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BBC News with David Austin.
Fighting in the Gaza Strip between forces of the Hamas movement and an Islamist radical group is reported to have left at least 13 people dead and up to 100 injured. Eyewitnesses in the town of Rafah say the two sides have engaged in a running gun battle following the takeover of a mosque by the militants. The entire neighborhood has been sealed off and eyewitnesses say hundreds of Hamas fighters have been firing on the mosque with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. Katya Adler has more.
It’s thought around two dozen supporters of the Jihadi group, Warriors of God, are inside. Earlier during Friday prayers, hundreds of worshippers declared Gaza an Islamic emirate. The imam and armed supporters swore to fight to the death rather than hand over authority of the mosque to Hamas. Warriors of God gained some prominence two months ago when it staged a failed attack on the border crossing between Gaza and Israel. The group is very critical of Hamas which governs Gaza, accusing the Islamist group of not being Islamist enough.
The Taiwanese authorities say Typhoon Morakot has cost 3.5 billion dollars in agricultural losses alone without taking into account the destruction of homes, roads and bridges. The Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said about 500 people have been killed. 40,000 soldiers are trekking through forests and over mountains to reach stranded communities. Supplies are also being dropped by air.
The governor of the Nigerian Central Bank has dismissed the top executives of five banks accused of giving too many bad loans and overinvesting in the capital markets. In an attempt to preempt a financial crisis, Lamido Sanusi announced that more than 2.5 billion dollars would be injected into the affected banks. From Lagos, Caroline Duffield reports.
Since last year, there have been serious concerns over the health of Nigeria’s banks. Economists and bankers have used words like “putrid” and “worm-eaten” in private. The new governor Lamido Sanusi is now carrying out a forensic investigation of what has gone wrong. Ten more banks are still being probed. But speaking to the BBC, Mr. Sanusi said he was very confident that the worst of the bad debt had now been uncovered. He said that he was committed to strengthening Nigeria's banks. He also told the BBC that he would love to see people go to jail. Caroline Duffield reporting.
About 200 Iraqi journalists, writers and publishers have demonstrated in Baghdad against what they say is growing state interference in their work. The protest follows the introduction of new rules for censoring books and a proposal to ban certain websites. Some journalists say there has been a dramatic increase in lawsuits against media workers, especially those trying to investigate security or government corruption. The Iraqi authorities say they will only block websites that are pornographic or incite violence or criminal behavior.
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Britain has imposed direct rule on the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean after an inquiry found evidence of corruption. A British minister Chris Bryant described the decision as essential to restore good governance.
There is a very strong likelihood that there has been sale of Crown lands for kickbacks that there’s been a corruption of the system and that can only be dealt with unfortunately by this process of suspending the governments in Turks and Caicos, and taking the power into the