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肯雅軍隊繼續包圍奈洛比韋斯特蓋特購物中心，有10到15名伊斯蘭武裝分子劫持了數量未知的人質。據悉已有68人喪生，肯雅紅十字會稱另外49人下落不明。Mike Wooldridge報導。
“對那些在韋斯特蓋特高級購物中心外面的人來說，只有這座4層建築內偶爾傳出的槍火聲可以表明裡面發生的一切，伊斯蘭武裝分子和肯雅安全部隊精銳部隊的僵持還在繼續。不過到了下午晚些時候，一架警方直升機和另一架有軍事偽裝的直升機低飛到商場上方。就在此不久前，總統烏胡魯·肯雅塔在總統府發表講話，他拒絕談論目前試圖營救人質的行動，他稱這些人是手無寸鐵驚魂未定的無辜平民。”
德國總理安吉拉·默克爾獲得第三任期，她所屬的保守黨基督教民主聯盟(CDU)有望在周日的聯邦選舉中贏得42%的支持率。如果預測屬實，其結果將超過預期，但默克爾仍可能無法在聯邦參議院獲得絕對多數支持。克裡斯·莫里斯在柏林報導。
“這個結果對德國和歐洲最傑出的政治家安吉拉·默克爾來說太好了，顯然她會贏得這次選舉，但沒人能預測到她會如此接近絕對多數支持。最終的結果尚未出來，但她可能還需要一位元聯盟夥伴。解決辦法顯然是與中間左派社會民主黨組成大聯盟，但社會民主黨內部就是否再次進入聯盟做小夥伴存在爭議。2009年他們就因為做小夥伴遭到選民的懲罰，如今自由民主黨也遭遇同樣命運。”
巴基斯坦警方稱白沙瓦市數百名禮拜者在結束教堂禮拜儀式時遭遇兩起自殺式爆炸襲擊，至少75人喪生。死者中有34名婦女和7名兒童，一個與巴基斯坦塔利班有關的武裝組織聲稱對此負責。Shahzeb Jillani報導。
“據悉這是巴基斯坦發生的針對基督徒的最致命襲擊，警方稱兩名爆炸者襲擊了白沙瓦著名的諸聖大教堂，當時數百名禮拜者正在進行主日彌撒。教堂外滿是憤怒的人群，受害者的朋友親屬抗議政府未能保護自己的親人，這場襲擊令許多巴基斯坦人憤怒。但人們對政府顯然無能阻止此類暴行也表示出無助感。”
在伊拉克首都巴格達一場葬禮上，一名自殺式爆炸者在滿是遜尼派哀悼者的帳篷中引爆了自己，至少16人喪生。報導稱在郊區朵拉的這場襲擊中，還有30多人受傷。
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上週二尼日利亞東北部一個村莊發生襲擊案，目前死亡人數已上升到142以上。環保官員稱在博諾州Benisheik地區找到躺在路上和附近灌木叢中的屍體。據悉襲擊是由博科聖地武裝分子實施的。
以色列進一步放鬆對加沙地帶為期6年的經濟封鎖，允許運輸更多的企業建築材料。巴勒斯坦官方稱他們希望每天多運來70卡車材料，但這些建築材料仍無法滿足加沙的需求。被哈馬斯武裝運動控制的加沙地帶苦於應對水泥、石子和鋼鐵短缺問題，因為以色列擔心這些材料可能被用來加固防禦工程。
瑞士以壓倒性支持保留義務兵役制，在公投中23個自治州全部投票支援保持徵兵制。伊莫金·福克斯報導。
“這是25年內瑞士第3次就結束徵兵制進行公投，但每次選民們都說不。他們喜歡目前的民兵制，左翼組織和一些年輕的瑞士男子抱怨徵兵制浪費了大量時間，但政府聲稱，人人都參軍的兼職軍隊對中立的民主國家來說是最好的辦法。”
颱風天兔襲擊中國南部部分地區，造成該地區陷入停滯，這是30年來這裡遭遇的最強大風暴，颱風入侵內陸地區，吹倒樹木、電線，甚至將汽車從道路上刮走。官方報導稱據悉有3人被墜落的碎片擊中而死。世界上最繁忙的香港港口也已關閉，整個地區的航班日程已陷入混亂。
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Kenyan troops continue to lay siege to the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi where between 10 and 15 Islamist militants are holding an unknown number of hostages. 68 people are known to have been killed and the Kenyan Red Cross said 49 others were unaccounted for. Mike Wooldridge reports.
“To those outside the up market Westgate shopping centre, sporadic gunfire has been the only clue to what has been happening inside the four-storey complex as the standoff between the Islamist militants and elite units of the Kenyan security forces continues. Though in the late afternoon, a police helicopter and another with military camouflage swept low over the shopping centre. This was shortly after President Uhuru Kenyatta speaking at state house had refused to discuss operational aspects of the ongoing attempt to rescue the hostages, many unarmed badly-shaken innocent civilians he called them.”
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has secured a third term in office with her Conservative party the CDU predicted to win about 42% of the vote in Sunday's federal elections. If confirmed, the results would have exceeded expectations, but it's still likely to fall short of giving Ms Merkel an absolute majority in the Bundesrat. Chris Morris reports from Berlin.
“An amazing result for Angela Merkel, currently Germany's and Europe's preeminent politician. It was clear that she would win this election, but no one really predicted that she could get so close to an absolute majority. The final results are not yet in but it may still be that she needs a coalition partner. The obvious solution is a grand coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats. But there are divisions within the SPD about going into coalition again as a junior partner. In 2009 they were punished by the electorate for doing that. Now the same thing has happened to the liberal Free Democrats.”
Police in Pakistan say at least 75 people have been killed in a double suicide-bombing on hundreds of worshippers leaving a Sunday church service in the city of Peshawar. The dead included 34 women and 7 children. A militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban has said it was responsible. Shahzeb Jillani reports.
“It's been described as the deadliest attack on Christians in Pakistan. Police say two bombers targeted Peshawar's historic All Saints Church when hundreds of worshippers were attending Sunday Mass. Angry scenes were witnessed outside the church, where friends and relatives of the victims protested against the government's failure to protect their loved ones. The attack has outraged many Pakistanis. But there's also a sense of helplessness about the government's apparent inability to prevent such atrocities.”
In Iraq, at least 16 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a tent full of Sunni mourners at a funeral in the capital Baghdad. Reports say more than 30 people were wounded in the attack in the suburb of Doura.
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The number of people killed last Tuesday during an attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria has risen to at least 142. Environmental officers say they have recovered bodies lying on the road and nearby bushes in the Benisheik area of Borno state. The attack is thought to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants.
Israel has further relaxed the six-year economic blockade of GAZA Strip by allowing extra deliveries of building materials for use by the privates sector. Palestinian officials say they expected 70 extra truck loads each day, still falls far short of the construction materials GAZA needs. GAZA run by the Hamas Islamist movement has struggled with an acute shortage of cements, gravel and steel, because Israel feared they would be used to fortify defenses.
Switzerland has voted overwhelmingly to retain compulsory military service. In the referendum all 23 cantons chose to keep conscription. Imogen Foulkes reports.
“It's the third time in 25 years that Switzerland has held a referendum on ending conscription. Each time Swiss voters said no. They like their militia army the way it is. Left-wing groups and some young Swiss men complained it's an expensive waste of time, but the government's argument that a part-time army, in which everyman must serve, is the best solution for a neutral democratic country clearly carried way to its voters.”
Parts of southern China have been brought to a virtual standstill as Typhoon Usagi, one of the most powerful storms the region has seen in the past 30 years, smashes its way inland, felling trees, power lines and even blowing cars off the road. Official reports say at least 3 people are known to have died after being hit by falling debris. The port of Hong Kong, one of the world's busiest, has been shut down and flight schedules across the region have been thrown into disarray
Those are the latest stories from BBC News.
