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Syria crisis: Iran invite threatens Geneva peace talks

Syria's Western-backed opposition has threatened to pull out of forthcoming peace talks in Switzerland, after the UN invited Iran to take part.
The National Coalition said Iran, a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, had not committed to the idea of a transitional government in Syria.
US officials say they expect the invite to be rescinded. Russia said the talks would be a "profanation" without Iran.
Mr Assad reiterated on Monday that the talks must focus on "terrorism".

Analysis

Washington has made it clear that the condition for Iran to participate in the Syria peace process - Geneva II - is that it accepts the outcome of the first Geneva conference of June 2012. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon believes that Iran understands this condition and thus has issued them with an invitation.
The Syrian opposition has in consequence thrown a question mark over its participation, undoing weeks of diplomatic arm-twisting by the US and its allies to encourage them to attend. Now, the UK for one wants Tehran to be more explicit about its backing for a transitional government in Syria. That may be a step too far for Iran.
Geneva II remains in the balance, but expectations should in any case be limited. The Western-backed opposition is not hugely representative of the fighting groups on the ground, and the Syrian regime is still insisting that President Assad hopes to play a future role.
His regime labels all rebel groups as terrorists, and stresses that they are backed by "foreigners".

Iran nuclear: Curbs on uranium enrichment begin

Iran has begun curbing uranium enrichment under a deal which will also see international sanctions eased, the UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) says.
Earlier, centrifuges used for enrichment were disconnected at the Natanz plant, Iranian TV reported.
The move is part of a nuclear deal reached with the US, Russia, China and European powers last November.
The European Union has now responded by lifting some of its sanctions against Iran.
The EU's decision, taken by the bloc's foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, is expected to come into effect by the end of Monday.
It clears the way for Iran to resume petrochemical and other exports, worth billions to its economy.
Sanctions have been in force against Iran since 2006

Manila Philippines airport shooting: Gunmen kill four

Gunmen have shot dead four people, including a mayor, at Manila airport in the Philippines, officials have said.
Ukol Talumpa, mayor of the southern town Labangan, and three others were hit while waiting outside the airport terminal.

Gunmen approached Mr Talumpa and shot him and three others at close range, airport manager Jose Angel Honrado said.

The attackers then escaped. The motive behind the shootings is unclear.

Manila's Ninoy Aquino airport handles international and domestic flights and was crowded at the time of the shooting.

"The mayor and his family and some security escorts were attacked," Mr Honrado said, adding that the mayor's wife was also among the dead.
"Government agencies are trying their best to determine the perpetrators and bring them to justice," he said.

The other two killed were a one-year-old boy and a 25-year-old man, AP news agency reported.

Four other people were reportedly wounded in the shooting.

The gunmen fled the scene on a motorcycle, Mr Honrado said.

Police investigators were considering political rivalry as a possible motive for the attack, The Philippine Star newspaper reported.

Local media reports said Mr Talumpa had survived two attacks before: an ambush in 2010 and a grenade attack in 2012.

Hagel: China warship action 'irresponsible'

China was "irresponsible" and "unhelpful" during the near-collision of a US warship and a Chinese naval vessel, the US Defence Secretary said.
Chuck Hagel said the Chinese boat cut in front of USS Cowpens on 5 December, and described the act as "incendiary".

China, who described the incident as an "encounter", said the incident was handled with "strict protocol".

It has been described as the most serious Sino-US confrontation in the South China Sea since 2009.

The US said its guided missile cruiser was operating in international waters when a Chinese navy vessel forced it to take evasive action.

But China claims parts of the South China Sea, and state-run newspaper Global Times quoted an expert as saying that the US boat had been "harassing" China's aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, as it carried out drills.

Mr Hagel told reporters: "That action by the Chinese, cutting their ship 100 yards [91m; 300ft] out in front of the [USS] Cowpens, was not a responsible action."

He said the incident was "the kind of thing that's very incendiary, that could be a trigger or a spark that could set off some eventual miscalculation."

"Some kind of a mechanism" was needed "to defuse some of these issues as they occur", he added.

In a statement on Wednesday, China's defence ministry said the two ships met during a "routine patrol" by one of China's naval vessels.

"The Chinese naval vessel strictly followed protocol and handled the incident," it said.

"The two defence departments used normal working channels to stay informed about the situation and communicated effectively."

The Liaoning - which is China's first aircraft carrier - was making its first voyage into the South China Sea, an area in which Beijing has multiple overlapping territorial claims with South East Asian nations.

The incident came amid tensions after China established an air defence identification zone (ADIZ) over a swathe of the East China Sea, including disputed islands controlled by Japan.

Ryan O'Neal awarded Andy Warhol's Farrah Fawcett portrait

A California jury has decided an Andy Warhol portrait of actress Farrah Fawcett belongs to actor Ryan O'Neal.
The University of Texas at Austin had sued O'Neal, claiming Fawcett left them the painting as part of a donation. Fawcett, who died in 2009 aged 62, attended the university in the 1960s.
O'Neal, 72, had an 18-year relationship with Fawcett and removed the painting from her home after her death.
He said the portrait was a treasured memento of their relationship.
The portrait is one of a pair created by Warhol in 1980, when he took Polaroid photos of the actress and added splashes of colour to a monochrome canvas.

One version is currently on display at the university's Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, while O'Neal has hung the other over the bed at his Malibu beach house.

The university launched its legal case in 2011 after the portrait was spotted in the actor's home during an episode of reality TV show Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals.

University lawyer David Beck had urged jurors to give the school the portrait in accordance with Fawcett's wishes.

"You've seen Farrah. You've heard from Farrah," Mr Beck said on Monday during closing arguments. "Please, please, speak for her."

He had also questioned whether the actor had ever discussed removing the portrait with anyone, including a trustee charged with carrying out Fawcett's final wishes. 

O'Neal, who removed the portrait outside her bedroom, said: "Of course I did. I'm sure I did. It wasn't a secret."
He told jurors that if he is allowed to keep the Warhol portrait, he will never sell it, and that his estate documents call for it to be passed down to Redmond O'Neal.
"I talk to it," O'Neal testified last week. "I talk to her. It's her presence. Her presence in my life. In her son's life."

Theatreland shocked by West End 'tragedy'

Leading lights of London's Theatreland have been "rocked and shocked" by the ceiling collapse at a West End theatre that left dozens of people injured.

Several heard the news as they left the opening night of Stephen Ward, the new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Sir Richard Eyre, the show's director and a former director of the National Theatre, said the news was "frightening and shocking and disturbing".

"It's a terrible thing to happen in a theatre," he told the BBC News website.

Musicals star Elaine Paige said the audience at the Aldwych Theatre were "rocked and shocked" to learn what had happened around a mile away.

"It was a tragic and shocking thing to hear," said the actress and broadcaster. "Clearly there's been a tragedy over there tonight."

Her sentiments were echoed by theatre producer Robert Fox, who said it was "a very shocking thing to happen and incredibly sad"

"I just hope no-one has been killed and that people will be okay," he told the BBC.

Fellow producer Bill Kenwright said he was "shocked" by the news, while choreographer and former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips said the news was "shocking and surreal
My heart goes out to everyone involved," said comedian Jimmy Carr.

Nimax Theatres, the owners of the Shaftesbury Avenue theatre, described the incident there as "shocking and upsetting" and said an investigation was under way.

A spokesman for Lord Lloyd-Webber said he was preparing a statement. A representative from the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) said a statement would also be forthcoming.

The incident took place during a performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, an adaptation of the Mark Haddon novel that was originally presented at the National Theatre.