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The latest diplomatic push to stop the war in Syria.

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Talk of fresh sanctions but no breakthrough.

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As the bombs fall on Aleppo again, an international summit in London

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It could stop tomorrow morning, tonight, if Russia and the Assad

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regime would behave according to any norm or any standard of decency.

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As tensions rise at the Jungle camp in Calais, we hear from the children

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stranded there and hoping to come to Britain.

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40% of people are living in substandard homes. We have a special

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report. And, Andy Murray takes another step

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to becoming world number one A second round of international

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talks on Syria has ended, with no clear plan of how to stop

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the bombing by Russian and Syrian government forces of the northern

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city of Aleppo. Tougher sanctions on Moscow

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and Damascus were discussed, and no option is said

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to be off the table. But the Foreign Secretary Boris

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Johnson and his American counterpart John Kerry conceded that a military

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solution was "extremely difficult". The East of Aleppo is being

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pummelled into submission. That, at least, if the aim of this firepower.

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The air strikes by the regime and the Russians are relentless.

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Underneath the bombardment, a terrified civilians, as well as the

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opposition fighters that the Syrian Government is determined to defeat.

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Hundreds upon hundreds of people have died in Aleppo since the

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ceasefire collapsed last month. Many of them children buried under

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rubble. Both Russia and the regime are being accused of crimes against

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humanity. Far away from the Syrian battlefields, in London, yet more

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talks on how to end the carnage. It is a humanitarian disaster, the

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largest since World War II. It could stop tomorrow morning, tonight, if

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Russia and the Assad regime were to behave according to any norm or any

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standard of decency. What could the officials sitting around this table

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to put on the regime and their Russian backers? There are a lot of

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measures that we are proposing, to do with extra stanchions on the

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Syrian regime and their supporters, measures to bring those responsible

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to the International Criminal Court. These things will come to bite the

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perpetrators of these crimes. No mention of trying to stop the

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bombing with what Boris Johnson described as kinetic military

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options. There have been calls for a no-fly zone, or at least a no

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bombing zone. I have not seen a big appetite for people to go to war, I

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have not seen European Parliament ready to declare war, I do not see

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countries declaring that is the better solution. We are pursuing

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diplomacy because those are the tools that we have. On one important

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front, Islamic State militants have suffered another defeat. This is --

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rebels hacked by Turkey brought down the Islamic State flag. It is of

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little strategic significance, but it is worth Islamic State promised

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to fight a final apocalyptic battle with the West, so it is an important

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symbolic blow. But this is one front in the war, the wider conflict is no

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closer to an end, after all be talking in London today.

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On the face of it, it does not seem that these talks have achieved much.

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You are right, there were a lot of strong words and condemnation, and

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Boris Johnson appealed to Russia and Iran to show mercy to the people of

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Aleppo. There was talk of new economic sanctions, but they were

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not any concrete new proposals to put pressure on Russia and Syria.

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There is a feeling now that not much will change on that front until

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there is a new administration in the United States. No end, I think, to

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the bombing of Aleppo and the desperate plight of the civilians

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who are trapped there. Campaigners are calling

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on the Government to speed up as a matter of urgency its programme

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to resettle hundreds of unaccompanied children stranded

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in Calais, at the camp known Small groups have been

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allowed into the UK, but with the camp due to be

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demolished in the coming days, there's growing concern

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for those still living there. Our Special Correspondent Ed Thomas

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has spent the last week at the camp, The rush to escape

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the panic and the tear gas. 16 years old, and like many

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here, a teenager alone, Some of the children trying to get

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in those trucks were as young These are the images that make

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many in Britain nervous. Mohammed says he has

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no family in the UK, But hundreds of teenagers here say

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they do have relatives in the UK They're 14 and 16 and say they left

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Afghanistan six months ago. Jamshed says he is sad and wants

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to be with his father "We have given our names in,

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we don't know what to do," he says. If their family links are proven,

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the British Government has promised Charities here say some

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unaccompanied children have been All are vulnerable to

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people traffickers. One girl, who didn't

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want to go on camera, broke down as she told us

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how her friends were The charity Safe Passage UK

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estimates that 147 children have gone missing from this camp this

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year alone and three have been We filmed this young

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girl in the middle We watched her with a much older man

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walk from tent to tent. He is 13 and British

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officials are now in Calais, speaking to children like him,

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but still he waits. But first, Britain and France must

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agree who will care The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson,

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who led the campaign to leave the European Union,

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has defended writing a newspaper article in favour of the EU just

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two days before backing In the draft which wasn't published,

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he warned of the economic Mr Johnson now says he wrote

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the article, and another in favour of leaving the EU,

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in order to clarify his thoughts. May June the 24th be

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Independence Day for Britain. His decision to back Brexit

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was credited with giving the Leave campaign the boost it needed to win,

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but it's well known Boris Johnson had wavered over

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which side to support. Now an article never meant to be

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published has surfaced in which he made

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the case for Remain. Today, the now Foreign Secretary

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explained why he'd penned it. Everybody was trying to make

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up their minds about whether or not to leave the European Union and it's

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perfectly true that, back in February, I was wrestling

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with it like a lot of people in this country and I wrote a long piece

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which came down overwhelmingly

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in favour of leaving. I then thought I'd better

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see if I could make In the article, revealed today

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by the Sunday Times, Boris Johnson suggested Brexit

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could lead to an economic shock or the break-up of the UK,

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and he said access to the single market came with just

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a small membership free, directly contradicting his comments

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on the campaign trail. Are you saying there would be no

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reaction on the markets? I think it might be

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a very positive reaction. If we vote Leave on June 23rd,

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I believe we will galvanise this country, our economy

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and our democracy. Today, Boris Johnson said

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considering both sides of the debate I set them side-by-side

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and it was blindingly obvious what the right thing to do was,

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and I think the people For some, his early turmoil over

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Brexit reflects what's happening in Government now,

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where there are different views on what the UK's relationship

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with the EU should be and some Whilst the Government has

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a mandate to pull us out of the European Union,

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they don't have the That is why it is important

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the Government strengthens its own hand and also just

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subjects its own ideas to the scrutiny of parliament before

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they go to negotiations. Ministers insist there will be

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democratic accountability but they say revealing their hand

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could undermine their position. We are not going to come

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on every single day and give If I were to sit down and play poker

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with you this morning, You'd win because I

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can't play poker. Before we even start

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playing the game. But Brexit is no game

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or even campaign. It's a reality that ministers have

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promised to deliver. Some want similar clarity

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from the wider Government. Donald Trump has again claimed

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the US Presidential election In a series of tweets,

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the Republican Presidential nominee also accused the media

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of favouring his rival, Hillary Clinton, in a way he said

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was dishonest and distorted. But his vice-presidential running

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mate Mike Pence says both he and Mr Trump would respect

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the outcome of the vote. The 15-year-old daughter of the US

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sprinter Tyson Gay has been shot Trinity Gay died after being hit

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in the neck, in what witnesses say was an exchange of gunfire

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between two vehicles in the early Tyson Gay is second only

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to Jamaica's Usain Bolt in the all-time list

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of fastest-ever 100-metre runners. Britain, the United States

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and the United Nations have called for an unconditional ceasefire

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in Yemen to be Both nations have been providing

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support to the Saudi-led bombing campaign against Houthi

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rebels in London. It follows a deadly air strike

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on a funeral in Yemen a week ago. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has

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been accused of being in denial about anti-Semitism in the party,

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after he suggested a critical report The Home Affairs Select Committee

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says Jewish Labour MPs have been subjected to appalling

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levels of abuse. This report is scathing in its

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condemnation of the Labour Party. Yes. When MPs talk about

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institutional anti-Semitism, you would safely assume they are talking

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about parties on the far right, but the Home Affairs Committee,

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including a couple of Labour MPs, said this could be applied to

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elements of the Labour movement. It criticises other parties as well,

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but the main focus is on Labour. They took evidence in private from

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two female Jewish Labour MPs who had to endure 25,000 instances of abuse

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on social media and received serious threats. They suggest the party was

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slow to respond to allegations, but he has not been slow to respond to

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the report, he has called anti-Semitism evil, but he questions

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the emphasis on Labour what he says 75% of abuse is coming from those on

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the far right. He said he is seeking an urgent meeting with Facebook and

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Twitter to tackle the examples of threats and abuse on social media,

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and his critics see that as a positive step.

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One in four homes in Britain fails to meet new standards on housing set

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It points to lack of space, damp and spiralling rents as some

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The Government says housing is a priority and it's doubling

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the affordable-housing budget to ?8 billion.

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Our UK Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Cooke has been to meet some

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Flats and semis, tower blocks and terraces.

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But today's report shows that many do not meet the basic standards

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I get so depressed thinking about it.

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Ian and Esme's privately rented flat in Bristol fails the new test.

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There's always something, like.

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It gets cold quickly so we have to put the heating on quite often.

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And we get frustrated being on top of each other.

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I get very depressed about it when I think about it.

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They are among the 18% of people who live in poor conditions.

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They've been here for ten years and, after a series of small businesses,

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This is hardly the dream home they hoped for.

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Or a country house or something, you know.

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We had grandiose dreams and clearly they were dreams.

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The report says 27% of people are worried about the

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In Harefield, west of London, this two-bedroom council house

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is now home to three generations of Lisa's family.

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There's myself, my partner, Jim, my son, Alan, Claire,

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All the adults have jobs but around here modest wages don't match

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Claire says her only choice was to move back in with her

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You haven't got none, we haven't got none.

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You want to have friends round and you can't have friends

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round because it's nanny's house, isn't it.

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She spent a couple of years at a friends place

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just outside the borough and that disqualifies her from applying for

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Renting privately has also proved impossible.

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It's the rules of the letting agents.

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There's a lot of money and you're thinking,

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I'd need part housing benefit to help me pay my

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Like Claire, 58% of young adults live in homes that fail the

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The property is tiny and in very bad repair.

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Back in Bristol, Esme and Ian are also

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I was quite hopeful at first but now I'm thinking, oh,

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But it all looks like a hopeless task.

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73% of Londoners' homes fail the new test.

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For Claire, an office worker, and her sons,

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Every night, they sleep on the living room floor.

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They will spend 30 days on board, testing its ability to support life.

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With all the sport, here's the BBC Sport Centre.

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Andy Murray says the last few months have been the best of his career.

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The Wimbledon and Olympic champion has won back-to-back titles in China

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He won the Shanghai Masters today, and if the winning run continues

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he could knock Novak Djokovic off of the top of the world rankings.

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The world is watching a thrilling tennis competition,

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and it is not simply Andy Murray against Roberto Bautista Agut.

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That was the final in Shanghai, which had some wonderful moments.

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Enough in this rally to make the crowd gasp.

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Tie-break in the first set, Andy Murray lost one point.

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His opponent beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinal.

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As Andy Murray swept through the second set,

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he was closing the gap on the world number one.

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Murray has not conceded a set for a month, he looks back

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Quite a different team this year, with Ivan Lendl and Jamie.

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Since the French Open it has been the best three months of my career.

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6-1 in the second set, his sixth title of the year.

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Prizes mean ranking points, and by the end of it he might just

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Mark Cavendish has missed out on a second world road-race title.

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The British rider was runner-up to the reigning

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Cavendish was one of the favourites on the 160-mile course but says

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he got his tactics wrong in Qatar, and he was pipped by the Slovakian,

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who is the first rider in nine years to retain

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There were two matches in the Premier League today.

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Watford's trip to the Riverside Stadium saw them beat Middlesbrough.

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There was only one goal, Jose Holevas the second-half match

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That lifted the Hornets into the top half of the table.

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Boro are yet to win at home this season and are just

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above the relegation zone on goal difference.

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And Southampton are up to eighth after they beat

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Charlie Austin scored twice but Nathan Redmond got the best

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The Munster head coach and former Ireland captain Anthony Foley died

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overnight in Paris ahead of the team's match against Racing 92.

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The 42-year-old won 62 caps for Ireland in a ten-year

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Ireland's President Michael D Higgins called him "one

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of the great figures of Irish sport in the modern era".

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He captained Munster when they became European

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That match in Paris was understandably postponed

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Exeter Chiefs and Clermont Auvergne held a minute's silence

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before their European Champions Cup game at Sandy Park.

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Clermont scored five tries to Exeter's one.

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The former Bath full-back Nick Abendanon was one of

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In the same pool Ulster lost 28-13 to Bordeaux.

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