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Tonight at ten - a royal

wedding in the spring,

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as Prince Harry and the American

actress, Meghan Markle,

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announce their engagement.

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After the announcement, the couple

spoke to the BBC about the proposal,

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which happened in London

earlier this month.

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It was so sweet and natural

and very romantic.

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He got on one knee,

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Was it an instant yes?

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Yes!

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As a matter of fact I could barely

let you finish proposing.

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I was like, "Can I say yes?"

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She said, "Can I say yes?"

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Then there was hugs

and I had the ring,

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and I was like, "Can

I give you the ring?"

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And she was like, "Oh,

yes - the ring!"

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Wearing a ring designed

by the prince, Ms Markle said

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she would continue to support

campaigns on equality

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and fairness in her new role.

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Very early out of the gate I think

you realise once you have access

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with that comes a lot of

responsibility.

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I'm at Kensington Palace,

where the couple spoke to me

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about their story so far,

and their hopes for the future.

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We'll have more on the day's events

in just a few moments.

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Also tonight...

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We report on the plight of young

Rohingya girls forced

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into the sex industry,

as refugees in Bangladesh.

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In Syria, government forces

are pounding one of the last

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rebel held strongholds,

with devastating consequences

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for the civilian population.

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Two major pharmaceutical firms

say they'll invest more

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than a billion pounds in the UK,

creating nearly 2000 jobs.

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And in the Ashes series,

England trail Australia following

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a heavy defeat in Brisbane.

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And coming up on Sportsday

on BBC News...

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It was Andy Murray's last year -

but who will take home

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the crown for 2017?

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We look at this year's nominees

for Sports Personality of the Year.

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Good evening.

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Prince Harry and the American

actress, Meghan Markle, have

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announced their engagement, and

they'll be married in the spring.

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As fifth in line to the throne,

Prince Harry had to obtain

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Her Majesty's permission to marry,

and Buckingham Palace said today

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that The Queen and the Duke

of Edinburgh were "delighted

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with the news".

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Ms Markle, who's 36 and divorced,

describes herself as a "strong,

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confident, mixed-raced

woman", and a feminist.

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In their only broadcast interview

today, Harry and Megan spoke

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to the BBC's Mishal Husain.

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So let's join Mishal

at Kensington Palace tonight.

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This was the first time we had heard

the couple speak together,

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and it was a first glimpse

into their approach to life

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and what brought them together.

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The interview took place

inside the palace, close

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to the cottage in the grounds

that is their home.

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More of what they told me shortly.

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But first, this

report from our Royal

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Correspondent, Nicholas Witchell

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Finally, it's official.

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They are engaged to be married.

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Prince Harry, fifth in line

to the British throne,

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and Meghan Markle, an American,

an actress, a divorcee and,

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as she has put it herself,

a woman who is proud

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of her mixed-race heritage.

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Seldom can a royal

wedding have vindicated

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so clearly how times have changed.

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REPORTER: How are you both feeling?

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Yeah, thrilled!

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I'm very glad it's

not raining as well.

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Harry was asked when he realised

Meghan was the one.

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The very first time we met.

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REPORTER: Meghan, can you show

us the ring, please?

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Yes.

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Ah, yes - the ring.

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Designed, it turns out,

by Harry, and including

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two diamonds owned

by his late mother.

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Harry and Meghan - he 33, she 36.

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A happy couple who met 18 months

ago, and are now starting to plan

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a wedding which will

take place next spring.

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Later, in their engagement interview

with the BBC, the couple

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talked about the moment earlier this

month when Harry proposed.

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Just an amazing surprise.

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It was so sweet and natural

and very romantic.

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He got on one knee!

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Of course.

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Was it an instant yes from you?

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Yes!

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As a matter of fact,

I could barely let

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you finish proposing.

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I was like, "Can I say yes now?"

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She didn't even let me finish.

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Then there was hugs,

and I had the ring in my finger.

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I said, "Can I give you the ring?"

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She said, "Oh yes, the ring!"

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So it was a really nice

moment, it was just the

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two of us.

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I think I managed to catch her

by surprise as well.

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Yeah.

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Harry spoke of the instant impact

Meghan had made on him.

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The fact that I fell

in love with Meghan so

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incredibly quickly was a sort of

confirmation to me that everything,

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all the stars were aligned,

everything was just perfect.

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This beautiful woman just sort of

literally tripped and fell

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into my life, and I

fell into her life.

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And the fact that she -

I know the fact that

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she will be unbelievably good

at the job part of it as well,

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is obviously a huge relief to me,

because she'll be able

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to do with everything

else that with it.

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Within the royal family

there is, as you'd expect,

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great happiness at the news.

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The Queen was delighted.

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As was Harry's father,

the Prince of Wales.

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We are thrilled,

thank you very much.

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For both of them.

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I hope they'll be very happy indeed.

That's all I can say.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

tweeted their excitement

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for the couple, saying it had been

wonderful getting to

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know Meghan and to see

how happy the couple were together.

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So now, next spring, there will be

a double royal celebration.

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Another baby for

William and Catherine.

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And a wedding in a so far

unidentified church for Harry and

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his bride, Meghan Markle.

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Nicholas Witchell, BBC News.

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Well, not long after the couple's

first walkabout together -

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which took in the palace garden -

I sat down with them

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for their first interview.

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Meghan Markle has moved here having

given up her acting career,

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with life in a different spotlight

lying before her.

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She and Prince Harry told me

about the warmth and support

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they had had from their families,

but also the poignancy

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of his mother's absence.

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And I asked them about

how they first met...

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We were introduced actually

by a mutual friend.

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We should protect

her privacy and not

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reveal too much of that.

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Protect her privacy,

but it was literally

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through her, and then we met

once and then twice,

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back-to-back, two dates

in London last July.

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Yes.

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Beginning of July.

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And then it was I think

about three or maybe four weeks

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later that I managed

to persuade her to come

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and join me in Botswana, and we

camped out with each other under

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the stars, and we spent -

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she came and joined me for five

days out there which was

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absolutely fantastic.

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So then we were really

by ourselves, which was

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crucial to me to make sure

that we had a chance

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to get to know each other.

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But the friend who introduced you,

was she trying to set you up?

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Yes, so it was

definitely a set-up!

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It was a blind date.

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It's interesting

because we talk about it

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now, and even then, because I'm

from the States you don't grow up

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with the same understanding

of the Royal family,

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and so while I now

understand now very

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clearly there is a global interest

there, I didn't know much about him,

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and so the only thing I asked her

when she said she wanted to set us

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up was I had one

question, was he nice?

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Because if he wasn't

kind, it just didn't

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seem like it would make sense.

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In the case of your

relationship, unlike for most

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people, there's this whole layer

of what it means to get

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involved with someone

in the Royal family.

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How much of a sense, Meghan,

did you have of the enormity

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of what you be getting

into and what it might

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mean for your life?

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I think I can very safely say, as

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naive as it sounds now, having gone

through this learning curve over the

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last year and a half,

I did not have any

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understanding of what

it would be like.

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I don't think either of us did,

but we both said that.

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No, I tried to warn you as much as

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possible, but I think

both of us were totally

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surprised by the reaction

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after the first five or six

months we had to ourselves

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of what actually happened

from then.

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I think you can have as many

conversations as you'd want and

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prepare as much as possible,

but we were totally

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unprepared for what

happened after that.

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The scrutiny?

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Well, all sorts.

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I think also, there's a

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misconception that because I've

worked in the entertainment industry

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that this would be something

I would be familiar with,

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but even though I'd

been on my show for six years at

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that point, and working before that,

I've never been part of tabloid

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culture, pop culture, to that degree

and lived a relatively quiet life,

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even though I focus so much

on my job. So that was a really

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stark difference out of the gate.

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And some of

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that scrutiny, and you ended

up making a public

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statement about it, some

of the

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scrutiny was centred

around your ethnicity, Meghan.

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When you realised

that, what did you think?

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Of course it's disheartening.

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You know, it's a shame

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that that is the climate

in this world, to focus

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that much on that, which

would be discriminatory, in that

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sense, but at the end of the day I'm

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really proud of who I am

and where I come from.

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And we have never put any

focus on that - we've just focused

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on who we are as a couple.

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It is an immense change. You're

getting a new country out of it and

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obviously a husband.

I don't see it

as giving anything up. It is a new

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chapter. And also keep in mind, I

have been working on my chauffeur

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years. So we were very fortunate to

be able to have that sort of

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longevity on this series. Once we

had the 100th episode mother, I

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thought, I have tick this box, I

feel really proud of the work I have

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done. Now it is time to work as a

team with you.

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And Meghan, your parents, there were

very happy for you obviously. Do you

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think they are worried about the

scale of what you are getting into?

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I'm sure at the onset of my parents

and close friends were concerned

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because we got quickly swept up in a

media storm. They also had never

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seen me so happy. And I think also

once my friends, excuse me, were

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able to really meet Harry and my

mum, who we spend a lot of time

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with, it was so much fun.

Her mum is

amazing.

It was just obvious that no

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matter what we were being put

through, it was just temporary. And

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that we were going to be able to get

through that. Everybody was really

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happy. If you talk to my dad, it has

all been worth every effort.

And you

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have met the Queen?

I have Khmers.

What was that like?

It's incredible.

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I think to be able to meet her

through his lens, not just with his

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honour and respect for her as a

monarch, but the love he has further

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as his grandmother. All of those

layers have been so important for

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me. So when I met her I had such a

deep understanding and of course

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incredible respect for being able to

have that time with her.

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We've had a really...

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She's an incredible woman.

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And the corgis took

to you straight away.

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That's true!

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The last 33 years of

being barked at, this

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one walks in, absolutely nothing.

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Just laying on my feet

during tea, it was very sweet.

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Your ring.

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Tell us about the ring.

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Oh, yes.

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The ring is obviously yellow

gold, her favourite.

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And the main stone itself

I sourced from Botswana,

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and the little diamonds either side

are

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from my mother's

jewellery collection.

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To make sure she's

with us on this crazy

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journey together.

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It's beautiful, and he designed it.

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It's incredible.

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Yeah. Make sure it stays on that

finger.

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Of course!

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What does it mean

to you, Meghan, to have those stones

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on your finger that once belonged to

Princess Diana?

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I think everything

about Harry's thoughtfulness and the

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inclusion of that,

and obviously not being able

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to meet his mom, it's so important

for me to know that she's

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a part of this with us.

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What do you

think your mother would have thought

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of Meghan or said about her?

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They'd be thick as thieves,

without question!

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She'd be over the

moon, jumping up and down,

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so excited for me.

But then, would've probably been

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best friends with Meghan.

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It is days like today when I really

miss her being around

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and being able to share

her the happy news,

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but with the ring and

everything else going

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on I'm sure she is...

She is with us.

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I'm sure she's with us

and jumping up and

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down somewhere else.

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle,

thank you both very

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much.

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Thank you so much.

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Meghan Markle has spent the last

seven years appearing

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in the American television series,

Suits, but is now preparing

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for an entirely new role.

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As well as her career,

she's also used her profile

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for charitable and women's causes.

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Daniella Relph has

been finding out more

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about Meghan Markle,

speaking to those who know her.

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Have you heard?

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There is breaking news out

of London this morning.

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Drum roll, please.

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Prince Harry and American

actress Meghan Markle

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are engaged - yay!

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Congratulations, Harry and Meghan.

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We don't know you,

but congratulations!

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But we will all get to know

Meghan Markle much better

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over the next few months.

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She is no ordinary royal fiancee.

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Her early acting career

was made up of small

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television and film

parts and adverts.

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There was also a stint

opening the boxes

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on the TV programme Deal Or No Deal.

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It's Meghan Markle!

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Wow, you're pretty.

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Good, you've hit on me.

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We can get it out of the way

that I am not interested.

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No, I'm sorry...

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Before her big break

in the legal drama Suits.

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But she sometimes took

issue with the way her character,

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Rachel Zane, was portrayed.

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This season, every script seemed

to begin with

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"Rachel enters wearing a towel."

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And I said, "Nope,

not doing it any more.

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Not doing it."

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And I called

the creator and I was like,

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"It's just gratuitous."

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Meghan Markle will bring

something different

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to the British Royal family.

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Born and brought up here

in United States, she is a

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proud American.

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But she's also

a campaigner with strong

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opinions and, if possible,

she won't want her marriage

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to limit that side her life.

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Her humanitarian work

has taken her around the world,

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here in Rwanda.

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She's focused

on gender equality.

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Particularly as an advocate for

United Nations women.

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It's really hands-on,

being part of this,

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clean water being here for everyone.

It feels really nice.

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I think her

passion for other people and wanting

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to create social change

is something that again,

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with that platform,

can only be a positive thing.

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But she'll be fine.

She'll be great, in fact!

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Meghan Markle grew

up in this affluent

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neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

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Her parents split up when she was

two, and later divorced.

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She attended this private

Catholic school in LA.

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Her mother is a yoga teacher,

and her father, a respected TV

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and film lighting director.

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Meghan Markle has always spoken

openly of her mixed-race background.

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But in the early months

of her relationship,

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Prince Harry issued a statement,

criticising some of the media

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coverage for its racial undertones.

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It definitely felt very

coded and very racist to

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me, and very much like there

was an attempt to make her seem like

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an other, like an outsider.

0:16:400:16:43

So, yeah, that was pretty startling.

0:16:430:16:44

This will be a whole

new world for Meghan

0:16:440:16:50

Markle. Swapping the small screen

for a far bigger stage.

0:16:500:16:52

Daniella Relph, BBC News.

0:16:520:16:58

We're likely to have

details of Meghan Markle

0:16:580:17:00

and Prince Harry's wedding tomorrow.

0:17:000:17:02

And perhaps in the coming weeks

we'll also start to learn

0:17:020:17:05

about what kind of royal she will be

0:17:050:17:07

- where she will put

her time and energy.

0:17:070:17:10

She and Prince Harry talked today

about work that needed to be done,

0:17:100:17:15

the team that they plan to be,

the Commonwealth - a hint perhaps

0:17:150:17:18

of their commitment to public life,

as well as their private bond.

0:17:180:17:25

Thank you very much for the latest

there tonight at Kensington Palace.

0:17:250:17:30

More than 600,000

Rohingya Muslims have now

0:17:300:17:32

fled to Bangladesh,

from their homes in

0:17:320:17:35

neighbouring Myanmar,

because of the violence there.

0:17:350:17:37

But for many, it has

not been the escape

0:17:370:17:40

to safety they'd hoped for.

0:17:400:17:42

They are extremely vulnerable,

many have no possessions,

0:17:420:17:45

and some are becoming victims

of sexual exploitation.

0:17:450:17:49

Reeta Chakrabarti

is in Bangladesh and

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we can join her now.

0:17:500:17:59

Well, the Rohingya refugees have

been camped here for around three

0:17:590:18:02

months now. In the camps the basic

problems over food and shelter

0:18:020:18:06

continue. But we have uncovered here

away from the camps a troubling

0:18:060:18:13

issue of Rohingya girls and women

being forced into the sex trade with

0:18:130:18:16

few apparent means of escape.

0:18:160:18:21

This is Cox's Bazar.

0:18:210:18:23

Famous for being the

world's longest sandy

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beach, and the town

that is nearest the refugee camps.

0:18:280:18:30

It looks idyllic.

0:18:300:18:31

But as day turns to night,

a seedier side emerges.

0:18:310:18:34

A huge and desperate

new population nearby

0:18:340:18:36

provides fresh opportunities

for exploitation.

0:18:360:18:41

And we've spoken to some young

female refugees who are

0:18:410:18:45

in real danger.

0:18:450:18:47

Rohingya girls alone

and in their teens are being traded

0:18:470:18:50

by their own people

and local Bangladeshis.

0:18:500:18:55

They are sold for sex.

0:18:550:18:59

And in the case of one 17-year-old

girl, kept in a hotel by Rohingya

0:18:590:19:02

men and treated like a slave.

0:19:020:19:06

I asked her if she gets paid for any

of the work she does.

0:19:230:19:27

Nothing?

0:19:290:19:30

Incredible, isn't it?

0:19:320:19:33

She is just a slave.

0:19:330:19:35

Another girl who was just 15

told us she escaped by

0:19:420:19:46

boat from Myanmar after her mother

was shot dead by the military.

0:19:460:19:52

She used her only possessions to pay

the boatman, who then attacked her.

0:19:520:19:55

Once she got to Bangladesh, a local

woman who she thought would help

0:20:090:20:14

her, took her home.

She had nowhere else to go.

0:20:140:20:18

And now the woman forces her

to sleep with several men a night.

0:20:180:20:28

Do the men pay you when

they have sex with you?

0:20:290:20:32

These two girls are

now being helped by a

0:21:030:21:06

local group, but there are many more

in this town suffering the

0:21:060:21:09

same fate.

0:21:090:21:12

They all came to escape

the violence at home.

0:21:120:21:14

And now find themselves

in a different kind of hell.

0:21:140:21:24

Well it's hard to know how many

women and girls are involved in

0:21:240:21:27

this. One estimate puts it at around

6,000. But this is an exploitation

0:21:270:21:33

that is by its nature hidden. The

two girls in that report were never

0:21:330:21:37

registered with the authorities.

They were never taken to the camps,

0:21:370:21:40

the boatmen brought them here to the

town and delivered them to the

0:21:400:21:44

network. These networks are being

run by local Bangladeshis but also

0:21:440:21:50

by Rohingya themselves who came in a

previous wave. Depressing aspect to

0:21:500:21:55

this ongoing crisis.

On the crisis of course we have been

0:21:550:21:59

reporting on it for months, this is

your second visit there. I am

0:21:590:22:04

wondering what changes have you seen

since your previous visit?

Well, on

0:22:040:22:09

the surface things have changed. The

camps appear more organised than

0:22:090:22:13

before. You don't see people

sleeping by the roadside in the way

0:22:130:22:18

I did on my last visit. You go to

the camps and conditions are still

0:22:180:22:21

very poor. There is a real lack of

food, the shelters are very flimsy.

0:22:210:22:27

The sanitation is poor. These are

conditions in which health problems

0:22:270:22:33

are rife and experts are having to

deal with the psychological issues

0:22:330:22:37

people have come with and tomorrow

night I will be reporting on how

0:22:370:22:42

doctors and counsellors are dealing

with people who are severely

0:22:420:22:44

traumatised.

Thank you very much.

0:22:440:22:50

Two major pharmaceutical firms have

announced they are investing

0:22:530:22:58

more than a billion pounds in

the UK, creating nearly 2,000 jobs

0:22:580:23:01

in London and Manchester.

0:23:010:23:07

The news came on the day

the government unveiled

0:23:070:23:09

its industrial strategy,

0:23:090:23:11

designed to boost productivity

and attract investment in areas such

0:23:110:23:13

as artificial intelligence,

driverless cars and clean energy.

0:23:130:23:15

Simon Jack has the story.

0:23:150:23:16

Investing in new drugs is just

the kind of medicine the economy

0:23:160:23:19

needs after the bleak diagnosis

of slowing growth and poor

0:23:190:23:21

productivity it received last week.

0:23:210:23:23

The Government's plan to incentivise

investment arrives at a time

0:23:230:23:28

when businesses are wary

of Brexit uncertainty.

0:23:280:23:32

We are the place that is going to be

able to take a lead in these

0:23:320:23:35

new industries of the future.

0:23:350:23:37

At a time when companies

are making investments

0:23:370:23:40

and in the context of Brexit,

to set that out with a clarity

0:23:400:23:44

that we have I think

is all the more important.

0:23:440:23:47

The way it's supposed

to work is basically this.

0:23:470:23:49

The Government invests money

in research and development.

0:23:490:23:52

Academic institutions work

in partnership with business

0:23:520:23:55

to provide skills and know-how.

0:23:550:24:00

The Government provides test beds

for new products like faster trials

0:24:000:24:04

of new drugs or public roads

for driverless cars, then hey

0:24:040:24:07

presto, private companies invest.

0:24:070:24:09

This gene therapy company

in Oxford likes the approach.

0:24:090:24:12

This new strategy is very important

for business like ours.

0:24:120:24:14

It allows us to look at what we can

work on in the future,

0:24:140:24:17

look at the grants we can get

to help us expand the business

0:24:170:24:21

and make our processes better

to keep us at the leading edge

0:24:210:24:23

of our science.

0:24:230:24:24

It's perhaps no surprise

the Government chose life sciences

0:24:240:24:27

to be the poster child

for its new industrial strategy.

0:24:270:24:29

These are highly skilled,

highly productive jobs

0:24:290:24:32

in an industry which seems to have

no problem attracting investment.

0:24:320:24:35

Most of the UK economy

is not like this.

0:24:350:24:38

The Government's challenge will be

to increase productivity in areas

0:24:380:24:41

of the economy where workers

are more likely to drive white vans

0:24:410:24:44

than wear white coats.

0:24:440:24:46

Most people work in what sometimes

we call the everyday economy -

0:24:460:24:49

shops, care homes, public services

as well and we think in order

0:24:490:24:53

to boost their earning power,

which is what the Secretary of State

0:24:530:24:56

said he wanted to do,

we need a strategy that

0:24:560:24:58

takes them into account.

0:24:580:25:01

Government intervention in industry

has a chequered history

0:25:010:25:03

with memories of money poured

into failing companies

0:25:030:25:05

like British Leyland.

0:25:050:25:08

The Labour Party supports Government

intervention and doesn't

0:25:080:25:11

think the Conservatives

are intervening enough.

0:25:110:25:13

It seems to be a repackaging

of existing policies and commitment

0:25:130:25:19

and it doesn't go to the extent

we would have liked it to, to really

0:25:190:25:23

rebuild our economy and give

businesses the support they need.

0:25:230:25:25

Will the plan work?

0:25:250:25:26

Of the two companies

who announced investments today,

0:25:260:25:30

one told the BBC it would have done

it with or without the strategy

0:25:300:25:33

and the second said it hadn't

finalised the size of its investment

0:25:330:25:36

but the life sciences industry

broadly welcomed it.

0:25:360:25:38

There have been industrial

strategies before and you haven't

0:25:380:25:40

heard the last of this one.

0:25:400:25:42

Simon Jack, BBC News.

0:25:420:25:45

In Syria, one of the last remaining

rebel-held strongholds has come

0:25:450:25:48

under renewed attack

from Syrian Government forces,

0:25:480:25:52

according to aid agencies and human

rights groups on the ground.

0:25:520:25:54

Russia has called for a ceasefire

there for the next two days.

0:25:540:25:57

Medecins Sans Frontieres says

dozens of people have been

0:25:570:26:04

killed in eastern Ghouta,

near Damascus, and that continued

0:26:040:26:06

bombardment is stretching medical

facilities to the limit.

0:26:060:26:08

This report from our diplomatic

correspondent James Landale contains

0:26:080:26:10

some distressing images.

0:26:100:26:13

If you thought the war in Syria

was over, think again.

0:26:130:26:20

This is Ghouta, east

of Damascus, one of the last

0:26:200:26:28

rebel held strongholds -

and in recent days the target

0:26:280:26:32

of some of the heaviest government

air strikes in months.

0:26:320:26:36

Aid agencies and UK-based observers

said more than 40 people have been

0:26:360:26:39

killed since yesterday alone.

0:26:390:26:43

In theory, Russia, Turkey and Iran

have designated this area

0:26:430:26:46

a non-escalation zone.

0:26:460:26:50

In truth, it is

exactly the opposite.

0:26:500:26:54

Ghouta may have been under siege

and under fire for four years now,

0:26:540:26:57

but in recent days it's been subject

to wave after wave of strikes

0:26:570:27:01

by warplanes and artillery.

0:27:010:27:06

The United Nations special envoy

to Syria could not hide his fears.

0:27:060:27:09

I want to register at the moment my

concern, serious concern,

0:27:090:27:12

at the tremendous escalation

of violence in eastern Ghouta

0:27:120:27:16

in these last weeks.

0:27:160:27:18

At least 45 people have

been reported wounded

0:27:180:27:22

in the last couple of days,

adding to the many hundreds have

0:27:220:27:27

been taken to hospital

since the new offensive began

0:27:270:27:30

two weeks ago.

0:27:300:27:32

Including, inevitably,

many children.

0:27:320:27:35

More than 350,000 people are packed

into this besieged area

0:27:350:27:39

outside Syria's capital,

and this means that casualties

0:27:390:27:42

are high, but it also means

there is an acute lack of food

0:27:420:27:46

and medical supplies.

0:27:460:27:50

In apparent retaliation,

rebel groups fired mortars from here

0:27:500:27:53

into government held areas.

0:27:530:27:56

The UN this week will try to reopen

peace talks in Geneva,

0:27:560:27:59

but there are few hopes of progress.

0:27:590:28:03

James Landale, BBC News.

0:28:030:28:08

Six former British soldiers who've

been in prison in India for more

0:28:080:28:11

than four years are to be released.

0:28:110:28:13

The men, known as the Chennai Six,

were arrested along with 29 others

0:28:130:28:17

on weapons charges in 2013.

0:28:170:28:19

They'd been working as security

guards on ships in the Indian Ocean.

0:28:190:28:22

The group, who were acquitted

by an appeals court, have always

0:28:220:28:25

maintained their innocence.

0:28:250:28:29

West Yorkshire Police say five

people killed when a stolen car hit

0:28:290:28:32

a tree in Leeds on Saturday night

were all in the vehicle

0:28:320:28:35

when it crashed.

0:28:350:28:37

Two men and three boys died.

0:28:370:28:39

The youngest victim

was 12 years old.

0:28:390:28:41

A 15-year-old boy is being held

on suspicion of causing death

0:28:410:28:44

by dangerous driving.

0:28:440:28:46

Another teenager, who wasn't

in the car, has been released

0:28:460:28:48

pending further inquiries.

0:28:480:28:52

More than 100,000 people have been

ordered to leave their homes

0:28:520:28:57

after warnings that the Mount Agung

volcano on the island of Bali

0:28:570:29:00

could erupt at any moment.

0:29:000:29:02

Columns of thick grey

smoke have been billowing

0:29:020:29:04

from the volcano since last week.

0:29:040:29:06

Bali's main airport has been

closed, leaving thousands

0:29:060:29:07

of tourists stranded.

0:29:070:29:12

Cricket, and England have lost

the first Ashes Test

0:29:120:29:14

in Brisbane by ten wickets.

0:29:140:29:17

Australia needed just 56 runs to win

and reached that target

0:29:170:29:21

in a little more than an hour,

to complete a bad couple of days

0:29:210:29:24

for England on and off the field,

as Andy Swiss reports from Brisbane.

0:29:240:29:27

Head-to-head on the pitch,

and it seems off it.

0:29:270:29:31

As Australia cruised

to victory the focus

0:29:310:29:34

was on Jonny Bairstow behind

the stumps and Cameron

0:29:340:29:37

Bancroft in front.

0:29:370:29:39

What did happen between them

in a bar in Perth four weeks ago?

0:29:390:29:43

Well, after hitting the winning

runs, Bancroft revealed Bairstow's

0:29:430:29:46

rather bizarre greeting.

0:29:460:29:51

He just greeted me with -

yeah, just a headbutt kind of thing.

0:29:510:29:55

So, I was expecting a handshake.

0:29:550:29:57

As for Bairstow himself, well,

he insisted the incident had been

0:29:570:29:59

blown out of all proportion.

0:29:590:30:02

There's no intent, no malice

about anything during the evening.

0:30:020:30:05

As you could see out there today,

there's no animosity between myself,

0:30:050:30:09

Cameron, any of the other

Australian players.

0:30:090:30:14

Well, England say there'll be

no disciplinary action

0:30:140:30:16

against Jonny Bairstow

but after losing this match it's

0:30:160:30:20

a distraction they hardly need

and one that raises more questions

0:30:200:30:23

about players' behaviour.

0:30:230:30:27

After the incident involving

Ben Stokes in Bristol, and now this,

0:30:270:30:30

the ECB say they'll be reminding

the squad of their responsibilities.

0:30:300:30:33

We can't be naive.

0:30:330:30:36

We need to be smart,

we need to be measured.

0:30:360:30:39

We need to understand

what we can and can't do,

0:30:390:30:42

while at the same time trying

to enjoy one of the great

0:30:420:30:46

tours you could ever go

on as an England cricketer.

0:30:460:30:49

But for now this tour

seems far from great.

0:30:490:30:51

England's Ashes has begun

in defeat and controversy.

0:30:510:30:54

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Brisbane.

0:30:540:31:02

That's it from us.

0:31:020:31:04

In a moment the news where you are,

but we'll leave you with some

0:31:040:31:07

of today's scenes at Kensington

Palace.

0:31:070:31:08

Have a good night.

0:31:080:31:14

When I walked into that room

and saw her and there

0:31:140:31:18

she was sitting there,

I was like, OK, well, I'm

0:31:180:31:20

going to have to up my game here!

0:31:200:31:23

Just an amazing surprise.

0:31:230:31:26

It was so sweet and natural

and very romantic.

0:31:260:31:30

He got on one knee.

0:31:300:31:33

Have you heard, there is breaking

news out of London this morning.

0:31:330:31:36

Drum roll, please.

0:31:360:31:37

Prince Harry and American Meghan

Markle are engaged to be married.

0:31:370:31:40

It's fantastic.

0:31:400:31:41

Oh, lovely!

0:31:410:31:42

Marvellous.

0:31:420:31:45

My mom just texted me about it

so we wanted to come and see.

0:31:450:31:48

It's really cool.

0:31:480:31:49

I think it's great.

0:31:490:31:50

Another Royal wedding,

something to look forward

0:31:500:31:52

to in times of trouble.

0:31:520:31:53

We're thrilled, thank you very

much, for both of them.

0:31:530:31:55

I hope they'll be very happy indeed.

0:31:550:31:58

All the stars were aligned.

0:31:590:32:02

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