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This is BBC World News Today with me James Coomarasamy.

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A potential new line of inquiry opens up years after OJ Simpson

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was found not guilty of killing his ex-wife

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Police in Los Angeles say they are testing a knife which has

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been recovered, to find out whether it could be

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It is being treated as we would all evidence -

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so it is being submitted to our lab - they are going to study it

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After prosecutors in Brazil question the former President -

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Lula - as part of a corruption inquiry - he accuses them

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The WHO says there is growing evidence of a link between the virus

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and neurological disorders. And, we hear why award-winning

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Angolan singer C4-Pedro can claim More than 20 years after OJ Simpson

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was found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole

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and her friend Ron Goldman, police are investigating

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new evidence in the case. Millions watched the televised

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trial back in 1995. The prosecution was never able

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to produce a murder weapon, Now it seems that knife

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may have been found. Police are testing a knife

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that was recovered on property once owned by the former

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American football star. Just over half an hour ago,

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the Los Angeles police department gave a press conference

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and described the unusual circumstances in which

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the knife was found. The person who we've received this

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knife from is a retired LAPD officer, who retired

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back in the late 90s. He was a motor officer

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and at the time, according to him, he was working an off

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duty, which is... He was working a moving job

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which a lot of our officers do on an off duty basis,

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as well as our retired officers. So I do not know whether he

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was retired at the time that he allegedly received this item

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from the person who claimed they founded on the property,

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or if he was still, in fact, an LAPD officer and then retired

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sometime after that. So, the investigators will continue

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to look at this. That item has been recovered

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by robbery homicide investigators. It is being treated

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as we would all evidence - so it has been submitted to our lab,

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they are going to study it and examine it for all forensics,

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including serology and DNA and hair samples and that is ongoing

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as we speak. Just when you think all the drama

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has been milked from this particular case, along comes this.

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Yes. Quite an extraordinary development. More than two decades

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after the murders here in Los Angeles, 1994 there were killed.

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They were stabbed to death. The murder weapon was never found and

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then in the trial the following year, when it felt like the whole

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world was watching, OJ Simpson was of course acquitted in a dramatic

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finale to quite an incredible trial. And then in the years that followed,

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don't forget, civil proceedings were brought against him by the victim's

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families and he lost them. He was us quickly sent to prison in 2008 for

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armed robbery. So twists and turns and then the latest now is the

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finding of this my brother the circumstances of its discovery are

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not clear and it is not clear why it was not investigated earlier and it

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is a big question for the LAPD. That police officer talking about

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the circumstances under which it may have been found also suggesting that

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this may come to nothing. Yes, he did. It is important to

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stress that. The police captain who was addressing the media said it was

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important to note that they did not necessarily think this was the

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murder weapon. They were there no means at that stage at the moment

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and were looking into whether run not it had any relationship to the

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case because the police officer who was supposedly given the knife has

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given an account, a second-hand account of how it was found. So they

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don't even know for sure that it was definitely found on the property.

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This property that was demolished in 1998 and the suggestion was it was

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found around that time but they have not confirmed that information so a

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lot of enquiries still to carry out. Not least the DNA testing which it

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is interesting to note that science is far more advanced than it was at

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the time of these murders. Thank you very much.

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The former president of Brazil has condemned his detention

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and questioning in a corruption case.

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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken from his house and questioned

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He says the police only had to call and he would have gone.

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Scuffles outside former President Luiz Inacio Lula da

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Silva's home after he was taken away for questioning by police.

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A long-running corruption probe targets its biggest figure.

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For many Brazilians, he is a saviour but for others

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he is the emblem of a corrupt government.

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But this is Brazil, where he made history as the first president

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A steelworker who reached the highest office.

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As head of the workers' party he ran the country from 2003 until 2011.

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Presiding over a booming economy and lifting millions out of poverty.

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His popularity was enough to elect his chosen successor.

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But his legacy is being tarnished by a deepening corruption scandal

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The police alleged that state appointed members got kickbacks

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The state prosecutor says they are working on the hypothesis

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that some of this money ended up in the former

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The former president denies all charges.

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In a strongly worded statement, he said he was the victim

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of violence and the case was an assault against the rules of law.

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The police questioned him for three hours and,

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even if no charges are applied, this is seen as a major blow

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to his whole process of becoming a presidential candidate in 2018.

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Well, let's talk to our correspondent Daniel Gallas in Rio,

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because Lula has been giving a press conference in the last hour.

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The former president has been speaking in the past hour and what

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did he have to say? Well, he gave a very impassioned

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defence of his institute and all of his work and legacy. He says he is

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being subject to violence by the institutions. He says this is a

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media circus not a serious investigation. He says that the

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country's powerful elite are after him because of all his track record

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against poverty and they don't want his project for Brazil to continue.

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So that is what he said regarding the investigations. He also said

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there is nothing wrong with the money he earned and compared himself

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to Bill Clinton, saying he is as expensive and valuable as Bill

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Clinton when giving speeches and that there is nothing wrong with the

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money he earned so he gave a passionate defence and a very

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challenging one at times he almost sounded a bit like a politician who

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wants to run an election campaign which is what many people expect

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leading about. How popular is he?

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He is still very popular and a lot of his supporters up onto the

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streets today and they are organising more demos in the coming

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days. Now we might see a bit of a clash of demos. Who can say to the

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largest protest? There are a lot of people who will go out on the

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streets to protest against him so we will see in the next few days just

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how popular he remains. But obviously this has been a very

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strong attack for him and for his campaign if he has any political

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ambitions in the coming years. Daniel, thank you very much.

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The World Health Organisation says there is accumulating evidence

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from multiple studies of a link between the Zika virus and two

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The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes and generally causes

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However the WHO says increasing evidence links it

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with the development of microcephaly, which causes birth

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defects, and the Guillain-Barre syndrome

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The US lab tests are an important step towards proving the link.

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It is a detective job going on here with teams of scientists around the

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world desperately trying to understand how this virus works, how

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it could get into the body, how it could affect a baby's brain

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development and cause that's terrible condition of the abnormally

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small heads. So what we have is a series of pieces of evidence, if you

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like. So for example busy cub Iris, traces of a profound in infected

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pregnant women and in some babies who have the disease and now this

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study in America which is an important step forward as you say

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where scientists took the virus and applied it to human stem cells.

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These are cells which could go on to develop into brain cells and they

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found that actually 90% of them were infected by Zika and went on to

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become damaged. So what you got is the tangible physical proof of a

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mechanism by which the virus could damage a baby's rain.

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Surgeons in Poland are launching a global search for two paralysed

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patients who they will try to help to walk again

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In 2014 the same team announced they'd reversed paralysis

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in a former fireman after using cells taken from his nose

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Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh broke the story then

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He is the paralysed man who walked again.

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This is Darek Fidyka in 2014, after his regenerative cell

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transplant, documented by the BBC's Panorama.

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Now, a bigger test, to ride this tricycle.

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Remember, this is a man who had been completely

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paralysed below his chest after being stabbed.

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Now, he is relearning how to control his legs,

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sending commands from his brain down to his muscles,

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and receiving sensations back, all flowing through his

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The effort is as much mental as physical.

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TRANSLATION: If I really think, I can feel each muscle,

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The brain is very important and I appreciate it

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lays a crucial role in cycling, or any other exercise I do.

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The big question now is whether Darek's extraordinary

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achievements can be repeated in other patients.

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Only a clinical trial can show whether or not the cell transplant

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does indeed represent a revolution in the treatment of paralysis,

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which would make it one of the greatest

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That's why his surgeon is launching a worldwide search,

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via a website, for two patients with highly unusual injuries.

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Their spinal-cord must be completely severed,

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Help them, and it will silence any doubters.

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We can prove once and forever that we can repair

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There would be no speculation if we succeed to reconstruct.

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This would be history, this will change history.

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If we succeed, we'll find a cure for paralysis.

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The patients will have one of their olfactory bulbs,

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at the base of the brain, shown in green, removed.

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It processes the sense of smell, and is the only part of the nervous

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In a second operation, cells from the

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bulb will be transplanted into the spinal-cord to provide

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a pathway for nerve fibres to grow back.

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The patients selected for the trial will

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undergo intensive physiotherapy, both before and especially

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In all, they will have to commit to spending three years

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living at this rehabilitation centre in Poland.

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The research will be independently assessed by this team

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They will use equipment like this magnetic stimulator

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to monitor the patients' neurological pathways

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As a proof of principle, I'm very excited, because

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this is a novel treatment that holds a great deal of promise.

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This would open up hope that an alternative

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But it is going to take some years to refine it.

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The treatment will cost ?250,000 per patient,

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and is being funded by a small British charity set up by a chef,

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David Nichols, whose son was paralysed in a swimming accident.

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If the trial is successful, it might mean patients

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For Darek, the return of muscle control and sensation has brought

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other improvements, like bladder control and sexual function,

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which he says are just as crucial to his growing sense of independence.

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This is the most expensive station in the world -

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it cost 4 billion dollars and it's years behind schedule.

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But it's finally opened to the public in New York.

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It's been built close to where the twin towers stood.

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More than 200,000 commuters are expected to use it

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The architect who designed the huge steel and glass hall -

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has called it a "gift of love" to the city.

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A bird in flight, a Phoenix rising from the ashes,

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New York's latest landmark is a station that doubles

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as a symbol, of renewal, of hope, of life.

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Almost 15 years on from the attacks of 9/11, this new transportation hub

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at Ground Zero has finally opened its doors.

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For survivors it's a highly charged moment.

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Charles DeAndrea lost 176 colleagues that day and has watched this

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Really kind of proud of New York City, being able

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It's just absolutely remarkable, the way we have come back from this.

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And then, to see this today, it's quite amazing.

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It's staggeringly beautiful, but staggeringly costly.

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The project has been plagued by cost blowouts and delays.

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Originally, the plan was to have a transportation hub

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And the price tag of $4 billion is double the estimate.

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It's made this the most expensive station in the world.

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The design, his inspiration was a bird in flight.

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So the tourist trail has a new addition, but the symbolism

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It's been likened to a turkey carcass the day after

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Like a bird, right? Seagull?

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I don't know, I don't really see a bird.

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It just looks like a series of Nike ticks being repeated.

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I know it's supposed to look like, represent a bird, but,

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But to others it's become instantly iconic, and perfectly complements

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I think it's a fantastic way for the city and visitors to always

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look up and be inspired instead of feeling drugged down

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In lower Manhattan, the skyline has been repaired,

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the subway system has a cathedral-like new home.

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But it's still hard to see a plane in the skies without remembering

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the monuments that stood here before.

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The United States has urged North Korea to "refrain

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from provocative actions that aggravate tensions."

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A Pentagon spokesperson made the statement after the North Korean

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leader Kim Jong-Un told his military leaders to be ready to fire nuclear

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Scientists in the UK say they've discovered a potential weakness

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inherent in all cancer cells that could pave the way

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Researchers found the earliest mutations of cancer are on display

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They said the discovery should allow them to use the body's specialised

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immune cells to recognise and attack a cancer wherever it shows up,

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A passenger ferry has sunk in waters between Bali and Java,

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with official statements on the number of people rescued

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It's believed four people are still unaccounted for.

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The boat was travelling from Gilimanuk port in Bali to Java.

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Two men have been jailed in Turkey in connection with the death

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of a three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned while trying to reach

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A photograph of his body on a Turkish beach last September

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came to symbolise the plight of refugees making

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But despite the huge risks - people are not being deterred.

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Mark Lowen's report contains flash photography:

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Convicted for the trade in people's lives.

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Two Syrians, jailed today for over four years,

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for smuggling Aylan Kurdi and his family.

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But they were cleared of deliberately causing their deaths.

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It was the most potent image of the refugee crisis.

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Little Aylan washing-up near Bodrum last autumn sparking sympathy

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It also put pressure on Turkey to tackle the smugglers.

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The migration crisis again topped the agenda

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Chancellor Merkel visiting President Hollande in Paris.

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TRANSLATION: We, Germany and France, entirely agreed that we must

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protect our external borders to defend freedom of movement

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within Europe but also for security reasons,

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because we have to know who arrives in Europe.

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And they are still arriving, at a huge rate.

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More gathered in Izmir, putting their faith in life jackets,

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The crowds of refugees and migrants who used to be camped out in places

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like this in central Izmir have mostly been chased away by police.

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But it doesn't mean the numbers have dwindled.

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You still see them here, for example, at food hand-outs.

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Turkey has been told by the EU to reduce the flows of those

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arriving on the Greek island every day from 2,000 to 1,000.

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When, for those fleeing war, the hope of Europe burns so bright.

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One way, says the head of the European Council,

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visiting Istanbul today, is for Turkey to take

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There is hope it can be agreed upon at a summit next week.

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But the longer journey to Europe the bottlenecks are growing.

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Macedonia has shut its border with Greece and 11,000 people

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As Europe scrambles for unity, individual states close their doors,

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but that still won't kill the dreams of the desperate.

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Now here's something to share with your friends: Facebook's tax

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bill in the UK is going to rise from just under seven thousand

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dollars two years ago, to millions next year.

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The corporation says it will pay the extra tax after a major overhaul

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It is going to stop routing the proceeds of sales

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for its largest advertisers through Ireland.

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Facebook faced heavy criticism that it was avoiding tax.

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Google, which faced similar accusations, has agreed to pay

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nearly two hundred million dollars in back taxes to Britain.

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Companies like Facebook, like Google, like Amazon,

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are adept at organising themselves in such a way that they don't bring

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themselves into the territorial tax net of high

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tax countries like the United Kingdom.

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They prefer to establish themselves elsewhere,

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Quite likely now that a large number of these

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companies will see that the UK liability is going down,

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that the world climate has changed enormously.

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G20 countries and the OEDC have got something which they

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caught the base erosion of profit shifting projects.

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Companies are going to have to start paying tax where their profits

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It's not every day we get to introduce you to a king.

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But today, it's time to meet the King of Kizomba.

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It's not a country - it's a style of music.

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And the man who wears the crown is the award-winning Angola singer

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He began his career by winning a street music contest

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in his home city of Luanda, but he's since gone global.

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I am a singer, one of the best in Angola.

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I started as a singer very young because my father is a singer also

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In Belgium, I really started as a professional singer.

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Now I am in Angola because I think it is the best place for me to make

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Talking about my music, I like to call...

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It's not like music, it is at a very new kind of music,

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It's for people who know this kind of music.

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It is very lovely, very romantic songs.

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And we can dance, a man with a woman, it looks a little bit

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I do this kind of music because this is my country's music.

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So that is why I make it first of all, and secondly,

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And now everybody loves this new fresh style.

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But everybody is tired of listening every time the same styles,

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Think about love, love is the most important thing in the world.

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A medieval ring said to have belonged to Joan of Arc,

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the French heroine who fought the English during the 15th Century,

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has returned to France after nearly six hundred years in England.

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The ring was bought by a foundation which runs a historical theme park

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in western France, for four-hundred-and-twenty-five

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It's believed that Joan gave it to an English Cardinal before

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But for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.

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