Good Morning, Australia! – Netanyahu Flip-Flops – Islamic State claims responsibility for Tunsia’s terrorist attack – 23 years in prison for murders he didn’t commit are almost over – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is barely walking back his statement trashing the Two-State Solution, and going back to sort of claiming he’ll work for one. In an interview with America’s MSNBC network, Netanyahu flip-flopped and said, “I don’t want a a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.” Before coming out on top in Tuesday’s election, Bibi appealed to nationalists, xenophobes, racists, and other mental defectives by declaring that the Palestinians would not get a nation on his watch. UK Deputy PM Nick Clegg predicted that if Israel doesn’t get serious and support the Two-State solution, the UK and other nations would have no choice but to recognize a Palestinian Nation.
Iran and the six world powers have made substantial progress in talks aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Officials say the plan being negotiated would force Iran to cut nuclear centrifuges used to enrich uranium for an atomic bomb by about 40 percent for at least a decade. In return, the world is offering immediate relief from sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.
A new UN report says Islamic State is likely committing genocide against the Yazidi minority of Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled their homes as the terrorists advanced, and many were killed, captured, and enslaved. The report details allegations of wholesale killing of men and boys and rape of girls as young as six years old.
Intelligence agencies are working to confirm Islamic State’s claim that it is behind the terrorist attack at a museum in Tunis, Tunisia on Wednesday. Gunmen killed 23 people – 20 of them were tourists and Aussie Javier Camelo of Sydney and his Colombian mother were among the dead. At least two gunmen are dead and Tunisia says it arrested four people in the attack and five more with alleged links to “the cell”.
Mediterranean cruise operators are canceling planned stops at Tunis after the attacks. It’s a major blow to Tunisia, which emerged as the only one that made a successful transition to democracy in the Arab Spring. Tourism makes at more than 15 percent of Tunisia’s economy.
A giant boulder came loose from a steep mountainside in southeast China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, crashing onto tourists disembarking from a sightseeing boat – four people died at the scene, and three more died at hospital later. Of the 19 injured, several had to be pulled from the river that they jumped into to avoid the boulder.
Sierra Leone is bringing back the Ebola Curfew. Key parts of the country are being locked-down for three days next week to try to contain a resurgence of new Ebola infections, affecting close to 2.5 Million people. The West African Ebola Epidemic has slowed greatly in recent weeks – but in the seven days leading up to March 15, there were 55 new cases in Sierra Leone, and 90 in Guinea.
The Mexican Supreme Court has ordered the release of a man jailed for 23 years for two murders he did not commit, ruling that he confessed under torture. Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd was imprisoned in 1992 after cops dragged him into a police station basement, put a rubber hood over his head, and beat him until he confessed. There was no other evidence than the confession, which Martin del Campo immediately recanted.