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This is BBC World News Today with me, Phlippa Thomas.

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Our top story: Ruling on the human rights of a mass murderer.

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A Norwegian court decides that the authorities have violated

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the rights of Anders Behring Breivik - guilty of killing 77 people

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Shares slump after the carmaker admits deliberately falsifying

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The US president meets the King of Saudi Arabia, who's been angered

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by Mr Obama's key foreign policy of renewing relations with Iran.

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And Queen Elizabeth turns 90 on Thursday.

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We look back at her long life and how Britain plans to celebrate.

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A court in Norway has upheld a claim of inhuman treatment brought

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by the mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 seven people in a gun

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He'd claimed that his being held in solitary confinement

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since then was a violation of the European Convention on Human

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The court acknowledged his rights had been compromised but it

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rejected his other claim that his right to a private

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As he arrived in the prison gym, Anders Breivik, 37, gave his Nazi

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salute. His case is that his treatment was inhuman and degrading.

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He said he had been deprived of sleep, kept alone in his cell for 23

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hours a day and been strip-searched in front of female staff. He had

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been mobbed in the Norwegian media proclaims that the court copy and

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microwave meals were worse than the waterboarding. He is serving a

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sentence for murdering 69 people taking part in a Labour Party youth

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camp in Oslo in July 20 11. He systematically hunted down and shot

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his victims before surrounding the arm to police. Many escaped by

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fleeing into the cold waters. Earlier, eight people had died when

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Breivik parked van containing a bomb next to a government building in the

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capital. It was the deadliest attack on Norway since the end of World War

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II. The judges ruled that while the strict controls of his

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communications were justified, his prison regime deviated so markedly

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from that and forced upon any other prisoner that it breached his human

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rights. State lawyers said they may appeal. I know that the court

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disagrees with us on some of the things. That is what the court

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system is for. We believe that there are no basis for the corrections.

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After the ruling, one survivor of the massacre tweeted that the

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judgment showed Norway had a working court system that respected human

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rights even under extreme conditions.

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Another scandal has hit the car industry.

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This time it's the Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi,

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which has admitted falsifying test data to show better fuel consumption

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for more than 500,000 vehicles in Japan, some produced for Nissan.

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At a press conference in Tokyo, company bosses bowed in apology,

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admitting employees had intentionally faked tyre pressure

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figures to give better mileage rates.

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This is the way Japanese car bosses apologise for lying to customers.

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Mitsubishi has become the second car-maker to admit fiddling a test,

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this time to get more miles per gallon from some of its models.

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He says the wrongdoing was intentional and that it's clear

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the falsification was done to make the milage look better but why,

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he says, they would resort to fraud to do this is still unclear.

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It's a stark contrast to the way these family friendly city cars

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Mitsubishi wasn't caught by the authorities but by a partner

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company, Nissan, who sold the same car with a different badge.

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Well, it all comes down to tyre pressures.

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Your tyres are critical to how your car performs on the road

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so they don't just affect how quickly you can stop.

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They can affect how much pollution comes out of the exhaust pipe

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and they can change your miles per gallon.

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It looks like Mitsubishi altered the inflation on the tyres to cheat

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that miles per gallon test. Lab test results have long been

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controversial, even when car-makers played by the rules.

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Experts say they rarely match the results you get

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That's how much lower miles per gallon will be an average

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across all the models we have tested when driving in the real world.

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But on the other hand, some actually almost meet them.

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There's a big difference between different manufacturers

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and that's caused partly by the degree to which they take

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advantage of these things you can do around tyre pressures.

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It may not be on the same scale but months after the car industry

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was rocked by the VW scandal, it's dealing with another

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We have had assurances from all our members

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which represents all the car companies that operate

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in the UK that no illegal activity has taken place.

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And those same assurances have been given to the government as well.

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They might have to stop the adverts for now.

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Mitsubishi says it's double-checking but so far,

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this only affects cars sold in Japan.

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Tomm Kristiansen is a reporter at NRK in Norway.

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The reaction in Norway, what is it? The reaction comes down to who you

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are asking but the survivors who were part of this massacre four

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years ago are shocked and find it unbelievable that a court can say

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that his prison conditions are inhuman and degrading and against

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human rights compare to what happened on the island four years

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ago. The prosecutors say they will appeal to the next High Court

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because they are very surprised that he has won over the government. If

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the government doesn't win on appeal, does that mean his condition

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will have to be changed? They will not be changed at the moment but

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they might be changed later. The situation is that he is isolated 23

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hours a day. He is out on fresh air for one hour and he has seen no one

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else other than his ward. He never sees on the other prisoners, he

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doesn't see any family, nothing more than a professional visitor, and he

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needs staff at the prison, that's all. He has three rooms when you can

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exercise, where he has his desk, where he can cook food. These

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things... In court, they say that his privacy is limited and it will

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remain like that but the use of strip searching, waking him up

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during the night, security measures, he must be behind bars or handcuffs

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when he meets other people, all these things are against human

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rights and is degrading his life in prison. What do you think this human

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rights ruling says about Norway's justice system? Commentators have

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said that this is a victory for the Norwegian law system, because this

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is a surprise to everybody, that even a person like Breivik can get

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his rights in court, but is it fair or not? Many people think you should

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suffer in jail but the Norwegian law system says you are not in jail to

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be punished by physical things or other things. It's the isolation

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that is the punishment, not having a bad time in getting depressed. Thank

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you so much. President Obama has had a tricky

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diplomatic day on his fourth Saudi Arabia has always been

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America's most important Arab ally but relations have never

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been so strained. There were smiles and pleasantries

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from President Obama and King Salman but away from the cameras,

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the Saudis have made it clear they're deeply sceptical

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of Washington's nuclear deal with their regional rival Iran

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and of Mr Obama's approach Throw into the mix Yemen,

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oil and human rights and you can see why most analysts are focusing

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on the difficulties facing this The US Defence Secretary,

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Ashton Carter, has been in the region for a few days

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preparing for the presidential trip. He had this to say about one

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of the issues at the forefront of today's discussions

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with the Saudi King. The United States shares

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with our GCC partners the view that even as the nuclear accord

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verifiably prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,

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there are many more issues to be concerned with regarding Iran's

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behaviour in the region. That's one reason why I emphasised

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that the nuclear accord imposes no limits on the United States and that

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what we are doing in the Department In our posture, our preparedness,

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our planning and our partnership, the US military remains committed

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and capable of responding to Iranian BBC Arabic's Hanan Razek

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is travelling with the It's been a difficult day. What

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readout are you getting about how has gone? As you mentioned, away

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from the cameras and smiles, there are more contentious issues to be

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tackled in this visit that comes a few months before Obama leaves the

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White House. Obama met today with the Saudi king and as we understood

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from the privately held conversation, they talked about

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countering terrorism in the region and specifically about defeating the

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so-called Islamic State which seems to be on the top of the genders in

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this visit. However, the keyword as many observers say in this visit, is

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I Rann. Ashton Carter met with his gal Kyle departs today and they

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talked about what the Gulf leaders here called Iranians intervention in

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the region. There seems to be a feel of an American attempt to reassure

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its allies in the Gulf. Do you think the Saudis are also looking beyond

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President Obama? He has only a matter months left in office.

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Absolutely. This is why some analysts say this actually might set

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the tone for the next President and this is why the Gulf leaders are

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keen on this visit because it seems that many of them think that Obama

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is pivoting towards Asia and that the American focus is shifting from

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the Middle East and they want to make sure that the Middle East will

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be present and key for the coming President and this makes... They are

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very keen on this visit now. There is a lot of security around you, we

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can tell. Are the frontrunners in race

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for the White House - Donald Trump for the Republicans

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and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats -

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unstoppable after big wins For the Republicans,

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Donald Trump now has the backing of 845 delegates -

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remember the magic number for his party is 1237 -

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with his nearest rival, For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton's

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win in New York broke a string of gains by Bernie Sanders -

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the magic number here is 2383 - putting her on 1930 delegates

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compared with his 1189. She says victory for the Democratic

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nomination is now in sight. # New York, New York...

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# Donald Trump entered his victory

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rally with Big Apple swagger. Frank Sinatra's great anthem echoing

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around the atrium at the skyscraper I can think of nowhere that

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I would rather have this victory. He won over 60% of the vote and that

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gives him a big delegate call that moves him closer to the Republican

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presidential nomination. We don't have much of a race any

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more, based on what I'm Senator Cruz is just

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about mathematically eliminated. But for all his boasts,

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the race isn't over yet. He still can be stopped

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if his opponents get enough delegates in upcoming

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contests to deprive him For Hillary Clinton,

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it's becoming far more clear-cut, and for New York's former Senator,

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this was the happiest Today, you proved once again

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there's no place like home. It's become almost

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impossible for her arrival, The race for the Democratic

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nomination is in the home stretch Many Democrats still refuse

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to embrace her but with the Republican Party in a state

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of civil war, are we looking This really was the night

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of the frontrunners. Donald Trump winning

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in the state of his birth, Hillary Clinton claiming victory

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in her adopted political home. It really was a case

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of New York, New York! Nick Bryant, BBC News,

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Times Square. We can go to the studios of Politico

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in Washington DC and talk to senior Donald Trump is arguing he has

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brought a lot of voters to engage with the political process. Will

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that mean he will be rewarded with the nomination? It looks like that

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more and more now after the win in New York. Donald Trump has been

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working the referees, pressuring them, making his case over the last

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couple of weeks. He has suffered a couple of losses, lost delicates

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where Ted Cruz has been able to narrow the gap. Donald Trump has

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been saying, I am ahead, I should be the nominee. The threshold of 1237

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delicates he needs to hit but increasingly as he racks up this

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huge win in New York, he is going on to five under states in the

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north-eastern part of the country where he is leading unlikely to beat

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Ted Cruz again next Tuesday, it's going to be very hard for people to

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deny Donald Trump nomination once he gets to Cleveland because he will

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close out the electoral calendar with a string of wins it looks like.

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He will either hit 1237 get very close to it. We will go to

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Cleveland. If he's not at that number after the 7th of June, there

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are 200 also delegates heading into Cleveland, if Trump is 30 or 40 or

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even 100 shy of that number, there is a growing consensus he will win

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over enough for them to a still win this nomination on the first ballot

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in Cleveland at the convention because a lot of established

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Republicans, even some who do not like Donald Trump, people who do not

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believe he can beat Hillary Clinton in November, they have come to

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understand that the will of the voters has to be carried out and the

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voters are speaking loudly. If Donald Trump does get the

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nomination, normally you have this process where you energise in the

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primaries and then think over winning moderates and independent

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voters, can you see him wanting to tip towards the middle ground? We

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can already see it. Someone as bombastic and unusual as him, some

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people say there is no way he can be that malleable pivot that hard to do

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this shape shifting were suddenly here is acceptable to all these

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voters who say he is unacceptable. However, we are starting to see him

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try. His speech last night, for all the glamour, Trump was toned down.

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He referred to Ted Cruz as Senator Cruz. He was focused more on his

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message about creating jobs, doing better trade deals. You can see the

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imprint of the new strategist he brought in to take over his campaign

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and get him the rest of the way. You can see his imprint on the sort of

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toned down Trump. We have seen less of him in the news. They are

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starting to understand that they have to demonstrate a little more

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than ability to move to the centre. They are starting to do that now.

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Thank you for your time. The US twenty-dollar bill

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is to get a new face. Harriet Tubman, the former slave

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who helped ferry others into freedom, will

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replace Andrew Jackson. The announcement followed

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months of campaigning to keep Alexander Hamilton,

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the founding father of America's banking system, on the ten-dollar

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bill and replace Jackson instead. Tubman is the first woman and first

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African American to be Now a look at some of

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the day's other news: The US Justice Department has become

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the latest government to open a criminal investigation involving

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the leaked Panama Papers. The documents have revealed

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the existence of offshore companies set up by a number of rich

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and powerful people, including several international

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leaders, raising suspicions The French government says it

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will extend a state of emergency until the end of July to cover

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the Tour de France and Euro 2016 It was imposed after the Paris

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attacks in November and gives the authorities extra powers

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to control crowds and It had been due to expire next

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month. The European Union has charged

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Google with anti-competitive practices in a dispute over how

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the company markets its The European Commission says Google

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is abusing that dominance by pre-installing its own apps

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and services as defaults. This Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II

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will celebrate her 90th birthday. It's an event that will be marked

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across the United Kingdom. This report from our royal

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correspondent, Peter Hunt. Birthday celebrations over two days

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outside Windsor Castle, home The latest occupant is preparing

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to pass yet another significant Still 89, just, the Queen

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was treated to a far from everyday experience,

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and Elvis inspired choir outside The representative of an ancient

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institution visiting one with a 500-year-old

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history, the Royal Mail. Royals have been appearing on stamps

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since the time of Queen Victoria. The photo captures a hereditary

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monarchy with, as things stand, a secure future, three

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Kings in waiting. George had to stand on blocks next

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to the woman he calls Gamgam. Insight the post office,

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not to post a letter I have it on good authority

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that the postmen will be busy Tomorrow, a BBC documentary

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featuring some of her own home William and Harry are shown

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watching their father They probably chased

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each other out of that In the early days,

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when Gamgam was around. The programme also recalls

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when blank shots were fired at the 1981 Trooping the Colour

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ceremony at the Queen She is a marvellous writer,

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made of stronger stuff. Support for the Queen is widespread

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in Windsor and elsewhere, A long life doesn't give somebody

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a right to a long range of such views were not in evidence

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in the House of Commons today. She has served our nation with such

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dignity for 64 years on the throne. I think it is what we will have

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the opportunity in the house tomorrow to pay tribute

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to what she has done, and I know that the whole country

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and the whole House will want to join me in saying long

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may she reign over us. I am also looking forward

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to wishing her a happy Back in Windsor, a Queen at work,

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almost 90, the longest reigning monarch in British history has been

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head of state for 64 years. When famous figures die, they're

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often described as much loved. In the case of the British comedian

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and actress Victoria Wood, it's a perfect description -

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both for this talented writer and for the characters

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she created, which also made Victoria Wood died today at the age

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of 62 so we're finishing the programme with one

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of her signature songs - full of social insight and in this

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case quite a helping of old-fashioned British

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sexual innuendo. # She licked her lips,

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she felt sublime # She switched off

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Gardener's Question Time # Barry cringed in fear and dread

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As Freda grabbed his tie and said # Let's do it,

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let's do it, # I'm feeling appealing,

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I've really got an appetite # I could handle half the tenors

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in a male voice choir # But he said, I can't

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do it, I can't do it # This fashion for passion turns

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it into nervous wrecks # I'd rather watch

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the Spinners on the television # I can't do it,

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I can't do it tonight # So she said, let's

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do it, let's do it # Go native, creative,

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living in the living room # Bend me over backwards

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on me hostess trolley # Let's do it, let's

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do it tonight...

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