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The United Nations is blaming all sides for the failure to evacuate sick and injured civilians from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.  Russia claims it hasn't bombed rebel positions in seven days, contradicting monitoring groups that say otherwise, and will continue a moratorium on bombing runs.  But the UN says rebel and jihadist groups all put conditions on a cease-fire, and for the time being won't even attempt an evacuation of injured civilians and their families.

NATO allies are urging Spain not to refuel a group of Russian warships passing around the east of Europe, en route to Syria's Mediterranean coast, saying they'll be used against citizens in Aleppo.  Spanish media reports that the eight ships led by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov could arrive at the port of Cueta in Spain as soon as Wednesday.  The ships are hauling dozens of fighter bombers and helicopters and is expected to join around 10 other Russian vessels already off the Syrian coast.

As Iraqi and Kurdish forces slowly circle on Mosul, they're getting tales of atrocities committed in the last two years of Islamic State occupation.  These include reports of mass graves, women and children being gunned down for falling behind in a forced march in the desert, fatal beatings, and people being dragged to death behind vehicles. 

Islamic State is claiming responsibility for the attack on a Pakistani police training academy that killed 59 people and left more than 100 injured.  Gunmen attacked the school on the outskirts of Quetta, firing on cadets in a five-hour siege.  The claim muddies the investigation, because Pakistani authorities had already blamed another jihadist group.  IS released photos of three of its gunmen allegedly at the school to back-up its claim.

France says thousands of migrants have been moved to new refugee centers, as efforts to close The Jungle shantytown outside Calais continue.  But hundreds still are living on site even as workers with sledgehammers dismantle the shacks.  And there are concerns that many refugees have melted into new camps in the countryside near the Port of Calais, to await chances to hop aboard trucks heading through the Channel Tunnel to the UK.

A US judge approved a US$14.7 Billion (AU$19.2 Billion) deal for Volkswagen to buy back its diesel cars that were programmed to lie during vehicle emissions tests.  More than $10 Billion will go to refunding owners of cars with the offending the two-liter diesel engines.  The rest is earmarked for to offset excess emissions and boost zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and other clean vehicle projects.  And it's just the beginning for Volkswagen - there are other lawsuits in the US and in other countries.

Queensland's Dreamworld theme park remains closed today after four adults were killed in an accident on one of the most mild of rides, the Thunder River Rapids.  A problem with a conveyor belt may have caused one raft to crash into another, ejecting two people and getting two more trapped underneath.  The Australian Workers Union (AWU) says it expressed its concerns about maintenance and safety at the park last year - although not directly about the Thunder River ride - and the owner Ardent Leisure opposed its attempt to access relevant information from the division of Workplace Health and Safety.

Canadian prosecutors have charged a nurse with killing eight patients at two elderly care facilities in southwest Ontario where she worked.  The victims were between 75 and 96 years old, and killed by lethal injection.  The alleged motive of 49-year old Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer aren't clear.  However, Assisted Suicide didn't become legal in Canada until June of this year, and the deaths all occurred between 2007 and 2014.

Thailand's military government says it is seeking extradition of foreigners who allegedly insult the dead king in violation of Thailand's strict lese majeste laws.  "There may be a problem because if these crimes aren't illegal in the other countries, it will make extradition difficult," Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said. "However, we can still ask for cooperation."  Critics say the junta is engaging in scare tactics to repress free expression and to placate the wealthy ruling families who depend on ultra-royalism to maintain control.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in Japan for meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is increasingly alarmed with Rodrigo's pro-China and anti-US rhetoric.  Japan wants to keep lucrative economic ties with the Philippines, but Rodrigo's mouth is creating instability at home and in Manila's foreign relations.  Even before getting on the plane for Tokyo, Rodrigo told the United States not to treat his country "like a dog with a leash", one of many bombastic outbursts that his ministers will have to walk back over the next few hours.

The Pope's meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro got results.  The regional group UNASUR will moderate a meeting between Mr. Maduro and the opposition, which accuses the democratically-elected president of staging a coup because the courts and election authorities have ruled against a recall drive this year.  Meanwhile, opposition MPs in Caracas have voted to impeach President Maduro - an act the government calls meaningless.