COP21: Climate deal final draft 'agreed' in Paris
Organisers of the climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been agreed after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations.
An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the AFP news agency the draft would be presented to ministers at 10:30 GMT.
No details of the proposed agreement have been released so far.
The tentative deal was reached nearly 16 hours after the talks had been scheduled to close.
"We have a text to present," the official said, adding that the draft would be now translated into the UN's six official languages.
Analysts say that this is not a done deal - it will only be finally adopted if there are no objections raised at Saturday morning's ministerial meeting, and even this is unlikely to come before afternoon in the French capital.
Mr Fabius, who has presided over the talks, had said earlier that the "conditions were never better" for a strong and ambitious agreement.
No Turkish fabric to make anti-Turkish T-shirts, say Russian designers
Sanctions imposed after downing of military plane are hindering production of patriotic garments, reports The Moscow Times
The production of T-shirts carrying anti-Turkish slogans in Russia has been delayed by restrictions on fabric imports from Turkey, local media reported this week.
Designers offering customers a fashion statement in response to the diplomatic fall out after Ankara shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber near the Turkish-Syrian border say they have been hit by a serious production glitch.
Russian clothing manufacturers heavily rely on the Turkish fabrics, deliveries of which have been delayed due to the political dispute between the two countries.
The Russian government has also banned fruit and vegetable imports from Turkey, and has ordered Russian tour operators to stop selling travel packages to the country.
Isis release new video showing 'final battle with crusaders' in Rome
The video is titled 'Meeting at Dabiq', referring to the location of a supposed final battle between 'crusaders' and 'believers'
Isis have released a new video showing its vision of the end of the world.
The video is titled "Meeting at Dabiq", referring to the location of a supposed final battle between "crusaders" and "believers" - which will result in the believers' victory and mark the beginning of the end of the world.
Digitally altered footage shows Isis tanks advancing towards the Colosseum in Rome. St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is also seen in the video.
Isis fighters are shown with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and AK-47 assault rifles inside an armoured vehicle - in footage reportedly taken in Iraq.Syrian rebels satirise IS group propaganda
The video opens with a scene that has become chillingly familiar: shackled prisoners in orange jumpsuits are being lined up by masked combatants. They’re in an isolated area and the soundtrack is haunting religious chants. But wait! Before you shield your eyes, you should know that this video ends differently.
That’s because it wasn’t made by the Islamic State (IS) group – it was made by a group of Syrian rebels. They decided to imitate IS group propaganda videos to prove a point: that you can fight the Syrian regime without committing atrocities.
Al-Jabha al-Shamiya (also known as the Levant Front or the Shamiya Front) is a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (or FSA). For the past few months, the FSA has been engaged in combat with the IS group in the northern part of the province of Aleppo.
On Monday, Al-Jabha al-Shamiya published this video and started sharing it online. The video shows real-life IS group combatants who were captured by the FSA. Everything about the video – from the staging to the special effects to the high-resolution images to the fast pacing – imitates the techniques used in the IS group’s propaganda videos.
Chinese internet firm buys Hong Kong daily
Alibaba's acquisition stirs fears South China Morning Post will lose its independent voice amid press-freedom concerns.
| Media, China, Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Chinese internet company Alibaba says it will buy Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, pledging to maintain the newspaper's objectivity in the face of fears it will lose its independent voice.
The acquisition follows weeks of speculation over the future of the English-language newspaper and worry that it will become a mouthpiece for the Chinese government.
It comes at a time when concern over press freedom in Hong Kong is growing after attacks on journalists, reports of pressure on editorial staff from authorities and increasing self-censorship.
"[Alibaba] has entered into a definite agreement to acquire the South China Morning Post (SCMP) and other media assets of SCMP Group Limited," the Chinese firm said in a statement, without specifying a sum.
Islamic State backers retaliate against Anonymous’s #TrollingDay campaign
Islamic State supporters published what appears to be names and e-mail addresses belonging to US Army personnel in response to Anonymous's operation to attack the militants on social media.
Islamic State supporters on Friday released what appears to be the personal information belonging to enlisted US military personnel in retaliation for hacker collective Anonymous's Internet campaign to defame and degrade the terrorist group.
Twitter accounts tied to Islamic State (IS) released names, e-mail addresses, and personal addresses of 160 members of the US Army and Marines and claimed to have obtained information on some 700 armed forces personnel.
The Pentagon would not comment on the lists but independent security experts said the information appears to be real even though it may not be the result of recent hacks into military computers.
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