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From here in the world's newsroom, we send out correspondents

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to bring you the best stories from across the globe.

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refugees in their own land.

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We report from inside Syria, meeting the Syrian families

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displaced by war, struggling to survive.

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This is a party that has gone very flat for Donald Trump.

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Trump gets trumped, and a close call for Clinton.

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Jon Sopel analyses the results of America's first electoral

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contest in the race for the White House.

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And rush-hour, Chinese style - we join thousands of migrants

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stranded at a train station, trying to get home for Chinese new year.

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It's little wonder that some migrant workers may have decided

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They work long hours a long way from home,

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and have to face this kind of travel chaos every year.

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As the conflict in Syria escalates, the humanitarian situation remains

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dire. Millions have fled the country, and for those who remain,

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it is a struggle to survive. The UN estimates that the number of

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internally displaced people in Syria is more than 6.5 million, and

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Damascus houses the second-largest number of them after Aleppo in the

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north. We but given access to camps in eastern Damascus to meet the

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people living like refugees in their own country.

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It is a and dirty place to play, just a stone 's throw from a war

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battered neighbourhood on the eastern edge of Damascus. These

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children take us into the unfinished building they call home. We are told

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there are about 25 families living here. Most of them have been

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displaced several times, and they actually have to pay rent to live

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here, even though conditions, as you can see, are very bad. Electricity

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is a luxury, perhaps three hours a day if they are lucky. Muhammad

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lives this woman lives here with her husband and five children.

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TRANSLATION: We used to live in dignity in our own houses. Now we

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are named after charities, because we lost everything. We escaped only

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with the clothes we were wearing. Not all the displaced lives like

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this. We went to the western side of the city to a government run

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shelter. Before the war, this was going to be a school, but it never

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happened. As soon as the displacement crisis began, the

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government decides to turn it into a temporary shelter. There are

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currently about 90 families here, but the number keeps changing

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because people come here as a first step and leave as soon as they find

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somewhere else to stay. It is clean, and aid is close at hand. But

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government and charity hand-outs don't make up for the loss of

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livelihood. Before the war, Abu was a prosperous man with a large

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family. Now, he has lost almost everything. TRANSLATION: Mohammed,

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my 19-year-old son, was killed first. 43 days later, my second son,

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Khaled, died. In 14 months, I lost four sons. Back at the flat, a girl

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gets a lesson from her big sister. Despite their displacement, the

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girls still get an education. More importantly, their family is intact.

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But they still live on edge. TRANSLATION: We are always under

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threat of eviction. The owner can kick us out whenever he wants. The

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most of these children's lives, Syria has been at war. Even away

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from the raging battles, they are still not at peace.

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He is the man who hates losers, but this week, Donald Trump had to admit

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defeat. In the first public vote in the race to be the United States'

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rest -- Republican candidate, he was beaten by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

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The front runner on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton, won by the

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narrowest of margins. Jon Sopel reports on the start of America's

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race for the White House. Donald Trump, doing what he does,

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projecting himself as life's ultimate winner. This is the

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fanfare, literally, that he organised for himself when he

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arrived in Des Moines this weekend. The theme tune from the Reavie Air

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Force One. -- from the movie. But then reality intervened, and the man

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who hates losers, lost. We will go on to get the Republican nomination,

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and we will go on to easily beat Hillary or burning or the hell they

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throw there. Thank you Ray much. Well, Donald Trump has given not a

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victory speech, but I concession to Ted Cruz. However, he says he will

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go on, and hopes he will win in New Hampshire. This is a party that has

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gone very flat for Donald Trump. When I caught up with his son, he

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told me the fight goes on. We will be working just as hard in New

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Hampshire and then South Carolina. We are not going to stop. The winner

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was a conservative insurgent, Senator Ted Cruz, another figure

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loathed by the Republican establishment and not that popular

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with his daughter Eve, by the look of it. But he had a brilliant ground

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game, clinically targeting his right-wing evangelical base. Tonight

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is a victory for courageous Conservatives across Iowa and all

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across this great nation. The other perhaps more significant victory

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came for this man, with a red tie and the Perma smile. Yes, Marco

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Rubio only came third, but he way exceeded expectations and has

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emerged as the clear front runner for mainstream Republicans. Tales.

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And on the Democratic party side, half a dozen times last night, this

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is what it came down to. In the most eye-wateringly tight contest ever

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held. The delegate for this precinct is Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton

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squeaked it, and her victory speech could be summed up in one word -

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phew! As I stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief,

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thank you, Iowa! The left-wing senator from Vermont, Bernie

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Sanders, did spectacularly in running her so close, and in the

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middle of the night flew straight New Hampshire, where next week, he

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hopes to go one better and beat her. His first campaign stop on the back

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of a pick-up at 4.30 in the morning. Clearly, there is to be no

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slackening off the pace. Now, if you think your morning

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commute is bad, spare a thought for rail passengers in southern China.

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This week, 50,000 of them were stranded by bad weather. It's the

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busiest time of year, as millions tried to get away for the Chinese

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new year. Many of those who found themselves stuck at the station are

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migrant workers from the countryside who usually face long and difficult

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journeys home for this annual holiday. Our reporter joined them

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for possibly China's worst ever rush-hour.

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This week, Guangzhou train station has looked more like the venue for a

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giant rock concert, although it has been a lot less fun. These

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extraordinary scenes of congestion are being blamed on the sheer weight

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of numbers as well as bad weather. Many of the stranded are migrant

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workers, desperate to get home after months away. It is like a dumpling

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in the bowl. Like dumplings boiling in a pot, it is that crowded! I feel

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very tired. When I think about my parents are home, I am eager to come

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home earlier. But adding to the holiday woes this year is a far

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larger concern. China's industrial landscape is changing. The

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factories, once the centrepiece of this economy, are relocating to

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countries where wages are lower. So many migrants are packing their bags

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for the last time, fuelling the first drop in China's migrant

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population in three decades. TRANSLATION: Didn't President Xi

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Jinping say that if you work hard and stick to your dreams, you will

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get your reward? Well, we did work hard and have a dream, but we have

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nothing to show for it. It is little wonder that some migrant workers may

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have decided enough is enough. They work long hours, a long way from

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home, and have to face this kind of travel chaos every year. For many of

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them, it is the only one see your opportunity they get to reconnect

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with families including young children left behind in the

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villages. The authorities say the backlog of passengers has mostly now

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been cleared after extra trains were laid on. China's migrants on move

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again, but into an increasingly uncertain future.

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And that is all from Reporters for this week. From me, Philippa Thomas,

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goodbye for

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