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The execution of the Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia led to the embassy in

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Tehran being attacked and the Saudis have cut off diplomatic ties with

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Iran and other families have followed suit. He will get an

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analysis and we will hear from the Saudi Foreign Minister. We will cut

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off commercial relations with Iran and we will have a travel ban

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against people travelling to Iran. Sweden and Denmark are increasing

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security on the borders as pressure from the migrant crisis builds.

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Those are pricier, Rafa Benitez sacked by Real Madrid, the real

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surprise is that Synod in sedan will replace him. We will also be live in

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Oregon because protesters are still occupying a US government building

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and a reporter is one of the first at the scene. And we're live on BBC

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television in the UK and around the world, life on the BBC News app in

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the UK and if you are online, you can reach me at any point with

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questions and comments. First, Saudi Arabia executed a Shia

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cleric, along with 46 others. Then, the Saudi embassy in Tehran

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was attacked by protestors. And the fallout from

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both events continues. Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic

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relations with Iran. Now Sudan and Bahrain

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have followed suit. And the UAE has

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downgraded relations. There has been an arrest in Baghdad.

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Two Sunni mosques have been bombed and another was killed. This is of

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vital importance because tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia

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represents broader sectarian tension in the Muslim world.

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Something which is relevant to conflicts in Syria,

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First let's get the Saudi perspective.

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This clip of the foreign minister has just come into us.

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We decided to cut off all the diplomatic relations with Iran.

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We will also be cutting off all air traffic to and from Iran

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and we will be cutting off all commercial relations with Iran

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and we will have a travel ban against people travelling to Iran.

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The Iranians and their allies have been pushing and promoting terrorism

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and recruiting people, inciting and providing weapons

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He is as much of a religious figure as Osama Bin Laden was.

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He is a man who was agitating, who was organising cells,

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who was providing them with weapons and money.

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He was engaged in attacks against Saudi security forces that

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We will not allow Iran to destabilise our region.

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We will not allow Iran to do harm to our citizens or those

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And an expiration of a question people have been asking of the BBC.

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-- explanation. Why does Iran feel so strongly

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about the execution of a Saudi This is a clip of Seyed Mohammad

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Marandi from the University Well, Iran's problem is not simply

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the fact that the Saudi regime has But it is the promotion

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of extremism and the Wahhabi ideology that has been

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going on for decades. The Saudis helped create Al-Qaeda

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in the 1980s with US help. And we saw that it led to September

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11th and the attacks on London. This story brings us back

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to sectarian divisions Of the 1.5 billion Muslims,

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it's estimated that between 85 This shows the spread of Sunnis

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across the Middle East. The darker areas are larger

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Sunni populations. And these are the areas

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where Shias live. You can see that Iran has the

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darkest blue. This is live on our BBC News networks. We also have none

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to others, BBC Arabic and BBC Persian. Both broadcasting right

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now, both leading on the story and we wanted their analysis. They have

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a unique perspective from both sides of the story. We can play what I

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heard from BBC Persian and BBC Arabic. I have to say that this is a

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largest simultaneous execution since 1980 and many say that the Saudis

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expected the international outcry, many think that they expected this

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and they wanted to create an explanation -- escalation and

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tension to attract the attention of America to tell them they have to

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act on our side because it is us against the Iranians. And Iran...

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Protesters attacked the Saudi embassy but that would not have been

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possible without the authorities are loving that? We have received a lot

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of sarcastic comments from viewers inside Iran, how come when we want

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to protest, the matter how peaceful, you don't get permission or if we do

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stage it, our security is not guaranteed and we are mobbed by some

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vigilante groups or arrested by the official police forces so that the

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end of the day, if this is a police state, even giving them the benefit

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of the doubt, they will have wanted to control the protest but they

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could not, it is still an embarrassing and. To be more

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cynical, you could argue that this has been given some green light from

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some parts of the establishment because they would have thought they

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would benefit from an escalation in tension with their neighbours in

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this region. The last them months, Russia has become involved in Syria

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and people tell me that Syria is not about Russia against the US, it is

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about Saudi Arabia against Iran. Why is this tension is so relevant to

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Syria and also Yemen? At the end of this month, there will be talks

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about finding a solution to the Syrian crisis and many are trying to

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position themselves in this crisis and the Saudis have been saying

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clearly, we don't want the Iranians meddling in Syria and we don't want

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resident Assad so maybe this is having a dimension in the Syrian

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crisis and also in Yemeni -- the Yemen where the Saudis are accusing

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Iran of siding with the Shia rebels. We are doing this live stream on

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Facebook, one gentleman in Afghanistan was asking about the

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possible knock-on effect of these tensions in his country and I

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expected you to say not much but you said there could be possible

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consequences? In Afghanistan we have Shia and Sunni Muslims and a wider

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ethnic mix so we have Persian speakers who are considered to be

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sometimes probing the relation of Iran but those Persian speakers can

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be either Sunni or attempt to but the hope of Khalistan is because it

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is a more detailed mosaic of ethnicity, maybe this will not

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necessarily be so likely for them, for the situation to degenerate but

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we have to see in the next coming days if there will be protests and

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the situation can possibly degenerate. You covered the tension

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between Iran and Saudi Arabia for years, can you put this in context?

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How serious are the last few days? This is as bad as it can get for

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decades. And many think the Saudis are doing this because they feel the

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Americans are not backing them any more because of the nuclear deal on

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one side and because they do not need Saudi oil any more and they are

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pushing this escalation to a crisis in order to attract the American

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backing. That is to rent to a decision that Sweden has taken... --

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let us turn to. Sweden has introduced checks

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for people coming from Denmark. All related to the volume

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of migrants and refugees that Anyone wanting to cross

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the Oresund Bridge by train, bus, or ferry will be refused entry

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if they don't have the Denmark is bringing in temporary

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border controls at its southern That is the main entry point

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for migrants seeking to reach These are the latest immigration

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figures from Sweden. Over 160.000 people have

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arrived last year. The second highest per capita in

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Europe. You can see that top is hungry. The

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reason it is higher is this is the main entry point for many migrants

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coming into Western Europe and most do not stay in Hungary but in the

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case of Sweden, many see this as the final destination.

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That may explain public opinion on this.

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69% of Swedes are positive towards the tougher policy according

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There are practical consequences though.

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Over 15,000 people commute daily between Sweden and Denmark.

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Their journey time may well increase.

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Gunilla Fritze is a reporter with Swedish Television.

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She very kindly sent us this report from Malmoe.

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About 10,000 people travel every day across this bridge between Denmark

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And there will be delays in traffic due to the controls on the Danish

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When I took the early morning train, we were about 40 minutes

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after schedule when we arrived to the Copenhagen airport.

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And many travellers were frustrated and irritated and they said,

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what will happen when we are coming back?

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Because everyone has to show either ID or passport to the staff

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And today, the Danish Prime Minister said that they will have similar

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border controls between Denmark and Germany.

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And the Swedish Immigration Minister said that he thinks that the Danish

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government has taken the right decision today,

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even though the Danish Prime Minister said it is not a happy

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Let us turn to a story that raises so many questions.

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A government building in Oregon continues to be occupied

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This is on the West Coast of the USA.

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This is all happening at a bird sanctuary -

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the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge - which is here, near a town called

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There we go. We will get into where the bird century fits into the story

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any moment. First of all, a BBC report with the basics.

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This'll become a base, a place where patriots from all over

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the country can come and be housed here and live here.

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We are planning on staying here for several years.

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And I am 100% willing to lay my life down to fight against tyranny

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It just seems like a little bit of overreach for having

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That is what we are up here for, the constitution.

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It is sort of frightening, when there are people making

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This is the power of America right here, it doesn't have to stop here.

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We need you to come to the National Wildlife Refuge.

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What an interesting story. We will get to the question a few minutes

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ago, while only playing this out at a bird sanctuary? James Cook is at

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the scene. It is a curious target, perhaps, because on the face of it

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it does not seem like an obvious symbol to the outside world of

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government oppression, it is a bird sanctuary, it has been here since

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1908, but they say it is a crucial symbol of what the federal

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government has been doing in terms of its interactions with local

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ranchers, they complained that the federal government has been

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interfering in their affairs, it has been tampering with their rights in

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this land. Thank you, James. The man leading the occupation has been

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speaking to reporters, he is called Eamon Bundy and he said in various

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points but statements are not enough, we intend to unwind

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unconstitutional land transactions, to understand what these people

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want, a reporter for Oregon public broadcasting joins me. Thank you for

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your time. Can you translate that statement for us? What is it they

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want? They have said they want to return their slant to the people, to

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the ranchers and others here in this county and that is a big claim,

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about 75% of the county is land owned by the federal government and

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that includes the wildlife refuge but lots of land managed by the

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bureau of land management and ranchers lease that land to graze

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cattle and essentially, Bundy says they want to take back this land.

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What do the people locally make of this? Well, the people of Burns are

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divided, many have grievances with the bureau or order federal agencies

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and many believe that some of the federal -- environmental regulations

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are excessive but he also are quite nervous by the tactics of the script

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and people are concerned about the possible that he of bloodshed. As an

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outsider, it does seem to be strange that a time would be divided over

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the action of what appears to be militia and in most countries that

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would seem extreme, not a way to make a point to the government?

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Well, I think you have to understand people in this community, many have

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guns and the belief in gun rights. This is sparsely populated, 7000

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people and hundreds of thousands of beggars so people are not as

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uncomfortable with some of the ideas that this militia is talking about.

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I would say that many people have told me they believe that the

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militia has crossed the line and they do not support the illegal

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taking of federal land. But this is a different kind of community. Thank

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you for your time. We can perhaps check in again tomorrow. If you want

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local reports, go to OPB. In a few moments, we will have this report

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from Rory Cellan-Jones, it is about virtual reality and about after

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several years of build-up, this will be the year when it really takes

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off. Intelligence officials here are

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trying to identify an Islamist extremist who appeared in a video

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leased by the so-called Islamic State group, using voice recognition

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analysis to identify this man who threatens to attack the UK in the

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video. The ten minute film, not independently verified, shows a

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child speaking English before five captives who are thought to be

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Syrian and GIS claims are spies for British intelligence are shot dead.

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At one stage, the man seen holding a gun is extracted to the British

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Prime Minister, mocking him for trying to challenge Islamic State.

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Well, it is desperate stuff from an organisation that really does do the

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most utterly despicable and ghastly acts and people can see that today.

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This is an organisation that is losing territory and ground, it is

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increasingly losing anybody's sympathy. And this shows what an

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appalling organisation were up against. Welcome back.

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This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

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Our lead story: Several countries have downgraded or severed

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diplomatic ties with Iran after Saudi Arabia's embassy

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The trouble began when Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shia cleric.

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BBC Hindi is reporting that at least nine people have been killed

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by an earthquake in north-east India near the borders

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Japan's Prime Minister calls for a summit with Russia so that

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after World War Two because of a territorial dispute.

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The US government says it is planning to sue Volkswagen. This is

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all about distorting emissions data? What precisely what the government

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sue Volkswagen for? That is right, I have to say that this civil suit was

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not surprising, we knew that VW was being investigated for criminal

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charges but there have been no criminal charges so far but the

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Environmental Protection Agency says that so far they have recalled

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discussions with Volkswagen Group and we have not produced an

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acceptable way forward. What they allege is what they have said all

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along, since September they say that VW violated the clean air laws and

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they did so intentionally and by using software to basically an

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appellate the results of emissions tests, they mis-sold 600,000 diesel

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engines that were designed differently from what they stated in

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applications to the Environmental Protection Agency for certification.

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They basically say that Volkswagen failed to report these violations

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and is a civil suit. Bogside in a bedsit did something is wrong so is

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this a case of how much money VW will be hit with rather than whether

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it will be hit or not? Yes, a spokesperson for Volkswagen said

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today that they acknowledge this suit and they continue to work

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cooperatively with the EPA to develop remedies for this but as you

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say, it is not an issue about how much they would pay. This could cost

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Williams of dollars, it is hard to give a precise figure but based on

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this complaint, they could face fines of $37,500 for every vehicle,

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that could go as high as $90 billion and a lot of people are expecting VW

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to negotiate a settlement with the government and that is what lots of

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people think they will have to do to avoid a really big financial

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ramifications against the company. Thank you very much. We will speak

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tomorrow. A difficult full day of trading. This starts with the

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Shanghai share index dropping 7%. That's triggered a drop

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on some Asian markets. And that's now crossed over

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into some European markets. Our Asia Business Correspondent

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Karishma Vaswani explains. A new year usually implies a fresh

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start, a chance to set things right Take a look at the first

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trading session of 2016. More of the same pessimism and panic

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we saw for much of last year. This was the first day that Chinese

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circuit breakers came into effect, a mechanism to automatically stop

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shares from trading after a fall In China's case, when shares fell,

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first by 5%, trading was halted Then, when shares resumed trading

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and fell again to 7%, Circuit breakers in

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themselves are not unusual. Lots of countries have them

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for individual stocks or they go But it is kind of unusual to stop

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trading altogether for a fall of 7%. An indication perhaps of just how

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much the authorities Remember the great fall of China

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last summer when shares slumped by more than 30% in three weeks

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after a spectacular rally China's officials put in place

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a host of new measures to stop this Analysts say weaker manufacturing

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data which showed that manufacturing activity declined for the 10th

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straight month this year is one There was also speculation that

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sharp depreciation in the Chinese currency soured sentiments

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on the market, adding to the overall sense of pessimism about the outlook

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for the Chinese economy. And finally, people

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are selling because, China's economy is slowing down,

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people are nervous and that means we could expect volatile trading

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for the rest of the year. Thank you. A report live from Rory

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Cellan-Jones on why 2016 will be the year for virtual reality. Everything

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cellar with fake snow underfoot, I'm inching across a crevasse on my way

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up the highest peak in the world. Getting a demo of Everest again due

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out next year. And now, the manufacturers believe that gamers

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are ready to immerse themselves in virtual reality worlds. It is a

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natural progression, the bigger screens, we have had 3D, it is about

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immersion as much as possible and the next thing is taking us into the

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virtual environment and looking like every other piece of stimulus so we

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are focused on these results. Getting to the left... Especially

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one as old as this can be a scary experience for some people. Can

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virtual reality help them get over this phobia? I have come to see how

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some psychologists are working with this technology. I will focus on

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your breathing. They have developed a programme that allows patients to

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try out the experience of getting into a lift. The breathing changes,

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you get this physiological reaction which you do not get with the 2D

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environment. Has it worked? How does that feel? I am quite proud that I

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am doing this. You should be! Do you think virtual reality has helped?

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Policy, I would have been taking the stairs one month ago! More in a

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couple of minutes. Coming up, news of more unwonted

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ring for South America and bitter

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