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Hello, welcome to BBC World News. Our top stories: An attack by the

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Taliban in Kabul. A gun battle at a police compound

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has ended. Day one of India's gang-rape trial

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has ended. Five men are accused of rape and murder, and have appeared

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in court. Heavy snowfall leaves hundreds

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stranded at Europe's busiest airports.

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We have the very latest from our weather centre.

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And, new research suggests the smoking ban in England has led to a

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big improvement in asthma rates in An eight-hour attack on the traffic

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police headquarters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has ended,

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according to the police. Heavily- armed insurgents detonated a

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suicide bomb, and a car bomb, before entering the building. The

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authorities say that three police officers have been killed, together

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with five attackers. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville

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is in Kabul. Those five attackers had suppliers

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of food, they were heavily armed. The attack began at dawn. A few us

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later, it was over. Oh early-morning near the traffic

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headquarters in Kabul. A massive car bomb is triggered. The

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explosion could be seen and heard for miles. Afghan Special Forces

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arrived to retake the building, but this fight would last for more than

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80 hours. This man said, we heard a huge bang, then the electricity

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went off. After that, there was gunfire, you can hear it continuing.

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Hours later, the upper floor of the headquarters caught fire. Inside,

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the Taleban attackers fired back with machine guns and grenades.

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We have been hearing more gunfire and large explosions for half-an-

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hour. This is the second major attack on a government building in

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Kabul in the space of one week. Later, reinforcements arrived.

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Norwegian Special Forces joined them, but still the heavily armed

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Taleban attack has fought back. This is a city which is well

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prepared for this type of Taleban assault. The government responded

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with force but still could not bring these attacks to a quick end

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or prevent them from happening. Why did they choose the traffic

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headquarters? The Taleban say it was because they were targeting

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foreign trainers in the building. As is often the case, no foreigners

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were killed in that attack. What are people saying about the

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ability of the Taleban to do this in the centre of Kabul, the second

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attack in a week? That is right, we have seen

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consistently, despite the considerable security in place here,

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in Kabul, it is like a fortress, the Taleban can still mount these

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sophisticated attacks, and get their men and suppliers in and

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attacked some of the most secure buildings. More needs to be done in

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terms of gathering intelligence to prevent these attacks happening in

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future. The five men accused of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-

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old woman in Delhi have arrived in court this morning, for what's

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being described as a fast track trial. A sixth suspect, who claims

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he is 17, will be heard by a separate juvenile court. It's a

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case that has shocked India, and triggered a wider debate about the

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treatment of women. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder is in Delhi.

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There was a fairly brief, incredibly dramatic proceedings

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which hardly lasted very long. It started with the judge announcing

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proceedings from now on will bid closed to the media, he asked the

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media in the court room to leave, he did not give a reason why he had

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made that decision. The five accused were produced, the charges

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made, and he said the next hearing would take place on Thursday when

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we understand that the defence lawyers will start to challenge the

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prosecution, including challenging and contesting the charge of murder.

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At least one ploy has told the media they will argue that the

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charge of murder should not stick, because they say it is not what led

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to the death of the young woman. They will argue there was medical

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negligence. Separately, one lawyer for the defence has asked the

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Supreme Court to move the truck outside Delhi, because of the

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intense media scrutiny been placed on the judge. He said his client

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could not get a fair trial. That hearing we understand will take

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place tomorrow when the Supreme Court will decide whether to

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acknowledge that and decide to move the hearing out of Delhi, or carry

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on as usual. We have seen again how much public attention has been

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placed on this trial, how much it is leading to public introspection

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on how women are treated. There was another protest outside the court

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room today. Protesters say it is not enough to enforce law but then

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these to be a public campaign. The details are emerging about the

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storming by Algerian troops were 80 people are thought to have died.

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Algerian forces are reported to have captured several militants

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arrive -- alive. The debris of a ferocious fight,

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Algerian forces dealt with the militants in their accustomed way,

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with force. And without protracted negotiation. They say if they

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hadn't acted, the complex could have been blown up and hostages

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were already been killed. Searching the site, they found more bodies.

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It now looks as if the 80 people had been killed, 48 of the dead

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were hostages from the Philippines, Japan, the UK, Romania, Colombia,

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Canada and the US. 20 hostages are not accounted for. 32 hostage

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takers were killed. The lucky survivors have now left the desert

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and had been flown home. It has sent north African Islamic

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militancy to the top of Western politicians priorities. In the UK,

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another meeting of the emergency Cabinet committee. The British

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Foreign Secretary has pointed to Somalia as a model for action.

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The strong African forces engaged in fighting terrorist organisations,

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funded by the EU but it is the African forces which do the actual

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fighting and manoeuvring. And strong humanitarian and diplomatic

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support from the rest of the world, including the United Nations.

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man who is claimed to behind the kidnapping is Mokhtar Belmokhtar,

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his group has threatened to carry out more attacks unless Western

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powers end what it calls an assault on Muslims in Mali. The Algerian

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army has put on display the arms allegedly found at the gas plant.

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If this is the Arsenal, the question of what is needed now to

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guard Algeria have has become even more urgent.

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We go over to Mali, latest reports say French forces had entered the

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central town of which was captured by Islamist rebels last week. 2000

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French troops are helping end the fight Against the rebels. We have

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been finding out how well the forces are working together.

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It is obvious here that the government army has limited

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capacity compared with the French. They are working together where

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they can, if only for public relations purposes. The reason the

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Army is quite week is because they were thrown out of the north only

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last year, when the Islamists took control of the Sahara desert part

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of northern Mali. That led to demoralisation, some army officers

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felt they weren't being supported by politicians, so they mounted a

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military coup which led to issues with the command and control. There

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are some government soldiers over here. I will see if I can talk to

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them. The these guys are resting, they

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have come back from the front line. The sergeant in charge of them has

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just returned. What is the situation on the front line just

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north of here? The sergeant says that they had to

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withdraw, because the population was in danger, a danger because the

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Islamists were mixed up with them and civilians were being killed. He

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is confident they can get in there, and it will be very soon.

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Hundreds of flights across western Europe have been affected by heavy

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snow and icy conditions. Frankfurt, Heathrow, Paris, all badly affected.

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We have more, what has been happening?

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I don't think it is necessarily the mark of snow which has fallen in

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any one location. It is a sensitive area of Europe would be a big and

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busy airports. All these airports seem to have been affected by the

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same snowy weather system at once. Heathrow, in the last 24 hours, 10

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centimetres of snow, as across much of the UK. Again, it is not

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necessarily the snow which is the problem. We have the de-icing,

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reduced visibility. With reduced visibility, the aeroplanes need to

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be spaced out more, which means it takes them longer to get in and out

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of airports. Similar conditions in France. We have that knock on

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effect, if one airport gets a lot of snow, the others are affected.

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Air France, 40% of flights into Paris were cancelled. Air France is

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expecting on Monday, again, we will sit around 40%, similar amounts

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cancelled. Further east, Frankfurt. A little bit more used to the

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conditions. Again, when western Europe gets affected, it affects

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Frankfurt. The next few days, or snow is possible.

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A lot of us were apprehensive getting to work today.

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Stay with us, we've got more coming up here on BBC World News. The

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latest James Bond movie, Skyfall, is released in China, but it's gone

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through an extra session in the cutting room.

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Let us go live to the White House where President Barack Obama will

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have his public inauguration, to begin his second term in office. It

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is still dark there at the moment. We did see him being sworn in on

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Sunday. That was behind closed doors, it had to be done by the

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dead lie in 20th January, but the public version will be happening in

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a few hours -- deadline. He will be delivering his inaugural address in

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a few hours. A crowd of up to 700,000 people are expected to

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attend. That compares to the 2 million people who were there on

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January 20th four years ago, to watch it unfold, for his first term,

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when he made history and was sworn in the first time. The second term

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not attracting so much of a crowd, still, 700,000 people braving the

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winter weather in Washington. We will bring you live coverage of

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that a little later on BBC World News.

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Some of the other stories. Police in Austria have voted to

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keep compulsory military service. At the moment, or Austrian men must

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serve six months in the military or nine months Mick -- work.

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Columbia's rebel group has said it has ended the temporary ceasefire.

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The rebels had declared a unilateral truce when negotiations

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began in Cuba but the Colombian government has refused to halt

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military operations against them until a final peace accord is

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achieved. Just when you thought it was safe

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to go back in the water, let us show you some incredible pictures,

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a shark, here in Australia, in a shallow waters where people were

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bathing. Luckily, this 62-year-old British tourist sent it packing. It

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is thought the shark was Let's remind you of the latest

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headlines. A Taliban attack on Kabul's traffic police headquarters

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has ended. By suicide attackers and three policemen died in the assault.

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Five men have appeared in court in Delhi on the first day of India's

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gang rape trial. They are accused of rape and murder. Senior

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officials from the United Nations are in Syria to assess the scale of

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the humanitarian crisis there. The UN estimates that the civil war has

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left around 4 million people in need of help. In December, it

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launched an appeal for more than $1 billion but a me a tiny fraction of

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that amount has been promised so far. The BBC's James Reynolds is on

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the turkey Syria border, where he has found many groups are staking a

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claim to the same piece of land. A minute Turkish town which is

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right on the southern edges of this country. About 40 metres away from

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us is Syria. President Assad's forces have withdrawn from that

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town and residents here say that the government last tried to bomb

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the town about two months ago. But the war in that town continues. It

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continues between two factions. Syrian rebels from the S F and

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Syrian Kurdish militias. Have a look here. This is the part

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controlled by Syrian rebels. They have their own hardware, they've

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been moving about quite openly. They've been burying their dead.

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They've been fighting a Syrian Kurdish militia, which is on this

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side. When we went to try to film there earlier, it proved to be a

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bit dangerous, bullets were whistling by. Syrian Kurds have

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kept broadly an independent line in the war so far, but essentially

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they want to control any territory which is Kurdish, and this is a

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Kurdish town. Despite the fact that Assad's forces are gone, the war

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continues here. That might give you some indication of the complexity

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of Syria's civil war. Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday to elect a

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new Prime Minister, with parties of the left and centre of fractured

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and fractious, the polls are predicting a swing to the right.

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What will that mean for the Arab citizens of Israel, who make up 20

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% of Israeli society? Something that is often forgotten when it is

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election time in Israel is that one fifth of Israeli citizens are Arab

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Israelis, many of whom prefer to describe themselves as Palestinians.

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We've come to the home of many Arab citizens of Israel. The picturesque

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minaret is in the mosque behind me. We've asked of people there will be

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voting. I come to this cafe, well known for political debate. There

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are plenty of books on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Thank you for

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speaking to us. How will you be voting on Tuesday? Just come as

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there is eight election, I don't believe in Israel being a

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democratic state. The reason I am going to vote, ICL where resistance

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in Israel should take part also in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.

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You question Israel's democracy. Because be equal to all the

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citizens. To me, democracy is when everyone is equal, regardless of

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their faith, Ethna to see -- ethnicity or background. Term out

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at election time tends to be very low. The Arab citizens of Israel

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have parties representing their voices, so why don't more Arab

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citizens of Israel vote for those parties? Simply be because they do

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not believe Israel is a democratic state. No matter what we do, it's

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not going to change. You can understand this because we are

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living here for the past 64 years and racism has become a part of our

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life. Does the state of Israel, as it exists now, the Jewish state of

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Israel, have a right to exist? a complicated question. We don't

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deny the right of the Jewish people or the Israeli people to live in

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this state. We are the victim here. We suffered 64 years. We are

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demanding equality, the real one. But the absurd thing about Israel

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is if a Jewish President lives in Los Angeles, who has never set foot

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on this land, having more rights than I do. It's absurd. To why

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think that the Jewish state has a right to exist? I think that this

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state has a right to exist but not as Jewish, as being a state for all

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Thank you for speaking to us. We mentioned that later we will bring

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you special coverage of the inauguration of President Obama. He

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won his second term, partly thanks to the overwhelming support from

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Hispanic voters. Three-quarters of them backed him last November,

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turned up by Mitt Romney' and Teague immigrant rhetoric and

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attracted to the President boss macro promise of immigration reform.

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Obama has said it is his priority And the originally from Mexico City.

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A day don't have a licence but what can I do? We don't have any buses

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here. We don't have any taxis, Metro. My mother and father drive

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throughout this state without a licence and without a work permit.

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If they were ever to get pulled over, that could be the last time I

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could see them. I've been here in Birmingham, Alabama, for 14 years.

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I've had to say goodbye to a lot of my friends because they've been

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deported. I love the state of Alabama. When I was growing up, I

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always questioned my parents why they brought the year. Now I really

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can't imagine living anywhere else. My plans, I'm at a crossroads. I

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have a work permit due to deferred action for child would arrivals.

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But if you were not undocumented immigrant, you can't get student

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loans or loans from the government. I graduated in 2010, I was accepted

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too many universities, yet I was unable to attend many of them as I

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would be charged as an international student.

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International it's usually three to four times the amount. One of the

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things I'm thinking of starting his a newspaper, an immigrant when you

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split up. It's something that other youth throughout the country have

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been doing, other undocumented youth in part of the US have

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started their own business, hiring American citizens. The mentality I

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hope to challenge and hope to overturn is the victim mentality.

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The sense of helplessness, isolation, the sense that, though,

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we are just undocumented immigrants. This is the first place that I ever

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got to when I was in Alabama. I came here around December. When

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Obama speaks of Immigration Reform and how he's going to make such a

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strong push for it, I wonder if he's ever been places like this,

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instead of meeting with the leaders of non-profits, Congressman... I

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often wonder if he realises that. He has supported more people. Am

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hesitant to believe what the President says because what he says

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is not often what he does. When he was elected in 2008, he said he

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would pass immigration reform within his first year. On election

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night, I felt cautious but I also felt a sense of relief. I felt that

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because the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, really pushed forward

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and anti- immigrant agenda. One of the things I would love Obama to do

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is meet with undocumented immigrants because many of the

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members who believe in him most, many of the people who want to see

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him succeed are the people he's not even aware of. The latest James

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Bond film, Skyfall, has just been released in China. Like other films

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before it, parts have been chopped at the request of the Chinese

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censors. The cinemas have been open for a few hours here already.

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There's a bit of a Skyfall bus. There's a James Bond champagne

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promotion coming on behind me. It's no coincidence that Skyfall was in

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part shot in Shanghai, any film that wants to sell itself here

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needs the China angle, but with that comes increased scrutiny. The

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censors want to make sure that China is shown in the correct light.

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They have been a number of changes to Skyfall. For example, one

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complete sequence has been removed, the sequence in which a French hit

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man shoots dead a Chinese security guard.

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It doesn't sound too bad, dare I say a little trivial. Why have the

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sense has been concerned enough about it to end up on the cutting

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room floor? You do wonder. Skyfall hasn't

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fallen victim to the cuts as much as some films that have been

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released in China before it. On a more political note, there have

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been changes to Skyfall's subtitling in a small but

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significant areas. In particular, references in the subtitles to one

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of the films are back box, that of the main villain, Javier Bardem,

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who in the film is said to have been tortured by the Chinese

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security services. They kept me for five months in a room with no air.

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They tortured me. I protected your secrets, I protected you. But they

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made me suffer. And suffer. And suffer. The censors were moving in

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the subtitles reference to that suffering being at the hands of the

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Chinese security services. It is worth pointing out that eclipse

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you've been seeing off from a pirated DVD version of the four

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movie that has been doing the rounds here for weeks, well ahead

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of today's official general release of the film in cinemas. Despite the

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best efforts of the censors any weight, perhaps audiences are

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seeing the ball think for themselves. You can get in touch

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