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attempt to reduce the flow of migrants. Last year, Sweden accepted

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more than 150,000 new arrivals. Denmark in turn has decided to

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tighten their borders with Germany. Richard Lister reports.

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It is the bridge that had a TV show named after it. Since it first

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linked with this edge-mac Sweden with Denmark 50 years ago, the

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Crossing has been a potent symbol of European integration and free

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movement. But not any more. Because from today, anyone crossing the

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bridge to Sweden by train is diverted here to a Danish airport

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for an ID check. Those without proper papers are turned back.

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Yesterday, half a kilometre of fencing was built at the station to

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reinforce the border and I knew controls at every other crossing

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into Sweden. I will probably be delayed by

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minutes to get to work and another 40 to get home. -- last year 163,000

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refugees requested asylum in Sweden. Compared to its population of 10

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million it has taken in more people than any other European country and

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says it can't cope. Now only refugees with identity papers, about

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40%, will be allowed in. It is a government the -- a decision the

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government took difficultly. In November the Deputy Prime Minister

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was in tears talking about the change. Those crossing to other

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was in tears talking about the life harder. Norway is expelling 400

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was in tears talking about the number is set to increase. Denmark

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says it is tightening its border with Germany. If the European Union

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can't protect there external borders, you will see more and more

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countries which will be forced into introducing temporary internal

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border control. Freedom of movement has long been one of the mainstays

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of the European object. Germany said today that principle appears to be

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in danger. -- the European project. Gunilla Fritze is a reporter

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with Swedish Television, About 10,000 people across this

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bridge every day and there will be delays and traffic as a result of

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the ID controls. When I took the early morning train we were

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the ID controls. When I took the minutes after schedule when we

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arrived at the airport and many travellers were frustrated and

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irritated. Everybody has to show ID or passport to staff at the airport

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platform and today the Danish Prime Minister said that they will have

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similar border controls between Denmark and Germany. The Swedish

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Immigration Minister said that he thinks the Danish government has

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taken the right decision today, even though the Danish Prime Minister

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said it is not a happy moment for Denmark.

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Earlier, the BBC's Jenny Hill joined us from Berlin.

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I asked her for more on Denmark stemming the migrant

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My understanding is that as of today, for the next ten days or so,

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the Danish government intends to carry out spot checks at Denmark's

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southern border with Germany. If they find people without valid

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passports they will be asked if they are willing to apply for asylum in

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Denmark rather than travel on to Sweden. If they are willing to do so

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they will be allowed to register in Denmark and carry on. If not they

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will be turned back at the German border. A very fluid situation.

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Denmark's concern is that it is caught in the middle. We have been

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told that in the last three months or so some 90,000 people have

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travelled through it from Germany. The vast majority have gone on to

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seek asylum in Sweden. Denmark's concern is that if many of those

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people are turned away at the border they will end up in Denmark looking

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to seek asylum. This is all about Denmark looking to reduce the number

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of people coming in to reduce a bottleneck situation. -- what will

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it mean for Germany if Denmark shuts down or titans that border with

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Germany? Ineffective the effect could be negligible because those

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people could go on to Sweden. The decision has caused dismay in Berlin

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for political regions. Angela Merkel has been leading calls for Europe to

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try to solve the refugee crisis and take a coordinated approach and that

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scenario seems to be diminishing fast as countries like Denmark and

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Sweden are acting in their own national security interests.

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If the first trading day of the year is anything to go by,

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US stocks have joined a global sell-off, on jitters about China's

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economic slowdown AND escalating tensions in the Middle East.

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In China itself, trading on the Shanghai index was stopped,

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after it plunged seven per cent, its biggest decline since August.

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Japan's Nikkei tumbled more than three per cent.

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with Germany's Dax tumbling 4.3 per cent.

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Well, let's focus on what's happening in the US.

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Michelle Fleury is at the New York Stock Exchange for us.

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Good afternoon. Can you tell us the latest of what is happening? Looking

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at the indexes now both the S and P and the Dow Jones are down around

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2%. We are talking about the first trading day of the year, the last

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time the Dow Jones has been this bad was about 80 years ago, which gives

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you a sense of how much investors have retreated at the start of 2016.

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How significant is it for the New York Stock Exchange when China has a

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trading day like it just has? I think it is not just here on Wall

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Street that it makes a difference. We are talking about China as the

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world's second-largest economy so what drove that downward as fears of

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a slowdown there which could have a knock-on effect on global economic

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growth. China is about demand. If it is slowing down will people around

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the world want to sell as much to China as they have been, that

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spooked investors. The time on the New York Stock

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Exchange there is 2:08pm. I am just hearing right now that

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Rafa Benitez has been sacked by Real Madrid football club. Let's listen

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in for a bit. Zinedine Zidane, some people have said they expect him to

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be put in place and he is speaking at the moment. We will bring you

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some details as they come in. I can tell you that this was scheduled,

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people were instructed to tune in, and the president, Fiorentina

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Paredes, says it was a response to the rumours that Rafa Benitez would

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be fired, to be replaced by Zinedine Zidane. I will bring you details on

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what he is saying. A diplomatic crisis is spreading

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across the Middle East following Saudi Arabia's execution

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of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric. The death of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr

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prompted an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and similar

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protests by Shia communities Adel al-Jubeir told Reuters

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that the execution of Nimr al-Nimr We will be cutting off to placate --

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diplomatic, air travel and commercial relations with Iran and

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we will have a travel ban. The rings and there allies have been pushing

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and noting terrorism and recruiting people, inciting, providing weapons

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and explosives to people and Nimr al-Nimr was one of them. He is as

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much of a religious figure as Osama Bin Laden was, he is not. He was

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agitating and organising cells, providing them with weapons and

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money, he was involved in attacks against Saudi security forces. In

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short he was a terrorist. We will not allow Iran to destabilise a

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region, we will not allow them to do harm to our citizens or those of our

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allies so we will react. A number of Arab nations have joined

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Saudi Arabia in taking diplomatic Here's our International

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Correspondent, Lyse Doucet. In Tehran today more angry

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protests over the execution Sheikh Nimr's image now arises

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from the growing crowds filling the streets across the region

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in Shia communities. The cleric was known for fiery

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speeches in defence of minority He was executed on Saturday

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for sedition and violence. A verdict the Saudi

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justice ministry defended He speaks with

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simultaneous translation. TRANSLATION: As a spokesman of the

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judicial power of Saudi Arabia I am not concerned with other voices. As

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a judicial branch we apply the Sharia law according to the facts

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that we see in front of us. But the voices grow larger. In Iraq the

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follow up was violent. Two Sunni mosques attacked and retaliation

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killings. But rain has followed Saudi Arabia in ordering all Iran

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and diplomats to leave. -- Bahrain. The UAE is limiter limiting --

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limiting their numbers. The roots of this go back to a seven setter --

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seventh century battle over who should lead the Muslim community

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after the death of Muhammad. The faith was divided into two branches,

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Sunni and Shia. The question of leadership became intensely

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political with the 1979 Iranian revolution. Iraq has pledged to

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export its revolution, threatened its neighbours, but last year's deal

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to dislike -- dismantle its nuclear programme they were returning to the

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diplomatic fold. They had just been accepted by the Americans into the

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plan to solve the Syrian crisis. If this escalates and there is some

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kind of war directly between Iran and Saudi Arabia - currently it is a

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proxy war- then we have to worry hugely. Iran and Saudi Arabia are on

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opposite sides in the border in Syria and Yemen.

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opposite sides in the border in region is being dragged into an even

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greater The British Prime Minister has

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dismissed a video featuring a British Islamists as propaganda. An

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English-speaking child is also seen in the video before five captives,

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thought to be Syrian, are shot dead. The latest propaganda video from the

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group calling itself Islamic The latest propaganda video from the

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A masked killer cut -- taunting Britain and addressing its Prime

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Minister in a British accent. How strange it is that a leader of a

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small island threatens us with planes. Today the Prime Minister

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gave his response. It is desperate stuff from an organisation that

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really does do the most utterly disk you -- despicable act and people can

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see that again today, but this organisation is losing territory and

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ground. This film is not that unusual. It is part of a stream of

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big and directed at different countries. The videos are often

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brutal and sometimes featured children. The child as young as

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five, who also may be British, is also in the latest video. IS has

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lost ground recently, for example here in Ramadi, but experts are not

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sure that this new video is a sign that they are in retreat. Islamic

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State is very much part of the landscape in the Levant, it is going

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to be around for a few years yet, and the idea that it is desperate is

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to be around for a few years yet, misleading the situation. Here at

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MI5 headquarters analysts will have spent the last 24 hours poring over

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every detail of the latest video, comparing it to the details they

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have on file about known jihadists to try to confirm the killer's

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identity. Hundreds of Britons are in Syria but speculation focused on

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this man. He fled Britain whilst on police bail in 2014. Tonight a

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former associate told the BBC they had no doubt the voice was his. His

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sister told the BBC she at first thought it was him but is now less

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sure. I was in a bit of a state of shock because I believed the audio

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to resemble the voice of my brother, but I think, having viewed the short

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clip in detail, I wasn't entirely convinced, which sort of put me at

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ease. Whoever he is the mast man seems to be emulated and Hadi

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Emwazi, Jihadi John, killed in a joint strike in November. He may

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have been tracked down here at the heart -- with the help of informers.

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Five men alleged to be spies are shown killed, another sign of the

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brutality of life under IS. The US Justice Department is suing

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Volkswagen over the emissions scandal. Last year Volkswagen

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device. device.

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One of Poland's deadliest-ever cold snaps killed a

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Temperatures fell to minus 18 degrees centigrade.

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The freezing weather's made conditions especially

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difficult for migrants living in temporary accommodation.

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High winds and heavy rain are battering Scotland,

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with dozens of flood warnings in place across the country.

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Aberdeenshire is one of the many areas to be affected.

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The latest high winds and downpours came as Scotland continues to clean

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There's a big standoff underway in the US State of Oregon -

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Federal agents are trying to bring a peaceful end to the occupation of

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a wildlife refuge by self-styled militiamen.

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It all follows a rally in the town of Burns in support

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of two ranchers - a father and son - jailed for lighting fires on federal

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About 100 armed protesters occupied the headquarters

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of the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve.

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Let's get some more background now on the militiamen

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This will be a base for Patriots across the country to be housed here

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and we plan to stay for several years.

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I am 100% willing to lay my life down to fight against tyranny in

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this country. I don't know what to say, it seems

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like over reach for having burned 127 acres.

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That is what we are up here for, the constitution.

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It is sort of frightening when there is people making threats.

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This is the power of America right here, people gathered together. It

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doesn't need to stop here, we need you to get arms and come to this

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wildlife refuge. Let's hear from James Cook, based

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just outside the National wildlife refuge.

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The situation is that some of these men, some of them armed, have taken

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over this wildlife refuge. It is a curious target haps on the face of

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it, it doesn't seem like an obvious symbol to the outside world of

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government oppression. It is a bird century which has been here since

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1908, but they say it is a crucial symbol, really, of what the federal

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government has been doing in terms of its interactions with local

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ranchers. They complain the federal government has been interfering in

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their affairs come has been tampering with their rights in this

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land, and that is at the heart of all this, an argument about who has

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the right to the land. The ranchers insist the federal government has no

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right to be involved on this land whatsoever. As for what has been

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happening today, it has been relatively quiet. A number of people

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are down in the buildings below us, we were strongly discouraged from

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going down to speak to them. We were told that their leader, whose father

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was involved in a full -- former stand-off with the government in

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Nevada, says he will come and speak to us but in the meantime we have

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been strongly discouraged from going down to the site. Interestingly,

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there has been no sign whatsoever of the police or any federal agents

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here. They were formed 55 years ago

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and have already won four Grammys. I started while I was young,

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about 12, making noise. And when I stopped she said, oh,

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carry on, carry on, my boy. When we met Paul Simon,

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because we first met So we stood behind

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microphones and we started to sing, so there

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was many people trying We practised until 12 midnight

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and then we went to sleep. When we got into the studio

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and sang the whole song, he said, this is what

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I was looking for. So it's finished, we are

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going to repeat this. When we are on stage

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singing it is easier, it was a wonderful moment

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to receive the Grammy Award. And a reminder of news breaking, the

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but we say thank you to all people, And a reminder of news breaking, the

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Spanish football giant Real Madrid has fired Rafa Benitez, its manager,

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after seven months, replacing him with former player Zinedine Zidane

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Zidane. The club president made the decision -- announced the decision

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at a news conference. Zinedine Zidane has said it is the best club

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in the world. That is all from me for now. Goodbye.

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Another day for the umbrellas tomorrow. We needed them today,

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shower after shower, some sunshine and then another shower. Some

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rumbles of thunder, a big area of low pressure parked across the UK,

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ever so

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