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In the Gaza conflict, both sides offer ceasefires and

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blame each other as the fighting rages on.

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Once again, it's often civilians who are in the firing line.

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There are more casualties in Israel - it claims Hamas has violated its

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Ukrainian troops pour into the area where the Malaysian

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Airlines crashed ten days ago there are reports of heavy fighting.

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Order! Questions to the Prime Minister.

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The Labour leader says the public should have

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their own weekly question time with the Prime Minister.

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And Laura Trott wins gold for England at the Commonwealth Games.

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President Obama has called for an immediate and unconditional

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truce between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.

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After three weeks of fighting, Israel and Hamas had both offered

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ceasefires today, but ended up launching new attacks on each other.

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1,032 Palestinians have been killed since the Israeli assault began.

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45 Israelis have died - all but two of them soldiers.

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Today was supposed to be quiet in Gaza. Israel extended its

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cease-fire. But Hamas did not. This was filmed by the Israeli military.

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They say it shows rockets being fired from a school across the board

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into Israel. What is the benefit to the Palestinian people of Hamas

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breaking the truce and then having massive Israeli air fire? We are

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looking for a total agreement and a full agreement that will end the

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killing and lift the siege totally and get our freedom. This was

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Israel's response. It has just gone 10am in the morning. We were told

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that Israel was a deer into the cease-fire and that we were OK to

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travel in this area but we are hearing a fairly constant barrage of

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artillery and we have seen smoke rising in a number of different

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locations. There! EXPLOSION And intense bombardment followed.

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Israel had declared its cease-fire over, but many residents were simply

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unaware. The young mother said she was

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running away with her children, echoes, her house had just been hit.

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Just now. And while we talked to another

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landing. EXPLOSION

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They didn't even flinch. He says the shelling has become normal, even for

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the children. It may have become normal for some, but no less

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deadly. Emergency teams being called out. People have been injured.

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Four people have been wounded. They said they had been working on their

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farm. All of them had shrapnel wounds.

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Even for a rescue workers the risks have been come every day -- become

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everyday. There was hope of a longer cease-fire, even a peace process,

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but this feels far from over. Israel has admitted its forces did

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fire on a UN-run school in Gaza last week, in which 15

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people are said to have died. Israel claims one stray mortar

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hit the school courtyard - which The Israeli Prime Minister,

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Benjamin Netanyahu, has defended the Gaza operation,

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saying Hamas broke its own truce Orla Guerin reports from

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Southern Israel. Mid-afternoon in Israel, a message

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from Hamas. A rocket landed one hour into a cease-fire, which it had

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announced. The homeowner was moderately wounded. And here,

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Israel's response. The government insists it is pounding Gaza to stop

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the rockets and to destroy a network of tunnels that can be used to

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launch attacks. Israeli troops remain in position here close to the

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Gaza border and they are still in position on the other side. In

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recent days the defence minister has said the ground operation could be

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broadened significantly. 20 days on, by Israeli standards, the Army

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has already suffered heavy losses and we are just hearing the sound

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now of outgoing fire. The justice minister Tzipi Livni was at the

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bedside of one of the wounded troops. We are not allowed to show

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his face. Israel has lost 43 soldiers, but it has killed hundreds

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of Palestinian civilians. How can Israel try to justify raining

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missiles down on one of the most densely populated areas on Earth? We

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have tried to stop more than once. Just yesterday we took a decision in

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the Israeli government to have a humanitarian cease-fire but Hamas

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said no. She would not comment further but internationally the

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questions keep coming about the huge number of innocent victims. On a

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hill overlooking Gaza Israelis come to watch the warfare. For some a

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spectator sport and four others a painful blister. I believe in peace

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and I'm still hoping for peace. It's the first time I feel we didn't have

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a choice. It's the first time it happened to me. But we need to do

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what we need to do for now and let's hope that after that we are going to

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start talking about peace. Few here expect that. Cease-fires may come

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and go but there is no Palestinian state on the horizon. What Israelis

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are fighting for now is an end to the rockets.

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There are reports of heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, close to

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the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 crashed ten days ago.

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Government forces are trying to regain control of the area

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It means a team of Dutch and Australian police officers have

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been forced to postpone a visit to the crash site.

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Today, Ukrainian government forces rolled through countryside right

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near the crash site of Flight MH17. Four months pro-Russian rebels have

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controlled this area, but throughout this weekend there has been fierce

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fighting nearby and gains for Ukraine's government. Not far-away

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the city of Horlivka, where there has been heavy shelling. The video

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seems genuine. Civilians have been killed today, including children.

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Horlivka is near the strategically important rebel controlled city of

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Donetsk. Advances by Ukraine's Army suggests they are trying to control

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two main roads. The Ukrainian government believes they are key

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supply lines from Russia for rebel forces in the city. And not far away

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the crash site of Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove. That is

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where this Dutch police and forensics team wanted to go today.

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But they decided it wasn't safe. The Dutch Prime Minister said sending in

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an armed team to the crash site is not an option. TRANSLATION: The

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separatists have many heavily armed men close to the Russian border.

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Achieving military superiority through an international mission in

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this region is not realistic. Meanwhile, the US State Department

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released these satellite images. The US says this one shows marks on the

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ground where multiple rocket launchers were fired by Russia. Over

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its border and into Ukraine. Moscow says Washington is guilty of blatant

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lives. -- lies. But in the Dutch city of Hilversum where they are

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identifying the victim 's tributes for those 298 passengers. Their

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families want the truth, but it is proving hard for those countries

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seeking answers. Here, the Deputy

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Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said Russia should not be allowed to host

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the next World Cup in four years Our Political correspondent

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Ross Hawkins is here. So Ross,

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is this now government policy? Is this government policy? There is

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no sign at all that this is what British diplomats will be arguing

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for internationally. A completely different tone from Downing Street.

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In their statement they said the prime and it believes we should not

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push for an immediate boycott. I spoke to say Hugh Robertson who was

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the Olympics minister and then a Foreign Office minister. He said he

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thought Nick Clegg was right in principle, but in practice you would

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need the agreement of all the European football authorities and

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UEFA and he thought that was pretty unlikely. He stood down at the last

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reshuffle. What will happen, though, is EU ambassadors will meet over the

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next couple of days to hammer out a sanctions regime, and economic

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sanctions regime, against Russia and there is an awareness in the UK at

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the moment, that if they are not successful on Monday and Tuesday, it

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is possible that ministers and conceivably even the Prime Minister

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could have to travel to Brussels to get a deal. Thank you for joining

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us. The Labour leader Ed Miliband says

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the public should get the chance to interrogate the Prime Minister

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in regular sessions at Parliament. MPs currently put questions to

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the Prime Minister on a Wednesday - now Mr Miliband says voters should

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have the same opportunity. Our political correspondent

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Adam Fleming reports. The familiar sound of

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Prime Minister's Questions, held every Wednesday at midday

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in the House of Commons. I think what we need is a public

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question time, where regularly members of the public in the Palace

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of Westminster on Wednesdays. Because I want to let the public

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in to our politics. ordinary voters sitting

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on the famous green benches. What is likely is that PMQs will

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take place in Westminster Hall, where the Commons has

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a lesser known sister chamber. Would you be first in the queue

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if people's PMQs happened? Yes I would,

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I have lots of questions. That is what we vote for - for them

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to get in there and debate things. We've got more important

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things to do. The Deputy Prime Minister hosts

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a radio phone in every week. And Ed Miliband is often

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on his soapbox. Voters really want the economy to

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function, crime to be tackled, immigration to be tackled, decent

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schools and decent hospitals. They say they want to be involved,

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but actually what they really want To make his plan a reality Ed

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Miliband needs the agreement of the MPs would then vote on whether to

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let the public in for people's PMQs. A new wave of violence is sweeping

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through the Central African Republic despite a ceasefire agreement

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between rival groups. The conflict began when Muslim

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rebels seized power last year. More than a million people have

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been forced from their homes. At the centre

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of the latest fighting is the remote town of Bambari, where

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the Muslim rebels have been fighting From there, our correspondent

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Andrew Harding reports. Armed men on the roads, a succession

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of burnt villages and no sign of the cease-fire. We are heading to

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Bambari, an isolated town at the centre of the new surge of violence

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in the Central African Republic. Gunshot wounds at the local

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hospital, mostly civilians here, Christians and Muslims targeted by

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rival militias, spreading terror through the surrounding countryside.

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TRANSLATION: My mother is there, my wife there, my Father and daughter

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are dead. There is several areas of fighting. Along several axis outside

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Bambari we found six villages being burned and every day we hear about

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new villages being burned. In town a few thousand Muslims are trapped in

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one neighbourhood, with no faith in a new cease-fire. TRANSLATION: The

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only solution is to split this country in two. The Muslims take one

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half. Meanwhile, the entire Christian population has fled to

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crowded camps on the outskirts. French troops now patrol the no

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man's land between the two religions. It brief show of force by

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some Muslim fighters blocking the way. Don't threaten us, he says. We

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will go where we want, when we want, the French officer replies. The town

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here is sharply divided between Christian and Muslim. The French are

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certainly making a difference, but there simply aren't enough of them

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to secure this whole country. And this violence here still has a

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lethal momentum. Nearby, the French stumble across an old man, naked and

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near death, abandoned here when the town split in two. It is hard to

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avoid comparisons with the wretched state of an entire nation.

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Here's John Watson at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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It's Day 4 of the games and the start

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of the athletics here with two gold medals already won at Hampden Park.

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The first gold of the day went to Australia's Michael

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Shelley in the men's marathon and double Olympic champion Laura Trott

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Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss rounds up the day's action.

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The day began amid a Glasgow gloom, with the marathon, that test of

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stamina on the streets. The slippery conditions didn't help, but the

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sizeable crowds did and through the grade charged the green and gold,

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Australia's Michael Shelley winning the men's race while the winnings

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Australia's Michael Shelley winning Daniel. At Hampden Park we have had

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the start of the track and field. This is the home of Scottish

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football and now an athletics arena. In the absence of some big stars is

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a chance for others to make their name. Like England's Adam Jamesie,

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fastest in the heat of the 100 metres and Betty Woodward, a silver

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in the parrots bought a long jump. There was gold for the man with the

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golden hair of Kenya, winning the 5000 metres. But the biggest roar

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went to the man who came last. 17-year-old from the Solomon Islands

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was lapped three times but cheered home like a champion. The day's

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tightest finish came in the velodrome. England's Laura Trott

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defying a kidney infection and Wales's Ellena Barker in the points

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race. I just gave it my best shot and when I saw that Ellena was one

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point ahead of me I thought I was dying but there was no way I was

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losing the race. But for the hosts the night belonged to a Shetland

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schoolgirl, 13-year-old Erin Davies, Scotland's youngest ever

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Commonwealth competitor taking bronze in the parrots winning. The

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home crowd have found a new favourite. -- para swimming.

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Italy's Vincenzo Nibali has been crowned champion at the climax

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of the Tour de France on the Champ-Elysees in Paris.

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The Italian is the sixth rider to win all three

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Earlier, the Dutch world champion, Marianne Vos, sprinted to victory

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In Formula One - the Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo

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But it was Lewis Hamilton who stole the show -

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recovering from having to start in the pit lane to finish third.

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It means Nico Rosberg's lead in the championship has been reduced

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In cricket - England began the third Test match

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Captain Alistair Cook coming close to ending a 14-month wait for a

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first Test century, making 95 as the hosts dominated the opening day.

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And a reminder of the main news: President Obama called on Israel and

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Hamas to agree an immediate cease-fire in Gaza to pave the way

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for a permanent peace deal. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me,

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stay with us on BBC1 - it's time

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