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BBC News with Marion Marshall.
The US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagle is stepping down after less than 2 years in the job. Sources say his resignation is by mutual agreement with President Obama. Jane O'Brien reports from Washington.
President Obama had warm praise for Chuck Hagle a personal friend for many years. He extolled Mr. Hagle's relationship with the American troops who knew that is a Vietnam war veteran. He like them had experienced the dirt and mud of the combat. But not mentioned was the reason for Mr. Hagle's resignation. Insiders say he failed to penetrate the President's tight-knit foreign policy team, and was at doubts with the White House on how to tackle the growing threat from Islamic State and the civil war in Syria.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that real and substantial progress has been made in the latest talks over Iran's nuclear program, but that significant points of disagreements remain. Mr. Kerry spoke after today's self-imposed deadline for a deal was extended for 7 months. Jeremy Bowen reports from Vienna.
All sides here in Vienna wanted a deal. None of them were prepared to walk away from a negotiation they said was difficult. The reason, is that the alternative might in the end, turn out to be war. Israel has threatened many times to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. The US Secretary of State John Kerry's speaking just before he left for the airport was highly positive about the progress that's been made. He said they'd all be fools to give up now without an agreement to meet again and keep talking.
Nigeria's highest Islamic authority has bitterly criticised the country's military accusing soldiers of running away from attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram, the body which is headed by the Sultan of Sokoto said Nigeria's sovereignty was under threat from the Jihadists. Our Nigeria correspondent Will Ross reports from Lagos.
In a strongly worded letter the organization representing Nigeria's Muslim community condemned what it called the heinous attacks by Boko Haram and called on the government to protect civilians. The Jama'atu Nasril Islam or JNI accused soldiers of running away from attacks, abandoning their weapons to the insurgents and then later returning to terrorize the population with road blocks and house searches. Their have been numerous reports of soldiers fleeing rather than fighting Boko Haram.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia which has sparked an angry reaction from Georgia. The deal will reportedly see Russia invest 260 million dollars in Abkhazia by the end of 2017 and create joint Russian and Abkhazian military forces. Georgia's foreign minister denounced the moves as a step towards the annexation of Abkhazia by Russia. The signing of the deal comes days after tens of thousands of Georgians took part in a rally against the planned agreement.
World News from the BBC.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that women are not equal to men. Mr. Erdogan told a women's conference in Istanbul that Islam defined women as mothers, something he said feminists did not accept.
You cannot claim that men and women are equal as their natures are different. In the work place, you cannot treat a man and a pregnant woman in the same way. You cannot make a mother who has to breast feed her child equal to a man. You cannot make women do everything men do like the communist regimes did. This is against her delicate nature.
The authorities in the US State of Missouri are preparing to announce whether a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager will be indicted. A lawyer for the teenager's family has confirmed that the Grand Jury considering the case has reached a verdict. The shooting of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson in August sparked days of violent clashes. A 30-day state of emergency was declared last week throughout Missouri ahead of the announcement.
In Libya, an unidentified jet has carried out 2 air strikes on the only airport still serving the capital Tripoli. Libyan television said flights have now resumed after being redirected or canceled. From Tripoli, Rana Jawad reports.
Airport authorities and witnesses say 2 airstrikes hit Tripoli's Matiga airbase close to the runway being used for commercial flights. There have been no reports of casualties. For weeks the Libyan army and other forces loyal to them, have been threatening to bomb militia bases in the capital where the rivals are based. No one has officially claimed responsibility for the airstrikes. A commander of the Libya Dawn Militia forces who control the capital described the airstrikes as a provocative move and blamed it on the forces under the commander of the retired general Khalifa Haftar who sits in eastern Libya.
BBC News.