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Hello, I'm Karen Giannone E, this is Outside Source. Reports from Syria

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said dozens of people have been killed in an air strike on a refugee

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camp. Strong winds help spread the Canada wildfire, forcing three more

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communities to evacuate. You can feel the heat commit this is insane.

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Amazing scenes in Kennaugh, as this woman and three others are rescued

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from the ruins of a building, six days after it collapsed. Also the

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latest on the Europa League semifinals going on right now.

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Let's start with that developing story coming out of Syria. Activists

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say an air strike has hit a refugee camp in the north of the country.

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This is the latest information we have got in. Reuters news agency

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saying at least 28 people have been killed. They are quoting the Syrian

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Observatory for human rights, also reporting women and children have

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died in the attack. Already we are seeing some disturbing pictures

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coming out, reportedly the aftermath of the attack, showing at least a

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dozen tents burned to the ground. It is not yet clear is responsible for

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this. Let's just show you exactly where this is taking place, a camp

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for internally displaced people in Syria, near the Turkish border. The

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camp is home to thousands of people who have fled from the war in Iraq

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-- surrounding provinces. What sort of information is urging? What we're

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hearing from activists is at least 28 people have been killed.

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Apparently that includes women and children. Certainly what we are

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hearing from all of the people at the camp, there are quotes from

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people at the camp, they are saying it was an air strike, and they are

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blaming either Russia or the Syrian military for carrying it out. At

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this stage an OBE has come out and said it was asked? We have had no

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confirmation of this but that is what the ball on the ground believe.

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We have had a statement from the White House, in which they condemn

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this attack, they say they also believe it was an air strike. The

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softest of soft targets, a refugee camp, with people who have run away

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from this kind of thing. We think, though we can't be sure, that over

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the past couple of weeks a lot of people have fled from the major city

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of Aleppo, only about 30 miles away. We understand what people under this

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area because it is very close close to the Turkish border, a lot of

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camps there, so it could have been people fleeing from Aleppo, where

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there has been horrific violence over the last couple of weeks. Such

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a sensitive time, particularly with all of the discussions over the

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truce, such a shaky truce. It is hypersensitive right now. There has

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been a lot of talk about this nationwide ceasefire that came into

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force at the end of February, that it was falling apart. That actually

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was because of that violence I was talking about in Aleppo. Then,

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ironically over the last 24 hours or so, we have had a major push by the

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Americans, and with the Russians. They manage to get agreement from

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the different sides fighting in Aleppo, that they would actually

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hold some kind of truce. That has actually worked quite well. But now

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if this is an air strike and it has been carried out by the Syrian

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regime or by Russia, that would be another very big blow for the

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nationwide ceasefire. At this stage, nothing confirmed as yet. No, but

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certainly people can believe it was an air strike. What we also knows

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that this was in the north-west of Syria, very close to the Turkish

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border. That is mostly in the hands of rebel forces. It is a big mix of

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rebel forces, the more moderate ones, the free Syrian army but also

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the more radical groups, such as the Al must reference, the Al-Qaeda

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affiliated ones. Thank you for updating us. Let's take you back to

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the situation in Canada right now. An urgent emergency situation, a

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state of emergency declared in the Canadian province of Alberta. A huge

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wildfire continued to engulf the city of Fort McMurray. The entire

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city has been evacuated, and that has forced 88,000 people to leave

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their homes. The fire has been driven on by fierce winds. It has

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already gutted around 1600 buildings. There is a warning that

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the next 34 hours will be critical. One of those forced to flee, he has

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lived in Fort McMurray for around ten years. Let's show you what he

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filmed as he was rushing to safety. A hasty sit. It might have been the

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last time I saw my house Rafa. -- right there. Trying to make a hasty

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exit. The last time I ever saw my house.

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We don't know what has happened to his house, but we know he is OK. We

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spoke to him a short while before we came on air. Unseasonably hot

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temperatures combined with dry conditions has transformed much of

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Alberta into a tinderbox. They are praising the Herculean efforts of

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the firefighters. Our primary task is preservation of life. This is a

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very serious fire we are working with, comet has orally taken on a

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city. Our team on the ground is getting as close as they safely can

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to eat area. Here is our correspondence, James Cook. 20

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kilometres or so outside the city. Why are we here? This is the cord

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on, no one is allowed any further than this apart from essential

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workers. You will see in a minute I think a lorry appearing in the shop.

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This is because the fire is still burning along this road. We can see

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the smoke from it down there on the road. I can smell it in the, I can

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taste it, as she is occasionally small bits of ash flowing through

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the air. The fire very much continuing to burn. It has moved

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south. We are south of Fort McMurray and it has threatened three other

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communities which were evacuated last night. More people having to

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flee down to the south to Edmonton, the main city to the south, well

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over 80,000 evacuees. Other people effectively trapped to the north.

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This is the only route out, Highway 63, the only to get out. But people

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did flee to the north because they were unable to get through to the

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city to the south. They asked at essentially in oil camps. This is

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the oil sounds region of Alberta. We are told they are not in imminent

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danger but there is some concern about what direction the fire might

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take next. Why is this fire so ferocious, why does it keep going

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like this? The conditions are simply exceptionally dry, a lot of

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brushwood, fuel for the fire. It has been fanned by winds that die down

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this morning but up against now. It is breezy now. It was very hot

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yesterday, around 30 Celsius, temperature today forecast to get to

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19 Celsius, but that is still warm for this time of year. That

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combination is just fuelling this fire, make it very difficult for the

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firefighters to stop it. Dirkie's primer Nistor has urged his party

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not to fall apart after announcing he won't stand again as its lady.

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Ahmet Davutoglu's relationship with the

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this could worry many Western leaders who find Dirkie's divisive

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leader difficult to handle. In his speech today, Ahmet Davutoglu said

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he has always supported President further one. TRANSLATION: I will

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maintain my loyalty to our president until my last. No one has ever heard

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a word from me against our president and never will. I would like this to

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beat and clearly and I won't let this be exploited. The honour of our

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president, as president of the Turkish Republic, is my honour.

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His successor will be chosen when congress meets

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This is one of the early contenders -

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Transport Minister Binali Yildirim, he's known to be close

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The other name being floated is Energy Minister Berat Albayrak,

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So what do Turkish citizens make of this?

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TRANSLATION: Of course this is a surprising development at it was

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also expected. It was obvious there would be a rift between them. The

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president wants to introduce an executive presidency, so he gets rid

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of every obstacle in the way. TRANSLATION: At this rate, we will

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dive into chaos. I do know how he crises we have had. The Prime

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Minister was a good man. I love him. His departure would be good.

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TRANSLATION: This is an excellent situation. He wasn't happy with the

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Prime Minister. He will bring in someone who works hard. It is not

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good to oppose everything. It was the right decision. Mark Lowen is in

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Ankara, and I asked him whether he thought the Prime Minister jumped or

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was pushed? There was a pretty stormy meeting last night between

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the president and the Prime Minister to try to reconcile their

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differences and try to heal a strong rift at the top of Turkish politics.

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But it didn't work. Ahmet Davutoglu when he was appointed a couple of

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years ago, it was thought he was going to be rather a puppet to

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President erred again but has actually stood up to him on several

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occasions. -- President further one. -- President Erdogan. As you heard

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in that clip that person on the street he was against the idea of an

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executive presidency. That is his pet project. The fact he did not

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support that meant he lost the support of the president. We now

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expect a much more obedient primary stood to take his place. Why does

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what happens in Turkish politics matter so much also outside Turkey?

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A very good question. This is not just internal party politicking, it

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is defining the direction of the world's 17th largest economy, Nato's

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second-largest army. A country negotiating its membership to the

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European Union, the West's crucial ally in the Middle East, and what is

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happening here is that President further one, a very divisive

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president, who you either love all those, is tightening control of this

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country -- President Erdogan. The critics are calling it a coup by him

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and Stan elected Prime Minister. In the West it will be met with some

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unease. He has an abrasive style. There will be dismay in some western

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capitals that President Erdogan has a significant support base. European

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leaders in particular in rather a difficult position when it comes to

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dealing with Mr Erdogan, considering how much they need Turkey's

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cooperation with the micro-crisis for instance. They do, and Turkey

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has been the key to the migrant rivals in -- arrivals in Greece

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coming. Down from 10,000 a day back in October. Turkey has really been

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on board in curving that migrant crisis, but that is why there has

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been less criticism of President Erdogan on clamping down on free

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speech and human rights than some people would have liked. Because

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Europe needs Turkey on board, and that is why Brussels is getting

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criticism for not sticking to its principles, for kowtowing to the

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president rather than holding him to account about the rather decaying

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sense of democracy here. The head of Bangladesh's

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largest Islamist party, has lost a final appeal

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against the death penalty. The supreme court upheld

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the sentence imposed He was convicted for his role,

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in crimes committed during the country's war

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of independence against Pakistan While some, celebrated the decision

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- his party has called Motiur Rahman Nizami is facing

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execution. He will be given a few days to take the decision whether to

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ask for presidential clemency or not. The 71-year-old is convicted of

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rape and torture. The court said he helped the Pakistani army to kill

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leading Bangladeshi intellectuals just a few days before the country

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got independence. Prosecutors say this is a victory for the people who

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lost their family during Bangladesh's War of independence

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against Pakistan. They also said Justice has been served after 45

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years. Motiur Rahman Nizami is leading the largest Islamist

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political party. Motiur Rahman Nizami has denounced the verdict and

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called for nationwide protest on Sunday.

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The Prime Minister sat on the war crimes tribunal in 2010, since 2010

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three leaders of the family have been executed. Both executions have

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been followed by nationwide protests. Still to come here on

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Outside Source, how to cope with reality for people suffering from

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phobias by using virtual reality. The government and striking junior

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doctors in England have agreed to a fresh round of talks to resolve

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their dispute over the introduction of a new contract. Health editor

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Hugh Pym reports. Certainly a lot more so than 24 hours ago because

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then the two sides were as far apart as ever. The BMA was planning a

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meeting on Saturday which could have resulted in an escalation of the

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strikes, possibly to a continuous series of strikes across hospitals

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in England, and the government were saying we want to carry on with

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imposition. That is the position, that is where we will be. Then

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overnight we have this proposal from medical leaders, which initially was

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dismissed by the government, saying we don't want to halt any of our

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planning. Then they look hard at it this morning. Their version of

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events at the Department of Health is that they took a look at the

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detail, and thought if the BMA really are prepared to talk about

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Saturday pay, a very important issue as far as the government is

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concerned, let's go into it, the BMA having already accepted the idea.

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You are watching Outside Source, live from the BBC. The top story,

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there are reports that thousands of people have been killed in an air

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strike on a refugee in Syria. Who is the other parts of the BBC are

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reporting on right now. Zimbabwe is set to print its own version of the

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US dollar in order to ease a cash shortage. That story has been

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covered by BBC Africa. BBC Arabic is reporting on a concert in the

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ancient city of Palmyra, that was recently recaptured from so-called

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Islamic State. The Russian conductor has been performing there with his

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orchestra. Among the most read stories online, Craig Wright, the

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entrepreneur who claims to be the inventor of bit coin reneging on a

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promise to present new proof to support his case. An amazing story

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about how psychologists have found that virtual reality can be used to

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treat people with severe paranoia. Researchers at Oxford University and

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courage patients wearing headsets to enter computer-generated

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environments that would make them anxious in real life, like walking

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into a crowded lift. This is the kind of everyday situation that

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someone with severe paranoia would avoid. They fall sleep believed

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others are trying to harm them. This virtual choo journey could be a way

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of combating those fears. I tried out the system, designed by

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psychologists at Oxford University, funded by the medical research

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council. I will turn around, and go back to a chap here with a red

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shirt. DDR is an immersive experience. It feels realistic but

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you know it is not reality -- the VR. The team found was no successful

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in reducing the participants's sense of paranoia when they were

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encouraged to lower their defences, go to advertise -- avatars and

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realise they did not pose any threats. Toby knows what it is like

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to suffer severe paranoia. Diagnosed with schizophrenia more than 20

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years ago, he is now being successfully treated, but even

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walking down a street used to make anxious. They were what people call

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persecutory voices, so basically they were having a go at me and it

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made it very difficult to go outside, to interact with people. I

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found, session is very difficult. Toby agreed to try out the VR system

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for us. What did he make of it? Go toe to toe with that person. Toe to

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toe? How are you feeling? I feel OK actually now. I think if I go on a

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Tube train now I will certainly remember the virtual reality

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spurious, yes, so I suppose that will stay with me. And be a positive

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experience, yes. The study in the British Journal of psychology,

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showed that after just half an hour in the virtual setting, many of the

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30 patients who took part showed substantial reductions in their

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delusions. There is a revolution in VR at the moment, many headsets

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going on at the moment, it is very good and affordable and that we can

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use in psychiatric wards and clinics but also people's homes. And with

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virtual reality getting increasingly realistic, many believe it may

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eventually play a major role in the treatment of mental health. We

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wanted to share with you some of the amazing pictures coming from

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Kennaugh, where four people have been pulled from the rubble alive

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today, that is six days after a building collapsed. This is the

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moment we saw one person being rescued a little earlier today. And

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there is one more to come. They have been taken to hospital by the Kenyan

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Red Cross. 36 people are known to have died in Nairobi when that

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6-storey block of flats collapsed last Friday. Many more are still

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missing. It happened in the densely populated Huruma neighbourhood. The

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building's presumed owners have been released on Bale after being

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arrested on Monday. And soy sent us this scene. You get a sense of the

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huge excitement. This is the second person here, he has just been

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removed from the Dave Real I have, and the people here are cheering.

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They are very excited. The rescuers are saying they are not giving up,

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they are still hoping for more survivors, and today has been a

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great day for them. They have managed to pull out several people

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from the day three, and this, they say, is a miracle. Just two days

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ago, it lifted their spirits. Today they have been removing more people

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and it is very exciting, not just for the rescuers but for the people

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here. It is a difficult process of recovery. We saw that the building

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had collapsed totally, and so they have had huge rubble on top of them,

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so to be able to be removed here is something that many people are

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finding just unbelievable, and they are very happy for the survivors. We

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are told at least 70 people are still reported missing and the

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rescuers said they are not giving up hope, still hoping for more

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survivors. They are working around the clock to make sure anyone still

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breathing can be removed out of the day three safely.

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Alibaba - it's the world's biggest e-commerce firm -

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handling more transactions than Amazon and eBay combined.

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For the year to March it reported a net income of 11-billion dollars -

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that's up 193-per cent on the previous year.

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But despite a strong rise in sales, the company has struggled to reach

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the growth levels it recorded before it became a public

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Alibaba's main business is to link up buyers and sellers, and charge

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traders a fee for the service. It is by far China's dominant player in

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online commerce. And, in the last three months, Alibaba's revenues has

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surged, rising by nearly two fifths to three and three quarters billion

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dollars. But investors are worried about the state of China's economy,

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which has slowed to its lowest pace of growth in quarter of a century,

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and Alibaba's stock price has suffered. Shortly after the company

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held its record public offering two years ago, shares have lost more

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than a third of their value. There is also the growing threat of

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smaller competitors eating into Alibaba's market share. So the

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company has been fighting back. By reaching out to China's rural

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consumers, who access the inter-via their phones, and expanding outside

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the country with the ambition that it will in future be able to source

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half of its income from abroad. Michelle Fleury is in New York, what

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is behind these numbers? It is interesting, the company basically

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did very well, you heard Tanya talking about some of the figures,

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$3.7 billion in revenue, a 39% increase from a year earlier. The

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problem is profits were still slightly below what Wall Street was

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expecting. You would have thought that would hit the share price

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negatively, that was not the case. The reason for that is because it is

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forecast for the rest of the year look much brighter. Briefly, what

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does this say about China's economy at the moment? People always talk

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about this company as a bit of a proxy for the Chinese consumer. It

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certainly reflects the aspirational Chinese middle class, and that is

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where I think investors on the outside, who basically own shares in

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this company, are essentially betting on China's middle class. The

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fact the company has come out and said the forecasts at least going

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forward look fairly good for online retail sales, people are seeing this

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as a good sign, at a time when there have been growing concerns about the

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health, if you like, of China's economy forced Michelle Fleury

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reporting live from New York. Just to remind you, you can get in touch

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with us twitter. All of our stories are on the BBC website and the news

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app. We will be back after the weather with more Outside Source.

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Hot and dry weather are definite contributing factors to the

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wildfires in Alberta, but it is not always like that in Alberta in May.

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Just two years ago on the 3rd of May, 20 centimetres of

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