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Countdown to the closure of the migrant camp in Calais

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Migrants are told to clear the camp ahead of work that will start

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I don't know what's happening tomorrow when they take us.

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There is growing tension in the camp with migrants lighting fires and

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riot police deployed. We will have the latest from Calais.

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Two more challengers put themselves forward to be

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the next leader of UKIP - amid more infighting in the party.

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The cost of the battle for Mosul - Kurdish families mourn their dead

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as they capture more territory from Islamic State militants.

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And the writer Jimmy Perry - who brought us Dad's Army and many

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more television greats - has died at the age of 93.

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The French authorities are tonight preparing an operation to dismantle

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the migrant camp at Calais, known as the Jungle.

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Thousands of migrants will be moved tomorrow to reception centres

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across France - before demolition work begins on Tuesday.

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Today, a small number of children from the camp, arrived in London

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under a law protecting the most vulnerable.

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Our Europe Correspondent Lucy Williamson is in

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Lucy? For many migrants this is their last

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night in the camp. Over the past few months numbers here have grown. It's

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become harder and harder to reach the UK. Francois Hollande has said

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he wants this camp closed completely and definitively. And inside the

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camp today the mood was generally one of acceptance.

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Resignation is written all around this camp.

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The fire sale of personal possessions.

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To governments, this was Europe's biggest shantytown,

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But life here has become so difficult that, many say,

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Like Ali, who arrived here two months ago from Afghanistan.

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I don't know what's happening tomorrow when they take us

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I want to stay in France. I like France.

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This used to be the camp's main bustling High Street.

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There were restaurants here serving fresh Afghan bread, hot tea,

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Now, it's the scene of the final goodbye parties, as people's anger

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By the time officials arrived today with leaflets and explanations,

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aid workers say many residents had already left.

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60 buses are due to arrive tomorrow to begin the evacuation.

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It's meant to be an orderly week long clearance.

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The worry is that many here won't want to wait that long.

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And, of course, there are those who don't

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I'll sleep on the street if they remove the camp.

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I have just one hope. It's just to get the UK.

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This camp was born two years ago, out of a local problem.

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Residents angered by migrants sleeping rough in the town.

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Its closure is the result of growing political pressure

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on national leaders, both across the Channel

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TRANSLATION: On both sides of the Channel, we are on the eve

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The day of the dismantling of the jungle.

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We've worked towards it for two months.

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Some have said goodbye to homes and friendships many times.

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The jungle is finished, one man told me.

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But the stories of everyone here will carry on.

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And Lucy joins us live now from outside the camp -

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There is a great deal of acceptance in the camp. In the last couple of

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hours there have been small skirmishes with migrants setting

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fire to toilet blocks and riot police responding with charges.

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Police do say they expect that a small group of migrants and

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activists may resist the evictions that start tomorrow when the first

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bus-load of migrants are taking out to centres across France. Some

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migrants have already been processed. The UK and France have

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been negotiating quite hard over the fate of some of the most vulnerable

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in the camp, some of the young people under 18. In fact, the first

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bus-load of those most vulnerable children did arrive in the UK over

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the weekend. Something aid workers themselves are very concerned about,

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they say that during the last clearance of the southern part of

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the camp earlier this year many children were lost, they disappeared

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in that process, and they don't want the same thing to happen again.

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There is quite a bit of pressure on the government both in France and in

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the UK to speed up that process, to get those children processed

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quickly, and to not let them fall through the cracks.

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Many thanks. Well last year a million

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migrants arrived in Europe. Germany adopted an open door policy

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towards those fleeing But other European countries

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were less accepting - and over the past year there's been

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a hardening of political attitudes Our Special Correspondent Fergal

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Keane has travelled along the migrant route from the Balkans

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to Calais, to test the new mood. On the Hungarian frontier

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with Serbia, it feels as if a great fortress is being defended -

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from the refugees and migrants They repeat the refrain I have heard

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on the migrant trail for years now. I want to go to a better life,

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because Afghanistan They made it this far before borders

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further south started to close. Now you can see people streaming

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towards us, across the fields. I can hear shouts of men,

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the cries of children, Last October, 211,000 landed

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in the Balkans. I was here a year ago to witness

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this fence going up. That moment which symbolised

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what you might call Politicians across Western Europe

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have been, since then, It has become one

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of the great defining In Budapest, the government has

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rejected refugee quotas. Hungary, recasting itself

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as the defender of European, And of a new continent,

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where camps like Calais Schengen, as we have

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announced many times, Calais cannot be sorted

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out until you are able to defend your borders

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in the south and east. We followed the migrant trail

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through Austria, into Bavaria, where history's shade looms

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over the present. Hitler had a headquarters

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and holiday home at Berchtesgaden. And when he was defeated,

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thousands of Jewish survivors were housed

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in temporary camps nearby. That legacy profoundly shaped

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Germany's initial welcome There are around 1000

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living in this area. Germany, too, began to impose strict

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border controls last year. Amaar is from Syria and is the house

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guest of Marietta, While public opinion has shifted,

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Amaar still finds Germans tolerant. TRANSLATION:

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It's nice to live How Germans live and what

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we are like in Europe. But political momentum is with those

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opposed to asylum seekers. The far right has gained votes

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by promising a crackdown, like this grandson of

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a German wartime refugee. TRANSLATION:

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The people are upset. Upset because of the

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government decisions. There are many people who say,

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we were not asked, we want to be asked if such important

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decisions are made. They are questioning

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the cost of this. By the time I reached Calais,

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with the British shore in view, the political mood in Europe

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was vividly clearer. In the nearby Jungle,

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people were already moving, most of them single young men,

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ahead of the camp's demolition. This Iraqi family has

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been here six weeks, but will soon be moved

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elsewhere in France. TRANSLATION:

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We are only There is no other

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country in our minds. We don't want to go anywhere else,

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for the sake of our Closing The Jungle will not

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deal with the problem, And in Africa, the Middle East,

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and large parts of Asia, there are vast numbers of people

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who believe that getting to Europe As long as conflicts and endemic

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poverty in these parts of the world continue, then,

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however hard a line Europe takes, it won't be enough to stem the flow

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of refugees and migrants. Fergal Keane, BBC News,

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Calais. Meanwhile nearly 2,500

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migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean yesterday -

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according to the Italian coastguard. Twenty separate operations

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were carried out on routes Some of those rescued have

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been taken to Sicily. Paul Nuttall said he'd

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unify the different factions within the party,

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while Suzanne Evans said UKIP must shed what she

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called its 'toxic image'. The party has been in turmoil

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since the vote to leave the EU, and the previous leader chosen

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to succeed Nigel Farage lasted less Here's our Political Correspondent

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Ben Wright. Ukip's moment of triumph

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just four months ago. But since the referendum the party

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has unravelled in a blaze of Diane James resigned

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from the leadership One of the front

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runners to replace her, Steven Woolfe, quit the party last

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Monday following an altercation at the European Parliament that

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left him in hospital. Steven Woolfe claimed the party

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was in a death spiral. Today, Ukip's latest leadership

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contender pledged to make the party less toxic,

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accusing arrival of wanting to mimic the

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politics of Donald Trump. I don't see a groundswell of opinion

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in this country for more far I don't see a groundswell

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of opinion for the right You know, all those,

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kind of, Trump Tea Party... Do you think Raheem Kassam,

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who looks to be like the front runner at the moment,

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is going to take the party in the far right direction

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as you would characterise it? Yes, yes, absolutely,

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I don't think there's But within an hour Ukip's

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caretaker leader had tried to torpedo

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Suzanne Evans' campaign. For her to talk about the party

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being toxic, for her to already declare one of the candidates

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who is running, Raheem Kassam, as being far right, I don't view

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this as being a very good start. Raheem Kassam was a former chief

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of staff to Nigel Farage. Today he brushed aside

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the criticism from Suzanne Evans. I certainly do not

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consider myself far right. I think she never considered me far

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right when she asked for my help Hoping to rise above

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the fray is another new candidate, Ukip's

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former deputy leader. I've made the decision that I'll

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put my name forward to be I have huge support out

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there across the country. Not only amongst people

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at the top of the party in Westminster and with the MEPs,

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but also amongst the grassroots. And I want to stand on a platform

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of being the unity candidate. With Britain on its way out

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of the EU, Ukip is left searching The animosity at the top

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of the party runs deep. Its future has never

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looked so uncertain. It's now a week since Iraqi

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and Kurdish troops launched their offensive to recapture

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the city of Mosul from Today Kurdish forces have been

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carrying out new attacks Their commanders say they've made

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big advances into IS territory. Our correspondent Orla Guerin has

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been following Kurdish Peshmerga fighters -

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for the last week, and has sent us this report

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from Soran, in Northern Iraq. In this scenic valley

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they are mourning their sons. The shadow of death hangs over

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the town of Soran. 16 men from this area have died

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battling IS this week. All were fighters with

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the Kurdish Peshmerga. 11-year-old Hussain lost his father,

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Zahir Sallah Abdullah. Now a boy's wrist

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carries a man's watch. Farsat, a gunner, was

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there when Zahir died. TRANSLATION: The last time we spoke

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was 25 minutes before it happened. I told him, take care,

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twice I had to pull him back He said to me, brother, you look

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after yourself, I will be fine. This is the last picture of Zahir,

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taken two days before Relatives told us he was poor

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and in debt but determined I really loved him,

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she whispers, he was a good man, I would sacrifice everything

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for him, he was a son of Kurdistan, And here is Zahir's daughter,

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Kani, robbed of her father The grief here is fused

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with a yearning for revenge. Zahir's sister Herwin,

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vows the whole family will fight Let his sons be Peshmerga

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with their uncles, and the women, too, his widow and I,

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we will all take up arms. Zahir lies in a cemetery

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on a hillside, a remote corner He is buried alongside

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a commander who was killed Before Mosul is freed locals expect

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to fill many more graves. Orla Guerin, BBC News,

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Soran, northern Iraq. The Democratic presidential nominee

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Hillary Clinton has said she no longer cares what her Republican

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rival Donald Trump might say and that she will now

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focus on issues instead. With new polls suggesting a widening

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lead for her campaign she didn't "even think

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about responding to him any more." America will vote

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in just over two weeks' time. The American telecommunications

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giant AT is to buy the media firm Time Warner for more

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than $85 billion. With more people watching TV

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and films on their mobiles, the deal would allow AT access

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to Time Warner's content - which in turn could be

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distributed more widely. But regulators would need

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to approve it first - and critics say the creation of one

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big company could Lewis Hamilton has won

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Formula 1's US Grand Prix - He beat his Mercedes team mate

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and Championship leader Hamilton is now 26 points

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behind Rosberg with just Jimmy Perry, the writer of some

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of the best loved comedy in British television,

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has died at the age of 93. Along with David Croft,

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he created a string of TV hits - "Dad's Army", "It Ain't 'Arf Hot,

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Mum" and "Hi-de-Hi". Our Arts Correspondent,

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David Sillito, looks No, no, I'm very sorry

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about that, Pike. Here, you bringing that gravy

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or aren't you? That stupid boy, Private Pike,

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was actually based on the young The catchphrase came

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from his father. I was 15, 16, I was

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with an old soldier. He fought in the Battle

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of Omdurman in 1898, he said, I was Rifle Brigades,

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you know, I was Lance Corporal But I'll tell you one thing,

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he said, in any doubt, he said, get the old core steel,

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because they don't like it up 'em, They don't like it up 'em,

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you see, Sir. Jimmy Perry's brief turn

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in the Home Guard was the inspiration for his greatest

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creation, Dad's Army. ..I can't get over a girl like you,

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so turn out the lights yourself. There were more than a few doubts

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that the BBC over Jimmy Perry's There were more than a few doubts

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at the BBC over Jimmy Perry's idea, but working with David Croft

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he created a comic masterpiece. The only thing I can rely

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on you for, bombardier, Their next venture was based on,

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again, Jimmy Perry's This time, a Royal

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Artillery concert party. I hope Sergeant Major

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is in good mood. The attitudes, especially

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the portrayal of the Indian characters, led to a programme that

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didn't have quite the timeless And then came

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Hi-de-Hi!'s yellow coats. Again, inspired by real life,

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Jimmy Perry had in the 50s done You're a hard man,

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James Twelvetrees. But by the time of his final series,

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You Rang, M'Lord?, fashions I'll tell you, Wilson,

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they are a nation of autonotons led by a lunatic who looks

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like Charlie Chaplin. 40 years on it was

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still in the schedules. A tribute to Jimmy Perry and some

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of the best loved comedy Jimmy Perry, who's died

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today at the age of 93. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me,

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