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Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

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He's the chief suspect in the Berlin truck attack, he's on the run -

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and he was already being monitored by police.

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There's been another delay in the evacuation of eastern Aleppo.

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President Obama has banned all future oil drilling in most US

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waters in the arctic and north Atlantic.

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We'll explain why - and how the industry is already

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working to persuade Donald Trump to reverse the decision.

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This is what happened at Mexico's largest fireworks market.

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I've the BBC's latest report on that.

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We have stories from all over the world. If you have questions about

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them, I'm live in the BBC newsroom surrounded by people who can give

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you the answers. You can contact us online. Or by e-mail.

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A manhunt across Europe is searching for this man.

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Anis Amri has been named as the chief suspect in the Berlin

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And now German authorities are offering up to 100,000 Euros

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in return for information about him and his whereabouts.

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In the last few hours we've heard he had been under German

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surveillance earlier this year on suspicion of seeking to buy guns.

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Here's the state's interior minister earlier.

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TRANSLATION: The security agency's exchange information about this

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person with the joint counterterrorism centre. The last

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time they did this was in November 2000 16. The North Rhine-Westphalia

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state offers for common investigations initiated

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proceedings, under suspicion for a criminal offence endangering

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national security was annoyed -- 2016.

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We're also told that German authorities had rejected

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Tunisian security sources have told BBC Arabic that

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"He was known in his hometown for his "radical tendencies".

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He illegally emigrated to Europe in 2011."

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We know his temporary residence permit was found

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And that permit was issued in the Emmerich area

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of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany.

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150 police officers are now involved in searches there.

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That's happening now - but we're also learning

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about the period leading up to the attack.

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The truck, carrying 25 tonnes of steel girders had travelled from

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Poland to this factory in Berlin. The driver was 37-year-old Lukasz

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Urban, who was later found dead inside the cab. His cousin, who

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owned the truck company, said they lost contact with him around 4pm. He

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was called yesterday to identify the body. TRANSLATION: There were

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stabbed wins on the photo I had been shown. I learnt about the gunshot

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wounds about the police, who told me that apart from being stabbed, he

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was also shot. On Monday morning, he arrived ahead of schedule at the

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steel factory in Berlin, ready to unload. There was no space and he

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was asked to come back later. He never returned. A dubious tracker is

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reported to show that at around 3:45pm, the truck was driven

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erratically, as if someone was learning to drive it. Lukasz Urban,

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it seems, was kept alive possibly until the start of the attack.

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Police have since checked all hospitals in Berlin, where victims

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of the attacks continue to be treated after blood was found,

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potentially of the suspect. Bring us up-to-date on how this is going,

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trying to find the suspect. So far, police are saying they have not

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arrested him, so we don't have any details on whether they have found

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him or not. Also the details are few and far between, because what

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officials have told us is that they don't want to jeopardise the

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investigation in questioning lots of different people. They don't want to

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jeopardise the investigation by giving away too much information of

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what they already know. That is busy frustrating for all of us who want

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to find out what is going on. It is also very worrying for German

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public, because obviously this is a very nerve wracking situation for

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people here, because there is a dangerous man on the loose. Police

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have said he should not be approached, they say he is possibly

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armed. It is creating a certain amount of concern here in Germany.

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Has seen other people online commenting that this will become a

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political story because of the possibility that the person behind

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this attack may have come into Germany as an asylum seeker or

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refugee. I have seen others pointing out that Germany's acting in a way,

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perhaps markedly different to how other countries have reacted to

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terrorist attacks. What is your reading of that? I think both are

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true to a certain extent. On the one hand, it is a political story, there

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are lots of questions around the way the investigation is being handled

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and the background of this particular suspect for example the

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fact that he is a rejected asylum seeker. But for legal reasons was

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allowed to stay temporarily. There are a lot of people in that

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situation, it's satisfactory situation for those people

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themselves, but also from the security situation here in Germany.

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That is a debate that is happening already. On the other hand, it does

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seem different to the reaction in France, where all of a sudden it

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seemed to be a state of war was being declared. Here in Germany, the

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government and mainstream debate a goal -- political debate is focused

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on bringing people together, saying it's important not to create

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scapegoats for the situation because Germany's already very divided over

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the issue of refugees. You have quite literally almost half the

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country really supports Angela Merkel's stance on refugees and her

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humanitarian gesture to take in legitimate refugees, but you have

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the other half of the country who are not so sure. And there is quite

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a large minority of people who feel quite nervous about the large influx

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of Ryan's -- migrants and refugees over the last 18 months. That aside,

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I think what people are focusing on right now is this particular

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incident. It is still unclear who perpetrated the attack, and why.

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Until we know those details, officials are really saying we have

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to try not to engage in too much speculation, because we saw that

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yesterday, but we were all spectating about this Pakistani man

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who in the end did not turn out to be a suspect at all. We have had

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previous attacks in which there have been completely false leads that

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alone has gone down. What we're seeing now is official saying we

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have to be careful, to wait until we know exactly who committed the

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attack and why the foregoing the political parallels and political

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conclusions. Very useful, thank you very much. Our correspondent live

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from Berlin. This is interesting, this tweet coming in. This is from

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one of our colleagues in the Brussels newsroom.

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The BBC is not able to confirm this, but an Italian news agency reporting

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this. If true, it raises major questions about how information is

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being shared between European union members. Those same questions came

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up after the Brussels attacks and after the Paris attacks. Even if

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they were to be confirmed, there are still pressing questions for the

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German authorities, because clearly they were aware of this chief

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suspect several months ago. As I was mentioned towards the beginning of

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the programme. Finding the attacker may have been

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easier with greater levels of video Germans have traditionally been

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reticent to allow greater levels All of these videos are from CCTV

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cameras here in the UK. They've all been used

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to solve crimes. And that's because the UK has one

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of the highest levels of video There are signs that recent

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incidents in Germany have Germany will allow more video

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surveillance in public places, under a draft law passed

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by the cabinet on Wednesday, reflecting growing security fears

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in a country that has for decades The law would make it easier

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for private organisations to put TRANSLATION: The regulation for

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video surveillance will be adapted in such a way that the protection of

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life, freedom and health of people must be an important interest in

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surveillance by private parties take place in public places. Concerns all

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kinds of large-scale public places, such as sport or event menus,

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shopping centres and therefore also include Christmas markets. Will come

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back to the story of the Berlin truck attack later in the addition

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of Outside Source. These are some of the latest picture

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we have of the evacuation of Aleppo. It's continuing after

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yet another delay. Activists say 60 buses were stuck

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in a rebel enclave overnight - and that 3,000 people had to wait

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in freezing weather The Syrian government says the delay

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was caused by MAP rebels who prevented the simultaneous

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evacuation of two pro-government But I should add, as ever,

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it's very hard to be completely sure about anything

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that is happening in Aleppo. Here's more from James

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Longman in Beirut. This looks to be the endgame for

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East Aleppo. We understand that so far all of the critically ill and

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seriously injured have already been evacuated, according to the Red

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Cross, who are managing this evacuation. We think that the last

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few buses are either just about to leave or on their way out of East

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Aleppo. It has always been very difficult to know just how many

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people needed to be evacuated from this part of Aleppo. In the

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beginning of this process, the United Nations said something in the

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region of 50,000 people needed to leave. Over the last few days,

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something like 25,000 have come out. That is the official number, but we

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think it is probably higher than that. This evening into tomorrow

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morning, it is of all the last people leave, to go to a medical

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evacuation point to the west of Aleppo where they will receive all

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the things they were missing when they were living in besieged Aleppo.

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The conditions that they faced their were horrific, months of siege,

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bombardment. They are in a very bad way indeed. They will access this

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can then be able to choose where they want to go next. Most of them

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will choose to go to the last remaining stronghold of the

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opposition in Syria, which is Idlib, the last province in the north-west

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of cereal. As for East Aleppo, the Syrian government has said that the

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army will enter that part of the city -- north-west of Syria. And

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finally recapture as they put it, the whole of the city. This is a

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huge victory for the resident. The war into is not over, but it looks

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like the war in Aleppo at least is. Thank you very much, James.

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This video has been watched thousands of times online.

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This is what happened when at Mexico's biggest

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The market is on the outskirts of Mexico City.

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You will see the plays in question was just to the north, and at this

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time of year fireworks markets are doing a brisk trade.

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This report from Will Grant has all the latest.

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Captured on mobile phone footage, the moment this fireworks market

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Within minutes, the entire site destroyed in a blaze of smoke,

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Once the smoke cleared, the scale of the damage became clear.

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A fire at the main San Pablito fireworks market outside

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Most celebrations in Mexico involve fireworks,

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so in the run-up to Christmas it was full of shoppers.

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Once nearby residents got over the initial shock of the blast,

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they did what they could to assist the emergency services.

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For the time being the authorities say they are still investigating

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Whatever is behind it, this isn't the first

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In 2005, just before Mexican Independence Day,

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the market caught alight, injuring more than 120 people.

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At the time the Mexican government vowed to impose stricter regulations

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on the fireworks industry, but many Mexicans are angry the rules

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are often never applied or never enforced, and that Mexico State's

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market traders and shoppers lost their lives through

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We have begun with stories from Syria, Mexico and Germany. In a few

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minutes time, we will turn to China. China has been seized by the

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heaviest smog in years, our correspondent is on the street to

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tell us how it feels. A former Royal Marine Sergeant,

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who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded Afghan

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fighter, has been refused bail The family of Alexander Blackman,

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originally only known as Marine A, had hoped he'd be

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released for Christmas. His case is due to be

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re-considered sometime next year. There's flash photography

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in this next clip. We are obviously disappointed

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by the judge's decision not to grant However we must remember

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that earlier this month, the Criminal Cases Review Commission

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decided to refer the case back And this is the most important step

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towards getting Al's conviction We are grateful to the courts

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for expediting the appeal process. We ask that the media now give the

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family some space to come to terms with today's decision. Thank you.

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This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

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Police in Germany are searching for a Tunisian man as the main

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suspect behind the attack on a Christmas market on Monday.

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Officials say he had been previously monitored by security services.

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of the main stories from BBC World Service.

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An investigation into the plane that went down last month killing 71

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people including most of a Brazilian football team has found the airline

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The plane apparently ran out of fuel before it came down in Colombia.

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At least 26 people have been killed in protests

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Violence started after President Joseph Kabila refused

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to step down when his mandate expired on Monday.

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And among the most read on our website -

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Ikea is asking teenagers to stop creeping into its stores

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About ten non-sponsored sleepovers have been logged across the world

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Which does beg the question, are there sanctioned sleepovers? We need

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to find out. Cities in Northern China know

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all about terrible smog - but what's happening right now

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is even worse than usual. Greenpeace East Asia says this

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is 'worst air pollution of 2016'. And that 460 million

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people are affected. It's a website called

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Worldwide Air Quality. This is Beijing - a reading

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of 25 is deemed safe. This is China as a whole -

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the high levels of pollution are marked in red and purple,

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yellow and green are lower. Not that pollution isn't

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an issue in these regions - but there is far less

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red and purple. Stephen McDonnell is based

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in Beijing for the BBC. This is what he recorded when he

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went out on the streets. Despite this oppressive

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blanket of smoke, life It's especially tough on those

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who work outside, breathing In years gone by, people weren't

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that worried about this issue. But now there's a high level

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of public awareness, And yet there are those not as

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worried as everyone else. You don't have to be completely

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outdoors to face major impacts There are lots of shops

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like this with an open front, For those with existing respiratory

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illnesses, it can make the situation much worse.

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The weather reports have been promising that the wind

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will come along and blow all this pollution away.

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But as you can see, it hasn't arrived yet.

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Let's talk about a big bail out for Italy banks.

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Parliament has signed off up to 20 billion euros.

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I say banks - but this is the one that's causing the most concern.

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Monte day Paski is the oldest bank and the third

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It may not get through the week without a helping hand.

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The Italian Finance Minister says "the impact on savers will be

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Perhaps - but someone will have to foot this bill.

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Here the BBC's Business Editor Simon Jack on the problems faced this

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This bank has got tonnes and tonnes of bad loans, money that people just

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can't afford to pay back. It had a very small capital base, and they

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just didn't have a buffer to be able to correct it. They didn't want a

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government bailout, although that looks increasingly inevitable. They

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wanted to raise 5 million euros of their own with private investors, it

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sells shares to private investors, including a Qatari investment fund,

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and hopes that are fading. I will be very surprised if this bank makes it

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at the weekend as a private company. The Senate in Italy has approved 20

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billion euros worth of money. It probably doesn't need that much, so

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there is a favouring his other banks needed to stop any kind of

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contagion. -- so there is some left over. In Italy, lots of the

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creditors to this bank are actually small retail investors. Tens of

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thousands of people have bombs in this bank. What will happen then is

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they will be built in, that means they'll have to write some of that

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money off. That will be very politically and very political time

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in Italy. It is thought the government will try to compensate

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those small bondholders, but this is the end of the road for Italy boss

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Mike Alderson bank. Italian banks often get referenced when we discuss

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the health of the Eurozone. Does this offer little more stability in

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that regard? It is difficult to say. 40% of all the bad loans emanate

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from the Italian area. Will this, you know, bring an end to the

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instability of Italian banks? Not necessarily. What will help is

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Italy's, and systemically important as far as the rest of the world is

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concerned banks, Uni credit, last week managed to raise 13 billion

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euros and people are very positive about that. The contagion outside

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Italy is pretty limited. You can get updates on his work as he goes about

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it. Brazil's biggest construction firm

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has admitted to bribing officials It's called Odebrecht -

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and one of the main examples involves it paying bribes

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to officials of Brazil's state-run Which is itself at the centre

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of a huge corruption scandal. This admission has

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been made in the US. How did these fit into that broader

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scandal concerning Petrobras? This is a Brazilian construction firm

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that we are talking about. As you pointed out, it was charged with

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paying bribes to government officials, not just in Brazil but

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all around the world. Earlier this year, the chief executive was

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actually jailed in Brazil for paying bribes to executives at Petrobras.

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It's interesting that, you know, as we see more and more coming out of

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the difficulties of Petrobras, that were choosing other companies

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implicated as a result. Wise is happening in USA? You know, I

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actually had the exact same question. It turns out that it has

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to do with US foreign bribery laws. They are actually the most wide

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sweeping laws of any country in the world. Basically, if any company

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does any sort of business with the United States and they are foreign

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company, they are subject to these laws. They are the strictest laws of

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the land, which is why often you'll see that the US and the Justice

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Department here is involved in anything that has today with these

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kinds of foreign acts. Thank you a much explaining that, we

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appreciated. That is live from New York. If you're joining us, our lead

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story comes from Germany, where a large manhunt is under way. The

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German authorities would like to speak to a Tunisian man with regards

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to the Christmas market attack in Berlin. There are developments on

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that story coming all the time. As you will know if you watch Outside

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Source regularly, every piece of information that comes through the

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BBC newsroom we can access through the Outside Source screen, and we

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will do. As we get it, we will show two years well. We will speak to you

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in a couple of minutes. -- we will show it to you. It's time to look at

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the weather around the world. Today, I will start in Australia because

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with our

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