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The ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine appears to be holding tonight,

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despite accusations of breaches on both sides.

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On the ground it remains tense - even as the Russian and Ukrainian

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leaders discuss making the ceasefire hold.

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Every civilian I speak with says they desperately want peace. Every

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fighter, on either side, says they don't believe the peace can last.

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In Scotland, referendum campaigning intensifies, as a new poll suggests,

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for the first time, a majority are in favour of leaving the UK.

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Five-year-old Ashya King is well enough to travel to Prague

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for treatment for brain cancer, says the family's lawyer.

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And a shock defeat at the US Open for Novak Djokovic, as Kei Nishikori

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becomes the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam final.

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Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels have accused each other

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of breaching a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, although the situation

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Ukraine says its leader spoke today to Russia's President,

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Vladimir Putin, and discussed ways of making the ceasefire hold.

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On the ground, local people have been taking stock, after recent

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bitter fighting in flashpoints, such as Donetsk and Mariupol,

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from where our correspondent, Fergal Keane, reports.

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The debris of war along the road east of Mariupol, this was a

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Ukrainian tank caught in ambush by pro-Russian forces. Today the guns

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are silent. The roads between the opposing forces are empty. We came

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across these bunkers abandoned by Ukrainian troops. Next, to a

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children's holiday camp, shattered by shell fire. Luckily the

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youngsters were evacuated a week ago. The people here were caught in

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no-man's land. This woman came out of a shelter to find her house

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destroyed. "I just want peace. What is all this for? To do this to

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peaceful people, how many years have we lived together? Everything was so

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good. Why did we come to this? So far the ceasefire is largely

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holding, though both rebels and government claim there have been

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violations. Among the fighting men, like these rebel troops, there's no

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attempt to hide their belief - this is an unfinished war.

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TRANSLATION: Of course, I will be glad if missiles stop exploding

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here, but I will be more satisfied when our rebel army reaches the

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border of Romania. Then there will be an independent state called New

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Russia. On the Ukrainian side, these men of the ultra-Nationalist

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battalion were strengthening their defences. New bunkers in expectation

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of renewed fighting. This man is their leader, a far-right idealist

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who hates the Russians. TRANSLATION: The whole history of

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Russian-Ukrainian relations and of this war tells us they won't adhere

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to the ceasefire an the war will start again. It's a question of five

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to seven days, no more. The fact that they're building fresh defences

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here today says something about their level of faith in the

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durability of the ceasefire. Here in Mariupol, every civilian I speak

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with says they desperately want peace. But every fighter, on either

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side, says they don't believe the peace can last. The level of

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mistrust, the sense that nothing has been settled, is profound.

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With under two weeks to go before the referendum in Scotland,

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campaigners for independence say the momentum for

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Tonight, a poll by YouGov for the Sunday

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Times suggests a majority of people are in favour of leaving the UK.

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It's the first time a mainstream poll has put the 'Yes'

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campaign ahead, although it doesn't include undecided voters.

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Our Scotland Correspondent, James Cook, reports now from Glasgow.

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Campaigners for a Yes vote enjoying their moment in the sun, mocking

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their rivals. For decades, Scottish independence had a minority

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following, but now, its supporters say they're on a roll, dancing

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towards victory. The beauty of the Yes campaign is that it has momentum

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of its own. It's a diverse, grass-roots, community-based

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campaign. There are different groups in every single sector of society

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campaigning for a Yes vote. in every single sector of society

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momentum that is, I think, unstoppable. There is some

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momentum that is, I think, of momentum. Tonight, a poll for the

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Sunday Times suggests a Yes vote by the narrowest of margins, 51% to

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49%, when don't knows are excluded. It's the first serious survey to put

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the 'Yes' campaign in the lead. This poll has

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the 'Yes' campaign in the lead. This were just the one poll, perhaps that

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would be all that it caused. In fact, though, the underlying trend

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is the same as in other recent surveys - movement towards a Yes

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vote. But opponents of independence say the game isn't over until the

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final whistle. Earlier today, they paraded their signings, 18 big names

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in Scottish football who are supporting a No vote and their

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player-manager for the day admitted these were nervous moments. We're at

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the exciting part of the campaign, as they say in footballing terms,

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it's squeaky bum time. We're enjoying this part. There's 12 days

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to go. We're going to give it our all to win the arguments about was

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best for the people of Scotland. all to win the arguments about was

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With less than two weeks to go, both all to win the arguments about was

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sides in the campaign can agree on some things at least - the race is

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tight and the stakes could hardly be higher.

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James joins us now. James, how seriously are both sides taking this

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poll? Well, seriously are both sides taking this

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comments we've just received in the past few minutes from Alistair

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Darling, the leader of the Better Together campaign, it seems they are

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taking it pretty seriously. Mr Darling says this poll and other

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recent polls must serve as a wake-up call to anyone who thought this was

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a foregone conclusion, urging people to go out and vote no. From the

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a foregone conclusion, urging people other side, a response from the

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Deputy First Minister who says this is a breakthrough poll and there is

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big momentum with yes. She says they're particularly gaining support

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among women and Labour voters. Talking of Labour voters, former

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Prime Minister groun has writ -- Gordon Brown has written an article

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blaming the campaign for the narrowing in the gap of the polls. A

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senior source says there will be no change of strategy. It's all getting

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very interesting. Thank you very much.

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There's been a major disturbance at an immigration centre near Lincoln,

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Staff at Morton Hall, which holds men waiting to be deported,

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withdrew from the centre, and extra prison officers were sent.

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Our correspondent, Judith Moritz, is there now.

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What's the scene now? Within the last few minutes, the Home Office

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have confirmed that things here are now under control and back to

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normal. That means that the disturbance lasted around 12 hours.

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It started just after breakfast. It escalated quickly to a point where

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staff here felt they needed to withdraw for their own safety. So,

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prison officers were brought in from elsewhere, with riot gear, to bring

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things under control. They were joined by staff from the police and

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ambulance and Fire Services, who were here on site until a short time

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ago. We've just heard that things have been resolved safely. But it is

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also the case that this followed the death a detainee here overnight last

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night. That is what we think may have prompted this disturbance. The

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Home Office have said an investigation has been launched.

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Ashya King, the five-year-old boy suffering from brain cancer,

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is well enough to travel to Prague for specialist treatment,

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Last night, a High Court judge gave his parents permission to take

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the child to a Czech clinic to receive proton beam therapy.

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He is the seriously ill little boy who has no idea he's been the focus

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of an extraordinary week of events. The case of Ashya King has divided

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medical opinion, being played out in court and has crossed borders. Today

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in southern Spain, his parents met doctors to finalise his move to the

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Czech Republic for treatment. He is in perfect conditions to travel, at

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the moment. He is playing with toys. He is with his parents, with his

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brother. We are preparing the last document estate agency to travel.

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REPORTER: When -- Documentation to travel. When will it happen? This

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weekend or maximum Monday Medics say they've morning. Done all they can

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for their young patient. TRANSLATION: We won't give an

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opinion about treatment. We are done what we have been told by the court.

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We have given permission for Ashya King to be moved to the hospital in

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This is the Prague. Therapy centre. Specialists are planning for his

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imminent arrival. On Monday morning, the paediatricians, oncologist, an

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thesologist and all the people who will be taking care of Ashya will

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sit down and make the final approval that he can be transported by

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aeroplane from Malaga to Czech Republic. For Ashya King's family,

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this is the treatment they've wanted all along.

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The government in Sierra Leone is preparing to

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impose a three-day nationwide lockdown later this month, to stop

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During that time, people will not be allowed to leave their homes.

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Sierre Leone is one of the countries worst hit by the deadly disease.

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The present outbreak in west Africa has claimed more than 2,000 lives.

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A former French hostage, who was held by Islamist extremists

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in Syria, claims one of his jailers was a man suspected

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of attacking the Jewish Museum in Brussels earlier this year.

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Mehdi Nemmouche is awaiting trial in Belgium, accused of killing four

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The French journalist, who was freed in April, says

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He did hit me a number of times. I don't know of any bad treatment to

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any other foreign hostages coming from him specifically, but I

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witnessed him torturing local prisoners.

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Kurdish forces, backed by American air power,

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have recaptured a strategically important mountain in northern Iraq

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Mount Zartak north-east of the city of Mosul, was taken by IS last

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month, but since then, the Kurds have been slowly pushing back.

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From there, our Middle East correspondent,

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It contains images you may find disturbing.

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You get here you first have to cross the river. The Peshmerga fighters

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were in jubilant mood. It's a rugged, dusty climb up the mountain,

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past isolated villages ah, ban donned by inhabitants, who fled as

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battles passed this way and that. This is the kind of terrain the

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Kurds feel at home in. This is their reward for fighting their way to the

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top, the mountain towers over the whole plain. These villages

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belonging to Christian and other minorities are still occupied by

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Islamic State radicals, now at the mercy of Kurdish guns. An extremely

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strategic position for the Kurds to have taken, absolutely dominating

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the plain that leads through the haze across to Mosul. But big though

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that may seem, here, it's a small step, compared with the giant task

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that lies ahead. The Peshmerga brought in some of their elite

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fighters for this battle. They acknowledge American air power

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played a crucial role. TRANSLATION: It was a tough battle,

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but the American air strikes helped a lot. We could have done it without

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them, but not right now. The rocky hillside is strewn with the bodies

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of Islamist fighters still lying sprawled where they fell. It's a big

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enough victory to bring the president of Kurdistan and his

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entourage to inspect the scene. The combination of local forces and

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Western air power carried the day, at least in this small corner of

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Iraq. There's a long way to go and many complications to be resolved

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before that process can be extended to the vast other areas in Iraq and

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Syria, where the Islamists have taken root.

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With all the sport, here's Katherine Downes at the BBC Sport Centre.

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We start with news of an upset at the US Open tennis,

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where the world number one, Novak Djokovic, has been beaten in

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the semi-finals by the world number 11, Kei Nishikori, from Japan.

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Nishikori becomes the first Asian man ever to make it to the final

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Little was expected of Kei Nishikori, under a baking sun and in

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front of a scorching opponent, surely he would wilt. The theory was

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his body would be too fragile to handle this. The evidence didn't

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back that up. It's easy to stay cool when you return as efficiently as

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this. Novak Djokovic helpless first set to the Japanese man. That was

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only one set. And Djokovic is the world number one. Capable of

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manoeuvring matches quickly, he won the second. A familiar story seemed

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to be unfolding, but then another twist in the plot - Colin Nish broke

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in the third -- Kei Nishikori broke in the third. This wasn't

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comfortable, nothing in near 100 degree heat is. In the tie-break he

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was stronger. By the fourth, it was Djokovic who seemed to crave

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shelter. The world number 11 was dominated him, his famous resistance

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battered away. Kei Nishikori was about to become the first Asian man

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to reach a major about to become the first Asian man

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tennis' top prospects is becoming one of its top players.

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Nishikori will play either Roger Federer or Marin Cilic,

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Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix at Monza

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Hamilton trails Rosberg by 29 points was second fastest.

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Hamilton trails Rosberg by 29 points in the Drivers' Championship

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and all eyes will be on the pair, after their collision at the

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I won't be doing anything silly tomorrow at all. Yeah, I mean, it

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I won't be doing anything silly might be in his mind, who knows. For

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me, I'm just going to be doing the same thing as always.

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In rugby union, the Premiership and the Pro 12

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All the results but the stand-out game

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of today was Saracens against Wasps at Twickenham.

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Last season's runners-up snatched victory in the final minute,

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as David Strettle crossed the line for his third try of the match.

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Ben Stokes hit 164 for Durham to help them reach their first Lord's

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final in seven years. His innings in the one-day cup includes six sixes

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in the victory over Nottinghamshire. They play Warwickshire in the final.

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That is all the sport. Back to you. The Andrew Marr programme is

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on tomorrow morning Good evening. Some of us saw some

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sunshine earlier today, the best in the south-western squad rant. If --

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quad rant. If you're in Yorkshire and Leeds, not such a good day. We

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still have outbreaks of rain drifting east across England.

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