One of the biggest matches of the English football season, the top-of-the-table clash between Manchester City and Manchester United has ended in a 1-0 for City. The result keeps alive their hopes of a first league championship since 1968.

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President Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan has given the most detailed explanation so far of America's use of drone attacks to kill suspected terrorists. In a speech in Washington, Mr Brennan said the strikes by unmanned aircraft were helping to win the war against Al Qaeda. Paul Adams reports.

总统奥巴马的最高反恐顾问John Brennan首次详细评说了美国是如何使用无人战机歼灭恐怖嫌疑分子的。Brennan先生在华盛顿的讲话表示无人战机的袭击活动帮助美国赢得了反基地组织斗争的胜利。Paul Adams报道。

This is not the first time the Obama administration has confirmed the use of drone strikes, but Jone Brennan has gone further than anyone so far in laying out the rationale for a policy that remains controversial. He said he had been told by the president to be more open with the American people. He said drone strikes were legal, ethical, necessary and proportional, overseen with what he called extraordinary care and thoughtfulness, especially when the target was an American citizen. Al Qaeda was, he said, losing badly. For the first time since America's war on the organization began, Mr Brennan said it was possible to envision a world in which the core of Al Qaeda was no longer relevant.