30/09/2014 BBC Points West


30/09/2014

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Good evening. BBC Two, but now on BBC One, it s

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A Somali family from Bristol say they're distraught and devastated

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after their 15`year`old daughter left home without warning `

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and is now thought to be he`ding to Syria to join extremists.

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The police fear she's been radicalised ` and wants to

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The teenage girl from Bristol hasn't been formally named by police.

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The Turkish border with Syrha, where Islamic State terrorists

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Back at her family home in Bristol, a family fear they've lost

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She is intelligent, a beautiful young lady who hs missed

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This is Anira Khokhar, who's acting as the family spokesperson.

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The father is so proactive in the life of his kids, he was

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taking part in recreational and educational activities with them.

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And the mother speaks very good English and she is very supportive

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of her family, so for them it's a very serious shock.

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The teenager disappeared last Wednesday after apparently

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It's known she flew from He`throw, where she may have met

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Police have tracked her to Istanbul and are worried

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It's of major concern in thd neighbourhood she's left behind

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To be honest, I think it's the third or fourth Somali girl missing now.

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I think most of these girls are misguided.

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I have been living in Bristol for 24 years now.

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I'm a parent myself, I've got three girls and whdn I hear

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things like this, especiallx 15 years old, it is shocking.

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Muna Abdi runs the Bristol Somali Forum.

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Somalis worry about radicalhsation ` some call it brainwashing.

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Did it happen to the missing teenager, and if so how?

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I can't give you any answers where the young girl is or why or how

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but if it is internet, everx household in the UK or the world...

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we need to figure out if we are safe in our homes.

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The police say we must all be vigilant and ready to spot

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Tonight, in Easton, the family have asked for privacy.

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They fear they may never sed their teenage daughter again.

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So what makes a teenage girl, growing up in Bristol,

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want to go and fight with tdrrorists in one of the most dangerous

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And how was she able to plan her trip and leave,

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And now at the heart of the battle over Islamic State.

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Already the group, which is sometimes called ISIS,

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sometimes ISIL, sometimes IS, has taken over large parts of Syria

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Their aim is to create a new Islamic State, which would join large parts

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The group is willing to fight, to kill and to die for the cause.

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Western leaders describe thdm as one of the biggest threats

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in the world today and say they must be stopped.

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So what makes a girl from Bristol want to join them?

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These girls are what I class as the 9/11 generation, these `re the

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girls who have often experidnced marginalisation particularlx after

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9/11 and 7/7, the British mddia have often portrayed these young girls as

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being the enemy within and that is how a lot

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That increasing marginalisation with increasing political and

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religious narrative that is trying to frame the worldview of these men

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and women, it is often almost portrayed as saying, Islamic State

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will look after you, we are going to look

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Organisations like Inspire are working hard to try

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to stop this process of what is called radicalising young pdople,

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making them believe that thhs is all worth fighting and dying for.

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It often happens online but experts say that is not the full story.

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What we have found is that Luslim women themselves very much want to

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challenge extremism but we know with colleagues who are

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working in Bristol that oftdn the male community leaders try to

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We are aware of a male commtnity leader who acts as a represdntative

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for a British local mosque hn Bristol who has tried, just a few

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months earlier, to articulate the view that British jihadis who go and

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join and fight in Syria are participating in a noble catse.

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This is not the kind of language we need to hear

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from representatives of mospues or self`appointed community le`ders,

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this is giving mixed messagds and is incredibly unhelpful.

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Already questions are being asked about how a 15`year`old could just

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travel abroad to such a dangerous place on her own but

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at the moment, over the age of 2, there are no hard and fast rules

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However she did it and whatdver her motivation, everyone agrees

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that more needs to be done to stop this from happening.

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In other news tonight, detectives investigating

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the murder of Bath woman Melanie Hall have asked the Crown

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Prosecution Service for a ddcision on whether to charge a suspdct.

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A 45`year`old man was arrested at his home in the city last

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His bail's now been extended until the start of December.

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Her remains were found on a motorway slip road in 2009

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Messages recorded by local schoolchildren, encouraging

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people not to smoke, are now being played out through a loudspdaker at

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The experiment's begun outshde the main entrance of the maternhty unit

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where bosses say people are still lighting up, even though thd whole

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In sport, Forest Green Rovers have beaten high`flying Torquay

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in the Conference at the New Lawn, thanks to goals from Jon Parkin

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And Bristol Rovers remains unbeaten after six games.

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Newsnight's starting over on Two and tonight Evan Davis talks to

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We're back tomorrow with our latest news ` that's

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on breakfast from 6, but for now here's Jemma with the weathdr.

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A better means a settled story for the rest of the week, changd comes

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at the end, Friday into Sattrday, until then a settled picturd, not as

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much sunshine as today, somd patchy rain and drizzle, still feeling warm

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to the end of the week, change comes at the weekend. Overnight, plenty of

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cloud coverage, the lows ard 15 Celsius, a week where systel brings

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some patchy rain and drizzld and mist and murk ant hill fault to kick

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off Wednesday. Wednesday is not a bad story, not as bright and sunny

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as Tuesday, a little bit of drizzle here and there but the cloud will

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break by tomorrow afternoon, possibly even the odd 20 Celsius to

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take us through the afternoon. It stays at settled into Thursday,

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highs bucking this seasonal norm. It is rather wet and windy on Friday.

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Dry and crisp on Saturday. breezy through Saturday afternoon

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with a change in the temperature. More information on that now with

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Alex. Good evening. It's farewell fair

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weather September. A very warm month. Incredibly dry. Why so? All

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to do with the jet stream. Mostly to the north and the fast-moving ribbon

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of the air has been searing the pressures from the UK. If you are

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after more boisterous autumn whether, it need it to drive

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southwards and that's what will be happening. No-pressure conditions.

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-- low-pressure conditions. Not there just yet. There will be some

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damp weather to end September. Fronts returning to the far

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north-west of Scotland and to Northern Ireland too. In between, it

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may turn misty and murky. It will be a mild night, with temperatures in

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towns and cities in the teens. Not a cold start to Wednesday. A rather

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drab one. One or two mist and fog patches around. They will clear

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Across Scotland and Northern Ireland, after a grey start, the

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afternoon looks promising in terms of sun.

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