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turmoil in Egypt, as the sense of national crisis intensifies. In

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central Cairo, once again tonight, many thousands gather, as supporters

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and opponents of the president clash on the streets. More ministers have

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resigned from the Morsi government, but the president is resisting

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pressure to compromise. government, the Muslim Brotherhood

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has been inexperienced and times incompetent, but here on the

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streets, it is a well-organised and tenacious movement. In clashes this

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evening, seven people were killed and dozens were injured. We'll have

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the latest from Cairo. Also tonight... Wales is to be the first

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country in the UK to have a system of presumed consent for organ

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donation. Stop-and-search powers in England and Wales are used too

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widely and are unfair to people from ethnic minorities, say ministers.

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Inside the Sharia justice system in Syria - we have a special report.

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And at Wimbledon, the player who knocked out reigning champion Serena

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Williams is through to the semifinal line-up is complete at

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Wimbledon, with Sabine BBC Arabic facing fourth seed Agnieszka

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thousands have taken to the streets of Cairo as the pressure on

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President Morsi intensifies. The Egyptian army says it has drawn up

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plans to set up an interim council if the president fails to reach

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agreement with his opponents by tomorrow night. More senior members

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of his administration have resigned during the day. Our Middle East

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editor, Jeremy Bowen, has just sent President, in the Muslim Brotherhood

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and in the protection of God. This was a rally supporting President

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Morsi at Cairo University, but there were others elsewhere in the city

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and across the country. The Brotherhood can turn out big crowds,

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too. Some young men with martyrdom on their minds brandished Ariel

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shrouds. The Muslim Brotherhood says violence should play no part in what

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is happening. But people should be able to express themselves however

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they like. The Brotherhood has been working towards the power it has now

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since it was founded in 1928. The Plaza outside the university shook

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with their determination not to let the army take it away. When the

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people are in the streets, the army cannot shoot the people. It must

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listen to the voices of the supporters, as we listened to their

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voices. Do you think that the Army's threats to intervene are

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effectively a cool? The army made a very big mistake. President Morsi

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needs these supporters. He needs all the help he can get. His government

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is crumbling, with that least six ministers having resigned. Even his

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spokesman has gone. In government, the Muslim Brotherhood has been

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inexperienced and at times incompetent. But here on the

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streets, it is a well-organised and tenacious movement. Removing it from

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power is not going to be easy, whoever wants to do it. Protests

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were everywhere in Cairo today, and the Armed Forces released pictures

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of anti-Morsi crowds on Sunday, taken from its helicopters. These

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images must have come true but it do the decision of the generals to

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intervene. On this street, they believe the Army is their last hope.

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The street leads to Tahrir Square. Demonstrations were passing through

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this morning, as they have so many times before. Like the whole

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country, they have been hit badly by political chaos and economic

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collapse since the regime went in 2011. Security walls attacked

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government buildings from clashes which often happen here. Locals say

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the walls have put many shops out of business. To taxi drivers, two

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accounts clerks, in a cafe like many others, blame President Morsi.

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TRANSLATION: He is responsible for everything that has gone wrong. Fuel

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was available in Mubarak's time. Now, there is no fuel, there is no

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food, we cannot find jobs. People are afraid to go out. Would you be

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better off now with a man like Mubarak? I think yes. Yes, Mubarak.

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It was safer then, he said. Tahrir Square was full again with

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anti-Morsi protesters. They know the Army is talking to the government,

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but they are determined that whatever happens, Morsi must go.

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This evening, there were armed clashes in parts of Cairo. This

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Morsi supporter said he was hit by shotgun pellets. This country is

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deep in a dangerous crisis, and violence seems to be spreading. They

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need a political deal badly, or even We will have more from Jeremy in

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Cairo in just a few minutes time. President Morsi took office a year

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ago, promising to govern for all Egyptians. But his administration

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has struggled to contain an economic crisis and faced endless claims of

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broken promises. Our diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins,

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considers the nature of the challenge and the international

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years ago. President Hosni Mubarak, autocrat, had been brought down by

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people power. Real, free elections beckoned. Today, it can look as if

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that never happened. The light has given way to anger among a large

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section of Egypt's people. How did it come to this, and so quickly?

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Just one year ago, Mohamed Morsi took office as president, with his

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Muslim Brotherhood, missing to govern for all Egyptians. But could

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he unite the country and save it from economic collapse? He did win

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Egypt's first free democratic elections, but by a narrow margin.

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In the decisive second round, he got just over 51% of the vote. With a

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population of at least 80 million, Egypt is by far the largest Arab

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nation. Was that narrow victory a sufficient mandate for Mr Moore C to

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move Egypt towards an Islamic state? For his critics, his priority should

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be fixing a broken economy. They accuse him of failing on that.

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Unemployment is rising alarmingly. Unofficial figures are much higher.

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Youth unemployment is of special cause for concern. With poverty and

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malnutrition rising, the economy is stumbling badly. Currency reserves

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are running out. They have used about half of their savings account

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and they have been relying on money from abroad, from their Arab allies.

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If that money dries up, if multilateral money from the IMF and

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so forth does not emerge, they have probably only got about six or 12

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months before the economy goes down the toilet. The Army has threatened

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unspecified intervention. The high command see themselves as guardians

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of a stable Egypt, kingmakers, if necessary. They also seem determined

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to stop President Morsi eroding all of their power and huge economic

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interests. Now, President Morsi is feeling the heat of international

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alarm as well. Barack Obama, completing his African tour,

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telephone Egypt's embattled leader and urged him to resolve the crisis

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through a political process. forces at work in politics,

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economics, religion and security in this region are going to take a

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decade or so to play at. President Morsi is under immediate

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pressure, to bend, to find some middle ground to share with his

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opponents. For the latest, Jeremy Bowen is in central Cairo. Jeremy,

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the military's deadline is tomorrow - what options does President Morsi

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have? Well, in the last few minutes, President Morsi has put a statement

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out on twitter, and he has called upon the Army to withdraw its

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ultimatum, and he has said as well that they will not accept internal

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or external dictation of what it is they have to do. Frankly, I cannot

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see circumstances in which the Army would withdraw its ultimatum, unless

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what it wants to happen has happened, which is for the two sides

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to come together, to find a mutually acceptable way forward. But their

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positions are so far apart. The people below me in Tahrir Square,

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people against the President, say he must go, there must be an election.

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On the other side, there is the president saying he will stay in

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office, and that they will not be dictated to. There is a huge gap. It

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looks very much as if the Army have will to find a way of going through

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with its threat. It has not said exactly what he described to do. The

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Reuters news agency has said that the Army is considering suspending

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the constitution, which is a controversial document because of

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the amount of religious law which is in it, and dissolving the National

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Assembly, which is dominated by Islamist MPs. So, that is something

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which clearly the Muslim Brotherhood would be very much against.

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Unfortunately, at moment, and negotiations are going on, so who

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knows, but at the moment, it is looking a bit like a collision

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And there's more information on the deepening crisis in Egypt on the BBC

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Members of the National Assembly of Wales have voted in the past few

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minutes to allow doctors to take a person's organs after death, unless

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they have registered their objection. Wales is now set to

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become the first country in the UK to introduce a system of presumed

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consent for organ donation, despite concerns from church leaders and

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others. Our correspondent Hywel It is a choice that can change

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lives. Britain's transplant system has always depended on card-carrying

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volunteers choosing to become donors. But from 2015, every adult

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living in Wales will automatically become a potential donor, unless

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they choose to opt out. The organ donation bill Wales has passed.

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decision was arguably the most important in the Welsh Assembly's

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short history. There is nothing at all to be scared of. The legislation

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makes it absolutely clear that if you are not comfortable with being

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an organ donor, you have an absolute right in the centrist way possible

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to opt out of the system. It is a change which cannot come quickly

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enough for Martyn Griffiths. Born with heart and lung problems, he has

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spent much of his life on a waiting list. This could bring him closer to

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a transplant. I am just crossing my fingers that it will happen in

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Wales, and then we can all have a lot more hope for each other.

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are currently more than 10,000 people across the UK waiting for a

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transplant organ. But demand massively dwarfs supply. Changing

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the law in Wales alone will not transform the numbers. Only 15 extra

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donors are expected her year. At this transplant unit, they have

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already seen an increase in donations in recent years. The

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change in the law will not only have an impact here. Organs donated

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within Wales do not just stay within its borders. They are matched with

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patients from across the UK. That could benefit families like

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Oliver's, who live in Oswestry, on the English side of the border.

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Although his parents do not come under the new law, it could help

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Oliver find a heart transplant. If we do not get an organ, Oliver will

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die. It is black and white. It is tragic for those people that are

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going to lose their life. But if they are going to lose their life,

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then, to give life to somebody else is just massive. A similar change in

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England, Scotland and Northern Ireland seems unlikely. There have

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been consultations, but there have been vigorous objections. But Wales

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has now chosen to follow a different quarter of England's 111 health

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advice lines, is to pull out of two of its contracts.

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The move raises questions about the future participation of one of the

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biggest providers of the NHS nonemergency telephone service,

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which has already faced significant problems. Our health correspondent

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is here with the details. This is a major blow to the helpline service

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from nonemergencies. It is run by a number of providers. One of those is

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NHS Direct, with a quarter of the contracts. Today NHS Direct said it

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is pulling out of two areas, north Essex and Cornwall and the Isles of

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Scilly. It also raises questions about nine other areas, saying that

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they were not financially sustainable. NHS officials say they

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are working to find a solution. This is not the first time a solution has

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been required. The 111 number has been plagued with difficulties since

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it launched at Easter, with patients facing extremely long waits and

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calls just being abandoned by patients. But the government says it

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is a good idea to have this service, that it is running well now. It says

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95% of the calls are answered within 60 seconds. But it seems that there

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are still problems behind-the-scenes.

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A British man killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan today has

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been named as Mark Duffus, a 41-year-old security contractor from

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Moray in Scotland. He was one of at least seven people who died in the

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blast at a need to supply a's compound in the capital Kabul.

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A court in South Africa has ordered that the bodies of three of nine --

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Nelson Mandela's children must be exhumed by tomorrow afternoon. The

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court also ordered that they be reburied in the town of Qunu in the

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Eastern Cape where Mr Mandela spent much of his early life. The bodies

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were allegedly moved from a family graveyard by one of the former

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president's grandsons. Mr Mandela remains in hospital in a critical

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but stable condition. Nelson Mandela was born in these

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hills, and will be buried here, too, but where exactly? He has always

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insisted that his grave should be here in Qunu, the village he grew up

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in and where he retired to until his health crumbled. But now his

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grandson, Mandla, is causing tensions in an already fractious

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family. He recently exhumed the bodies of three of Nelson Mandela's

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children and moved them from Qunu to this nearby village, Mvezo. Mandla

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is now chief here. He has built this huge complex in honour of his

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grandfather, and the suspicion is that he wants his grave here, too,

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in order to attract more tourists. But opposition is growing. It was

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totally wrong for Mandla Mandela to remove bones from Qunu to Mvezo.

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According to our culture and tradition, you cannot just take a

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decision. With Nelson Mandela in hospital, the rest of his family

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sent lawyers today to try to force Mandla to return the graves. Then

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the police opened a criminal case against him. Nelson Mandela's close

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relatives are cosmopolitan, but old traditions remain in force. So this

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uncomfortable dispute about the Mandela graves is being taken

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extremely seriously by all concerned. Some worry that the row

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is affecting Nelson Mandela's own condition. It is believed that an

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elderly member of the family, or any member of the family, would not have

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a smooth transition in their life to the afterlife if there was still

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some dispute in the family. So you can see the urgency? This is the

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fierce urgency of the moment which cannot be overemphasised. Towards

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the end of a grand, dignified life, an unseemly quarrel over tradition,

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family and power. The Home Secretary says she wants to

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change the way police in England and Wales use their powers to stop and

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search suspects. Theresa May said police were applying them to widely

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and stopping too many people from ethnic minorities. According to the

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Home Office, the police carried out one point 2 million searches last

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year, but those searches lead to 108,000 arrests, less than 10%.

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A man is stopped and searched in the London Borough of Lewisham today.

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This one resulted in a caution for possession of marijuana. But too

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many end up with no action. Police adviser Ken Hynes has bitter

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experience. He has been stopped and searched 100 times, never resulting

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in a conviction. And it has happened to his nephew Jonathan six times

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this year alone. Three weeks ago, going to the shops, me and my cousin

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were stopped by seven police. Searched our pockets, made us feel

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very uncomfortable, found nothing, let us go. But it was a humiliating

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experience. The government says police across England and Wales need

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to better target those they stop and search. I want to see stop and

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search used only when needed. I want to see higher search to arrest

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ratios and better community engagement and more efficient

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practices. Across England and Wales, police carry out more than one

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million stop and searches each year. Last year, only 9% of stop and

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searches resulted in an arrest. In Lewisham, they have been piloting a

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scheme where they use better intelligence to target those they

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stop and search. They have cut the number of stop and searches without

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adversely affecting the crime rate. The practice divides people often,

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but not always along the lines of race. Have you ever been stopped and

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searched by the police? How many times? More than ten times.Have you

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ever been arrested? No. It is necessary, because so many carry

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weapons these days. Have you ever been stopped and searched? No, it is

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mainly black people that get stopped and searched. Is that justified?Not

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at all. The pilot scheme in Lewisham has been extended to police officers

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at four areas in England. While they are using that power to put their

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hand in somebody's pocket or search their bag on fewer occasions, they

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are becoming more successful at targeting the right people. If used

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well, stop and search is a powerful police tool. The government wants it

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used better. There is growing concern in Syria

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about the use of sharia law in some of the rebel held areas. It follows

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the death of a 14-year-old boy in the city of Aleppo. He was accused

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of arson me and then beaten and shot in the street. This report includes

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some distressing images and features where access to a sharia court by a

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team from BBC Arabic. This is where 14-year-old Mohammed

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Qataa lost his life. His brothers can hardly bear to work at the

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family coffee stand any longer. Mohammed had been asked for a free

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cup. Not even if the Prophet himself returns, he had said, laughing. That

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remark was a death sentence. At the family's cramped apartment, close to

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Aleppo's front-line, they tell us more about a killing that symbolises

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what has gone wrong with Syria's revolution. They describe how armed

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men overheard Mohammed. His mother saw everything. There were three of

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them. They said, whoever insults the Prophet will be killed, she recalls.

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She goes on. "I heard the first shot and ran out barefoot. I felt the

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ground. They shot him again and kicked him. I looked at them and

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said, why are you killing him? He is just a child. " I looked right at

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the killer, said Mohammed 's father. He looked at me. The men have not

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been caught. Aleppo's religious authorities say their actions were

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an Islamic, criminal. We are approaching the spot where Mohammed

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Qataa was murdered. As you can see, it is busy and by all accounts,

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there was quite a crowd when he was shot and killed, but everybody felt

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too terrified to intervene. He was shot in the middle of the street

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over here. There were lots of witnesses. But the men who did it

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showed no fear of being caught. Their actions have now been

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condemned all of the armed groups in Aleppo. But most of those groups are

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Islamist in character, and they are starting to use their influence to

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impose sharia law here. It is the same in the northern town of

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Saraqeb. BBC Arabic filmed the sharia court here. Four men have

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been convicted of trying to steal a taxi driver's car. They will be

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flogged in public. The instrument of punishment, an electrical cable. It

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is 50 lashes for the leader, 44 his men, says the Sheikh reading the

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sentence. God's law is the best protection for the week, he says.

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When it starts, some of the crowd chant, the Prophet is our leader.

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Others just count the lashes. This may appal secular activist 's. The

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uprising's rural, conservative religious supporters like it.

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Increasingly, this may be the future of justice in rebel held parts of

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Syria. In tennis, Sabine Lisicki, who

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knocked out the defending champion Serena Williams, has reached the

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ladies semifinals at Wimbledon. She will now face last year's runner-up,

:26:08.:26:15.

Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. It was not so much of a Who's Who of

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women's tennis as a new's that? Rarely had the Wimbledon

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quarterfinals look so unfamiliar. Instead of Serena or Maria, meet

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Burl -- Alger's Kirsten Flipkens. Flipkens, or flipper to her friends,

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can't judge yet another upset. Former champion Petra Kvitova could

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scarcely believe it. It has got to the stage where a shock is almost no

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surprise. It is ridiculous. Last year I didn't even get to the

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qualifying of Wimbledon. Today I am in the semi-final. It is

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unbelievable. Meanwhile, Sabine Lisicki followed her win over Serena

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Williams by beating the less famous Kaia Kanepi. Once again, seemingly

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the happiest woman in Wimbledon. There were also wins the Marion

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Bartoli and Agnieszka Radwanska, who despite wasting seven at poise,

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eventually beat China's Li Na. She concludes the unlikeliest of

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semi-final line-ups. Tomorrow sees the return of a more familiar face,

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