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Tension is high between Russia and Turkey. Russia says it has shot down

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a pilot on Tuesday. He said he was given no warning and was flying over

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Syrian terraces -- territory. Turkey said it tried to warn the Jets ten

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times. -- the jet. Human error, systems failures and fatigue, a US

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military investigation says that is what caused an American air strike

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on a hospital in Afghanistan which killed at least 30 people. On his

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first official visit to Africa Pope Francis calls on Kenyan is to work

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for peace and reconciliation. Also coming up, we are not out of

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November but already 2015 is set to become the hottest year on record.

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We look at what might be the cause. In the last

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border, the latest response from an car saying the Russian jets were

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warned ten times. -- from and Cara. Both countries disagree on whether

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planes were when they came down. Turkey released a map suggesting the

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Russian plane costs the southern tip of its border, marked in blue, for

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17 seconds. But Russia responded with its own radar image saying at

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no point did that Russian jet, in red, across the broader, while a

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Turkish plane, in blue, did. Steve Rosenberg reports on the latest

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reaction from Moscow and Ankara. In flames and out of control,

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Russian promptly Mac bomber plummets to earth and crashes in Syria, shot

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down by a Turkish fighter jet. The two pilot parachuted out. One was

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killed. But could Russia find the other soldier and bring him home? 12

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hour search, the Russian military release these images. The captain

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had been rescued. Hiding his face from the camera, he spoke to

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journalists. I can't wait to get back to my duties, he told them, it

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is my duty to avenge the killing of my commander. Back in Russia,

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President Putin announced that the captain would receive a state award

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for bravery, and there would be posthumous awards for the dead pilot

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and a Russian Ream killed in the rescue operation. Outside the

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Defence Ministry tonight, Russians came to pay their respects. These

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are the first confirmed deaths of Russian soldiers in combat in

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Syria. Today Moscow made it clear it doesn't want to go to war with

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Turkey over what happened to its aircraft and its soldiers. But it

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described the shooting down of the jet as a deliberate planned act, and

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ambush. But Ankara insists this was Moscow's fault, and that the Russian

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jet violated Turkish airspace. Today the Turkish president said his

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country didn't want an escalation. We are just the defending our

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security, he said. But Turkey is also defending these people, the

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Turkmen. They are Syrians of Turkish descent. Russia has been carrying

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out air strikes here claiming there are terrorists in the area. Just a

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few days ago Turkey told Russia to stop the bombing here. Russians,

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though, are in no mood to listen. In Moscow, this crowd attacked the

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Turkish embassy with eggs and rocks. Furious that Turkey had shot down a

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Russian bomber. They are chancing "we won't forget or forget".

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The BBC's Mark Owen is in Istanbul. I asked him if the angry words

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between the countries were being toned down. It is starting to look

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more conciliatory today, the president gave an address today

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saying it is not Turkey's aim to get into conflict with any country. He

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wants to de-escalate the crisis, but he insisted Turkey still has the

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right to defend its airspace, which has been echoed by President Obama

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and the Nato Secretary General, the UN... But clearly there is

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diplomatic pressure on both sides here to try to pull back, in the

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hope that they will see the United front forming against Islamic State

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as more of a priority, because in recent weeks after the Paris

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attacks, after the Russian airliner was brought down by the bomber over

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Sinai, there was a move to some kind of grand coalition involving Russia,

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Turkey and the West, in trying to fight Islamic State, and there is

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the fear that this play up yesterday could destabilise that. On top of

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that, you have the bilateral relationship which is now clearly in

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crisis, a very harsh word from President Hu tinkling Turkey and a

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compass of terror, warning of grave consequences, and some moves towards

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stepping that up. The Russian Foreign Ministry has advised against

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tourists visiting Turkey, military cooperation between Ankara Moscow

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suspended for now, so clearly a grave situation here, but the hope

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that in the long term, this escalation can be averted by trying

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to focus both these countries on the greater threat, I suppose, of

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Islamic State. Are we any closer to understanding why Turkey took this

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section of shooting down the jet? It was on its territory, we hear, only

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17 seconds. It was very quick, the violation, as far as Turkey is

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concerned, they Moscow denies any violation. I think there are two

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reasons, firstly Turkey was frankly very irritated last month when there

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were Russian violations of its airspace, it warned Russia against

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that and had to escort a Russian jet out of Turkish airspace last month,

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so said this was coming, and Russia defied and ignore the warnings.

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Secondly, Turkey feels the Turkmen, the ethnic Turk minority in Syria

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fighting against Assad's regime, Turkey feels closely linked to that,

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they have been targeted by Russian air strikes recently, fled to the

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Turkish border, Turkey feels a strong ethnic link with them and

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feels the need to step in and try to defend them. The question now is how

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Moscow will respond. All eyes are on the grand chess master the Kremlin

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to see his next move. French President Francois Hollande

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has held a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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talking about how to combat the Islamic State group following the

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Paris attacks, but they have also spoken about this incident, the

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shooting down of the Russian jet. Let's tell you what Francois

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Hollande said. He said "we must all work to ensure the situation

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de-escalates". They are keen like other countries to enter the

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situation doesn't get more tense. He will hold talks in Moscow on

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Thursday with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, so both leaders

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saying they must all work to ensure that the shooting down of the

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Russian jet by Turkey does not escalate further.

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Eight US military investigation into an American air strike on a hospital

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in Afghanistan has found it was caused by human error, procedure

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failures and technical faults. The strike Englanders killed at least 30

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people. It was described as a war crime -- England as province. Forces

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in Afghanistan said the tragedy was avoidable. The report determined the

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US strike upon the hospital in Afghanistan was a direct result of

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human error compounded by systems and procedural failures. US forces

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directly involved in this incident did not know the targeted compound

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was the MSF trauma centre. The medical facility was misidentified

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as a target by US personnel who believed they were striking a

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different building several hundred meters away where there were reports

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of combatants. The report also determined that the personnel who

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requested the strike and those who executed it from the air did not

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undertake the appropriate measures to verify that the facility was a

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legitimate military target. General John Campbell. Barbara Kurt Ashya is

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in Washington and told us what measures the US will take to avoid a

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repeat of something like this. General Campbell stressing he had

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taken steps to make immediate changes to ensure these failures

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would not happen again. We got a bit of detail about that. For example

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this involves reviewing their targeting process, ensuring

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everybody is trained in the targeting process, and looking at

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the development and use of no strike lists, lists of buildings that

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shouldn't be struck because they should be protected for whatever

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reason, safe zones. But the catalogue of errors he described, a

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perfect storm of errors, was such that I think the action taken by the

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US military will have that I think the action taken by the

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this couldn't happen again, because it was a really tragic and awful

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mistake. Brussels is emerging from four days

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of lockdown. Schools and Metro stations are reopening. For four

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days there were closed with fears of a Paris style attack imminent. The

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city is still on high alert with armed police expected on the streets

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until next Monday. Chris Morris reports.

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At 6am, the first Metro train since last Friday. The transport network

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coming back to life. Brussels is still on high alert, the threat of

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attacks serious and imminent. There were mixed emotions when people

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arrived at this city Centre Station. Does it feel like things are back to

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normal? Identity so, we are still really scared. Today is good, there

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were a lot of people in the street so it is better. You are not scared?

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I am not scared, we shouldn't be scared. If we are scared, they win.

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The school run was back as well, parents dropping off kids amidst

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additional security, provided by hundreds of armed police. There were

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handshakes and there was reassurance. This is what life

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should look like, but there was also a tinge of anxiety. She said, I am

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worried, but you just have to get on with things. And on one of

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Brussels's main thoroughfares, sirens and shopping all at

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Brussels's main thoroughfares, time. So plenty of security, still,

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but the feel of this city beginning to get

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but the feel of this city beginning very concerned about the fact that

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nearly two weeks now after the attacks in Paris, the main surviving

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suspects have yet to be caught. We suspects have yet to be caught. We

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have known about this man, Salah Abdeslam, since shortly after the

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Paris attacks. He was there, but is now on the run. Now Belgian

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authorities have named the second suspect, Mohamed Abrini, seen here

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at a petrol station en route to Paris two days before the attacks.

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He is described as Paris two days before the attacks.

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dangerous. We have to find out as soon as possible these terrorists,

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these people who are putting fear in the minds of whole populations. And

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is working life resumes here, people are uncomfortably aware that there

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will be others still seeking to attack at random.

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Let's take you through some of the day's avenues. So-called Islamic

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State has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on a bus in

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Tunisia's T in years. They say a member blew himself up on the bus.

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Another 12 people killed have all been identified as presidential

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guards. President Obama has told Americans every possible step is

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being taken to keep the Americans every possible step is

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as many prepared to travel for Thanksgiving. He said there was no

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credible intelligence to indicate a terror plot

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credible intelligence to indicate a States at this time but he

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understood people were anxious. The Gambian President has banned female

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genital mutilation, saying it is not Islamic. According to Unicef three

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quarters of the female population in Gambia have had the procedure.

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Anti-FGM campaigners said it was not clear whether a law would be passed

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to enable the man to be passed to enable the man to being forced.

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Pope Francis is making his first official visit to Africa. He landed

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in Kenya a few hours ago and is scheduled to visit Uganda and the

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Central African Republic. He aims to bring a message of peace and

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reconciliation the continent, but security concerns are so high he

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might be forced to make changes to his itinerary. In a speech did union

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officials and diplomats in Nairobi he urged all Kenyans to work

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together for peace and forgiveness. Let's go to Nairobi. What sort of

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reception to the pontiff get? People have been waiting for this visit for

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a long time, preparing for it, and finally he is here. He was greeted

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in the African way at the airport with a lot of dancing and

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celebration and in Nairobi he delivered his speech, where he

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called for reconciliation and tolerance, something that will be

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welcomed by many in this country. During this visit is expected to

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meet different groups including the slim and Hindu leaders, and we

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believe the message will be that of tolerance and reconciliation between

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religious groups. How excited the country about this visit? Very

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excited. Kenya has considerably large population of Roman Catholics,

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about third of Kenyans have been baptised Roman Catholics, it is

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still a majority Christian country with 84% of people saying they are

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Christians. So to a large extent this is a very welcome visit. He

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will meet other two nominations of Christian leaders as well. And he

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will be celebrating Mass here in Nairobi where we are told of 2

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million people will attend. We were hearing a little about security

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concerns, do we know to what extent those have affected the schedule

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planned? Well, security is very, very tight. We have been asking this

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question because this city has been rocked with attacks especially from

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militant groups in the past, and so roads have been closed because of

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the Pope's visit, and indeed the government declared on Thursday,

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tomorrow, and national holiday, so people will stay at home, and I

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believe this is to ease traffic so he can move around more freely. He

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will go to Uganda after his visit to Kenny, that is on Friday, then to

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the Central African Republic, and despair that there have been

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concerns for security raised, given the situation on the ground. And,

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thank you very much. Chicago police say they have

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arrested 5% is as during overnight demonstrations triggered by a video

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of the police shooting last year. -- five suspects. The video shows a

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black teenager being shot 16 times. The officer has been charged with

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murder, the first on duty Sicard golf face such a charge. Sarah

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Campbell has this. -- on duty Chicago officer.

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October 2014, Chicago officers called to a report that he used with

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a knife is breaking into cars. -- camp footage shows the time.

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17-year-old MacDonald can be seen running down the middle-of-the-road.

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On the left of the picture officer Jason Van Dyke and a colleague

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arrive on the scene. It is approximately six seconds between

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him leaving the car and shooting teenager. In scenes too graphic to

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show he continues to shoot while the young man lies on the ground. Police

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investigators later recovered 16 fired cartridge cases from the scene

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and the Noi State police determined all those cartridge cases were fired

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from Officer van Dyck's weapon. Jason van Dijk appeared in court

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yesterday charged with first-degree murder, and the -- camp footage was

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released under orders from the judge short time later. I understand

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people will be upset and want to protest when they see this video.

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But I would like to echo the comments of the MacDonald family.

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They have asked for calm and for those who choose to speak out to do

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it peacefully. CHANTING. So far it appears the appeals for

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calm had been listened to, with a few hundred possessed is on the

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streets of Chicago last night but fewer arrests. Tensions are high

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across the United States after a series of high-profile shootings by

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police of African-American youths. MacDonald had been carrying a 3 inch

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knife when he was shot. Officer van Dyck's lawyer says the footage

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doesn't tell the full story. I believe my client's conduct has been

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described as hideous. I would state that those comments are

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irresponsible. The jury will now have to decide whether MacDonald's

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actions that night should have led to his violent death.

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Russia's problems with Turkey have been much discussed recently, but

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the ongoing situation with neighbour Ukraine is causing tensions again

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between Kiev and Moscow. Ukraine has announced a ban on Russian aircraft

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from its airspace. This is as Moscow says it. Natural gas deliveries to

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Ukraine. Over the weekend unknown individuals blew up four electricity

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pylons in southern Ukraine cutting off supply to Crimea which Russia

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annexed last year. Stern census report.

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This is one of the electrical pylons blown up in the early morning hours

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over the weekend. No one has taken credit for this but they also

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brought down two of the pylons in this field and one more in another

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location. You can see the lines stretching along the field

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ultimately to the south and into Crimea off in the distance. These

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are the only sources of power, these four lines, for the Crimean

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peninsula, so when they came down the entire peninsula was plunged

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into darkness. Schools have been closed until the end of the month, a

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state of emergency has been declared. Repair work on one of the

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pylons has begun. Maintenance workers rebuilt it and as we speak

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they are preparing to raise the electrical lines. The Organisation

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for Security and Co-Operation in Europe is here monitoring this

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process. I am an observer with the special monitoring mission to

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Ukraine and what I am looking at right now is the restoration of the

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electric power lines. The work seems to be progressing but we don't know

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when electricity will be turned back on. The other three pylons, it is

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not clear. You can see this is occupied, this tent, by Crimean

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Tartar activists blocking the work here, and at the other location,

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more activists are not allowing workers to get close. But as you can

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see it is also a modest presence, the Crimean Tatas are just a

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handful, so there seems to be an understanding between the government

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and protesters that the workers will not try to begin repair work on the

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remaining pylons and restoring full electricity to Crimea.

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Bush fires in southern Australia have killed at least two people,

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here is look at the fires which are still burning less than an hour from

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the city of Adelaide. 2015 is set to become the hottest

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year on record. That is the verdict of the UN geological organisation,

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which says increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change is

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caused by the El Nino weather event are responsible. We have had a

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number of warnings this year that 2015 would be the warmest, based on

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data from January until October so they are showing confidence that

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this will be the warmest year, based on these two things, carbon dioxide

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emissions at a new level of 400 parts per mission earlier this

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year, and El Nino, which brings heat to the surface of the Pacific Ocean,

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these taken together putting temperatures above what is

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expected. El Nino is a regular event which has just been lively this

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year. That is right, it is the third, or in the top three most

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lively, strongest El Nino s since 1950, so a strong effect of that. It

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is estimated to be 15 or 20% of the impact on the temperature rise this

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year, so it is considerable, but it is not just this year but next year

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as well, so they expect 2016 male Serbia record year because of this

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continuing effect which will continue through the first half of

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the year. It will give people a lot to talk about in the climate

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conference next week. Indeed, they have plenty anyway, but this adds to

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it. Many reports in the next few days pointing out that emissions are

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high. Is that why they are coming out with this data now? I think yes,

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to influence policy and say, we talk about two degrees as being safe, but

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according to the WMO we are now 1 degrees above preindustrial levels

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so there isn't much to play with. So they are saying to politicians,

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these are the scientific facts as we see them, it is up to craft a policy

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to make sure we don't go beyond two degrees. Individuals and

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corporations will say we are doing so much to reduce emissions, carbon

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neutrality, solar panels, who isn't doing enough, what needs to change

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to really start to make a difference stop yellow huge factors are at play

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here, a huge number of countries rely on cold which is very carbon

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intensive, India and Asia are increasing coal stations and the

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Philippines will build 23 new ones by 2020. Many countries in the world

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want to industrialise which are aware of the climate problem but

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want to get people out of poverty. The government thinks that is the

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priority, so it is squaring that circle. They want to develop and

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have a right to develop that the Western world want them do doing it

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without fossil fuels. That is the not they will try to crack. Thank

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you. There is more information coming out

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why we have been on air about tension between Russia and Turkey

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after the shooting down yesterday by Turkey of the Russian jet, real

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dispute over whether it was over Turkish territory when that

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happened. A number of lines coming from Reuters saying the Turkish

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military says it made great efforts to find and rescue the Russian

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pilots. It also reports that the Turkish military is saying they

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called military authorities in Moscow and expressed their readiness

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for corporation. We heard a little earlier and audio recording in which

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the Russian plane was asked to change course immediately before it

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was downed near the Syrian border, but it sounds today like Turkey is

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trying to calm down the rhetoric little after the shooting down of

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that Russian debt. Thanks for being with us.

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Eastern areas today had some decent sunny spells.

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The west rather cloudy with a scattering of showers.

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