News Headlines - 06 February 2015

▽BBC News - Jordan jets 'strike Islamic State' after pilot's death

Jordan says its warplanes have carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets since the militants released a video showing the killing of a captured Jordanian pilot.

▽BBC News - Islamic State: 'Coalition air strike kills US hostage'

The extremist group Islamic State is claiming that a female American hostage they were holding has been killed in a coalition air strike in Syria.
Images, which the BBC cannot confirm are authentic, have been posted online of what is purported to show the site of the strike in the city of Raqqa, an IS stronghold.

▽Moscow talks fail to produce a Ukraine peace deal - The Washington Post

European leaders on Friday broke from last-ditch negotiations without reaching an agreement to calm an escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, as new splits opened between the United States and Europe over whether to bolster Ukrainian forces with arms shipments.

▽Pope Francis will address Congress during U.S. visit - CBS News

Pope Francis will address a joint session in Congress on Sept. 24 during his visit to the United States, House Speaker John Boehner announced Thursday. He will be the first leader of the Catholic Church to do so.

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