30/01/2016 BBC Weekend News


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The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, has welcomed

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a decision by the main opposition groups in Syria to take part

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in peace talks in Geneva, the first in two years.

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They boycotted the launch of the negotiations yesterday

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but now say they have received assurances about their

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From Geneva, Imogen Foulkes sent this report.

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Syria's war has lasted five long years.

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A least 250,000 Syrians have been killed, 13 million driven

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This last winter, sieges have caused starvation.

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Despite months of planning by the UN, on the first day

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of the talks, only a Syria government team showed up.

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The opposition pointedly stayed away.

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Now, after days of deliberation, the opposition says it will travel

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Our top agenda is the humanitarian, lifting the sieges.

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We have 18 places in Syria that are starving.

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To have this in the 21st century, it's a disaster.

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On the table for discussion are: a ceasefire, a transitional

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government and a new constitution, and finally, UN-supervised

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elections, so the Syrians can choose their own government.

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Of course, that is a very ambitious list, and no-one here at the UN

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expects this process to be quick or easy.

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These negotiations will start very modestly, proximity talks,

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Maybe some small measures to begin with, a local ceasefire or access

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But those little things could lead to much bigger prizes -

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And anything which allows Syria's people to hope that their future

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lies at home and not on a risky, rickety, smuggler's boat to Europe,

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Meanwhile, in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya,

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16 more people are now understood to have died of starvation,according

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Earlier this month, a UN convoy was allowed to deliver some

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emergency supplies to the town, where up to 40,000 people

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New research indicates that a brain tumour treatment,

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known as proton beam therapy, may be as effective as conventional

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radiotherapy but with fewer side effects.

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The treatment was at the centre of a high-profile medical dispute

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in 2014, when the parents of five-year-old Ashya King

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removed him from hospital, against doctors' advice,

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Here's our health correspondent, Adam Brimelow.

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His report contains some flash photograpy.

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Ashya King's case highlighted the complex and often agonising

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progress behind decisions over treatment for malignant brain

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tumours, when survival is uncertain and side effects may be severe.

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His parents insisted he should have proton beam therapy.

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Eventually the NHS in England paid for him to have the treatment

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in the Czech Republic, though new facilities

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The Lancet study followed 59 patients with the most common kind

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of malignant brain tumour in children.

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After five years, survival was similar to conventional radio

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therapy, but with fewer side effects, with no sign of damage

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to the heart, lungs and digestive system.

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you don't get as many side effects, therefore you improve the quality

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of life of the people who are undergoing this

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An accompanying editorial in the Lancet says this trial sets

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a new benchmark for treating this type of tumour in children,

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but some experts point out the findings relate to only one type

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of tumour in a specific age group and much more research is needed

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for the full understanding of the merits of proton beam therapy.

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David Bowie left an estate valued at about ?70 million,

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according to his will, which has been filed in New York.

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Half will go to his widow, Iman, along with the home they shared

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The rest is to be shared between his son and daughter.

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It was also revealed that the rock star requested that his ashes

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be scattered in Bali in a Buddhist ritual.

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The singer died of cancer earlier this month.

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A survey suggests that, for the first time, more Anglicans

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in the UK support same-sex marriage than oppose it.

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The poll, of more than 6,000 people across Great Britain,

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indicates there's been a significant increase in support in recent years.

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The Church of England's official stance is that marriage can be only

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Our religious affairs correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, reports.

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The church's official position on same-sex marriage was made clear

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again, when leaders from the Anglican communion met

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Despite an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury,

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the hurt caused by the church in the past, to the faithful

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Protesters outside the meeting called on the church to set

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an example in fighting homophobia in Africa and elsewhere

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and change its doctrine on same-sex marriage.

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Now a new poll shows that, for the first time,

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more of the faithful approve of same-sex marriage

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45% are in favour, compared with 37% who believe it's wrong.

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A similar survey three years ago showed almost half opposed.

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There are also generational differences.

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The lowest level of support for same-sex marriage,

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at 24%, were among Anglican men aged over 55, the group that dominates

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The YouGov poll was commissioned by a leading gay activist

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The spokesperson for the church said it was holding what it calls "shared

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conversations" on the issue and would continue to do

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There'll be highlights of the Australian Open coming up on BBC

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One, so if you don't want to know the results of the women's final,

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look away now. Tennis, and there was a shock defeat

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for the world number one, Serena Williams, at

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the Australian Open in Melbourne. She was beaten by Germany's

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Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Williams went into the match

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as the heavy favourite and was hoping to equal

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Steffi Graf's record of 22 More on today's stories on the BBC

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News channel. The next news on BBC One is at 5. 40pm. Bye for now.

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Hello. Quite a bit calmer today across most areas of the UK after

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yesterday's storm. But not completely calm. Still blustery,

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showers about

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