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cleric, described as a leading recruiter of young Muslims to fight

a holy war in the Horn of Africa. We cannot be slaughtered everywhere in

the world and just sit and cry. cannot be slaughtered everywhere in

We joined African union peacekeepers on the hunt for al—Shabab militance

in Somalia. Just up this road there on the hunt for al—Shabab militance

in Somalia. Just up this road there al—Shabab at night to shoot at the

in Somalia. Just up this road there disappeared. We report a net mass

memorial for the thousands executed under the communists 35 years ago.

as he returns to his home town of under the communists 35 years ago.

as he returns to his home town of And on the Trail of the legendary

'Breaking Bad'. We report from New Mexico on the end of what is being

called the greatest TV show ever. This American tale maybe fed on

called the greatest TV show ever. myth of the West. But it is grounded

in the reality of the sleepless Last week's siege of the Westgate

Shopping Centre in Nairobi thrust the spotlight on the Somali militant

group all about. It also highlighted the issue of the recruitment and

radicalisation of young Muslims the issue of the recruitment and

want to fight a holy war in the corner of Africa. Kenya has been a

prime target for al—Shabab because of the country's role in supporting

Somalia's government. We have two reports from the region. In a moment

we join African Union peacekeepers on the hunt from militants. But

first, we have been to meet a cleric who supports al—Shabab and described

the attack is the right thing to do. He says he fears being assassinated.

Yet he is not hiding. A Kenyan He says he fears being assassinated.

Yet he is not hiding. A Kenyan medical cleric is described by the

UN as illegal —— leading recruiter for al—Shabab. Last week I met him

openly on bass in eastern Kenya for al—Shabab. Last week I met him

travelled with him a mosque. He no apologies for his views and says

al—Shabab is justified in using stop an invasion into our country.

Last week's siege of the Westgate stop an invasion into our country.

and just sit and cry. We have to Shopping Centre thrust the spotlight

and just sit and cry. We have to react. You are on governments to

attack Islamic countries. You give them money to kill innocent Muslims.

It is the right thing to do. The Kenyan authorities say they are

aware of his role in radicalising young Muslims, but cannot charge

him. He is the main link through which young people in the master are

radicalised. —— in Mombasa. But which young people in the master are

cannot convert that into a way we can prosecute him. We have followed

the travel from the east of Kenya into Somalia. Investigating the

network of young Muslims going to fight hard. We learn how young men

are radicalised. And that one young Kenyan who joined al—Shabab in

Somalia. He says he was forced to watch the beheading of one recruit

training camp. TRANSLATION: his hands were tied. They made him kneel

down and then they took a sharp knife and right in front of me they

cut him. He was screaming like an animal. He was one of the lucky

ones. He managed to escape. But animal. He was one of the lucky

Kenyan authorities say that without stopping and radical clerics, the

pipeline of young Muslims being recruited to al—Shabab will carry

Al—Shabab. These soldiers to not recruited to al—Shabab will carry

Al—Shabab. These soldiers to not take al—Shabab lately. —— lately.

planned. African nations have for Bombing, assassination. Patrolling

planned. African nations have for years been fighting the Islamist

headway. But al—Shabab control vast militants. They have made some

headway. But al—Shabab control vast areas of Somalia. This is the front

line. A derelict building that is regularly used as cover to fire

line. A derelict building that is African Union troops is thoroughly

checked. The joint African force had more soldiers, they would try and

take the position permanently. But they are stretched. They normally

attack at night? At night. All the attacks have been at night. They

location. The only thing that can patrols. Try and push them back

location. The only thing that can the normal place. Just up this road,

there are trenches that are used by al—Shabab at night to shoot the

trenches with sandbags show that al—Shabab uses some of the methods

of the regular Army. As well as territory. This is the place from

where attacks are launched against the African forces. But the fighters

people who live here. The soldiers have left. I spoke to some of the

people who live here. The soldiers say that this village is full of

al—Shabab. Is that true? Al—Shabab are everywhere. They are here, they

are in Somalia, vary in Mogadishu. —— they are in. Unless the war in

buried, never mourned. But this continue to be a cause of chaos

week, a mass memorial took place for week, a mass memorial took place for

war crimes trial in the Netherlands. thousands of Afghans who disappeared

war crimes trial in the Netherlands. The victims was the opponents, rival

communist factions or just people caught up in the chaos. We have

communist factions or just people to meet some of the relatives and

They have come in to more than to meet some of the relatives and

who died 35 years ago. Men who never photographs from a vanished time. It

may have been a long time ago, but emotions are still raw. At an event

they are calling a mass funeral emotions are still raw. At an event

memorial for those who died without graves. At Christmas, 1979, Soviet

forces rolled across the border graves. At Christmas, 1979, Soviet

Afghanistan. Those on the death graves. At Christmas, 1979, Soviet

of 5000 people that has emerged graves. At Christmas, 1979, Soviet

war crimes trial in the Dutch court were killed in the chaos of the

war crimes trial in the Dutch court before the Soviet invasion. They

were Muslim opponents, members of rival communist factions of people

managed to survive. This meant's rival communist factions of people

managed to survive. This meant's execution was ordered. He remembers

listening to the nightly firing squads. Every night after midnight,

they would lock up the prisoners and squads. Every night after midnight,

they would lock up the prisoners and They would take these people out and

shots? Every night. This man mourns They would take these people out and

shots? Every night. This man mourns was not only my brother. He was

shots? Every night. This man mourns friend. Between me and him was just

soulmates. They are alive. And he is Afghanistan's long wars have left

deep scars in the people and the names on the death list are just a

small proportion of the 50,000 who died in the year before the Russian

invasion. And the 1 million who died in the year before the Russian

in the wars that followed. There is there are many in positions of power

who do not want their actions of the Is it really easier to communicate

with the moon than the bottom of the sea? While the use of aerial drones

has become common and controversial, undersea drones are still under

development. But now scientists undersea drones are still under

France say they hope to introduce machines that will be able to carry

out tasks deep beneath the sea from mapping the ocean floor at checking

We sent plenty of unmanned explorers into space. But how much do we

really know about what is beneath the surface of our oceans? Here

really know about what is beneath scientists are testing the latest

technology for deep Sea research. They are unmanaged drones using

artificial intelligence that will They are unmanaged drones using

artificial intelligence that will give us lies on the darkest depths

of the sea bed that we have never give us lies on the darkest depths

of the sea bed that we have never seen before. They will be used to

spills. There will give a 3—D vision of the deepest reaches of the ocean.

harbours, ships and shipping lanes. of the deepest reaches of the ocean.

harbours, ships and shipping lanes. many things to discover. Only new

technology and terrible intelligent technology can get us insight into a

vast area of our planet. The key to the future of these drones and

machines is getting them to work as a team and is my autonomously.

Military drones on a harbour like this, you might have one identifying

trouble is that the radio waves this, you might have one identifying

command these machines do not travel particularly well through seawater.

So they have to communicate by sound or acoustic signal. In much the

So they have to communicate by sound way as dolphins, these machines

So they have to communicate by sound be constantly talking to each other

to swap commands. We send commands which are high—level commands. Like

photographs of this particular species. And the vehicle uses its

own artificial intelligence to go and pick up the elements that we

requested. At the moment, this is the state—of—the—art in deep Sea

to dive on the wreck of the Titanic research. This submersible was used

to dive on the wreck of the Titanic all the way back in the 1980s. It is

submersibles in the world. This all the way back in the 1980s. It is

titanium sphere that can withstand pressure up to 6000 metres. It is

unmanned, unwieldy, and extremely expensive to transport. By contrast,

this marine drone is smaller, more versatile in the water and they

affect the technology, they can much cheaper. If that scientists

affect the technology, they can multiply the number of scientific

day—to—day bring back will be unlike anything we have ever seen before.

They were one of the most successful groups in music history. The Bee

Gees were known as Britain's first family of harmony. It all began

Gees were known as Britain's first northern England when the brothers

were at primary school. The only surviving Bee Gee, Barry did, is

their batteries hometown since the death of his brothers. —— Barry

Gibb. Are you all right? Barry Gibb they were all students here. I was

attacked by a dog here. In town they were all students here. I was

a concert, he dropped in freight look around. —— for a look around.

There were disco displays in honour of his visit. Renditions of some of

Right here. There was a question and answer questions —— session. Did you

pack your own dinners? We had a sugar sandwiches. Bread and butter

with sugar. Or bread and butter sugar sandwiches. Bread and butter

tomato ketchup. We used to bring that to school. School time over,

now for part two of the tour. This is 51 Keppel Rd. This is the house

brothers and our sister, this is is 51 Keppel Rd. This is the house

brothers and our sister, this is where we all slept. There was a

used to make false guitars. With where we all slept. There was a

pieces of wood. For me, it was about pretending to be a pop artist. # And

the last... # Six US number ones in the road, you wrote. You were on

stage last night. You were playing in the O2 on Thursday and this is

where it started? This is where in the O2 on Thursday and this is

started. This is the room where in the O2 on Thursday and this is

together. They said that we wanted to be pop stars as well but they

were six. Your first ever band was Rattlesnakes. And then it was the

blue cats. That didn't work either. 50 years later, he cannot leave

without eating —— without even the neighbours asking for a photograph.

It has been called the best thing on television, groundbreaking and even

Shakespearean. Breaking Bad is the story of a chemistry teacher with

cancer who turns to cooking the highly addictive drug crystal meth

to provide for his family. It may not seem like a recipe for TV gold,

but his fans have been cooked on the winning formula for five seasons.

After the series' last ever episode were sent this spoiler free report

New Mexico. This is the landscape of from the so—called Breaking Bad—la

New Mexico. This is the landscape of shootouts at twilight. Very Dusty

Rhodes. —— dusty roads. This is shootouts at twilight. Very Dusty

part of Breaking Bad. This is the epic, the macer, the space where a

man could literally lose himself. There is another Breaking Bad, the

the ordinary, the banal and today, car washes and the fast food joints,

the ordinary, the banal and today, it seems, are the Riley —— are the

This is banal. In the show, the chicken restaurant and crystal meth

nerve centre. In reality, the not too bad Richo joint. —— burrito

joint. The dreariest location is locations have been by and large not

authentic. It shows that we have a quirky side to this place that we

south—west. It has come an organic elemental where even the natives of

And when locations are this good, white dress them up? The car wash in

real life, in Breaking Bad this white dress them up? The car wash in

a car wash. Not just any car wash, of course, it was also a vehicle for

laundering great need bricks of of course, it was also a vehicle for

money. Now it is a stop on the many tour is breaking out across the

city. It has history to it. I can recognise it and I have seen it

city. It has history to it. I can many times. I walked in and came to

the realisation that I am actually many times. I walked in and came to

the realisation that I am actually inside the places where this is

based. This is crystal meth candy. We call it Breaking Bad candy. The

Business is very good. You don't media dubbed it blew meth. Cooking

The contemporary Western has no think that it is in bad taste?

The contemporary Western has no heroes, just doubt and death in

equal measure. This American tale may be fed on the myth of the West

but it is grounded firmly in the reality of the sleepless city.

Johnny Dymond on the legend of Breaking Bad. That is all from