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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
– AHMED MUSTAFA IBRAHIM ALI
* Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali, 30, was a Sgt. Maj. Jordanian UN policeman from Palestinian descent who served with the UN in Kosovo.
Jordan’s government said Ahmed Ibrahim Ali was a distinguished member of his homeland’s special police unit and had been decorated for helping to ward off an attack on the Israeli Embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
On 04/17/2004, when Ahmed Ibrahim Ali was undergoing police training along with UN colleagues in a group of 21 Americans, 2 Turks, and an Austrian, he opened fire on fellow Americans who served with him in Kosovo prison and killed three of them: Kim Bigley, 47, Lynn Williams and Gary Weston, before being shot to death himself by another American policeman.
Four more Jordanian UN policemen have been arrested, and their immunity in the province has been lifted. Authorities suspected Ahmed Ibrahim Ali’s subordinates may have played a role because more than 400 rounds were fired. The investigation was examining whether they fed him ammunition, so he could keep shooting. Eventually the four Jordanians were cleared from all the suspicions.
In addition to the dead, four Americans were wounded in what is described as a 10-minute “shootout” or “gun battle.”
An unnamed American police officer told France-Presse that the Middle Easterners had shouted at the Americans that the United States had invaded Iraq and every other country. The same account claimed the Americans shouted back, and the Jordanians started shooting. Reuters, citing “police sources at the scene,” also reported that the fight was about Iraq. Both Reuters and AP quoted American police officers as describing a deliberate attack on Americans.
A senior NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that besides the investigation into any links with Hamas, authorities were examining a trip Ahmed Ibrahim Ali took to Saudi Arabia only a month before he joined the mission in 03/2004 to see if it might be connected to the attack.
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