17/08/2014 BBC Weekend News


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It has been revealed that 35 migrants discovered in the shipping

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container in Essex are Sikhs from Afghanistan. Video footage shows the

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moment they were released after 12 hours in the dark. Many of them,

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women and children. There have been more US air strikes

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on Islamic State extremists in northern Iraq. Now David Cameron

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says Britain's military prowess may be needed if they are to be

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defeated. A man has been shot and is

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critically injured after more clashes in the US state of Missouri.

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And England thrash India in the fifth and final Test - to complete a

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3-1 series victory. A very good evening to you. Police

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say they believe 35 migrants found locked in a shipping container at

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Tilbury Docks in Essex came from Afghanistan and are of the Sikh

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faith. One man died and some of the others, including children, needed

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hospital treatment after being discovered yesterday morning. New

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video footage shows the moment they emerged from the container. They are

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thought to be the victims of trafficking.

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Our correspondent is at Tilbury Docks for us now. Andy?

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Throughout the day, police have been talking to the 30 migrants who are

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well enough to be interviewed. It will be a long and difficult

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process. Interpreters are needed and police are well aware these people

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have been through a traumatic experience. I should warn you about

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flashing images in this report. All day long members of the local Sikh

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community have come to the port terminal where the group is being

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interviewed. They have brought food, clothes and soft toys for the

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children. We know there are at least seven. Medical staff have been in

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attendance. The moment when the container was opened up yesterday

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morning and its cargo of terrified men, women and children spilt out

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into the open air. They had been inside for at least 12 hours. Police

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officers and border staff do their best to help. Some of the migrants

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are quite clearly injured. Others are traumatised and cold.

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The emergency services warm them up in whatever way they can. Police say

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the people being interviewed here have suffered a terrible ordeal.

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They say they are the victims of human trafficking. Their main

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concern at the moment is for their health and welfare. Human

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trafficking across Europe is an insidious and lucrative business. .

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This particular group, I understand they are from Afghanistan. They

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probably would have been transported overland from Afghanistan, up to one

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of the borders in the Balkans and possibly into the European Union

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that way. And then they would have paid for

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on-ward passenger up to wherever they were picked up and headed for

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the UK. There were fears at one stage there may be another container

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with more people on board, but that has been ruled out. Police across

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Europe are now doing their utmost to find the traffickers who put this

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group of migrants through an ordeal they were lucky to survive.

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David Cameron says Britain's military prowess will be needed to

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defeat the jihadist group Islamic State in Iraq. Writing in the Sunday

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Telegraph, the Prime Minister said, a human response to the crisis there

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is not enough. He also warned militants could target Britain. Our

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political correspondent has the story.

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Islamic State militants striking a triumphant pose and despite recent

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attacks on their positions, the Prime Minister says they represent a

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significant threat. Controlling thousands of Square Miles of

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territories spanning the border between northern Iraq and Syria. In

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a newspaper article, he declares: We need a firm security response,

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whether it is military action to go after the terrorists, or

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uncompromising action against terrorists at home.

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UK forces have within delivering aid to northern Iraq and an offer to

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provide Kurdish forces with equipment. For all the talk of

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military activity, the Prime Minister is making it clear there'll

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be no invading forces, no new Iraq war. The Prime Minister's rhetoric

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is powerful. That doesn't mean it will be followed by swift action.

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Instead, he is preparing us for a protracted struggle against Islamic

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extremism. One he says could last his whole political lifetime. He's

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been very clear, there's a home front in this battle too.

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I am... It is estimated as many as 500 British citizens are fighting

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alongside militants in Iraq. The Prime Minister says any show of

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support here in the UK, even displaying an Islamic State flag,

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could lead to arrest. Some critics say this will be count

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counterproductive. For now, he has the opposition's backing. He'll have

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my full support in working the law enforcement agencies w the police,

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with intelligence agencies to make sure that as best we possibly can,

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British agencies are tracking and assessing the nature of any threat

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to UK citizens. There has been criticism from leading figures in

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the Church of England. They are concerned the Government doesn't

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have a coherent strategy for trackling extremism. They say as a

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last resort Britain should offer asylum to those fleeing the

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conflict. We have a moral of obligation, given how we were

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involved in the war in Iraq a decade ago. Much of the mess is partly our

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doing. The Iraq war casts a long political shadow. The Prime Minister

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insists it won't stop him taking action to tackle extremism now.

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Well, in Iraq, Kurdish fighters say they have retaken large parts of a

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dam near Mosul. Captured by Islamic State extremisms. US planes and

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drones were involved in the operation. Humanitarian efforts are

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continuing, to help tens of thousands of people from the Yazidi

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minority, who have been forced from their homes by extremists. Our

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correspondent sent us this report. A whole people put to flight by the

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Islamic State. Exhausted, terrified - the Yazidis

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suffered many individual tragedies, as they fled in their thousands. At

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a hospital in Syria, we learned of one of the most heartbreaking

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stories. The little boy is disabled,

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paralysed down one side. He was found by Kurdish fighters,

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abandoned and dying in the desert. Doctors think he lay in 50 degrees

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heat, looking into the blazing sun for more than a day. His eyes dried

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out. The cornea is scorched and infected. No-one knows his name or

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where his parents are and no-one knows why he was left behind. Other

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refugees believe his mother no longer had the strength to carry him

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and had to make the awful choice - which child to safe.

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Islamic State gunmen started to shoot at people, says one refugee,

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giving me the commonly accepted version of events. The boy's mother

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panicked, she dropped him and just ran, so he was left behind.

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Over the border, in Iraq, American warplanes and drones carried out 14

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air strikes. This was to help ease the

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humanitarian crisis, said a US military spokesman and also to help

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the Kurdish ground forces. A Kurdish offensive is reported to

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have captured large parts of the Mosul dam today. It has been in the

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hands of the Islamic State for the past fortnight. This is a difficult

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fight, say the Kurds. We are not talking here about a

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bunch of amateur jihadists, who want to go to heaven. They have an

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agenda. They have an army, an army. They have money, finances, they have

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oil. They are controlling water resources. They are controlling the

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territory of two countries - Syria and Iraq. There are refugee camps

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spread across the whole region. Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and here in

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Iraq. Some of the camps like this one are starting to get an air of

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permanence about them. These people, Syrian Kurds, fled to

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Iraq two-and-a-half years ago. The jihadis were not powerful then, but

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they used the chaos of Syria's sift war to become stronger and stronger.

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Now they are using the fighting in Iraq to try and carve out their own

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Islamic caliphate - their own state, that they hope will make the borders

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between Iraq and Syria simply irrelevant. The jihadis are reported

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to be gaining more territory in northern Syria. For these and other

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refugees it may be a long wait before they can go home.

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A man has been shot and critically injured in more violence prompted by

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the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Missouri. It happened on

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the first night of the curfew, in Ferguson, in St Louis. These images

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are shocking many Americans. For some, it was a police force behaving

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like an invading army, in a small town in Missouri.

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Demonstrators were on the street, defying a curfew, calling not only

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for justice, but an end to police heavy-handedness.

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Police said they wouldn't fire tear gas, but as the night progressed,

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that is just what they did. In the chaos, there were shots fired

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and several people were arrested. Police say their response was

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proportionate. We have a victim who may lose a life. We had a subject in

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the middle of the road, with a handgun. We had a police car shot at

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tonight and yes, I think that was a proper response tonight.

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To maintain officers' safety and public safety. There's been a week

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of unrest since Michael Brown was shot dead by police. He was 18 and

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unarmed. Two days ago, just as tensions

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seemed to be lifting, police released CCTV footage which they say

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shows him acting aggressively and stealing cigars. They admit the

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officer who shot him multiple times had not known he was a robbery

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suspect. There have been calls from the police for the police -- from

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the President for the police here to act more responsibly. The community

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here feels nor antagonised and they are preparing for more confrontation

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tonight. Scotland's First Minister, Alex

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Salmond, has admitted he could have made his position on the future

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currency on an independent Scotland clearer during his recent TV debate.

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He said he wished he had explained that in more detail. He was pressed

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on the issue by Alistair Darling of the Better Together campaign. The

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next televised debate will be a week tomorrow. The Foreign Ministers of

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Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have begun a meeting in Berlin to

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try and find ways of easing the situation in Ukraine. Today, trucks

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from a Russian convoy, sent by Moscow, to contain humanitarian aid,

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reached a border crossing, but were deemed not to have the necessary

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paperwork to be allowed through. Ukraine says the convoy is in fact a

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cover to smuggle in military supplies.

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In sport, England have beaten India by a hefty innings and 244 runs in

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the fifth and final Test to win the series 3-1. It completes a

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remarkable turn around for England's cricketers after a dismalstart to

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the summer. Joe of Wilson has all the details.

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Sunday at the Oval, the final verdict about to be delivered to

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India. England hit the ball around for an hour or so. Joe Root not out.

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India 338 behind. Murali Vijay out to James Anderson. We were not at

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lunch yet. Gautam Gambhir was desperate to get

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away from Anderson. The umpire thought it was close. It was out. It

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was 9-2. So, who wanted the wickets? Broad got Rahane. Only Dhoni stood

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up for India recently. This time he was gone for none. Four wickets for

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Jordan. When he got rid of Kohli it was 66. It England made this look so

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simple it is easy to forget where they were three weeks ago - behind

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in the series, without a win any where for almost a year. There'll be

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sterner tests to come next summer. Right now, they have earnt the right

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to feel good about themselves. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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have enjoyed their best European athletics championships ever.

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Winning 12 gold. Mo Farah cruised to victory this in the 5,000 metres to

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claim his second gold in Zurich. And Greg Rutherford added the European

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gold to his Olympic and Commonwealth long jump titles.

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In football, Liverpool have begun their campaign with a 2-1 win at

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home to Southampton. Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0. Goals from David

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Silva and this late finish from Sergio Aguero sealed all the points.

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There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel and I will

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be back with the late news at

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