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Britain's newest partnership in the fight against terror, David Cameron

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flies into Algeria to sign a Remembering the British victims of

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the Algerian hostage crisis, Mr Cameron is offering shared

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intelligence and joint planning. intelligent approach that brings

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together all the things we need to do with countries in this

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neighbourhood to hold them and make us safer, too. We will be asking if

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the Algerians will make dependable partners.

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Also tonight, an angry reaction from motoring organisations after

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an official report says drivers are not being ripped off at the pumps.

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This is a bit of a whitewash, because the OFT has said there is

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no problem with prices rising like a rocket and falling like a feather.

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They have looked at it for six weeks, we have looked at it for six

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years. Highly radioactive waste in need of

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a home, the search for a disposal facility is still on after Cumbria

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says no. And a dramatic appeal for gun-

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control and America from the Congresswoman shot in the head two

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years ago. Be bold. Be courageous. Americans are counting on you!

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Coming up in Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, a busy night in the

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Premier League, all the scores, or the consequences ahead of transfer

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Good evening. David Cameron is in Algeria tonight, the first visit by

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a British prime minister in more than 50 years. After a meeting with

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the country's leaders, he has unveiled a new security partnership

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that could include shared intelligence and joint planning in

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the fight against Islamist militants in the region. It follows

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the death of dozens of foreign workers, including six British

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citizens, after insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda to control of a gas

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plant two weeks ago. Political editor Nick Robinson is travelling

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with the Prime Minister and has just sent this report.

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It may look like Kent, but this is the coast of North Africa. He plays

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David Cameron has warned could become a magnet for Al-Qaeda

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terrorism. -- the place. What happens here has the capacity to

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affect us all, the Prime Minister claims. Two weeks after six Britons

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died in an oil plant in the desert, it hardly needs saying. At the

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memorial to the martyrs, the thousands who died here fighting

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the French, the obvious question, though, is whether foreign

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involvement makes things better or worse. What I wanted to his work

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with the Algerian government and with other governments in the

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region to make sure that we do everything we can to combat

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terrorism in a way that is both tough and intelligent and uses

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everything we have at our disposal, which will make them safer and make

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a saver, make the world safer. you reassure people watching that

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North Africa will not become too David Cameron Watt Afghanistan or

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Iraq were for Tony Blair? I can give that assurance, because we do

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not look at this region of the world and think that the answer is

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purely a military one. It is not. What is required in countries like

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Mali, just as Somalia on the other side of Africa, is a combination of

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a tough approach on security, aid, politics, settling grievances and

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problems, and an intelligent approach that brings together all

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the things we need to do to make them and us savour. This is the new

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front line in what David Cameron has called a generational struggle,

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much of it a vast stretch of desert. The gas plant is over 800 miles

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south of the capital. Next door, Libya, now so dangerous that

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British people have been advised to evacuate Benghazi. And the

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Algerians believe that the terrorists who attacked the oil

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plant trekked across the Sahara from Mali, where French soldiers

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are now fighting. When the cameras were not filming the Prime Minister

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and his Algerian counterpart, they were joined by the head of MI6 to

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agree a security partnership, the sharing of intelligence and advice

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on board an aircraft security. The Cameron vision is not just better

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security, but expanded trade links and, of course, oil. David Cameron

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insists that his approach to this region, to North Africa, is to help

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what he calls this neighbourhood to help itself. The question that he

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knows he faces at home, though, is at what price, in men and the money.

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His answer, working with countries we once ignored is cheaper than

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walk, and cheaper than doing nothing. -- war.

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As we have heard, the Prime Minister says Algeria is critical

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in the fight against terrorism in North Africa and beyond, but what

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kind of relationship can the UK expect? Special correspondent Allan

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Little is here. George. When Algerian forces

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stormed the gas plant that had been seized by Islamist militants this

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month, it should have come as no surprise. Violence and the fight

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against Islamic extremism have played prominent roles through much

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of the country's modern history. The Algerian state has been moulded

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by that experience. Today's Algeria was born in

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violence. Its decade-long war for independence from colonial France

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ended in 1962. It was a pity -- bitter and bloody guerrilla

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conflict. Both sides use torture, there was acts of terror against

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civilians. When it ended, Algeria said 1.5 million people had died.

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The euphoria of independence did not last long. Post-colonial

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Algeria became a one-party dictatorship, Islamic militancy

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took root among the opposition, the country slipped into a civil war

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that lasted throughout the 1990s. The state crackdown on the

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Islamists was ruthless, tens of thousands were killed. Peace and

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security were restored by the end of the 1990s, but the social

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conditions in which extremism had grown have not gone away.

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challengers are, how does President Bouteflika and his government

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produce social change in that country? How do they get the wealth

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to trickle down to the poor villagers? It is, I'm afraid, not a

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very well organised country, they could do a lot better, and frankly

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they need to. Britain is now forging a new security partnership

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with an autocratic state that has shown few scruples about the use of

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force. What can David Cameron of a country that already has so

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powerfully security apparatus? is going Algeria specifically to

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develop local relations with the Algerians, to help develop their

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counter-terrorism programmes as much as they needed. They have got

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quite advanced programs already. It is probably a case of intelligence

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sharing. Our government has good intelligence networks, and helping

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the Algerians, giving access to some of this intelligence will help

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them counter their problems. attack on the gas plant was an

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audacious assault on Algeria's most vital strategic asset, a profound

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shock to a state that thought it had contained the terrorist threat.

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Well, for Britain, North Africa is a new and emerging theatre in the

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fight against terrorism, but Algeria has faced a terrorist

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threat for decades, and it showed the world this month that it is

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ready to act swiftly, with lethal force and without compromise.

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George. Here, motoring organisations have

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expressed their shock after an official study found that drivers

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are not being ripped off at the pumps. An investigation by the

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Office of Fair Trading has found that competition in the fuel market

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is working well, but the OFT did say that much of the increase in

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prices over the last decade was down to government taxes. Business

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correspondent Emma Simpson as the story.

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No matter how much we hate doing this, the message from the OFT is

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that we are not being ripped off. It found that competition overall

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is working well. It had no evidence that there were anti-competitive

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practices. Motorists still need convincing. It is more expensive

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now than it ever was. It is getting ridiculous. They go up quick enough

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and never come down. If they do, a month later. But the OFT found no

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proof that retailers were profiteering, and neither did they

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think that supermarkets were forcing smaller independent

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retailers out of business through aggressive pricing. We found that,

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generally, the market is working competitively, and if you look at

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UK prices pre-tax, we have amongst the lowest prices in Europe. The

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reason for the increases that we have seen in recent years is

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primarily the increase in the cost of crude R&D increases in tax.

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this is a breakdown. On a litre of petrol price that �1.36, first the

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margins, representing the costs and profits for refiners, distributors

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and retailers. Then the cost of the oil itself. But the biggest cost is

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in taxes, VAT and duty. The Government says it has been helping

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motorists by freezing fuel duty. Motoring campaigners said the

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inquiry was a missed opportunity. This is a bit of a whitewash,

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because the OFT have said there is no problem with prices rising like

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a rocket and falling like a feather. They have looked at it for six

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weeks. We have looked at it for six years. What we need is more

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transparency. So how can we reduce our bills? The obvious advice from

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the OFT, shop around. When it comes to filling up, the price you pay at

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the pump can depend very much John where you live. Here in Newbury, at

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this forecourt, it is �1.37 for unleaded. But his there a better

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deal to be had? Just a few miles down the road, here in Reading,

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unleaded is selling for just under up one �33 per litre. -- �1.33. The

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difference is often down to the local competition and what the

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supermarkets are selling it for. Here it is six pence per litre

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cheaper than back in Newbury. The OFT did raise concerns about higher

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prices at motorway service stations. It is calling for new road signs so

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that drivers can see the charges before they pull in. It has put the

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brakes on any further action for now. Just as motorists are being

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warned to brace themselves for higher prices at the pumps.

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The Syrian government says Israeli warplanes have bombed a military

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research centre north-west of the capital, Damascus. The statement,

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read on state television, denied earlier reports that the strike had

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targeted a military convoy heading to Lebanon. There has been no

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official confirmation of the attack from Israel.

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There is uncertainty tonight about government plans for the long-term

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storage of nuclear waste. It follows a decision by councillors

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in Cumbria, who voted against citing a multi-billion-pound

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underground facility in the county. But ministers say they will

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continue to look for a suitable area for disposing of highly

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radioactive waste from Britain's past, present and future nuclear

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power stations. This report from Chris Buckler in Sellafield.

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This is the waste that nobody wants, but the UK has to find a place to

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keep it. Currently radioactive material is held in stalls above

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the ground, here at Sellafield and elsewhere. But in the long term, a

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proper facility is needed, and the government hoped the answer could

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be found somewhere beneath the picturesque countryside of Cumbria,

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with a huge underground storage facility. Campaigners have been

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fighting the proposal, and today councillors listens to their

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concerns, rejecting the idea years before they would even have to

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consider a final decision. It is a victory for those who argued the

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area was not geologically suitable. In the Government's defence, the

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country needs a long-term solution for high-level and intermediate

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waste, but most countries around the globe find the best geology

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first and then have a conversation with potential host communities.

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The problem is that no other community in the UK has got as far

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as this stage of considering further talks and tests, and that

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is for a repository that could end up being the size of a small city.

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There is an open invitation to communities around the country, and

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when they see the fact there is a benefit package worth hundreds of

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millions of pounds, as well as the economic benefit of many jobs for

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decades to come, we think there will be a lot of people

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volunteering to come forward. existing and past nuclear

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facilities, the government has to find a place with the right geology

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to bury 470,000 cubic metres of waste. When you add the plants it

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hopes will be built in a future, that becomes 1.1 million cubic

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metres, equivalent of filling the Many other countries have having it

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Decision. 1234 It is hard it see a practical

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alternative. If you look internationally almost every

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country this has waste to manage, will manage it by burial in this

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way. Even if there was an agreement to build a radioactive waste

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facility in the UK it. Would be decades before it is completed.

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Time is an issue for the Government and nuclear industry. This was the

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only area even considering such a fasil. Now, wpbz again, they find

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themselves -- now, once again, they find themselves trying to find a

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Coming up: it was a battle that changed the course of the Second

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World War. It's 70 years since Stalingrad.

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What happened here is almost beyond imagination. It all happened within

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just a if you months. Two years ago form US Congresswoman Gabrielle

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Giffords was shot in the head. Sheedted she returned to Senate to

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appear in front of the a Another day, another mass shooting.

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This one in Phoenix, Arizona. Three were injured, one critically, as

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though they were being taken to hospital, the politicians were

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hearing evidence about plans for new gun controls and President

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Obama has a powerful new ally, a politician, a survivor. How are

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you? Alive but her awkward steps show, not fully recovered from the

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bullet that passed threw her brain. Her husband, leading the way, said

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the former Congresswoman's gift for speech is a distant memory. But her

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power to move an audience has not disappeared. Speaking is difficult.

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But I need to say something important.

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Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too

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many children. We must do something. Giffords Giffords giver life

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changed forever in this Arizona car park. Shot by a mentally ill young

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man, armed with a semi-automatic pistol with a 33 round mag zeeb. He

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killed six people and injured 13 more. -- magazine. The pressure for

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a ban on such weapons is growing. It will be hard but the time is now.

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You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans

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are counting on you. ! Thank you.

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This debate is moving. This march last weekend, part of it. Not long

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ago gun control was seen as politically impossible but after

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the massacre of 20 children in Newton just before Christmas the

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President moved it to the top of his agenda. But owe pennents say

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the plan to ban assault weapons is illogical. -- -- opponents. They

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spray bullets. They are more powerful. They are heavy armour.

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Not true. The gun lobby is immensely powerful. President

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Obama's strategy is to mobilise public opinion and raise the

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emotional temperature. Gabrielle Giffords' testimony today certainly

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helped with that. A runner who collapsed and died

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near the end of the London Marathon was taking a legally available

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perfrmance enhancing drug at the time.

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The drug has since been banned. Her death prompted more than 31 million

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in donations to the charity she was supporting. -- �1 million. There

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has been a surprise downturn in the US economy in the final three

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months of last year. Initial estimates showed there was a

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contraction of 0.1% between October and December. Our Economics Editor,

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Stephanie Flanders is with me. This is afterall the world's largest

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economy. How worried should we be? It was a surprise. You would think

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we would be pretty worried much this is the world's biggest economy.

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Its recovery is absolutely central to the hopes of a global recovery

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and indeed growth in the UK. But it was interesting when this news came

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out, although people weren't expecting the economy to have

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shrunk, they were expecting it to slow down and they largely shrugged

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off this news. The markets only fell light slightly. The US Central

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Bank said it was a pause in gro. If you look at the numbers, it is a

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small decline. They talk about their GDP figures in a way that

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makes it seem larger than it actually is. It is a really very

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small decline. There are special factors there like that storm that

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hit the east coast, Hurricane sandy and the uncertainty around the

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Fiscal Cliff. Around the possibility of big tax rises and

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spending cuts. Some of that uncertainty may carry over into the

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start of this year. You may see slow growth in the first three

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months of this year. In general, I'm struck by a lot of optimism

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around at the moment. Financial markets doing very well. Investment

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rising. It is in contrast with the UK and the eurozone much, much more

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of a positive mood in the US economy than there is in either the

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UK or Europe. The Scottish Government has agreed it change the

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question voters will face in next year's independence referendum. It

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comes after the Electoral Commission ruled that the

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Government's preferred option might have given the impression that

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independence had already been agreed. So, what's in a question?

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Here is our Scotland Political Editor, Brian Taylor.

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Words matter, especially in a referendum. The SNP Scottish

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Government had wanted to ask do you agree that Scotland should be an

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independent country? But the Electoral Commission thought that

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was slightly leading the voters and suggested instead, should Scotland

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be an independent country? When we spoke to people, we asked them on

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the ballot paper, yes or no and how they would vote or don't know.

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Across the board those who said they were in favour of yes, or no

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or who hadn't made up their mind, they all, across the board said -

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do you agree, might incline people to say yes. So it is on with the

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referendum. The mock version, that is at this Lanarkshire school.

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They were all ready to use the SNP question. But they like the change.

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Should doesn't lead people as much as "do you agree" does. It is more

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a neutral question. You can never please both sides. That's what we

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are going to have to accept. Everyone was happy last autumn when

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David Cameron and Alex Salmond signed an agreement to hold the

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referendum. Today's report says the two governments should work to the

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again to tell voters what would happen in the event of a yes or no

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vote. The recommendation of the commission to both Scottish and the

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UK governments to sit down now and reach a shared understanding of the

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process that will follow a yes vote is very, very important. I have

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been making that suggestion to the UK Government for sometime now.

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the Prime Minister says there are limits. Of course we will work with

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the Scottish Government, in providing information. But let me

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be clear about what we won't do. We will not prenegotiate Scotland's

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exit from the United Kingdom. Both sides acknowledge the people

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will choose in autumn next year and that choice just got clearer.

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Now there is a long way to go. The Bill to legislate for next year's

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referendum has yet to be introduced here at the Scottish Parliament,

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let alone carried. But we learned a lot today. We have an agreed

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question for the referendum. We have firm rules on what the

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campaigns can spend to attract votes. Next, the competing

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arguments which will help determine whether Scotland stays in the union

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or not. It's the latest battle for

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supremacy in the Smartphone market. The troubled manufacturer,

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BlackBerry has launched two new handsets and a new operating system.

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The technology firm is desperate it win become customers after fierce

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competition from rivals such as Apple and Samsung. BlackBerry now

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accounts for less than 4% of the smartphone market.

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Tomorrow it'll be 70 years since the commander of the German forces

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at Stalingrad surrendered to the Soviet Army. This weekend the city,

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since renamed Volgograd will commemorate the event. One of the

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turning points of the Second World War, the Battle of Stalingrad is

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still regarded as one of the most brutal ever fought. As many as a

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million soldiers are believed to have died in six months of intense

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urban warfare. Daniel Sandford has been talking to some survivors.

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70 years since the end of one of the world's bloodiest battles.

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The Stalingrad Memorial remains one of the most symbolic sites in

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Russia. Here, close to a million soldiers died in just six months of

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ruthless combat., in appalling conditions.

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A breathtaking German advance into Russia had been blocked at

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Stalingrad. Hundreds of thousands of men died in brutal urban warfare,

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as the Red Army refused to yield. Then, once the Russian winter set,

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in fresh Soviet forces surrounded Hitler's entire Sixth Army, killing

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or capturing every man. The German commander was forced into a

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humiliating surrender. This man witnessed the surrender but the

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images that are etched most strongly on his 90-year-old memory

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are the imaging of death and a burning river.

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TRANSLATION: Everything was on fire. The bank of the river was covered

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in dead fish, mixed with human heads, arms and legs, all lying on

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the beach. They were the remains of people who were being evacuated

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across the Volgo when thermobombed. The scale of the logs of life at

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the battle of Stalingrad is beyond imagination it happened in a few

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months. All these gravestones have the same dates of death. Either the

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end of 1942 or the very beginning of 1943.

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For this week's aners have ri,17,000 new names have been

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carved on the monuments, including the father of this woman. When she

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was just five, she survived the battle by eating clay while living

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in a mud bank. For 67 years she searched for her father's body.

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Then three years ago she discovered it was just two miles from her home.

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They have only started putting up these plaques now, 70 years after

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the battle, with my generation dying out and my mother already

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dead. The Stalingrad memorial is built on

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a hill that saw some of the bloodiest fighting. Tens of

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thousands of bodies lie under this frozen earth. Among them fathers

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and friends of the few-remaining survivors to whom the horrors of

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