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Welcome to BBC world News. Raising the stakes in the East China

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Sea, Japan and South Korea fly military aircraft through a new

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Chinese air defence some of the disputed islands.

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An Egyptian court sentences these female supporters of President Morsi

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to 11 years in prison. Human rights campaigners described the sentence

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as madness. European Union leaders prepare for a

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summit in Lithuania but will Russia overshadow attempts to improve ties

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with former Soviet states like Ukraine?

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Why is it case the size of an apartment block causes confrontation

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with the Kremlin. -- why a suitcase. Japan and South Korea have both

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flown military aircraft through a new air defence some on Saturday. It

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covers a chain of islands in the East China Sea which China and Japan

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both say belong to them. 24 hours earlier the US flew to B-52

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bombers through the same as base. -- two. What kind of pressure is there

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now on the Chinese leadership? Immense pressure because on Saturday

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they declared the zone themselves, it came as a surprise to other

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countries. What the Americans and the Japanese and South Korean have

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done, by flying military aircraft through this area without notifying

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China, as it demands, they have thrown down the gauntlet and said we

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are going to carry on as usual regardless of what you say. The ball

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is in Beijing's court to react to that. Perhaps they will not but they

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may respond. Do you think the Chinese leadership will have worked

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through all possible options including the worst-case scenario?

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It is difficult to believe they wouldn't have worked through all the

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possible scenarios and difficult to understand how they didn't see this

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response from the rest of East Asia and America. They have managed to

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unite and annoy many of their neighbours against them. There is a

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sneaking suspicion amongst many people in East Asia that China

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although it says it wants to be peaceful, although it says it wants

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to negotiate, it will change the status quo regardless of what

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anybody else says, unilaterally, this seems to feed into this idea,

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this is exactly what they are going to do. How much should everybody

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fear some terrible misunderstanding? Military and civilian aircraft

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flying, unarmed, flying passengers like you and me, at the same time

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there is no hotline between Tokyo and Beijing because that was

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abandoned a few months ago. Of course there is always a danger

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accident might occur, the tequila leak when you push China into a

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corner saying we are going to ignore this -- particularly. They may try

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to assert their rights. I don't think anybody wants that to happen.

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Is there a possibility of misunderstanding, the fact they are

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not even talking to each other as rock there is is a possibility.

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Joe Biden is going to the region next week. I cannot imagine China

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wants to up the ante in this situation at the moment, but there

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is also a possibility that might happen.

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Thank you. Now to Egypt where human rights

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groups have condemned the heavy prison sentences handed down to a

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group of women. They took part in a demonstration in support of the

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ousted president Mohammed Morsi. The group say it is most this -- it is

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madness to women will serve 11 years in jail. Their families say they

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were taking part in a peaceful protest.

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Awaiting their fate, the smiles soon disappear. 21 women and girls found

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guilty on -- of charges including sabotage, inciting violence, and

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holding a demonstration. Amongst them 15 and 16-year-olds who will

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stay in Britain until they are 18. The rest face 11 years behind bars.

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They support Mohammed Morsi and had been taking part in an early-morning

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demonstration in it Alexandria last month. One family said their

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15-year-old was only passing by on her way to school. Outside the court

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and amongst supporters chanting the police thugs. Heavy sentences have

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been criticised by human rights campaigners. It comes just days

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after a new law was passed by the interim government last looked in

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demonstrations. His supporters immediately divide this in Cairo and

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cities across age of. They must give authorities three days in advance

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warning of any protest involving more than ten people. Some describe

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this as a tactic to deter them. This woman says she was dragged, beaten

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up and detained overnight by police. With the women who were arrested, it

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is a repetition of the use of sexual assault to discourage women and

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scare them away from protest. They have been criticised not only

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in Egypt's but by the United Nations human rights commission. On

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Wednesday night the mood was one of defiance on the streets of Cairo.

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The government says it is not opposed to peaceful protest and this

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time the Interior Ministry gave them permission, even though it fell out

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of the three-day warning wall. Demonstrators they permission or not

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much they will continue to exercise their right to protest.

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The BBC's Orla Guerin is in Cairo. It is a set of sentences regarded as

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particularly Draconian. There has been a lot of criticism on social

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media and on the evening talk shows. People are pointing out these

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sentences of 11 years for these young women contrast starkly with

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the sentences given to police officers who have killed protesters

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or seriously injured them. The group of women and girls took part in an

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early-morning demonstration, run by a movement called the 7am Movement,

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this was their first protest. They stood on a bridge in Alexandria and

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they say they are guilty of nothing other than taking part in a peaceful

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demonstration. The authorities accused them of a variety of charges

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including inciting violence and using force. We have spoken to

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relatives are some of those convicted, some of them are as young

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as 16, and one father told us his daughter was making his way -- her

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school -- making her way to school trying to cross the road when she

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was swept up by police as they arrested a group of people on that

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bridge. What do you think the legal

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implications are, particularly in this heated political climate?

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It will be seen very much as part of a very heavy-handed and obvious and

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growing crackdown, an attempt by the military installed government to

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silence dissent. We have seen in the last few days the introduction of a

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new law on protest which campaigners say amounted to the anti-protest

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law, it effectively all but banned public demonstrations, it requires

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you to give three days notice in advance and the authorities can

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decline to give permission. We have seen a wave of protest against the

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law which has taken place in the last few days, we have seen dozens

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of secular activist including prominent campaigners being

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arrested, among those were another group of women who say they were

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beaten and harassed and stranded in the desert after their arrest. It

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looks very much too many people as if it was an attempt to return Cairo

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to the repression of the past. Now to a political trial of strength

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between Europe and the shape of the European Union, and the Kremlin in

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Russia, between West and East. It has come to a head in the days

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before today's summit in Lithuania. Thus it was due to bring Ukraine and

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five other former Soviet bloc countries closer to the European

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Union but there are continuous protests in Kiev after the president

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said given pressure from Russia, and new cooperation agreements with

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Russia he will not sign the agreement on offer today. There are

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at least three elements of association, firstly free-trade.

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Secondly economic map with stronger ties to all countries and thirdly

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political with a convergence of political activity between Ukraine

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and the European Union. Their biggest trading partner is still

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Russia stop the deal would put at risk the newly strengthened ties.

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Trade restriction from Moscow have already reinforced Russian influence

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and as the largest supplier of gas to Ukraine, Russia is making new

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guarantees, after disputes and pensions during recent winters. What

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are the prospects at the summit in Vilnius last remark -- in Vilnius?

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Just as those demonstrations continue in Kiev, the glaciations

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continue here. The Lithuanian government running the presidency

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believes there is a chance something can be signed. That may be a long

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shot but they haven't given up. The European Union position is the deal

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is on the table still. In the sense the ball is now in the court of the

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Ukrainian government, what we have seen from the president in

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particular over the last few months is he will wheel and deal and see

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what the best deal he can get either from the European Union or Russia.

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It will be a big surprise if he suddenly changed course again at the

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last minute and signed this association agreement. If that

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doesn't happen we have do say the glass is half full at the summit.

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There will be lots of talk about continuing to move forward, progress

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with other countries like Moldova and Georgia, but Ukraine is the

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jewel in the Crown. The biggest and most influential country in this

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eastern partnership group. Without its signing a lot of the momentum

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behind this partnership process will be lost.

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What is the assessment about the new relationship between Russia and

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Kiev? Is it that Russia and President Putin has got more of an

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iron grip over it Ukraine, making sure there is a price if they want

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to keep moving towards the European Union?

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I think there is an acknowledgement in the short-term threats from

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Moscow can be pretty effective. That is white European Union leaders talk

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about strategic patience, they genuinely believe it may be

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misguided, they believe a majority of people in these countries want to

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look towards a European style institutional democracy, more open

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markets, opportunities for trade and investment. The association

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agreements which are on offer for these countries are the most

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comprehensive ever offered by the European Union to any countries. It

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would mean them taking on two thirds of all the rules and regulations,

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becoming in effect part of many bits of the European Union single market,

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there are big deals on offer and big decisions to be made. The European

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Union feels that long-term strategic Paul Cole -- Paul could well win in

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the end. We will reporting on it when it starts in a few hours.

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Still to come, driving aid into Syria, we join British Midlands

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acrobat Muslims hand delivering help to the conflict zone. -- British

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Muslims. Is it really the end of an era in

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Italian politics? Silvio Berlusconi is to date no longer a member of

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Parliament, with privileges and legal protection removed. He was

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expelled echoes of his conviction for tax for. It is illegal for him

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to hold public office. He loses immunity to prosecution. He told

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supporters it was a day in morning -- day of mourning for democracy.

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What is being reported in the newspapers?

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Here is his own newspaper, Il Giornale a, it has got a huge

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picture of him with his hand raised in defiance. He held a meeting

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outside his house in Rome yesterday claiming there had been a coup

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d'etat. There is an extremely -- there is extremely strong language,

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criticising President Napolitano saying Italy is being run by

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Smallman, and the language is extraordinary -- run by a small man.

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He talks about his sacking from Parliament as being on a level with

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Benito Mussolini being murdered at the end of World War II. Obviously

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Mr Berlusconi is extremely angry. If you look at the other papers, there

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is a cartoon on the front page showing Mr Berlusconi with the dog

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of his fiancee, barking at him and saying hello expat minister. The

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view of this paper is it is quite right justice has taken its course,

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and it is four months since he was found guilty of tax fraud, and it is

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about time Parliament acted. There is a feeling this is certainly the

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end of an era, the general mood of the press is this is not a very nice

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time for Italy and I see the leading financial paper saying a better

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epilogue to his years in office. A very bitter moment for Italy.

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You are with BBC World News. The latest headlines. Japan and South

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Korea have thrown planes through the air defence zone. It covers a chain

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of disputed islands. Human rights groups criticise an Egyptian

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court's decision to jail female supporters of ousted President

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Morsi. 21 women received 11 years in prison for Six people have been

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arrested here in the UK, over allegations of match-fixing in

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English football. At least three current footballers are among the

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men detained by the National Crime Agency - that is the British version

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of the FBI. The arrests came after a newspaper investigation into an

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international betting operation with its roots in Singapore. It's the

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first time for decades that anyone has been arrested for match fixing

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here in the UK. I spoke to Soren Pedersen from

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Europe's police intelligence agency, Europol. I asked him whether it is

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making progress in breaking up the match fixing rings.

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We cannot go into details about the ongoing case in the UK. But it is

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very much in line with the news we roped in the Hague in February

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talking about worldwide match fixing gangs. Working out of Singapore, it

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is not a surprise, there are big gangs working out of Singapore with

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links to China and other parts of the world. This is very much in line

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with what we have seen. What is your view how active and determined

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governments are to support you? Especially in Singapore where there

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was that big case in February? They're in creased awareness has

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made governments more interested in dealing with this. We are supporting

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several ongoing investigations, offering a platform of exchange of

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information. We have some very clever analysts who can help by

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adding value to that information we receive from partners and then they

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can go out and make the arrest. Fortunately, there is still a lot to

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look after and as I said, ongoing investigations this moment. You are

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now more determined, along with many national sovereign governments, but

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how clever or the match fixers at evading what you are trying to do?

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So far they have been working very much under the radar. It is an area

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with a lot of money so it has a track did serious organised of other

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areas, sometimes drug dealing. What I am trying... It is extremely

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complicated when you have to investigate this kind of crime. In

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one day, you have more than 50 people involved from more than ten

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countries. It is extremely complicated and there is a need of

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international coordination when you are dealing with these types of

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crime. The Prime Minister of Thailand has

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called on anti-government protestors to end their demonstrations and

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enter a dialogue. Yingluck Shinawatra made the plea after

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comfortably winning a vote of no confidence in the Thai parliament.

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Tens of thousands of protestors have again taken to the streets of

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Bangkok. In the latest of a series of protests around government

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buildings, they've cut the electricity supply to the police

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national headquarters. Jonathan head has the latest in Bangkok.

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They are not disheartened. This crowd have been down here for

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several hours. They started protesting and singing a national

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song. It has become an expression of national pride. Once again, they

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have come down to an important departments, and surrounded it. This

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is the national police headquarters. They will not be able to break in,

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there is razor wire on the police -- on the top. So they are singing,

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protesting. They are not really threatening the government. The

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government has just won a vote of confidence in the parliament and it

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is leaving these people to sing and nothing else. There is no kind of

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revolution. Syria has been in a state of civil

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war for two and a half years. The UN estimates that more than 100,000

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people have been killed. Aid organisations say that parts of the

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country are so dangerous that civilians are being left without

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help. Despite these dangers, a small group of British Muslims are taking

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aid convoys overland to Syria. They're packing second-hand

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ambulances with aid and driving into the fray. For this report Catrin Nye

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travelled with one convoy for part of the journey.

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We are going. Late night in Manchester, these ambulances are

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packed with medical supplies and food, collect it by volunteers. We

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try to have a laugh on the way. Because you know when you get there,

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your heart will be broken. At least they know there is someone out in

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the world thinking about them. This is one of a number of smaller

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charity missions going to Syria, independent of the big aid agencies.

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There are 14 people on this convoy, five ambulances travelling more than

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3000 miles through nine countries. It is day number three of the

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journey and we are in Switzerland. This is one of the ambulances. It is

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packed with medical supplies, needles, boxes and boxes of

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painkillers. This is where four people are sleeping, so it is very

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cramped. The group are British and of South Asian heritage. They see it

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as a duty to help those in Syria. Come on, Syria is calling. After

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eight days, driving in shifts, finally they reach the Syrian

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border. This is where they enter a war zone. The convoy heads on

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without us, they are about to take huge risks and we could put them in

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further danger. First, they had just over the border. They are filming

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themselves on mobile phones. Four of the group then push into Aleppo. The

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danger are so severe here, few aid agencies are operating. This final

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journey takes them to the front line. We went out with one of the

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hospital ambulance drivers who knows the area. Some parts were a bit

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hairy. More than a bit hairy. We ended up not very far from some of

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the front lines where there were snipers. That was a very surreal

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feeling. To actually be in the thick of it. It was a little closer than I

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would have liked to have been. Going through sniper alley. The team go

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through sniper lined streets. It is pushing it? If it is written for me

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to die there, then I am going. It is not what I want to do, I have

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children and a family at home. But at the end of the day if the world

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was doing what it was supposed to be doing, I would not have to risk my

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life like this. Everyone makes it home safely and the convoy planned

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to return to Syria next month. And now to the American city of

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Tucson, whether police have arrested a man and a woman suspected of

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keeping their three daughters locked in their bedroom in filthy

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conditions the two years. Police said the girls, aged 12, 13 and 17,

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were malnourished. They claim they were beaten and kept under 24 hour

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surveillance. Officers are now investigating a diary belonging to

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one of the girls. When the girls were contacted, the

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elder sister had on her a satchel. Inside the satchel was a detailed

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journal that counts for over a year and a half of days that detectives

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are cataloguing right now. Also, inside that satchel was a picture of

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a pop singer. Lewis Collins has died aged 67. He

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shot to fame in the late 1970s. He was one of the stars of The

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Professionals. The show was popular in some parts of Europe will stop he

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has been fighting cancer for a number of years. His agent said he

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passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his

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family. This is Red Square in central

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Moscow, it looks like a designer suitcase. Now a massive pavilion

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construct did will have to be dismantled. There have been protests

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it is inappropriate. Locals and tourists complain it blocks the view

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of local monuments. Causing a confrontation with the

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Kremlin. A giant suitcase, the size of a block of flats landed in the

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middle of Red Square in Moscow. The French luxury brand put it there as

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part of a publicity stunt, but it seems to have backfired. There has

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been outrage in the Russian media after the pavilion appeared a stones

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throw from Lenin's tomb. TRANSLATION: in the Red Square, it

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looks ugly. All of the criticisms are justified. It takes up too much

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space, you cannot see anything. TRANSLATION: the fact is, they like

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to burn everything in Russia, but this reflects everything we don't

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have. TRANSLATION: I came here especially

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to see this disgrace. I heard about it on the radio. I was outraged.

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The exhibition was opened ten days ago to mark the 120th anniversary.

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But they have learnt the hard way that Russia's historic sites come

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with baggage of their own. The Kremlin has ordered them to pack up

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and leave. From Web squared to Washington. Now

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for one of the more curious American traditions - the annual Thanksgiving

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pardon of a turkey by the most powerful man in the world. I want to

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grant lack popcorn a full reprieve. This year the turkey was called

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Popcorn. President Obama came over all soft and decided to pardon two

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turkeys. If you are American, have a happy Thanksgiving. From us,

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goodbye.

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