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going to be. On Saturday and Sunday it is more of the same. You hello.

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Our main headline... Spain's new king says he has great hope for the

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country's future, as he is sworn in as head of state. Taliban insurgents

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have launched an attack on a NATO supply base. Fighting continues in

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Iraq, and Barack Obama tells US congressional leaders he does not

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need their approval to take the literary action.

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Welcome to the programme. Spain is entering a new era, with King Felipe

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VI and his young family being warmly applauded at a swearing-in ceremony

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in Madrid. These are the live pictures coming to us now. Huge

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numbers of people are gathering outside the palace. The king and

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queen will be appearing on the royal balcony, joined, we expect, by the

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former king, Juan Carlos. These were the images that we had in the last

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couple of hours. He is the first new king of Spain in nearly 40 years. In

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his inauguration speech, he spoke of a country which must ensure unity

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and diversity. You promised to work for the less well off in Spanish

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society at a time of economic hardship.

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TRANSLATION: I would like to express my solidarity with all of our

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citizens who have been hard-hit by economic crisis. We must make sure

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that we work hard to overcome this situation and offer the necessary

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protection to those people who are most vulnerable in society. We also

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have a duty to send out a message of hope, especially to those of us in

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society who are the young generation but are looking for work. Today I

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would like us to look forwards to the future. To a new Spain, which we

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need to continue to build together, as we begin this new day. Live

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images in Madrid. And the crowds are gathered in the Spanish sunshine.

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There has been a procession through the streets of Madrid, following

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that speech. His queen is a former television journalist, and they are

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seen as a popular, photogenic young couple, with two young daughters

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have. We are waiting for the new king to appear before the crowd.

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With me is a teaching fellow in Spanish and European studies here at

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Kings in London. How big a day is it? Here's a constitutional monarch,

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although he does have some political influence, doesn't he wanted she

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does. It is an important day for the Spanish people, I think. I think he

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will not be as big as had been expected, as an institution, but it

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is still an important day of change. It is an important day to

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revitalise the institutions. What did you make of the speech? I've

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think the message is, we understand the pain the people are going

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through, we understand the situation, and we want to be part of

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the leadership, but we do not want to be a hierarchical leadership.

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Obviously, that is the message that you would expect in these times of

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austerity. But obviously, it is going to be very, very hard to back

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it up with real action. Despite the influence of the King may have, I am

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afraid the situation is not improving quickly, and if it does

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not, the monarchy will continue to suffer, as do the rest of the

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Spanish situations, from the declining situation in Spain. There

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is still a substantial number of people who want a referendum on

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having a republic, and there is also a big separatist movement? There is

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a big movement, growing support, towards the Republican option. A

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referendum I do not think is likely at this stage, because we have to

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understand there are different kinds of Republicans as well. Some of the

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more Pramac Matic -- pragmatic ones understand that the whole

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constitution would have to change. It is not straightforward. So, the

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option of a referendum is Rob Lee something which might have do happen

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down the line. -- probably. We can see lots of Spanish flags, but if

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you are a Republican, and you want to wave a flag for that cause, you

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are not allowed to do that today? Yes, you are not allowed to display

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any republican symbols, certainly not in. Did -- certainly not in

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Madrid. These things were banned at the last minute. Has that been

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excepted? It has been tolerated, I would say, more than excepted. There

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is a big police presence all over Madrid. If you were to attempt to

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wave a Republican flag, you would be in trouble. But in Barcelona, for

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example, there has been a big march in favour of a Republic of

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Catalunya. So, it has been accepted and tolerated but there are

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certainly concerns about those kind of measures. In Madrid for us is

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Pascale Harter, outside the palace. It has filled up, hasn't it? That's

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right. Despite the absolutely baking heat, people have turned up now that

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there are King has arrived and they are waiting for the new king, Felipe

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VI and his wife to show themselves on the balcony behind, to be

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greeted. What is the mood? It is interesting, because even amongst

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the people who have turned out here today, there is a sense that this is

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a nice day, but it does not change anything. People appreciated the

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speech that the king made, talking about becoming a reference point for

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ethics in the country, in the light of the recent corruption scandals,

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but people told me it does not change anything, because he does not

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govern Spain. The problems of corruption and the economic crisis,

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high unemployment, will not go away simply because there is a new king.

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But people did appreciate the sentiment, finding the speech very

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inclusive. I am not sure whether he mentioned the football result, maybe

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he did not dare, but who is he as a man, is he is somebody that people

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will identify with and support? Indeed. Excuse me, it he is a man

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who is probably much better suited to this new era of austerity in

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Spain. His father Juan Carlos was very much appreciated, but he was a

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bon viveur, and the kind of expenses which were tolerated in the past are

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not any more. This is what seems to be at the heart of desire a change

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in the monarchy. 62% of the population have said that they would

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like referendum on whether Spain should be a republic. King Felipe is

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a very serious man, much more accustomed to being photographed

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rubbing his two daughters off at school. He has married a commoner, a

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woman who was divorced before marrying him. Someone who travels on

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the Metro, got a mortgage for her first home in Spain. That has won

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him points with the Spanish people, who feel that he will take his

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duties very seriously. He says he has been studying for this moment,

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to be a servant of the people. In terms of the history of the

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monarchy, as an institution, we have all learned about them at school,

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they go back generations? Indeed. It is a bit difficult to hear you

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because of the crowds and the helicopter and the bells in the

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background. I think you were asking about the history of the monarchy. A

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sickly, it was the count of Barcelona who gave power to his son

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Juan Carlos nearly four decades ago, saying that he realised he was the

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new king, ushering in a new era. There is a sense, echoed in King

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Felipe's speech today, that he may have done a good job. He has

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safeguarded democracy, most notably, as you mentioned earlier, he stood

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against the 1981 attempted coup in Congress by the Civil Guard, and

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stood up for the fledgling democracy. He played a difficult

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role in negotiating with people who still supported the late Dick Haytor

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Franco, and wanted a continuation of that concentrated power. The idea

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today is that a new king is in control, and he will respect the

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separation of powers. Spaniards here think that is great news, but it is

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not going to change daily lives. What about the international appeal

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of this Royal Family? We can see the king, we can see them emerging on

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the balcony. King Felipe VI and his queen, the new reigning monarch in

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Spain. And the King, joined by his two

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daughters, the image of a royal, can temporary family, a young, very

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photogenic family. The Queen, a former television news presenter,

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seen as someone who can perhaps relate to people a bit more, and

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their two young daughters. The eldest will become the next heir.

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Just tell us what it is like to BYU are, Pascale Harter. -- to be where

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you are. I can only hear you very vaguely. Just tell us what it is

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like where you are. I am not sure what you are asking me, but it is

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safe to say that there is an enormous amount of excitement here.

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The Queen was formerly a famous news anchor, and she is very popular

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here. The show of family solidarity, a message to say that they are a

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family. Wanting to underline that they understand the plight of

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ordinary Spaniards, who are suffering today with the economic

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crisis. Many have had their homes repossessed and lost their jobs. And

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he is wearing the military uniform, symbolising the fact that he is the

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head of the Spanish military. He does have a constitutional role, and

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some political influence also. The former King has stepped back a

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little bit from the ceremony. He was not present at the speech. He wanted

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to give his son as much prominence as possible. These images the family

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will hope will be beamed across the world, hoping to win support at home

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and abroad, no doubt. You can hear the chants of supporters down in the

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street. studied international relations, he

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was in the Spanish Olympic yachting team. I wonder if he was troubled by

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the football performance last night? We will leave those images in Madrid

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with a new monarch at the head of the throne in Spain.

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We are going to bring you some news from another part of the world, from

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Afghanistan. We have been learning that Taliban insurgents have

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launched an attack on a NATO supply base and have destroyed 37

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vehicles. Three suicide attackers attacked the base in the border town

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of Torkham in the province of Ningarhar. There are reports of two

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Afghan drivers have been injured. With me is someone from our Afghan

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service. There are no casualties on the side of NATO or Afghan forces.

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Two rebels were killed, one blew himself up. They destroyed 37

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trucks. But the most important thing is the attack on this place. It is

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on the border with Pakistan and is an important place and is protected

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heavily by Afghan forces and also by NATO. This is the parking lot of

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NATO. It is alarming the militants can access this. Do we know which

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group are responsible? The Taliban have claimed responsibility. They

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will have planned this attack for a long time. It is just on the border

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as I said. We know that attacks on NATO convoys have been ongoing in

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Pakistan and Afghanistan. Not only by the Afghan Taliban, but the

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Pakistani Taliban. Hundreds of trucks have been destroyed. But this

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time it is more important because it is situated in a very sensitive

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place, the border crossing. We are going to go live to Kabul because

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our correspondence is there. We have just been hearing this is a very

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sensitive area. Is it surprising the militants have managed to attack

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it? Not really. The Taliban insurgents have been attacking NATO

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fuel tankers and other supplies in this area. A number of attacks have

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been launched in the last year or so and usually the insurgents try to

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attach what they call magnetic bombs in background airbase, a much more

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secure area closer to Kabul. The insurgents have been able to smuggle

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these magnetic bombs and they have resulted in the burning of these

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trucks. What is interesting in the case of Torkham is there has been

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more security by the Afghan Government and by NATO and it

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appears the insurgents were able to infiltrate and penetrate it. Let's

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talk about the impact of that. The Torkham highway which connects the

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country to Pakistan was closed. Hundreds of trucks and passenger

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vehicles were stuck there. It shatters the confidence of ordinary

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people, especially when they see the ability of insurgents who are able

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to attack the highly protected areas. The painstaking rescue of a

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man trapped for 11 days in Germany's deepest cave has come to

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an end. Johann Westhauser suffered head injuries from falling rocks

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nearly one kilometre below ground in the Alps. We have heard in the last

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few moments he has been rescued and has been winched up very slowly

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through the complex cave system. We can speak to someone at the rescue

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site. How did they eventually get him out? It was an unbelievable

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operation. It took 11 days and especially the last section of this

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ordeal was very hard. You have to imagine that vertical chamber in

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this cave of about 200 metres high. It is a very narrow chamber that had

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to get through in very wet conditions. They had to be very slow

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because Johann Westhauser suffered a craniosacral injury, basically what

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Michael Schumacher had, so they had to be very careful with him. They

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could not transport him vertically, they had to be very gentle with him

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and it took a long time. Exactly at 11 .4 for today there was huge

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jubilation and a scream down here when the organisation team knew that

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he had been taken out. It must have been a tense situation. Where is he

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now? He is still up in the mountain. He is being treated because he has

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suffered major injuries. But he is conscious, which is very important.

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He is now being treated and he is going to fly in a helicopter to a

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hospital nearby. Many thanks indeed. The US is urging politicians in Iraq

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to unite against the threat posed by Sunni militants who had seized key

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towns in the north. The Iraqi Government, whose forces are

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fighting insurgents for control of the biggest oil refinery at Baiji,

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has appealed for US air strikes. President Obama has told Congress he

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does not need their approval to take military action.

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The pressure of people fleeing the latest fighting in Iraq and being

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forced into temporary camps continues to grow. It is adding to

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the international alarm over the fallout from the Sunni insurgency

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that swept through swathes of northern and western Iraq and

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threatened a bloody fracturing of the country. We are having a

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narrative where people fear reprisals from ethnic divides

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anti-violence which is mounting in the country. That is in Baghdad as

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well. We are concerned for people and we are protecting them.

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Militants apparently parading the spoils of their successes, capturing

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Iraqi military vehicles in the town of Baiji. But there is still a war

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of words between them and the Government over who controls the

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largest oil refinery in the country as the remaining staff were

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reportedly evacuated from the complex. In Washington President

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Obama consulted congressional leaders on his options. He

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reportedly told them he does not need their approval for action, but

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he appears to be reluctant to launch the air strikes the Iraqi Government

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has asked for. Plenty of activity on the flight deck of the aircraft

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carrier USS George W Bush in the Gulf, but US commanders are said to

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be uncertain what their targets would be and Washington's focus

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seems to be more on pressing Iraq's different sectarian leaders to unite

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and address their different divisions. On Wednesday Iraq Shi'ite

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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made a new appeal for unity. Many see him

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as part of the problem, he is accused of following sectarian,

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sectarian policies. We do not want to get to a state where these I

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assist terrorists get a permanent hold on Iraqi territory. That would

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be the basis on which this cancerous growth will grow throughout the

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whole area and will destabilise the whole area and it will affect the

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UK, as Mr Cameron said yesterday. In Shi'ite dominated Basra, in the five

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South, more volunteers to take on the militants, but just how this

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crisis unfolds and what its impact will be inside Iraq and beyond are

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still far from clear. We can go back to Spain, not for

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such good news because in the football the titleholders go no

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further than the group stages. Fans watched them lose their second game

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last night to Chile by 2-0. It was the mismatch of the World Cup

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so far. A team of Brazilian kids barely in their teens, showing some

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much bigger and slower English men how to play the beautiful game. In

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one of Sao Paulo's toughest neighbourhoods some footballing

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diplomacy as England fans handed out dozens of shirt donated by league

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clubs at home. It has been an incredible day to share this

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experience and see this charity and the work they do and to play

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football against some of the local kids. It is a big day for these

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players as well, England in Sao Paulo for a game they cannot afford

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to lose. After the debilitating effect of the heat and humidity in

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Manaus, the weather here could work to their advantage because it is

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cold and wet in Brazil's biggest city. The Italy defeat behind them,

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the senior players know they played well enough in Manaus to believe

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their cup is not yet over. We know of the pain of going out at world

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cups and it is of the pain of going out at world

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cups and it something we do not want and we want to stay here for as long

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as possible. All the young lads and everyone in the squad is aware how

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difficult a summer it is going to be if we fail. But Luis Suarez is back

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for the tiny, South American nation. He could provide that extra

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bit of bite and Uruguay missed in their surprise opening defeat. These

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include fans are already having the time of their lives in a country

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where football can be a tool for good. A win against Uruguay today

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would complete a memorable journey. It is going to go on and on. Thank

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you for watching us today. We will see you very soon. Goodbye.

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