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International sanctions against Iran - in place for years -

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are tonight lifted, as it's confirmed Tehran has scaled

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Within the last hour, the EU representative,

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with the Iranian Foreign Minister by her side, made the announcement,

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As Iran has fulfilled its commitments, today multilateral

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and national economic and financial sanctions related to Iran's nuclear

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The deal means Iranian oil can again be sold on the world market,

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as well as new trade and financial opportunities for Tehran.

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Iran has undertaken significant steps that many -

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and I do mean many - people doubted would ever

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We'll be assessing the significance of Iran being brought back

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Terror in the capital of Burkina Faso, after 29 people

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are killed in an attack on a luxury hotel by Islamist militants.

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He has got him. He has got it. And England's seize the series against

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South Africa, with an emphatic win in the Third Test.

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International sanctions against Iran, which have been

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It came after the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA,

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confirmed that Tehran had, in accordance with requirements,

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In the last hour, the European Union's foreign policy

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chief Federica Mogherini, with the Iranian Foreign Minister

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by her side, said the deal represented a victory for political

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The lifting of sanctions will now mean that Iran can again sell oil

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Let's go straight now to our diplomatic correspondent

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Bridget Kendall, who's in Vienna where the talks have

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We, it was under two hours ago here as the UN headquarters in Serena

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that the UN nuclear Watchdog gave a green light for the Iranian sanction

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to be lifted. Only in the last hour have we heard from the European

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Foreign Policy Chief prrks the Iranian Foreign Minister and the US

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Secretary of State John Kerry, that yes, the sanctions will be over, and

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we are entering a new phase. It has been a long day of anticipation here

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in Vienna, quite a lot of the time officials didn't seem to though what

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was happening and it emerged that was because there had been two twin

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tracks of intense diplomacy behind is scenes here today. One was double

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and triple checking that nuclear deal, before finally making the

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announcement that sanctions would be lifted. And the other was the

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dramatic announcement that there has been a prisoner swap between the

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United States and Iran. The moment Iran had been waiting

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for. In Vienna confirmation it has done enough to curtail its nuclear

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programme, triggering a green light to lift international sanctions.

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As Iran has fulfilled its commitment, today, multilateral and

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national economic and financial sanctions related to Iran's nuclear

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programme are lifted. This achievement clearly demonstrates

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that with political will, perseverance and diplomacy we can

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solve the most difficult issues. The Iranian Foreign Minister could not

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hide his jubilation. I am going to do what I always do,

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read exactly what she said in English.

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Also today, released from captivity, for allegedly plotting against the

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Iranian state, Washington Post reporter Jason, along with three

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other Iranian-American captives, former US Marine on the left and

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religious pastor on the right, and a fourth man. All freed in a dramatic

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prisoner swap with the United States. This evening, we are really

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reminded once again of diplomacies power to tackle significant

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challenges. So what has Iran done? Well, in

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essence it scaled back much of its nuclear programme. It has cut back

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the number of centrifuges used to enrich uranium but two thirds. It

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has reduced its stockpile, shipping out the bulk of it to Russia. And

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its dismantled the core of the heavy water react for at Iraq, replacing

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it with concrete, so it can't be used to make a plutonium bomb.

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It is a far cry from just a few years ago, when the west saw the

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President and Iran's nuclear activities as one of the biggest

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dangers in the world. Even though Iran insisted its programme was

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peaceful. But there was more trust in his

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successor the moderate President. His gamble to conclude a nuclear

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deal, to lift the sanctions squeeze on Iran's struggling economy, has

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paid off. Some sanctions will remain, but

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overall this is a significant milestone. Iran's oil can flow out

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again, and investors can dive in. Ending years of Iran's international

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isolation. So what is the reaction to this? For

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the diplomats involved I would say above all relief, and also a sense

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of triumph, Philip Hammond the British Foreign Secretary, Britain

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was involved from the beginning of this diplomacy, said tonight some

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sceptics said this would never happen, another thing, there is also

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eagerness, eagerness to get into Iran for all those business

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opportunity, a consumer market of 80 million people.

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Thank you. And Barbara Plett joins

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us from Washington. A very significant moment, clearly.

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How big an achievement is this for US Iranian diplomacy? It is an

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enormous achievement, after more than 35 years of hostility, and

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enmity, they have managed to solve this issue of Iran's nuclear

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programme. They still don't have diplomatic relationships sthaienedz

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have many areas where they have significant differences but the

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State Department in particular has been emphasising these negotiations

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have opened up a new and important channel of communication, this is

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also you know, a really big day for President Obama, because this has

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been his foreign policy priority. Basically staked his reputation on

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it and he has fought tooth and nail against a strong Republican

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opposition in Congress. That isn't going to go away and Mr Obama is

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aware he only has one more year in office to make this agreement stick.

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But I think he is banking on the success of the deal, if it is

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successful, as well a strong international support to mean that

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the deal wouldn't be reversed if it is a Republican who in the end

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replaces him. At least 29 people, including

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a number of foreigners, have been killed, and dozens injured

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in a gun attack by Islamist extremists on a hotel

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in the West African state of Burkina 120 hostages were freed after local

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troops, backed by French special A group linked to Al-Qaeda has

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claimed responsibility. It took place in Burkina Faso's

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capital Ouagadougou in a luxury Our correspondent Thomas Fessy

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reports from there. This is when Government troops

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backed by French special forces finally retook control of the hotel.

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Dramatic scenes right in the centre of the capital city.

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The terrified guests were evacuated after a long night in hiding.

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It began on Friday evening round supper time. Al-Qaeda militants

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stormed the Splendid Hotel in and a cafe across the street. Both popular

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with UN staff and foreigners. They started shooting and everybody

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lay down on the ground. As soon as you lifted your head you would get

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shot straightaway so you had to be pretend to be dead. They even came

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to touch our feet to check if we were alive.

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Soldiers had no other option but to fight back here, there was no

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negotiation. The Jihadist didn't come to take hostage, they came to

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kill. TRANSLATION: When they left they set

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fire to the place. The smoke started to suffocate me and the our

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survivors. This is the scene hours after the end of the siege. Some

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reports suggest that at least two women were among the four militants

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killed in the rescue operation. More than 100 people were freed.

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We are not allowed to go new further than here but from here we can see

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the traces of the attack, we have seen soldiers and investigators

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going in and out of the hotel, but the authorities say they have the

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situation under control. And they have called on people to

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stay calm. Suzanne is reunited with her

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husband, but on a hospital bed. A local painter, she was attending a

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meeting chaired by Government minister in the hotel, when gunshots

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rang out. TRANSLATION: I am still shocked. It

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was a nightmare. What we have seen is horrible. It really was horrible.

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Tonight, families are still waiting for news of their loved ones. The

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whole country's scarred by the first Jihadi attack by such a scale. The

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militant have shown they remain a threat throughout the region.

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Companies could be banned from paying dividends

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to shareholders unless they pay workers the Living Wage,

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under proposals outlined by Jeremy Corbyn.

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The Labour leader also suggested imposing pay ratios between those

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at the top and bottom of a firm's salary scales.

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With me now is our political correspondent, Carole Walker.

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How firm are are the proposals? At this stage they are just Sugg

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suggestion but it is clear from two Stevens Jeremy Corbyn made today he

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does want to do more to strengthen workers right, one idea would be to

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prevent companies paying dividends to shareholders unless all their

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workers get the living wage. It has to be said that the present Tory

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Government is going to make the living wage compulsory so they may

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have to do so any way. Jeremy Corbyn has a wider agenda, he want to

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strengthen the power of testify union, to repeal the bill that would

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curb their powers, he want to look at what he sees the gulf between the

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Tom and -- top and bottom of the wage stale-of-scale. He wants unions

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to have online ballots. He is setting up a commission to look at

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all of this, but it has to be said, businesses are not happy, they say

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that politicians should not businesses are not happy, they say

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involved in getting involved in private companies, and some Labour

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MPs will be concerned the whole agenda and tone is anti-business.

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Thank you. Taiwan has elected its

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first female President. Tsai Ying-wen is leader of the party

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that wants independence from neighbouring China,

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and in her first speech after winning, she said the island's

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democratic system must be respected. China sees Taiwan as

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a breakaway province, which it has threatened to take back

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by force, if necessary. From the Taiwanese capital Taipei,

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Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. What has happened in Taiwan

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tonight is nothing short The small bespectacled woman shaking

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hands on stage has just been elected Taiwan's new President -

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and by a huge margin. Tasi Ying-wen is a

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British-educated law Professor. Today's victory shows the whole

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world Taiwanese people "Taiwanese people are democratic,

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and as President I will make sure To Beijing, those are fighting

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words. Tsai and her passionate young

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supporters want the world to see Taiwan as an independent,

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democratic country - It's not a view shared

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by these people. At the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

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in Taipei, bus loads of mainland Chinese tourists are crowding

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in to watch the Changing Nearly four million Chinese tourists

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visited Taiwan last year. But familiarity does not appear to

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be bringing greater understanding. "But if they try to declare full

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independence, then we will fight." The threat that China could one day

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invade this island used to fill Tonight, the people of Taiwan have

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spoken loudly and emphatically, This is our country,

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this is our democracy, and we will not be bullied by one

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party dictatorship in Beijing. England's cricketers

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have won the Test series with a resounding seven wicket

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victory in Johannesburg. Man of the Match Stuart Broad took

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six wickets for just 17 runs, as the home team were bowled out

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for 83 in their second innings. It left England needing

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just 74 to win. A series victory at the home

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of the world's best. This England side once again

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reaching spectacular new heights. Still, all that seemed a long way

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off, as Joe Root returned His wicket began an England

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batting collapse of sorts - quite literally here

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in the case of Moeen Ali. The last five lost quickly

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as conditions swung back The lead for England

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a mere ten runs. But this match - and the series -

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was about to turn once more, England's pace attack relentless,

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unforgiving. This was Stuart Broad's first

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wicket, and when he finds his rhythm there are few more destructive

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anywhere in the world. AB de Villiers, South Africa's

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captain, couldn't cope with him. Others simply tried

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to get out of his way. Whilst the bowling was brilliant,

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James Taylor's catch to dismiss In one spell Broad took

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an astonishing five wickets for just His sixth ended their innings

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on a meagre 83. For England, a quite

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remarkable victory. The guys are celebrating in that

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changing room because we have worked hard throughout this tour for this

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sort of moment, and this sort of day, and it came very

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quickly for us. South Africa now lose their place

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as the world's top Test side. England - well, their reputation

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just continues to grow. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. Good evening. Another cold day for

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most of us and we saw some fairly significant snow

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