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This is BBC World News Today with me, Alice Baxter.

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A setback for Ukrainian forces as they're forced to withdraw

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Pro-Russian separatists have made gains in the east of the country -

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Ukraine's President has accused Moscow of direct

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Iraqi Government forces drive Islamic State militants

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from the town of Amerli - we report on what life's been

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A Railway at War everything is safe, but we have a huge at work to do to

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restore this town back to what it was.

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The British Prime Minister unveils new powers to stop

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Britons going abroad to fight with terrorist groups.

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A Railway at War we will introduce legislation to fill this gap by

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providing police with temporary powers to seize a passport. They

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will be able to investigate individuals.

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We'll have all the comings and goings on football's transfer

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deadline day - the window closes in a few hours' time.

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Ukrainian forces fighting separatists in the east

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of the country have been forced to retreat from the strategically

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important airport at Luhansk after they were attacked by a column

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Kiev says it is also sending reinforcements to fight separatists

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in the north-eastern port city of Mariupol.

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Ukraine's President has again accused Russia

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of launching direct and open agression on the eastern region.

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But the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, denies there has

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been any military intervention, calling for "a peaceful settlement"

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Meanwhile, President Putin says Ukraine is refusing to engage in

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What is the essence of the tragedy that is happening now in Ukraine? I

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think the main reason is that the key authorities do not want to

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conduct substantive political dialogue with the east of the

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country. Now is the beginning of a very important process, the process

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of direct negotiations. We have been working on it for a long time and we

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agree with President Poroshenko, such contacts are starting now.

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our correspondent Mike Wooldridge has this report.

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In the restive region now at the centre of a progressively

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intensifying diplomatic crisis, pro-Russian separatists prepare to

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fight. One of their leaders said they were heading to Donetsk

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airport, shut at the end of May after clashes between the rebels and

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Government forces. It has been under control of the military ever since.

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Today, Russia's Foreign Minister repeated Moscow's denials of direct

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involvement in a new global push. He said talks on the Ukraine crisis is

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taking place today in Minsk were mainly about an imminent and

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unconditional cease-fire. But international concern now focusing

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on the key port city of Mariupol, its defence is being reinforced

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because it is only a short distance from the swathe of territory seized

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by separatists in recent days. Residents of Mariupol took to the

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streets yesterday to protest and to pray for peace. The Ukrainian

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President used a gathering of military cadets to accuse Russia of

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what he called direct and open aggression against his country. He

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said it had radically changed the situation in the zone of conflict.

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The US and Europe have also challenged -- charged rusher with

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sending its own troops to intervene. But the OSCE said today it was hard

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to confirm the presence of regular Russian forces within Ukrainian

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territory. That said, Australia has stepped up its sanctions against

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Russia. I want to make it clear, the bullying of small nations by big

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ones and assertions that might bullying of small nations by big

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right should have no place in our world. In the latest developments on

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the ground, Ukrainian officials say the troops have retreated from the

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airport close to this, the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, after coming

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under artillery fire. The German Chancellor, Angel Merkel,

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has said it was now clear that the conflict in Eastern Ukraine had

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never been an internal one, Let's talk about this radical change

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correspondent, Bridget Kendall. Let's talk about this radical change

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we have seen on the battle Let's talk about this radical change

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does seem to be an Let's talk about this radical change

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turnaround. Ukrainian to say this is about Russian troops coming over the

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turnaround. Ukrainian to say this is is typical of President Putin when

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there is a setback, you will remember when the ousted President

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Fred -- fled from the Ukraine, there is a pause and then he goes on the

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offensive. In that case, he took over Crimea. It does seem that the

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pictures of Russian hardware and troops coming over the border, and

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it is the case that Ukrainian forces are having to retreat, they seem to

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be very worried in Kiev that they are on the back foot. Moscow

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consistently saying they are not directly involved, but what do you

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think is the strategic thinking of the Kremlin? Mr Putin and his

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advisers keep saying we do not want to break up Ukraine or invade

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Ukraine. Maybe they really do mean that because it looks as though what

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they want to do is to make President Poroshenko realise he cannot win

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this war, that Russia is too powerful ally for the rebels to let

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that happen. And powerful ally for the rebels to let

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no choice but to reach a peace deal on Russia's terms. That brings us to

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no choice but to reach a peace deal talks, what Mr Putin wants is an

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agreement that bubble leaders in southeastern Ukraine should have a

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new status, which would give it a veto over important decisions in

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Kiev, which would give Russia a leverage to influence what happens

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in Kiev. Timing is important, this is on the eve of the NATO summit.

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Maybe Mr Putin is sending a message to the Ukrainian leader. Not to rely

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on NATO. We are seeing a softening of the tone coming out

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on NATO. We are seeing a softening conflict. Do you think that this

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plan you suggest of Mr Putin will actually work? I am not sure. He may

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think he is offering a decent deal to President Poroshenko, he is just

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saying that perhaps the root not break away, they just want more

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autonomy. But there is so little now. Kiev will be worried that this

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is a way of Russia poking its nose into Ukrainian politics. Besides

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which, when you try and force a position through threats, they and

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the European leaders may just think, Mr Putin is too dangerous, we have

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to stand up to him. We already know that tougher sanctions are around

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the corner and there will be intense debate on how we should help Ukraine

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inside the EU and inside NATO. How worried do you think Mr Putin and

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the Kremlin generally will be by those comments from Angela Merkel?

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Not that worried. The general view of the Kremlin is that this is an

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existential fight for them, they see Ukraine as part of Russia's broader

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sense of itself, they are prepared to go to the end on this and I think

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Europe will either be divided or it will care too much about trade and

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relations with Russia, and in the end, this will get resolved

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diplomatically and they will get their way.

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The Iraqi Army, backed by Shia militias and Kurdish

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fighters, is continuing its biggest offensive so far against

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Islamic State jihadists to try to win back towns and territory.

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The UN says about 1,400 people were killed

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The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse managed to get into the town of Amerli,

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where thousands of people had been trapped for months.

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This is the first time in two months that we have been able to go down

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this road. We are skirting round Amerli to the East and trying to

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come at it from there, because of two are right, there are still

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pockets of Islamic State fighters. We are off dust everywhere, heading

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along a bumpy road. What we do not know is what we will find at the end

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of this, in Amerli. This is it, the entrance to Amerli, and these are

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the men who held out for two months, surrounded by Islamic State

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fighters. They say everything is OK now, everything is safe, but we have

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a huge amount of work to do to restore this time back to what it

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was. -- this town. These are incredibly emotional scenes. This

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commander who calls himself the son of Iraq, has not seen his family for

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two months. There have been tears, hugs and kisses, reuniting with his

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father and family. This woman is expanding to me how they survived

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those two long months. She would bake bread here in oven. But as

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fuel, they had to use cow dung. She has just been showing me. Down here,

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the cow dung is what they had to use as fuel, to fire the oven. The

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water, they had to rely on this tiny borehole over here. This tiny little

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hole in the ground is where they got their water from. She is saying that

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at times, they did not have enough milk for their babies and they ran

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out of flour, and life was very tough.

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British police will be given temporary powers to seize passports

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at UK borders of British citizens they believe are travelling abroad

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The Prime Minister says airlines will now be legally obliged to

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hand over passenger lists to help identify Islamist fighters.

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David Cameron told Parliament that the terrorist threat

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from the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq poses a direct

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Our deputy political editor, James Landale, reports.

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No one knows how may Britons like these are fighting for Islamic State

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in Syria and Iraq. Some officials say about 500, others think it might

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be more. What we all agree is that some will pose a huge security

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threat if they return home. David Cameron's security people do not

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like him walk into Westminster, but today, just days after the threat

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level was raised to severe, the Prime Minister marched down

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Whitehall to tell MPs that threat from British jihadis was real. I

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have said all along there should not be a knee jerk reaction or the

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introduction of sweeping new powers that would ultimately be

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ineffective. That is not what those who work so hard to keep us safe

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want. They want a targeted approach that reflects a forensics focus on

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the threat we face. He announced the police would have temporary new

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powers to save -- sees passports. Airlines would have to hand over

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more information about passenger lists earlier, and security services

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would be given back the power to relocate terror suspects away from

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their home towns, power they have had until control orders were

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abolished. But it was clear that the coalition parties had been unable to

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agree on plans to stop British fighters returning home. We are

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clear that what we need is a targeted discretionary power to

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allow us to exclude British nationals from the UK and we will

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work up proposals on this basis with our agencies in line with our

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obligations and discuss the details on a cross-party basis. In other

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words, after days of warning about the threats from British jihadis,

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there is still no agreement about how to stop them coming home. The

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Government is constrained by law and politics. We have been listening to

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this for over a decade, it does not replace charges, evidence, proof and

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prison. The Government insists these announcements are not the whole

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story. These threats will only be resolved by political change on the

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ground. But that will not be coming soon.

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To Pakistan now, where there's been a day of violent clashes in the

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capital, Islamabad, as protestors continue to press their calls

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for the country's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to step down.

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At one point they occupied the headquarters of state

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broadcaster PTV, but were eventually ousted by security forces.

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With the very latest, here's Shazeb Jillani.

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Angry, violent and determined to get rid of the Pakistani Prime Minister.

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These protesters met with resistance when they stormed the headquarters

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of PTV. Once inside, they went on the rampage, smashing broadcast

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equipment and harassing staff. Protesters have managed to barge

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their way into PTV headquarters and they have made their way into some

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of the newsrooms. They are armed with sticks and the important thing

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is, we must remain calm, there is no reason to panic at this stage. Soon

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after, troops arrived and cleared the building. The protesters welcome

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the soldiers and shouted slogans in favour of the Pakistani army. The

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channel is now back on favour of the Pakistani army. The

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troops are now guarding the building. What this incident shows

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is that unless this confrontation is resolved peacefully, things can get

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out of hand. The Pakistani army has asked

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the government to resolve But without resorting to use

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of force. The Army's position appears to

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have emboldened the protesters. Earlier today, they pushed forward

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towards government buildings, The protesters now occupy more

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and more space on this main road He said he has used it on policemen,

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but in his defence. The government has said the Prime

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Minister will not resign, but it is running out of options to resolve

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this confrontation peacefully. With me is Shahid Sadullah, a

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commentator on Pakistani politics. Who is behind these protests? Do

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these opposition figures really enjoy mass popular support? The

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turnout in the demonstrations that have been going on have not been as

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massive as they were originally claimed to be. Imran Khan is a

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popular politician. claimed to be. Imran Khan is a

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8 million votes in the last election. But addressing your

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question, who is behind this? The common perception is that Imran

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Khan's demands are for the resignation of the Prime Minister,

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which is where everything has got stuck. Other demands have been

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agreed upon. That demand is so extreme that there is no

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constitutional way of solving it. Pakistan has spent 33 years of its

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60 years of independence under military rule. The most common

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conclusion is that the Armed Forces will be behind it. The president of

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the party of Imran Khan has left over the differences in strategy. He

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is quoted as saying that Imran Khan has said the Army was behind this.

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The storming of the television station came after two weeks of

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protests. People are asking if this could have happened without the

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consent of the Army? The government itself has been very slow in acting.

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It should originally... These troubles should have been taken care

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of much earlier. Protesters were killed and the government refused to

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launch an investigation. Imran Khan has been saying that the elections

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were not really free of malpractice. He has been seeing this the better

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part of 13 or 14 months. That demand has never really been addressed.

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There has been a lot that has been going on. Thank you for talking to

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us. Now a look at some

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of the day's other news. A couple who removed their

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seriously ill son from hospital in Britain are in a Spanish jail after

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refusing to return back to the UK. A judge in Madrid has ruled that

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the couple must be held while the court considers whether to grant

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Britain an extradition request. Five-year-old Ashya

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King has brain cancer. His family say they took him

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to Spain in search Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani,

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has urged his country's clerics to be more tolerant of the internet

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and new technologies. In a speech broadcast on Iranian

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television, Mr Rouhani said the internet was

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vital to connect with the world of science, and the younger generation

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should not be denied access to it. Edinburgh Zoo says it fears that

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the UK's only female giant panda Keepers say Tian Tian is now

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past her due date and hormone They say there is still a remote

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chance the panda might give birth this year but the evidence suggests

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it is more likely to be bad news. Now, for those of you looking for

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that little something extra in your In China, it seems,

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brides-and-grooms-to-be want a bit more than just

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a nice record of the day. John Sudworth reports

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on the country's booming industry It is a photo shoot guaranteed

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to take the breath away. China's buoyant,

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booming economy has seen a splurge in wedding spending in

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recent years and with it has come a It is special for us because a lot

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of couples choose original styles, I think underwater is more

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beautiful for the couple, I think. If you can't afford time off work

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for those special images, then why These photos of a paramilitary

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police officer and his wife recently Unlike in the West, couples have

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their main set of photographs taken well in advance of the wedding

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and with more than half a million registered wedding photographers

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countrywide, competition is fierce. In Shanghai alone, there are dozens

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of studios with the special tanks China might not have invented

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the genre, but it has caught on fast as old traditions are

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swamped by a flood of new ones. This photo shoot is costing this

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couple a little more than US$300, but with some ten million Chinese

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couples tying the knot each year, that spending soon adds up

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and the industry today is worth That is more than

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the total output of some European economies and includes all wedding

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spending, ceremonies, For photographers who want to hang

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onto their share of it, spotting the next new trend may

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decide whether they sink or swim. Now to football and the clock is

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ticking for clubs to sign that new star player with the transfer window

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closing across Europe within hours. English clubs such as

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Manchester United have already spent a record $1.3 billion

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on new players this year. Tulsen Tollett has all the latest

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news from the BBC Sport Centre. There are only a few hours left in a

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transfer window. It has been a busy day. Manchester United, Falcao, that

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is the biggest one. $10 million. Manchester United will pay on a

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permanent deal if everything works out for Falcao at Old Trafford, that

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is $72 million. That is not an eye watering amount of money for

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somebody described as the best in the world. But $10 million for a few

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months is a lot. He has been here for five years, for three different

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teams and he has a goal record of scoring in every game. And that is

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something that Manchester United need. Javier Hernandez has moved to

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Real Madrid, where will you fit in? I'm not sure of what the answer to

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that is. Perhaps it Real Madrid or in a situation where Benzema is

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guaranteed to start up front. He has been a player that has not benefited

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from having someone to challenge him. 24 hours ago, everyone thought

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that Falcao would be going to Real Madrid. Danny Welbeck, another one

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from Manchester United. There is talk of him going to Arsenal. I was

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in danger, people have a go at him when he does not sign players, but

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they will have a go at him if he signs as one. I was in danger has

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not come out and said he needs a striker, but why would he? -- ours

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and if they can get Danny Welbeck in on

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loan, that will look like a good deal. Lewis Holtby did not have a

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good time at Tottenham, he is on his way to Hamburg. That is a great

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deal. He has fallen off the face of international football since moving

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to Tottenham. I think he will be buying back in his homeland. What

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about better check, he has been treating today. -- better check...

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He has been saying that anything can happen today.

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Transfer deadline day, dreams are made and shattered today. I watering

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sums involved. That is from the programme. The weather coming up

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next.

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