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Five policemen in America are shot dead during a peaceful protest

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in Dallas against black men being killed by officers.

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Automatic gunfire rang out in downtown Dallas.

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At first it was thought there were several

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Hundreds of protestors fled in panic.

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Seven police officers and two civilians were also injured.

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I was walking, they started shooting.

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All of the cops were getting shot, I saw cops bending over man,

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like there had to be five or six cops all getting shot down.

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This is the man now thought to be the lone gunman -

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a former army reservist who'd served in Afghanistan.

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The suspect said he was upset at white people.

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The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially

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Tonight, the White House said terrorism had been ruled out.

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Also tonight: The ban on women serving in front line close-combat

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roles in the Armed Forces is being lifted.

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More uncertainty for British steelworkers, as Tata puts the sale

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Andy Murray cruises into his third Wimbledon final.

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He'll face the Canadian Milos Raonic after Roger Federer was knocked out.

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And a heroes' welcome for the Wales football team,

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after they arrive back in Cardiff after Euro 2016.

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Another British stage winner

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at the Tour de France - Steve Cummings takes stage seven

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Five police officers in America have been killed and seven others injured

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after a gunman opened fire on them in Dallas during a protest.

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The man suspected of carrying out the attacks is a 25-year-old former

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army reservist who'd served in Afghanistan.

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During a stand-off police say he told negotiators he wanted

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to kill white people - especially white officers -

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because he was upset about recent police shootings of black people.

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The attack happened in downtown Dallas, near a college building,

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as hundreds protested about the fatal shootings of two

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After a long stand-off, the suspect was finally

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killed by police - who deployed a bomb,

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Our correspondent James Cook joins us now from Dallas.

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Yes, police here are calling this an anti-police, anti-white, effectively

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racist attack, perpetrated as you say by the US Army reservist, a man

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who served time for his country in Afghanistan. Now, we understand

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within the last couple of hours President Obama has spoken to the

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police chief here in Dallas to get more details about this attack and

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has also spoken to America's senior prosecutor, the Attorney General. As

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the United States tries to make sense of another senseless attack.

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In downtown Dallas, this is the moment a peaceful protest turned

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into terror. THE crowd was demonstrating against policeman when

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one man apparently decided to seek his own bloody revenge. There was

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panic as the crowd and police tried to figure out who was shooting.

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There's a cop down! There's four cops down. For? It's a sniper, from

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up here. And as ever in the America of 2016... Somebody is really armed

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to the teeth. The horror was documented minute by minute. Michael

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was in the thick of it. They are shooting right now and there's an

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officer down. It's coming from the right over there, from around these

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buildings. He's started shooting, all of the cops were getting shot,

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man. They had to be five or six cops all getting shot down. Police

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sprinted towards the danger, heavily armed but at the same time suddenly

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exposed and fragile. As police radio calls back to their control room

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revealed. We've got a man, we don't know where he's at. He's in the

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building right there. This footage seems to capture the gunman on the

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street by now, murdering at point-blank range. In scenes that

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are too distressing to show. Eventually, after a shoot out

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lasting several hours, police sent in a robot to blow up a suspect. We

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cornered one suspect and we tried to negotiate for several hours,

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negotiations broke down. We had an exchange of gunfire with the

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suspects. We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot. Police also

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arrested two men and a woman but the chief says the suspects who died had

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told negotiators he was working alone. He has been identified by US

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media is 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson, a former US Army reserve is

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seen here in pictures on his Facebook page. The suspect said he

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was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill

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white people, especially white officers. And now the faces of the

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dead are beginning to emerge. Brent Thompson was 43 years old and had

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just got married. 40-year-old Michael Cole that his brother-in-law

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was a big guy with a big heart, a man who always wanted to be a police

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officer. Patrick said he was addicted to the thrill of the job.

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His family said they were mourning a hero, remarks echoed by their

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president. The entire city of Dallas is grieving. Police across America,

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it's a tight-knit family, feels this -- feels this lost their call and we

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are grieving with them. I would ask all Americans to say a prayer for

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these officers and their families, to keep them in your thoughts. Some

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of the police officers here have told me that they had friends who

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didn't make it last night. And yet they are out here in force again

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today, protecting a crime scene which sprawls for several blocks

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around the building here where the shooting began. Father, we thank you

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for the safety you have given to us everyday... Across Texas, across the

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United States, they are praying. This was the deadliest attack on US

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law enforcement since 9/11 macro. It reveals a country in turmoil,

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convulsed by controversy about guns, race and criminal justice. James

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Cook, BBC News, Dallas. The shooting took

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place during a protest against the killings by police

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of two black men in Louisiana The incidents have reignited debate

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about excessive police force, gun control, and racism

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within the criminal justice system. Our North America correspondent

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Nick Bryant sent this This week, America celebrated

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its national birthday, July the 4th, but what seems to be uniting this

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country right now is not an idea, an aspiration, a dream,

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but rather feelings St Paul, Minnesota, started

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as a focal point last night for vigils and demonstrations

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which unfolded in New York, No words can express the way

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that we feel. And here the main speaker

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was the mother of Philando Castile, the school cafeteria worker shot

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dead by a policeman. Or yours the next day,

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or your grandmother, You told him to get his ID sir,

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his driver's license. The aftermath of her son's death

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at the hands of a police officer streamed live on Facebook -

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the cause of so much anguish. 50 years after the landmark civil

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rights reforms of the 1960s, many African-Americans still feel

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they are second-class citizens. It's fuelled the Black

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Lives Matter campaign. Why, in 2016, we're still

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talking about "I'm a man"? Just like back in the '50s,

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'40s, '60s. Why do we have to keep

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saying we're human? His life matters, her

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life matters, right? The mood this morning

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in St Paul was very different. A handful of people where yesterday

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thousands had gathered. But fury quickly came to the surface

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over the events here and in Dallas. And I'm sorry to their families,

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because you feel what we feel. But I'm going to tell you something

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and don't think this is insensitive Many hoped that the election

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of the country's first African-American president

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could heal the breach in race relations, that it would

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usher in what was called Let's go back to our correspondent

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James Cook, in Dallas. What more are we learning about the

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man suspected of being behind these attacks in Dallas? Yes, we're just

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learning a little more in the past few seconds, actually, from the

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police here in Dallas about Micah Johnson. Police have been at his

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house, they've been searching his house in Texas, and we are told now

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that they believe he had no criminal record and that in that house they

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have found what they call a ballistics best, that is to say a

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bullet-proof vest, rifles and ammunition, that they have been

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found in the house of the suspect. They have also formally confirmed

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for the first time his identity as Micah Johnson, this 25-year-old US

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Army veteran who served in Afghanistan. At this stage police

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have been saying that there are no known links to any known extremist

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groups, so you can decide for yourself if you want to call this a

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terrorist attack or not but what police are saying is they are

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steering away from that kind of language and talking about an

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individual. Still unclear whether he acted with any support from others,

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and what is really extraordinary and tragic as well is that 50 years ago,

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half a century ago now, just a couple of blocks from here an

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American president, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated, shot by a sniper

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high up in a building and yet 50 years on the United States is still

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grappling with these issues, still struggling with so many of the

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issues that divided the country in that time. It is not yet a united

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States. Women will now be allowed to serve

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in close combat roles in the UK The Prime Minister confirmed

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the move after a government review There are around 7000 women

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in British Army currently, but some research suggestions only

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a small proportion would pass the physical tests

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required for the new roles. Our defence correspondent

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Jonathan Beale has more. Women have already served and died

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on the front line in Afghanistan. But only in support roles

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like medics and bomb disposal experts, and not in the infantry

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or armoured units. But ministers say it's now

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time to lift that ban. We are not lowering any

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of the standards. We are just recognising that

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actually there are a lot of women in the Armed Forces that can do

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these combat roles, do them perfectly well,

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and at the moment they are not allowed to simply

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because they are women. We join the Army's new intake

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of officer recruits on their final Here, the barriers have already been

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broken down, with women now But even among these future Army

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leaders, there are still questions about the physical demands that

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will be required of women in the infantry, such

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as carrying heavy loads, Physically, I wouldn't be able to do

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it, because of the weight. Not because I still wouldn't

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want to do it. But I just know that physically

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I wouldn't be able to. The infantry carry 25 kilos,

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and the corps carry 15. So females would normally

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only carry 15. And some people do

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struggle with that. If you up that weight,

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they find it a lot more There are some males who have not

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hit the fitness standard here, so they are not going

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to go infantry. There are some females that won't

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hit it but there are some that will, and I think they should have just

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the same opportunity The reality is few are

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likely to join. Even the Army's own figures show

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that fewer than 5% of those women already in the Army would meet

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the physical demands needed It's being done purely

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for political correctness. The Army, the infantry, is the last

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bastion of non-gender equality. I'm not saying that's a good thing

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in society in general. But I think this is one area

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where we should make that distinction and I think we will come

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to regret what I consider to be But those fears have been pushed

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to one side. The head of the Army says he wants

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to maximise opportunities And by lifting the ban,

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Britain is now falling into line There's further uncertainty

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for British steel workers tonight, after the Indian company Tata Steel

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announced it's to postpone plans to sell some of its UK operations,

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including the Port Talbot plant. The firm had been considering

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several bids for its British assets but instead it's to seek

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a partnership with a From Port Talbot, our industry

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correspondent John Moylan reports. When Tata announced its intention to

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sell its UK steel business in March, it sent shock waves through the

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industry. Today, that sale appeared to have gone up in smoke, as Tata

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confirmed it was in talks to combine its European steel interests with

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those of one of the biggest conglomerates in Europe. It is a

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German powerhouse with 600 and businesses worldwide. It owns the

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biggest steel plant in Europe and its steel activities employ 27,000

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workers. But how does the UK steel industry fit into the plan? Today,

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the Business Secretary was in Mumbai to meet Tata's chief executive. I am

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confident that Tata is doing all it can, we are providing all the

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support we can, and I am in courage by the news that they are talking to

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a partner and thinking about forming this joint venture. Because having

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another option is just the kind of news we need. But in Port Talbot,

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today's news did nothing to reassure the 5000 workers. They want to know

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what to make of that. I do know what to make of that. It creates

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uncertainty, prolongs the agony of the last few months. They have been

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told one minute they are not wanted, the next minute that they are

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wanted, but they are bringing another partner into the scenario.

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It is an uncertain situation that we now face. Ironically, the prospects

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for steel making here in the UK have been improving. The price of steel

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on global markets has been rising, and the weakening pound is also

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making it easier for us to sell steel abroad. Cutbacks at Port

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Talbot have also helped to stem losses. Demand has increased, prices

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have increased. And the losses have reduced. But in the longer term, the

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Brexit vote means we are very much uncertain about the future of our

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trading relationships with Europe. And that may be a challenge to Tata.

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Tata will go ahead with the sale of its specialist steels and pipes

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business, based in Hartlepool, Stocksbridge and rubber room. As for

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the rest, and the other 9000 workers, tonight the future is far

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from clear. There's been another major

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bomb attack in Iraq. At least 35 people have been killed

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after gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a Shia

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shrine outside Baghdad. So-called Islamic State has

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claimed responsibility. It comes days after nearly 300

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people were killed in the worst single bombing in the Iraqi capital

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since the fall of Saddam Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen

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looks at the mounting security The grief was for the dead, because

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the future is frightening, and because of what has happened to a

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much loved shrine. So-called Islamic State says that its men carried out

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the attack, four of them, witnesses said, using grenades and guns, until

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they blew themselves up. He pointed out the bullet holes. This is one of

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the most important Shia Muslims shrines in Iraq, targeted by an

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Islamic State suicide squad, Sunni Muslim extremists.

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The atmosphere was sad, rather than angry. Relieved that the tomb was

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spared. They said, only God has the authority to cut the rope of life.

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TRANSLATION: Islamic State want to cause sectarian trouble and grab

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headlines. They are trying to show the world that their state still

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exists. The more that Shia and Sunni Muslims hate, the more power Islamic

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State believes it can retain. The jihadists of Islamic State have been

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hitting back hard because they are under attack and losing ground. They

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know that if they are beaten in Iraq, it will be much harder for

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them to hang on to what they have in Syria, and that will be the end of

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their so-called caliphate. All this, though, leaves the people of Iraq,

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once again, at a very dangerous crossroads. In Baghdad, Shia and

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Sunni Muslims prayed together at the site of last weekend's bomb, which

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killed almost 300 people. But as dusk approached, Shia mourning

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rituals took over the streets near the bomb site. The question now is

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whether their leaders choose to retaliate. Shia militants, mostly

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backed by Iran, have been equal partners in ten years of sectarian

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killing. At the local hospital, Shia families said they were attacked by

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IIS as they prayed and had picnics to celebrate the festival that

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follows Ramadan. -- IS. This family said an uncle and his son were

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killed. These men were distraught about their friend, killed at his

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shop selling nuts. It is genocide, he said, against the Shia. The

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future is not a place to look forward to in Iraq any more. It is

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something to dread, for people of every religious sect. Jeremy Bowen,

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BBC News. A brief look at some

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of the day's other news stories. More than 3000 hate crimes

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and incidents were reported to police forces across the UK

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in the second half of June That's a 42% rise compared

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with the same period in 2015. One of those attacks

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was in Plymouth, where a Polish family had their garden

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shed set alight. They say they've been subjected

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to a torrent of abuse A man who killed a 79-year-old

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after stabbing him following a road accident has been sentenced to life

:21:36.:21:41.

and told he must serve Matthew Daley was found guilty

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of manslaughter in May after he admitted attacking retired

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solicitor Donald Lock The bodies of five people killed

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at a recycling plant in Birmingham yesterday have

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all now been recovered. The men, originally from Gambia,

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died when a 15-foot wall of concrete A pilot who crashed his vintage

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plane at the Shoreham Airshow last August, killing eleven people,

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is being investigated for Sussex Police is considering

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whether there was any negligence by Andrew Hill,

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a 52-year-old former RAF More than 600 British

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troops are to be stationed in Eastern Europe, as part

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of an expanded Nato force designed The deployment, part of a contingent

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of 4000 troops, was approved by Nato It was the first Nato summit

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since the Brexit vote and David Cameron today insisted

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Britain's standing in the world had Last month, British soldiers

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were among 30,000 Nato troops training in Poland to counter

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what the Alliance sees Nato leaders at their summit

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are unsettled by Britain's decision to leave their partner organisation,

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the European Union. President Obama, meeting EU leaders,

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called it a critical moment. The vote in the United Kingdom

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to leave the EU has created uncertainty about the future

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of European integration. Unfortunately, this has led some

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to suggest that the entire edifice of European security

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and prosperity is crumbling. So David Cameron is mounting

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operation reassurance, telling me Britain's allies have

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nothing to fear. Britain may be leaving

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the European Union but we're not turning our back on Europe

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and we are not turning our back Britain is the second largest

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contributor to Nato, And Britain is backing words

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with extra troops, as Nato sends four multinational battalions

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to the vulnerable Baltic states and to Poland, Britain

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will contribute 500 troops The message to Russia, the Alliance

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will defend its eastern borders. There's no question David Cameron

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really does need to bolster, to reinforce Britain's

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position within Nato. After all, at the height of the EU

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referendum campaign, five former Nato Secretary General

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said this in very stark terms. "Brexit would undoubtedly lead

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to a loss of British influence, undermine Nato and give succour

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to the West's enemies". Downing Street hailed that statement

:24:28.:24:31.

at the time. Russia stands to gain from any

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weakness in the West, as it too steps up military

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training, accusing Nato If one party deploys certain

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potentials, the other party And this is the beginning

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of an arms race. Tonight, a working dinner

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for the Nato leaders focused The Polish hosts very

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pointedly chose the same room where in 1955 their Soviet masters

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from Moscow signed the Warsaw Pact. It established the Cold War military

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alliance behind the Iron Curtain Reconciliation with President

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Putin's Russia does not look A former model has been awarded

:25:16.:25:21.

more than ?70 million, in what is believed to be

:25:22.:25:31.

the largest divorce settlement in English legal history,

:25:32.:25:33.

after her Saudi billionaire husband divorced her and married

:25:34.:25:37.

a younger woman. Christina Estrada was awarded

:25:38.:25:41.

the lump sum from the High Court, after arguing that she needed

:25:42.:25:44.

the money to "maintain her lifestyle", which includes spending

:25:45.:25:46.

?1 million a year on clothes. Andy Murray has made it

:25:47.:25:55.

through to his third Wimbledon final after defeating Tomas Berdych

:25:56.:25:58.

in straight sets. He'll now meet the world number

:25:59.:26:01.

seven Milos Raonic in Sunday's final, after the Canadian knocked

:26:02.:26:04.

Roger Federer out of the championships in

:26:05.:26:07.

a dramatic five-set match. Strain and crane to

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get any view you can. It's worth it, to see and be seen

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near the great man. Andy Murray practised

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in public view on Friday. All this clamour is now

:26:20.:26:22.

all so familiar. There he is, in the middle

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of that, Andy Murray Still, no one else was going

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to protect him on court against Tomas Berdych,

:26:31.:26:34.

and the players have some recent

:26:35.:26:36.

interesting history. Andy Murray's wife had previously

:26:37.:26:40.

aimed some words at Berdych That was a while ago

:26:41.:26:49.

when the players were anxious All friends now, and the close

:26:50.:26:53.

quarters stuff went Murray's way. Berdych is a powerful man

:26:54.:26:59.

but Murray is no weakling. In the second set, Berdych,

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the 10th seed, threatened, but Murray may just be in the form

:27:02.:27:09.

of his life. Murray closed it out,

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6-3, 6-3, 6-3, to reach The older you get, you never know

:27:13.:27:25.

how many chances you're going to have to play in a grand

:27:26.:27:32.

slam final, so you want to make And I'm glad I managed

:27:33.:27:36.

to get through today. Roger Federer, age defier,

:27:37.:27:42.

was perplexed by his own Him, like a White Cliff of Dover

:27:43.:27:45.

tumbling into the sea. To beat him in five sets,

:27:46.:27:53.

Canadian Milos Raonic had to be persistent and he had

:27:54.:27:57.

to be brilliant. Of course, it isn't for Murray,

:27:58.:27:59.

and that could be decisive The Wales football team

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have received a hero's welcome after they flew

:28:05.:28:13.

into Cardiff this afternoon. Tens of thousands of

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fans lined the streets, to congratulate their team

:28:17.:28:18.

after their performance Wales reached the semifinals,

:28:19.:28:20.

the first time they've got that far This evening, players joined fans

:28:21.:28:25.

at a concert to celebrate their It was a heroes' welcome,

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a homecoming befitting a team who've thrilled a nation and a chance

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to say thank you to the fans. Obviously we're delighted, you know,

:28:40.:28:45.

to see how much it means Never has Welsh football experienced

:28:46.:28:47.

on occasion like this. History has been made

:28:48.:28:52.

and memories as well. Very, very proud, they've been

:28:53.:28:56.

brilliant, they've been brilliant The open top bus began

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to wind its way through A special moment for the players

:28:59.:29:04.

singing to fans, whose voices rang out in France for longer

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than they could have imagined. It's what it means

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to the whole country. It's nice for us to say a little

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thank you for supporting us and being there with us

:29:24.:29:27.

for the journey. Amazing scenes, ones

:29:28.:29:28.

we'll all never forget. Thousands walked alongside them

:29:29.:29:33.

as they made their way across the River Taff

:29:34.:29:36.

towards the home of Welsh football. It's extraordinary, how proud

:29:37.:29:39.

a nation we are and we see these people and when we give them

:29:40.:29:44.

something to shout about, Yes, brilliant,

:29:45.:29:46.

absolutely brilliant. The boys have done really

:29:47.:29:51.

well out there in France I think just one of pride

:29:52.:29:54.

really, what the lads To celebrate with the fans like this

:29:55.:30:02.

makes me feel proud. These players have had an amazing

:30:03.:30:10.

connection with their fans and right now you can sense the emotion

:30:11.:30:13.

and excitement in the crowd. A thunderclap in the

:30:14.:30:17.

sunshine and the party A concert with the Manic Street

:30:18.:30:23.

Preachers and then this, the moment the 30,000 fans had been

:30:24.:30:32.

waiting for - their team. The players and the nation

:30:33.:30:41.

dared to dream. They hope this will be the beginning

:30:42.:30:45.

of the journey for Welsh football. Sian Lloyd, BBC News,

:30:46.:30:48.

Cardiff. That's all from us. Now it's time

:30:49.:30:52.

for the news where you are.

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