am watching the shows tonight. And, you know, Trump has apoint. The Visa system is not working. This woman came in on a marriage Visa and she wastotally radicalized. Since she came in and all of a sad thing, it is not working, the Visa system.We've got to get down to the problems. We can't worry about being politically correct.
The President of Myanmar Thein Sein has named a committee to oversee the handover ofpower to Aung San Suu Kyi's party following its election victory last month. From Yangon,Jonah Fisher has more. Five of the president's closest aides have been nominated to acommittee responsible for managing, what has been called, the smooth transfer of stateresponsibility. They will be liaison with three senior members of the party that won sooverwhelmingly in the general election a month ago. Ms.Suu Kyi's National League forDemocracy. For people here, it is another reassuring sign that unlike in 1990, the militarybacked government is actually going to give up power this time.
The Chinese currency the Yuan has fallen to its lowest level in more than four years after thecountry's central bank again reduced its guidance rate. China's currency has fallen this year asits economy has slowed, and the United States has indicated that it's moving towards aninterest rate rise. BBC world news.
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