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1、BBC News with Sue Montgomery.President Obama has used his address to the annual General Assembly of the United Nations. His last one before presidential election in November to urge world leaders to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism and join the United States in confronting the roo
2、t causes of the rage across the Muslim World. He also used his speech to warn Iran and Syria. James Robbins reports from New York.President Obama used his big speech to a global audience to urge tolerance. He challenged the international community to confront the root causes of turmoil in the Middle
3、 East. He attacked both the hatred behind the anti-Islamic video made in the United States but also the violence of some of the protests against it. President Obama also warn(ed) the time for diplomacy over Irans nuclear programme was not unlimited. And he condemn(ed) Syrias President Assad the futu
4、re he said must not belong to a dictator who massacres his people.A secular Egyptian newspaper has launched its own campaign opposing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published last week in a French Magazine Charlie Hebdo. Al-Watan published 13 cartoons as part of an extra section critical of, what
5、it sees(says), as the Wests attitude towards Muslims. Halid Eslawa reports.A cartoon shows a pair of glasses through which only the burning twin towers can be seen with the caption The west view of the Islamic World. Another one shows a white man accusing an angry bearded man of being a terrorist un
6、til he sees he is from Israel and offers him a flower instead. Both cartoons are part of a special edition of the Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Watan which started the campaign under the slogan fight cartoons with cartoons.At least six members of the Turkish security forces have been killed in the eas
7、tern city of Tunceli when the vehicle was destroyed by a powerful explosion. A civilian was also killed. James Reynolds reports from Istanbul.Shaky TV pictures broadcast on Turkish TV show two vehicles burning on a mostly deserted road in the city of Tunceli. A group of men uses a hose to try to put
8、 out the fires. Reports say that one of the vehicles was carrying explosives and detonated as the other vehicle an armourer truck carrying soldiers went by. Here in Turkey the automatic suspicion is that the explosion was the work of the Kurdish separatists of the PKK. Since June 2011 more than 700
9、people in Turkey have been killed in fighting and bomb attacks.The director of public prosecutions in Kenya has ordered the arrest of a prominent politician for inciting violence against members of an ethnic community. Footage shown in You tube of assistant minister Ferdinand Waititu making a speech
10、 in Nairobi against Maasai people has caused public outrage. He has issued an apology. Politicians have been accused of whipping up ethnic divisions ahead of elections due next March.World News from the BBC.Police in Madrid have ringed the Spanish Parliament as thousands of mainly young protesters t
11、ry to march in the building to express anger at the governments ever stricter austerity programme. Riot police fired rubber bullets and used batons to force back demonstrators trying to break down the cordon placed around the parliament building. The protests came ahead of next years budget presenta
12、tion on Thursday which is expected to propose even deeper cuts in wages, and government services. Tom Burridge was at the demonstrations in Madrid.Large crowds have gathered at several roads which lead up towards the Spanish Parliament. However their road towards the main entrance of the Parliament
13、building is blocked off by metal railings, Police fence and hundreds of Spanish riots police. Tonights demonstration was organized via social media sites. And a lot of young people have turned out. Many of those protesting tonight wants fresh elections something sound likely to happen. Spains govern
14、ment is committed to cutting its public spending and increasing its revenue via a raft of economic reforms.A leading human rights group says the Syrian government is using sexual violence to degrade and humiliate rebel prisoners. Former detainees have given the BBC graphic details of the torture and
15、 rape of both male and female activists arrested by the Syrian authorities. But Human Rights Watch says independent verification of the claims is impossible. The Syrian government has rejected the accusations.The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have been holding talks for a third day to try to r
16、each a comprehensive solution to the many disputes which have brought their countries close to war since the South seceded last year. Pessimism about positive outcome has tinged their meeting in Ethiopia. But a member of Sudan negotiating delegation told the BBC that the two sides had not reach an agreement on economic relations.BBC News.- 2 -
