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Welcome to Wales Today - our top stories: As many as 1000

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people turn out in Merthyr to see Jeremy Corbyn -

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will his message persuade Labour supporters to back him in Wales?

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And his country ripped apart by war - medical student Mohammed

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was studying in Syria - now Universities here want to help.

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Good evening.

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He stepped onto the balcony of Merthyr Tydfil's Old Town Hall -

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to the cheers of hundreds of supporters.

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Jeremy Corbyn - the Labour leader - was in town to launch the Welsh leg

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of his campaign to keep his job.

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His key pledge - that no community would ever be left behind

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under his leadership.

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Our reporter, Cemlyn Davies was there.

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This is how Jeremy Corbyn made his appearance

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in Merthyr today to the

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delight of hundreds of supporters who had gathered to see him.

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Jeremy Corbyn and his team chose this

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location deliberately for today's event.

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The red house is where the

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party's first leader would address his constituents when he was the

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local MP at the start of the 20th century.

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This square was also the

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scene of the Merthyr rising in 1831 when

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the red flag, a symbol of the

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working class cause, is said to have been

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flown for the first time.

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But today was about the current fight

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within Labour and before he addressed his supporters, I asked

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Jeremy Corbyn what his message is for the party members who decide

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if he stays or goes.

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Labour will be a party of investment, growing the

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economy, and leaving no community behind.

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We need investment across

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the entirety of the UK, including many parts of Wales that have

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suffered grievously ever since the end of

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the mining industry.

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Owen Smith says you're going backwards if

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you look at some of the Assembly election results?

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In the Assembly election results we gained some

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seats as well as losing one.

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Labour Party membership hasn't grown without a

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reason.

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People are coming into Labour because they see something of

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themselves in the party, the possibility of a party

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speaking for them.

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Yes, more people have joined Labour under Jeremy Corbyn, but

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despite his claims the party failed to win

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any new assembly seats in

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May, and these supporters are confident he can lead the party to

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success.

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Since the Blair thing, I haven't touched it,

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politics has just been one Tory

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thing after another.

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Now there is a man who we can get together behind.

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Can he win an election?

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Yes.

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This is a leadership contest, as we saw in

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last night's first head-to-head debate, when Smith said only he can

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get Labour back into power.

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I think I'm the person who has the ideas in

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this debate and I think I'm the person who has the energy and I

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think I see very clearly that we have not been

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what we need to be in

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recent months.

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In a blow to Mr Corbyn's campaign this evening, the

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main union at the Port Talbot steelworks community said it is

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supporting Owen Smith, however other major unions

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are expected to back the current leader.

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He and his supporters intend on keeping their

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flag flying.

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The front man of rock band Iron Maiden says -

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his Vale of Glamorgan aviation firm is losing millions of pounds worth

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of business because of a dispute with the MOD over landing rights.

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Bruce Dickinson says -

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when he located at RAF St Athan he was assured by the Welsh

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Government they'd be able to use MOD technology to allow planes to take

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off and land day and night.

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There has been a long-term failure to provide the use of an instrument

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landing facility, which exists and was paid for by the taxpayer at vast

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expense and is used by the RAF.

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But they don't permit civil aircraft to

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use it.

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The Welsh Government says it'll discuss the issue with Mr Dickinson,

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and is lobbying the Ministry of Defence to ensure

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a "favourable outcome".

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The MOD has been asked to comment.

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Some Welsh universities are considering offering

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scholarships to refugees who've fled here from war zones.

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The Syrian-Welsh society says - students who've been forced

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to flee their homeland face barriers when it comes to entering

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higher education.

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Carwyn Jones reports.

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Daily life on the streets of Aleppo.

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Syria's largest city has become a battle ground with civilians

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caught in the crossfire.

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Many have simply left there lives behind and fled the

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city, seeking refuge and safety in other countries.

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One of those refugees is 21-year-old Mohammad

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Hadi Saleh, who arrived in Wales last year.

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At home he was a medical student and would like to continue

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his education at somewhere like the School of Medicine at Cardiff

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University.

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He was two years into his studies in Syria, but the war

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cut that short.

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It was very difficult for all the Syrians living in

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Aleppo, everything is destroyed, there is no water, no electricity.

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There is not anything for the means of life.

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Cardiff University already offers financial support

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for asylum seekers,

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while Bangor University offers a scholarship scheme for

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international students.

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Now two further institutions in Wales say

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they want to do more to help refugees in particular who want to

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study here.

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Aberystwyth hopes to offer five scholarships to refugees,

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the University of Wales Trinity Saint David

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said it was committed to a

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similar scheme.

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Both institutions want to give refugees like any other

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students the chance to gain qualifications and skills.

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We'll be looking for potential students that

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would benefit from the opportunity and who could bring something to the

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University and potentially give something back to the UK once they

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complete their qualification.

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But universities here could be doing a

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lot more, according to Doctor Mohammed Al Hadj Ali, chair of the

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Syrian Welsh Society, and who is also a research fellow at Cardiff

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University.

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Some universities do not accept refugees as a transfer from a

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university in Syria to a university in the UK.

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It is one of the major problems.

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Mohammed still hopes to find a university in Wales that will

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allow him to complete his medical degree.

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One year after he was forced to abandon his education and flee to

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safety.

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Every home in Caerphilly county is to be visited

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by a council official - to ensure they're recycling

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their food waste properly.

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Recycling advisors hope to call in on nearly eighty thousand

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properties in coming weeks.

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The council says - it could save nearly ?200,000

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a year - if everyone recycled waste.

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Football, and Swansea City have completed the signing of striker

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Fernando Llorente from Sevilla, for an undisclosed fee.

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The 31 year old Spanish World Cup and European Championship winner has

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signed a two-year contract.

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A record number of Welsh athletes are preparing to take part

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in the 2016 Olympic Games - which gets underway

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in just over an hour.

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Rehearsals have been taking place at Rio's Maracana stadium,

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where the Olympic cauldron will be lit at the opening ceremony.

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23 Welsh sportsmen and women are ready to compete

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across 11 sports.

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First in action - double olympic champion Geraint Thomas -

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who competes in the road race tomorrow.

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Coverage of the opening ceremony begins here

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on BBC One Wales at 11.35pm tonight.

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Let's see what the weekend weather has in store -

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Derek has the forecast.

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Hello.

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I have some good news about the weekend.

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I can promise some fine and warm weather, but it is not

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all plain sailing, damper on Saturday and windy on

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Sunday.

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Tonight, dry with clear spells and patchy clouds.

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Tomorrow shows a ridge of high pressure over the UK, meaning a

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window of good weather, but this deep low

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will bring strong wind on

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Sunday.

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Tomorrow morning looking dry with patchy cloud

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and otherwise bright

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with good spells of sunshine.

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Across the rest of the UK, a fine sunny day

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for many places, sunny spells and warming up

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nicely, the exception is

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the far north and north-west of Scotland, some rain here in the

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afternoon with increasing wind.

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A lovely afternoon in Wales tomorrow,

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plenty of sunshine and dry, more like summer and warmer than today.

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It might cloud over in Pembrokeshire by evening.

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It will be a cracking day tomorrow for the last day in Abergavenny.

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Dry tomorrow evening and dry start, but clouding over from

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the West and turning damp and misty overnight with low cloud.

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The wind

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picking up as well on Monday night into Sunday, damp and

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misty start in the South first thing, but it will soon drive

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-- dry and brighten up, the rest of the day is dry

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with sunny spells, it will be

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breezy and feeling fresh.

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Saturday is the best day of the weekend, next

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week turning colder and breezy with a mix of sunshine and showers.

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That's Wales Today - have a lovely weekend -

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from all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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So I've come here to Rio to explore the culture and the people

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behind the hit song.

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