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Welcome to Reporters. I'm Philippa Thomas.

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From here in the BBC newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring

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you the best stories from across the globe.

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In this week's programme, the future of fuel in America.

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Ahead of the US election, David Shukman assesses

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whether cleaner energy, like solar power, could be a viable

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A factory like this one is now producing solar panels that

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It means that solar power can be roughly comparable in cost

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Chris Buckler meets the teenagers who have risked their lives to get

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to Europe, now living alone on the streets of Italy.

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Hanan Razek reports from Mauritania, where thousands are hoping

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Can you show me the gold you found?

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Six grams. That is a fortune.

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After Rio's Olympic success, Secunder Kermani asks whether Brazil

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now faces its biggest embarrassment, botching the organisation

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There has been a disrespect for the Paralympic Games,

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for the potential and the impact that could have made for

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As the Proms celebrates Quincy Jones' 60-year career,

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Stephen Smith talks to the jazz legend about music, race, politics

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I would leave the country if that sucker won.

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First, to the United States, where the result of November's

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presidential election is likely to have a far-reaching

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effect on the future of America's energy policy.

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Donald Trump says global warming is not worth worrying

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about and he has pledged to revive the coal industry.

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But Hillary Clinton is warning that climate change is one of the most

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She wants the US to invest more in renewable power.

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David Shukman reports from Ohio on the political battle

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On the Ohio River, a vast fleet of barges laden with coal,

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part of a massive industry that has powered the American economy

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But as I visit this sprawling complex, coal is now caught up

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Put simply, Donald Trump supports it, Hillary Clinton does not.

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The coal mines here are like underground cities,

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But because of tough pollution controls and cheaper shale gas,

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dozens of mining companies have filed for bankruptcy.

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Donald Trump offers them the prospect of revival.

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By the end of the year, this mine will close.

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The miners blame environmentalists and President Obama's

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One leading mine owner, a Trump supporter, tells me real

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If two coalminers are laid off, if they own anything

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When they get laid off, they have no-one to sell that home too.

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Those people who want to work in honour and dignity

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It is not the America I cherish, which is why I speak out like I do.

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That is why I say Obama is the greatest scourge that America

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The problem with coal comes when you burn it.

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It releases carbon dioxide, which is blamed for global warming.

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Donald Trump says that is not a problem but Hillary

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She is offering a greener future instead.

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In another corner of Ohio, a clean way of generating power.

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At this local company, First Solar, robots and people

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churn out a solar panel every single second.

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A new industry is rising as an older one declines.

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While the debate rages over whether climate change is a threat

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or not, there has been an incredibly rapid industrial transformation

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so that a factory like this one is now producing solar panels that

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It means that solar power can be roughly comparable in cost

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Whoever wins the American presidential election,

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low carbon power may make sense anyway.

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There are solar panels at the Museum of Art in Toledo.

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Renewable energy is becoming more of a feature of everyday life

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and great arrays like this one, covering entire fields,

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Panel by panel, America is becoming greener without many

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I just think we have some politicians that are

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fighting the last war, they are fighting over something,

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they still believe solar power is somewhere out

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We've probably passed the tipping point, the turning point,

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All this matters because America is the world's largest economy.

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Its decisions on energy could boost or undermine international action

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on global warming under the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Donald Trump says he will pull America out of it.

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Hillary Clinton supports it, so a great deal hangs

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It is still one of the biggest crises facing

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Latest figures suggest more than 100,000 migrants came to Italy

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And more and more of them are children.

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The charity Save The Children says as many as 15,000 unaccompanied

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Chris Buckler met some of them as they arrived on a rescue ship

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Arriving from Africa, both young and old see

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A different world from the poverty and in some cases turmoil that many

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But each new face that appears in places like Catania adds

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That is particularly true for the children who arrive

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It is obvious in the city around this port that many live

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on the fringes of the system that is supposed to protect them,

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Among the teenagers we found here was Fattah.

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He travelled by himself from the troubled country of Somalia

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We are not showing his face because he is only 14.

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Are there not dangers for you because your mum is not

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Workers from the charity Save The Children were with us

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They helped to find him somewhere safe to stay that evening.

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In towns and cities across Italy, that is becoming increasingly

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difficult, with reception centres filling up as boats continue

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Today, there was one girl who was 15 years old from Eritrea

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Many children choose to continue their journey alone

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and this is extremely dangerous because they are constantly

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falling into the hands of smugglers and traffickers.

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Many girls are forced into prostitution in order

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Keeping a separation between the worlds of children

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and adults is proving to be a challenge.

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There are children who simply leave the reception centres

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and there is little the staff there can do to stop them.

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Europe is starting to struggle to provide the education,

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shelter and stability needed by the unaccompanied children

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For refugees and migrants of all ages, home is both something

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that has been left behind as well as something

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Now, this could be the world's newest gold rush.

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Thousands of people are flocking to a mineral rich area

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of the Sahara Desert in the hope of making a fortune.

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It follows the Mauritanian government's decision to allow

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people to dig in the sand, which has seen some give up

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everything in the hope of striking it rich.

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Hanan Razek reports from Mauritania on tales of dreams

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Here, in the middle of the desert, thousands of Mauritanians

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are chasing one dream, to become rich.

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Tales of making tens of thousands of pounds have

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In a country of high unemployment, being given the opportunity to dig

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Some have found enough gold to buy a house.

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Firstly, they dig the sand out of these holes, lay it flat,

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Whether it is a success or not is really down to luck.

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In the baking heat, with little water, and no easy medical access,

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Only their dreams make these punishing conditions bearable

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Ahmed has put his future on the line.

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TRANSLATION: I came back from abroad, for the opportunity

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I sold everything, I wanted to get some gold and have a new life.

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Before making the long journey, Ahmed needed to buy

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a digging licence and spend thousands more on equipment.

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Now there are calls for Mauritania's government to highlight

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TRANSLATION: The decision was based on a popular demand.

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Since the living standard here is quite low, the government

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has sought to regulate the digging at an affordable price

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The equipment prices in comparison with average wages are high.

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Some people make less than a dollar a day.

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But with more than a quarter of Mauritanians living below

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the poverty line, the government said its decision to allow gold

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digging will improve the lives of many families.

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After Ahmed's big gamble and spending 27 days here,

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all he has found is six grams of gold, worth 1%

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Yet, like many others, he still comes back,

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When it came to the Olympics, they got away with it,

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Whatever the worries, the mishaps, the less

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than crowded stadiums, the Games were actually great.

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And in a city that does not have the resources

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of London or Beijing, they showed you can still host

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But when it comes to the Paralympics, Rio does not seem

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Budget cuts are biting, some teams are not even coming.

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Secunder Kermani has been finding out how much of the setback

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the Paralympics could be for Rio's Olympic legacy.

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Beaming smiles and flashing medals as Olympic Team GB

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While success in Rio helped overshadow criticism

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of how the Games were run, there are now concerns over the fate

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Problems like green swimming pools have led to money intended

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for the Paralympics being spent on the Olympics instead.

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The budget has been slashed, whilst dismal ticket sales

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It has almost become an Olympic tradition to question how ready

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a host nation is before the Games begin, but this does feel like it is

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Just the other week, the head of the International

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Paralympic Committee said that the Games had never faced

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circumstances like these in their entire history.

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The Paralympic cycling team is training here in Newport.

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They are focusing on winning medals, but the controversies

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Is there disappointment about the ticket sales?

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The last time I read it was about 12%.

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Clearly that is a lot of empty seats.

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It would be nice if they were filled, not just from the athletes'

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perspective and the spectators' perspective and the atmosphere,

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but from the funding perspective and the exposure to the sport

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The Paralympic Games is parallel parity.

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We always come afterwards anyway because of the way

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The way they treat us is not definitely the same, is it?

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According to official documents, the Brazilian authorities had

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initially hoped to raise $170 million for the Paralympics.

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But we have been told they are nowhere near the amount they need.

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One reason is just 12% of tickets have been sold compared

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to 92% of Olympic tickets, although even then there

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There are also just 28 Paralympic sponsors compared

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As a result, they have decided to make cuts to the workforce,

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cuts to transport services for athletes, and changes

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to the venue of some events, allowing the closure of one

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London's 2012 Paralympic games were hailed as being

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The former Paralympic athlete who helped deliver them

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says that legacy looks like it is in tatters now.

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More than a step backwards, this is a leap into Paralympic prehistory.

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The economic and political backdrop are certainly very different

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But this does not have so much to do with the economics, this has to do

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with cannibalisation of the Paralympic budget,

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to bail out and backfill Olympic elements that did not need to go

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There has been a disrespect, a misunderstanding,

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a lack of understanding for the Paralympic Games,

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for the potential, and the impact that could've made

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A legacy for the 45 million disabled people in Brazil

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Many still struggle with being accepted and feeling included.

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TRANSLATION: I was disappointed, but not surprised at the lack

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of funding, because historically disabled people have been left

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Having said that, there have been some improvements to public

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Despite everything, Rio is what Paralympic athletes have

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spent years training for, and all the athletes we spoke

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to were clear about the need to make the most of the Games.

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People will organise it or they will not organise it,

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We have to deal with it as it happens, whereas the performance

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of riding the bike as fast as we can, that is totally

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within our control, so we can make sure we do everything we need to do

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in training to get the best performances out of ourselves.

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Delays to travel grants being paid out by Brazilian Paralympic

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authorities had raised concerns some countries would not even be able

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It no longer looks like it will come to that, but many are seeing these

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He is one of the most influential figures in the history of modern

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music, who has worked with some of the biggest artists

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Quincy Jones' career spans six decades and

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Now, at the age of 83, some of his most famous work

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is being celebrated at the Proms here in London and he has been

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speaking to the BBC's Stephen Smith about his remarkable

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# Land of hope and glory, mother of the free...

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Ah, the Last Night Of The Proms, or a young Conservative's

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idea of New Year's Eve, as one wag has called it.

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But look what they are doing to the Proms, Ma!

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They are dropping a bomb on them...with the jazz song

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I designed these three-quarter sleeves.

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Every time I go, I get about 28 suits.

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Look out, they are behind us, you'd better put your foot down,

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I had such a good time in England in the '60s, man.

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I know you're asked all the time about Michael Jackson,

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so do you think, ultimately, that is a tragic story?

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I said a lot of stupid things after he died.

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Anyway, you cannot make records like that without extreme love,

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# Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghoul could ever dare try.

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# So let me hold you tight and share a killer thriller.

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There were stories of him bringing snakes and things...

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A snake used to wrap around the seat and my leg.

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It would crawl across the console.

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We went downstairs, and Muscles was in the parrot cage right

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there, and the parrot, they did not like each other.

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He had just eaten the parrot and his head

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# Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.

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We have lost some great people this year.

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The last two years, George Martin, David Bowie.

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Oh, man, it just does not stop.

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Can you tell us about your time with him?

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Was he as good as everyone says?

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The music can never be any more or less than

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When it comes to the musicians the composer has known and worked

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with, it is hard keeping up with Jones.

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What about the presidential election?

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I would leave the country if that sucker won.

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I assume you're referring to Mr Trump?

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He knows how to say what they want to hear, uneducated rednecks.

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I used to hang out with him.

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Yes, but he was not like that at all.

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He would fly on his helicopter with his name on the bottom of it.

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And what about how things are in your country now?

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We keep reading reports of these difficulties

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You should have seen the '30s, '40s and '50s.

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In the '30s in Chicago, during the Depression,

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I wanted to be a gangster until I was 11.

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All I saw were dead bodies and tommy guns and piles of money in back

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This right there, I was on the wrong street, and they took a switchblade

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Right there, they put an ice pick on that.

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My daddy hit them on the head with a hammer.

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And as for racism, Jones remembers playing in Las Vegas in 1964,

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backing Frank Sinatra as part of the Count Basie Orchestra.

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Belafonte, Lena Horne, they had to eat in the kitchen.

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They slept in a black hotel across town.

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When we came there, Frank said, we're not going to have that.

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He said, he old man wants to see you over at the slot machines.

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Basie's old man was there, and 18 goombahs.

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He put one with each guy, like a bodyguard.

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He said, if anybody looks at them funny, break both of their legs.

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So it was burgers with Sinatra on the Strip, but also fish

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Didn't you live near Picasso for a while?

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After he finished, he took the bones and pushed them on the Croisette,

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He pushed it out so the sun could parch the bones,

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then he took the colours out of his pocket, a blue,

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a yellow, and a red, and drew his designs on it.

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When the check came, he pushed that out there.

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Along all of the walls, all of his food was marked up.

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Unlike his fellow bandleader, the late, great James Brown,

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Jones says he would not dream of fining musicians for missing

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What is the secret of getting the best out of them?

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Come on, that is not necessary, to be that kind of disciplinarian.

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What was that movie that won the Oscar?

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No jazz musician would take that, throwing a chair at

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Thank you very much, everybody, and thank you to Quincy Jones

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Well, that is all from Reporters for this week.

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