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Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

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Huston continues to face flooding, and the storm has made landfall in

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Louisiana. Never is more rain to come. North Korea says the firing of

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this missile over Japan was only the first step.

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In Venezuela, the new constituent assembly has unanimously voted

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to put opposition leaders on trial for treason.

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High Commissioner for Human Rights had to say about democratic

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I think it must be barely alive, if still alive, is the way I would look

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at it. It's less than a month to go

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until the German election - will Angela Merkel win

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a fourth term? In OS sport, we'll have a report

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on a new pitch-side test to diagnose The new constituent assembly

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in Venezuela has voted This is the assembly that

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elected in a vote that Among the accused are

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the Louisa Ortega - she was chief prosecutor

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before being sacked. One of the members of this assembly

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has called her 'scum'. Also, head of the

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opposition-controlled Here is his reaction to these

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accusations: The only one responsible is Maduro and it's time

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he takes a look in the mirror With respect to Maduro, the

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president was elected by the people. But since then, there has been an

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erosion of democratic life. Very clearly, as was pointed out, he and

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his colleagues have noted the wave of repression. It must be barely

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alive, if still alive, is the way I would look at it.

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For more on this I spoke with our Americas Editor, Candace Piette.

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The constituent assembly is playing a role that is quite unusual and

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fluid. It's not clear how legal it is. It was about 500 members that

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were elected about a month ago, and really, they seem to be winging it,

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working out what they are doing and how to run Venezuelan as they go

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along. How does this assembly fit in alongside a parliament that already

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exists and a judiciary which is supposed to be independent of the

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politicians? When they started operating, they moved into the room

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that is normally occupied by the National Assembly, who were just

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chucked out. They announced a series of measures and decrees. All

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Government supporters, they tend to decide what ever Maduro and the

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goverment approved for them. It is not about truth commission to

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investigate so-called violence during the protests that we have

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seen in Venezuelan, and also the ousting of the Attorney General. And

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more recently, they have announced that they will start working on the

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economic and financial position. They will legislate on that. So they

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are operating like a kind of parallel Government, almost. When

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Hugo Chavez began this movement, and Maduro took over when he died, it

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had huge support from around the world from people with left-wing

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sympathies. Are there still people who still believe this is

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democratic, a just way of governing a country? President Maduro still

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has a lot of support amongst die-hard Chavez supporters. And

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there is a group of left-wing countries in Latin America that also

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support Venezuela - Olivia, Ecuador partially, Nicaragua, and of course

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Cuba, who have advisers in Venezuelan at the moment. --

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Bolivia. It has echoes of the single party assembly, the National

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Congress in Cuba. Next on the programme, we will turn

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to Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims

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have fled Myanmar. According to one estimate,

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18,000 have headed to Bangladesh The latest spike in this crisis

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began on Friday when Rohingya insurgents attacked up

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to 30 police stations. The group behind the attacks

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said its primary aim is to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority

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from state repression in Myanmar. The government denies that

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and responded with military action. What followed was an exodus. These

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are pictures obtained by the BBC of hundreds of people crossing a river

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that forms the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh.

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A spokesperson from the International Organisation

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for Migration says thousands more are waiting at the border.

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The BBC's Mir Sabbir is on the Bangladesh

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The flow of Rohingyas started here in Cox's Bazar since last Friday,

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but despite the high alert of the border guards in Bangladesh,

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thousands of Rohingyas are coming in every day from Myanmar.

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I have seen in the refugee camps in many

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parts of Cox's Bazar, many Rohingyas are

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sitting just in front of the

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camps waiting for their relatives, holding their small sacks with all

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their belongings, holding their small children.

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The vast majority of them women and children.

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And I've heard some dreadful stories from

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Security forces came to their villages, shooting at people,

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searching for young men and burning their homes.

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So, they just grabbed anything they could and rushed to

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And many of them have relatives in Cox's Bazar who came

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Straight to another story about Bangladesh and Bangladeshis.

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Bangladeshis are now one of the largest groups

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Many are travelling from Bangladesh to

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From there, crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.

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And they pay great amounts of money to try and make that journey, too.

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Half a million people leave Bangladesh every year,

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hoping to make their fortunes overseas.

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Increasingly, many are making the extremely dangerous crossing

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over the Mediterranean to try and get to Europe.

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Many of these people are headed to the Gulf or the Middle East,

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which is the preferred route for those trying to get to Sudan,

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And when you speak to them, you get a sense that

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they're being driven by an air of desperation.

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Even though so many of these journeys can end in tragedy.

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Last year Abu Sayed left his home for Libya.

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Like many others, he was lured with the promise of a good job.

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He cashed in all his savings to pay his way.

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But in Libya, he was sold to traffickers.

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They held him captive, demanding a ransom of $5,000.

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TRANSLATION: They used to torture me.

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They said, pay up, and then you can rest.

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His wife was forced to borrow money to secure his release.

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For many Bangladeshis migrating abroad is a ticket out of poverty.

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Making them prime targets for those who look to

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It takes us time, but we finally track down a trafficker

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He is part of an elaborate criminal network, organising fake documents

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and then escorting the migrants all the way to Libya.

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At no point are they stopped or challenged.

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TRANSLATION: My bosses are in touch with officials.

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The passports do not have valid visas, some are blank.

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At the airport they just check the names against a list.

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And the rush to leave Bangladesh continues.

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There are simply not enough opportunities at home.

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Even though the journey ahead is fraught with risk.

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And there is much more information on the many forms the migrant crisis

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in the Mediterranean takes on the BBC online. As we do every day,

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let's catch up on some of the main sports stories. We'll start with the

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tennis. I haven't had a moment to look at it today, so take us from

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the top. There are 87 matches in total to be completed from Tuesday

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because of the rain. Torrential rain here in New York on Tuesday. You

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could hear it on the roof of the stadium during the opening session

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24 hours ago. Maria Sharapova who beat Simona Halep on the opening

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day, she is taking on Timea Babos. Babos is two up. Elina Svitolina is

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through. She survived a third set to go through. In the men's draw,

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Dominic Thiem resumed 1-0 up against his Australian opponent, and he took

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less than half an hour to complete his win. The 22-year-old has never

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made it past the fourth round at Flushing Meadows. The 2009 men's

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champion, Juan Martin del Potro, is through in straight sets. We have

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been hearing a lot about Petra Kvitova, who are after being

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attacked in her home and suffering tendon and nerve damage in her hand

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looked like she would not play again. She is up against alleys

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Corneille. Rugby players here in the UK

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will take part this season in the development of a new test

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to diagnose concussion It could lead to a handheld device

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to assess if a player This year, players will have their

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saliva taken here at Twickenham if they have a head injury, as part of

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a big new study into concussion. Professor Tony barely is here to

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tell us about it. Tell us what happens if a player comes in with a

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head injury. The player will be removed for assessment, as they are

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now. They have two minutes for that assessment, so as part of the

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process, for this season, during any premiership championship match, they

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will also be doing an additional test, which is very straightforward.

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They would be asked to collect about two millilitres of saliva into a

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special bottle, that looks standard but is in fact that sophisticated

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piece of equipment. That is then analysed in a lab at the University

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of Birmingham. The endgame is to have a hand-held device that would

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tell us instantly whether a player or not has been concussed - is that

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right? That's right. The ultimate aim is to have a portable pitch-

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side device. Ultimately, what we want is to have a portable test that

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can be used by doctors in a professional game, or potentially a

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parent, if it works as well as we hope. This is a prototype of a

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device that we hope is going to be able to diagnose concussion so that

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the player will be providing if you want just a drop of saliva, the

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strip will be inserted into a reader, and within a couple of

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minutes, it should be able to give you the diagnosis, either confirm

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that the concussion has occurred, and a player will be removed, or

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disprove it, so the player can return to the game. This trial will

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take place through all premiership and championship games this season.

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The results could be game changing. In a moment, we will turn to the

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German election. We have a report from our correspondent, Jenny Hill,

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who has been to the North Coast of Germany to see how Martin Schultz

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and Angela Merkel are faring. Prince William and Prince Harry have

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visited a memorial garden at Kensington Palace. They met

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representatives of charities supported by Princess Diana and

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looked at the tributes and flowers left by members of the public

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outside the palace. The Duchess of Cambridge join the Princes on the

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tour, as Nicholas Witchell reports. The flowers and the tributes

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are back at the gates A very small echo of how it was 20

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years ago but a reminder of feelings And this afternoon William and Harry

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came to view the tributes. They took their time,

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they looked, and they read. And they laughed at some

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of the photographs showing them as It was impossible not

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to be reminded of how it was 20 years ago when,

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aged 15 and 12, on their return to London, they'd come out still numb

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and bewildered to meet the people who'd gathered there and to see

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for themselves the many thousands of Diana's boys are both

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in their 30s now. William's settled and about to begin

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full-time royal duty. He was accompanied by Catherine this

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afternoon to view a memorial garden And Harry, not quite

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so settled yet, but not far And both at this anniversary,

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one must assume, reassured by the enduring regard

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people feel for their mother. She meant same much

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to so many people. That shows by how many

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people are here today. William and Harry took

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some of the flowers people had brought and placed them

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at the Palace gates, replaying some of the moments from two decades ago

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and acknowledging the desire that many still have to hold

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onto Diana's memory. Today, briefly, they put

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on their public, princely faces, to Tomorrow, though,

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William and Harry will remain in private, remembering

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the mother they lost in such tragic Nicolas Witchell, BBC News,

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at Kensington Palace. Pictures of dramatic rescues in

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Texas continue to come in. Louisiana is now facing Tropical Storm Harvey,

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which has come ashore for a second time.

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We've already mentioned Theresa May being in Japan

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But the main aim of her trip is to pave the way for a trade deal

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with Japan after Britain leaves the EU.

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Here's our Asia business editor, Karishma Vaswani on how

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I think that Theresa May, as she makes her way through over the next

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couple of days while she is in Toko, meeting with the Japanese Prime

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Minister, Shinzo Abe, and other delegates from both sides, she will

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be trying to bang on about British business, but I think she will find

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it very difficult to get the sort of agreements that she would like to

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see. That is not to say that the Japanese don't want a deal with the

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UK - they do - but the kinds of assurances they are looking for from

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London and Theresa May, she is just not able to get them as yet. And

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what they want to know is, what exactly will be the UK position in a

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post-Brexit world with regard to the EU? Remember, Japan has invested

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some ?40 billion into the British economy. There are more than 1000

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Japanese companies there, and the majority of them have been using the

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UK as a base to get into the EU. They want to make sure that that

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bases secure. The German election

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is on 24 September. And as Deutschewelle puts it:

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@dw-politics "Campaign poster on the German highway: You know it's

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already in the bag when you only have to mention the election

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date #GermanyDecides". And this

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is the picture they're referring to. Next, this is a poll

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of polls from the FT. Angela Merkel's party

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has a commanding lead. Martin Schulz is seen

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as her main rival - It was close at one point in the

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year, though it doesn't look close now. These other parties vying for

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third place. As this Politico article

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from today remarks, Those parties include

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to the left Die Linke, the Greens and the right-wing

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Alternative for Germany. If these polls are correct,

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Mrs Merkel will serve Outside Source will be in Germany

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next week, and of course, we will certainly be speaking to Jenny Hill,

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Al corresponded in Germany. Here is her latest report. -- our

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corresponded in Germany. Don't be fooled by

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the political calm. Germany has survived

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a turbulent year. It's heading in a

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predictable direction. The likely winner of next month's

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election is not as secure TRANSLATION: I think

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she abandoned us fishermen, She only cares about the big

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industry and what's She should look

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after her own country. This international stateswoman must

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please the home crowd now. TRANSLATION: She is

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the perfect Chancellor. In truth Mrs Merkel knows she barely

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survived the refugee crisis, perhaps only because there was no

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one to replace her. No real challenge from

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Social Democrat Martin Schultz, nor from the anti-immigrant party,

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AfD. Even so, they're fielding

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a candidate in her own constituency. TRANSLATION: We want

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to send Mrs Merkel back It's a challenge, we admit that,

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but things are turning our way. He hopes to reel in voters

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like Enis and Silka. They will not be voting

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for Angela Merkel. TRANSLATION: The refugee

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policy hasn't changed. She doesn't really address

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all these terror attacks. She should speak up

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for the German people. TRANSLATION: This party, that party,

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they're all the same. Angela Merkel has been

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in the job for 12 years. She has survived crisis

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after crisis, and that's due Take, for example, Brexit,

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and Donald Trump's election. For many German voters,

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Mrs Merkel now represents security, stability, in a shifting

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and uncertain world. She will need to find

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coalition partners. But in reality, one hand

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alone is likely to steer As I was saying before Jenny's

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report, I will be in Germany next week on the campaign trail. I will

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be back there on the 24th of September for election date. We will

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have full coverage throughout September of the election. A

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reminder of our lead story: Tropical Storm Harvey really went out into

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the Gulf of Mexico but has come back to land in Louisiana, heading in a

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north-easterly direction. You can see from this map the route it is

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predicted to take. It is, though, still a potent storm. Overnight, to

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make cities recorded 20 inches of rain, so the problems continue.

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We'll bring you more tomorrow, of course. See you then.

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Hello again. Over the next ten days, I doubt we will find out whether

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lurching from one extreme to another quite as we have done over the last

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day or two. This was London on Wednesday. Remember, the day before

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in

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