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The son of IRA murder victim Jean McConville says Gerry Adams warned

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him of a backlash if he named those he believed had killed her. A file

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on the Sinn Fein President will be sent to prosecutors this week.

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Reports of more deaths in eastern Ukraine as fighting between

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Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian activists continues.

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The Oscar Pistorius trial resumes and hears evidence from the first

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person on the scene after his girlfriend Reeva Steencamp was shot

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and killed. And tributes to the former British

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number one tennis player, Elena Baltacha, who's died from cancer

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aged 30. Good afternoon. The son of Jean

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McConville, who was murdered by the IRA in 1972, has said Gerry Adams

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warned him of a backlash if he named those he believed were responsible

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for killing her. Michael McConville has said his family's fight for

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justice will continue after Mr Adams was freed after four days of

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questioning about the murder. The Sinn Fein President has denied any

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involvement in her death. Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler

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has the latest. Many times, there have been attempts

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to make a clean start in Northern Ireland, with countless strides

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forward in the peace process. But the past is a running problem. This

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morning's Belfast Marathon went through the west of the city, and

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passed a new mural painted in honour of Gerry Adams while he was in

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custody. After four full days of questioning, he was released without

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charge last night. The Sinn Fein resident's anger remains focused on

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the police. It is the old guard, using the old methods, when a better

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way of getting the same result would have assisted their investigation

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and not have sent the signals it sent to people who want hope in the

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future. What has really outraged members of Sinn Fein is that their

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leader was arrested during an election campaign. And just a few

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weeks ahead of votes being held across the country. Gerry Adams

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turned up at Antrim police station with his solicitor last week by

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arrangement, so he has a part in the timing arrangements. I'm not sure

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why he's criticising the police for it. At the heart of this are

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questions about the notorious murder of Jean McConville. She was abducted

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from her home in front of her children. Gerry Adams has always

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denied allegations that he was involved in the killing. But the

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McConville family once the investigation to continue. This

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happened in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Nazis were chased around the world

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for crimes committed in the 40s. There is no difference between them

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and our mother. At the police station, Gerry Adams was questioned

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about the murder and friends that he was in the IRA, an allegation he has

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continually denied. But whether he will be charged is a matter for

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prosecutors, not the police. Joining us from Belfast is Chris

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Buckler. We are just weeks away from an

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important European and local elections. What is this episode

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going to do in those polls? In reality, I don't think it will

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affect Sinn Fein in any way. Now Gerry Adams has been released

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without charge, they will continue with their campaign trail and Gerry

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Adams' focus will move to that campaign trail. Although he is a

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former member of and four West Belfast, he is now an elected

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representative in the South of Ireland. In the Republic, he will

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begin that campaign trail. The European elections are particularly

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important to Sinn Fein south of the border as well as north. However, in

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Northern Ireland, it will be a particularly fraught and difficult

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election. Unionists and Republicans can expect to have harsh words for

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each other as a result of this episode, with people flinging

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accusations at both Sinn Fein and the words they used about the

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police, and Sinn Fein throwing accusations back at the police,

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saying their timing was politically motivated. The other issue is that

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this whole thing has not gone away. A file has been passed to the Public

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prosecution service, and they will examine it to see if charges should

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be brought at some stage in the future. Many thanks.

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In Ukraine, there are reports that a number of government troops and

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pro-Russian fighters have endured in Sloviansk. Tension also remains high

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in Odessa, where a fire left at least 40 pro-Russian activist dead

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on Friday. Police there have been accused of a disregard for their

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duties after freeing those expected of starting the fire when the police

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station where they were being held was attacked. Sarah Rainsford has

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the latest. He scorched shrine, and the focus of

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fresh anger. More than 30 pro-Russian activist died here in

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Odessa as this building was torched during fierce clashes with groups

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loyal to Kiev. The first funerals will be held today. It has

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infuriated people in eastern Ukraine, where locals have been

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reinforcing their defences. Like fury, most people who live here are

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Russian speakers. But he insists that they are not being controlled

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by Moscow but they just won't feel that Kiev represents them.

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TRANSLATION: We just want to live as we choose, but no one wants to

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listen to us. They say Kiev chose Europe . That is fine, but I don't

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want to live in Europe. So they are preparing for a fight here. Down the

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road, we found this pro-Russian group in control of the local police

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headquarters. This man, the whole crowd demanding to know how they

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could help defend their town. The mood here is angry, aggressive,

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defiant. These locals do not see the army as liberators. There are

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barricades like this all along this Main Street. Heaps of tyres and

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rubble that have been put up because the people I have in speaking to our

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worried that Ukrainian troops will be heading in here. But even now in

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some spots, normal life does go on. This woman has been enjoying the

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weekend with her son, but she is worried. This region will vote on

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independence in a week, something she tells me the Russian

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independence in a week, something here want. She believes Kiev is

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trying to stop that. TRANSLATION: We are afraid. They are not letting us

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hold a referendum. That is why the violent just started. So things will

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not be peaceful violent just started. So things will

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that. There are clearly deep divisions in Ukraine, and every day

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of fighting drives them deeper. There remains that, BBC News, in

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eastern Ukraine. The former British number one tennis

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player, Elena Baltacha, has died at The former British number one tennis

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the age of 30. She revealed she had liver cancer in March, just months

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after retiring. Her diagnosis came just a few weeks after she married

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her long-time coach and partner, Nino Severino. Andy Swiss looks back

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at her Nino Severino. Andy Swiss looks back

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She was one of tennis's Nino Severino. Andy Swiss looks back

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most courageous stars. Elena Baltacha -- she was one of the most

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bubbly stars. She was reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 2002.

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She went on to third round of Wimbledon in 2002.

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one, so news of her death just six months after retiring has left the

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sport united in sorrow. Her British Colley, Laura Robson, said:

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her life had been defined by her battling spirit. At 19, she was

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diagnosed with the chronic liver condition that would have ended many

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careers, but not hers. I think it helped me realise how much a part of

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my life tennis was and how serious I want to make it now. Every day,

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waking up and putting in the sacrifices and commitments.

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Ukrainian born Altai she defied her other problems to reach the world

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top 50. In the process she became a figurehead from Jewish women's

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tennis. Her power and passion was plain to see -- making -- being a

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figurehead for British women's tennis. She was a proud torch bearer

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and competitor, the realisation of a lifetime's ambition. As injuries

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took their toll, she was forced to retire at the end of last year, just

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four months before she was diagnosed with liver cancer both on and off

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the court, a player who epitomised spirit and sacrifice. A fighter to

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the end. A three-day strike on the London Underground which had been

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due to begin this evening has been suspended. Leaders of the RMT union

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who met Tube managers this morning said they had made significant

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progress in their dispute over ticket office closures. Let's speak

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to our correspondent Richard Lister who is outside ACAS, the

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conciliation service. Does this mean the dispute is settled? It does not

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mean the dispute is settled, but it means a 72 hour strike that was due

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to start tonight is now off and given that the London underground

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carries regularly more than 4 million passengers a day, that comes

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as a relief. There was major disruption by the strike last week.

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We understand the two side are very close to a deal over these 260

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ticket office closures. It took them just 90 minutes this morning to

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hammer something out. The RMT said they made progress and the acting

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general secretary said he welcomed the chance to suspend today's

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strike. We have got clear understandings from London

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underground about how we are going to move forward, allowing us to fire

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their campaign to ensure we keep every booking office open. We have

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got a statement from the company about protection of earnings for our

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members and they have backed down on the precondition of cancelling the

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dispute. The review is due to finish later this month and the two sides

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will get back together at ACAS to decide on the future. The terrorist

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group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of

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more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria three weeks ago. Their claim came as

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the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, made his first public

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comments on the kidnapping. But while he was speaking it has been

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reported that his wife ordered the arrest of one of the women leading

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protests about what the parents see as a lack of action in finding their

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daughters. Gordon Corera has the latest.

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The first confirmation of the fate of the schoolgirls abducted in

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Nigeria. In a video released to date the leader Boko Haram says, I

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abducted your girls. It is a development which will do little to

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ease the pain of the girls' families. Their grief and heartbreak

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has moved the world. Their girls were abducted more than three weeks

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ago, but since then the authorities have been unable to find them. The

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BBC secured the first TV interviews with the mothers who were in agony

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not knowing the fate of their daughters. TRANSLATION: Many people

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come to our house to sympathise with us, but then at night our family

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stays awake all night thinking of our daughter and all the other girls

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and what they are going through and where they are being held. The

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Christian and Muslim girls were seized from this remote school in

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north-east Nigeria by Boko Haram. Nigeria's president has been accused

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of not doing enough to rescue them. Last night he spoke about the issue

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for the first time on TV. Wherever these girls are we will surely get

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them out. I believe there is no story that any of them have been

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hurt in terms of injuries. The president admitted that it girls had

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not even be located, not alone rescued. Questions are being asked

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about why more is not being done? My parents are helpless, they are

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crying at home. They should bring the girls back and we will have

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peace of mind. The President's wife has been drawn into the controversy.

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Reportedly one-woman leading protests was arrested after meeting

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with her. That is unlikely to do much to ease the growing pressure on

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the Nigerian Government over its handling of the abductions.

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The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has resumed in Pretoria and has been

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hearing evidence from a neighbour who was one of the first on the

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scene after the South African athlete killed his girlfriend.

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Neighbour Johan Stander said he received a phone call from Mr

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Pistorius asking him to come and help, saying he had shot Reeva

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Steenkamp by mistake. Our Africa correspondent Andrew Harding has

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been in court. Bring us up to date with the latest. We heard today from

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two of Oscar Pistorius' neighbours, both acquaintances of the athlete.

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Johan Stander and his daughter Carice Viljoen. They say they saw

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him carrying Reeva Steenkamp's body down the stairs and described him as

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being distraught, desperate, crying to God, praying for somebody to

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safer and begging for them to get an ambulance. We heard in graphic

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detail about how they found towels in the house to try and stem the

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blood from Reeva Steenkamp's wounds. But it became clear she was

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beyond help. At one friend we heard from Carice Viljoen, a friend of

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Oscar's, how the athlete went upstairs and she realised the guy

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was up there and because of the way he was behaving she became alarmed

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he might be intending to kill himself. Andrew Harding, many

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thanks. L. A poll suggests three quarters of British people want

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limits on the amount of sugar in certain foods. The survey of 1000

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people was carried out for the BBC Radio 5 Live. World health experts

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have recommended we limit our daily sugar intake to just six teaspoons,

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but the UK 's largest sugar supplier says blaming one ingredient for the

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obesity crisis is too simplistic. Jo Black has more.

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obesity crisis is too simplistic. Jo Robert Law is a sugar beet farmer

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and every year produces 1600 tonnes of the white stuff, but he is not a

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big fan of added sugar because he has type two diabetes. Every packet

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of food you buy now you can find out what is on it, but people need to

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understand what that means. They need to live a healthy, balanced

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lifestyle, keep active and take note of what is natural in their food. If

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they looked at percentages and figures on the side of a packet, it

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can be misleading. This survey found 66% of us would like to see a ban on

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sugary drinks in schools. It also found 59% of us would like to see

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health warnings on food packaging similar to those found on

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cigarettes. Our body shapes are changing and it is our consumption

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of added sugar that manufacturers and get some health experts

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worried. The World Health Organisation recently recommended we

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should try to limit our daily amount to 25 grams, six teaspoons. But what

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would that mean for the average family? Every time you pick up one

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of those sweets, you are putting a piece bone in your mouth. This

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dietician is helping this family with a week-long edit extra as

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Eriksson -- experiment to help them with a week-long edit extra as

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recommend their daily intake to six teaspoons. I am putting bananas on

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my toast instead of chocolate spread or jam. The sugar industry says it

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is simplistic to demonise one ingredient and as we are consuming

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too many calories and doing too much exercise. This family managed only

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four days on a reduced limit. Cutting back is not that easy. And

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you can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News

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