In a statement at the end of talks, the lead negotiator for the world powers Lady Ashton said that her group put specific ideas on the table to Iran but no final agreement was reached.

"It's clear that we both want to make progress and there is some

common ground

. However, significant differences remain."

Lady Ashton said that the world powers and Iran would meet again in Moscow next month, a third round of talks in three months.

The president of Honduras Porfirio Lobo says that

purge

of the police forces are essential to guarantee the safety of the country. Mr Lobo spoke after the United States released a report saying curruption and human rights abuses were a serious problem in the Hondurean police. Mr Lobo has already replaced the head of the police.

The government of Argentina is

revoking

a railway company's right to operate because of a train crash in Buenos Aires earlier this year. Fifty-one people were killed and more than 700 injured when the commuter train slammed into the

buffers

as it came into the station last February.

The International Olympic Committee and United States have reached a deal on sharing television and marketing revenues, clearing the way for American cities to apply to host the games. Details of the deal have not been published. But the IOC said it would come into place in 2020.

BBC news

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