News Headlines - 07 February 2016

▽North Korea rocket launch: UN Security Council to meet - BBC News

The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later following North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket.
The meeting was requested by South Korea, Japan and the US to agree on a collective response to the launch.

▽Hunt for survivors after Taiwan earthquake - FT.com

Rescuers were racing to find more than 100 missing people in southern Taiwan on Sunday, after a powerful earthquake on Saturday that killed at least 24.

▽Thousands of Syrians flee Russian bombs, push Turkey to open borders | Fox News

As many as 35,000 Syrians have massed along the closed border, according to Suleyman Tapsiz, governor of the Turkish border province of Kilis. He said Turkey would provide aid to the displaced within Syria, but would only open the gates in the event of an "extraordinary crisis."

▽Myanmar Talks Could Open Door to Presidency for Aung San Suu Kyi - The New York Times

The democracy movement of the Nobel Peace laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is negotiating with Myanmar’s military over the composition of the next government, including a possible deal that would allow her to be president, two senior members of her party said on Friday.

▽Margaret Thatcher would have voted to stay in EU, claims aide | The Guardian

The late Lady Thatcher was dragged into the debate about Britain’s relationship with the EU on Sunday when one of her closest advisers claimed she would have voted to stay in.