
Outgoing Argentine President Blasts Incoming Leaders
Argentine presidential feud; Putin the new Houdini; Anti-Donald Trump petition
The outgoing Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has urged the country's citizens to take to the streets and fight for their rights if they feel betrayed by the new centre-right government, which takes office later on Thursday.
Russian air strikes in Syria have bolstered President Bashar Al Assad and forced Western leaders to sit down and talk to Vladimir Putin. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reveals the Kremlin leader's knack of extricating himself from the most difficult situations.
A petition calling for Mr. Trump to be banned from entering Britain has attracted more than a quarter of a million signatures. Campaigner Suzanne Kelly told Newsday she had launched the petition well before the presidential candidate's proposal that Muslims be prevented from entering the United States.
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