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　　Hello, I'm Jerry Smit with the BBC news.

　　The five largest European economies have agreed to work together to combat tax evasionsand have urged other members of the G20 to follow their example. Britain, Germany, France,Italy and Spain will share information about the secret owners of companies and trusts andhave proposed creating a blacklist of havens like Panama that do not share corporate registrydata. Speaking on the sidelines of an IMF meeting in Washington, the German Finance MinisterWolfgang Schauble said all countries should work together to thwart tax evasion.

　　We need to ensure that all relevant countries and jurisdictions implement the new standardfor their automatic exchange of financial account information. In the future, nobody should beable to hide his activities behind complex legal structures and with tax evasion, this requires aglobal response.

　　Microsoft is suing US government over a law that allows officials to search emails and files kepton the internet cloud without an owner's knowledge. Microsoft says the legislation violatesconstitutional rights of free speech and protection from unreasonable governmentsearches. The Department of Justice said it was reviewing Microsoft's submission. Dave Leereports.

　　In the past 18 months, Microsoft said it received 5624 requests to give access to privateinformation on its users. In just under half of those cases, the court had demanded absolutesecrecy. Microsoft argues that this goes against the country's Fourth Amendment which statesindividual should be made aware of the government's searches or seizes their property. Therequests were made using the electronic communication's previous act, a 30-year-old law thatseveral tech firms feel is outdated and being abused.

　　The charities regulator in Britain has expressed serious concerns about a foundation set upby the former Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba. The regulator told the foundation thatfurther investigation was needed into the oversight provided by trustees abroad and theaccumulation of unspent money. Didier Drogba, who played for Chelsea, has denied allegationsby the Daily Mail newspaper that less than 1 percent of the 2.4 million dollars the foundationhad raised in Britain had gone to help vulnerable people in Ivory Coast. He told the BBC hewould take legal action against the paper.

　　Rescue operations have continued throughout the night after a powerful 6.2 magnitudeearthquake stuck the southern Japanese town of Kyushu. 9 people have been killed andhundreds have been treated in hospital. From Tokyo, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.

　　The quake struck at around 9:30 this evening when most people were at home. Fortunately,this time there has been no tsunami and damage appears to be limited. At least 10 houses arereported to have collapsed and a number of people are trapped.

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　　The American Secretary of State John Kerry says the US navy would have been within its rightsto shoot down Russian aircraft which flew close to an American warship in the Baltic Sea. Thecommander of the USS Donald Cook said 2 Russian jets came within meters of his vessel inwhat he described as a simulated attack on Monday.

　　A judge in the US state of Connecticut has ruled that a court case against the manufacturer theweapon used in the Sandy Hook school shootings can go ahead. 20 school children and 6teachers were killed when Adam Lanza opened fire in 2012 with the rifle bought by his mother.Laura Bicker reports from Washington.

　　This is a small legal victory for the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. Their lawyersargued that the semi-automactic rifle used in the school shooting was a military weapon andshould not have been sold to civilians. The gun manufacturer that's named in this case askedfor it to be dismissed on the grounds that federal law protects them from criminal use of theirproducts. But the superior court judge said that that should be argued later in the legalprocess. The families will now continue their fight in court.

　　Mexico's human rights commission says that for the first it's found evidence that nationalpolice were involved in the disappearance of 43 training teachers in the state of Guerrero twoyears ago. The Mexican human rights Ombudsman said a new witness had overheard twofederal officers questioning local police as they were taking the students from their bus. Theyallow the abductions to continue.

　　The parliament of the Czech Republic is to vote on a recommendation to shorten the nation'sday-to-day name to Czechia. The country's president Milos Zeman is one of a number ofleaders who said the present name is too cumbersome. They believe Czechia will be morepractical and flexible and will make it easier to promote the country in sports events andmarketing.