02/11/2013 BBC Weekend News


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Good evening. The security forces in Pakistan have been put on high alert

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following a suspected US drone strike yesterday which killed the

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Taliban leader, Hakimulla Mehsud. The Pakistani government ministers

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say that the attack has destroyed their attempts to hold peace talks

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with militants. Hakimulla Mehsud was killed in north-western Pakistan

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near the border with Afghanistan. The Taliban has vowed to take

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revenge. The security forces in the capital

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and across the country now on high alert. Following threats from the

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Pakistan Taliban, it will launch suicide bombings in retaliation for

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the killing of its leader. In these rear pictures of Hakimulla Mehsud,

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he fools around with fellow fighters. Rest and recuperation for

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a man responsible for hundreds of attacks across Pakistan. Including

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the shooting of a schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai. In a BBC interview filmed

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weeks before his death, he did indicate that he was potentially

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interested in peace talks with the government. TRANSLATION: We leave on

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top. But the government has taken no steps to approach us. The government

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needs to sit with us and we will present our conditions. The news of

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his death in the US -- in a US drone strike may be welcomed by many here

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who have seen the suffering he has caused. There is anger that he was

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killed just as Hope was rising that peace talks could get underway. And

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perhaps most angry is this man. The interior Minister, who was leading

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the government's effort to draw the Pakistan Taliban into peace talks.

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First and foremost, the government of Pakistan does not see this drone

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attack as an attack on an individual. But as an attack on the

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peace process. This is the scale of the violence that people of Pakistan

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have been facing as the Taliban has issued a relentless campaign of

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mains and shootings. Killing and injuring thousands. The government

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leaves that peace talks were the best way to stop this bloodshed. But

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now the government says that the Americans have ruined the chances of

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those talks taking place. And today, it has summoned the US ambassador to

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protest. The government is considering the possibility of

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blocking the routes through Pakistan used by NATO to send fuel and other

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goods to its forces inside neighbouring Afghanistan. This is

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one of the men now being discussed by the Pakistan Taliban as a

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potential new leader. He is thought to be less hardline than Hakimulla

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Mehsud. But the death of Hakimulla Mehsud is a big blow for the

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militant movement and right now, they are unlikely to be interested

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in talking about peace. Our world affairs correspondent,

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Rajesh Mirchandani, is with us. We saw a furious response from the

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Pakistani government. Where does this leave peace talks? He described

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it as sabotage, a derailing of the peace process. The timing could not

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be worse. Governorate officials were due to fly today to meet with

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Taliban leaders. Taliban leaders had gathered and it seemed that all

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sides had bought into this process. And on the ease of the -- and on the

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evil of the negotiation beginning, a drones strike takes out a major

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player. Make no mistake, the Pakistanis are probably very

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relieved that Hakimulla Mehsud is dead because they thought he was a

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vicious killer, but the drone strikes are a major bone of

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contention and for it to happen this way and right now is a slap in the

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face. Can the peace process be revived? Now it is out of the Prime

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Minister's hands and in the hands of whoever succeeds Hakimulla Mehsud.

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Within the past half hour, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed

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that there is an ongoing incident involving a number of inmates in

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Mainstone -- Maidstone Prison. Officials say that resources have

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been deployed to deal with the disturbance. Maidstone is a category

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C jail holding about 600 inmates, many of whom are sex offenders.

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Two people have been remanded in custody after appearing before

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magistrates in Sheffield charged with the murder of a Sri Lanka and

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graduate. Taveesha Peiris, seen here on the right with his parents and

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brother, was killed as he made his final beta delivery. He was tuned to

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start a new job as an IT consultant. Gerry Jackson is in Sheffield.

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Six nights ago, Taveesha Peiris would have been looking forward to a

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shift here at Domino's pizza. He had secured a new job and this was his

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last night on the delivery rotor. He had been feeling unwell and might

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have gone home early. But he decided to accept one final comment.

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Colleagues found him later in his car. He had been stabbed to death.

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Today, a 17-year-old loose -- use and 29-year-old Sham as Khan

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appeared before the Magistrates' Court. Both were remanded in custody

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to appear next at the city's Crown Court in a fortnight. 's parents are

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due to fly from Sri Lanka to Britain in a few days. They pay tribute to

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their son, saying, we sent him to the UK to get a better life. Now all

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we have are broken hearts. Thank you very much.

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The daughter and son-in-law of an elderly couple whose remains were

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found buried in their back garden in Mansfield three weeks ago appeared

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in court charged with the murders. Susan and O'Dowd words were arrested

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in London on Wednesday. Willie Manu Patricia Whicherley has appeared in

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1998, and they had been shot dead. Standing side-by-side and flanked by

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court guards, 55-year-old Susan Edwards and her husband,

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Christopher, 57, are charged jointly with murdering her parents, William

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and Patricia Whicherley. During the hearing, they spoke only to confirm

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their names and ages and that they understood the charges. The pair

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were arrested on suspicion of murder at Saint Pancras International

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released Asian on Wednesday. Exactly three weeks after police on earth

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the bodies of a man and a woman buried in shallow graves in the

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garden of this home. -- International railway station. The

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bodies are believed to be there of William Whicherley and his wife.

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Postmortem tests revealed that both had been shot dead. The Whicherleys

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had been described as private and reclusive and when they disappeared

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here 15 years ago, many people assumed that they have simply moved

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away. Their daughter and son-in-law were remanded in custody and will

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appear again before it Crown Court judge on Monday.

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Campaigners seeking the release of a freelance British journalist

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detained along with Greenpeace activists in Russia have been

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staging a silent protests outside the brush and embassy. Kieron Bryan

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was among 30 arrested in September by Russian security forces during a

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protest against oil drilling. It has been a busy day of sport.

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Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes is at the sports centre.

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England celebrated their ten year anniversary of winning the Rugby

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union World Cup today by beating Australia again, this time at

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Twickenham on the opening day of the Autumn International is. 25 and 13

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score. English rugby spent ten years trying

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to restart the party it left in Sydney. -- 23-13 was the score. The

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current crop were helpless when faced with the likes of mannitol. He

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stunned his opponents with his first try. The Aussies were ahead by seven

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at the break. Twickenham could wallow in nostalgia. The key for

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England was taking chances. Chris Brunt short to the vantage of a

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ricochet. Twickenham new that they were broken. The Aussie defence

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parted and Owen Farrell picked out a channel and died into it. -- dived

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into it. The Australian's attempt to reduce the deficit had drifted. They

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fell short. For England, no party. There is more work to do.

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England's rugby league side had a vital victory today at the expense

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of Ireland in the World Cup. Ryan Wall scored a hat-trick of tries as

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England bounced back from their opening defeat to Australia. 42-0

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the final score. There are eight Premier League

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matches today. Chelsea missed the chance to go top, losing 2-0 at

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Newcastle. Rennie crawled in the second to end Chelsea's six match

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winning streak. -- Remy. At half time, Manchester are losing

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1-0 at the Emirates. Earlier, Manchester United beat Fulham 31 and

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Manchester is city thrashed Norwich 7-0.

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Celtic came from behind in the Scottish premiership two draw with

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Dundee but St Mirren against Ross County was abandoned because of

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heavy rain. And England's cricketers drew their opening Ashes warm up

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match in Australia. That is the sport.

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match in More throughout the evening on the

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