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These are our top stories: Russia expresses its disappointment at the

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plans by the EU to lift its arms embargo on the Syrian rebels.

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Australia's playing down a report that Chinese hackers stole the

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blueprints for its new intelligence headquarters.

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On alert -- the authorities in Chile and Argentina -- on alert

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# The authorities in Chile and Argentina living close to a volcano

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to leave their homes. And plants frozen in the little Ice

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Age in Canada, have been observed Europe's ban on supplying weapons to

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the Syrian opposition is over. But nothing will be sent just yet at

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least, after lengthy and at times acrimonious talks, member states

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decided to wait until August at the earliest before they actually decide

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whether to send in weapons and critically, to whom. Sanctions on

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the regime will be maintained. That decision hasn't pleased Russia at

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all. Moscow says it will undermine the chances for an international

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Peace Conference which Russia and America are planning to hold next

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month. Let's bring this all together now and talk to our Middle East

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correspondent, Jim Muir, who is monitoring events from Beirut. We

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may well be talking to you in Beirut, because this morning we've

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had another incident which could suggest that the conflict in Syria

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is spreading over into Lebanon. That's right. Early this morning or

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in fact during the night, a Lebanese army checkpoint to -- in the Bekaa

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Valley was attacked. Three soldiers were killed according to the army.

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The attackers are unknown. They've fled to what's described as an

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unknown destination, possibly across the border into Syria. A very

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serious incident because tension was already very high in that area

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between the town itself, which is a Sunni town, very sympathetic to the

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rebels and who have been allowing itself to be used really as a

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launching point for a rebel supply route across the bored to the rebels

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in Syria. People come and go all the time with arms, ammunition etc.

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There was an earlier incident with the killing of Lebanese army

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soldiers. At the same time, in the Bekaa Valley in a Shi'ite area,

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where Hezbollah holds sway, more rockets falling there. Some fell

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late yesterday. That's Monday. They killed a woman and wounded three.

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Now aparents aparentsly more rockets fired from inside Syria onto the

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town or the air -- onto the town. Whilst all this is occurring, we

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hear that senator John McCain of the United States has had a secret,

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top-secret, very brief visit to Syria itself, actually venturing

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into Syrian territory, the visit lasting an hour. That's right. He

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dipped his toe in the water. He went across to a place just inside Syria.

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Obviously, in conditions of great secrecy. He is an advocate strongly

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of arming the rebels. Presumably he will have had that view reinforced

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by his brief visit. Presumably he will be pleased by the decision by

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the EU to lift an arms emboringo, albeit with nothing -- embargo,

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albeit with nothing happening until August. At the moment the Peace

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Conference seems to be very much in doubt not least because the

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opposition itself is in total disarray at the moment. The Russians

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have been very quick in coming out with criticism at the EU Foreign

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Minister's action to lift the arms embargo opening up the possibilities

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of sending arms to the rebels in Syria. That's right. They've been

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very critical. They said this will complicate the efforts to get that

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international Peace Conference off the ground. Presumably by

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encouraging the rebels to think they're going to get a deluge of

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weapons and therefore it makes it more of a waste of time to talk to

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the regime. That is presumably the thinking of the Russians. Meanwhile

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they've also said, their representative to NATO has said that

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Russian sales of S300 ground-to-air missiles to the Syrian government

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will go ahead. That could be seen as a bit of an escalation. They had

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been apparently, there were reports they were holding those back in

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exchange for an Israeli commitment thot carry out more air raids into

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Syria. That seems to have broken down, if it existed. The Russian

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step could be seen as a bit of an escalation. For now, Jim, a very

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complicated situation. Thank you very much.

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Now to Australia where there are reports today that it has become the

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latest victim of a wave of Chinese hacking attacks and that what's been

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stolen is the blueprint for the country's new spy headquarters. This

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is coming from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that says

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details of the building have been illegally accessed from China.

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Security officials in Australia have refueled to confirm or deny the

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claims. These were revelations that aired on

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a big current affairs show on the A BC show. They said Chinese hackers

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had managed to get the blueprints to the floor plans of this multimillion

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dollar headquarters for the national National Security Agency. They've

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found out where the servers are, where a lot of the IT things are

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going to be based. So really sensitive information that would

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open up that building to all sorts of electronics, eavesdropping and

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infiltration. The Australian government in the form of the Prime

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Minister has said that report is inaccurate. But she hasn't said

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which bits are inago rat. She hasn't denied the main thrust of the

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report. Neither has the Attorney-General either. He said the

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policy not to comment on these kind of things. At the moment the

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Australian government giving no confirmation that this has actually

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happened, but at the same time, they're not issue -- issuing firm

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denials. The Prime Minister was in China quite recently. Relations

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between the two seemed to be very warm, certainly on the economic

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front. Yeah, I mean, we've been reporting for a number of years now,

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Australia still looks for its security from Washington but looks

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to China for its prosperity. It's a significant relationship. The Prime

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Minister went there recently. She put talks between China and

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Australia on Animal Kingdomual footing. -- on an Annual footing.

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The foreign affairs minister has come out today saying the

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revelations or allegations won't affect that relationship at all.

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China is such a key part of the Australian story now. But while

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Australia's wary of China's rise it's dependent on China's rise as

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well. It has an almost recession proof economy at the moment. One of

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the reasons why is the rise of China and the demand for Australian

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resources. In Malaysia it seems 21 people are still missing after an

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overloaded ferry capsized on a river in Borneo. Officials say the boat

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was carrying more than 200 passengers, that's three times the

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number it should have been carrying. More than 180 people managed to swim

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to shore when the boat went down near Belaga.

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Police in southern Spain say they believe two bodies found in a lemon

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grove are likely to be the Dutch volleyball star Ingrid Visser and

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her boyfriend. The couple were reported missing two weeks ago when

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they failed to return to Amsterdam. Three people have been arrested, one

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Spaniard and two Russians. Heavy fog has blanketed the city of

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Sydney and its airport on Tuesday causing some international flights

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to be diverted to other cities. Some flights, which were diverted to

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Brisbane, were then stuck in a holding pattern over the city's

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airport for over an hour. Now Chile and Argentina have ordered

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thousands of people, who live close to the volcano to leave the area.

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They've issued a red alert, that's the highest possible, say saying it

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could erupt again. Last December, it started spew spewing ash and gas

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with smoke rising more than a kilometre in the sky. Here with me

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now is Carolina Robino from BBC Mund o. When we are saying that this

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could be imminent, it could happen very quickly. Or it could never

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happen already. -- also. The authorities are managing information

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that it could happen randomly or it could happen in 20 days. The problem

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is they cannot risk the life of people. They are due to start the

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evacuation in half an hour. But the local media have said pregnant

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women, blind people and people with disabilities have already been evam

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waited. Are talking about two countries, Argentina and Chile.

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of the people are in Chile. There are about more than 2400 people and

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500 in Argentina. If you think it's a very isolated area, we are talking

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almost of all the population in those areas. And where are they

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moved to? How far away? They are moving to shelters in schools, in

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gyms, in the nearest cities. The cities themself will be guarded for

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a while bit militaries to make sure there won't be any vandalism. People

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are very used to this kind of thing. Chile is a country that has seen the

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force of nature so many times, that it will be a very smooth evacuation.

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We are looking at pictures from last December. When that occurred, we had

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this enormous amount of ash and gas coming out of the volcano, but

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actually it didn't erupted, am I right? It didn't. This time they

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don't know, but you have to take into account that the ashes are

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toxic and even if they don't erupt sometimes they cause lots of

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economic problems because the ash is going to the harvest and all the

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things that are around there. once people are moved away from

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their livelihoods and their homes, it takes some time before the red

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alert is removed and they can return back to making a living. They said

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that they will be there for five days in the shelters but the -- it

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will be evaluated for every 24 hours. Thank you very much. We'll

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keep an eye on that. Carolina Robino, thank you.

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Now, let's go to Iraq, because at least 66 people are now thought to

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have died in a wave of car bombings in the capital Baghdad. Doctors say

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many more people were wounded in the attacks in mainly Shia areas.

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Sectarian violence has been on the rise in Iraq. More than 300 people

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have died in the past two weeks alone.

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This is the district in eastern Baghdad, one of the mainly Shia

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areas struck by a series of explosions.

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TRANSLATION: We left the car here and crossed the street where a car

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picked him up. I told people there was a bomb here. The blast went off

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as people ran away. Bombs went off in ten districts with civilians

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hardest hit bit violence. TRANSLATION: What crime have those

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innocent people committed? Children, four years old were killed. What

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crime have they done? As well as today's attacks, there have been

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attacks in Sunni districts. But there are efforts on both sides to

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prevent this leading to sectarian Civil War.

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More to come here at BBC World News, including this: Opening the door to

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girl power in India. We hear from one woman who's decided to become,

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Hundreds of cyclists have started a six-day charity bike ride from Paris

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to London. Among those taking part are 30 injured servicemen from the

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UK, the US and can da. The event raises money for Help for Heroes.

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It's being given added pine yansy this year because of Drummer Lee

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Rigby who was wearing one of their T-shirts when he was murdered

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brutally on a London street last week. Racing to recovery, soldiers

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injured in Iraq and Afghanistan have been cycling for the charity since

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it launched its first race in 2008. The annual e event also brings the

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chance for reflection. When those taking part this year signed up

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several months ago, they had no idea they'd be marking the momentary of a

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British soldier, killed on home soil. What happened in Woolwich, the

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other week, it's, it just brings it home actually, our troops are in

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danger all the time, at home and abroad. His family need support.

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Help for Heroes will be there for his family like they were there for

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me. It's very important. The Royal Family has offered its support with

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Prince Harry and the Duke of Cambridge meeting some of the

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cyclists at a Help for Heroes recovery centre earlier this month.

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Later today it will be the Duchess of Cornwall waving off the riders in

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Paris as they begin their 350-mile journey to London. These final

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preparations follow the stabbing of a French soldier high in Paris on --

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here in Paris on Saturday and police revealing what appears to be an

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attack by an Islamist extremist in -- on an officer in the south of the

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