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Our top stories. More bodies recovered at the Turkish coalmine.

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There's outrage as an aide to the Turkish Prime Minister is

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Reports from north eastern Nigeria say there's been another attack

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by suspected members of the Islamic Militant group Boko Haram

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at Gamboru Ngala the scene of a massacre last week.

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With a week to go before the European elections, who will come

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out on top? Hello and welcome to BBC World News.

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This is the scene a short time ago at the Soma mine in western Turkey

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where President Gul has arrived at the sight of the country's worst

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industrial accident. Hope is fading of finding 115 missing miners alive.

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Trade unions have called a one-day national strike. More than 280

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miners died after that huge explosion and fire. Three days of

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national mourning have begun. The government is under pressure after

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provide -- privatising the mine a decade ago. There have been protests

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in Ankara with police firing tear gas and water cannon at 800

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protesters. An electrical fault triggered an explosion at the mine

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in summer. 787 people were working underground, many more than usual

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because of a shift change. The coalmine is deep, no one can be sure

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where people may be trapped. The expansion cut off the power supply

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putting the lifts and lights out of action.

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Critically, the ventilation system has stopped. They are pumping in

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fresh air but oxygen levels have dropped because freshly exposed coal

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sacks in oxygen. The levels of carbon monoxide have been rising

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which is extremely toxic. Let us go to soma.

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President Gul, we saw what happened with Recep Tayyip Erdogan who

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arrived yesterday, what reception did the president get?

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When he first came, he did not face any kind of reaction, it was quiet.

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He went in and visited the coalmine. As he came out, people started to

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show some reaction because of their apparent frustration. One of them

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shouted, because you are coming here, because of your visit and the

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security measures, the rescue operations are being damaged. Get

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out of here. He was clearly very frustrated. And his friends,

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presumably relatives, tried to shut him up, this protester.

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Yesterday, it was much more tense compared to what has happened today.

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The Prime Minister faced huge reaction. His car was kicked by

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protesters, because they were clearly frustrated with his visit,

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and what he said during his visit. As far as we can tell, President Gul

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faced some reaction but compared to yesterday it wasn't that harsh.

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Is there any hope at all that any of these missing miners will be found

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alive? Unfortunately, if we are realistic,

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there is not much hope. It has been over 40 hours since the accident

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took place. The only had gas masks to protect them from the possible

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carbon monoxide poisoning which in fact was the reason hundreds of

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people died there, according to the Energy Minister's statement.

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The gas masks would only protect them for 40 minutes. This is 40

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hours. It is very unrealistic to expect that there will be a survivor

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emerging from underground today. But the relatives are waiting. I have

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spoken to one of the relatives, a father who had a son, a 24-year-old

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miner. What he was waiting for was his son's body, he wanted to see his

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son's body and buried it. What sort of safety record does this

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coalmine have? Unions are concerned about safety and inspections across

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the mining industry. This mine was privatised in 2005.

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The unions say privatisation is the main problem with regards to mining

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security. This does not have a particularly good record, and there

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have been fatal incidents. Two weeks ago, a demand, an enquiry for a

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parliamentary investigation to be set on the soma coalmine was

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rejected by the government. That is another reason why people here are

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very frustrated by the government. Not only because more than 280

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miners have died here, but because they believed the government has not

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taken enough precautions against such an accident taking place.

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There has been a lot of controversy not only about the safety record in

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this mining disaster. A picture has emerged, just talk us

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through it? This is the picture of the Prime

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Minister's adviser kicking a protester, in soma, where the

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horrible accident happened. Two soldiers are holding this protester

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down. It was shared on social media. With many criticisms against the

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government and politicians. Has he confirmed, it is obviously

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him, is it? We called him yesterday, and he said

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that it was him on the picture. We wanted to ask further questions but

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he did not want to comment. He said he will be making a statement about

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it. We have shared that on social media. There were reactions from

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people, asking if he hasn't already resigned, or if he made a

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statement, when will he make a statement? But we don't have the

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answers for that. We are expecting a statement today.

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This is more trouble for Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The protests, how do

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they compare with other protests against him in recent months?

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We cannot say there is no connection. There were harsh

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responses by police against the protesters in Turkey. We can say

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people were already feeling angry with the government. Some people

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were feeling angry, and they were not pleased with the recent election

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results. We have seen a similar protest on May Day in Turkey. People

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were not allowed to gather in the places they wanted to, in the centre

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of Istanbul. So, we have seen similar police reactions.

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Yesterday, people gathered again to send their condolences to the

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miners. The police reacted again, and used tear gas and water against

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these people. We are expecting lots of protests

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today in the cities. We are expecting also a police reaction.

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That has become familiar with protests.

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Reports from north eastern Nigeria say there's been another attack

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at Gamboru Ngala, the scene of a massacre last week.

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Today, we've heard reports of explosions in this town, near to the

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border of Nigeria and Cameroon. Eyewitnesses said earlier in the

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morning they heard an explosion but they were not sure what it was. They

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were terrified to go out because of what happened last week. There was

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another attack in the village nearby, about 12 kilometres away.

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Last night, the gunman went into the village, raising down the whole

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village. One resident said all he could see was one or two houses

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remaining. Most of the people ran away from the village when they

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heard the gun men were approaching. The gunmen killed two people in the

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village. What about protection for these

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people here? When the school was raided four weeks ago now, and those

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schoolgirls were abducted, there was criticism of the fact the army was

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nowhere to be seen? Indeed. People are complaining that,

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despite the state of emergency in these areas, they cannot see

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military personnel roaming. In these areas, they complain these are the

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roots being taken by the militants, they want the government to place

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military personnel. These villages are vulnerable, no protection has

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been provided by the military. Even in the search for the missing

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schoolgirls, we are not hearing enough from the government, about

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what stage they are in the search. The army chief in Thailand has

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warned that, following the killing of people at an anti-government

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protest camp, action may be taken. They have already stopped one

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election. Now the anti-government street movement is determined to

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stop another. They arrived at an air force base north of Bangkok where a

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meeting was being held to plan a new polling day in July. Inside, the

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recently appointed acting Prime Minister was trying to persuade

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reluctant election officials a new election in July is possible. But,

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outside, the crowd was showing how weak the government authority is.

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outside, the crowd was showing how Despite the lines of police, they

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simply broke through. Lead, as always, by the man who has

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become the face of this reshape politics in Thailand.

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I want to meet him, I want to talk, he said. He went on to insist he

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does have the country's best interests at heart.

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But what his movement is demanding is the overthrow of a government

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that has won every election for the past 14 years and is still popular

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in much of the country. There had been dire warnings of a

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violent backlash if he succeeds. And this, perhaps, is a foretaste.

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violent backlash if he succeeds. No one has admitted carrying out the

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early morning attack on sleeping protesters. But they believe it was

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the secretive armed militants who operate on the fringes of the

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pro-government redshirt movement. Two grenades were fired. And then

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sustained gunfire. In an area with plenty of soldiers. Another sign of

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the fragility in Thailand. With a weakened police force distrusted by

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the protesters, it may never be known who was behind this attack or

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the other is that preceded it. But there will surely be more.

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There will be a run off to elect a new president in Afghanistan, as no

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The former foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah won 45%

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He'll face the former finance minister Ashraf

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The new poll will be held on June 14 and the final result is

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likely to be announced at the beginning of August.

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The captain and three senior crew members of a ferry which sank

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off South Korea last month have been charged with manslaughter.

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They are accused of abandoning the Sewol, while telling

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11 other crew members face charges of negligence.

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More than 280 people, many of them pupils from a high school near

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A jailed Al Jazeera journalist who has been on hunger strike

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for over 100 days has said he will hold the Egyptian authority

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In a video message, obtained by Al Jazeera, he said that

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he had requested medical treatment from independent sources

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Mr Elshamy's current whereabouts are unknown, after he was moved

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from his prison cell to an undisclosed location on Monday.

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meet, but what can they realistically achieve as Denmark and

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an Afghan teenagers celebrating after gaining the highest mark in

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her country's University entrance exams. Police in Venezuelan have

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detained at least 80 demonstrators and are demanding the release of

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people arrested during recent anti-government protests. Richard

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Forrest reports. anti-government protests. Richard

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The latest clashes in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. What started as a

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peaceful march again turned violent on Wednesday when protesters threw

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stones at security forces. Police responded with tear gas. At least 80

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people were detained. Anti-government demonstrations

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started in February when students demanded increasing security

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following an alleged rape. They also complained about record inflation as

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well as food shortages. They were joined by doctors, lawyers and

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shopkeepers demanding the resignation of the president. This

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is Nicolas Maduro when he was sworn in last April. These by far the

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biggest since he took office. The Government remains popular amongst

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its working-class voters, but it accuses the opposition of trying to

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stage a coup with backing from the United States. There have been talks

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to try and diffused the tension, but the opposition said earlier this

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week these talks are in crisis. The street protests have so far claimed

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the lives of more than 40 people. Thousands of people have been

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fleeing their homes in California after wildfires in Diego County on

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Wednesday. Several buildings were scorch and burned. A little further

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north blazes also caused evacuations at a nuclear plant and a military

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base. Months of drought have made

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California particularly prone to fires this year. You are watching

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BBC world News, the headlines: Turkey's president is visiting the

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scene of the country's worst ever mining accident. The bodies of 280

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men have been recovered. 250 are still missing. Reports are

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emerging of a fresh attack by Islamist militants on a Nigerian

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town where 300 people were massacred earlier this week.

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At least 150,000 dead, millions of child refugees and at least half of

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its population have been forced from their homes. Three years on, there

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is no end in sight to the conflict in Syria. There has been another

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meeting of the friends of Syria, attended by John Kerry, the US

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Secretary of State. Bridget Kendall is with me now. They want to offer

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support to opposition groups, but which opposition groups? They have

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always been supporting the moderate, secular opposition, the

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ones who turned up at the peace talks in Geneva which got nowhere in

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January this year. It is a grouping which the Foreign Minister is, the

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big European countries, the US, Turkey, and Arab countries of the

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Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and they support them. It has always been a

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forum to provide a demonstration of support for the moderate opposition,

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but the situation has got worse. They last met in January and it is

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hard to see how things can get much worse. The peace talks got nowhere.

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This week the UN special envoy resigned in apparent frustration

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saying they had achieved little in the last two years. Infighting

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amongst all the different opposition groups on the ground and the

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moderates have been squeezed and the Islamist are fighting each other and

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the moderates. While they are distracted doing that they are

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losing ground to President Assad who has taken background, he has taken

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that Homs. He is feeling confident enough to have presidential

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elections to try and reassert his authority. The friends of Syria

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group and the British Government may say it is a parody of democracy, but

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the fact remains the humanitarian situation just gets worse and

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continues to deteriorate. It is very hard to see what they can do for the

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moderate opposition when all along they have said they will not arm

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them because they are scared the arms might get to the wrong people.

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What kind of aid is it? Training, medicine coal supplies, medical

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supplies, protection against attacks. Although the deal to get

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rid of President Assad's chemical weapons is going quite well. He has

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handed over 90%. They may not beat the deadline, but it is not bad. Now

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there are new the deadline, but it is not bad. Now

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other chemicals, for example chlorine, in

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other chemicals, for example people. It is difficult to see how

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this group in London can do anything to make it better.

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The countdown is on until until voting starts in the European

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elections - there's just a week to go.

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It's a massive undertaking, to elect just more than 750 MEPs

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who'll shuttle between their home countries, Brussels and Strasbourg.

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Greece is still suffering, it is fertile ground for the European

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poster boy of the left. It is getting worse by the minute. We have

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hospitals without beds for the sick. We have schools without books

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and teachers. While the Government says a corner has been turned, there

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will be a huge antiestablishment vote from the hard left to the

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extreme right. It is hardly surprising given the level of

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economic pain they have lived through, but right across Europe

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there is a political malaise. I guess to some extent it is a case of

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being forearmed and forewarned. In Denmark people are pretty fed up

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with their Government and that has led to a swell in

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with their Government and that has lot and you don't need to speak

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Danish to understand their message. Meet the Danish people's party. They

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believe EU rules are eroding traditional Danish values. They

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could win the most votes. Their message seems to resonate. It is

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good we are a member of this message seems to resonate. It is

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but I think it is too much. message seems to resonate. It is

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it, I am a fan. There are problems. Does there have to be so much

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integration? Does there have to be so much

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oldest flag in the world. It is a proud, small country.

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oldest flag in the world. It is a national public broadcaster their

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correspondent believes attitudes to the EU is changing. Nobody wants to

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correspondent believes attitudes to leave the European Union, but from

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time to time people would like leave the European Union, but from

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time to time people would the EU to leave us alone. Many Danes seem

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well-informed about the European Union, they believe it brings

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economic benefits, yet Union, they believe it brings

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increasing concern about the costs of membership and a growing number

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want this reformed. Matthew Price in Copenhagen.

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When you've beaten a quarter of a million people,

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But when you're a young girl, in a conservative society

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like Afghanistan's, it's a remarkable achievement.

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Shohreh Ghaderi is celebrating after gaining the highest mark

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in the country's national university entrance exam.

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TRANSLATION: There won her as there were 160 multiple-choice questions

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in the exam. I was doubtful about one question. I was asked what the

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chemical formula was for a phosphoric acid. I don't know if I

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chose the right answer. I love maths and physics and my dad used to help

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me with my questions. I don't believe this has anything to do with

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luck. I was brought up in an academic family where everyone cares

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about education. When you see what life is like in other provinces, you

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can see why the exam was very difficult for others. Many students

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have no security where they live, they do not have proper books or

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teachers or access to computers. They have nothing. I have chosen to

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study medicine in Kabul. If I go far away from home, I will focus more. I

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grew up here, but I would like to go to Kabul university because it is

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different there. Some people will not let their daughters study

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because of a lack of security. If everywhere was safe, nobody would

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have any excuse for stopping their daughters from studying and it would

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be an outdated tradition. I do not have any special technique for

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studying. 98% of your success depends on how hard you work and

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just 2% depends on your talent. I always say to others, don't think

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you are not talented. Everything is possible if you have a strong will.

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You have to have a goal in life and believe that nothing can stop you

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from achieving it. Shohreh Ghaderi. Well done.

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