[00:42.54]There are many, many benefits to their people that could come.
[00:46.55]But they’ve got to be a responsible member of the world community.”
[00:51.75]Lawmakers in the American state of Connecticut are debating a package of measures on gun control.
[00:57.42]They are expected to pass ushering in some of the toughest laws in the US.
[01:01.69]The measures include a wider ban on assault weapons and more background checks on gun-owners in Connecticut
[01:07.48]which suffered one of the worst school shootings in US history in December.
[01:11.79]President Obama is also continuing his push for more control of guns.
[01:15.79]He’ll be speaking at the Denver Police Academy in Colorado close to the scene of a mass shooting at a cinema last year.
[01:22.42]Congress is resisting tougher rules on firearm sales.
[01:26.12]Fierce clashes between Afghan security forces and militants have killed more than 50 people,
[01:32.33]most of them civilians in the western province of Farah.
[01:35.56]More than 90 people were wounded.
[01:37.65]Here is Caroline Wyatt in Kabul.
[01:39.34]The standoff began with a suicide bomb attack at about 9 o’clock this morning when militants set off a large army vehicle which was packed with explosives.
[01:47.78]And the Taliban has said to news agencies that this was an attempt to free Taliban prisoners who were going on trial in the courthouse.