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• Factbox - Re-elected British opposition Labour leader Corbyn's key policy views
• Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues
• Top Asian News 10:23 p.m. GMT
• Black history finds home on National Mall with new museum
• Clinton, Trump look to overcome weaknesses on debate stage
• Eighteen killed in Islamic State attack north of Iraq's Tikrit
• IS gun, suicide bomb attacks kill 12 in Iraq's Tikrit
• Finns protest against racism after man assaulted at neo-Nazi rally dies
• War crimes tribunal for IS detainees lacks support
• WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in presidential election
• Two killed in clashes with PKK in southeast Turkey: report
• 'I Do Not Believe There Will be Peace'
• Savior or disaster? UK's Labour divided on Corbyn victory
• Man detained at German airport for alleged IS membership
• Austrian leader: EU's outer borders must be better protected
• Corbyn: earthy leftwing leader who splits UK's Labour
• Clash kills soldier, Kurdish militant in southeast Turkey
• Iraq: Triple suicide attack north of Baghdad kills 11 troops
• Indonesia declares candidacy for UN Security Council
• Chirac remains ill in hospital, wife discharged
• Today in History
• Socialist Corbyn heads to victory over divided UK Labour
• The Latest: UN to help Iraq tackle sexual violence
• The Latest: Congo FM insists elections will take place

Factbox - Re-elected British opposition Labour leader Corbyn's key policy views Posted: 24 Sep 2016 04:07 PM PDT Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday after being challenged for the role by one of his lawmakers. Following are some of Corbyn's main policy views, many of which have fired up a new generation of left-wing activists: BREXIT Corbyn, who critics have accused of being a lacklustre campaigner for Britain's EU membership during this year's referendum campaign, has rejected calls for a second referendum and said the vote to leave must be respected. Corbyn has said falling back on World Trade Organization terms with the EU could risk significant job losses and would be damaging to Britain's public finances.

Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues Posted: 24 Sep 2016 03:32 PM PDT By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city's opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington's Syria policy in tatters. In their first major ground advance of the offensive, the army and its militia allies seized control of the Handarat Palestinian refugee camp, a few kilometres north of Aleppo, only for rebels to counterattack a few hours later. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the battle was ongoing.

Top Asian News 10:23 p.m. GMT Posted: 24 Sep 2016 03:23 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The fedora, the bomber jacket and the consuming quest invite comparisons to Indiana Jones. Blaine Gibson, though, hasn't matched the film hero's triumph in finding the legendary chest containing the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Not that he didn't try. "The Ark of the Covenant, I did not find it. However, I do believe that it's in Ethiopia somewhere," Gibson told AP recently. The amateur sleuth has had far greater success finding clues from a modern mystery: the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. He is the first person searching for the plane who's actually found any trace of it and says he won't quit gathering clues until the mystery is solved.

Black history finds home on National Mall with new museum Posted: 24 Sep 2016 03:14 PM PDT Black history officially has a new, prominent place in America's story. With hugs, tears and the ringing of church bells, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened ...

Clinton, Trump look to overcome weaknesses on debate stage Posted: 24 Sep 2016 02:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump needs to prove to voters that he has the policy depth and gravitas to serve as commander in chief. Hillary Clinton needs a moment to connect with Americans who question whether she can be trusted.

Eighteen killed in Islamic State attack north of Iraq's Tikrit Posted: 24 Sep 2016 12:52 PM PDT By Ghazwan Hassan TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Eighteen people, including two children, were killed on Saturday when militants shot at a checkpoint north of Tikrit and then set off two bombs at the entrance to the Iraqi city in attacks later claimed by Islamic State. It was the first such assault since Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, was retaken from the ultra-hardline jihadist group in April 2015. One militant was killed at the checkpoint after shooting dead five security personnel and two young civilian bystanders at around 5 a.m., according to police and sources from Salahuddin Operations Command, which is responsible for security in the area.

IS gun, suicide bomb attacks kill 12 in Iraq's Tikrit Posted: 24 Sep 2016 12:52 PM PDT Militants killed 12 people in gun and bomb attacks on Saturday in the northern city of Tikrit, police said, with the Islamic State group later claiming responsibility for the violence. IS seized Tikrit in June 2014, but the city has largely been spared the attacks that have plagued other parts of the country since its recapture last year. Police officers said that militants shot dead four security personnel at a checkpoint on the west side of the city, then continued north and detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at another checkpoint, killing eight more people.

Finns protest against racism after man assaulted at neo-Nazi rally dies Posted: 24 Sep 2016 11:59 AM PDT More than 15,000 people gathered in Helsinki on Saturday to protest against racism and violence, after the death of a man assaulted during a neo-Nazi rally in the city earlier this month. Following an influx of asylum seekers last year, anti-immigration sentiment has been on the rise in the small Nordic country, which has little experience of taking in large numbers of refugees. Holding placards showing peace signs and red lines crossing out swastikas, demonstrators said it was time to break a silence that they said had allowed racism and far-right violence to grow in the country.

War crimes tribunal for IS detainees lacks support Posted: 24 Sep 2016 09:15 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — War crimes investigators collecting evidence of the Islamic State group's elaborate operation to kidnap thousands of women as sex slaves say they have a case to try IS leaders with crimes against humanity but cannot get the global backing to bring current detainees before an international tribunal.

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in presidential election Posted: 24 Sep 2016 08:31 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:

Two killed in clashes with PKK in southeast Turkey: report Posted: 24 Sep 2016 08:19 AM PDT A Turkish soldier and a village guard were killed on Saturday in separate clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey's restive southeast, local media reported. The soldier died when fighting erupted in the Lice district of Diyarbakir province between security forces and militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), security sources told the official Anadolu news agency. Another soldier was injured while one PKK militant was killed, Dogan news agency reported, adding that operations continued in 18 villages in the province where long curfews were imposed on Friday.

'I Do Not Believe There Will be Peace' Posted: 24 Sep 2016 07:57 AM PDT As the Kurds prepare to help take back Mosul from ISIS, their commanders await political negotiations with Iraqi leaders they do not trust for a future they cannot predict.

Savior or disaster? UK's Labour divided on Corbyn victory Posted: 24 Sep 2016 07:15 AM PDT LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Soft-spoken socialist Jeremy Corbyn is the antithesis of Donald Trump.

Man detained at German airport for alleged IS membership Posted: 24 Sep 2016 07:14 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — The federal prosecutor's office says a 22-year-old German man has been detained at Duesseldorf airport upon his return from Turkey for alleged membership in the Islamic State group.

Austrian leader: EU's outer borders must be better protected Posted: 24 Sep 2016 07:58 AM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Austria's chancellor vowed Saturday to better protect the European Union's outer borders to curb illegal migration, as he held a summit with his German, Greek and west Balkans counterparts to debate strategies to deal with Europe's migrant crisis.

Corbyn: earthy leftwing leader who splits UK's Labour Posted: 24 Sep 2016 04:42 AM PDT Opposed by most of his MPs and lionised by grassroots activists, socialist Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected Saturday as leader of Britain's opposition Labour, but takes his party into an increasingly uncertain future. Corbyn spent decades on the backbenches of parliament, where his left-wing views have long been out of fashion, before his surprise election as Labour leader last September. Rumbling criticism of his leadership style turned into open rebellion after June's referendum vote to leave the European Union, which critics say Corbyn did not do enough to prevent, but he refused to stand aside.

Clash kills soldier, Kurdish militant in southeast Turkey Posted: 24 Sep 2016 03:34 AM PDT The clash with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) broke out during military operations in Diyarbakir province after the authorities imposed round-the-clock curfews on 18 villages, the sources said. Warplanes also bombed PKK shelters and weapons stores in the mountainous Buzul region of Hakkari province, which borders Iraq and Iran, the sources said. A two-year ceasefire between the autonomy-seeking PKK and the Turkish state collapsed last year, and thousands of militants, members of the security forces and civilians have been killed in the ensuing violence.

Iraq: Triple suicide attack north of Baghdad kills 11 troops Posted: 24 Sep 2016 03:06 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A triple suicide bombing against a security check point north of Baghdad on Saturday killed at least 11 members of the security forces, a police officer said.

Indonesia declares candidacy for UN Security Council Posted: 24 Sep 2016 01:49 AM PDT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia announced Friday its candidacy for membership on the U.N. Security Council, saying its commitment and contribution to the world's body make it a true partner for world peace.

Chirac remains ill in hospital, wife discharged Posted: 24 Sep 2016 01:47 AM PDT Former French president Jacques Chirac remains in hospital in Paris where he is being treated for a lung infection, while his wife Bernadette has been discharged after four days recovering from "exhaustion", their family said Saturday. "After four days of treatment and rest, Bernadette Chirac left the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital Friday evening," their son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told AFP. Jacques Chirac, 83, who was admitted to the hospital on September 18, "remains hospitalised and continues to receive treatment and care for his lung infection," said Salat-Baroux, husband of Chirac's daughter Claude.

Today in History Posted: 23 Sep 2016 09:01 PM PDT Today in History

Socialist Corbyn heads to victory over divided UK Labour Posted: 23 Sep 2016 08:19 PM PDT Leftist Jeremy Corbyn is set to be re-elected head of Britain's opposition Labour party on Saturday, emerging victorious from a power struggle with his MPs that has threatened to tear the historic movement apart. Ahead of the announcement of the result in Liverpool, northwest England, Corbyn issued a plea for unity after what he admitted was a "robust" campaign, and reached out to supporters of his rival Owen Smith. There are now fears that without a strong Labour opposition, Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives may be heading for a "hard Brexit" that would take Britain not only out of the European Union but also out of the European single market.

The Latest: UN to help Iraq tackle sexual violence Posted: 23 Sep 2016 06:40 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and Iraq signed an agreement Friday aimed at helping the Baghdad government tackle sexual violence in conflict, an issue that made headlines following the capture and rape of Yazidi women by Islamic State extremists in 2014.

The Latest: Congo FM insists elections will take place Posted: 23 Sep 2016 06:39 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):

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