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Government documents obtained by the BBC suggest a key plank

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of its benefit reforms is costing more than the scheme it replaced.

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The papers say the controversial scheme is billions over budget

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and a backlog of claims leaves many waiting months for support.

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It's completely unacceptable that people who are sick and disabled are

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expected to survive without any income waiting for their assessment

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or their claim to be processed. The government has acknowledged that

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it has problems with the Employment and Support Allowance

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but says it is doing everything it can to address them.

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Also tonight: More fighting in Iraq as

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President Obama says he may send in 100 special forces to advise

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the Iraqi army. ?One of the greatest enemies

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of humanity.? The Prime Minister calls for more to

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be done to find a cure for dementia. The moment an injured German

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caver was rescued after 11 days trapped 3,000 feet underground.

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And crunch time in Brazil - the fans prepare

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for England to take on Uruguay. On BBC London:

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Pinewood gets the go-ahead for a multi-million pound redevelopment.

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And panic on the tube - passengers flee after

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a commuter's bag catches light. Good evening.

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The BBC has seen internal government documents which reveal that

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a key plank of the coalition's welfare reforms is failing and

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overrunning by billions of pounds. Among a series

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of problems the documents cite that the new Employment and Support

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Allowance introduced to replace Incapacity Benefit and save money,

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is costing more to get the same number of people back into work.

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Claimants who should receive a decision about their benefit

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within 91 days are actually waiting 275 days, and one document says

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the new benefit is now one of the greatest fiscal challenges

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facing the government as a whole. Michael Buchanan has

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this exclusive report. For years the Department for Work

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and Pensions has crater criticism for its keep in a fit for disabled

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people. Confidential documents seen by BBC News show civil servants say

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the policy is failing. A memo was sent for the

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the policy is failing. A memo was Minister that says the DWP is

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struggling to deliver PSA. The main disability benefit has always been

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controversial since it was introduced by Labour. Now we know

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people are waiting on average nine months, a backlog of 700,000 cases

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has built up. Costs are rocketing. The memo says this is one of the

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largest fiscal risks faced by the government. Professor Malcolm

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Harrington used to advise ministers on ways to improve the benefit. The

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backlog has got worse, there are more and more delays and the system

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is not working as well as it should do, or indeed as I wanted it to do.

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Test like these which assess people 's ability to work or helped --

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meant to help people move of benefits. But it appears lower than

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under the previous anything. We have seen 1.5 million problems at the

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Citizens Advice Bureau. Ministers need to take the opportunity of a

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new provider to start a root and branch performance of the system to

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make sure the disabled and the support they need. The assessment

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contained in this document shows how hard it is to reform welfare. And

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the delays and backlog they talk about don't just apply to this

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benefit. We are bringing in a system that is fairer... Despite the Prime

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Minister's Hope, universal credit is behind schedule and another

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disability benefit faces delays. Ministers say they are working to

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improve the system. We do have problems with the system and we

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inherited it from the Labour Party. We are doing everything we can to

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address it that is why we are bringing in a new provider. The DWP

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admit they cannot undertake a major overhaul of the benefit for years.

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They hope a new contract and other changes will improve performance in

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the meantime. this exclusive report.

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President Obama is to send 100 members of US special forces to Iraq

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to advise the Iraqi Army in its battle with ISIS Islamist

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extremists. On the ground,

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fighting between the two sides has continued today as fears grow of

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worse sectarian conflict to come. From Baghdad,

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Jonathan Beale sent this report. This report contains some flashing

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images. ISIS, the Sunni extremist group has not given up its fight for

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Samarra, home to Sunni Shi'ite. This man boasts of taking an Iraqi army

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out post and it is already a man boasts of taking an Iraqi army

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tearing this country apart. In the stronghold of said a city it is a

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bitter reminder of the last time Iraq was engulfed in sectarian

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violence. We met this man and his wife. In 2007 at the height of the

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fighting, they lost a born-macro of their sons. They were both killed by

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the same car bomb. TRANSLATION: Before it was only car bombs and

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explosions. Now ISIS is invading the country. God willing, it will not

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get any worse. It is good times for Baghdad's travel agents. They are

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experiencing a roaring trade. Some people are now desperate to leave.

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We have been prevented by the police from filming in the travel agent

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behind me, but people are telling us every flight out of the city is

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booked up for the next month and the anyway to get etiquette is to offer

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a bribe. This man was a local TV presenter who thought he was doing

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his duty by wearing an Iraqi military uniform on camera. He has

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since received death threats. He says he has not been able to find

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a flight and has no means of leaving Baghdad. He is now looking for

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divine intervention. This is, he says, a slow death. I am

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waiting for my destiny. Others are looking to America for help. Even if

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ISIS has not marched into the capital, not many here believe their

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government can save them. TRANSLATION: I hope the US agrees to

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help Iraq because the situation is bad. Moon-macro there is no wrong in

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asking America for help, but I don't think they will.

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ISIS continues it's a propaganda war to fund it real war in Iraq, one

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that threatens the very future of the entire country.

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Jonathan Beale sent this report. Our correspondent, David Willis,

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is at the White House for us now. So, 300 US Special Forces are

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on their way. How significant is this?

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It is quite significant. Those 300 military advisers will help to train

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Iraqi forces on the ground. The president making the point as well,

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the United States might position target ISIS fighters. Although it

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will be taking no action which divided once sectarian group against

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the other. The president stopping short of calling for the Iraqi

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president to step down. But he did say a more inclusive government in

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Iraq was the United States' top priority. President Obama has come

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under criticism for not doing more, Senator John McCain accused him of

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fiddling while Iraq burned. And there is a possibility of ISIS

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waging attacks here in the United States. But it is a cautious

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approach from President Obama after nearly a decade of war in Iraq which

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saw the loss of 4500 American lives. How significant is this?

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The Prime Minister has called dementia "one of the greatest

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enemies of humanity" in a speech at a dementia summit in London.

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David Cameron repeated a G8 commitment to find a cure or new

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treatment for the condition by 2025. More funds have been promised as

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research lags well behind cancer. Here's our medical

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correspondent Fergus Walsh. Dementia has been dubbed a

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21st-century plague, which destroys the brain and devastates lives. In

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the UK, there are around 800 thousand people with dementia.

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Worldwide it is 44 million and that is set to double every 20 years. For

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far too long, this terrible condition has been ignored,

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downplayed or mistaken as a natural part of the ageing process. The

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truth is, dementia stands alongside cancer as one of the greatest

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enemies of humanity. Carol and Patrick have been married 47 years.

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He feels very fortunate as his Alzheimer's is developing slowly.

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Dream-macro I have tremendous help from people like the golf club who

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always check where I am and what I am doing. I am always losing my

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clothes and boots. Who loves the moment, whatever we are doing but

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past that he cannot remember what we have done. It has been very hard for

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the family. They lost the person they knew, in a strange way. The sad

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reality is, attempts to beat the disease have been a costly failure.

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Just three out of 104 drugs have been approved in the past 25 years,

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that means ?37 billion of investment lost. Among the ideas being

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discussed are fast tracking promising new drugs, giving

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pharmaceutical companies longer protection so they can recoup

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investments and greater global collaboration. The world dementia

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envoy said a new treatments or even a cure by 2025, could happen. We

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have what I would call a life shattering disease. I think this

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should be a new category and have a special ring fence around it for

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regulators to tackle until we have it on the current level we have

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cancer. The challenge now is to find those new treatments and ensure

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existing patients get the care they need.

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correspondent Fergus Walsh. I'm sure you don't need me to tell

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you that England kick off against Uruguay in their second World Cup

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group match in under an hour. It's not quite a must-win game

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but if Roy Hodgson's team lose then qualification for the next round

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will be out of their hands. Ben Brown is in Rio de Janeiro.

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It is torrential rain here in Rio. For England, the stakes could hardly

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be higher. Roy Hodgson and his team dare not lose this game but they

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face a Uruguay side that has Luis Suarez among their ranks and an army

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of 20,000 fans in the stadium. Also there is our chief sports

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correspondent. This may be a glamour tournament, but today it was about

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reality. For thousands of England fans who have travelled here,

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familiar conditions, but a familiar fear that should the prospect of

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another early exit. In -- we have the speed and the passion. It will

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suit England down to the ground. If they cannot play in this weather, it

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is perfect for them. It is a must win game, so I think we will do

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well. Uruguay have a weak defence. If they do, England will be on

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course to reach the second row but if they lose, their prospects are

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all but over. The captain is if they lose, their prospects are

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of the importance. It is something we don't want. We want to perform

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and get three points. Despite losing their opening game, Uruguay punch

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above their weight in football, reaching the semifinals four years

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ago. This is the man England fear most, Luis Suarez, declared himself

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fit. I think it Uruguay play as they did against Costa Rica, we should

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get three points. They play very open, no tempo and did not work

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hard. Luis Suarez is coming back and will make a big difference to them.

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England have arrived knowing their opening game defeat left them little

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room for manoeuvre. The challenge this time is to turn a positive

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performance into the points they crave. Exciting, a nervous and

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anxious evening lies in store for this England team, a watershed

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moment. Joe Hart is warming up behind me. It is a sign they have

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named an unchanged side despite the defeat to Italy. Wayne Rooney has

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been brought into his favourite central position in attack. It a

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ever needed him to score his first World Cup go, this is the time for

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him to do it. Luis Suarez is expected to start the Uruguay and is

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to be feared that the English defence. Now is the perfect time to

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prove they have got our first game out of their system. Back home,

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millions of fans will be watching on TV. Judith Moritz is in one

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Liverpool city centre bar. What is the atmosphere like? With eight of

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the Merseyside teams, Merseyside born. There is a huge amounts of

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local interest in this international. This is the place to

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come and watch. international. This is the place to

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full. Father and son here Daniel and Paul have come from Middlesborough.

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for both teams. We are not in the position we hoped to be, but this

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place is packed out. The lads know that the country is behind them.

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Hopefully they can do their stuff on the field.

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Hopefully they can do their stuff on home. Can ask you,, -- can I ask

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you, predictions for the night? I will not predict the score but I

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will project an England win. will not predict the score but I

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to be a winner. We have to get one over on Uruguay tonight. Come on

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England. over on Uruguay tonight. Come on

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is already flowing and they are catering for all tastes. They have

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put on a different drink for every nation competing in the World Cup.

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From Liverpool, back to you. We're getting unconfirmed reports

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that one group of England fans were attacked ahead of the game, but no

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injuries reported. We will keep an eye on that. On the pitch, it is an

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unchanged England side. From a miserable night in Rio, back to you.

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Our top story this evening, government documents obtained by the

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BBC suggest a key plank of its benefits ratcheted is getting fewer

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people into work than before. And coming up, how over 700 people

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from five countries finally managed to rescue a German caver trapped

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underground. Coming up on BBC News...

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The stars of the future showcase their eye-catching collections.

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An investigation by BBC News has found that tens of thousands of

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paedophiles are using the so-called dark web to trade images of child

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sexual abuse. You can't reach the dark web with

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ordinary search engines, users have to download special browsers -

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giving them access to hidden sites, Research

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on one site suggests that British people are involved in producing and

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distributing a disproportionately Our correspondent Angus Crawford

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reports. A special agents tries to recover

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photographs from the chip of a mobile phone. Police are using

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sophisticated techniques to catch paedophiles who share images. There

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is now increasing evidence that some paedophiles are moving their

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activities to the so-called dark web. Specialist software and

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encryption technology means that they are anonymous and almost

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untraceable there. Managed to contact a man who claims to run

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paedophile website where users swapped obscene images hidden in the

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dark net. He used untraceable e-mail and encrypted messages and there is

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no way of confirming his identity. But he said that the site had 40,000

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user accounts. On busy days, he said it got 500 page views per second,

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and he told me that more men like him were coming to the dark net,

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where he says security is designed with many layers to keep him safe.

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For the authorities, tracking down people like this is a complex task.

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Certainly, it is a challenge. I am in resident -- hesitant to describe

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law-enforcement techniques in this area that will say that it is a

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challenge. People talk about the dark net and that is something that

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we are keeping our ion. Special software means that computers are

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not traceable and identities are hidden. There may be ways to unmask

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abusers. This expert has treated software which can mine dark net

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chat rooms. Here, he finds that many are from the UK. They organise and

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arrange to meet up. Even more disturbing, British users are

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actually abusing children. They represent a disproportionate number

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of the producers on the sites. 20% of the key producers, we believe,

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are located in the UK. People who are actually abusing children? Yes,

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we believe so. Police need new tactics to shine a light into the

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darkest corners of the web. Unemployed young people could lose

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their benefits unless they agree to training in key skills -

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according to new welfare proposals Ed Miliband has called

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for 18 to 21-year-olds to be given a "youth allowance" rather than

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out-of-work benefits - and they wouldn't get the money unless

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their parents were on low incomes. Our deputy political editor

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James Landale reports. East London, thriving, vibrant,

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where many young people have high-tech jobs and money to spend.

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Today, a group of fingers on the left of politics came here to ask

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how labour could get more people into jobs if it has no money to

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spend. Their leader had a few ideas. We cannot succeed as a country with

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unskilled young people going from benefits to low paid work and back

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onto benefits again without proper skills. A Labour government would

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get young people to sign up for training, not sign on for benefits.

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He said a Labour government would cut jobseeker's allowance for

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100,018 to 21-year-olds. He claims that that will save ?65 million.

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Instead, they will get a new allowance but only if they train to

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a level standard and their parents have low incomes. He also said that

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people who worked for five years would get higher employment benefit,

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up to ?30 a week more. Those who had worked fewer years would wait longer

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before qualifying for extra cash. His aim was to convince that Labour

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would cut welfare and make the system fairer, without spending more

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money. Some of those in training but the picture. I think it encourages

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young people to want to get out there and do something, rather than

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causing trouble. The Tories said that Mr Miliband's mean tested

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allowance would be unfair. He is penalising people who work hard. If

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you work hard, below average earnings, you would be attacked by

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Labour because you will lose your right to any kind of support. But

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with ratings following and critics drawing, eschew Miliband needs to do

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more than win over Labour. What do you say to voters who do not think

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that you are up to the job? I did not take the job because I thought

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it would be a walk in the park. I've took the job because I thought it

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was important and I thought I had something distinctive to say. What

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do fighters nearby at this boxing club think of the leader who intends

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to punch from the left? I would sooner he was Prime Minister rather

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than David Cameron. I think young people do not know who he is. Or

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what he stands for, really. What do you think when you see him on the

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telly? Not a lot, to be honest. I do not think he is a very effective

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leader. Ed Miliband says he is fighting for what he believes is a

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great cause. But first he has to get off the ropes and convince voters

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that he is a contender. It took seven hundred people

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from five countries over eleven days But today the German explorer who

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got stuck in a cave 3,000 feet deep Johann Westhauser had been

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carrying out research when he Finally, daylight. It has been

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injured by inch over 12 days. Johann Westhauser was slowly whinged to the

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surface by his rescuers, up from a whole 1000 metres deep. He was

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strapped into a protective stretcher. When he emerged, the

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helmet was removed and his face finally felt the sun. The rescue

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team of 700 people came from five countries. Experts in the dangerous

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depths of the Earth. TRANSLATION: I have the jolliest duty to let you

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know that the injured man has now arrived at the clinic in a good

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state and with that we have managed to fulfil the essential aim of the

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operation. Johann Westhauser was one of the discoverers of the immense

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cave system only 18 years ago. The real difficulty four rescuers was

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the scale of the drop within the mountain. Sometimes 300 metres

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straight down. And then 1000 metres below the surface, the caves stretch

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horizontally to the injured man. below the surface, the caves stretch

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was conscious when he emerged but the extent of his head injuries is

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not known. He was flown to hospital, straight from the

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mountaintop. The caves will now be sealed because of the danger and

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cost of this rescue. Time for a look at the weather. All

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eyes on Brazil, Darren? I don't think people realise how big a

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country Brazil is. If you travelled from Manaus to Sao Paulo, it is like

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going from London to South Africa. That is why it is cooler in this

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part of Brazil, more typical weather for England to play in. We have a

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weather front of our own, moving southwards, taking showers with it.

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That area of high pressure will stay with us. Any showers in the

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south-east are going away. We have drawn down cooler air. It should be

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a finite ahead. On the face of it, not too cold. It could be chilly in

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rural areas. Prospects for tomorrow look good. There will be cloud from

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time to time but we will see sunshine coming through for many of

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us. The wind will be liked. -- light. Cooler in northern Scotland.

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Some shelter in the central belt. light. Cooler in northern Scotland.

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Sunshine in Northern Ireland, especially the

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Sunshine in Northern Ireland, Wales, sunny spells. Winners and

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losers on the circles. Cooler than the date but sunny. Inland, more

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cloud. To the north of London and East Anglia, were sunshine, warmer

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than it was today. -- more sunshine. During Saturday, temperatures could

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reach 23 or 24. More cloud from the North. Robbery more rain and drizzle

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coming in. But away from here, it should be a dry weekend.

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Temperatures near to or above average for that time of year.

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