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Hello. Our top stories: The OPCW, the body overseeing the destruction

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of Syria's chemical weapons, wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Millions of

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dollars promised to help the thousands of migrants risking

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everything for a new life in Europe - how to prevent more disasters.

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First signs of a solution to the US Federal budget political stalemate.

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The Republicans offer to raise the debt ceiling. And we pay a visit to

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what they are calling the most colourful show in town, returning

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100 years after it first inspired New York's art lovers.

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This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the body that

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oversees the destruction of chemical weapons. The Organisation

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for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is recognised not only for

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its work just begun in Syria, but also for its operations around the

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world, for the past few years. It is based in the Hague and it

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enforces the chemical weapons convention. This is how the Nobel

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Committee announced their decision in Oslo.

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Well, we cannot hear that at the moment. Let's hear from Daniel

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Hyslop from the Institute for Economics and Peace and asked him

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what he thought of this year's winner. I am very surprised, given

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the fact the Nobel Prize was awarded to an Balkanisation last

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year. Not many people expected and organisation to win this year. --

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and organisation. Not so people were talking about Malala Yousafzai.

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This is very much centre-stage. I think, really, the message this is

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sending is that the prohibition of Chemical weapons is incredibly

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important. The norm that chemical weapons is used in complete needs

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to be recognised they cannot be used. They are incredibly

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destructive. It is also recognising how effective this organisation is

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destructive. It is also recognising being. Effective but it does not

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destructive. It is also recognising have a big budget. It is only 500

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people in The Hague. Only 200 of those are inspectors. It is

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relatively small funding - about $100 million. It is funded by the

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member states. Not a huge organisation. It is not so much

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about resources but more about the political messages to sending about

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chemical weapons. The politics of this is not something the Nobel

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committee wants to get into. There are still several countries who

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have not signed up to the Chemical weapons Convention. A month ago

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Syria had not signed up and then it said it would. Willis have an

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impact on the politics of chemical weapons? -- will this have? It puts

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pressure on states that do not sign weapons? -- will this have? It puts

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up. It is very important to draw attention to it. It is also an

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important to draw attention to the existing stock cars which have not

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been removed. Here we are seeing some of the inspectors leaving.

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They have to have an audit by the end of November of Syria's chemical

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weapons and destroy them all by the middle of next year. It is a huge

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task. I think they are dealing with a number of challenges in an

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incredibly complex conflict. Many people have been killed in this

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conflict. As many actors on the ground, it will be challenging.

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This is the port of Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island halfway between

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the mainland and North Africa. These are the coffins of some of

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the 311 people who drowned last week when a fishing boat carrying

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migrants capsized a kilometre away. These are some who survived. The

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Italian Coast Guard are still looking for bodies. That tragedy

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highlighted both a massive humanitarian and political

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challenge. Two other boats arrived safely that day. Here's the scale

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of the problems. The UN says more than 15,000 reached Italy most via

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Lampedusa, and Malta from north Africa last year. This year, that

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number is more than 30,000 to Italy alone. That's as many as at the

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peak of the Arab Spring two years ago. The UN says many journeys

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originate from the Libyan coast around Tripoli. These are the main

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countries of origin for those fleeing to Europe. Somalia and

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Eritrea, plus Syria. Many come from West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

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There are no clear statistics on where they get to after Italy.

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Matthew Price is in Lampedusa following the events. This is the

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latest group of refugees that have been taken away from the island.

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Largely speaking, it is a group of unaccompanied children - those we

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believe below the age of 17 and from Africa. They illustrate really

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one of the huge problems for Europe - what to do about the refugee

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crisis as a whole and what to do especially well very vulnerable

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people indeed. It may be that some especially well very vulnerable

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of these young people have no relatives and talk on the entire

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continent of Europe. Italian authorities are taking them on this

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very to the island of Sicily, where they will be held in another

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refugee centre and it will have to be worked out what happens to them,

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how do they get adequate protection and security. We are told by

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charity workers it is often quite difficult with young children

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because they form tight bonds on their journeys over to Europe and

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they form tight network swimming up in the camps when I arrived.

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Sometimes, they have to separate those groups and so and individuals

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to different places and that can be incredibly difficult. More of going

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on to the boat at the moment. Every single refugee who arise in Europe

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is an honourable. These are on the more vulnerable. -- is vulnerable.

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The Swedish consulate in Bengazi, Libya's second largest city, has

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been targeted by unknown militants. No casualties have been reported.

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Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack. This was days after

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the US Special forces raid captured the Libyan Al-Qaeda suspect, plus

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what happened yesterday with the seizure of the interim Prime

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Minister from a hotel in Italy. The endgame may be in sight to resolve

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the ten days of federal government shutdown after weeks of budget

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brinkmanship in the US. The Republicans have proposed a short-

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term increase in the country's debt limit. That would mean the US would

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avoid defaulting on its debts next week.

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The House Speaker was uncharacteristically silent after

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his meeting at the White House. After 90 minutes of talking with

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President Obama, no decisions were made or rejected. A possible

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glimmer of hope. We had a very useful meeting. It was clarified

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for both sides as to where we are wrong. -- clarifying. Teams will be

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talking further tonight. We will have more discussion. Conversation

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talking further tonight. We will with house Republicans came about

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after earlier in the day when a new deal was offered. What we want to

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do is offer the President the ability to move - a temporary

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increase in the debt ceiling in agreement to go to conference on

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the Budget. And for his willingness to sit around and discuss with us a

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way forward to reopen the Government and to start the deal

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went America's pressing problems. A temporary rescue from default but

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it kicks the can down the road for negotiations on the debt ceiling.

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it kicks the can down the road for The same political spat will rear

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its head again. The noise coming from the White House was not as

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dismissive as it has been in the past few weeks. It is certainly at

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least an encouraging sign that they are not listening to debt limit and

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default to nines. Perhaps Eythorne in the intense relations. -- a

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whole. It seems a warm relationship is a little weight off. -- way off.

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Karachi is the giant port city in Pakistan. It is notorious for daily

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shootings, kidnappings and extortion. More than 2000 people

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have been killed in the first nine months of the ship and then.

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Security is of big concern. Is it something only the rich can afford?

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-- this year alone . The full strength of bullet proof

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protection. This is where it is done. Vehicles are armoured with

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metal plates to make them bullet and bomb resistant. It is an

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expensive proposition but one that the rich and powerful in Pakistan

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are turning to for their own protection. Five, six months back,

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are estimated protection was five litres per month. We are looking to

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extend our business. Most of the clients like to stay out of the

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line night. A Karachi businessman has faced growing effects of

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extortion and kidnapping. I think Bennett afternoon. -- they are

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failing. I think we need more police. Security forces like these

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were given additional powers to clamp down on militant groups and

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criminal gangs linked to the main political parties in the city. The

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socle targeted operation was launched by the Prime Minister. --

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be so called targeted operation. It has yielded mixed results. There is

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a sense that steps have been taken to tackle everyday violence. His

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mother of two says she hopes this lull in violence is not temporary.

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Top politicians have private security and police who are there.

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Top politicians have private People like us - working mothers -

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Top politicians have private who have to drop their children to

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school. They will do everything on their own. We cannot afford that

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kind of security. For now, she says life must carry on, as she tries

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her best to keep her family saved in the most violent city in

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Pakistan. Still to come... A special report on the first ever

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final of the African Premier League, taking place at this moment.

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The campaign group, Human Rights Watch, has accused Islamic rebel

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groups of cowering among all crimes during an offensive in August. --

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carrying out war crimes. Human Rights Watch filmed these pictures

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in the Alawite village in northern Syria. It was after the end of a

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two week rebel offensive in August. The organisation accuses Islamist

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rebels of executing entire Alawite families and taking more than 200

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civilians hostage. What we found when we entered the villages is

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that Holmes had been destroyed - burnt. For the most part that

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villages had not returned. A number of villages we spoke to explain to

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us what they found when they return to the area on 19th of will reset,

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after government forces had regained control of the occupied is

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the -- occupied villages. Human Rights Watch follows this man,

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whose wife and disabled child were killed.

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Graffiti shows the name of the rebel group allied to a Al-Qaeda.

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Human Rights Watch accuses this group and several others of

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Human Rights Watch accuses this carrying out the attacks. this is

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one of many movements which make-up the Syrian opposition. It makes

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indiscriminate attacks and bombings. The West has designated the group a

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terrorist organisation. The rebel attacks against the Alawite

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villages highlight the increasing problem faced by countries opposing

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President Bashar al-Assad. The rebels, whose cause they share, are

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now accused of the same kinds of crimes as the President not want to

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bring down. The latest headlines for you:

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Nobel Peace Prize has been won by the organisation overseeing the

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destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. The OPCW was revealed as the

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winner of the 2013 prize in Oslo. Syria. The OPCW was revealed as the

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The European Union considers increasing patrols in the

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Mediterranean after the Lampedusa migrant boat tragedy.

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Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, sports stadiums were more renowned

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for executions than football matches, but that has now changed.

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The first ever final of the Afghan Premier League is taking place at

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this moment in Kabul. Chief international correspondent Lyse

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Doucet met the teams as they international correspondent Lyse

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prepared for the game. Football training as it sounds

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anywhere. Pass the ball, the coach shouts at his team as they prepare

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for today's big game. But in a country divided by war, this is more

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than just sport. Football is like this man are inspiring a new

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national spirit at the stadium where the Taleban once carried out harsh

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Islamic punishments. He remembers those years as the

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worst in his career. TRANSLATION: Be for one match, the Taleban brought

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in a person and shot him, then two people were brought in, their hands

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were Abbie did it. After that, no-one was interested in seeing

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football. -- amputated. Now a nation is watching, including the

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president. On the other side of Kabul, the opposing team receives a

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rival pep talk. This team is from the north, but it cuts across ethnic

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lines. TRANSLATION: We are all Afghans, we don't think about which

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province each buyer comes from, we feel like brothers and play well

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together. The creators of this new Premier League hope that the power

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of sport can change Afghanistan's turbulent politics, too. Do you

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think there is a lesson for politicians? Of course! Teamwork,

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transparency, goal oriented projects, and thinking for

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sustainable development. At a popular cafe, Afghan activists

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expressed hope that football can help their drive for political

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change in the upcoming presidential elections. There were 11 men who

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brought pride to 32 million people, and none of them was holding a gun.

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What you are seeing is a new narrative of what it means to be a

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hero, and I hope that our leaders in narrative of what it means to be a

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this election realise that. Today it is football that matters, but no

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matter who wins or loses the final, these players know that the goal

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that matters is for Afghanistan to succeed.

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It is said that elephants never forget, but it seems they also

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instinct we understand what human gestures mean. Scientists from the

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University of St Andrews in Scotland have discovered that elephants can

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find food when someone points to it. Victoria Gill explains.

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They are nature's giants. African elephants are already famed for

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They are nature's giants. African their intelligence, but scientists

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have now discovered that they seem to understand a very human gesture.

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In this test, carried out at a safari lodge in Zimbabwe, research

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is from the University of St Andrews hid food in one of two identical

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buckets. When the scientist pointed to the bucket containing the treat,

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the elephants instinctively followed the gesture and found their reward.

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The scientists think it is this innate understanding of human

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gestures that has enabled people to work so closely with elephants,

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despite their intimate in size. And that is something that animal

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keepers who interact with elephants every day testing. I think humans

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and elephants definitely have an every day testing. I think humans

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interaction. When you work with them, when they have an off day, you

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can feel it. If you do, they can sense it, and especially the

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training sessions that we do not always as productive as they could

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be the cost of that interaction and that bond. The next step is to try

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to find out if elephants might even use those impressive manoeuvrable

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trunks to gesture to one another in the wild. Finding a hidden

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elephant's sign language is likely to require a little more than two

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buckets and a hidden treat. Now a story of high achievement. The

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latest in our 100 women series, Pretty Yende is fast becoming one of

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the stars of the international opera scene. Her spectacular voice as won

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a string of international awards and hinder access to the majestic

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settings of La Scala in Milan and New York's Metropolitan Opera house.

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And as the BBC's Milton Nkosi reports from the South African

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town, she has become a huge inspiration back Rome.

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-- back home. Pretty Yende has come a long way

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since her days as the lead soprano in the choir here in her old high

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school. You can see in the kids' eyes, you know, the joy and the

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hope, that if she can do it, I can do it, too, so I am really humbled.

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I am actually turbo-charged. She discovered opera music when she

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first heard it from a television advert. She studied opera at the

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university of Cape Town. Her first pianist spoke to me. That is why I

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heard the quality of her voice, and I said to my husband, you know what?

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We have got a princess in the making over here, we have got somebody big.

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He said, what do you mean? I said, listen to her voice, this is

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something to listen to. Pretty Yende has come back to share her life

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story with the people of this town, telling them that the road to Milan

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was through sheer hard work and dreaming big. And dream big she did.

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The power of her voice brought her first two La Scala in Milan, where

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she is now based, and then to the world's attention at the debut

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performance at the Metropolitan world's attention at the debut

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Opera House in New York. Pretty Yende is now inspiring a new

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generation back at home. Finally, the great masters of Europe

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were introduced in 1913 and the New York Historical Society is putting

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many of those same masterpieces on display again. The curator, Marilyn

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Kushner, has been explaining the legacy of these paintings.

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There was a lot of uproar over it. In New York, 87,000 people visited

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it in a month, that is a lot. People on the street were talking all about

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it. It was the first time that the American public, in 1913, was able

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to see the great things that were being produced in Europe, the

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contemporary art that was being done by artists such as Pablo Picasso and

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Sean Brack, that was being done by Matisse. It was an amazing time

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Sean Brack, that was being done by period in New York. It was

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revolutionary in so many different ways, women were marching in the

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streets, not only for the vote but for contraception, for the right to

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have children out of wedlock. Labourers, workers were marching in

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the streets for better working conditions and for higher wages.

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Change was in the air, and change was a good thing. That cacophony was

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echoed inside the show, as well as outside of it. Some critics berated

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and derided and laughed at them. The ones that critics did not

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understand, like Nude Descending A Staircase, people have said, what is

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the big deal about it? Take yourself back 100 years, people are not used

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to looking at something as abstracted as that, they do not know

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what to look for, they cannot see what the artist says is there. Mix

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all legends, we call them. When people think of the Armoury Show, up

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until this exhibition, they think of European art, but there were as many

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if not more American artists. There were very few galleries here showing

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contemporary American work, and the young artists were frustrated

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because they could not show the public what they were doing. This

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was an opportunity for American artists to exhibit their work. What

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the organisers would try to say was, the work that you are seeing

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now and criticising, years from now was, the work that you are seeing

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it will be seen as masterpieces, and they had a great high. They are seen

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as masterpieces now, and they have wonderful things that were new and

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fresh, where you could almost smell the oil on the canvas.

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And now that blast in Benghazi which I reported earlier, the explosion

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was from a car bomb apparently targeting the Swedish consulate in

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Benghazi. It damaged the building and surrounding homes, but the

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consulate is not officially closed. But we understand it has been empty

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for some time. Finally, Italy's former prime is the Silvio

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Berlusconi wants to serve his 12 month sentence for tax fraud on

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community service.

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