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US air strikes in northern Iraq help Kurdish forces to fight back against

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Islamist militants. They also give time for desperate Yazidi refugees,

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trapped in the Sinjar moup tans to escape to -- mountains to escape to

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safer areas. time for desperate Yazidi refugees,

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trapped in the Supporters of Nouri al-Maliki take

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time for desperate Yazidi refugees, trapped in the Sinjar to the street,

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as America warns him not to stoke tensions further.

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Also this lunch time: Still holding - a three-day

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ceasefire is observed in Gaza, as Israel sends negotiators to care

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row. Calls for the relabelling of alcoholic drinks to give warnings of

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the harmful effects of drinking. The rise in rural crime, with a spate of

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sheep rustling and a theft in farming vehicles.

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Rory McIlroy says he's playing the best golf of his life after winning

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the US PGA. Later on BBC London - the

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multimillion pound project to create the largest wetland nature reserve

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in Walthamstow. Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC

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News. Air strikes by US planes are halting the advance of the Islamic

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State's militants in Iraq. That is according to the American Defence

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Secretary, Chuck Hagel, who said the US would continue to support the

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Iraqi security forces in every way that we can. On the ground, Kurdish

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forces have made head way against ISIS fighters and have called for

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more western military aid. This morning, Islamists are reported to

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have captured Jalawla, 100 miles to the north-east of Baghdad. Our world

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affairs correspondent has the latest. The forlorn and desperate

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trek continues to some kind of safety. Some of the thousands of

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members of Iraq's Yazidi minoritied, fleeing the advance and the --

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minority fleeing the advance of the Islamic State.

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I had to walk halfway here alone. I have three children. This one is

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with me. I have lost the others. I haven't seen them or my husband. I

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have walked from the Sinjar mountains to Syria. Walking. We have

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a bottle of water. Sometimes we drink it, no more. More US air drops

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of vital supplies to desperate Yazidis still trapped and exposed on

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Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq. This humanitarian crisis has re-focussed

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international concern on the threat posed by the Sunni militants in Iraq

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and beyond. With the help of US air strike, Kurdish forces have re-taken

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some ground from the militants in the north but, as the militants

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celebrate and parade their successes in their own videos, they have made

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a new advance further south, closer to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

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Heightened security on the streets of the capital, but this, it seem,

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is because of the heightened political crisis among the divided

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leadership. As he struggles to keep his job, the

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Shi'ite Prime Minister went on national television overnight,

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saying he was taking the country's President to court a show of support

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on the streets reports from the capital, the turmoil seems set to

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deepen. All this will dismay the Americans and others.

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One thing all Iraqis need to know that there'll be little

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international support of any kind whatsoever for anything that

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deefiates from legitimate constitutional process that's in

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place and being worked on now. In northern Iraq, this camp offers a

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place of relative sanctuary for some. There's no end in sight to the

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crisis. Our diplomatic correspondent is with

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me now. The arming of the Kurds by the United States - how significant

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is that? This is coming from senior American officials. It has not been

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formally announced yet. It seems likely, given the new Islamic State

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advances that Nick was talking about in his report. It seems to be a

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subject very much the air. Some of the European countries are talking

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about the need to shore up the Kurdish capability, the French and

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the Italians talk of a need for an emergency Foreign Minister's meeting

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about this. It makes clear, if it is true, just how much is at stake here

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for the United States and its allies in this latest Iraqi crisis. You

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might think, look they step back from intervening in Syria, they said

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they would not arm the moderate fighters in Syria. Why are they now,

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if it is true, going to arm the Kurds in Iraq? Of course, in Syria,

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part of the reason holding back was to stop those arms from getting into

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the hands of extremist militants like Islamic State or ISIS, as it

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used to be called. The irony is these same fighters now they have

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moved from northern Syria into northern Iraq, they have their hands

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on some of this weaponry anyway. When towns like Mosul fell to them

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and the Iraqi army fled n part, armed by the Americans after their

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intervention in 2003, this heavy weaponry, some sophisticated, fell

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into the hands of these fighters. Now you have the Americans facing

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this terrible situation, where the advancing Islamic State fighters

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might have their hands on kit that they themselves have in Iraq. They

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have to do something. That is number one. Number two, the humanitarian

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situation, the devastating situation of some of these ancient

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communities. Number three, the importance of northern Kurdish Iraq

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to the US and other Allies. It whats been a linchpin for them. A haven,

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where they felt they had have a loyal ally. There is another irony

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here. Whilst America supports the Kurds of the north, they are not

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supporting Nouri al-Maliki, the Prime Minister, in Baghdad. It is a

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complete mess, isn't it? Part of the problem is, the reason Islamic state

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fighters were able to make their way, flood across northern Iraq, is

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because the Sunni tribes were so disenchanted with Mr Maliki's Shia

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Government in Baghdad, they let them in. If he's part of the problem, he

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cannot be part of the solution. Across Europe too have pushed for a

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more inclusive Government, a unity Government which does not have Mr

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Maliki as Prime Minister. He is fighting back. His forces are

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deployed on the streets of Baghdad. You have a weaker central

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Government. The danger for western allies is if they start to support

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the Kurds more, but a al-Maliki-led Government in Baghdad less, there is

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another nightmare, withsy the country could fragment. Thank you.

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For more on the developing situation on Iraq, visit our website: You can

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find an interactive guide which explains how the fighters have

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become such a powerful force. It gives you a time line and facts and

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figures. Neers have -- negotiators have arrived in Cairo on how to find

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a long-term solution to the conflict in Gaza. A three-day ceasefire

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appears to be holding. Our Middle East correspondent is at the Rafah

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crossing. This ceasefire, as I say, is holding, attention is focussed on

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these talks? No reports of any breaches to this ceasefire deal for

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now. Right down here, in the south-east corner of the Gaza Strip,

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you can see how that is affecting things on the ground, because we've

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actually seen some people able to cross through into, the border we

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Egypt is just over here behind me. Just off to my east, these lorries

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are coming from the border crossing with Israel. Now, that crossing was

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actually actually closed yesterday because of militants firing rockets

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in that direction. With this three-day truce agreed, it has been

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able to re-open. We have seen supplies and aid coming through here

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over the past few hours. Israeli negotiators have now

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returned to Cairo for talks on a longer term ceasefire deal. If that

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can be reached, it will really enable people here in Gaza to start

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to rebuild their lives. After now more than four weeks of fighting.

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Across Gaza, there are scenes of dramatic destruction. This is the

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result of an Israeli air strike that took place after the last three-day

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truce expired and just before a new one was agreed.

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Dozens of mosques, as well as tens of thousands of homes, have been

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lost in this conflict. More than 1900 Palestinian lives. Now, there

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are fresh hopes here that people can start to re-build.

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Already families are packing up their belongings and leaving

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temporary shelters to return to the neighbourhoods they fled during the

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violence. TRANSLATION: We want a complete

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ceasefire. We don't accept a two or three-day truce. We want to go back

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home. We want to end this situation and live a comfortable life. Some

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Israelis living not far away feel much the same.

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Neighbours greet each other as they return to their properties near the

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Gaza border. TRANSLATION: I am very happy. This

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is our home. We haven't been here for a month and two weeks. Supplies

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brought by Palestinian businesses and aid rolled into Gaza today from

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Israel. With talks on a longer term deal in

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Cairo under way again, Israeli security and the tight border

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controls imposed by Israel and Egypt are key.

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These lorries are bringing goods into Gaza from Israel's only

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commercial crossing point, which is just down the road. Palestinians

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want it to be open more fully, so they can drad effectively. -- trade

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effectively. Behind me you have the Rafah crossing point we Egypt. It

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has been mostly closed to travellers for the past year. Palestinians say

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it should be the gateway to the world. For now, only those with

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foreign passports or residency can make it back across the border. The

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challenge for negotiators in Egypt is to bring both Israel and the

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Palestinians close together and that will require serious compromises.

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Those talks in Cairo taking place amid much secrecy and tight security

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as well. A lot of international pressure and support on the

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different parties there. The hope really that they can solve the

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underlying problems that led to this crisis in Gaza in the first place.

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As was pointed out there, huge pressure in terms of the

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humanitarian situation in Gaza. What about within Israel and the

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political pressure there for some sort of longer term deal? Well, it

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is the same, obviously relief everywhere there is now a prolonged,

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hopefully, period of peace and people can go bobbing to their

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communities along -- can go back to their communities along the border.

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Binyamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister here has been pressured,

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particularly from right-wingers who say the job in Gaza should have been

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finished. Everybody in that position says if we allow Hamas to re-arm and

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do not solve the long-term pron problems, there'll be another

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conflict. Many people here, both on the left and the right, increasingly

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on the right, say Israel has to defeat Hamas, it has to demilitarise

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the Gaza Strip. The problem is, as both sides are sitting down now in

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Cairo, they are so far apart, those Israeli demands and Hamas demands -

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it is very unlikely they will agree to those demands. The European Union

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and the Palestinian Authority are going to have to try and make

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progress elsewhere to make sure we don't end up with another conflict

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in a few weeks or a few months. Thank you.

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The Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds has resigned. The second

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minister to leave in a week. Downing Street says his departure is

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completely unrelated to events in Israel. Let's speak to our political

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correspondent. This raises eyebrows after the hi-profile resignation of

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Baroness Warsi. There's no escaping the fact within less than seven days

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the Foreign Office has lost two ministers. That is at a time when

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there are three crisises. We have Ebola in West Africa. We have the

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violence in Iraq, you have heard about and we have the on-going

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confrontation in Israel, between Israel and Hamas. Baroness Warsi

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said she could no longer stand by the Government's morally

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indefensible of policy on Gaza. Mark Simmonds says it is about his

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personal, political future. We have seen letters between him and the

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Prime Minister around the time of the reshuffle. He

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Rafah crossing point we Egypt. It has been mostly closed to said he

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wasn't going to has been mostly closed to travellers

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for the past stand in the election of next year. So, that is why he

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went. It is not clear whether for the past year. Palestinians say

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it should be he said, I am for the past year. Palestinians say

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it should be the gateway going and the Prime Minister sacked him or the

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Prime Minister sacked him and then he said he will not stand. It is

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bizarre to an extent. foreign passports or residency can

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make it back across the Why make it back across the border. The

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challenge six days after Warsi's departure would another minister

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resign at the Foreign Office? Thank you very much. Cigarette-style

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health warnings should be put on of alcohol products. That is what MPs

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on the All Party Parliamentary Group say needs to be done to alert

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consumers of the harmful effects Almost half the alcohol we drink is

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bought in shops. A change in the pattern of drinking. There is a call

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for minimum prices and stronger warnings, measures they say are

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needed because of the costs of alcohol to society. We know alcohol

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costs are 21 billion pounds a year in as a consequence of health and

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related crimes to alcohol abuse. Plans are being backed for a minimum

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price in Scotland and Wales and campaigners say drinkers need to be

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more aware of the risks. Most people know you damage your letter if you

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drink too much. But drinking alcohol is also implicated in heart

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