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The army on the streets

of Salisbury, as specialist troops

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arrive to deal with the scene

of the nerve agent attack.

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Military equipment and personnel

trained in chemical warfare

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make an unusual sight

in the cathedral city.

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They have the detection equipment

that will allow them to properly,

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safely a very detail

survey of those areas.

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And if there is any contamination,

they can then safely remove

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that and have it destroyed.

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A forensic team examine the grave

of the son of Sergei Skripal,

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the former Russian spy

who was targeted in the attack.

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Tonight, he and his daughter

are still critically ill.

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The people of Salisbury

are urged to stay calm.

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Also tonight:

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After the insults, a surprise

meeting is to take place

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between President Trump

and the leader of North Korea.

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A court sees the contents

of the bomb that partially exploded

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in a Tube carriage in London last

September.

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Why increasing numbers of young

British Muslim women are deciding

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to wear a headscarf.

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And banging the drum

for Great Britain -

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our athletes arrive in South Korea

for the biggest ever

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Paralympic Games.

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Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.

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We'll preview the penultimate

weekend of the Six Nations,

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which could prove pivotal

to Ireland as they attempt

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to win the title again.

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Good evening.

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These are the scenes that greeted

the people of Salisbury today

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as just under 200 military personnel

arrived in the city

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and onto the streets.

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Specialist troops, with training

in chemical warfare,

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will be working in the area

where the former Russian agent

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Sergei Skripal and his daughter

Yulia collapsed on Sunday.

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Forensic examinations are also

taking place at the cemetery

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at the gravestone of Skripal's son,

Alexander, who reportedly died

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of liver problems at the age of 43.

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The Home Secretary will chair

another meeting of the Government's

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emergency Cobra committee tomorrow.

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Our home affairs correspondent,

Tom Symonds, reports from Salisbury.

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It began with unprotected police

officers dealing with

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an unexplained medical emergency.

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This evening, the military

was called in at Salisbury Hospital.

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Troops, trained to tackle chemical

warfare, supporting a British

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police investigation.

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Their mission includes securing

possibly contaminated evidence -

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painstaking work.

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The stakes are high.

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As Ministry of Defence we have been

supporting the police

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in their investigations

through the work of military

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scientists at Porton Down.

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We will continue to do that.

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Another task - dealing

with contaminated vehicles.

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This police car may have been driven

to the hospital after the incident.

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180 troops will be involved in this

phase of the investigation.

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They have all the chemical agent

monitors, the personal

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protective equipment,

respirators etc that allow them

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to safely, and they will probably

take this kit to Porton Down

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or perhaps Winterbourne Gunner,

where it can be

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decontaminated effectively.

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They're also expected to secure

Sergei Skripal's car

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and there are ambulances which may

have traces of the nerve agent.

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Across the city, scenes that might

have come from a disaster movie.

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This is just a graveyard,

but it contains the graves

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of Sergei Skripal's wife and his son

Alexander.

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He died last year.

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Again, no official

explanation for all this.

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The dates on Alexander's

grave may be relevant.

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Last week, before

the nerve agent attack,

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was the anniversary of his birth.

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Did his father and sister visit

the grave at some point?

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The Home Secretary was the first

senior government representative

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to come to Salisbury this morning.

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Ministers have stressed

the importance of getting

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to the bottom of the alleged plot

before pointing fingers.

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She met and praised those

who've helped the victims

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and decontaminated the area,

including these firefighters.

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I am in awe of their sympathetic

approach and professionalism

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as they engage with these people.

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And now as they reflect,

they are quite concerned sometimes

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for themselves and their families,

but they've all said to me

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that they wouldn't have done

anything differently.

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Then to the hospital,

continuing to provide the highest

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level of care to three victims.

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Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey,

exposed to nerve agent

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during the incident,

is now making good progress.

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He's an officer who has

been widely praised.

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Always really easy to speak

to and he delivers effectively

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and efficiently and he's always got

this sense of humour around him,

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so he does it easily and nothing

is ever too much trouble for him.

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Sergei Skripal remains

in a critical condition.

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His daughter Yulia the same,

but she is responding

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better to treatment.

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Salisbury has become

a multi-location crime scene,

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a city of disturbing images

and unanswered questions.

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Who wanted to kill them?

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Why? How did they do it?

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What will happen next?

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Tonight the evidence

is being gathered.

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Tom Symonds, BBC News, Salisbury.

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Sergei Skripal is still fighting

for his life in hospital

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alongside his daughter Yulia.

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He came to the UK in 2008 as part

of a spy swap with Russia.

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But what led him to betray his

country and seek refuge here?

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Our security correspondent,

Gordon Corera, has been given

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exclusive access to details

and photos from his past.

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The man behind the story. Friend of

Sergei Skripal have provided the BBC

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with the first detailed account of

his life, including these personal

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pictures. Here Skripal is in the

centre with his daughter Yulia, just

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after her birth in 1984. Both are

now fighting for their lives.

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Skripal

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Skripal was grew up listening to the

world service on the radio. He

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joined the eairborne troop and

became a charm beyondship army

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boxer. This was him a few years

later with colleagues serving in

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central Asia. When Soviet troops

went into Afghanistan in 1979, he

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was among the first to go in. Soon

after he was talented spotted by the

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GRU military intelligence. He served

undercover in Europe twice in the

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80s and the 90s. It's during that

time it's thought hes with

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approached by British intelligence

to spy for them. In 2004 he was

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arrested, friends say his shoulder

was wrenched out of its socket in

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the process. He was sentenced to 13

years in a labour camp but in 2010

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he was released as part of a spy

swap. He had dreamed of ice-cream

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and it was the first thing he asked

for on his release. He was reunited

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with his wife and they began to

rebuild a life in Salisbury shech

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grew roses while he liked to

barbecue sausages. It was short

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lived. In 2012 she died of cancer.

Friends told the BBC he spent his

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time playing World War II tank games

on his computer and visiting local

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military museums. The BBC

understands from friends that during

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his time in the labour camp Skripal

would imagine being a home in his

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mind. They say they hope he'll be

using the same trick now as he

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fights for his life. Gordon Corera,

BBC News.

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Our home affairs correspondent, Tom

Symonds, is in Salisbury for us now.

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An extraordinary week in Salisbury,

what can people expect to see

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in the next few days or weeks?

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Well here more evidence gathering.

That's going to take days and

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possibly weeks. I think we can

expect that this process will go on

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and on. There are going to be no

quick, easy answers. The Litvinenko

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case took years to get to the bottom

of. I don't think we can expect the

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police to give what they often call

a "running commentary" on their

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progress. Ministers will be watching

them every step of the way. There is

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a meeting of the Government's Cobra

emergency committee tomorrow.

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Ministers say we can expect tough

action once they get to the bottom

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of what this was all about. Of

course the big question is - will

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the finger be pointed at Russia?

Fiona.

Tom Symonds in Salisbury.

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Thank you.

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The Old Dotard is to

meet Little Rocket Man.

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President Trump has agreed to meet

the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

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in a surprise move after months

of tension and name calling.

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But the White House added tonight

that no meeting could take

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place until North Korea

takes concrete action.

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South Korea claims that Kim Jong-un

is committed to denuclearisation

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and an end to nuclear

and missile tests.

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Our North America correspondent,

Nick Bryant, reports.

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Like the kid who couldn't keep the

secret. Donald Trump slipped into

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the White House press room and told

reporters to expect a huge statement

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on a big subject.

Here we go, here

we go.

Sure enough, a delegation

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from South Korea soon stepped before

the microphones to make one of the

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most jaw dropping diplomatic

announcements in decades. After

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delivering to the President a

personal message from Kim Jong-un.

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He expressed his eagerness to meet

President Trump as soon as possible.

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President Trump appreciated the

briefing and said he would meet Kim

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Jong-un by May to achieve permanent

denuclearisation.

Prior to arriving

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in Washington, they had held a

meeting in Pyongyang with Kim

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Jong-un offering a warm hand of

friendship rather than rattling his

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usual sabre. On state TV the

soundtrack doubled as diplomatic

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mood music because the North Korean

leader offered to abandon his

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nuclear arsenal in return for if

security guarantees in the United

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States. Kim Jong-un sent them off

not just with a wave, but an

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invitation to Mr Trump the most

improbable of overtures. Donald

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Trump abreed to the invitation

instantly, apparently without

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pre-conditions, without even con

youing aides. Perhaps that explains

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the confusion at the White House

with aides playing catch-up and

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demanding actions by North Korea

before the summit can take place.

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President will not have the meeting

without seeing concrete steps and

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concrete actions take place by North

Korea. So the President would

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actually be getting something.

Frankly, the world would be getting

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something.

North Korea's nuclear and

missile capability has posed the

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toughest foreign policy dilemma for

successive administrations. US

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presidents have turned down offers

of face-to-face meetings. Only

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yesterday America's top diplomat

ruled out directing talks with any

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US officials.

In terms of direct

talks with the United States and US

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negotiations, we're a long way from

negotiations.

What the White House

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is certain is about that the

President's tough talk has exerted

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maximum pressure on Pyongyang.

They

will be met with fire and fury like

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the world has never seen. Rocket Man

is on a suicide mission for himself

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and for his regime.

This is a huge

gamble which offers Pyongyang a

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propaganda coup without much ground

work and wouft a guarantee of

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success. All of Donald Trump's

presidential predecessors have

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failed to halt North Korea's nuclear

programme, so perhaps it's worth

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this dramatic new gesture. Two

leaders dealing with what is

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potentially the world's most

combustible problem. Diplomacy akin

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to a Las Vegas title fight. The

international summit of the century.

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Nick Bryant, BBC News, Washington.

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Today's announcement follows

something of a thaw in relations

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between North and South Korea,

that saw them march under a single

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flag at the Winter Olympics.

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The South Korean President,

Moon Jae-in says the planned meeting

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is "like a miracle."

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But how has the news gone down

in the capital, Seoul?

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Laura Bicker has been finding out.

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For months, Seoul wondered

if it faced the prospect

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of war once again.

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Today, it woke to better news.

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The prospect of a stunning Trump/Kim

summit has turned an impending

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crisis into an opportunity.

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The horror of the Korean War

is not forgotten here.

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The fighting ended

with no peace treaty.

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Now future generations hope

these talks will prevent

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further confrontation.

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TRANSLATION:

I think this

will be a turning point,

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and through this our future children

will benefit from living in a more

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free and peaceful world.

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TRANSLATION:

I think it is a good

thing for both countries,

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and as a South Korean citizen,

it's good that the threat of war has

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reduced, even by a little.

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TRANSLATION:

Even if things turn out

well, it won't benefit

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the people in North Korea.

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In the past, when the South Korean

President provided aid

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to North Korea, I heard almost none

of it went to the common people.

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So I don't think it's

going to turn out well.

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Decades of distrust and suspicion

divide North and South.

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People have learned that

hope can be a bad thing.

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I'm told it's hard to tell

what is real progress

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and what is propaganda.

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A strong word of caution.

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The road ahead is very long,

very complicated, very complex,

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and there's no guarantee

that the North will ever

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give up its nuclear

weapons easily, if at all.

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These talks are a huge

political gamble.

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Presidents Moon and Trump could be

being played by Pyongyang,

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or this peninsula could be

on the verge of something it's been

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searching for for nearly seven

decades, a peace treaty.

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This statue portrays two

brothers divided by the war,

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in a last, desperate embrace.

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There's a sense of cautious optimism

that this unresolved conflict

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could now have a happier ending.

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Laura Bicker, BBC News, Seoul.

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In a moment, we'll speak

to Nick Bryant at the White House,

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but first Laura Bicker joins

us from Seoul.

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It's an extraordinary diplomatic

turnaround to move the US

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and North Korea from trading insults

to having a meeting.

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How did South Korea pull this off?

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I think we have lost Laura in Seoul.

We will go back to her if we can.

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Nick, first we heard that Mr Trump

was going to meet Kim Jong-un,

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now he's putting

preconditions on any meeting.

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Is it likely to happen?

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Fiona, listening to the White House

briefing, we wondered whether

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President Trump was getting cold

feet, but according to senior aides,

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they say he really wants this to

happen. It is impulsive, the way he

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likes to conduct foreign policy. It

gives him a reality TV moment for

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the ages, his version of Nixon goes

to China. Another reason he finds it

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attractive is that no President has

ever done this before and he loves

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flying in the face of residential

orthodoxy. When it comes to North

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Korea, he believes with some

justification that his

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unconventional approach has worked

so far.

Laura, we have got you back.

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How has South Korea pull this off,

if it happens?

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if it happens?

President Moon saw an

opportunity and grabbed it. He heard

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Kim Jong Un's speech on New Year's

Day, peaceful overtures, invited the

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north to take part in the Winter

Olympics, which has seen a dizzying

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level of visits and diplomacy

between North and South,

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commentating in this moment. But

critics believe that President Moon

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is too close to the north. He is the

son of North Korean refugees and he

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has family based in the North. When

it comes to failed talks, he has

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been part of those before. So when

it comes to what he has to gain,

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that is obvious, that elusive peace

treaty and end to hostilities and

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perhaps a place in the history

books. But he has a lot to lose.

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Where does he go if this fails? And

when it comes to an end to

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diplomacy, what options will the US

put on the table if they decide

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diplomacy will not work? Those

military options will be back, and

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people here do not want to see that.

I am glad we managed to get hold of

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you. Thank you both.

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Let's take a brief look at some

of the day's other news stories.

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The first aid convoy since Monday

has crossed into the besieged Syrian

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rebel-held enclave of Eastern

Ghouta.

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The Red Cross sent 13 trucks loaded

with food but says it's not nearly

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enough to feed the thousands

of civilians there.

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They were also prevented from taking

in medical supplies.

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Britain is close to agreeing

a multi-billion pound deal to supply

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Saudi Arabia with 48

Typhoon fighter jets.

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The announcement coincided

with the last day of a visit

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by the new Saudi leader

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

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The trip has attracted criticism

because of the Saudi's role

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in the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

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The EU has said it may challenge

Donald Trump's decision to impose

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tariffs on steel and aluminium.

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It claims they are in breach

of World Trade Organisation rules.

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The British government said

that, as a close ally

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of the United States,

it would seek exemption

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from the tariffs.

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A leaked internal email

from the medical director

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of Northampton General Hospital

claims an elderly man waiting to be

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seen in A&E died "due entirely

to dangerous overcrowding

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in the department".

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Our correspondent James

Waterhouse is here.

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James, what more can you tell us?

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At 4pm on Wednesday, an 85-year-old

man went to Northampton General

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Hospital with stomach pains. He was

seen an hour and a half later and

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told he would have to stick around

because blood tests suggest a heart

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problem. He was put in a chair where

he would remain for seven hours

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before suffering cardiac arrest at

1am. And now you have this leaked

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e-mail from the medical director of

the trust which reads, last night a

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patient died, due entirely to the

dangerous overcrowding of the

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department. The risk we have all

been aware of but may have felt

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hypothetical, has just happened. The

trust has apologised to the family

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and called the outcome unacceptable.

Ideally the patient would not have

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waited so long, it goes on, we do

not know what difference this might

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have made to the final outcome. This

A&E unit has had 400 patients each

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day for the last few months, an

increase of 30% compared with the

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same period in the year before.

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The man accused of carrying out

the London Tube bombing

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at Parsons Green made no attempt

to deny he was responsible

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when he was arrested

the day after the attack,

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a court heard today.

0:19:410:19:42

The prosecution claims Ahmed Hassan,

who denies attempted murder,

0:19:420:19:44

told a detective

that he made the bomb.

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30 people were injured in September

last year when the bomb partially

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exploded in a Tube carriage.

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June Kelly was in court.

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Ahmed Hassan on his way to Brighton,

hours after leaving a bomb

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on an underground train in London.

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Two years on from his arrival

in the UK, the teenage asylum seeker

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had caused mayhem

in its capital city.

0:20:030:20:06

Hassan later headed for Dover,

where he made for the port area.

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The jury at his trial has seen this

CCTV footage of his movements.

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On the run, he hung around this area

until the following morning.

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And it was here, 24 hours

after the Tube attack,

0:20:200:20:22

the police identified him

as a wanted man.

0:20:220:20:26

In an initial interview

with counter-terrorism

0:20:260:20:29

detectives from Scotland Yard,

Hassan was asked,

0:20:290:20:33

"Who made the device?"

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And he replied, "I did."

0:20:350:20:36

In response to further questions,

he said there might be a few

0:20:360:20:39

grams of the explosive,

TATP, at his home address.

0:20:390:20:43

Hassan's device created a fireball

when it partially exploded

0:20:430:20:46

on an Underground train at Parsons

Green station in west London.

0:20:460:20:51

The jury was told today the bomb

was packed with shrapnel,

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including nuts, bolts,

screws, drill bits and knives.

0:20:540:21:01

And it contained 400 grams

of the explosive TATP.

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It would have been lethal if it

had fully detonated.

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This was the evidence

from an explosives expert,

0:21:080:21:10

who went on to the train.

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The prosecution evidence at this

trial is now drawing to a close

0:21:140:21:17

and Hassan's defence case is due

to start next week.

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June Kelly, BBC News,

at the Old Bailey.

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Increasing numbers of young

British Muslim women are choosing

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to wear a hijab or headscarf.

0:21:290:21:30

It's not without controversy.

0:21:300:21:31

Women in some Muslim

countries, like Iran,

0:21:310:21:33

are campaigning against it

as a symbol of oppression.

0:21:330:21:36

But here some women

are taking the opposite view,

0:21:360:21:38

seeing it as empowering,

even a feminist statement.

0:21:380:21:41

It's increasingly evident in the

world of fashion and social media.

0:21:410:21:45

And a major modelling agency has

just signed its first British

0:21:450:21:48

catwalk model who wears a hijab.

0:21:480:21:51

Nomia Iqbal investigates.

0:21:510:21:57

The spotlight is on the hijab.

0:21:570:21:59

Many Muslim women choose

to wear it proudly.

0:21:590:22:02

For some, it's an act of modesty.

0:22:020:22:04

For others, in countries like Iran,

forced to wear it, it's a symbol

0:22:040:22:07

to remove in protest.

0:22:070:22:10

It may divide opinion,

but hijab is going high fashion.

0:22:100:22:17

20-year-old model, Shahira Yusuf,

has been signed up by Storm,

0:22:170:22:21

the agency that found supermodel,

Kate Moss.

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Shahira is one of the first

British models with a hijab

0:22:260:22:29

taking to the catwalk.

0:22:290:22:32

Yeah, definitely don't want to be

considered a token girl.

0:22:320:22:36

I don't want these models

like ethnic models or models

0:22:360:22:39

from different religious backgrounds

to just pave the way,

0:22:390:22:42

I want the way to stay there,

become the norm within society.

0:22:420:22:45

Because it is the norm outside

of the modelling sphere.

0:22:450:22:52

Shahira is becoming

the face of Modest Fashion.

0:22:520:22:56

At the show in London,

Muslim designers have come

0:22:560:22:59

from all over the world

to promote their clothes.

0:22:590:23:02

The market for Modest Fashion

is on course to be worth billions.

0:23:020:23:07

I grew up in a Muslim family

and none of the the women

0:23:070:23:10

in my family wore the hijab.

0:23:100:23:11

None of my Muslim

friends wore it either.

0:23:110:23:13

But now, more and more young

women are wearing it.

0:23:130:23:18

The reason why I wear

it is to number one, cover my hair.

0:23:180:23:22

And number two, to be honest,

I actually enjoy wearing the hijab,

0:23:220:23:24

I enjoy covering my hair,

I enjoy the Hijabs I have today

0:23:240:23:27

I feel like it makes a statement.

0:23:270:23:31

It's part of who I am,

it's my crown.

0:23:310:23:33

The hijab to me is empowerment

and it's feminism and it's taking

0:23:330:23:36

control and ownership

of what I choose

0:23:360:23:37

to show to the world.

0:23:370:23:40

Being online has given some women

a powerful platform.

0:23:400:23:43

Social media star, Mariah Idrissi,

has a huge following on Instagram.

0:23:430:23:48

The hijab is a part of me,

it's part of my career

0:23:480:23:50

and its representation.

0:23:500:23:52

You know, we shouldn't be ashamed

or shy to represent who we are.

0:23:520:23:56

If you are a model wearing a hijab,

and you're on Instagram and having

0:23:560:23:59

thousands of people following you,

aren't you doing the opposite

0:23:590:24:01

of what the hijab is

supposed to be about?

0:24:010:24:05

The mainstream media,

western media isn't

0:24:050:24:09

representing Muslims on TV,

in fashion, anywhere.

0:24:090:24:12

The only time we are represented

is for something bad.

0:24:120:24:14

I just saw this as, you know I'm

going on the news and I'm talking

0:24:140:24:18

about something that's not

about terrorism, not

0:24:180:24:20

about women being oppressed,

I'm talking about fashion.

0:24:200:24:23

Some campaigners for Muslim womens'

rights think the hijab's popularity

0:24:230:24:26

is a political statement.

0:24:260:24:29

They feel uneasy about its use

as an expression of identity.

0:24:290:24:33

Modest does not mean

you need to wear the hijab.

0:24:330:24:38

Modesty goes beyond that in your

behaviour and your way of dressing.

0:24:380:24:43

I don't need to prove to anybody

what I am, but in the hijab,

0:24:430:24:46

you are singling yourself

and proving something unnecessary,

0:24:460:24:51

especially in the Western world.

0:24:510:24:56

The hijab means different things

to different people.

0:24:560:25:00

Shahira believes you can wear it

and be a successful model.

0:25:000:25:02

Her dream?

0:25:020:25:05

The cover of British Vogue,

wearing her hijab.

0:25:050:25:08

Nomia Iqbal, BBC News.

0:25:080:25:16

Sir John Sawers then has died. His

work in decoding the sequence of

0:25:210:25:28

human DNA, the building blocks of

life, saw him awarded the prize back

0:25:280:25:31

in 2002.

0:25:310:25:34

The Winter Paralympics

are under way in South Korea.

0:25:340:25:36

North and South Korea didn't march

together under a unified flag

0:25:360:25:40

in the opening ceremony as they did

at last month's Winter Olympics

0:25:400:25:42

because they failed to agree

on which version to use.

0:25:420:25:45

Britain is being represented by 17

athletes, as Kate Grey

0:25:450:25:47

reports from Pyeongchang.

0:25:470:25:49

The biggest Winter

Paralympics to date.

0:25:490:25:50

Drummers and dancers,

the traditional charms

0:25:500:25:51

of Korea opening the show.

0:25:510:25:52

The weather playing its part too -

nothing could be done

0:25:520:25:55

about the fog-covered fireworks.

0:25:550:25:57

And heavy snow had prevented a full

rehearsal so a slight flag

0:25:570:26:00

hiccup could be forgiven.

0:26:000:26:02

But the flags were in full flight

when it came to the parade,

0:26:020:26:05

some more than others.

0:26:050:26:10

And here they come, Great Britain.

0:26:100:26:13

Owen Pick leading the way,

a great honour for the soldier

0:26:130:26:16

turned snowboarder.

0:26:160:26:17

And the British team certainly

enjoying the party atmosphere.

0:26:170:26:21

The International Paralympic

Committee had wanted North Korea

0:26:210:26:24

and South Korea to march out under

a unified flag but these Games

0:26:240:26:27

will be North Korea's debut

Winter Paralympics so the team

0:26:270:26:30

preferred to walk out separately.

0:26:300:26:34

The host nation completed

the procession but the cold

0:26:340:26:36

temperature meant no hanging around,

with all teams snaking

0:26:360:26:40

in and out of the stadium.

0:26:400:26:42

The crowd were treated

to an eclectic mix -

0:26:420:26:45

a snowboarding bear,

weird and wonderful contraptions

0:26:450:26:48

on wheels, and the floor putting

on its own dazzling show

0:26:480:26:51

with the help of performers.

0:26:510:26:59

Paralympics GB have a target of six

to 12 medals here in South Korea

0:26:590:27:02

and their best chances could come

from the ski slopes.

0:27:020:27:05

Rising stars Menna Fitzpatrick

and her guide, Jen Kehoe,

0:27:050:27:08

will compete across the five Alpine

skiing events and could be two

0:27:080:27:12

the big names of these Games.

0:27:120:27:16

There's a really good buzz

in the camp, the mood

0:27:160:27:18

is really, really positive.

0:27:180:27:19

It feels like a real family.

0:27:190:27:20

There's a real identity,

there's a real cohesion,

0:27:200:27:22

you can feel the support.

0:27:220:27:26

With the cauldron lit

and the fog finally clearing

0:27:260:27:28

for the firework finale,

organisers will hope it

0:27:280:27:31

will now be about the sport

and not the weather.

0:27:310:27:34

Kate Grey, BBC News, Pyeongchang.

0:27:340:27:39

That's it.

0:27:390:27:40

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