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Hello. This is BBC World News. Our top stories: Official warning that

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the deadly new corona virus can be spread by close human contact.

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Back for more - Nawaz Shariff looks set to become Prime Minister of

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Pakistan for the third time. The world's second-biggest economy

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focuses on growing at home - we have a special report.

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And Greece sends a demand to Germany to pay reparations for

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atrocities committed during the It looks increasingly likely the

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former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, will be able to form a Government

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without going into coalition with other parties. His Muslim League

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party is expected to fall short of an outright majority, but is

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talking to independent candidates. It will be his third time as Prime

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Minister. Let's get more from Karachi from our Correspondent. Is

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it likely he is going to get a majority now? We did think it was

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going to be a coalition Government originally. Absolutely. He has done

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better than was expected. He is only slightly short of a simple

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majority. His party is reaching out to independent candidates. The

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impression is he wants to avoid a coalition Government because he

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would rather not share power with his rival parties. In the last few

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hours there are reports from Lahore the party is drawing up a national

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charter. Basically a common agenda to see if other parties will sign

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up to it to have a more inclusive Government. Nawaz Sharif realises

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Pakistan's policies are huge and he cannot sort them out single-

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handedly. What is expected from him in terms of the militants? He has

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tried to distance himself from the US attacks on the militants, but he

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will have to deal with them in some form otherwise he will come under

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massive pressure? Yes, during his election campaign, he denounced

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American joint strikes in tribal areas as a violation of Pakistan's

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severity. -- sovereignty. He has been at pains also to win over the

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administration in Washington to put Americans at ease that he is a

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pragmatist and he is looking forward to a good relationship with

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the US. He has his strong backing from the Saudi family, because he

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was seen as not hard on the Taliban, the Taliban were not allowed to

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campaign openly. But they hold huge rallies in to it -- Punjab. His

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party got in the lines with some of this and the extremist groups in

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Punjab. He says he wants to have dialogue with the militants. But

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people are sceptical how he can have dialogue with extremists who

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believe in the headings. If he has this level of political support,

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what will his critics say? He has been accused of being incompetent,

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of corruption, it is quite an extraordinary comeback if you look

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at his political history? You are right. It you go back to 1999 when

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he is elected Government was dismissed in a military coup and he

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was deposed. There was not a strong reaction against his dismissal. He

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went into exile. When he came back into 1008, he tried to present

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himself as a more mature politician and had learnt from his mistakes.

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When his brother was Prime Minister in Punjab province, it wasn't a bad

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place, with respect to what was going on in the rest of the country.

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They were giving laptops to young people. The administration in

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Punjab was seen as better than the other provinces. That is part of

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the reason he has been voted for so strongly in Punjab province. He is

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saying I am the man who can do things, I believe in developments

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and I can only improve things in Pakistan. Thanks very much. It will

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be interesting few days ahead. It's called the novel corona virus.

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And it kills. But what worries the World Health Organisation is

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evidence that it can spread through close contact between people. In

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France a man is in intensive care with the disease after sharing a

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hospital room with the country's first victim. The virus causes

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pneumonia and kidney failure and has led to at least 20 deaths since

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last year, most of them in Saudi Arabia.

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With me is the BBC's health correspondent, Fergus Walsh.

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Initially when I have read this and saw this man is in isolation in

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France, how has he been in close contact with somebody else?

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Presumably the of authorities did not know the first victim had this,

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and that its spread from one person to another? It would spread in the

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same way as any respiratory infection, cold or the fluke by

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droplets in the earth. -- the flu. In France, the man came back from

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Dubai, he was ill and was sharing a room with another man who then

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picked up the virus from him. That is the firmest evidence to date of

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person-to-person contact. We did have something similar in Britain,

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among a came back from the Middle East, went on a long car journey

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with his son, and his son picked up the virus. The World Health

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Organisation is saying health authorities should be vigilant with

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people who have returned from these areas who have contracted it. How

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worried should we be? To see a deadly virus like this that can

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spread so easily, is alarming? it did spread so easily then we

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should be worried, but it does not spread so easily. The cases we have

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had from person-to-person transmission are isolated and

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involved a very close contest -- contact. It is often referred to as

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being from the same family as the virus that causes the common cold.

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It you get it, it is very bad luck. You say close contact, if these two

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people sharing a hospital room had passed it between and, it is not

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intimate contact? Yes, but over a sustained period. So, it is close

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contact, it does not seem to be very contagious. The fact it has

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been around, mostly in Saudi Arabia, for a year or so now. We have had

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something like 30 to 40 confirmed cases, suggests it is a very rare

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event. At the moment, Wells public health officials say it is

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occupying a lot of their attention, I don't think generally people

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should be concerned about it. In terms of travelling to those areas,

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people should be concerned if they develop a fever and it causes a

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pneumonia like infection and then perhaps people should pay attention

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and seek medical help. Symptoms are common to a number of illnesses,

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including pneumonia. What is being done by the World Health

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Organisation at a cure or a vaccine? Our scientists working on

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that? Yes, across the world but they are examining this in high

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containment laboratories to look at ways in which they could develop a

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vaccine, and treatments against it. Also to monitor the spread. It is

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watchful waiting at the moment, and these are viruses do come up from

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time to time. This possibly came from bats. There is a limited

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amount we can do in the early stages. He would eyes is, don't

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panic? Absolutely don't panic. China may be the world's second-

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largest economy but it still faces big challenges like many other

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countries. Since the handover of power to new leaders at the end of

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last year, the emphasis has been on fostering growth from within.

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Before, it was fuelled by exports to the rest of the world. So, how

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is China managing this re-balancing act?

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Let's go to our Chief Business Correspondent, Linda Yueh, who is

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in Hong Kong. It has looked stunning there for

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the last few hours? It is certainly stunning in Hong Kong harbour. It

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is picking up. This sign of the crucial rebalancing of the Chinese

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economy away from factories and towards services. Many here are

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from many -- main line China. For the first time ever, it is larger

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than manufacturing in mainland China. But to be clear, and put in

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the factories is still growing, is just means services is growing more

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quickly. It has taken China and number of years to do this, which

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means rebalancing for China is as difficult as it is for other

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economies. It you want to make it to the top and stay there, it is

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all about finding your balance. That is true, whether it is a

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dancing client in Hong Kong or the economy. China is slowing. It needs

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to find new ways to grow without crashing. Hong Kong used to rely on

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factories, 15 years ago this street would have been full of pedallers.

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As the economy has developed, they shifted to the services sector. But

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most of the people they are serving on this street are mainland Chinese.

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TRANSLATION: When I first came here in 2005, it was not like this.

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Since 2010, they have lots of money. These mainland Chinese are heading

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home. These consumers are who the Chinese Government is counting on

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to make a crucial shift in the economy away from factories and

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towards services. Shops, education, insurance. For the first time ever

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this year, the service sector is a bigger part of the economy than

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many -- manufacturing. It is that not that Chinese factories are

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going out of business, industry is still growing, it is just that

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services are growing more quickly. But it is still raising worries.

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You want to look into a sustainable, long-term growth. I think that

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should be treated as a goal. But I would never recommend any society,

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any country to treat consumption as a driver of growth alone. Hong Kong

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may have gone too far, and relying on shoppers and China has been

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watching. Still, one of Hong Kong's most prominent businessman warns,

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China has no other option. We're talking about 100 million, 200

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million, perhaps 300 million being able to spend their money on their

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own goods, which of course it would strengthen the economy in a very

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balanced way, rather than having to rely on outward investment. It is

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not a question of whether you succeed or not, it has got to be

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the way forward. If China takes the easier path and relies on debt

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fuelled Investment, it could lose its balance. It may not crash, but

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it could slow considerably. The last thing that anyone wants to see.

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We have been aster -- asking for Twitter questions. One question

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saying, China's economy has the attributes of a bubble that is

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about to burst, how true is that?"what would you say to that?

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certainly think it is a true characteristic of some segments of

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the economy. For instance, the housing sector, construction and

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the reason is, China has grown through investments and

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construction for the past 30 years. In port and the biggest driver of

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growth until this year. And the unleashing of credit to fund

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investment, is a temptation that is there and something we have seen

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over the last few years. But the bigger way to think about it in

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some sense is to say, if there is a bubble, are the Government aware of

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it? The answer is, yes, they are aware of it. It some of the banks

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get dragged down, week are staying with commercial banks. The

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Government has enough money to put more money into the banks. For

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those reasons, yes there are some worrying sectors in the economy,

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but China is unlikely to have the same systemic meltdown we have seen

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in the West. Because, at the moment, the Government seems to have enough

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cash to support the banks should the housing sector become unstable.

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That is the biggest worry in the Chinese economy. Instead of

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rebalancing, they go down this road of unsustainable development. If

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they were to do that, I think China would struggle to rebalance its

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economy and Mace low. That is bad news for anyone else and the rest

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He has become well-known for his Twitters from space, now a swansong

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from the space station commander. Now, Prince Harry has started the

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first event of the Warrior Games for injured service personnel held in

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He has never been one to turn down a challenge. Which is why Harry was to

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be found forming the base of a human be found forming the base of a human

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pyramid. Why were they doing it? Where was there a man dressed as a

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bird on the top? There are no clear answers, but the challenge that

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matters to Harry is bringing a important sporting event as this to

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Britain. The Warrior Games have been Ann newel event in the United States

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for the past four year. As the name implies, these are games for wounded

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servicemen and women. They help rehabilitation, they are good for

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moral and Harry's plan is to create a British version.

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I'm hoping to bring such a fantastic idea to the UK and why not? This is

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far more than a whim on Harry's part. The ambition is to have games

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such as this, taking place in Britain within the next couple of

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years. That's the as passion and behind the

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scenes, Harry and his officials are working to turn it into a reality.

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It mean as lot to the athletes it matters to Harry, and he is

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Now, the police in the US are hunting for three people in

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connection with a shooting spree at a Mother's Day parade in New

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Orleans. There were no deaths but at least 19 people were wounded, the

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victims included two children, grazed by bullets. The police say

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most injuries are not life-threatening. The the Chinese

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authorities have launched an investigation into allegations of

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corruption made against a senior official it is being seen as the

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latest move by the country's leader, Xi Jinping to clamp down on

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corruption. China's state-run news agency, says that the top economic

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policy maker, Liu Tienan was expected of grave violations of

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discipline, though they have not yet specified the allegations against

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him. There is more on the news stories at the BBC website. There is

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much more to come, do stay with us. This is BBC World News, the

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headlines: Official warning that the deadly new coronavirus, which has

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killed 18 people, can be spread by close human contact. That warning

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from the World Health Organisation. The former Pakistani Prime Minister,

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Nawaz Sharif, is focussing on forming a new government. Possibly

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with a majority after his party's victory in Saturday's general

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election. It will be his third time as the Prime Minister in Pakistan.

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Now, the Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is to meet the

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Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks on Syria. Israel's

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concerned about the supply of Russian missiles systems to Syria N

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Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad's government denied it had

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anything to do with two car bombs that killed 46 people in a Turkish

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town on the border between the two countries. Well, Wyre Davies, our

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correspondent, is in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, where the

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attacks happened. I asked if there issing in to be done to stop the

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conflict spilling out of Syria. It is a good question. I think that

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the conflict is broadening, widening, irrespective of what the

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Turkish governments or the neighbouring governments in the

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region do. That was the danger, that Syria's Civil War, given its

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sectarian nature would spill over to neighbouring countries, we have seen

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the effects of that not just in Turkish but in other areas. There

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are two issue, one is that the towns on the borders where so many

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thousands of Syrian -- Syrian refugees have come, it appears those

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towns are targeted by the Syrian regime. So there is instate on the

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ground and the other thing, is what does a government like that of,

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan do? Nobody in Turkey really wants to go into this

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situation in Syria, even opponents are obviously very much against that

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but even Harold liners and other governments see the folly of doing

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that what is needed is perhaps a united international response to the

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crisis in Syria, but because of the way that the Russians and the

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Chinese and others have resisted that, that is also, very, very

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difficult. It is an open-ended question, there is no obvious answer

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as to how Turkey responds now. There may abshort military response from

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Turkey but it could be limited in its scope. How to address the big

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problem of Syria's Civil War spilling into Turkey is a deeper

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question for which there is no obvious answer.

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The pilot of a military jet has reported by been killed after his

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aircraft crashed into the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. The plane came

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down in a residential district in southern Sanaa. The incident

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reportedly took place during a training exercise that isless

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INAUDIBLE. Now, Greece is demand demanding

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compensation from Germany after its occupation in the Second World War.

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It is thought that Athens may ask for as much as �162 billion in

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damages. It is creating tension between the two countries.

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We have this report. 70 years on, a town that cannot forget.

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Around 500 were killed in Kalavryta on one day. Every adult male and the

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town destroyed. War crimes for which Greece still seeks amends.

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250,000 Greeks died in the German occupation. The Nazis took a forced

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loan, never repaid. Germany gave Greece some compensation after the

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war but far less than was demanded. So this is where you were taken?

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This man has not given up the fight. At 13 years old, he was locked in

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the school with the women and the children while his father and uncle

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were shot. TRANSLATION: Of course they must pay

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us. We will never forgive them. I remember people screaming, crying,

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praying. The sun turned red from the smoke. I still see the image of my

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father's body and now when I hear the word "German" I think it is the

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devil. The memories are everywhere but here

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is the prob Lib Dem, Greece's wartime enemy is now the Paymaster

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General, Germany providing the largest share of the bail out, but

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do they heal the wounds here, or does this country feel that is too

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dangerous for today's delicate relationship? The Greek government

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has cautiously gone ahead. It has compiled a report on reparations and

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on the loan and is decided whether or not to pass it to Berlin.

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We have to give a response to many German politicians, that they have

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said over so many years that Greeks are lazy, take taking their money.

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So we have to set them clear in the giving of the loan but to remember

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that we had this money that we never had before these decades.

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The public is pressure is growing. This is how Angela Merkel was

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greeted last year, protestors talk of an economic occupation.

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Germany says that some compensation paid in 1960 was with the agreement

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that there would be no more. We cannot understand what the Greek

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government is doing. Germany and the German taxpayer is showing very much

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solidarity with the difficult situation in Greece. In the end they

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will now send us a bill for something that is far away in our

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history, and something that was resolved.

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Now, have a look at this extraordinary photograph behind me

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it is one of a series that has attracted more than #3

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three-quarters of a million followers on Twitter, but Commander

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Chris Hadfield did have a unique advantage point, the International

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Space Station. After five months of tweeting from space has come back

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down to earth. They are the images that captivated hundreds of

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thousands of people on earth earth. Pictures tweeted from the

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International Space Station, more than 200 miles above us. This is the

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man who has been taking them, Commander Chris Hadfield. He has

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used every opportunity to pick up his camera.

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If I have a couple of minutes I grab the camera and race to the windows

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to get a picture of what part of the world is under neath us.

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Here is the International Space Station in the skies over the UK.

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Regular passers overhead have often been followed by stunning images.

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At night most towns and cities in the UK and near continents can be

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seen. Close up, this is how London looks. Daytime passes have yielded

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fantastic views. This is the Straits of Dover, further to the west, the

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Isle of Wight. How about the Humber area with the dots of Christ clouds?

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Or the Lake District with the winter snow on the tops? And when those

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pictures have tweeted from way up there in space, there has been a

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huge response from the people living down here in the UK.

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We managed to get a question to Commander Chris Hadfield in one of

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his recent link-ups from Earth. We asked him what he thought.

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It is delightful to be able to see something interesting, to be able to

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take a picture of it, and then to have so many others delight in it.

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People that may see something in the way that they had not thought about

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it before. They see their town, the region, the aisle of wooit or some

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of the northern regions or into southern Scotland, they just, they

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have a perspective on it that maybe did not exist for them in the

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regular two-dimensional way that we see things.

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But from now on Commander Chris Hadfield's Twitter feed will be less

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dramatic. Today he returns to Earth, at the end of a six-month mission.

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Although we will be able to still take pictures of the passing space

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