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More than 100 people are killed in Iraq's deadliest day for a year,

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A truck bomb exploded in the heart of a shopping district

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200 people have been injured in an atrocity claimed

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Here, I think there was a vehicle bomb.

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Over there, they are saying it was a man with a suicide belt.

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Clearly, though, massive explosions designed to cause as much

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We'll be live in Baghdad after an attack days before

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the Chilcot report into the Iraq war is released.

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The front runner for Conservative leader, Theresa May,

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says there needs to be a proper contest between the rival candidates

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A helping hand for Jeremy Corbyn from a major union boss,

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who says the Labour leader is the victim of a "failed coup".

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And goals galore from France tonight mean the Euro 2016 dream is very

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Iraq has suffered its worst day of violence for a year,

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with nearly 120 people killed in suicide attacks targeting

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In one, a truck bomb went off in a busy district, badly damaging

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a shopping centre which was packed with families at the time.

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200 people were injured, with so-called Islamic State

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Our Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, saw the aftermath

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of the attack first-hand and sent this report from Baghdad.

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The bombs and the fires consumed so many lives.

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It's supposed to be a sacred and festive season.

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The last few days of the holy month of Ramadan.

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The streets were full and the shops were open.

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This was the so-called Islamic State's latest gift

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The people who gathered there during the day

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were furious that the jihadists of so-called Islamic State seemed

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So when the Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, came to inspect

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the damage and pay his respects, they forced him

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He says that Iraqis are like sheep among wolves, everyone

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We don't have any security, any real security in Iraq.

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Yes, we have a lot of police, a lot of army but we

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All of the Iraqi people, not just me, all the Iraqi people,

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Islamic State, Sunni extremists, said they were

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Sectarian wars started in the chaos and violence that was unleashed

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by the American and British invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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It still continues and it's about power more than religion.

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A main reason why IS attacked was the defeat they just

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It means they've lost a stronghold less than an hour's

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All the destruction and killing add up to a clear message

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from the jihadists of so-called Islamic State.

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They may be defeated on the battlefield,

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but they are still able to hit back where it hurts most,

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by killing civilians in the heart of this capital city

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And the fear has to be that as they come under

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more military pressure, perhaps lose more ground,

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that there will be more attacks like this.

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After dark, hundreds gathered at the bomb site

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Some attempted defiance in an atmosphere that

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Young men were still searching for human remains

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Iraq has not had a day of real peace since the Americans,

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the British and their allies invaded in 2003.

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This week, Britain publishes its official enquiry into what happened.

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Plenty of Iraqis have already made up their minds, that the invasion

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and occupation pushed them into an agony without an end.

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Tonight, in this city, after 13 years of war,

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there are many tears, but not much hope.

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And Jeremy's with us now live from Baghdad.

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We're days away from the release of the Chilcot report.

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How much of this violence can be traced back to that?

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I think there is a direct connection with the invasion and its aftermath.

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Not many Iraqis had a problem with removing Saddam Hussein, he was a

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brutal dictator, the difficulty started with what happened

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afterwards. The Americans and British didn't have a good plan

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about what to do. Rashly, the Army -- the army was dissolved and

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leading members of middle management were sacked, so law and order

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collapsed and so did the state. Into the vortex of violence that

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followed, there were not enough troops on the coalition side to

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control the country, jihadists came in, started Al-Qaeda affiliate here,

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which is now called Islamic State, and out of that came a Victorian --

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sectarian civil war. Lots of people contributed to that, including

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Iraqis, also Iran, but what I would say, and there is a lot of evidence

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for this, is that the invasion set off a chain of circumstances that

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led through all that is what we have today.

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The Conservative Party leadership contender Theresa May has dismissed

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calls for other candidates to stand aside, saying she wants, "A contest,

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Mrs May - who is said to have the support of more

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than 100 Tory MPs - has reaffirmed her belief

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that there should be no General Election before 2020

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Our correspondent Ben Wright has been gauging opinion

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among Conservative Party members in Buckinghamshire.

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On the surface, this stretch of Conservative England appears

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serene, a world away from the summer's

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But in a Buckinghamshire garden this afternoon,

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The key thing we need at the moment is leadership

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and a statesman and, you know, that's the kind

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of thing that's going to drive our party forwards.

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Members of the Beaconsfield Conservative Association have a big

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I think she would be good on the world platform.

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They are weighing up Theresa May, one of the five Tory

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leadership candidates and the current favourite.

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Today, the Home Secretary said that if she won, she would not

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We have got this huge issue of negotiating the Brexit.

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We've got the concerns about stability and the economy

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And I think it we were to have an early general election it

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would introduce another destabilising factor.

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I don't think that would be good for the economy,

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I don't think it would be good for people and their jobs.

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Theresa May campaigned for Britain to stay in the EU,

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unlike Michael Gove, who clawed his way into the race

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after abandoning his former Leave campaign ally,

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Boris Johnson, the man he had recommended as

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I took the decision very late on Wednesday evening.

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I reflected on it, I woke up early in the morning...

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I decided that I could not in conscience make that recommendation.

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But it's Tory party members, around 140,000 of them,

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who will choose between the two candidates short-listed

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Gove has now, as far as I'm concerned, shot himself in the foot.

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That's the end of him as far as I'm concerned.

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I think she's a good, level-headed person.

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That's something these days in the Conservative Party!

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But I also found fans of Andrea Leadsom, who campaigned

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She knows the City, she knows what needs to be done.

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And I think she's a woman with conviction.

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Today, Mrs Leadsom tried to brush off remarks she made three years ago

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in which she said leaving the EU would be a disaster for our economy.

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But in the referendum she campaigned strongly for Brexit.

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One reason, David Cameron's attempt at reform.

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When the Prime Minister came back with his reform, with his

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re-negotiation, with the certainty of a referendum behind it,

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lending power to his elbow, it was very clear that the EU

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So that speech was April 2013 and things have so moved on.

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Andrea Leadsom also said triggering the formal two-year divorce process

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between Britain and the EU should happen quickly.

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But today, Tony Blair said informal talks with the EU were needed now

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and the UK should be able to reconsider its decision to leave.

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If, as we start to see the details emerge of what this new world

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we are going into looks like, what are the practical effects,

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The country should carry on being engaged in this debate.

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It should carry on expressing its view.

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If, for example, the will of the people shifts,

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But all the Tory leadership candidates insist

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These are some of the people who will pick the next Conservative

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There is disagreement here over who that person should be.

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But everybody recognises the next Prime Minister's got a really tough

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job uniting the party but also the country.

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Ben Wright, BBC News, Taplow in Buckinghamshire.

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Meanwhile, Labour's leadership divisions continue, with the Former

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Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott warning today that they

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Former leader Neil Kinnock said today that Jeremy Corbyn's lack

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of support from his own MPs was a breach of Labour's rules,

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but the general secretary of the Unite union said the attempt

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Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.

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Mr Corbyn, surely you can stop and spare 30 seconds

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Jeremy Corbyn is struggling to give the impression that he's

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How long can you really stay, Mr Corbyn, when 80%

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Mr Corbyn says he is willing to reach out to those Labour MPs.

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The leader of the country's biggest trade union, which represents

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nearly 1.5 million people, remains unflinching in his support.

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This has been a political lynching of a decent man,

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undermined, humiliated, attacked, in order to push him out.

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Among those wanting Jeremy Corbyn to go,

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the former Labour leader, Lord Kinnock.

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He claimed today Labour's rules meant that Mr Corbyn couldn't run

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for the top job again if he faces a challenge.

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Let me read, this is very tiresome, I know.

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"Any nomination must be supported by 20% of the combined Commons

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members of the Parliamentary Labour Party and members

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of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.

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Nominations not attaining this threshold shall be null and void."

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But Mr Corbyn's team insist he could stand again.

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Meanwhile I've been sent this dossier by a recently-resigned

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Shadow Cabinet minister, attempting to highlight how support

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for the party leader is slipping away amongst some ordinary members.

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However much support Jeremy Corbyn has, this Labour voter is worried.

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Can we avoid the disaster we are heading to, the talk of civil

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Rarely can a major British political party be accurately described to be

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These are painful times for Jeremy Corbyn and his party.

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George Osborne's outlined plans to cut corporation tax from 20%

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to below 15% in an effort to encourage businesses

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put off by the current economic uncertainty.

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The Chancellor told the Financial Times that the country

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faced a very challenging time in the wake of the EU referendum.

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The proposed cut would give the UK one of the lowest rates

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of corporation tax of any major economy.

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Officials in Bangladesh say the attack in the capital, Dhaka,

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which killed 20 people, was not carried out

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A government minister said the gunmen were home-grown

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militants, well-educated and from well-off families.

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The victims were mainly foreigners, including Italian, Japanese

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Now the sport, which comes live from Paris with

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The Euro 2016 semifinal line-up is now complete.

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We'll hear from the Wales camp in just a moment, but the last

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of the quarter-finals was at the Stade de

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Remember, Iceland embarrassed England in the last

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round but they were humbled by the hosts, France winning 5-2,

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No one expected Iceland to still be here by now. This is France's party,

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and the tournament's surprised team now in danger of overstaying their

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host's welcome. Having beaten, Iceland have earned their place but

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there was to be no more French hospitality. 1-0 France kicks is

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that eased anxieties, Paul Pogba but minds firmly at rest. Iceland

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showing little of the fortitude that had seen them early months of

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environment -- and many admirers. Dimitri Payet continuing to show why

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he is one of the best. France hiding their form, and they had found a

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fourth by the break. For Iceland, therefore fortune had run out.

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Pulling a goal back, but any glimmer of excitement was gone with France's

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fifth. Iceland has added plenty to this tournament, here adding the

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final word, but the hosts making it clear it was time for them to go

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home. Iceland and their supporters have

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certainly enriched this tournament, Our correspondent Matthew Price

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was watching in Reykjavik. A big defeat, but two goals to cheer

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and they must still be very Pride is what everybody is

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expressing here, Lee, and one man even said, we were winners tonight

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not through the scoreline but what we achieved in the tournament. This

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still behind me was earlier packed with possibly as many as 30,000

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people watching the game on a big screen. Their enthusiasm didn't

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waver through the game. They stayed to the end and they really believed

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in their team. As you heard in that report, Iceland were not fancied to

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get far in this tournament near the beginning, this volcanic rock in the

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middle of the North Atlantic where the sun practically shines

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throughout the night at this time of year, but they did go on, they beat

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England, they played France in the quarterfinals and now they are

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looking to the future, here tomorrow when the team comeback, which will

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be congratulations to the team, a celebration, and then they look

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forward to the next World Cup qualifiers in September begin with

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that team who has done so well in this tournament.

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France will face the world champions Germany in Marseille on Thursday,

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but on Wednesday in Lyon it's a first semifinal at a major

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After beating Belgium, they are back at their training base

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in Brittany preparing for a match that will see the two

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Real Madrid superstars go head to head, Gareth Bale

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against Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.

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I don't suppose that there will be any love lost

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on the evening between both teams, not just Gareth and Cristiano.

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Both teams will know what's at stake.

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So any friendship will have to wait until after the game.

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It's us against them. Again, our report would be the same. It won't

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change. We've had rain on the fourth

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Sunday here at Euro 2016. Because of the bad weather over

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the past week at Wimbledon, we had play on a middle Sunday

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for only the fourth time David Ornstein reports

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from the All England Club. At Wimbledon, the work never stops,

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but playing on middle Sunday is rare. Not that the public care.

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22,000 tickets sold in 27 minutes. The star attraction was Serena

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Williams. Her opponent, Annika Beck, is a fine prospect but inside an

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hour she'd experienced what the six time champion and do to you.

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Wimbledon was still coming to terms with the loss of top seed Novak

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Djokovic, knocked out by Sam Querrey yesterday, the biggest shock so far.

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That defeat for Djokovic has blown the men's draw wide open. In theory,

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it means Andy Murray becomes the new favourite, but he insists he is

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taking nothing for granted. And rightly so, even he will play the

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unpredictable Nick Kyrgios next, after his win against Feliciano

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Lopez today. If Murray can cut Nick Kyrgios out of the picture, he will

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be a step closer to a second Wimbledon title.

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Formula One, and Lewis Hamilton has closed the gap on his teammate

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and championship leader Nico Rosberg to 11 points after winning

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The Hollywood director Michael Cimino, whose film

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The Deer Hunter won five Oscars, has died at the age of 77.

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The movie about the Vietnam war, starring Robert de Niro

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and Meryl Streep, is widely regarded as a masterpiece.

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But his next film, the western Heaven's Gate, went down as one

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Nick Higham looks back at the highs and lows of Michael Cimino's career.

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The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino's finest film.

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An epic tale of war Vietnam and a

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with a starry cast and a poignant theme tune.

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Few films captured so well the trauma of America's

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The director's style could be unorthodox.

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On paper, there were great blank spaces.

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I said, what am I supposed to say here?

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He said, you know, say what you think she would say.

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I quite like that when they say that.

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Earlier, he'd written and directed this, a road movie,

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thriller starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

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It should have been the start of a great career.

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A sprawling western, it took a year to shoot and cost

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They'd given the director near total freedom to make a masterpiece.

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He had sets replaced because he didn't

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The shoot took ages, the budget spiralled

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and it was inevitable that it was going to lose money.

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Plus, in America, it came out and they didn't like it.

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The film became a byword for a director's self-indulgence.

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Cimino's reputation never recovered and the studio,

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But that, said Cimino later, wasn't his fault.

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What's never mentioned is all the hundreds of millions

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of dollars expended on movies which never saw the light of day,

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which is still really became a leading interest,

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-- still really accumulating interest.

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which stayed on the shelf, never got released.

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He made four more rather forgettable films

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and critics later decided Heaven's Gate wasn't so bad after all.

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He was fated at the Cannes Film Festival.

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By now rendered unrecognisable by plastic surgery.

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But only The Deer Hunter remained an acknowledged masterpiece.

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