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US Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Geneva to join negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme, amid rising expectation of a breakthrough. Mr Kerry had been on a tour of the Middle East, but changed his plans at the invitation of the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Iran's foreign minister said a deal could be reached on Friday. The Israeli prime minister said such an agreement would be "very bad" and Israel would not be bound by it. The talks bring together world powers - the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany (P5+1) - and Iran. The West suspects Iran's uranium enrichment programme is a step towards building nuclear weapons - a charge Iran strongly denies. Kerry visit lifts hope of Iran deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24862743

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24818478 Clandestine manoeuvrings to select new Taliban head November 6, 2013 5:25 AM By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad Drone strikes have recently killed the senior leadership of the Pakistani Taliban including Hakimullah Mehsud (left) and Waliur Rehman Somewhere along the mountainous border between Pakistan's militant-occupied tribal districts of North Waziristan and South Waziristan, turbaned Taliban commanders are gathering to choose a new leader of the Pakistani Taliban group, the TTP. The time, venue and duration of the meeting remain a closely guarded secret because the area is known as much for being a major militant sanctuary as it is for the constant buzzing of unmanned American spy planes - or drones - looking for targets. During the last three days, these men have been holding secret meetings in undisclosed buildings in the town of Miranshah and elsewhere in the region to mourn the death of their leader, Hakimullah Mehsud,...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24749772 Who in US is to blame for Iraq fiasco? November 6, 2013 2:12 AM By Tara McKelvey BBC News, Washington In September President Barack Obama said, "I was elected to end wars, not start them." Yet ending wars, as he has discovered, can be as hard as waging them. The former US ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, left Baghdad on a hot day in June 2012. He flew away in a special forces helicopter, as he recalls, and looked down at villas and swimming pools. "It was quiet and peaceful," he says. He describes his departure as an "emotional" moment - and says that at the time he felt pleased with the outcome of the war. "We had rescued victory from the jaws of defeat," he says. Sixteen months later, he is less optimistic. One of the main goals of officials in the White House of George W Bush - the ones who started the war - was to build close ties with forward-looking leaders in the Middle East. ...

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Tajik leader set to win another term http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24830415 Tajik leader set to win another term November 6, 2013 6:52 AM Opponents accuse President Imomali Rakhmon of developing a personality cult Voters in Tajikistan are casting their ballots, with incumbent President Imomali Rakhmon widely expected to win a new seven-year term. Mr Rakhmon, 61, faces five challengers, but the only genuine opposition candidate is barred from standing. The authoritarian leader has been in office for more than 20 years in the impoverished former Soviet republic. The EU and the US have not recognised a single election in the Central Asian country as free and fair. Security challenges Polls across the mountainous country were due to open at 01:00 GMT and close at 15:00 GMT. Preliminary results are expected on Thursday. Mr Rakhmon, who secured 79% of the vote in the 2006 election, did not campaign actively this time. Instead, the president relied on extensive media covera...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24830712 Apple lists government data requests November 6, 2013 6:54 AM Apple said its main business is not about collecting customer data Apple has revealed details of requests it has received from governments across the globe to share customer data. The US government, which made between 1,000 and 2,000 requests in the six months to 30 June, topped the list. The firm said the US requests affected 2,000 to 3,000 accounts, adding it gave out data on zero to 1,000 accounts. Apple said the most common "requests involve robberies and other crimes or requests from law enforcement officers searching for missing persons". It said the response usually involves disclosing information about an account holder's iTunes or iCloud account "such as a name and an address". "In very rare cases, we are asked to provide stored photos or email. We consider these requests very carefully and only provide account content in extremely li...

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