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Fire at United Kingdom safari park kills 13 patas monkeys Officials have announced that 13 monkeys have died in a fire at the Woburn Safari Park in England. The blaze followed a fire at London Zoo that killed an aardvark and four meerkats. The fire reportedly broke out in the early hours of January 2 inside the Patas monkey house within the African Forest drive-through enclosure at Woburn Safari Park near Milton Keynes, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of London. "Staff and fire crews attended the scene, however, devastatingly for everyone at the park, none of the thirteen animals could be saved," the park said in a statement "All other animals within the jungle drive-through enclosure are being monitored, but early signs suggest that they have not been affected."
Two more prisoners break out of Berlin jail The prison had failed to raise the alarm for more than 30 minutes after the inmates broke out of the facility. The Plötzensee facility has initiated a security review after the second breakout within a week. The Plötzensee prison in Berlin said late Monday that two men had escaped earlier in the day, marking the second jailbreak in less than a week. Prison authorities sounded the alarm more than half an hour after the prisoners managed to break free. The latest escape has brought the number of missing prisoners to five. Last week,two prisoners broke out of the prison through a ventilation gap in the wall. Last weekʼs escapees managed to make a hole in the wall using a power tool stolen from the prisonʼs car repair shop. Meanwhile, another inmate failed to return by Friday evening after a parole day. The men were reportedly imprisoned for aggravated assault, theft and burglary.
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South Korea sees ʼgroundbreakingʼ chance in talks with North North Koreaʼs leader has also suggested dialogue
South Korea has suggested a meeting to talk about the Northʼs participation in the Winter Olympics, claiming there is a "groundbreaking" chance to improve relations.
BP warns of huge hit from US tax reforms BP has warned that they will suffer a painful blow to its fourth-quarter figures, which are due to be announced on February 6. However the energy giant predicts its longterm earnings will be "positively impacted." British energy giant BP expects a oneoff charge of 1.2 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to eat into their fourth-quarter 2017 figures, the company announced on Tuesday. Donald Trump signed into law the mostradical changes to the US tax codein 30 years, and BP is one of several conglomerates to allude to large one-time hits in the fourth quarter. Royal Dutch Shell last week claimed last an expected $2-2.5 billion dent in their fourth-quarter results, and Barclays projected a $1- billion varia-
tion. Goldman Sachs suggested a $- billion hit as a result of the new levy on overseas earnings. "The lowering of the US corporate income tax rate to 21 percent requires revaluation of BPʼs US deferred tax assets and liabilities," the company said in a statement. "The current estimated impact of this will be a one-off non-cash charge to the group income statement of around $1.5 billion that will impact BPʼs fourth-quarter 2017 results." BP admitted that their long-term earnings would be"positively impacted" by the tax reforms, which are expected to boost corporate profits of banks and other companies over the medium and long term by lowering the rate of corporation tax from 35 percent to 21 percent.
Germany must allow third gender in registry of births, court rules An intersex person has won a court case to allow them to enter a third gender into the registry of births. The case was appealed to the Federal Constitutional Court after failing at lower levels. Germanyʼs Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday called for a third gender option in the registry of births. Intersex people, who are neither male nor female, should be able to register their sexual identity as such, the Karlsruhe court ruled. The court found that the general right to the protection of personality in Germanyʼs Basic Law meant the register had to be altered to al-
low a third gender. The court ruled seven to one that lawmakers must create new legislation by the end of 2018 to allow for a third sex, providing the examples of "intersex," "diverse" or another "positive designation of sex." Another possibility raised was to scrap gender entries altogether. "Assignment to a gender is of paramount importance for individual identity; it typically plays a key role both in the self-image of a person and in the way in which the person concerned is perceived by others. The gender identity of those persons who are neither male nor female is protected,"the court ruled.
Pakistan summons United States ambassador to explain Donald Trump tweet The Pakistani government has summoned US ambassador David Hale to the nationʼs foreign office after Donald Trump said the state was protecting terrorists. In a tweet, Trump accused Islamabad of "lies & deceit." Islamabad called on the US envoy to Pakistan David Hale to explain Donald Trumpʼs claims that Pakistan was harboring and aiding jihadists from neighboring Afghanistan. Hale was summoned to Pakistanʼs foreign office on Monday, hours after the US president used his first tweet in 2018to slam Pakistan for "lies & deceit."Trump also hinted at cutting or limiting US aid to Pakistan.
Several killed in Brazil prison gang battle, dozens escape At least nine people have died in clashes between rival gangs in one of Brazilʼs chronically overcrowded prisons. The South American countryʼs penitentary system is beset by violence, riots and mass breakouts. Clashes erupted at about 2 p.m. local time Monday (1700 UTC) when inmates from one wing of the Colonia Agroindustrial prison in the Aparecida de Goiania Complex in the city of Goiania broke into another wing.
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