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      Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the White House: ‘[Putin] doesn’t distinguish between Isil and a moderate Sunni opposition that wants to see Mr Assad go.’ Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Shaun Walker in Moscow Lauren Gambino in New York Ian Black in London and Kareem Shaheen in Beirut Russia’s failure to distinguish between Islamic State fighters and moderate opposition forces battling against Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, is a “recipe for disaster,” Barack Obama has said, as more evidence emerged that Moscow is targeting anti-regime rebels and not just Isis. The US president said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin , “doesn’t distinguish between Isil [Isis] and a moderate Sunni opposition that wants to see Mr Assad go. From their perspective, they’re all terrorists. And that’s a recipe for disaster.” A statement released earlier on Friday by the US-led coalition fighting Isis expressed deep concern about attacks by the Russian air force ...

Nine staff dead and up to 37 injured in Médecins Sans Frontières hospital as charity says bombing continued for 30 minutes after it raised alarm A US airstrike appears to have hit a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in the Afghan city of Kunduz, killing nine staff members and injuring up to 37 people.   Live MSF staff killed in suspected US strike on Kunduz hospital in Afghanistan - latest Médecins Sans Frontières says another 30 workers are missing after bombs fell on a medical facility in Kunduz. Follow the latest developments. The charity claimed it had circulated the coordinates of the site to all sides engaged in fighting in the country, adding that the bombing continued for 30 minutes after it had raised the alarm with Afghan and US authorities. At the time of the bombing, 105 patients and their carers, and more than 80 MSF international and national staff were in the hospital, the charity said. Some members of staff were still unaccounte...