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• Greece must bolster border against migration: conservative leader
• Britain kills IS fighters in Syria for first time
• Critic's Notebook: Buoyed By Jobs and Bulger Biopics, Telluride Delivers
• France, Britain raise stakes on Islamic State in Syria
• Syrian refugees in Uruguay say they want to move elsewhere
• Britain, France join Germany in showing solidarity with migrants
• Tajikistan hunts renegade minister after clashes stir instability
• German intelligence has evidence IS used mustard gas in Iraq
• The Latest: More than 4,000 migrants arrive in Munich
• Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners
• Cameron says UK drone strike killed British IS fighters in Syria
• U.S., allies conduct 15 air strikes in Syria and Iraq: military
• Quebec pledges to take in 3,650 Syrian refugees
• Turkey's military: 16 troops killed, 6 wounded in PKK attack
• Turkey says 16 soldiers killed in PKK attack
• Britain to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years
• Hollande says France to prepare air strikes against IS in Syria
• Turkish jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack
• Trial opens of 10 accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims for Islamic State
• US military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case
• Gulf stiffens determination in wake of troop deaths in Yemen
• Iraqi team to probe alleged Islamic State chemical attacks on Kurds: diplomats
• Military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case
• Greek island overwhelmed by stranded migrants, despair
• AP Analysis: Palestinian leader's retirement claim doubted
• Officials: Iraqi defense minister unharmed in sniper attack
• Iraqi defense minister unharmed after sniper hits convoy: spokesman
• Turkey reels after deadly PKK attack on army
• Hollande opens French doors to refugees despite opposition
• Turkey bombs Kurdish militants in retaliation for deadly attack on soldiers
• Spain arrests woman, 19, accused of recruiting for IS group
• France to begin Syria reconnaissance flights, mulls air strikes
• Spain arrests teen woman suspected of recruiting for IS
• France considering airstrikes in Syria, sending recon jets
• EU needs more legal ways in for refugees: Swedish PM
• Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move "towards normality"
• Afghan Taliban take apparent dig at IS over Hazara killings
• Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image

Greece must bolster border against migration: conservative leader Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:21 PM PDT Greece should strengthen its border defences to check the unprecedented wave of migrants landing on its shores, the head of the conservative party that could return to power in this month's election said early Tuesday. "As regards migrants, the borders must be better protected and Greece should not send the message that 'it's good over here, come over'," New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis said in a television interview. Greece's acting migration minister on Monday said the island of Lesbos was "on the verge of explosion" with over 15,000 mainly Syrian refugees waiting to be registered for onward travel to Athens.

Britain kills IS fighters in Syria for first time Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:43 PM PDT A Royal Air Force (RAF) drone killed a British jihadist in Syria last month who was planning attacks on Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. The killing of 21-year-old Reyaad Khan, who left home to join Islamic State (IS) group militants in 2013, is a first because it happened in a country where Britain is not at war and has provoked fierce criticism from human rights campaigners. Cameron said the strike was "an act of self-defence" since Khan had been planning "barbaric" attacks in Britain against high-profile commemorations over the summer.

Critic's Notebook: Buoyed By Jobs and Bulger Biopics, Telluride Delivers Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT Despite rain and a canceled screening, the annual fest had much to offer, including strong, star-driven biopics 'Steve Jobs' and 'Black Mass' and an entrancingly weird sex/love story from Charlie Kaufman.

France, Britain raise stakes on Islamic State in Syria Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:36 PM PDT France said Monday it had begun preparations for air strikes on the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, and Britain said it too was weighing the case for hitting at jihadists in the war-torn country, from which tens of thousands of people have fled to Europe. British Prime Minister David Cameron emphasised the risk of terror attacks in saying he believed there was "a strong case" for Britain taking part in airstrikes in Syria. Britain had carried out a first strike in Syria in August with a drone, killing three jihadists, two of them from Britain, he revealed.

Syrian refugees in Uruguay say they want to move elsewhere Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:20 PM PDT Five families of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay last year protested outside the president's offices on Monday, demanding they be allowed to leave the South American country in search of better jobs, even back in the Middle East. Uruguay accepted the 42 Syrians fleeing civil war in October 2014, but the families said they felt the leftist government had failed to deliver on a promise of good incomes. "I am not afraid to go back to Lebanon," said 36-year-old Aldees Maher, whose family had initially sought safety in a refugee camp across the border from Syria.

Britain, France join Germany in showing solidarity with migrants Posted: 07 Sep 2015 02:21 PM PDT Britain and France Monday joined Germany in pledging to accept tens of thousands of refugees as Europe's record influx of people fleeing war and misery sparked warnings that one Greek migrant chokepoint was "on the verge of explosion". European leaders are scrambling for solutions as bloody conflicts in Syria, Iraq and beyond send hundreds of thousands of desperate people on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is Europe's top refugee destination, hailed the warm welcome her citizens gave to 20,000 asylum-seekers who streamed across its southern borders on weekend trains, and pledged billions more in money to house them.

Tajikistan hunts renegade minister after clashes stir instability Posted: 07 Sep 2015 02:19 PM PDT By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) - Tajikistan said it had arrested 14 members of a criminal group loyal to the country's sacked deputy defense minister in a special operation on Monday, following bloody gun battles that have stoked fears of religious-related unrest. A poor Muslim nation of 8 million in Central Asia, Tajikistan remains volatile after a 1992-97 civil war that killed tens of thousands of people. Tensions between its secular, pro-Moscow government and the Islamist opposition are on the rise.

German intelligence has evidence IS used mustard gas in Iraq Posted: 07 Sep 2015 01:37 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany's foreign intelligence agency BND has collected evidence of mustard gas use by the Islamic State group.

The Latest: More than 4,000 migrants arrive in Munich Posted: 07 Sep 2015 12:40 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET):

Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners Posted: 07 Sep 2015 11:56 AM PDT By Paul Carrel and Georgina Prodhan BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) - Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hungary used pepper spray on desperate migrants who broke out of a reception center at the border. Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a weekend in which 20,000 migrants entered Germany from Hungary by train, bus and on foot, described the influx as "breathtaking" and tried to reassure German citizens that the crisis was manageable. "I am happy that Germany has become a country that many people outside of Germany now associate with hope," she said at a news conference in Berlin.

Cameron says UK drone strike killed British IS fighters in Syria Posted: 07 Sep 2015 11:03 AM PDT By William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has killed two of its own nationals who had been fighting for Islamic State (IS) and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. Despite not having a parliamentary mandate to take military action in Syria, Cameron told MPs that, as an act of self-defence, Briton Reyaad Khan had been targeted and killed in a precision drone strike in the country. Cameron said the strike was carried out by a British Royal Air Force (RAF) remotely-piloted aircraft in August and that two people travelling with the man, including another Briton, Ruhul Amin, were also killed.

U.S., allies conduct 15 air strikes in Syria and Iraq: military Posted: 07 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT A U.S.-led coalition conducted 11 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday, as well as four strikes targeting the militant group in Syria, according to a statement released on Monday. Attacks in Iraq were spread throughout the country, hitting tactical units and destroying vehicles and weapons. An air strike near Tuz destroyed 49 Islamic State fighting positions, as well as four tunnels and a weapons cache, according to the statement from the Combined Joint Task Force.

Quebec pledges to take in 3,650 Syrian refugees Posted: 07 Sep 2015 10:56 AM PDT Quebec's immigration minister pledged Monday that the Canadian province would take in 3,650 Syrian refugees by year's end and asked the federal government to help facilitate the process. Kathleen Weil said the mainly French-speaking province aims to take in an additional 2,450 refugees on top of the already foreseen 1,200. Quebec needs the green light from the federal government to go ahead with its plan.

Turkey's military: 16 troops killed, 6 wounded in PKK attack Posted: 07 Sep 2015 10:20 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's military announced Monday that 16 soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey a day earlier. The attack was the deadliest assault on Turkish troops since renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkey's security forces erupted in July, shattering a fragile peace process.

Turkey says 16 soldiers killed in PKK attack Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:50 AM PDT The Turkish army on Monday said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) killed 16 of its soldiers in a roadside bomb attack at the weekend, one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the group. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed after Sunday's attack to "wipe out" the PKK rebels from their mountain strongholds, with no end in sight to the Turkish military's one-and-half month campaign against the Kurdish rebels. Breaking a day-long silence over the toll, the army said the PKK staged a roadside bomb attack that severely damaged two armoured vehicles in the Daglica area of the southeastern Hakkari region close to the border with northern Iraq.

Britain to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:50 AM PDT Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps near the war-torn country's borders over the next five years, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday, under pressure to address the crisis. "We are proposing the UK should resettle up to 20,000 refugees over the life of this parliament," Cameron said in a speech in the House of Commons. Britain will continue to take refugees from the camps and from elsewhere in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, he said.

Hollande says France to prepare air strikes against IS in Syria Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:37 AM PDT President Francois Hollande said Monday France would conduct surveillance flights over Syria to help it prepare air strikes on Islamic State jihadists. "I have asked the defence ministry that from tomorrow surveillance flights can be launched over Syria, allowing us to plan airstrikes against Daesh (the Islamic State group)," Hollande told a press conference in Paris.

Turkish jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:36 AM PDT The clashes, weeks before polls the ruling AK Party hopes will restore its majority, threaten to sink a peace process President Tayyip Erdogan launched in 2012 in an attempt to end an insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels said they had killed 31 servicemen in an attack on a convoy and clashes on Sunday in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, near the Iraqi border. Whatever it takes, they will be cleared," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference after a meeting with the chief of the military general staff.

Trial opens of 10 accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims for Islamic State Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ten suspected Islamist radicals went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims to fight with Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria. The trial, the largest against alleged jihadists in the Netherlands in a decade, is seen as a test of whether a court can convict suspects who may endorse a radical ideology but have not carried out any attacks in the West. Lawyers for the defendants said at a hearing on Monday they are innocent of any wrongdoing and have a right to speak out about their religious and political views.

US military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:59 AM PDT RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan.

Gulf stiffens determination in wake of troop deaths in Yemen Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:51 AM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A deadly attack late last week on soldiers from oil-rich Gulf states deployed in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led coalition fighting the country's Shiite rebels may well have been designed to break the coalition's will. If that was the aim, it backfired.

Iraqi team to probe alleged Islamic State chemical attacks on Kurds: diplomats Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:49 AM PDT By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A team of Iraqi government experts will go to Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region this week to investigate allegations that Islamic State (IS) insurgents have used chemical weapons against Kurdish forces, diplomats said on Monday. Chemical agents were not known to have been used in fighting in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003.

Military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:35 AM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan.

Greek island overwhelmed by stranded migrants, despair Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:24 AM PDT MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — It was supposed to be the first step on their journey to Western Europe. But now thousands of migrants are mired in despair, anger and frustration on the scenic Greek island of Lesbos.

AP Analysis: Palestinian leader's retirement claim doubted Posted: 07 Sep 2015 07:57 AM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — With paths to Palestinian statehood blocked, President Mahmoud Abbas is warning he's fast-tracking his retirement and hinting he will announce dramatic policy changes at the United Nations this month, including a more confrontational relationship with Israel's right-wing government.

Officials: Iraqi defense minister unharmed in sniper attack Posted: 07 Sep 2015 07:27 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's defense minister escaped a sniper attack north of Baghdad unharmed Monday, officials said, though one of his guards was wounded in the shooting near Islamic State-controlled territory.

Iraqi defense minister unharmed after sniper hits convoy: spokesman Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:51 AM PDT Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi's convoy came under sniper fire on Monday but he was unharmed, a ministry spokesman said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which joint operations spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said took place in the western outskirts of the town of Baiji, 190 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said the battle over Baiji and its refinery, Iraq's largest, is critical to the fight against Islamic State forces.

Turkey reels after deadly PKK attack on army Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:13 AM PDT Turkey was in shock on Monday after reportedly the deadliest attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) against the army in years, with the military keeping a tight-lipped silence over the scale of the toll. The army said PKK fighters killed and wounded several Turkish soldiers in a roadside bomb attack Sunday on two armoured vehicles in the Daglica area of the southeastern Hakkari region close to the border with northern Iraq. The Hurriyet daily claimed at least 19 Turkish soldiers, including one lieutenant colonel, had been killed which, if confirmed, would make the attack by far the deadliest carried out by the PKK on the army in recent years.

Hollande opens French doors to refugees despite opposition Posted: 07 Sep 2015 05:58 AM PDT By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - France is ready to take in 24,000 refugees as part of European Union plans to welcome more than 100,000 in the next two years, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday, dismissing opinion polls showing public opposition to the move. Hollande said he and German leader Angela Merkel wanted the 28-country EU to back a "permanent, mandatory system" under which each country would be obliged to take its fair share of a total of 120,000 migrants. Asked about polls showing 55 percent of French people oppose admitting more refugees or easing asylum procedures to cope with the EU's migration crisis, Hollande said public opinion was fickle but asylum was a constitutional right and a moral duty.

Turkey bombs Kurdish militants in retaliation for deadly attack on soldiers Posted: 07 Sep 2015 05:32 AM PDT Turkey launched a fresh round of airstrikes against Kurdish insurgents Monday, vowing to ramp up its campaign against them after an attack on Turkish troops that may be the deadliest since a three-year truce unraveled in July. On Sunday, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ambushed a military convoy in Hakkari in the southeast, killing 15 soldiers, according to the group. Turkey responded with airstrikes on 13 targets, The New York Times reports.

Spain arrests woman, 19, accused of recruiting for IS group Posted: 07 Sep 2015 05:00 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say a 19-year-old woman has been arrested after an investigation found evidence she was recruiting combatants to fight for the Islamic State group and helping them plan their travel to Syria or Iraq.

France to begin Syria reconnaissance flights, mulls air strikes Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:31 AM PDT France will begin reconnaissance missions over Syria on Tuesday and could launch air strikes against Islamic State militants in the country, President Francois Hollande said on Monday. France until now had only taken part in air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq because it feared strikes against the group in Syria could strengthen Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Spain arrests teen woman suspected of recruiting for IS Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:07 AM PDT Spanish police on Monday arrested a 19-year-old woman on suspicion of recruiting for Islamic State militants, the latest in a string of women detained for allegedly sympathising with the armed jihadist group. Islamic State has claimed numerous killings and kidnappings in Iraq and Syria, after declaring an "Islamic Caliphate" in territory under its control.

France considering airstrikes in Syria, sending recon jets Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:01 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — France will send reconnaissance flights over Syria beginning Tuesday and is considering airstrikes in the fight against the Islamic State group, President Francois Hollande said, calling it necessary to fight against the "terrorism and war" that have left Europe vulnerable to attack.

EU needs more legal ways in for refugees: Swedish PM Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:22 AM PDT Sweden will propose that the European Union set up more legal ways for refugees to arrive in the country, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday, announcing a push to make the Nordic country more welcoming for asylum seekers. Sweden has received more asylum seekers per capita than any other nation in Europe, giving weight to its voice over the crisis, which has intensified in recent days as thousands of migrants, many refugees from Syria, arrive mostly in Germany. "Sweden, Germany and a few other countries have for a long time been alone, taken their responsibility.

Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move "towards normality" Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:00 AM PDT By Michael Shields and Irene Preisinger VIENNA/MUNICH (Reuters) - Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturday and move step by step "towards normality". Austria had suspended its random border checks after photographs of a Syrian toddler lying dead on a Turkish beach showed Europeans the horror faced by those desperate enough to travel illegally into the heart of Europe, which is deeply divided over how to cope. After 71 people suffocated in the back of a truck abandoned on an Austrian highway en route from Hungary, and as thousands headed from Budapest towards Austria on foot, Vienna had agreed with Germany to waive rules requiring refugees to register an asylum claim in the first EU country they reach.

Afghan Taliban take apparent dig at IS over Hazara killings Posted: 07 Sep 2015 02:50 AM PDT The Taliban have condemned the killing of 13 minority Shiites as a plot to "breed fault lines", in an apparent dig at the rival Islamic State group making gradual inroads into Afghanistan. IS, observers say, have struggled to gain a firm foothold in Afghanistan because of the lack of a deeply sectarian environment -- unlike Syria and Iraq where the group has captured large swathes of territory. "These acts are being perpetrated to breed fault lines, intolerance and discrimination," the Taliban said referring to Saturday's attack, without naming IS.

Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image Posted: 07 Sep 2015 01:24 AM PDT By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia pose a threat to the European Union's values and global standing and may diminish its ability to act jointly to reform the euro zone and ease Greece's debt. With harrowing images of drowning children, refugees being herded on and off trains and beaten by police, and barbed-wire fences slicing across Europe, the migration crisis is the moral equivalent of the euro zone crisis. By making the EU look ineffective, disunited and heartless, pitting member states against each other and fuelling political populism and anti-Muslim sentiment, the latest crisis is undermining the ideals of European integration.

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