Afteradayofspeculationaboutanimminentceasefire,sporadicviolencehascontinuedontheGazaStripintothenight.EarlierseveralPalestiniansourcessaidatrucebetweenHamasandIsraelwouldbeannouncedtonight,butIsraelsaidithasn'tfinalizedadealandsomePalestinianandEgyptianofficialsindicatedthatwhileanagreementwascloseitwasn'tyetfullyagreed.IsraeligovernmentspokesmanMarkRegevhastoldtheBBCthatuntiladiplomaticsolutionisachieveditsmilitaryoperationinGazawillcontinue.Atleast20PalestiniansarereportedtohavebeenkilledtodayinGazaasIsraelirocketstrikesintensified.JonDonnisonisinGaza.
Despitethegrowingclamourofvoicessayingaceasefireisimminent.ThenoiseinGazatodaycontinuestobethatofwar.TherehavebeenscoresmoreIsraeliairstrikesandthedeathtollisrisingfastamongthosekilledtoday,twobrothers,agedtwoandfour,aswellastheirparents,alsotwojournalistsfromaHamas-linkedtelevisionchannel.AndHamascontinuestofirerockets.Thisone,itsays,wasaimedagainatJerusalem.Itfellshort,nobodywashurt.
TheUSSecretaryofStateHillaryClintonhasmeanwhilearrivedinIsraelfortalksonthewayforward.
RebelsintheeastoftheDemocraticRepublicofCongohaveseizedtheregionalcapitalGoma.FightersfromtheM23rebelgroupenteredthecitywithlittleresistancefromtheCongolesearmyorUnitedNationspeacekeepers.GabrielGatehouseisinGoma.
Fornearlytwodecades,theDemocraticRepublicofCongohasbeeninastateofalmostpermanentconflict.TheUnitedNations'missionhereisthelargestpeacekeepingforceanywhereintheworld,andyet,Gomafelltodaytojustfewhundredmen.TheUNandtheCongolesegovernmenthaveaccusedRwandaofsupportingtherebels.Rwandadeniestheaccusation.Butthismineral-richpartofeasternCongonowonceagainthreatenstopullneighbouringcountriesintoawiderAfricanwar.
EffortstoallowwomentobecomebishopsinthechurchofEnglandhavebeendefeated.Theproposalfailedbyafewvotestogettherequiredtwothirds'backingamonglaymembersofthegeneralsynodthatchurch'sgoverningbody.Bishopsandclergybackedtheplanbyaclearmargin.Supportershavecalledthevotedisastrousanddamaging.TheReverendRoseHudsonWilkinsaysshe'sdisappointedbytheresult.
IbelievepassionatelythatwomenshouldbeinleadershipwithintheHouseofBishops,andsoIthinkitisasadnesstodayforthechurch.WhenIcameoutandfelttherain,Ithoughtshowersofblessing,butactuallyno,tearsfromGod,tearsatthedecisionwe'vejustmade.
OpponentssaythereisnoscripturalbackingforwomenbishopsalthoughmanyotherProtestantchurchesalreadyconsecratethem.
TheUnitedNationssaystherehasadramaticfallintheratesofHIVinfectionsinmanycountries,wheremorepeoplearereceivingtreatmentthaneverbefore.TheUNAIDSprogramcalleditasahistoricslowingdownoftheepidemic.ThemostmarkedchangeshavebeenintheworstaffectedAfricancountries.InMalawiandBotswana,infectionratesfallbymorethan70%.
FourmenhavebeenchargedinCaliforniawithplottingtokillAfricansanddestroyoverseasUStargets.OneoffourisaformermemberoftheUnitedStatesairforce.DavidWillisreports.
TheFBIsaysaformerUSairforcemanservinginAfghanistanhelptointroducetheotherthreementothedoctrineofaformeral-Qaedaleader.SohielOmarKabir,aUScitizenwhowasborninAfghanistanisallegedtoofferedaccommodationandmeetingswithterroristsinSkypeconversationswiththeothers.OneofwhomwasborninMexico,anotherinthePhilippines,andthethirdisaUScitizen.TogethertheFIBsaysthegroupwasplanningtotoengageinwhatitcallsaviolentJihadwhichwasincludedbombingmilitarybasesandgovernmentfacilitiesinbothYemenandAfghanistan.
AstrikecalledbytwoofArgentinasbiggestunionshasparalysedmuchofBuenosAiresandothercities.Mosttrainsandsubwaylineswereclose,flightswerecancelled,andthestreetsinBuenosAiresremainedemptyasroadblocksweresetuptoaccessroutestothecapital.
AndaGreekmanhasbeenarrestedonsuspicionofstealingninemillionpersonaldatafilesinamassbreachofprivateinformation.Policesaidthe45-year-oldwasfoundhavetakendatafilescontainingGreektaxnumbers,vehiclelicenseplatenumbersandhomeaddresses.Someofthefilesmayhavebeenduplicated.Thepolicenowtryingtoworkouthowthedatafoundaftertheyraidedtheman'shome,cametobeinhisprocessionandwhetherheintendedtosellit.
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