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A packed commuter train crashes outside Paris, killing at least six

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people. Dozens of others were injured, both

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on the train and at the station where it derailed.

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We'll be live at the scene with the latest on France's worst rail

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accident for over 20 years. Also tonight: New concerns over the

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Dreamliner after a fire on board an Ethiopian Airlines jet at Heathrow.

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Boeing says it's investigating. Remembering Lee Rigby, the soldier

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stabbed to death outside his barracks in Woolwich, is laid to

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rest. A call to arms in the struggle to go

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to school. The Pakistani teenager nearly killed by the Taliban speaks

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out at the UN. And the veteran broadcaster and

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one pair and can change the world. And veteran broadcaster and

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globetrotter Alan Wicker has died. And coming up in Sportsday on BBC

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News, more umpiring controversy in the opening Ashes test. This time in

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England's favour, as they lead Good evening.

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A huge emergency operation is underway in France after an

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intercity train derailed at high speed in a Paris suburb, killing at

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least six people. The packed train came off the rails as it approached

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the station of Bretigny-sur-Orge. President Francois Hollande said it

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was too early to know the cause and that now was a time to think of

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those killed or injured. Hugh Schofield is at the scene.

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Good evening. This is a small commuter town, about 20 kilometres

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south of Paris. It is idle to say that tonight the atmosphere is one

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of shock, horror and utter sadness. This is as close as we can get to

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the scene. About 100 yards in that direction as the railway line. Up

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there, the rescue teams are still working, sifting through the

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debris, and we think still looking for victims at the end of what we

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now know is the worst French rail accident since 1988.

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A commuter town south of Paris, 5:15pm. An InterCity train leaves

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its track and careers across the platform onto another line. The

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scene at the station, one of appalling devastation. The crashed

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train was full. For many it was the start of the summer holiday and at

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rush hour the platform was also crowded.

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TRANSLATION: I felt the coach was coming off the rails. Suitcases fell

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on top of people. People started screaming and completely panicked.

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We were on the platform. We heard a big explosion, saw a lot of smoke

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and then everybody was screaming. major emergency plan has been

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activated, with hundreds of rescue workers at the scene and the injured

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very to hospital, some by her. Heavy machinery has been called in to cut

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into the worst hit of the coaches, which was mangled in the crash, and

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where it is fear there may be more victims. As the horrifying details

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emerged, the president cuts short his scheduled to come and express an

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nation's solidarity. TRANSLATION: Let's think about the

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victims, the families and the injured. Let's thank the emergency

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services. The focus is on helping victims, but already questions are

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being asked. How could a train simply jumped the tracks? Experts

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say it is an extremely rare kind of accident. Some have spoken of the

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train almost bucking as it entered the station, before ploughing out of

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control. It is far too early to talk about causes, but one focus will be

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the news that in the last weeks there has been work on the line just

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north of here, where the train would have just passed through. It is far

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too early to know whether that is anything to do with it but it will

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be a focus of the investigation which has opened.

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There were dramatic scenes at Heathrow Airport today after a fire

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broke out on board a Boeing Dreamliner. The Ethiopian Airlines

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jet was parked on a stand at the time and no passengers were on

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board. The airport was closed for over an hour. The incident's renewed

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concerns about the safety of the Dreamliner fleet, which was grounded

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worldwide earlier this year because of fires caused by faulty batteries.

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Richard Westcott reports. The world's most advanced airliner,

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on fire again. You can clearly see the damage just in front of the tail

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after this Boeing Dreamliner caught fire on the ground at Heathrow. No

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one was on board at the time. It sparks memories of this. Six months

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ago a Dreamliner battery caught fire in Boston. And barely a week later,

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we had another Dreamliner forced into an emergency landing in Japan,

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again battery problems. The whole fleet was grounded for three months,

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while Boeing struggled to fix their battery. In the end, they sealed it

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in a steel box, designed to withstand an explosion. We are

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currently 15,000 feet above Ethiopian.

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Back in April, I flew on the very same plane that caught fire today.

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It was full of Boeing executives, telling me they were proud their

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star performer was back in the skies. We enclosed the battery in a

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stainless steel case to ensure that if there is a problem it is isolated

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and we can continue safe operation. Boeing's shares have fallen sharply

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to Mike, wiping billions of the value but one industry expert says

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it should not affect orders. Airlines have wanted this plane and

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have waited years because of delays in production. The plane has

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extremely good fuel economics, good comfort for passengers. There is

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nothing else available to compare. Because of the focus on high fuel

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prices, they need that plane now. There is nowhere else to go and I do

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not think they will cancel orders. This was not the only Dreamliner to

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have a problem today. A UK airline diverted one plane back home after

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what it called a technical issue, although it does not seem connected.

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Boeing has a lot riding on the Dreamliner, but it has been riddled

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with problems. We still do not know what caused today's fire. The plane

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was sitting empty, not due to far -- fly for another six hours. But if it

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was caused by the battery, Boeing's flagship, state-of-the-art airliner

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could be grounded once again. Thousands of people lined the

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streets of Bury today to pay their respects at the funeral of Fusilier

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Lee Rigby, the 25-year-old soldier killed outside his barracks in May.

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His family were joined by hundreds of comrades from his regiment.

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This was a military funeral. A Fusiliers remembered by the soldiers

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he fought alongside, and the Prime Minister. But for the's family,

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thoughts of a brother, a husband and a father. -- be's family. The

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youngest mourner was his two-year-old son, Jack. The message

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on his T-shirt, my daddy, my hero. Today, the family were not alone. In

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the July heat, strangers standing side-by-side. No cameras were

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allowed inside the church. But outside, people listened to stories

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of pride relayed to the crowd. we, his regimental family, salute a

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form -- fallen comrades, a talented soldier and musician, a

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larger-than-life character. That pride was not just felt by fellow

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soldiers, but also his family. was always so proud to put on his

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uniform and take part. It was something he always wanted to do. He

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said that when Jack got older, he would want to take him back down so

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that Jack could experience it as well. And in Woolwich, the place

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where he was murdered, colleagues stopped to show their respect.

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has become a hero. Whatever the intention was, it has backfired. The

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closet has made him into the hero and the martyr. We have had letters

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and cards from all over the world. We believe this will unite the

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country. And their hero was taken away for a private burial, for his

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family to remember not only the soldier, but the boy they called

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Riggers, and the father who was always smiling.

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West Midlands police say they are treating an explosion near a mosque

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in Tipton as a suspected act of terrorism. Homes were evacuated and

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streets sealed off following the blast. Jeremy Cooke reports.

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It is a quiet suburban neighbourhood, but this feels like a

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major incident. A loud explosion near to the mosque at 1pm, and with

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nails scattered across the area, it looks like a deliberate attack.

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People are terrified, very scared and shaken. I heard it about a mile

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away. So people could even hear that. I had a lot of friends

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telephoning me that there was a big blast. With streets cordoned off,

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bomb disposal teams moved in, sniffer dogs and anti-terrorist

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police. No casualties, not much damage, but police say it is gravely

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serious. Someone looked to cause serious arm or injury to people or

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property. -- harm. That leads us to have a working assumption at the

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moment, based on what we know now, that this is possibly an act of

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terrorism. It comes three weeks and five miles after a similar explosion

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at a mosque in Walsall. They are also treating that as a terrorist

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incident. Some have made the connection between this incident and

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today's funeral of Drummer Lee Rigby. The local MP thinks there may

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be a link. It is strange that it has happened on the same day as the

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funeral. A couple of weeks after the Walsall bombing. And the timing of

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it, at Ramadan, when people would normally be at prayer, there is a

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lot of links there. There is calm here tonight, but still plenty of

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questions, and a major police investigation already underway.

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There has been violence in parts of Belfast tonight following the annual

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12th of July parade. Water cannon was used on rioters in North Belfast

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after police were attacked with bricks and bottles. The Democratic

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Unionist party MP, Nigel Dodds, has been injured, according to a party

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spokesman. The police had made clear that they

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would not allow this parade to go any further, that they would enforce

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a ruling preventing it from passing a nationalist area in north Belfast.

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But many were determined to test that with violence. They attacked

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police lines and police officers. Several were injured and had to be

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carried away by colleagues, as rioters tried to force their way up

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the road. Last year, when the parade was allowed to go through, there was

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trouble involving Republicans. This year, it is lawyer lists responsible

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for the rioting. -- lawyer lists. There will be some people who have

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said that violence has stopped this road and we think violence will open

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it again. Let me finish. That does not excuse the violence here.

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the body that rules on contentious marching restricted the parade, the

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Orange Order said they had created a crisis. Police knew there was

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frustration and anger at the decision but they said violence was

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not inevitable. But it is very clear tonight, as bricks and bottles

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rained down, that some have arrived determined to cause trouble. Water

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cannon was used to try to disperse rioters, and officers also used

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batons rounds. My niece was hit with a ballistic bullet. Standing doing

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nothing. We were told we could stand here. The Orange order called for

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multiple protests and there has been trouble in other parts of Belfast as

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well. The 12th of July commemorates a battle. Tonight, any celebrations

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have been scarred serious trouble. Nine months ago, a Pakistani

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schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, was shot by the Taliban. She was

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targeted for being an outspoken campaigner for girls' education.

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Today, she addressed 500 people at the United Nations in New York,

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calling for better education around the world. In her own country,

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almost 5.5 million children are not in school. Locally, 57 million

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children have no access to education.

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It is a teenage takeover of the United Nations. Not the usual

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diplomats, but young people from across the globe, here to demand

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education for every child. Their inspiration is Malala Yousafzai, who

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celebrated her 60th birthday with a speech the Taliban never wanted her

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to make. -- 60 birthday. I am the same Malala. My ambitions are the

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same. My hopes are the same. And my dreams are the same. The Taliban

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tried to kill Malala in Pakistan because she was campaigning for

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girls to have an education. Incredibly, she survived and was

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flown to Britain for treatment. Now her campaign has gone global.

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child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education

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is the only solution. Education first. Thank you. For Malala's

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family, this was a proud day. conveyed her message in a very

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powerful way, in powerful words. I think it should be heard by the

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communities where women and children's lives are violated.

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teenagers gathered at the UN were energised by her words. She was not

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just telling her story, she was conveying the dreams of many

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children around the world. It makes me want to stand up for myself.

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Every word she said was powerful. Malala and the other teenagers here

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are two remind world leaders of their pledge to have every child in

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education by 2015. But there are 57 million children who are not in

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school. How will that goal be achieved? As children are in charge

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today, the BBC's School Report team questioned Gordon Brown. How do we

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help other Malalas out there? happy to go to Pakistan, India,

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Afghanistan and other places and say this is not good enough that so many

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girls and boys are not at school. What began as Malala's drive for

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education has become a global Reilly and cry. This teenager is a leader

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on the world stage. Two major proposals designed to

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improve public health have been shelved by the government. Plans to

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introduce standardised plain packaging for cigarettes have been

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postponed. It has also emerged that ministers are abandoning plans for a

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minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales. Campaigners have reacted

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with fury and disappointment. For decades, the government's

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message on smoking has been clear. When you smoke, the chemicals you

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inhale cause mutations in your body. Millions have been spent on

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campaigns encouraging us to quit. How far are ministers planning to

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go? The plan was to follow Australia where six months ago shocking images

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replaced company logos on all cigarette packages. The aim, to

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prevent young people from getting hooked in the first place. But here

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ministers postponed plans indefinitely. When we consulted the

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public, there were a huge number of responses but they were split down

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the middle. I think it is right that we take our time and get the right

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decision. But health campaigners are disappointed. They say the new rules

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on how cigarettes are displayed and the ban on smoking in public faces

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have saved lives. One campaigner said it was a day of shame for the

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government. Who would want to go back to smoking in restaurants? At

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the time there is a bit of an outcry but afterwards everyone says that is

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the right thing to do. It is about leadership and making a difference

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to people's lives. With less than two years until the next election,

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it seems conservative ministers have taken on board messages from David

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Cameron's key adviser. He says they should be concentrating on core

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issues which matter to voters, not things which could prove unpopular.

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Campaigners say in the process they have ditched public health. It has

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also emerged that a plan for a minimum price on alcohol has been

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dropped. Even though David Cameron previously backed the move. I said

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we need to get to grip 's with the problem that is fuelling violence on

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our street. I think minimum pricing is the answer.

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Labour have accused the Prime Minister of putting the interests of

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supermarkets and tobacco companies first. What we are seeing with this

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government is a series of flagship health policies height the dust.

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They are giving in to the interests of big business. Health groups say

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politicians have wasted an ideal opportunity and it will be years

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before these proposals are back on the agenda.

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The fugitive American intelligence worker Edward Snowden has decided to

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request political asylum in Russia. He has been stuck for three weeks at

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an airport in Moscow after fleeing Hong Kong where he revealed US

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surveillance secrets. Moscow Airport today looked more like Moscow

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Circus. They had been invited here by Edward

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Snowden, writers, activists, lawyers and an MP. In Russia, Mr Snowden has

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been dubbed the invisible man. Where his guests sure they were going to

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find him? I do not know. I got the e-mail signed by Edward Snowden

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inviting me to come and have a meeting. Pursued by the media, the

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delegation was led through the airport to the transit zone, which

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the fugitive intelligence analyst has made his own. For nearly three

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weeks there has been a media frenzy around Edward Snowden. Journalists

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have been scouring Moscow Airport for the slightest sign of him. Now

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we are led to believe he is behind this door but we are not allowed

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through. I had a family, a home in Paradise... This amateur video from

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the meeting is the first image of Edward Snowden since he fled to

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Russia, prove that he is still stuck at Moscow Airport.

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Meeting over, Mr Snowden's guests were back in the spotlight, to

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announce that the 30-year-old American was requesting asylum in

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Russia, but only temporarily. Eventually, he wants to travel to

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Latin America. Did he say which country? He kept saying Latin

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America. He is serious about Venezuela was my impression.

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Washington is unimpressed. Providing a platform to Edward Snowden runs

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counter to Russia's produced declarations of neutrality and that

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they have no control over his presence at the airport.

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The Kremlin knows that America wants him back but Russia has made it

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clear, it won't be handing Edward Snowden over.

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Cricket, and it was a good day for England in the first Ashes test at

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Trent Ridge. -- Trent Bridge. They had a leader of the Australians at

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the close but there is controversy over Stuart Broad as Joe Wilson

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reports. Friday night at Trent Bridge and this is Stuart broad

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walking. You can see that, obvious. It was

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not two hours earlier. Sometimes a dismissal is obvious. Australia kept

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making breakthroughs. They were held at primarily by Ian Bell. Stuart

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Broad was giving crucial support until he edged the ball to

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Australia's captain Michael Clarke. Except the umpire did not give him

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out and Stuart Broad stayed put. Australia have chances to ask for TV

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replays but they had already used them so while we watched images

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clearly showing broad was out, he stayed put. Australia were furious.

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Should a batsmen be honest and walk? They have two weight for the

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decision the umpire makes and you respect the umpire's decision. But

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there are issues about the spirit of the game. We played hard and fair.

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You make a judgement and wait for the umpire's position. With or

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without the spirit of cricket, this test match will continue but what

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about technology? TV replays were brought into cricket specifically to

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reduce the mistakes, howlers. Here, at a crucial stage, we have seen one

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of the biggest howlers anyone can remember.

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One of television's best-known figures, the veteran broadcaster

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Alan worker has died. He was 87. He travelled the world to report on the

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unusual and bizarre for his Whicker's World series, interviewing

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all sorts of people from the beautiful to be brutal dictator.

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David Sillitoe looks back at his life. In an age where the jet set

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really was an exclusive club, if you wanted to travel the world, you went

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with Alan worker. We are in tropical Australia, halfway up Cape York.

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brash, air-conditioned nightmare where we wait forever under neon for

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a jackpot that never turns up. style was debonair, the words, judge

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for yourself. Hello. They are charming, aren't they? If they are

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not, they jolly well ought to be because they are students at a

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London charm school. If it is a police -- place where the police

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have refused to come, I am not sure why I am here.

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The blazer, the easy charm, the son of an army officer lured his craft

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in an army film unit in the Second World War. That led to Fleet Street

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and in the 50s, the BBC Tonight programme. Whicker's World

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introduced us to to how dictators treat their generals. The president

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knows the form, knows how to keep them worried and at a distance.

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There goes his promotion. And when it came to fame, the Monty

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Python sendup was all the proof you needed. And Python and TV

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globetrotter Michael Palin today paid tribute along with Michael

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Parkinson, Stephen Fry and the TV executive Michael Grade who said he

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had a style often imitated but never equalled. It has been a lot of fun.

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The excitement, the unexpected characters, the occasional glass of

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