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Tonight at ten: the bank bailed out by the taxpayer -

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now a damning report accuses Royal Bank of Scotland

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of the systematic abuse of many of its business customers.

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It reveals how businesses in trouble were deliberately

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mistreated by the bank - RBS has set aside hundreds of

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It was like the Gestapo walking in, their aggression,

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their divisiveness, the whole way in which they'd talked.

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RBS - the biggest business lender in the UK -

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has apologised for some of its practices but denies

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Police in Brussels shoot dead a man who attacked two

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soldiers with a machete - it's being treated as

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Hurricane Harvey gathers strength as it heads towards Texas -

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it could be the biggest storm to hit America in more than a decade.

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Riots in India after a self-style spiritual guru

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is convicted of rape - at least 28 people die

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The driverless cars being deliberately crashed as insurers

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try to work out who'd be to blame in an accident -

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And one of the most hyped contests in boxing history.

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Floyd Mayweather comes out of retirement to take

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on Ireland's Conor McGregor in Las Vegas.

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And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

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Ben Stokes hits a century for England at Headingly but a

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revitalised West Indies dominate the first day of the second test.

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They were small businesses that found themselves in trouble

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But instead of helping them, their bank -

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the Royal Bank of Scotland - has been accused of systematically

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A leaked report for the Financial Conduct Authority -

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and obtained by the BBC - reveals the extent of that abuse.

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It shows that hundreds of companies which the bank said needed

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restructuring were treated inappropriately,

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One business owner has told the BBC he considered suicide.

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Here's our business correspondent Joe Lynam.

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We bailed out RBS when it was in trouble, but when thousands

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of its business customers got into difficulties, the bank, in many

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The UK's biggest business bank has admitted that it

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mistreated many small firms, but now we have learned about

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Tracy Standish was the former owner of the Bowlplex chain and had been

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When profits fell during the recession, his bowling business

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was placed into RBS's restructuring unit, GRG, supposedly to get

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Their aggression, their divisiveness, the whole way

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They would bang tables, shout, point fingers.

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The whole thing was, like, they weren't in anyway here to help

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Mr Standish says GRG loaded additional debt on the company

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and tripled the interest rate to 15%.

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In the end, his family had to surrender 80% of the company.

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I had to be referred to a counsellor for treatment,

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I was prescribed antidepressants and I became suicidal.

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He's now suing RBS for breach of duty and conspiracy.

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RBS said that the case was currently the subject of litigation

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and that the bank would be vigorously defending these claims.

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Hundreds of RBS customers had long complained

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of mistreatment by GRG by 2013, so the Financial Conduct Authority

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commissioned its own independent report which it received last year,

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but only published a limited summary of, but now the BBC has acquired

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the full report and it highlights the extent of the widespread

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inappropriate treatment faced by RBS's own customers,

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some of which was systematic or orchestrated from within the bank.

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And crucially for RBS, the report said that the bank had

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shown "narrow compliance" with the investigation

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instead of co-operating fully, as it said it had.

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RBS disputes this though, it says it provided the investigators with more

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The report for the Financial Conduct Authority found that 92% of viable

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or otherwise healthy companies experienced some form

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of inappropriate action by RBS, such as hiking up lending costs

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Only 10% of those companies placed by RBS into GRG returned

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Many of the rest were either sold off, forced to hand over substantial

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stakes to RBS or liquidated. Even in the midsts of the recession

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the restructuring group was earning a profit of ?1.2 billion for RBS.

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The bank said that it had not always handled customer complaints

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It's put in place a ?400 million compensation fund to be overseen

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And the issue of mistreatment of RBS business customers has already

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been examined by MPs, who urged the FCA

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The bank used inappropriate behaviour, forced lots of companies,

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that could have survived, could have been put back into

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health, they went out of business because they were mistreated

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because the bank simply wanted to make profits out of them.

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I think we have to learn that lesson.

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We have to have a general system whereby small companies have

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"The activities carried out by Global Restructuring Group

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are largely unregulated, therefore, the FCA's powers

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However, we're investigating issues raised by the report

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For the bank, which is 73% owned by UK taxpayers,

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this is yet another obstacle on the road to full health.

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Being accused of wholesale mistreatment of its own customers

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It has certainly taken its toll on the customer you spoke to, he said

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he felt suicidal. What more can be done to protect and must? There are

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whole range of measures to protect consumers if they have been wronged

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by a bank, but that does not seem to be the case when it comes to small

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and medium-sized enterprises. The report highlights that there is a

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regulatory gap in what the FCA do when companies are wronged by their

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bank. It says it will take action where it has powers and where it

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sees wrong doing. If you are a former RBS customer, and you are a

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business customer and you were sent into this restructuring division,

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and you feel that you were treated badly, you should turn to the bank

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first where they have a ?400 million compensation fund. It will be

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overseen by a retired High Court judge and that is your first port of

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call. RBS are keen to put this particular chapter in their

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chequered CV behind them. Thank you. A man has been shot in Brussels

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after reportedly using a machete to attack soldiers on duty

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in the city. Eye-witnesses reported hearing

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the sound of gunfire. Kevin Connelly is in Brussels. The

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man has since died? That is right. Brussels is one of those European

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cities where soldiers on patrol carrying rifles has become a

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commonplace sight. It is designed to reassure the public in the wake of

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attacks. However, to some individuals, those armed soldiers

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are a target. A man armed with a knife or machete attacked two

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soldiers in a busy district of shops and restaurants. He was then shot.

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He is reported to have died. Two soldiers were lightly injured. The

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authorities are saying they do consider it to have been a terror

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attack. They are investigating it in that spirit. It is worth saying that

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these attacks do not happen all the time, but there is a consciousness

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in places like Brussels that they can happen

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at any time, and that does produce a persistent bubbling low-level sense

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of anxiety in places like this. Thank you. Here are man has been

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arrested in an incident outside Buckingham Palace. Scotland Yard say

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two police officers were injured. This happened at the same time but

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there is no suggestion they were connected? We know this happened on

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the mouth outside Buckingham Palace at around 8:35pm tonight. A man has

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been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assaults.

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The man was stopped by police. He was in possession of a knife. Police

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detained him and while doing so they did sustain minor injuries to their

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arms. The London ambulance was called. They assessed and treated

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the police at the scene but they were not serious injuries. Tonight

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we know the investigation is ongoing and there are police still there.

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Laura Trant, thank you. One of the most powerful hurricanes

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to hit America for more than a decade is heading

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towards the Gulf Coast states Hurricane Harvey is gathering

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in strength as it heads towards the coast -

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it's expected to reach land in the next few hours with winds

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of around 120 miles per hour. This is the satellite imagery

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of the category three storm Thousands of residents are boarding

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up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts

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of the state Hurricane Harvey is expected

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to huge amounts of rain - The view from space as Hurricane

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Harvey barrels towards the United States of America. The storm blew up

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fast in the Gulf of Mexico, taking Texans by surprise. Now time is

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scarce to prepare for the worst. It is a hurricane that will prove more

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dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going to be dealing with

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the high winds that typically come with what should be a category three

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hurricane, but we are going to be dealing with immense really

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record-setting flooding. In some coastal cities, evacuations were

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urged not ordered. Many people here are determined to ride it out. We

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will go ahead and stick it out here. We have got sand bags ready, food

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for about a week, we have water, everything we need. But even before

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it arrives, Harvey is threatening lives. Here, ten critically ill

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babies are being evacuated from its path. Getting out is not easy. The

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roads are clogged as tens of thousands of people seek shelter

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away from a dangerous storm surge. The oil industry is bracing for a

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battering as well. The area at risk produces some 7 million barrels a

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day. With production slowing, oil prices are rising and at the pumps

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there is a rush to fill up, meaning supplies are running short. So too

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is food and water. Supermarket stocks are dwindling amid warnings

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about catastrophic flooding after torrential rain which might linger

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for days. In neighbouring Louisiana, those warnings sent a shiver through

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New Orleans. In 2005, the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The

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city was ill-prepared and disaster followed. Pumping stations are not

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at full capacity. This is the first big domestic urgency for President

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Donald Trump, but the White House rejects claims that his

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administration is understaffed and inexperienced. Some may define the

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storm for now but not for long. The authorities say an major disaster is

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just hours away. There've been riots

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in parts of northern India after a self-styled but hugely

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popular spiritual leader Nearly 30 people have died

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in the violence that erupted after a court found him guilty

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of raping two women 15 years ago. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh claims

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to have millions of followers. Thousands of his devotees

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went on the rampage, setting fire to vehicles,

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buildings and railway stations. Violence broke out almost as soon

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as the guilty verdict was handed More than 100,000 of

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's followers had flocked to the town

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to demonstrate their support. They went on the rampage, burning

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cars and attacking the police, who responded with tear gas

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and water cannons. When that didn't subdue the crowd,

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they fired live ammunition, and there have been

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clashes elsewhere, too. This train was torched by an angry

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mob here in the Indian, Delhi. Elsewhere in the city,

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buses have been set on fire. The guru has an absolutely

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enormous following, he estimates 50 million people,

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and the fear is that violence Guru Ram Rahim is a charismatic

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figure, he makes movies calling His huge beard and flamboyant style

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has led to him being called But despite his sometimes

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extraordinary appearance, he is regarded as a living saint

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by many of his followers. This is the latest in a series

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of scandals here in India involving ascetics who claim

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exceptional spiritual powers. Guru Ram Rahim insists his sect

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is a social welfare and spiritual group, but these two rape

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convictions aren't the only He has been accused of helping plan

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a murder and it is also claimed he persuaded 400 of his acolytes

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to have themselves castrated It is that kind of devotion that

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explains the scale and intensity of the violence here in North India

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and also why the authorities A brief look at some

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of the day's other news stories. The billionaire boss of the Samsung

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electronics empire, Jay Y Lee, He was found guilty of paying

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$6 billion in bribes to South Korea's government,

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embezzlement and perjury. Here, a suspected international

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drugs dealer has appeared before magistrates in Westminster to face

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extradition to the United States. Muhammad Asif Hafeez,

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also known as the Sultan, is wanted there for importing

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heroin and methamphetamine. A former rock star, who's

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been jailed for multiple cases of child abuse,

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could have been caught years earlier if the police had

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investigated him properly. Ian Watkins, the lead singer

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of the band Lostprophets, was sentenced to 29 years

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in prison, four years ago. But an investigation

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by the Independent Police Complaints Commission found that

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South Wales Police missed a series The United Nations says air strikes

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in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition have killed more than 40 civilians

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in the past week, The United Nations says air strikes

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in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition have killed more than 40 civilians

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in the past week, The latest hit a residential

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neighbourhood in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least 12 people,

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women and children among them, sparking more

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international condemnation. Yemen, one of the poorest

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countries in the Middle East, 17 million people are struggling

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to feed themselves, 7 million The war is between a Saudi-led

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coalition, backed by the US and UK, which supports the government

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and the Houthi rebels who have Another ruined building

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in Yemen's battered capital. This is what's left

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an apartment block in Sanaa. Amongst the rubble,

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bodies of dead children. The pictures, too

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distressing to show. This man says civilian homes

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are always targeted. Local people are convinced

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the attack was from a Saudi Today, the coalition has

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responded and said it We were in the same neighbourhood

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just two weeks ago when we met nine-year-old Nujood,

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you could hear the sound She told us they hit everywhere

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and how she and her family have "Stop the war", she told me then,

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but today another tradegy has struck just a few streets away

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from her home. Wednesday's attack on a hotel has

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now led to a call from the UN for an independent investigation,

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more than 30 were killed here. The Saudi-led coalition said

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they were targeted armed Houthi militants who they've been fighting

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in this brutal war. But aid agencies on the ground

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in Yemen say they're increasingly concerned about what they call

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"the blatant disregard The high cost paid by civilians,

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in terms of deaths and casualties, is unimaginable and that comes

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in a situation where the war sees no sign of ending and we see a lack

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of political progress and, therefore, people see

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this as a daily... This is the new normal

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for people here in Sanaa. The war, now in its third year,

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has crippled Yemen. Disease has spread, more than half

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a million people here have cholera and a quarter of the population

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are on the brink of famine. This war has created what's now

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being called the world's worst humanitarian crisis,

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and with the failure of international diplomacy

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and the growing threat to civilians, there's no end in sight

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for the people of Yemen. Millions of people have

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been on the move today for the traditional

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bank holiday getaway. But there are more problems

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than usual because of major engineering work planned

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on the railways over the weekend. The south-east of England will be

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badly affected with station closures at Charing Cross,

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Euston and Liverpool Street In the north-west of England

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engineering works will affect stations in Manchester,

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Preston, Blackpool and Bolton. Our correspondent is at London's

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Euston Station. Are they getting ready to close completely now then?

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Yes. So over the next couple of hours or so this station will

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completely shut for the next couple of days ahead of this major

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engineering project. There have been some very busy periods today. You

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may be able to see hundreds of people still waiting for their

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trains home tonight. The project itself, it starts tomorrow, it's a

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major programme, costing more than 130 million. The work itself, it

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involves more than 17,000 engineers, what they will be doing, they will

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be extending platforms for longer trains, improving signalling and

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tracks as well as preparation work ahead of HS2. Of course, this means

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major disruption up-and-down the country for passengers. One of the

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main routes affected will be the West Coast Main Line, train from

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those areas won't come into London over the next couple of days.

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Network Rail say it is has to do this work because this is one of the

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quieter periods of the year. They say 50% fewer passengers use the

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trains during the period. The advice, check before you travel and

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of course give yourself plenty of time. Thank you.

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Driverless cars, they are the future, so we are told,

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and some have already been trialled on British roads.

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Now it's the turn of lorries because from next year

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convoys of semi-automated, self-driving lorries will be

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They will connect to each other via Wi-Fi,

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As the reality of driverless cars moves ever closer,

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the insurance industry is grappling with the impact that it will have

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There are still key questions to resolve, such as who would be

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responsible for a driverless car crash - the driver or the computer?

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The insurance giant AXA, which is advising the UK Government,

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has begun tests to try to get some answers.

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Our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott, reports.

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On a military base in Switzerland, important tests are going on.

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One of the world's biggest insurance companies

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For the first time, they're simulating what driverless vehicles

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might do when things go wrong, like if the computer was hacked,

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Well, this car is obviously a complete write-off,

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you can really smell that the airbags have gone off,

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but all of the sensors are now full of data,

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telling them what the car did, what happened to the driver

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here and all of that information will be used to determine how much

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Not too many rockfalls in Britain, but it is a problem in Switzerland.

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There's not a lot a computer can do about this.

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So what are insurers hoping to learn?

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We want to demonstrate that we cannot have the same

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accident investigation methods as we had before

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We need to know whether the driver or the car was in charge

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If a computer's driving, who'll be responsible for the crash?

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I don't think people need to worry about whether it's their fault

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The UK Government has decided an insurance policy will be required

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and that will deal with the claim in the first instance,

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so people will be compensated and then the insurance companies,

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motor manufacturers, they can argue amongst

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This next test is about giving the computer a moral dilemma.

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When an accident is inevitable, does it hit the person on the quad

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The bike's causing the accident, but the rider's more vulnerable,

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For this test, they simulate a car choosing the rider.

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It's just a dummy, but it's still hard to watch.

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Computer-driven cars are inevitable and these tests will determine

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They already predict that premiums will come down because computers

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Richard Westcott, BBC News, Zurich in Switzerland.

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The countdown is on in Las Vegas for what could prove to be

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the boxing match that breaks all records.

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The American boxer Floyd Mayweather has had 49 fights during his

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professional career and he's never been beaten.

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Now he's come out of retirement to take on the mixed martial artist,

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It's a pay-per-view match and it could rake in ?550 million.

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Around ?175 million, that's how much Floyd Mayweather will take home.

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A little less for Conor McGregor, he will have to make

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It's all happening in Las Vegas on Saturday night,

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or rather the early hours of Sunday morning here.

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On face value, it is an unlikely match up.

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Floyd Mayweather, one of boxing's all-time greats will,

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this weekend, step into the ring with Conor McGregor,

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the 29-year-old Dubliner who has never boxed professionally.

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Most experts give him little chance of victory.

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But then this is Las Vegas, where the bright lights act

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as a beacon for those hungry to make their fame and fortune.

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Exact figures are hard to pin down, but both men are expected to earn

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tens of millions of dollars in the most lucrative

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What will be the impact for boxing if you were to win?

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There'll be a new king and that's it.

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They'll begin to implement my methods and that's it.

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McGregor, ornately tattooed and nicknamed 'The Notorious'

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is already a star of the Ultimate Fighting

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Championship, in which competitors use a brutal mix of martial arts.

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Claiming unemployment benefit four years ago,

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he's had a meteoric rise and a shock win on Saturday would see him

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propelled to a whole new level of global recognition.

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His opponent, meanwhile, insists this fight will be his last.

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At the age of 40 and undefeated, Floyd Money Mayweather wants

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I'm not the same fighter I was 21 years ago but,

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mentally, no athlete is stronger than me, mentally.

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The usual hype and hoopla in the build-up to the first bell

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Last month's publicity tour was tarnished by homophobic slurs,

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allegations of racism and pantomime behaviour, with both men now

:26:41.:26:43.

Such behaviour, though, has not prevented thousands of fans

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from flocking to Las Vegas, or millions around

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the world purchasing the fight to watch on TV.

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Conor McGregor may never have fought professionally,

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but he's being greeted here as if he was the champion.

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Floyd Mayweather, in this his home town, is being seen as very much

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the outsider and McGregor is the man that the crowd

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But one former champion, who has fought and lost

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I think genuine boxing fans and UFC fans probably feel a little bit

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like I'm feeling, that it's a little bit -

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it's making a little bit of a farce of our sports.

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What happens in Vegas, should, according to

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You joined me at a loud weigh-in. Both boxers due on stage behind me

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in the next hour or so. Time keeping neither man's strong point. The next

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time they come together in this arein will be for the fight itself.

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Don't believe the hype. We're about to find out. Richard, Conway, in Las

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Vegas. Thank you. Now on BBC One, it's time

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for the news where you are.

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