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The drugs company, Pfizer, has blocked the use of its products

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for lethal injections in the United States.

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It closes off the last remaining open source of drugs

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The company says it made products to enhance and save

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the lives of patients and strongly objected

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Lethal injections had for decades been seen in the US as the most

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humane way to carry out the death penalty. Three drugs are used, the

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first to render the prisoner unconscious, the second to paralyse

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and the bird to stop the heart. Cases such as that of Clayton

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Lockett, who in 2014 had suffered an agonising, protracted death at an

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Oklahoma State prison has resulted in a shift in drug suppliers being

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willing to be associated with the death penalty. Pfizer has followed

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20 American and European drugs companies in restricting products,

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issuing a statement saying, Pfizer makes its products to enhance and

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save the lives of patients. Pfizer is the second-largest global

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manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and also makes drugs used in every

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execution protocol across the US. They are putting in rigorous

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controls to make a huge difference to the landscape in terms of lethal

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injections which be carried out. Since 1976, more than 1400 people

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have been executed in the United States. Numbers peaked in 1999. Last

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year there were 28 executions. States will have to either turn to

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unofficial sources for the lethal drugs or change the method of

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execution. Hezbollah's top military

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commander in Syria was killed in artillery fire by jihadists,

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according to the Lebanese Mustafa Badreddine's death

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near Damascus airport was initially But a statement from the group says

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an investigation has shown he was killed in an artillery

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bombardment carried out by a Sunni Islamist

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group in the region. Officials in Peru say a Scottish

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woman, who was jailed for drugs smuggling, is to be

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released and sent home. Melissa Reid, who's 22

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was caught carrying cocaine with Michaella McCollum

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from County Tyrone in 2013. It's understood McCollum,

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who's already been freed, will have to remain in Peru as part

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of her parole conditions. Campaigners for and against

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Britain's membership of the European Union

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are taking their message to voters across the UK ahead

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of next month's referendum. Speaking in his Witney

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constitutency, David Cameron warned that leaving the EU would cost

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Britain billions of pounds But the former Cabinet minister

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and Leave campaigner, Owen Paterson, is due to tell a rally later that

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an exit from the EU would secure Rescue Committee, David Miliband,

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has called for an end Speaking ahead of a planned

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humanitarian summit taking place at the end of the month,

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he also called for the most vulnerable 10% of

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refugees to be resettled in developed countries,

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including the UK. This is the place even those

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hardened souls of the international This place in Kenya started life

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nearly 25 years ago as a way to offer a temporary home to those

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fleeing war in Somalia. But today it has grown

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to a sprawling city of some 35000. Now the Kenyan government has

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tried to shut it down, protests against the closure

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saying their forced return to Somalia would amount

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to a mass death sentence. If the problem seems insurmountable,

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that's because in its current There are 60 million

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displaced persons worldwide, 80% of them spend ten years

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as a refugee. Now major voices from the World Bank

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and the International Rescue Committee have told the BBC

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This Week's World it is The plan has got to be

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about the limited numbers who are going to be relocated

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to third countries, to richer countries,

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and the big new effort in the countries that are hosting

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refugees, which are on the borders of countries of civil wars,

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which is not countries in Europe Who need a new deal to recognise

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these are long-term problems that need an economic solution

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as well as a social solution. His idea, radical and let's be

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honest controversial, is that refugees the world over be

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allowed to work in the host country But the UN Humanitarian Summit takes

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place in Istanbul mid-May. Expect to hear more of this

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kind of thinking then. And you can see that interview

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in full on This Week's World with Emily Maitliss on BBC Two

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today at 5:20pm. 35,000 fans are expected

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at Wembley this afternoon for the Women's FA Cup

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final between Arsenal and Chelsea. Arsenal have won it

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13 times but Chelsea Live now to Wembley and our

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correspondent there, Sara Orchard. A very big day. A very big day. The

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fans are starting to filter into the stadium behind me. What makes this

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fixture perhaps a little more intriguing is that Arsenal Ladies

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and Chelsea ladies are two of the most established women's teams in

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the country but have never met in the cup final before. Arsenal Ladies

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are 13 times champion. Chelsea are the favourites. They are the current

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titleholders after their 1-0 win over Notts County last season. They

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are also completely unbeaten so far in the women's super league so far

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the sheer. Among the many fans who will be heading into watch, there is

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one seat reserved for the England manager, Mark Sampson. -- so far

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this year. They have some very important fixtures coming up,

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European qualifiers and he will be keeping a very close eye on

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proceedings if you do not want to miss a thing, live coverage on BBC

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One of the kick off at two p.m.. 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 5:10pm. Hello. I am going to take you back

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to last weekend when we had a summer. Temperatures soared to 27

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Celsius in

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