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I'm Phillipa Thomas from the world's newsroom, we send out

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correspondents to bring the the best stories from across the globe.

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This week, could Libya become the next bastion for IS?

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The new unity government tells us that Islamic State could take

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It is the major threat for the Libyan people.

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If we don't act today, we can't do anything tomorrow.

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We report from North Carolina on the new law against the gay

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and transgender community that has sparked anti-discrimination protests

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and boycotts from companies and rock stars.

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Things have been progressing now for many years in the right direction.

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The Supreme Court said we could get married, it seems like this is a

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retaliation to that. Setting their sights on Mars, as China plans to

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lead the race to the red planet, Rebecca Morrelle gets an insight

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into China's future aspirations in space. If China's ambition pays

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off, this could be the next generation going to the Moon and

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beyond. And Peter Bowes asks

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whether the works of Shakespeare could help to address the lack

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of diversity in Hollywood? This is Shakespeare with

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a diverse cast straight out of Compton, new faces in Hollywood,

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aspiring actors, and possibly After Syria and Iraq, could Libya

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become the next stronghold After establishing control of the

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town of Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast, last year, the militant group

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is now extending its reach. The new unity government has

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warned that IS could take over Libya has been plagued

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by instability since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi five years ago, and,

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as Orla Guerin reports, keeping the Is Libya finally moving

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toward stability? But many here are watching

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and waiting to see if the competing militias and warringf actions can be

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brought under one roof. A small crowd gathers in

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Tripoli's Square, welcoming Libya's It arrived a few weeks ago,

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backed by the UN. The problem is, there are two

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governments here already. And there is another cause

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for concern. The so-called Islamic State is

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now altering the equation here. The unity government warns

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the extremistscould take over most TRANSLATION: Libya does not have

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the strong figure who could lead It will spread quickly,

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especially in the south. This area is weak

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and could be occupied in minutes. If so, they will control

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two thirds of the country. It's the major threat for the Libyan

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people, if we don't act today then we can't do anything tomorrow. A few

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hours' drive from the capital, Islamic State on parade. This is

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Sirte, hometown of Colonel Gaddafi. The fear is Libya could be another

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Bastian for IS after Syria and Barack. The scars of war remain here

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but many want to look beyond the prison of conflict. We visited

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Misrata during the revolution with Gaddafi snipers still in residence.

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Abdelhamid refused to leave his home on the front lines. Two of his

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nephews dived for the new Libya. Today he is still there ready to

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forgive their killers and hoping the new government can succeed. We have

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to look for the future. Forget all about war, gardens, violence,

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enemies, you have to live in peace. We have to build up Libya back up

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again -- guns. Can you forgive those? Yes, for sure, for

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everybody. Gaddafi's former compound in Tripoli is now a wasteland

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overlooked in recent years, like Olivier itself. Barack Obama has

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admitted failing to plan for the day after for the day after the move of

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the Libyan leader was his biggest mistake.

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Five years after Nato intervened here against Colonel Gaddafi, this

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country is divided and unstable and, once again, it is a growing concern

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There is a great deal at stake, the success or failure of the new

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unity government has implications not just for Libya but also for

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There are plenty of challenges ahead. Can the unity government

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tackle Islamic State and curb the flow of illegal migrants? Can it

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even rain in the militias? We joined one on a night patrol in the

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capital. The Interior Ministry admits many are a law unto

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themselves. It's hoping for some unity. Give us one government and

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one Libya under one president, one government. We need to feel

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security. And Europe needs that too. Gets weighing up what support

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to provide, but it's far from clear if Libya's fragile new leadership

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will be able to call the shots. Orla Guerin, BBC News, Tripoli. A family

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at breaking point. Struggling with extreme poverty. This woman says she

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was driven to make a huge sacrifice for her family. I decided to sell my

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kidney. I can no longer provide for my family. It's better than selling

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my body or living on charity. Her and her husband approached an

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illegal trader to sell their organs. But initial tests proved to

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their kidneys weren't healthy enough for transplant. Faced with

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increasing debts, the family even considered using their children's

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organs instead. TRANSLATION: Because of our miserable conditions we even

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thought of selling our son's kidney. We would do anything but

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beg. Why on earth are we in this position? May God save us. In the

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end the family couldn't bring themselves to sell their children's

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organs but just the thought of it has left them heartbroken. Criminal

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gangs offering up to 10,000 US dollars for an organ are

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increasingly targeting the poor and desperate across Iraq, making the

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country a new hub for the illegal organ trade in the Middle East. We

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have been granted rare access to an Iraqi prison to meet a man who was

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caught offering kidneys for sale. He's serving time here along with

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ten others convicted of organ trafficking. TRANSLATION: In the

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very beginning I didn't feel guilty. Are used to look at it as a

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humanitarian cause. -- are used to. But after a few months in this trade

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I started questioning the morality, most of the... It broke my heart

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seeing young people doing this for money. Our research has found

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criminal trials France do not take place in backstreet hospitals.

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Surgeons admit they have been regular clinics like this one. --

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transplants. TRANSLATION: There's no law in the world that holds surgeon

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accountable for this. It's true that in some cases we have doubts. But

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this is not enough to stop the surgery because people will die. The

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illegal organ trade is a symbol of the increasing poverty and despair

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among millions of Iraqis. Many in the country are left with few

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options, including the difficult decision to illegally sell a

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kidney. Pope Francis came to the front line of Europe's like an

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crisis this week, telling thousands of refugees stranded on the Greek

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island of Lesbos that they are not alone in their plight. He called on

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the world to respond to the crisis in a way that was worthy of our

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common humanity. And as Caroline Hawley reports, in a personal and

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surprise gesture, Pope Francis took three Syrian families back with him

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to Rome to start new lives. He came to what's being called the frontline

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of the migrant crisis to meet the people who risk their lives to get

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here and to plead for a more humane international response to them.

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Please, may God bless me, may God have mercy. The Pope is used to

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provoking emotions, they normally drawn from a religious fervour, not

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desperation. All the migrants in this camp are now effectively

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detained, awaiting either asylum or deportation. A deal between the UN

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Turkey to try to stem the flow of migrants has provoked questions

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about its morality and legality. The Pope has now added his weight to a

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growing course of concern. TRANSLATION: We hope that the world

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will heed these scenes of tragic and indeed desperate need and respond in

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a way worthy of our common humanity.

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Outside another camp, Syrians gathered for a glimpse of the Pope,

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hoping somehow he would be their saviour. This man, a Kurd, said he

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would rather die here than be returned to Turkey. All the migrants

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we have met here have huge hopes and expectations of the outcome of the

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Pope's short visit. He'll hope at least you have managed to have

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stirred Europe's conscience. But what difference will be Pope's

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visit actually make? We want them to rethink the EU Turkey deal and how

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it's being implemented. At the moment it's being rushed through and

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people aren't having their chance to have their claims for asylum fairly

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heard. Luck was on the side of three Syrian families. The Pope's plane

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returned with 12 extra passengers, six adults and six children, Muslims

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that will be hosted by the Vatican. The chosen few plucked from migrant

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misery got a Tour of the historic centre of Rome looking slightly

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bewildered. The Pope's dramatic and pointed gesture has transformed

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their lives. But back on Lesbos, more than 3000 people remain

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incarcerated in the camp Pope Francis visited, stuck here in legal

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limbo. Caroline Hawley, BBC News, Lesbos.

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There is a fierce debate going on in the US state of North Carolina over

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a new law that affects the gay, lesbian and transgender community.

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It means transgender people can only use public toilets according to

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It also restricts the protection of some gay and transgender

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Companies have threatened boycotts and rock stars, including Bruce

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Springsteen, have cancelled their shows in North Carolina in protest.

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Luke is 17, he plays in his school band, loves his dog,

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He never identified as a girl and is now going through the medical

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But his state has just passed a law that says that he and others who are

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transgender have to use public bathrooms for the sex they were born

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Dressed like this, I don't want to go to the girls' bathroom because

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I'll be asked by my peers, it'll be like, "what are you doing?"

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If I go to guys' bathroom and somebody knows I am transgender

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and doesn't like me, they could out me very easily and I could get

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suspension from school temporarily for having to go to the bathroom.

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There have been demonstrations against the new measures,

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Bruce Springsteen and Ringo Starr are among those who have cancelled

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performances in North Carolina in protest.

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PayPal and Deutsche Bank said they are pulling investment out of the

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A lot of the focus has been on the issue of what bathroom can be

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used by members of the transgender community but

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For the people across North Carolina,

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this law takes away protection against discrimination on the basis

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of sexual orientation, which had been provided by other local laws.

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That affects the many employees here, from the

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LGBT community, as we heard quite frankly from one of the politicians

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I think that an employer has the right to choose who the employer

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wants to work, unless it is a matter of race, colour, national origin,

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You think it is OK for an employer to say, I don't want

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There is no national law in America that explicitly forbids that,

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but here, where senior elected officials are openly saying

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discrimination is OK, is something members of the gay community told us

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I'm surprised that people still feel like that.

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I mean, being gay is nothing to do with your job.

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Things have been progressing for decades now in the right direction.

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This just goes and shows us how much more work has to be done.

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The Supreme Court said we could get married, it seems like this

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Pressure is building to repeal the law which rules

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on bathrooms and taking away LGBT rights, politicians here are

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Some believe the long-term survival of the race, we will have to leave

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Earth and populate other planets. But which ones? Mars is seen by many

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as the best bet and a potential home. Now China has become the

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latest nation to announce plans for a mission to land a probe on the red

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planet. In the past, Beijing has been secretive about its military

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led space programmes, but we have been speaking exclusively to the

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head designer of China's Luna and Mars mission.

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At Beijing's science museum, they are starting to open up about space.

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After decades of secrecy, China's space agency is starting to open

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up. Its new era in space exploration is

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capturing the public's imagination. Enthusiasm for space starts

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early here in China. They have come here today to

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learn about the latest mission. And that is important,

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because if their ambition pays off, this could be the next generation

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going to the moon and beyond. For now,

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the alien terrain of the Red Planet This is the mission's chief

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designer. And

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in his first interview outside of Chinese media he says a trip to Mars

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has been a long time in the making. TRANSLATION: The US, Europe and

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India have all sent probes to Mars. But finally we have approval, and we

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plan to orbit, land, and then send In 2013,

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it made its way to the moon. It became the first country to land

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a probe there for nearly 40 years. Now, it also has plans to

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return to the lunar surface. This time,

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to go to a place no-one has been TRANSLATION: It's quite challenging

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to land in this area, but there might be water or ice, so we would

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like to check it out very much. And China's astronauts could soon be

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working alongside other nations, Because China's space programme is

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military-led, the US government won't collaborate with it

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for fears of national security. TRANSLATION: We would welcome

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co-operation with the US. We have urged

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the US many times to get rid of the restrictions, to enable

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scientists from both countries to But, with its future missions,

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China is becoming a space power of its own, one that is not going

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to let anything get in its way. It was once a thriving American oil

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stay, but the slump in prices has meant North Dakota has gone from

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boom to bust. It is taking a heavy toll on the local economy and unity,

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which have come to rely on fracking and the shale oil industry. We have

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been to North Dakota, a state which is now virtually running on empty.

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Flying low above North Dakota's planes, pump jacks dotting the

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landscape, evidence of the shale boom that has helped to power

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America's energy when arsons. The falling oil prices, North Dakota's

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oil economy is now in trouble. On the ground, signs of the downturn.

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Used wellheads sit unsold outside this services company. The owner

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says he has had to cut salaries and workers. Two years ago, it would be

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35 people working here, and now I'm not sure what you can see behind me,

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but there are three or four people. He says there is now less business

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to go around. It is vitally a game of musical chairs where there are so

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many vendor is chasing a very small amount of work, so the environment

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is considerably tougher. Barrick style housing were built during the

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boom years. Now much of it looks deserted. Two years ago, the wreck

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room at this worker camp would have been packed. -- recreation room.

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Everything was full. It was hard to find a parking spot every day. A big

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difference. The whole timing is basically vacant. There are two or

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three people. -- Hall I'm in. Now rates have plummeted. Many workers

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can't afford to stay and wait for things to pick up. We drove less

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than a mile from the camp and came across this, what is clearly an

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abandoned RV Park. You can see all the debris that has been left

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behind. Many laid off workers have been unable to find new jobs. As you

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can see, in some cases, they have given up and left town. Lifelong

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North Dakota and is have not been spared by the slump either. This

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farmland has been in this family since the 1920s. Today Continental

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oil leases some of it, but the monthly checks are not what they

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used to be. I have been around oil long enough to know that even if you

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have an oil well, it could be plugged in a month. Those royalties

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may enter, you know? The energy companies and workers who remain in

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North Dakota are betting the slump will end. The question is when?

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This year's Oscars heralded a call for more diversity

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but could a 400-year-old tale of jealousy and racial bigotry

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help perception of racism in Hollywood?

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William Shakespeare's Othello has grabbed the interest of

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a teenage inner-city theatre group, in downtown Los Angeles.

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As the world marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death,

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Peter Bowes has been asking whether the Bard's work

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could help Hollywood make films that are more racially inclusive.

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The star-studded world of Hollywood, the home of the Oscars, a mecca

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for tourism and the epicentre of the row over diversity.

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Drive for half an hour and the scenery changes.

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The gritty streets of south Los Angeles are a far cry

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This is Compton, one of the most notorious,

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It was gangster rap music that came straight out of Compton but this is

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an unlikely setting for a performance of Shakespeare.

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This Dr Andrews runs the group, a teacher and actress she grew up

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in Compton and knows this troubled community inside out.

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Her father was murdered here when she was a teenager.

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She started the Shakespeare ensemble six years ago.

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It is an after-school programme for students

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The threat of racism that runs through America

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is very strong, and we bend it a little, we break it a little, but

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what we are doing now, like with Shakespeare, we do our own thing,

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we don't need to be invited to the party, we will kick your door down.

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This year's production is Othello, which resonates with

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the city's themes of racism and jealousy.

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People back then are just like us, they had the same problems

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regardless of their financial situation, you know, class.

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They all had similar problems, it is just things

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There has been a lot of issues with the #OscarsSoWhite and everything.

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Othello opens up eyes to people to see the problems with

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the racial issues that have been coming up lately.

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A perfect day, it was hot, wasn't it?

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The group has flourished with the help of professional actors,

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I don't know if it will change the Oscars.

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I hope it bleeds into other people's, of, oh, great I heard of

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this thing that is happening, they are doing Shakespeare

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This is Shakespeare with a diverse cast straight out of

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New faces for Hollywood, aspiring actors and possibly

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And that is all from Reporters for this week.

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From me, and Phillipa Thomas, goodbye for now.

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The weather has turned much cooler and it is set to stay cool.

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It has been pretty good with the shower and sunshine ratio.

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