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A suicide bomber kills

dozens of people

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in the Afghan capital Kabul.

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More than 80 people were injured

in the attack in Kabul

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which so-called Islamic State claims

to have carried out.

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Hundreds of people spend

the night at Stansted Airport

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after flights are cancelled due

to bad weather.

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Down the ground, beautiful from

Alistair Cooke!

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And a double century

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from Alastair Cook helps England

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take control of the fourth

Ashes Test in Melbourne.

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Good afternoon.

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At least 40 people have

been killed and 80

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injured in a suicide bomb

attack in Afghanistan.

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It happened at a cultural

centre in the west

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of the capital Kabul.

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An interior ministry spokesman

said the main explosion

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was followed by two other blasts.

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So called Islamic State has said

it was behind the attack.

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Helena Lee has the latest.

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The force of the explosion

is clear to see.

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Among the rubble, relatives

desperately search for their loved

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ones.

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But there was little left behind.

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The bomb went off inside this

building, a cultural centre and

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also home to an Afghan news agency.

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Students had been marking the 38th

anniversary of the Soviet invasion

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of Afghanistan.

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TRANSLATION:

I saw

many dead in the area.

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I was looking for my cousin

but I couldn't find his body.

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Not sure what happened to him.

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The number of dead

people has increased.

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After the explosion,

ambulances took the

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injured to nearby hospitals.

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This man, one of dozens

badly hurt in the

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explosion, some of the wounded

were taken in for surgery.

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TRANSLATION:

A total of 35 dead

were registered here and 20 others

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wounded.

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There are men, women

and children among the injured.

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For some waiting outside

for news, it was all

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too much for them.

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Back in the area to the west

of the capital where the

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bomb went off, armed

guards patrolled.

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The initial blast was followed

by two other explosions,

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but no-one was hurt in those.

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So, who was behind the attack?

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So-called Islamic State has claimed

responsibility, saying it targeted

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the centre with a suicide

bomber and other bombs.

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It's been behind a number

of other attacks on Shia

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targets across the country

in recent months.

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This latest attack has left more

than 40 people dead and more

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than 80 injured.

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The President called it

an unpardonable crime

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against humanity, and pledged

to destroy terrorists.

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Helena Lee, BBC News.

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Ice and below zero

temperatures have been

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causing more disruption.

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Stansted Airport had to provide beds

for hundreds of passengers

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who were left stranded

in the terminal overnight,

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after flights were cancelled

due to the bad weather.

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Anisa Kadri has spent the morning

there and sent this report.

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Hanging around for a flight longer

than you expected, it is not much

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fun, especially when the queues are

just getting longer, you find your

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site is not just delayed, it is

cancelled. 12 hours after Sarah's

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flight to Stockholm was meant to

take off, she was still here and

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will fly tomorrow.

I only found out literally three

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hours after my flight was meant to

lead that it was cancelled, there

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were no boards to tell us it was

delayed. It was literally going

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backwards and forwards between

personnel. I ended up lining up for

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ten hours to get a new flight.

Did you get any sleep? No, I had

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been awake 25 hours.

Today, Stansted safe sites are

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operating as normal but minor delays

are likely because of the weather.

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The weather has been causing

problems elsewhere, in the

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Cairngorms, three climbers were

rescued after getting lost in

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blizzards.

The rescue took five hours. The

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wintry weather is not going away as

we are told to make sure our

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vehicles are safe for the roads.

Check your tyres, make sure you have

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good tread, they are well inflated,

they will keep you safe on the road,

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and pack accordingly. Have your

winter break down kit with plenty of

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spare dry and warm clothing, a

flask, snacks, a shovel, a fully

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charged mobile phone.

More snow is forecast to Scotland

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today and icy conditions will

continue across the UK. You can see

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the ice which caused so any problems

at Stansted Airport, well into the

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afternoon.

You only had to go on to social

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media to see the chaos it caused.

One person said their experience was

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the worst flight experience ever,

another said it was a shambles.

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Stansted say their flights have

returned to normal although there

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may be some delays because of the

weather. This morning we understand

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100 people were still waiting to

rebook although the Allies have

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dealt with them now. The bigger

picture, tonight could be the

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coldest we have seen so far, we are

being told, there is snow expected

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this week in East Midlands, the

North of England and also Scotland.

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A 44-year-old man accused

of stabbing a woman to death

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in a supermarket in Skipton has

appeared at Leeds Crown Court.

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Neville Hord was pinned down

by customers after Jodie Wilsher,

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a 30-year-old supermarket worker,

was attacked at the Aldi store.

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NHS hospitals in England made

a record £174 million

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from car parking charges

in the last financial year.

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It's a 6% rise on the

previous 12 months.

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The Department of Health says NHS

organisations are locally

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responsible for the methods

used to charge.

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It wants the hospitals to come up

with flexible options that put

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patients and their families first.

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Now, when was the last

time you saw a police

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officer out on the beat?

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A new survey suggests more than 40

per cent of us haven't seen

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a uniformed officer or community

support officer out

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and about in the last year

in England and Wales.

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The survey of over 12,000

people was carried out to judge

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perceptions of crime

and local policing.

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Chi Chi Izundu reports.

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It was once a very common

sight on British streets,

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the bobby on the beat,

high-profile and reassuring.

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But a new survey suggests that

uniformed police and community

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support officers are becoming

much less visible.

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I think a presence does

make a difference.

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I think if you see the police

on the streets, people

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are more wary and think more

about what they are doing.

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To be fair, I think the police

are doing all right.

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I think the budget is not enough,

but they are doing all they can do.

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They are doing a good job.

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The survey by Her Majesty's

Inspectorate of Constabulary

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and Fire And Rescue Services found

four-fifths of people asked

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in England and Wales felt

it was important to have a regular

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police presence in their area.

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But, in the last year,

44% of people had not seen

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a uniformed police officer

patrolling their streets,

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while a quarter said they felt

the service provided by local police

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was getting worse.

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It was found 53% were satisfied

with the police and with five terror

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attacks in the UK alone this year,

more than half were very or fairly

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confident the police could handle

any terror-related incidents.

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Budget cuts, police numbers

at their worst since 1985,

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and a shift in resources to focus

on things like terrorism

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and cybercrime are just some

of the reasons police chiefs say

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they are not walking

the beat as often any more.

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In a statement, the

Home Office said this.

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Local policing is more

than about just being visible

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with crime increasingly taking place

behind closed doors and online.

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Earlier this month, it announced

an increase in police funding by up

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to £450 million for local,

national and counter-terrorism

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policing next year.

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Chi Chi Izundu, BBC News.

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The United Nations special envoy

to Syria has warned children

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could be being used as bargaining

chips, as medical evacuations

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continue from rebel-held areas of

Damascus.

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More evacuations have been

continuing today after 12 people

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were allowed to leave eastern

Ghouta.

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The concern is the those released,

including critically ill

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children, are being exchanged

for captured government workers.

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A British medical team is flying

to Bangladesh to help

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Rohingya refugees who've

fled their home country of Myanmar.

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Hundreds of thousands

of Rohingya Muslims

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are living in refugee camps,

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following persecution

in their home country.

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More than 40 doctors,

nurses and fire fighters,

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from the UK, will spend six weeks

in Bangladesh tackling an outbreak

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of diptheria in the camps,

as Claire Fallon reports.

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British medics heading for

Bangladesh.

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Now, another threat, diphtheria. The

makeshift home to thousands of

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Rohingya Muslims, this is the

refugee camp. Those living in left

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Myanmar and a situation described by

the UN as a textbook example of

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ethnic cleansing.

6000 people have been killed, a

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figure denied by the Government in

Myanmar.

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Among the 40 plus staff, sent by

Britain, Becky, a children's nurse

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at Watford general.

I know from my experience as a

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paediatric nurse and as a mother

families will be feeling desperate.

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I know there are loads of children

involved, 75% of the people affected

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by dip their area are under the age

of 15. We need to act fast.

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When the team arrives, medics will

be working in tough conditions.

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Diphtheria has been spreading

rapidly, up to 160 new cases

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reported every day.

It will be tough, 40 of us going out

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in its first tranche, more people

coming later. We will be working

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with other organisations, not just

40 of us. This is the UK response,

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one of the fastest because of the

critical nature of the emergency and

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the speed at which the disease can

spread, because of the need to do

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something very quickly.

The situation facing the Rohingya

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people has been described as the

fastest growing refugee crisis. With

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equipment and expertise, the British

medics hope they will make a

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difference, and save lives.

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Cricket.

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An unbeaten 244 by Alastair Cook

helped England take control

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of the fourth Ashes Test.

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They finished day three on 491-9,

a lead of 164 over Australia.

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Cook's double century

was the highest score by a visiting

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batsman at the Melbourne Cricket

Ground.

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He's now sixth in the all-time list

of leading Test run-scorers.

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Here's Patrick Geary.

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For England, finally, belatedly,

serenity at the MCG but those

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who have followed them

here are always wary

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of a wave around the corner.

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Followed by unwelcome ducks.

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Imagine the ripples caused

by Joe Root's misplaced hook.

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61, out, missed out.

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Malan's error was even stranger,

given LBW, he chose not to review.

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The hotspot showed he had hit it,

a lifeline ignored.

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Jonny Bairstow came and went,

then Moeen Ali under pressure,

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trying to be carefree

and ended up careless.

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In contrast to the muddled minds,

the clarity of Alastair Cook.

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Beyond 150, fortunately

just beyond Steve Smith,

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the second time he dropped him.

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Cook took over the management

of the innings, driving

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England into a lead,

pushing onto a remarkable

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double century.

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He found a loyal lieutenant

in Stuart Broad, first brave

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and bold, making a 50 that

infuriated the Aussies.

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By close, their total was nearly

500, Cook had scored more than any

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visiting Test batsmen and had been

at the crease in the Melbourne

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heat for 10.5 hours.

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Surrounded by doubts

about his future.

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Do you ever doubt yourself

going into the match?

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100%.

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For 12 years.

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I continue to doubt myself.

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The longer it goes,

the harder it becomes.

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I suppose that is why I am

quite proud of last night

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going in against and delivering

a performance like

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that was pleasing.

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It is a shame it is

four weeks too late.

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Afterwards we heard England's

players applaud Cook

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in the dressing room,

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a tribute to his resilience,

fitness and concentration.

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On day four, over to the bowlers

to turn this tireless effort

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into a first victory of this

Ashes series.

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