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The man suspected of the Berlin Christmas market attack

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Anis Amri was stopped by police in Milan in the early hours

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TRANSLATION: At that moment the man, without hesitating, pulled

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out a pistol and fired towards the policeman, who had

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So called Islamic State releases footage showing Amri

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But the hunt continues tonight for any possible

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Two British men are convicted of using Muslim aid convoys

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from the UK to Syria to provide cash for extremists.

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The round-the-clock work on the railways that will mean no

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How a third of the homeless say they have been attacked on our streets.

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And all smiles for Big Sam as he returns to the Premier League

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News...

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The latest results in Rugby Union, and also the Scottish Premiership,

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with four fixtures tonight, including Aberdeen's trip

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The hunt for the man who's believed to have carried out

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the Berlin Christmas market attack is over.

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Anis Amri, who'd evaded capture for four days, was killed

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in Milan during a shoot out with two police officers.

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Train tickets found on his body indicate that he'd travelled

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from Germany to France and then onto Italy - undetected

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12 people died and dozens were injured when a lorry was driven

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into a crowd of shoppers on Monday night.

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Germany has said it is "relieved" that Amri no longer poses a danger,

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but officials have warned that he may have had accomplices.

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From Berlin, our Europe correspondent Damian

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Anis Amri's brief, violent life as a terrorist ended here,

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in an exchange of gunfire on the edge of Milan.

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Alone and hunted, he'd managed to flee a thousand

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kilometres south from Berlin, but at 3am in the morning,

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he was stopped by two officers and tried to shoot them.

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TRANSLATION: At that moment the man, without hesitating, pulled

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out a pistol and fired towards the policeman who had asked

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The one who was hit is recovering in hospital, but his condition

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And this has been released by the so-called Islamic State.

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A recording made in Berlin by Anis Amri sometime before the attack,

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It's now believed that the 24-year-old Tunisian may have

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been radicalised after he arrived in Europe, perhaps during the four

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German security services knew he was a threat,

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but he talked of buying guns, not using a truck.

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So how did he get all the way to Italy?

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This is what we know about his movements.

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At 8pm on Monday, he attacked the Christmas market,

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then he vanished, but managed to get to Chambery in France.

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From there, a train ticket found on his body showed

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he travelled to Turin and then onto Milan Central Station,

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Finally he took the Metro to the last stop, San Giovanni,

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TRANSLATION: At the end of this week we can be relieved that one acute

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threat has come to an end, but the general threat posed

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We will do our utmost to make sure our state is a strong state.

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So Germany is now trying to root out radical Islamic networks.

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We visited this place today, a short distance from where Anis Amri's

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This is one of the places that Anis Amri was known to frequent

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It's a residential complex, but the reason he would come

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here over in this corner, what used to be a mosque.

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It was closed down though and became a meeting point

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One of the neighbours told us small groups of young Islamic men

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They'd meet late at night, apparently discussing attacks.

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TRANSLATION: Of course it was dangerous.

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When the men sit here and fantasise about carrying out attacks,

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With the immediate danger apparently over, Berliners gathered

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for a memorial this evening by the Brandenburg Gate.

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All people come together here and think of the victims.

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The Berlin people, we are something else they have to beat.

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But Germany as a country now confronting the reality it faces

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Our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in

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As far as the hunt for possible accomplices of Anis Amri, that goes

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on for them it was by pure chance that Italian police found at all. It

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was. This was a stop by a routine police patrol. It was an officer who

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had only been in the Italian police force for nine months who shot him

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dead. Not a Europe-wide anti-terrorist group that caught

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him. There were calls from people like the far right leader in France

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for more border security within Europe. The view of the German

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Gutmann is different. Trying to control and monitor the movements of

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all people around Europe is very, very complicated. They would say

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that what this shows is that anti-terrorist cooperation did work

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and they were able to identify very quickly who had been shot in Milan.

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There are questions. The mother of Anis Amri has given an interview

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this evening in Tunisia saying, why was their son not deported question

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Italy want to send him back, Germany wanted to send him back. Why would

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Tunisia not accept him back? They were unanswered questions. Did he

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have a network of supporters who helped him plan what he did here and

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may have helped him escape? Angela Merkel has said there will be a

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thorough investigation which will look into all areas where there may

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have been failings and she also warned Germany is going to toughen

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its procedures for deporting those who do not have the right to stay in

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this country. For now, Germany's and says, as across Europe, the threat

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of terror attacks remains high here. Two men have been found guilty

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of using aid convoys to send thousands of pounds in cash

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to extremists in Syria. The Old Bailey heard how high

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profile Muslim community-led convoys became unwitting participants

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in a plan to fund terrorism. One of the targeted aid missions

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included Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver later

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kidnapped and murdered by militants Humanitarian aid for people

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stuck in one of the most Britons have donated

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millions to help civilians caught in the crossfire

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of Syria's conflict. Three years ago, these convoys

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were at the heart of those efforts. Now two men have been found guilty

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of infiltrating them, Syed Hoque, a former probation officer,

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and Mashoud Miah used the aid missions as cover

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to send cash to fighters. Hoque was sent these

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pictures by his nephew, who was fighting with a group

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affiliated to Al-Qaeda. Hoque advised him to behead his

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enemies but not mutilate them, and sent ?4,500 over

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two unwitting convoys. Aid convoys were infiltrated

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and the goodwill of charities abused by taking money and goods

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from the UK out to Syria Today's verdict is the first formal

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finding that the Syria aid convoys There were also tears

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in the public gallery for two men who were acquitted,

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tears that highlight how complicated and emotive the issues raised

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by the Syria conflict have been It is all worthwhile when you see

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what is needed actually get Alan Henning, taken hostage

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by so-called Islamic State in December 2013 and murdered

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nine months later. He went to Syria in one

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of the convoys abused Pervez Rafiq, cleared today

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of funding terrorism, He publicly appealed

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for Mr Hanning's life. We beg you to tread the path

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of justice and show him the compassion that Allah has placed

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in the hearts of the believers. Under pressure from the Government

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and the police, the aid convoys came In an unprecedented move

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and a strong rebuke tonight, the United States has abstained

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on a UN resolution Traditionally, the US has always

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used its veto to stop such It condemns Israeli settlement

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building on occupied Palestinian territory and passed with 14

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votes in favour. Our correspondent

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Barbara Plett Usher Well, I think the resolution shows a

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strong international consensus that Israeli settlement building in

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occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and is a threat to a viable

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peace deal. The Obama Administration felt there was this threat so it

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decided not to veto, it abstained, and therefore the resolution passed.

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This is something that was a diplomatic earthquake at the UN. The

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Americans always support the Israelis and protect Israel against

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criticism. It was a very strong rebuke and the Israelis are very

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angry. President Obama has only taken a step right at the end of his

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administration and it will have far less of an impact than it might have

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done if it were done earlier. I know he is only putting down a marker,

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especially as he will be handing over to Donald Trump, who has shown

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he will strongly support the Israeli government and its policies. He has

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already tweeted, things will be different after the 20th of January,

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which is of course when he takes office.

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Extensive rail engineering is starting across Britain tonight

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with 200 different projects being carried out over

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The biggest re-signalling scheme in the network's history will close

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the line between Cardiff Central and the Valleys.

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And several stations - including Paddington in London -

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will be either partially or completely shut for several days.

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Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott reports.

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It's going to be the biggest rail upgrade ever taken on,

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and it all starts late tonight, hitting services across South Wales,

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The lack of trains will make the roads busier.

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And it's a popular time to fly away for the holidays.

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So why do they always pick Christmas to close the railways?

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We have a huge programme of works that we have to deliver as part

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And some of that work just can't be done on a live railway.

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So Christmas is the best time to do it, because it's one

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24,000 engineers will work on 200 sites across Britain.

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One of the bigger jobs they're doing this Christmas is to open up

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and test these new lines between the concrete blocks there.

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Critically, they unblock a bottleneck between the trains

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going from Heathrow into Paddington station in London.

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It'll hit services across the country.

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Paddington Station will actually close for six days after the last

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Services at other big stations, including London Bridge,

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Charing Cross and Liverpool Street, will be severely affected.

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There will be no trains late on Christmas Eve

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between Cardiff Central, Bridgend, Newport and

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the Valleys, because they're resignalling the whole area.

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It's affecting me in that I have to take an extra day off work,

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because of the replacement bus service not being good

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But also, I understand the work needs to be done.

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At this time of the year families want to get together,

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if they haven't seen each other for a while.

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And then they're all disrupted, aren't they?

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Totally inconvenient, because you have a lot of commuters

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over the Christmas period, shopping as well between

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As ever, leave plenty of time before you head off,

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and double-check your train is even running.

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Vladimir Putin has written to Donald Trump, calling

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for stronger relations and co-operation

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And speaking to the world's media in Moscow, the Russian President

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said he did not want a new arms race with the West after Donald Trump's

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suggested he would expand America's nuclear arsenal.

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Mr Putin also rejected accusations that Russia had intervened in the US

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From Moscow, Steve Rosenberg reports.

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He is always confident, but is he a little confused?

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As Vladimir Putin met the world's media today,

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there were mixed signals from across the Atlantic.

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Donald Trump sabre rattling one moment and talking

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The Kremlin leader said he hoped he and America's

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new president would work together to improve relations.

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Russia says it's modernising its nuclear missile potential,

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while today, Donald Trump reportedly said, let it be an arms race.

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We will out match them at every pass.

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Well, putting a question to the president isn't easy

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when there are a thousand of you and just one of him.

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Are you not concerned though that there is a danger of a new arms

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race, if America is talking about boosting its nuclear arsenal?

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TRANSLATION: The basis for a new arms race was there already,

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after the US pulled out of the Antiballistic

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Missile Treaty and started to create a missile shield.

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So, either we had to build our own shield or, as we're doing,

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Vladimir Putin made it clear today that if there

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is to be a new arms race, that won't be Russia's fault.

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He delivered a defiant message that Russia is stronger

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In recent months, Russia has been accused of launching cyber

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attacks against America, even of using hacking

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Mr President, your country has been accused of state-sponsored hacking

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with the aim of influencing the result of the US

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President Obama revealed that he told you personally to cut it out.

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So, what did you tell him in response?

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The president refused to say, dismissing all the talk of hacking

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as sour grapes from the Democratic Party.

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TRANSLATION: The losing side always tries to pass the buck.

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They would do better to look for the problems among themselves.

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But tough talk doesn't solve domestic problems.

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The Russian economy is still struggling.

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Low oil prices have hit hard an economy reliant

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To many here, stagnation breeds pessimism.

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We see growing problems with our living standards.

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They see that, you know, the health system is crumbling and collapsing.

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They see a lack of perspective and they see the forecast

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of the Government that Russia will be surviving for the next 20

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That is one reason the Kremlin is counting on Donald Trump,

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hoping he will ease sanctions against Moscow.

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Russia wants to be seen as a global player.

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But if President Putin doesn't mend the cracks in the economy,

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he may be building a superpower on thin ice.

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In Syria, where Russian forces helped seized the city of Aleppo,

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the last buses have left Aleppo, taking away rebel fighters,

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their families and residents of the east of the city.

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The Red Cross say 35,000 people have left their homes

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After four long years of bombardment, Syrian government

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troops are now in complete control of Aleppo.

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Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen considers the significance

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of the victory and how it may affect the outcome of the war.

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In western Aleppo, a Christmas party became a victory celebration.

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It was watched over by banners of Syria's three wise men,

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Presidents Putin and Assad and the leader of Lebanon's

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The regime's support is often underestimated in the West.

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And there was relief that the killing in the city

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The last buses out of eastern Aleppo delivered thousands

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of fighters and civilians into an uncertain future.

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The fall of Eastern Aleppo is the rebels' greatest defeat.

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And it shows how the war is now being decided by the foreign powers

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President Assad and his allies have won themselves some options.

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Their victory in Aleppo does not end the war.

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Thousands of rebel fighters have been bussed out to Idlib,

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The regime and its allies will want to win it back.

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They might decide to make Eastern Ghouta their military priority.

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It's part of the suburbs of Damascus.

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It's vulnerable because rebel groups that control it have weakened

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Foreign powers are shaping the battlefields.

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Turkey has troops fighting in Syria and backed some

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But it watched while Russia and its allies destroyed them.

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That's because Turkey needs Russia to stand aside

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while it hits the Kurds, now its main target.

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And while East Aleppo fell, the West was also a bystander.

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That is because the Syria policy of the Americans,

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British and their friends, never coherent, has

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Aleppo though looks to be a turning point.

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Tonight, Britain's Foreign Secretary said again that

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But the downfall of the President looks like a hollow dream.

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Early in the war there was a chance to make it happen

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But that chance has gone while President Assad remains

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It will not be easy for his coalition to move from Aleppo

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A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.

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Two hijackers who held over 100 passengers hostage on a flight

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which they diverted from Libya to Malta have been arrested

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after a stand-off on the runway lasting several hours.

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The crew and passengers were gradually released

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before the men were taken away for questioning.

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The United Nations Refugee Agency says over 5,000 migrants

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and refugees have died in the Mediterranean

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this year - the highest annual death toll so far.

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About 100 migrants are reported to have died yesterday,

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when two boats sank off the Italian coast.

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Strong winds and driving rain have affected much of the north and west

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of Britain, as Storm Barbara blew in today.

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Worst affected was Scotland, where many ferry services

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were cancelled and a number of houses in more remote

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A survey of rough sleepers suggests they are 17 times more likely

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to be a victim of crime than the general public.

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The charity Crisis says homeless people are regularly

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There are thought to be about 4,000 people sleeping rough

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Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, reports.

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For some people, rough sleepers have no value.

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I used to come in here and sleep on the trains, essentially.

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He took to sleeping on commuter trains after an unprovoked attack.

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Got into a discussion with a young man around the fact I was homeless.

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He became quite aggravated, I would guess, by the fact

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that I was homeless, and I was saying that people

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And from there he ended up punching me in the face, basically.

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Today's report lays bare the abuse rough sleepers can suffer.

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They're subjected to beatings, assaulted, even urinated on.

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It's not just the incident itself, but it's the impact it

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We found that most homeless people who are rough sleeping,

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And surely if you are then urinated on, you are going to feel even more

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So your eyesight, who's looking after that?

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Sergeant David Deal is part of a police outreach team that works

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While he encourages them to report crimes, he understands why today's

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report says many don't trust the police.

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There are other aspects of their life, maybe drug use,

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maybe begging, maybe other forms of anti-social behaviour.

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When they come into contact with police regarding those types

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of behaviour, that's when they might not trust the police

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For these homeless people, this centre will provide shelter

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Susan Walker is currently bedding down in a stairwell.

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Sleep is uneasy due to her constant fear of attack.

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Because you can get some of these people now who do see

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a woman and they'll think, "I'll go for her."

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And if that happened, well, as a woman, we

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Rough sleepers are permanently vulnerable.

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Any stranger could attack at any moment.

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The former England manager, Sam Allardyce, has agreed a deal

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to become the new manager of Crystal Palace.

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Allardyce has been out of the game since having to leave the England

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job in September after just one match, following remarks he made

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Here's our sports correspondent, Richard Conway.

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Three months on from losing his dream job as England manager,

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I like the look of the squad and that's probably

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He was forced out of Wembley after just one match in charge.

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Following a newspaper sting in which he discussed getting around

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A period on the sidelines looked inevitable.

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But Alan Pardew has manoeuvred himself out of the Crystal Palace

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hot seat, after winning just 26 points in his 36 games

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And Allardyce, well, he is seen as an expert in keeping

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teams in the top division, in a career that spans periods

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in charge of Bolton, Blackburn, West Ham and Sunderland.

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With Crystal Palace flirting with relegation, the club's

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new American owners have been forced to take action.

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An attempt this season to play a more expansive style of football

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The focus now will be doing whatever it takes to stay

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I think any team who gets Big Sam will tell you he's never

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got a team relegated, so it's a great record and I'm sure

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Palace will have that in the back of their mind.

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For Sam Allardyce there's unfinished business to attend

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to, after his briefest of stints with England.

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Crystal Palace will settle for survival for now,

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but this ambitious club hope in time he'll do much more

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Richard Conway, BBC News, Selhurst Park.

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