prosecuting counsel richard goodman told jurors that the men's actions with the indefensible the same course and that the religion of islam was not on trial the judge mr justice sweeney said that the defendant's claims that they were soldiers of allah did not amount to a defence to the challenge of the dead the jury is expected to begin deliberations on thursday. as you. russia is to help ukraine on to its financial woes by many as fifteen billion us dollars by slashing my twisted said the price in which it still is key and natural gas the move prompted street protests from ukrainians to save the country is meeting that the kremlin's but it's a new way from the european union the new agreement with russia comes just weeks after ukrainian president and heritage pulled out of the trade deal with the eu move which prompted the biggest demonstrations in ukraine since the country's two thousand and four orange revolution. russian president putin says the heat from his country comes with no strings attached. zaire the team. and more. awe of. behemoth. do it like it. . in the second snakes t

prosecuting counsel richard goodman told jurors that the men's actions with the indefensible the same course and that the religion of islam was not on trial the judge mr justice sweeney said that the defendant's claims that they were soldiers of allah did not amount to a

goodman. a federal judge has struck a historic blow to the national security agency's bulk collection of phone records. on monday, u.s. district judge richard leon ruled the program almost certainly violates the fourth amendment of the constitution. judge leon, who was appointed by former president george w. bush, --te "i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion than is systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen." more after headlines. or than 70 people died in a wave of attacks across iraq on monday, many of them shiites preparing for an annual pilgrimage. in baghdad, twin car bombs kill 25 shiites. the second blast happened as people rushed to the aid of the first-round victims. another dozen shiites on their way to baghdad from the city of mosul were pulled from their bus and shot dead. yemen's parliament has called for banning u.s. drone attacks just days after the deadliest u.s. strike there this year. thursday's attack on a per session a wedding reportedly killed 17 piece all -- 17 people, most of them civilians. the deaths sparked mass protests as family mem