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of a 28-year-old woman from Bradford who was killed

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while visiting her family in Northern Punjab.

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Now on BBC News, it's time for Reporters.

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Hello and welcome to Reporters. From here in the world's newsroom, we

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send out correspondent to bring you the best stories from across the

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globe. This week: Trapped by the siege of Aleppo.

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Quentin Sommerville speaks to some of the millions of Syrians in

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desperate need of aid. And we talked to rebel fighters who rejected the

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ceasefire. TRANSLATION: We only recognise this

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call for a ceasefire by the UN to be nothing but the chance to give the

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regime a chance to catch its breath after the defeat they suffered.

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Life after a bowler. Two years after the first outbreak, Tulip Mazumder

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returns to Sierra Leone to see how its health system is coping.

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This hospital has received more than ?1 million from the British

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government, so I have come back to see how that money has been spent.

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Good killer whales solve the mystery of the menopause? Victoria Gill

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joins scientists trying to find out what Walker is some having babies so

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early in life. -- walkers. This is a unique population of killer rails.

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40 years, and it is only in that 40 years, and it is only in that

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time there were -- all that time that has made this response

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possible. This man came up to me and he went always, you pakki! Go back

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to India! Time for some serious Kammy. --

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serious comedy. We find that the Edinburgh festival that the news is

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giving comedians and ever-increasing source of material.

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And what a marvellous moment! Silver wins gold!

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And from the favelas of Rio to Olympic gold, we meet the Brazilian

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judo champion whose success has brought cheer to the host nation.

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I think it is very important to show the world that the child of a father

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like world. -- child of a father left can conquer the world.

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The world looks on this week at the desperation of civilians caught up

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in the Civil War in Syria deepened. The ceasefire calls came and went,

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the fighting deepened. Civilians without food were forced to cook

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leaves on trees, doctors warned that if attacked and medical facilities

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continue, they would be none left within a month. The city is split

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between the rebel held east and the regime controlled West. Quentin

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Sommerville has gained exclusive access to the homes of some

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civilians and two fighters on the front line.

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He sent this report. Can Aleppo still be called the City?

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-- a city? In this neighbourhood, the shops and the factories are

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gone. Here, there are only battlefields and front lines.

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These rebels, along with jihadists, attack the regime's siege. They say

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they have destroyed it. Thank God, says a fighter, we made it, we

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stepped on you, and we took away your uniforms.

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The miracle of Aleppo is the people still surviving here.

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A clockwork lamp is Mohammed's only light. The situation he has become

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even more desperate. TRANSLATION: We wash with our hands. There is no

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water. Sometimes, we are cut off for four or five days, even ten days.

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You have to go outside to the well. We have nothing here.

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She is just one woman with six children, and they are among 2

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million people be UN says Arnell suffering across rebel held East and

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regime held West Aleppo. TRANSLATION: I used to cook from age

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we got a while back, but that is finished. We don't have any food,

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nothing. We cook leaves off the trees. The situation is her endless.

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The UN wants a ceasefire for the The UN wants a ceasefire for the

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city, but a rebel commander a spokesman remotely dismisses the

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idea. TRANSLATION:, to be honest, this UN

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stance is biased. When Aleppo was under siege, and the injuries and

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wounds were becoming rotten because of the lack of medical care, and

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people suffered from shortages, we did not hear anything from the UN.

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We as military fighters only understand these calls for a

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ceasefire by the UN to be nothing but to give a chance for the regime

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to catch its breath after the big defeat they suffered in this battle.

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One of his men to our cameraman on a tour, and they are keen to show that

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they have regained control of this part of Aleppo, and claimed that

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relief is at hand. Now you can see, the road is open.

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Today, lots of cars managed to enter the city. Loaded by materials. The

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main food materials, and also medical materials.

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But Hayden is only trickling through these ruins. Aleppo is still them I

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did I wore. -- aid is only trickling through. Aleppo is still divided by

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war and united by suffering. To Turkey, where there are growing

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concerns about the government crackdown that followed last month's

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attempted coup. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would reprove

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the introduction of the death penalty if it were backed by

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Parliament, and parents of some of the young conscripts killed taking

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sons when told what was happening. sons when told what was happening.

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Our correspondent has talked to some of them.

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They gave their summer hero's burial. But there was nothing

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Turks, he was a traitor. He was Turks, he was a traitor. He was

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killed taking part in last month's failed coup. He was a conscript and

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worked in the Army canteen, but his family say he had no idea what he

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was involved in. TRANSLATION: My son didn't know

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anything about a coup. They woke him up in the night and told him there

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was an operation on the Bosporus Bridge. Those commanders led my son

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to death on purpose. This was the moment the soldiers on

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the Bosphorus Bridge surrendered. Moments later, these pictures. This

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footage shows his last moments. In the background, the voice says,

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stop beating him. He is already dead.

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TRANSLATION: My child was battered and murdered. He was covered in

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blood. He was bleeding like a slaughtered cow.

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But it was the civilians who died But it was the civilians who died

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that were remembered. Hundreds of thousands of people, with one

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message. The crowds here are chanting,

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"Martyrs will never die. The country will be divided". And inside, there

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was a clear display of national unity. Crowds never seen before, all

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waving one flag, and mostly waiting for one man. If President Erdogan

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had been shaken by last month's failed coup, you would not know it.

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He calls the national unity, and said the people behind the crew were

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terrorists. -- behind the coup. But that is not how this man is

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remembered by his family. TRANSLATION: We have died 1000

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deaths. I have been crying ever since. This pain is killing me. I am

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burning on the inside, and I hope whoever did this will burn like me.

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In some ways, the coup has brought parts of Turkey together. But it has

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also destroyed many lives. So, it is not a question of if but

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when there will be another outbreak of a deadly disease like ebola in

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Sierra Leone at some point. But two years since the World Health

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Organisation declared the outbreak a global health emergency, the UN

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agency says there are still major shortcomings, but the country's

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health system is recovering. G Live is underreported from Sierra Leone

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throw the epidemic. She has now returned to the capital Freetown to

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see how the country's heart hospitals and health systems are

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coping. It was once the jewel in the crown

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of Britain's $500 million response of the Ebola outbreak. When I was

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here during the peak of the epidemic, the UK built centre was a

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buzzing lifeline to hundreds of people. Its first survivors were

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18-year-old Daniel and his sister Cecilia. Their brother Ambrose did

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not pull through, though. This is where he died.

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In total, they lost 27 members of their family. Daniel had high hopes

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for the site's future after the British government handed it back to

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the Ministry of health. It is a suitable place where they

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can establish a standard hospital that is available for the people

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living in this area so they can have access to good medical care, and it

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is a total mess to see it like this. The Ministry of health says it is

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planning to build a maternity unit here, but we saw no work underway

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yet at the decaying site. After almost two years and virtual

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lockdown, Sierra Leone is back to its vibrant and bustling self.

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I have returned to Freetown's main hospital. When I was here at the

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heart of the outbreak, there were attempts either side of here,

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dealing with the overflow of Ebola patients, and medics had to look

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after people dressed in full while Hazard gear. This hospital has

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received more than ?1 million from the British government, so I have

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come back here to see how some of that money has been spent. The

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unrecognisable. Before the outbreak, unrecognisable. Before the outbreak,

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these sorts of modern and be looters were very rarely seen here. So this

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was the red zone, wasn't it? That is right.

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This is where you bowl a patient used to be cared for, but the

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revamped wards, complete with new revamped wards, complete with new

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oxygen supplies and heart monitors, and are providing emergency care.

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I believe we would have lost more people without this, because the

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services were not readily available. Obviously, ebola was a very

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difficult time here, what I think that if there has been one big

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change and one consequence of that, it has been a real focus on the

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health care system. Daniel invited me back to see his

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home. He's been staying on different friends' floors for nearly a year

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now. His place is right next to his school. The charity Save The

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Children is paying his fees here. He's studying hard to back into

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medical school, inspired by the British medics who saved his life.

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Going through this horrible situation has taught me a lot of

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lessons, not devoting yourselves is one of the best things you can do.

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With so few doctors in Sierra Leone, Daniel's ambition is crucial for his

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country. China has warned that failure to go

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ahead with the Hinkley Point nuclear-power station could threaten

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Britain future's relationship with Beijing. The plant in Somerset is

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due to be built with financial backing from the Chinese. China's

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ambassador to the UK has warned that the British government's recent

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decision to delay the deal has brought the two countries to a

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crucial historical juncture. Here is an assessment of what the deal means

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for UK- Chinese relations. China has its own version of

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Valentines. Tonight is the night, a kissing competition. Not everyone is

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in a loving mood. After working hard at their relationship, Beijing and

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London have lost the magic. Is it just a lovers tiff, or wedding of?

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Golden memories. It was only eight months ago that the Chinese

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president was in London. His host couldn't have done more, but now,

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David Cameron and George Osborne our history, and as for the shared

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nuclear future they promised, well, what Beijing thought was a done deal

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has now been delayed. Hinkley Point matters to China. With 30

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nuclear-power plants back home and many more on the way, Beijing's

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looking for new markets to conquer, and where better than the UK? But

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reports that security concerns may be behind this project's delay and

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now damaging china's brand. The UK brand is under threat two. Post

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Brexit Britney 's Chinese money even more than before. This investor

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alone manages ?120 billion. London's still a magnet for his money, but

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could Hinkley Point chill damage business? Yeah, absolutely. Purely

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for security, national security concerns, then to put that on hold

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is definitely going to affect the relationship between the UK and

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China. I think people take that as an indication of how the integration

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is going to be, so I think in talent to a certain degree, it is going to

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affect our decision. Ultimately, the affect our decision. Ultimately, the

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Chinese government can pull the plug on any deal. China's economic Midas

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now so great that it can inflict real pain in countries that don't do

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what it wants. It wants Hinkley Point. If London cancels the

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project, make no mistake, Beijing will punish it by turning out the

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lights and the Golden Age. But if the Hinkley Point deal does finally

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go ahead as expected, the delay has soured the mood.

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No flowers for London tonight, a Chinese valentine's to forget.

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Now, you wouldn't normally associate killer whales with the menopause,

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but British scientists have been studying them for the past 40 years

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to understand the condition. Humans and killer whales are two of only

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three species that are involved to stop having babies about halfway

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through their lives. Victoria Gill joined researchers in a very unusual

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whale watching trip. Visibly close family bonds, and these orcas have

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something else in common with humans, something very rare.

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Female killer whales go through a kind of menopause. So this team has

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come to the Pacific coast to work out why any species should evolve to

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stop reproducing so early in life. They will have their last calf in

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their late 30s or 40s, but potentially can level until 80, 90,

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or possibly the oldest estimate is 100 years. So our interest in this

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from an evolutionary perspective, because that is really hard to

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explain. Who just came up there? That is the four-year-old offspring.

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While it is familiar to us, it is a phenomenon seen only in humans and

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two marine mammal species. Even long live wild apes and elephants don't

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go through this change. To study it, the scientists work with

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conservationists here who have painstakingly documented the lives

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of these orchids. -- orcas. This is of these orchids. -- orcas. This

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a unique population of killer a unique population of killer

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whales, in that they have been followed unmonitored, watched

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closely for 40 years, and it is only all of that time that has made this

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new research possible. There we go!

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We take photographs and get individual pictures, identification

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pictures, on everybody, and then we see who has new babies, and we see

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who is missing, and we do this over and over overall the years, and we

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have kept very good track of what the total population has.

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This is what has given insight into the crucial role that females are

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playing in their later, post-productive lives.

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So we have got a mail here, and his mother is just close by, just here

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in front of the boat. This is the kind of social

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interaction? That is an adult male? And his mum, yes. Just the kind of

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social interaction just didn't. Yes, just this kind of bond between

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The centre's vast library of killer The centre's vast library of killer

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whale data has allowed the team to reveal how menopause benefits this

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species. They discovered that all the females leave their part as it

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hunts, and adult sons depend on their postmenopausal mothers for

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their very survival will. They keep the group alive, they help

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support individuals, they survived for longer, and by unpicking the

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importance of these killer whale, we can start to unravel business three

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of the menopause. The team here will continue to watch

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from the service is these animals reveal the Revolutionary Guard and

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key parts of our own lives. -- reveal these Revolutionary Guard 's.

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It is not easy to find humour in the news, but as everyone who is anyone

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in the world of comedy has to Edinburgh for the French Festival

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this year, they are making fun of the news. Given things like Brexit

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and the other extraordinary news events of this year, comedians have

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had no problems finding new material.

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I'm not going to lie, this show was originally going to be about how we

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have these turbulent times in politics, but in the end, sense

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prevails, and thank God we stayed in the EU.

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Right now, life is good for political satirists like Matt Forde.

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That show ain't happening no more! There is a brand-new show ridden

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since June 20 three. There is a seemingly endless supply

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of new material on which to riff, and an audience eager for some

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insight into worrying world. If you -- if you think about it, people are

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going to be going to nosing homes a good three decades earlier because

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of the referendum. There seems to be a distinctly political edge to this

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year's fringe. I know there is racism, and people

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are angry, but I take comfort in knowing that racist and not that

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bright. Is it different this year?

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It is, because so much has happened. If I go on and start at about my

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moustache, everyone will start thinking, yes, fair enough, but what

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do you think about this, and what you think about what is happening?

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How does that affect you, because you are brown, UR woman, you are

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I was in London, and they went down I was in London, and they went down

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the street. This man in the street shouted at me, or a! You Pakki! Go

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back to India! LAUGHTER

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Brexit is a hot topic, as is Trump Brexit is a hot topic, as is Trump

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I mean, I considered myself a I mean, I considered myself a

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foreigner, obviously, but never an immigrant.

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The idea behind the show came to me when I was asked to front a TV

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programme called An Immigrant's Guide To Better, for immigrants and

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by immigrants. I thought, I am not an immigrant! I

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thought about it, and it is probably the lack of hardship in my story.

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Like, I feel to qualify as an Like, I feel to qualify as an

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immigrant, you have to have clung onto a banana boat, or hidden in the

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back of a lorry at least for some of the journey.

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LAUGHTER Taboos are being tackled as well.

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Would you guys want to talk about? Isis?, really? This guy said to me

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recently, you are Muslim, that mean you support Isis?

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I said, I said, are you serious? Just because I'm Muslim doesn't mean

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I support Isis, you idiot. I mean, some others like Al-Qaeda. There is

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the Taliban... Ann Budge is altogether like that!

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This take on Islamophobia is one of many examples at this year's French

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for the public's appetite was in serious comedy.

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Now, to undoubtedly the biggest event of the week now, the Olympics.

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Every nation has their Olympic heroes, but for the host nation,

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Brazil, there can be no one who has brought such joy as Raffaele

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Sollecito is to take gold medal in judo marks a fairy tale rise from an

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-- from a childhood in one of Rio's most terriers favelas. We have met

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the Olympic champion who learn judo just so she could defend herself

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growing up. Brazil's first gold medal in the Rio

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Olympics, a lifetime achievement for the judoka Rafaela Silva. She came

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from the favela, the City Of God, and rose to the top of the podium.

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TRANSLATION: I lived in a very aggressive world.

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The children couldn't play, and we had to rush home another there were

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shoot outs. Now the girl who fled stray bullets is being chased for

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photos and interviews. I think it is very important to show a detail from

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a FibrLec and conquer the world. Rafaela won the women's 50 kilometre

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final -- 50 kilograms final. Like, poor, woman. It is a highly symbolic

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bigotry for Brazil. This is the home where she grew up, just outside the

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City Of God. Her mother told me that she put her in judo as a little girl

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because she was getting into fights in the streets. Now, her face is on

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every newspaper and on the family T-shirts. In London 2012, her father

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was disqualified early on, and suffered a wave of racist attacks.

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She almost gave up her career. She proved to everyone that she

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doesn't belong to anywhere other than the fight, fighting for her

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goods and their will to win. A short drive away, this is

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Rafaela's second home, her training centre, one of the judo schools run

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by the Reaction Institute, an NGO that takes judo to poor children

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from Rio's favelas. Here, her victory is shared by

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everyone. We are very proud, because it is someone who came from the same

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place we did, so then you think, wow, I can get there as well.

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Rafaela says she has no idea where she would be if it were not for this

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judo school. TRANSLATION: The goal isn't just to

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develop high-performance athlete, but also to educate citizens. The

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children have access to scholarships and better education through sport.

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The teachers don't just demand a good performance in judo, but also

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important. With other scepticism important. With other scepticism

:25:09.:25:16.

ahead of the Rio Olympics, Rafaela's story has ignited Brazilian pride

:25:17.:25:19.

and will inspire many children like air for years to come.

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-- children like her. The inspiring story of Rafaela Silva.

:25:29.:25:31.

And that is all from Reporters this week. From me and the whole team

:25:32.:25:33.

here in London, goodbye for now.

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