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A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly

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Details are coming in, we will bring you the latest. More children are

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killed in Gaza. A judge finds systematic failures in a scheme that

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saw a man accused of the Hyde Park bombing walk free from court.

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There is another book to read or a film to watch. I am too nosey to

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want to die. And the debate about the right for

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the terminally ill to have help to end their lives and why some don't

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want to change in the law. reported to have crashed in Ukraine.

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On BBC London. Speaking out. The detective who was put under

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surveillance by the News of the World during a murder investigation.

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And a ferry and a cargo boat collide on the Thames, injuring passengers.

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Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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A Malaysia Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 people on board is

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reported to have crashed in Ukraine, near the Russian border.

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Rv there has been fighting on the Ukraine Russian border since March

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following the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government. Flight Mh17

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took off from Amsterdam this morning, bound for Kuala Lumpur. Its

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flight path took it over the Donetsk region. It came down near a village

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called Grabove. There are reports of many dead bodies near the site of

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the crash. A plume of smoke rising into the sky, in eastern Ukraine

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this January noofr. Local people here saying it was a plane which has

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just crashed. There is no confirmation this was the Malaysian

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airliner which came down with almost 300 people onboard.

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But eyewitnesses in this region say they have scene burning wreckage and

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bodies on the ground. Malaysian Airlines put out this

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message on social media. That it has lost contact with the flight which

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was en route to Kuala Lumpur. The manufacturer Boeing also said it was

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investigating. Flight Mh17 which had taken off from

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Amsterdam is reported to have been cruising at more than 30,000 feet

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over eastern Ukraine. An area of intense conflict between separatists

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and the Ukrainian military. The pro-Russian separatists have

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controlled parts of eastern Ukraine for several months now. And have

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shot down military planes and helicopters in the past.

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They are known to have short range anti-aircraft missilings and

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according to some reports have been seen with qlefr weapons. We are

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talking about something significant indeed. There is already, they have

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used tankings and they don't find them lie Tong street. They have

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supplies of sophisticated weapons. It would be damaging for them and

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the Russian case if they have the sort of weapons that shoot down

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civilian aircraft, but even more damaging, if it turns out that the

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missile, if there was a missile, came from the Russian side of the

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border. These unverified photographs

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apparently show some of the wreckage of the Malaysian plane. The

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separatists deny they shot it down, blaming instead the Ukrainian

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military. But, at the moment, it is still not

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known if it was brought down by military action.

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Our correspondent is in Amsterdam for us now. The plane took off from

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Amsterdam, what more are you hearing from there? Well, we have been

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speaking to officials here at the airport throughout the afternoon.

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They say that they have just seen the tweet from Malaysian Airlines

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confirming they lost radar contact with the plane. They see when they

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got confirmation of what has happened, they will be prepared to

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support the families of the relatives of those who were onboard

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MH17. The flight left here at 12.14, 14 minutes after the scheduled

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departure time. This is very much still a breaking news situation, so

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we are expecting to get more details from here at the airport throughout

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the evening. Thank you. Our defence correspondent

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is here. Jonathan, we should stress these reports that the plan plane

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was shot down are unconfirmed but this is an area of great tension,

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what light can you shed, could it have been shot down? Let us look at

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the facts so far. We know a number of Ukrainian aircraft have been shot

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down, and there is already a suspicion that pro-Russian rebels

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have access to portable surface-to-air missile they can

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carry round. They are short range, you would have to see the plane

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before they fired it. This is very different. This was passenger plane

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flying at 30,000 feet, about ten kilometres high. It would have had

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to have a much more sophisticated weapon system to lock on the that,

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you are talking about radar. So the kind of equipment and range of

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missile that would be held by a well-equipped, well funded military,

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and you are looking in that region at Ukraine and Russia, both

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countries deny it. I think the west will reserve judgment. The other

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possibility it could have been a fighter jet with an air-to-air

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missile. I think that is unlikely. But it's a mystery at the moment.

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You will have both the Americans and NATO looking at satellite imagery

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and they will be able to identify plumes, ultraviolet plumes that will

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show up if it was a surface-to-air missile and where it came from.

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Rebe bring you more on the story as it develops.

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near the Russian border. Three Palestinian children have been

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killed, as hostilities between Israel and Gaza have resumed

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after a brief lull in the fighting. The humanitarian ceasefire was

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organised for five hours this morning,

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to allow besieged residents in Gaza to stock up on essential supplies.

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Egypt is trying to broker a longer lasting ceasefire,

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but so far with no success. Our chief international

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correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Gaza.

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It was a cautious start to a long-awaited pause. Traffic on the

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deserted streets. Children seize a moment to play.

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This man opens his shop for the first time in ten days.

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Shells the basics, like flour, and sugar.

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-- he sells. Money is what they need. Banks have

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been shut. Today 70,000 people are due to receive their salaries.

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Some civil servants haven't been paid for months.

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Many people are stocking up on food, not sure when they will be able to

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buy goods again. By midday, some streets are packed.

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It looks and sounds like it did before this war erupted.

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It is also a moment to socialise. But for this family, it's a day of

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mourning, this man lost his child and three other boys in his extended

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family. They were killed yesterday, in Israeli attacks on Gaza's port.

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Today, the former President told the BBC about his regret. It is really

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taking maximum care. I told the man what the former

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President said. Is he going to compensate us for our children? Will

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he bring them back. He gives orders with his right hand and offers peace

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with his left hand. The humanitarian ceasefire has just ended, and has

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already been violated. We have seen missiles being fired from the Gaza

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Strip into Israel and we can hear the Israeli drones in the sky again.

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People in this neighbourhood tell us they are braced for more Israeli air

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strikes. There is more talk of a ceasefire now,

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strikes. There is more talk of a ground, there is no sign that this

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war is about to end. Then, an Israeli strike. It is known

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as a knock on the Then, an Israeli strike. It is known

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But three children are killed. There is no pause in the growing

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human cost of this war. Lyse Doucet reports from Gaza.

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And there are detailed reports about the crisis in Gaza on the BBC

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news website, including analysis on Egypt's role as mediator.

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It's emerged to re-nationalise parts

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of the to re-nationalise parts

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a Labour government, state-owned or not for profit companies could be

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created to compete against Virgin, Stagecoach and other private

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companies to run train services in different parts of the country.

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Our political editor Nick Robinson reports.

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Lower fare, less overcrowding. There is no doubt what

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Lower fare, less overcrowding. There be more likely to get it, if the

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trains were run by a public company, not private firms who make a profit.

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It should be run by the Government, for the people. If Labour said that

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was our policy for the people. If Labour said that

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impressed? I think I would. I am happy with things as they are at at

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the moment. Public? Yes, Thank you for your time. Ed Miliband has a

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problem. The polls say the public want to see the railways

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renationalised and his party is threatening to vote for it this

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weekend. He doesn't want Labour looking like it is go back the

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future. Back, that is, to the old days of British Rail.

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The modernisation scheme goes full steam ahead. BR began with high

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hopes but inded like this, with a lack of investment in the railways

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and a lack of planning. We have learned that in recent days,

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union leaders have been here, in the We have learned that in recent days,

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Labour leaders' office, trying to hammer out a policy they can all

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sign up to. The BBC has obtained the wording of a motion agreed by the

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Labour leadership and three rail union, it promises to legislate, to

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allow public sector operator, to be able to take on rail line, and

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challenge the train operators. In other words, part nationalisation.

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It also promises a legal guarantee that passengers will get the

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cheapest possible fare, and those fare rises will be capped.

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The east coast is the only main line now run not for profit. The last

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Labour Government took it over when a private firm walked away. But it

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is due to be privatised again before the election. Some Labour MPs say

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this shows why it is time for Labour to promise renationalisation. The

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success of the east coast shows that publicly owned can be a success, and

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that there is nothing to fear from state ownership of the railways. The

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failed and fragmented policies of privatisation, we need something

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different. But private companies like Chiltern

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Rail say competition has made them invest and innovate in better trains

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and service, the man who runs the company remembers British Rail, he

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used to work for them. Couldn't you have done everything you have done

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if you were a publicly owned firm? We have improved the Birmingham

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service we are building a new line to Oxford and the difference is in

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this role I focus on my customer, and deliver what they want, rather

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than what I am told to deliver by Government.

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Ed Miliband finds himself caught between those who say surely it

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would be more popular to have the railways run not for profit by

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public firms, and the private companies that run the railways now,

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who say get this policy wrong, and we will stop investing.

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reports. Almost 200 Irish Republicans who

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were sent official letters informing them they were no longer wanted

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by police have been warned they could still be arrested -

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if there's sufficient evidence. The Northern Ireland Secretary says

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the letters do not amount to a get out of jail free card.

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The letters were sent in the years following the Good

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Friday Peace Agreement in 1998. Our Ireland Correspondent Chris

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Buckler reports. 32 years ago this week, the IRA

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carried out the Hyde Park bombing. One of the most notorious attacks of

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the Troubles. Four soldiers were killed, and earlier this year, there

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was an attempt to prosecute the main suspect in the case. But John Downie

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couldn't be tried because of what the judge viewed as a promise made

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by the British Government. He was given a letter assuring him he was

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not wanted by any police force in the UK. Today's report says that was

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a dreadful mistake. The conclusion of Lady Justice

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Hallett is the fact a catastrophic mistake had been made and that

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cannot be undone. She recommends the families come to terms with that. We

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will vet back to how we came to terms with it for the last 32 years.

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The assurance given to John Downie was one of almost 200 made to

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paramilitary suspects by the Government as part of a scheme

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negotiated by Sinn Fein. Lady Justice Hallett is very clear.

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She concludes that "The administrative scheme did not amount

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to an amnesty for terrorist, suspected terrorists were not handed

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a get out of jail free card." That was a claim made by unionists and

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while the report says the scheme was not an ams inty it identifies flaws

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that contributed to the letter given by mistake to John Downie. An error

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that was identified by not rectified by police. And the review finds that

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two more letters were sent as a result of errors.

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Unionists say they knew nothing of the scheme and threatened to walk

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away from power-sharing at Stormont because of it. Months after he

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threatened to resign, Northern Ireland's First Minister says he

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still has some concerns It was a get out of jail free card for Downey. It

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has the potential of being a get out of jail card for the two that Lady

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Justice Hallett refers to as being an error. This is a very detailed

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report. But Lady Justice Hallett chooses her words carefully. She

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says the scheme wasn't secret, but it was kept below the radar. And she

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says it was not unlawful, but it was unprecedented.

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To be clear about this, the myth of amnesties is a unionist myth. It has

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never been ordered by anything on the nationalist side. Today the

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police apologised for the additional pain caused by the error in the Hyde

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Park bombing case. The families of the soldiers killed

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feel no assurance justice can be offered to them.

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Our top story this evening - A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying

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nearly 300 passengers is reported to have crashed in Ukraine

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And coming up ? 18,000 to lose their jobs at Microsoft, as it counts

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It proposes that as long as two doctors agree that

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a patient in England or Wales has less than six months to live and is

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of sound mind, then they can legally be helped to end their lives.

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On BBC London: The Queen unveils a newly revamped Reading station. And

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inspired by an 18th century love story. It is open to the public

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thanks to a local campaign. Tomorrow a record number of pierce

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is expected to take part in the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of

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Lords. It proposes that as long as two doctors agree that if a patient

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has less than six months to live and is of sound mind, they can be helped

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to legally end their lives. We heard from Professor Stephen Hawking about

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why he supports the bill. We spoke to those who don't want a change in

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the law. This is Pam.

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She is 69 years old. She used to work as a freelance legal secretary.

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She has a big family, close friends and two dogs.

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She also has Motor Neurone Disease, a condition she has had for over 20

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years. It has left her only able to

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communicate by moving her eyes with the aid of this special computer.

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When I was first diagnosed in 1981, abecame depressed. I'm ashamed to

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say I spoke about dying if I could not cope with Motor Neurone Disease.

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But although her life is not what it was, Pam does not want to die.

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I am a amazed I have coped with Motor Neurone Disease. You don't

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know unless you try. There is always another book to read or a film to

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watch. I am too nosey to want to die.

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The Lord's are debating if a form like this will be available to those

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with the terminal illness. Two doctors have to agree that if the

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patient has six months or less to live and are of sound mind, that

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they can then take their life by self-medication with the lawful

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assistance of another person. Pam's friend is also against the

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bill. She is worried that it will have wider implications, especially

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for those when disabilities. Suddenly, you are in the constant

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position of have to say "no". We need support for living, not support

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for dying. If we have support for living, we will not want to die.

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The assisted dying bill has had high-profile support in the last few

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days. Those against it are worried. I am concerned if assisted dying

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became a law, people will look at me whying why I am alive and not asking

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to be killed. A record number of Lords is expected

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to speak with regards to the debate tomorrow.

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Microsoft, the maker of Windows, is set to make its biggest ever cuts

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Thousands of jobs are to go - more than half will come

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from the Nokia arm of the business which was bought earlier this year.

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Our Business Editor Kamal Ahmed is here.

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So Kamal, why such deep job cuts and how many

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Microsoft is huge. Today they announced that they will lose 18,000

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employees. As you say, after the purchase of Nokia, they want to

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drive efficiencies in the business. That could mean losing jobs. In the

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UK Microsoft employ about 3,500 people. I would have thought that

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the risk is a low level. Nokia was a finished business. So must of its

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employees are not here. That is where most of the losses will be.

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But there must be a concern. This is about increasing competition. It is

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in the smartphone market. Microsoft has been criticised for being slow

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and dinosaur like moving into the tablet and the smartphone business.

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It is lucrative, Apple and Google have promoted smartphone. So

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Microsoft hopes that the savings it can make from the 18,000 job losses

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it can plough into products we want to buy to make it a more successful

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business. Golf and on the first day of the

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Open, Rory Rory Rory heads the ladder board.

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Open, Rory Rory Rory heads the par. Playing in perfect conditions.

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He was pleased with his performance. Wads with was three shots behind.

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Alistair Cook won the toss and put the visitors in to bat

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The Indians were soon in trouble and lost wickets steadily through

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When the Commonwealth Games start in Glasgow next week, it will be

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an historic moment for Northern Ireland's Alanna Audley-Murphy.

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The Belfast-born boxer will be become one of the first women ever

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to step into the ring at the Games but, as she told Katie Gornall,

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I've been here 11 years now. It is a run down area. It's an estate.

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Growing up as a kid it is not easy. But the club has gotten the kids off

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the street. In the heart of East Belfast, in

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the street. city that revers its boxers, Alanna

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Audley-Murphy is getting ready to make history. She will be one of the

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first women to box at the Commonwealth Games, although the

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road to Glasgow has been a long one. I have been boxing since a little

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girl. It has been a long time waiting. My first exhibition was

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against a boy. There were no girls to match me. I'm sure some were

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against it, it is male-dominated but times have changed.

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28-year-old, Alanna Audley-Murphy spends most of her time in England.

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She is the army's most successful female boxer. But the Games have

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brought her back home to train and to retrace her roots.

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This is where I grew up. This is my old club.

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That is not a bad sign? They have myself and other stars of the sports

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from overseas. Alanna Audley-Murphy credits her friend, Katie Taylor

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with raising the credits her friend, Katie Taylor

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boxing. The IRA fighter won gold at the Olympics.

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Me and Katie boxed each other in one. The first girls to box in

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Ireland. The first official fight. So a big part of boxing history.

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That was an old one. We went to Turkey to box.

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So when Alanna said at 13, she wanted to box, was it a surprise? I

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thought it was a great way of training, to maintain your weight.

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People get nervous but I was like, come on! Have you allowed yourself

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to dream to think of yourself on the podium? Definitely. Everyone does.

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To hear the National Anthem and the flag flying in the background. To go

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home with a Gold Medal to Belfast... Do you think that your face will be

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there? Definitely. I hope I get a whole wall to myself! That will be

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great. Now let's take a look at the

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weather. Alex Deakin is here. It is day one

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of the heatwave? Well, tomorrow for some it will be hatter but it is not

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that straightforward. 22 Celsius in Edinburgh. To the south 29 Celsius

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in West London, the hottest day of the year so far. But although

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tomorrow is hotter for some, we are starting to see the thunder storm.

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There is an area of cloud approaching from the north of

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France. Moving into the south-west in the evening. With flashes of

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lightening. The storms heading across the Midlands and parts of

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Wales. So local downpours. You may be woken up by a rumble of thunder.

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The a warm and the humid night in the south and in the north warmer

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than last night. The risk of the showers affecting the Open for a

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time tomorrow morning. Then the zone of showers working its way across

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Northern Ireland and south-west Scotland. Misty around the coasts in

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the south-west and in the far north-east. In these areas a little

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cooler tomorrow. But across central and eastern parts of England, that

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is where we really see the temperatures soaring. Over 30

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Celsius. 33 Celsius is possible. The heat and the humidity sparking

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thunder storms tomorrow night. These will be bigger beasts, breading

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north across England and Wales for tomorrow night and for Saturday to

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Scotland and Northern Ireland. Then followed by more thunder storms

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during the day on Saturday. It does not rain everywhere all day but the

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potential for the storms to be violent are there. Humid air on

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Saturday. And on Sunday the risk of big downpours in the east for a

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time. Scattered showers elsewhere. Starting to turn the temperatures

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down a notch. Time to bring you up-to-date on the

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main story: A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300

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people crashed in the Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia deny that they

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shot it down. Pilots around the world are told to avoid the area.

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Flights in the air are being re-routed. The flight took off from

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Amsterdam. Let's talk to our correspondent there for us now.

:26:38.:26:42.

Anna, what more are you hearing there in Amsterdam? I gather that

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relatives are turning up at the airport? Two new pieces of

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information. The Dutch Prime Minister is returning from Brussels

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to deal with the situation here. Also, the officials have confirmed

:26:56.:26:59.

that relatives of passengers on board Flight MH17 have now arrived

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at the airport and are being looked after here. Anna. Thank you.

:27:04.:27:09.

Our correspondent is here with me again. We still must stress we don't

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know that the plane was shot down. We have the Ukraine and Russia

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denying the responsibility for it. There has been a lot of tension in

:27:19.:27:22.

the area for some time. How much will this change things in that

:27:23.:27:30.

area? If it is a surface to air missile responsible for the crash,

:27:31.:27:35.

it is a huge game-changer. This is a civilian airliner. It will involve

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dozens of countries who will demand answers. If it was a surface-to-air

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missile it will have been operated by professional military. Not a

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bunch of rebels but handled from a well-equipped army. There are a lot

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of questions. It is a mystery. But not for long. There will be lots of

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analysts trying to get the answers that governments will demand for

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their own people. They know that loved ones have died here.

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Thank you. You can get the latest on the plane

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crash on the BBC News Channel.

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