DR Congo's M23 rebel chief Sultani Makenga 'surrenders'

It is not clear whether Uganda will hand Col Sultani Makenga over to DR Congo

How cute are my hot pants, mom! Fashion Kids Instagram turns toddlers into street style stars with nearly 1.3million followers

An Instgram account dedicated to exceptionally fashionable children is turning toddlers into their very own street style stars.The Brazilian Instagram account, FashionKids, was started by Wilson Dorigon in February 2012 to 'inspire all parents and those who identify with the children’s fashion,' according to its website.
What started as simple 'outfits of the day' from stylish local children, has gained a cult following of nearly 1.3million followers. 

FashionKids, an Instgram account dedicated to exceptionally fashionable children is turning toddlers into their very own street style stars

'Today 95 per cent of the images are sent by parents eager to see their children published to over 1.3 million people,' the FashionKids website explains.

Husband 'murdered his wife then left skipping rope next to her body to make it look like she had fallen down stairs by accident when she found out about his affair'

A husband killed his wife by pushing her down the stairs and putting a skipping rope next to her body to make it look like an accident after she discovered he was having an affair, a court has heard.The body of Louise Evans, 32, was found in the hallway at her home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, after neighbours heard her scream followed by an 'almighty bang'.
Her husband, Alan, is alleged to have pushed his wife of 12 years and then smothered her as she lay unconscious in the early hours of July 10 last year.

Egyptian soldiers killed in Ismailiya and Sinai attacks

Security forces have been the victims of frequent attacks in Sinai

At least nine Egyptian soldiers and police officers have been killed in two attacks in different regions.

Officials said a car bomb killed three police officers in southern Sinai, hours after masked gunmen shot dead six soldiers in a patrol car outside the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
Rockets also hit a government-run satellite station in Cairo. No group has said it carried out the attacks.
Dozens died on Sunday in clashes between Islamists and security forces.
Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi fought with security forces in Cairo, in the most intense violence for several weeks.

Many might see the rash of attacks in Sinai and elsewhere as implying that frustrated supporters of Mohammed Morsi were turning violent to vent their anger and take revenge. That narrative certainly suits the military and the interim government it backs. They have justified the eradication campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood by accusing them of involvement in violence.
But historically there has been a clear line between the "moderate" Islamism of the Brotherhood and the radicalism of al-Qaeda-style groups that carried out attacks on tourists in Egypt in the 1990s.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri disapproved of the Brotherhood's involvement in democratic politics, and pointed to the current situation as proof of its mistake. But the anti-Brotherhood campaign has proven so relentless that it would not be surprising if some supporters were to see violence as the only option. Though clearly that would only provoke further repression.

Cairo itself has returned to calm, although the Islamists have urged their supporters to continue their protests.

In Monday's string of attacks:

• An officer was among at least six soldiers killed in a drive-by shooting by gunmen outside Ismailiya
• Three police officers died and 40 people were injured in the car-bomb attack in al-Tour, southern Sinai, which left a four-storey building used by the security forces significantly damaged
• Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a state-owned satellite station in the Maadi suburb of Cairo, reportedly causing damage to a satellite dish

Police in Qaliubiya, north of Cairo, arrested 38 members of the Muslim Brotherhood carrying petrol bombs, firecrackers and masks as they stormed a metro station, reported Mena state news agency.
The Brotherhood members "opened fire on police troops and residents and destroyed entrance and exit gates of the station", it said.
Security forces have been the frequent victims of attacks in northern Sinai, where analysts say a fully fledged insurgency is building.

Dozens were hurt in the attack in al-Tour

But the south of the peninsula, which is a centre of tourism, had remained largely peaceful until the attack in al-Tour on Monday.
Sinai is a magnet for militants, and weapons have been shipped there from Libya.
The Egyptian military is in the middle of its biggest operation in Sinai for many years, he adds.
Monday's attacks will raise further fears of a confrontation between Islamists and the army, correspondents say.

US credits Syria's Assad over chemical weapons destruction

John Kerry says Syria's co-operation "is not insignificant"

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime deserves credit for complying with a chemical weapons deal, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.

He was speaking after international monitors said the destruction of Syria's stockpile had begun.
The mission was established under a UN resolution, which was passed after a deal between Russia and the US.
The resolution followed international outrage at a chemical weapons attack near Damascus in August.
"The process has begun in record time and we are appreciative for the Russian co-operation and obviously for the Syrian compliance," Mr Kerry said after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in Bali, Indonesia.
"I think it's extremely significant that yesterday, Sunday, within a week of the (UN) resolution being passed, some chemical weapons were being destroyed.
"I think it's a credit to the Assad regime, frankly. It's a good beginning and we welcome a good beginning."

Syria's chemical weapons

• Syria believed to possess more than 1,000 tonnes of chemical agents and pre-cursor chemicals, including blister agent, sulphur mustard, and sarin nerve agent; also thought to have produced most potent nerve agent, VX
• US believes Syria's arsenal can be "delivered by aircraft, ballistic missile, and artillery rockets"
• Syria acceded to Chemical Weapons Convention on 14 September; it signed Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in 1972 but never ratified it

The destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal is being overseen by a team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

An official on the joint OPCW-UN delegation said on Sunday: "The first day of destruction and disabling is over and missile warheads, aerial bombs, along with mobile and static mixing and filling units, were dealt with. Work continues tomorrow and in the next few days."
The actual destruction of the stockpile, being carried out by the Syrians, is not expected to be straightforward, as some sites are in combat zones.
It is the first time the OPCW - based in The Hague - has been asked to oversee the destruction of a chemical weapons armoury during a conflict.
The Syrian government gave details of its chemical weapons arsenal last month to the OPCW under the Russia-US agreement which also provided for Damascus to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.
That arsenal is thought to include more than 1,000 tonnes of sarin and the blister agent sulphur mustard among other banned chemicals.

Inspectors in Damascus are on an unprecedented mission

In an interim report earlier this year, UN chemical weapons inspectors confirmed that the nerve agent sarin had been used in the attack in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus on 21 August.
It was estimated to have killed hundreds of people and was blamed by the United States and other Western powers on the regime of Bashar al-Assad. But he accuses Syrian rebels of being behind it.
Peace conference Under the terms of the US-Russia deal, Syria's chemical weapons capability should be removed by the middle of 2014.
The speed with which the team has been able to reach the sites and start the process of destruction underlines the urgency of the mission
It was hoped that the new climate of co-operation would help bring about a wider conference in Geneva on ending the Syrian conflict.
UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was quoted on French media on Sunday as saying he was encouraging all parties to come to Geneva in the second half of November but that peace talks were not a certainty.
Mr Assad denies that his forces had used chemical weapons, blaming the rebels instead.
More than 100,000 people have died since the uprising began in 2011 and millions more have fled Syria.

Egypt: '44 dead' in clashes amid rival demonstrations

"Egypt's deep divisions ere brutally exposed"

At least 44 people have been killed and scores hurt in Egypt in clashes between police and supporters of the deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

More than 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in Cairo, where 40 of the deaths were reported.
Supporters of Mr Morsi marched in several cities, as the military-backed government marked the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
Morsi supporters say he was deposed in a military coup in July.
'Critical time' Hundreds of people had gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to celebrate the anniversary.
Jets and Apache helicopters flew overhead in formation, as part of a grand display of military hardware by the government.
The crowd cheered the flypasts, a number of people carrying portraits of defence chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Some want him to stand as Egypt's next president.
But the  supporters of Mr Morsi also took to the streets in their thousands, trying to make their way to the square and calling Gen Sisi a murderer.
Security forces used tear gas and fired into the air to stop them.

The rival protests in Cairo turned into running street battles

More than 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested in connection with the violence.

Supporters of the military have been converging on Tahrir Square to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war

President Mansour laid a wreath as part of planned commemorations

Egyptian society remains polarised by the military overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July.

In the upmarket Dokki district, a number of protesters were hit by live rounds, some by birdshot. In return they threw rocks at police and soldiers, our correspondent says.
The street battles raged for hours, with small fires burning and black smoke rising in several parts of the capital.
But the military succeeded in keeping the rival supporters apart, our correspondent says.
The interior ministry earlier warned it would confront any "attempts that may disturb the 6 October celebrations", the Mena state news agency reported.
In a televised address, Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi described it as a "critical time" for the country and urged Egyptians to "stand together, be optimistic about the future".
The health ministry said that in addition to the Cairo deaths, one person was killed in Delga, about 300km (190 miles) south of Cairo, and another in Bani Suef, 80km south of the capital.
There were also clashes in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
Hundreds of Islamist protesters have died in violence since the Egyptian military deposed Mr Morsi in July, 13 months after he was elected as president.
He and other senior Brotherhood figures have been imprisoned and face trial.
The authorities are moving to seize the movement's assets after its activities were banned as part of a crackdown.
However, Brotherhood supporters have continued to take to the streets to protest - albeit in smaller numbers than before.

Tory MP Adam Afriyie tries to force early EU referendum

Adam Afriyie: "British businesses need certainty"

Prominent Conservative backbencher Adam Afriyie has said he will try to force the government to hold an early vote on whether the UK should leave the EU.

The prime minister has promised to hold an in/out referendum in 2017 if he wins the next general election, but Mr Afriyie said voters were "not convinced" that it would happen.
He said he would push for a vote in October 2014 instead.
But Home Secretary Theresa May warned that Mr Afriyie had "got it wrong".
And a Downing Street spokesman said of Mr Afriyie's plan: "The PM will not let it stand."
Mr Afriyie - who has denied newspaper claims he is being groomed to replace party leader David Cameron - said he would table an amendment to the European Union (Referendum) Bill on Monday.
'Absolutely delighted' Mr Cameron has pledged to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU before an in/out referendum in 2017.
But, speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Mr Afriyie said there would be "ample time" to conduct this renegotiation by as early as next year.
"By having a referendum in 2014, it gives us 12 months to renegotiate," he said. "But more than that, it kick-starts negotiations."

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EU member states would need to "accommodate" British demands for reforms "if they wish us to remain", he added.

He argued: "I think it strengthens the prime minister's hand."
The MP said 80% of people wanted a referendum, and more than 50% of people wanted a referendum this side of the election.
"British businesses need certainty," he said.
"Look, we can carry on kicking this can down the road forever.
"But I've had a struggle with my conscience over this one.
"I don't want to cause any trouble over it, but I think it's absolutely essential that Parliament and MPs have the opportunity to search their souls and to give people a referendum this side of the election."
he predicted that - without a referendum before 2015 - "large numbers of people will continue to vote UKIP whatever happens - and if they do, there is a distinct danger that Labour will gain a majority and we will never see a referendum at all".
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he would be "absolutely delighted" if Britain could have an early referendum.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he would be "absolutely delighted" by a potential referendum over the EU

 that a referendum before 2015 would be good for British industry and business.
"Adam Afriyie has put his finger on the real problem - and that's that four years ago, Mr Cameron gave us a cast-iron guarantee that there would be a referendum.
"This time last year, he was saying there would not be a referendum, and he is now saying there should be a referendum.
"People are not quite sure what to believe."
But Mrs May, speaking on the same programme, said: "We need to be negotiating that settlement with the European Union and then put to the British people the Europe of the future - not the Europe of the past - and give them that opportunity to say in or out.
"What is crucial is that we have, at the next election, a Conservative party that will be offering people that renegotiation of a new settlement with Europe, looking to the future and then putting that to the British people in an in/out referendum."
Backbench Conservative MP James Wharton is attempting to enshrine his party leadership's referendum pledge in law - without the support of coalition partners the Liberal Democrats - with his European Union (Referendum) Bill.
As a private member's bill, it is vulnerable to being delayed by procedural tactics from MPs who oppose it, and will only become law if the government allocates enough parliamentary time for its proponents to overcome any such hurdles.
Mrs May warned that Mr Afriyie's amendment to the bill could "jeopardise" its prospects entirely.

Home Secretary Theresa May says Conservative MP Adam Afriyie has "got it wrong"

And Mr Wharton  the amendment could "kill" his bill.
"My concern is that any amendment, no matter how well-meaning it might be, is going to make the progress of the bill more difficult and it'll make it easier for those MPs who want to use procedural techniques to slow it down and stop it... that bit more possible.
"I don't want to see that. I'd like to see my bill go through and I think this harms the chances of that happening."
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes, whose party opposes a referendum on the EU unless further powers are handed from Westminster to Brussels, said a 2014 referendum would be a "barmy" distraction from the government's attempts to boost UK economic growth.
Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said the Conservative leadership had scheduled a referendum in 2017 due to "internal party management as much as anything else".
The PM's promise of a "grand, unilateral renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU" was "deeply flawed and bound to unravel", he added, in pre-released extracts of a speech to be delivered in London on Tuesday.
The European Union (Referendum) Bill is due to return to the House of Commons for further debate on 8 November