21/11/2015 BBC Weekend News


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The capital of Belgium in lockdown tonight amid fears

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Troops are on the streets of Brussels; the authorities say

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We have received quite precise information about an attack like

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A state of emergency in Mali where security forces are

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hunting at least three gunmen who attacked a hotel yesterday.

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Four British tourists die after their helicopter crashes onto

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And, in sympathy and solidarity with Paris, the

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French National Anthem is sung at every match in the Premier League.

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Soldiers and armed police are patrolling the streets of Brussels

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tonight after the city was put on the highest state of alert.

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Belgium's Prime Minister said the authorities had information about

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'the imminent threat' of an attack similar to Paris possibly involving

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The Brussels Metro system has been closed, football matches have

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been postponed, and people are being told to avoid large crowds.

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From Brussels, our Europe Correspondent James Reynolds.

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This morning in Brussels, soldiers took the place of commuters.

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The government has closed all Metro stations in the capital.

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We have received quite precise information about the risk

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of an attack like the one that happened in Paris.

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We are talking about scenario in which several individuals with

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arms and explosives would launch an attack perhaps in several places.

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It may be that this man, Salah Abdeslam, is involved,

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he's one of the Paris attackers still on the run.

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The police believe he came back to Belgium after the attacks.

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His Brussels neighbourhood, Molenbeek,

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A troop carrier is parked outside the Town Hall.

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Upstairs, on the balcony, a wedding party ignores the terror alert.

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In the centre of town, shopping centres are largely empty.

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This weekend, the streets belong to this country's soldiers.

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Brussels is normally among the quietest of European

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capitals, but this city feels very different right now.

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The government has instructed citizens to follow all official

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instructions and not to spread any rumours.

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One woman expresses her disappointment.

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There is so much security, so we feel protected.

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Brussels continues to receive visitors.

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The 12.08 Eurostar from London arrives on time.

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We just want to go to be safe at home because even the police is

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Tonight, the police have told bar owners to shut down early.

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The government promises to reassess its security level on Sunday.

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Until then, many in this capital city believe it's better to stay

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Christian Fraser is in Brussels for us now.

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Christian, what atmosphere on the streets tonight?

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The weather has not been too kind to us tonight but normally at this time

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of the evening, particularly on a Saturday evening, this district in

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Brussels would be heavings, the bars and restaurants would be full. Not

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tonight though. You can see most of them are closed, the tables and

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chairs have been folded away and the soldiers standing in strategic

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positions around the city like they are at this Crossroads. Just at the

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end of this street here, there is one of those Armoured personnel

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carriers right next to the Christmas market which opens next week. Of

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course, this is not sustainable. The businesses are already complaining.

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You wonder what sort of message this sends to the terrorists. The

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government is under enormous pressure. As James said, they'll

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review the decision tomorrow afternoon. You suspect that they've

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given the intelligence authorities the weekend until the beginning of

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the working week to understand the threat and tray to eliminate it. Of

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course, that means trying to catch Salah Abdeslam. Just to underline

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the pressure that the Interior Minister, is under, he's quoted adds

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saying today that he wants to know everything about that notorious

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district of Molenbeek, even he said if that means the local authority

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has to bang on every door and demand to know who is living there.

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Jeremy Corbyn said there should be a David Cameron has welcomed a UN call

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Jeremy Corbyn said there should be a negotiated end to the war. In the

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wake of the pash Is attacks, Russia, China, the US and Britain backed a

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French resolution at the United Nations. This called for combatting

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search called Islamic state by all possible means. The government

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believes this will strengthen its case for extending British air

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strikes from Iraq to Syria. We will go on making the case for a broad

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response to the Isil challenge, political, military and humanitarian

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when we think we have got a consensus across Parliament we will

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put it to the vote. The ayes to the right, 272, the noes

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to the left, 285. The Prime Minister failed to get enough support the

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last time he called for air strikes in Syria, on that occasion against

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President Assad's regime. I get that and the Government will act

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accordingly. He wants no repeat of that humiliation. Now to join the

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fight in Syria, he went settle even for a narrow victory and will only

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hold a vote if he's sure the vote will hold strength and not weakness

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to IS. The third largest party in Parliament, the SNP say the UN

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Resolution doesn't give explicit legal answers. Today it didn't sound

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like Jeremy Corbyn was likely to support a military response.

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Experience of Afghanistan Iraq and Libya has convinced many of our own

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people that the enthusiasm for military interventions

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multiplied the threats to all of us. He later sounded more positive

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towards the resolution passed here at the UN after his Shadow Foreign

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Secretary said this. It's for the at the UN after his Shadow Foreign

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Prime Minister to make any proposition and then we, as the

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Labour opposition, will be able to respond. Clearly the passing of the

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UN Resolution is a very respond. Clearly the passing of the

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go. . This country a veneer of, because most would say David

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Cameron's not come up with a convincing enough case on Syria.

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But, some Shadow ministers I've spoken to say they are at least

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willing to be convinced even if that puts them at odds with their own

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leader. On Monday in Paris, the Prime Minister will discuss

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Counter-Terrorism with the French President. Perhaps a legacy of those

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whose lives were cut short in the city will be greater unity in the

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struggle against so-called Islamic state.

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In Mali, security services say they're hunting at least three men

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after yesterday's attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako.

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19 people were killed when gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu.

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Mali's president has declared a 10-day state of emergency, and said

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the attack underlines the global threat posed by Islamic extremism.

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A day after they were attacked, hotel guests returned to the scene

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A day after they were attacked, of the tragedy. They came to collect

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their belongings and leave quickly. This was a siege that lasted ten

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hours. Helping with the rescue operation,

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French and US Special Forces. Many hostages were freed, among the dead

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Russians and Chinese, one American. Jihadi groups linked to Al-Qaeda in

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the north of the country claimed they were behind the attack. These

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militants are engaged in the violent struggle, French troops and UN

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Peacekeepers battled to to contain them. Today these pictures have

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emerged showing the aftermath of the bloody rampage. Hotel guests

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attacked in their bedrooms. One survivor, a chef at the hotel,

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is still very shaken. I kept seeing people who were so badly wounded.

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There were lots of injured people. Mali's President at the scene today

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warned no corner of the world will be spared. These are men who do not

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deserve to be called a man. They themselves decided to break away

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from human tear as we know it. Our values are not theirs. -- human

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tear. Children playing again like nothing happened but fear is

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palpable here. No-one can tell if it's over. We are scared because we

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live here. They said it was all over and they left but I don't like it.

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If you just walked along the streets, you wouldn't know this area

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was the scene of a mass murder. There's a strange mixed feeling of

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eeriness and normality here, but what happened isn't normal and the

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Radisson Blu is now abandoned to investigators working on a crime

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scene. The people of Mali have been living in fear of Jihadi attacks for

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a few years now. They have learnt to carry on in spite of tragic

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circumstances. But all they ask is that their country keeps them safe.

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Four British tourists are among seven people who've died

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after a helicopter crashed on a glacier in New Zealand.

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Police said rescue teams had reached the crash site but were hampered

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The glacier, which lies next to the town of Fox Glacier on the

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remote west coast of South Island, attracts thousands of tourists each

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Wedged between walls of ice, wreckage

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of the sight-seeing helicopter in which seven people died.

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Rescuers winched down to the crash site earlier today

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When the emergency services were alerted,

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four rescue helicopters were sent to the scene, but difficult terrain

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and poor visibilities are hampering the recovery effort.

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It's at the top of the glacier and it's heavily creviced,

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so very rough country and it's going to take a lot of care

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Among the dead is the pilot, the 28-year-old New Zealander,

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Mitch Gameron, said to be an experienced flyer.

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We don't yet know the identity of his passengers.

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The Fox Glacier, 13 kilometres long, is one of the country's top tourist

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attractions, thousands visit it every year with operators offering

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The crash happened about 2500 feet up the glacier at the start

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of the tourist season in what's described as rainy, cloudy weather.

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One local official said it was not ideal for helicopter flying.

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The exact cause of the crash is now being investigated.

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But it's left the small community from where

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Obviously we are absolutely devastated.

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We are here to support the families, the people involved.

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The police say it may take days to formally identify the dead.

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The Foreign Office says that the families of the four British

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people killed have been told and that they're being given support.

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The next step for embassy staff will be to help bring the bodies home.

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At the moment though, the weather is so bad, recovery teams can't even

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A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court accused

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of stabbing two teenagers at a school in south London.

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The boy, who can't be named, is charged with attempted murder

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and causing grievous bodily harm in the attacks at Kingsdale Foundation

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He was remanded in youth custody until next month.

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Steelworkers have been demonstrating in Sheffield over cuts to

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Thousands of job losses have been announced recently in Teesside,

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Marchers urged the Government to stem the influx

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Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, has given his final

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speech as leader to the Democratic Unionist Party conference.

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Mr Robinson, who's stepping down in the next few

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weeks, said that during his time in politics Northern Ireland had

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For me this political journey is coming to an end.

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In the coming period of time the party will have a new leader.

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I know how difficult a job this will be but I also know

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how rewarding it is to be able to change things for the better.

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My successor will face the sometimes ferocious rigours of high office.

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It's not a task for the faint-hearted.

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There'll be long, dark nights but believe me, morning does come.

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Finally, the French National Anthem was played before every match in the

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Premier League and Scottish Premier League today as a gesture of

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solidarity and remembrance for those affected by the attacks on Paris.

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It's an unfamiliar terrace tune but a powerful one.

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As at Wembley in the week, English football rallies to

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Particularly poignant moments for the Premier League's many

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French players and managers, the Maseillais sounded across

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This weekend, domestic football returned to France

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for the first time since last Friday's attacks, but things have

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Last night, before Nice took on Lyon,

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Sport might be escapism but it can't escape everything and,

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for those attending tonight's match at Manchester City, thoughts

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of what began eight days ago outside another football ground.

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So, when it came to playing the French National Anthem

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before their game with Liverpool, City fans were united.

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It's enormously important to sing out today, yes.

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We have got to stick with the French, help them out.

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It's an important thing to get out, it's important for the world to see

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Solidarity between the two countries, yes,

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Because football came so close to terror at the Stade de France,

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Few here know the words to this anthem

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Good evening. If you haven't enjoyed the sudden drop into winter, good

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news, the icy winds the sudden drop into winter, good

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lighter tomorrow but

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