World News from the BBC
The Turkish government has described as objectionable a request by the US Secretary of State John Kerry for the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to delay his planned visit to Gaza. On Sunday Mr Kerry said during his visit to Istanbul that it would be better to wait for the right conditions. James Reynolds reports.
Turkey’s deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has told reporters that John Kerry’s suggestion was objectionable and incorrect. The Turkish government doesn’t like America telling it what to do or even suggesting what it should do. But it’s notable that Turkey’s official
reaction
was not delivered by the prime minister himself. The US is concerned that an Erdogan visit to the Hamas-run
territory
of Gaza would damage America’s key priority—reconciliation between its allies Turkey and Israel.
Police in Nicaragua have arrested a man from the United States who’s suspected of having produced child pornography. The suspect Justin Toth was on the FBI’s top 10 most-wanted list and there was a $100,000 reward for his capture. Mr Toth is accused of taking offensive images while he worked as a primary school teacher.
The Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has used his inaugural address to demand a new government and urgent reforms to break the political deadlock in the country. In
unusually
harsh
language, he accused the parliament of unforgivable failures. Mr Napolitano said that if this continued, he would not, as he put it,