06/09/2014 BBC Weekend News


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There's uncertainty over whether a ceasefire between government

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forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine is holding.

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Both sides have made unconfirmed claims that the deal -

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agreed yesterday to halt five months of fighting - has been breached

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The EU has agreed further sanctions against Russia, but said they could

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be avoided if the ceasefire is observed and Russia withdraws any

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From Donetsk, Richard Galpin reports.

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Donetsk is a much calmer city than 24-hour 's ago, the heavily

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artillery fire no longer echoing through the streets, this is what it

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had been like when just two days ago we witnessed the aftermath of heavy

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shelling on a residential area of the city. Five people reportedly

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killed. Today we drove out to the western side of the city. Here, much

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evidence of the battles of recent weeks. Just a few hundred meters

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down the road, Donetsk airport, this has been the scene of the most

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fierce fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels in the city. Since

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we have been here, we have heard a couple of explosions and some

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gunshots. But it seems overall the cease-fire is holding here.

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TRANSLATION I have not heard anything, people in

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the bus I took today also said they did not hear anything, they stopped

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firing here around 5pm yesterday. Both sides already accuse each other

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of violating the cease-fire. Today a spokesman 's for the Ukrainian

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military said troops came under fire 28 times since yesterday evening.

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The rebel leaders believe they are the ones under attack, but they

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openly said their goal remains the creation of an independent state

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here. TRANSLATION Of course I will be glad if missile

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stopped exploding here but I will be more satisfied when the rebel army

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reaches the board of Romania. Then there will be an independent state

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called the new Russia. Ash macro the board of mania.

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Across the region it seems the cease-fire is holding the now

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although it is still a very fragile peace.

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The clinic in the Czech Republic which is prepared to treat

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a five year old boy with brain cancer says doctors will decide

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on Monday whether he's well enough to travel to Prague for treatment.

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Last night, a High Court judge ruled that Ashya King's family could take

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him to a clinic in Prague to receive proton beam therapy.

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Nick Beake is in Malaga, where Ashya and his family are.

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What is the latest? Well, this morning Ashya's family have been

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meeting with doctors and health officials, trying to finalise a plan

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which would see him discharged from hospital. A place where he's been

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treated this week. In the last ten minutes or so the lawyer for the

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family has arrived and he's been bringing is up-to-date with how the

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family are faring and how is doing. He is in perfect conditions to

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travel at the moment, he's playing with toys, with his parents. With

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his brother. And we are preparing the last documentation to travel.

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Well, the lawyer said Ashya's parents for their part, they were

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extremely grateful to the High Court judge in London, who said yes, now

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the family control to Prague for the proton beam treatment that they

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wanted. Remember it was nine days ago they decided to take him away

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without the consent of the doctors in Southampton, where he was

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treated. It's set in chain a series of events nobody could have

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predicted. It led to them being arrested here in Spain, detained for

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some time in a Spanish jail and separated for some time from their

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son. The latest though, is that Ashya is welcome in terms of when he

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could travel to the Czech Republic, the lawyer says this will happen

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either tomorrow or Monday -- that he is well.

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A man's appeared in court accused of murdering an elderly widow

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82 year old Palmira Silva was attacked in her garden on Thursday

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Nicholas Salvador, who's also been charged with

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attacking a police officer, has been remanded in custody.

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The government in Sierra Leone is preparing to impose

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a three day nationwide 'lockdown' - later this month - to try to halt

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The West African nation is one of the countries worst hit

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by the deadly disease which has claimed more than 2,000 lives.

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The fight to contain the deadly Ebola virus is on the move. This

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research team from South Africa has established a mobile laboratory in

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Sierra Leone's capital Freetown that health experts hope will drastically

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reduce the time taken to diagnose the disease. A matter of hours

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instead of days. It comes as the country announces a locked down to

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try to keep any spread to the minimum possible. Unfortunately

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there is no evidence yet that we control the outbreak, it is becoming

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even worse. With health workers in need of urgent supplies as they try

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to identify and isolate new cases of the Ebola virus across West Africa,

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the UN issued a rescue call and an appeal the $600 million. We have

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seen courageous and sponsors of health personnel, we are determined

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to show solidarity with them, and scalable efforts to tackle the

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epidemic. This is a huge and serious challenge and we are organising to

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meet it, and I am convinced we can succeed. In Sierra Leone, as in

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neighbouring countries, contain and control is the immediate strategy.

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Teams of volunteers will be deployed to make sure residents stay indoors

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for three days, but the lockdown is not due for nearly two weeks. With

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the virus spreading, it could be months before the epidemic is

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brought under control. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is

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at 5.40 - bye for now. Quite a lot of cloud has built up

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across the British Isles at the moment, it is not dry everywhere,

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this weather front is bringing rain across northern England and Wales.

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