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As the US reveals it tried to free kidnapped journalist James Foley,

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??EDPREV If we were starving and migss food, he would share his

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ration. And surrogacy under the spotlight -

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the fate of Baby Gammy sparks questions about how best to protect

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parents and children. The United States has continued to

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launch air strikes in northern Iraq despite threats from Islamic State

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militants to kill a second American The attacks come as the Pentagon

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revealed a US secret military mission had

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tried to free reporter James Foley The pictures posted online of

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Mr Foley's beheading continue to From Washington,

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Tom Esslemont reports. Tributes have been flooding in from

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friends and fellow journalists. He has been described as, kind, ed ,ed

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ed a venrous and tough. To his parents, he is a martyr.

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They risk their lives. Major network. The honest is they stay in

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their environments so they get better stories. We really have

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enough regard for the who do this work. It has emerged that American

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commandos tried to rescue him and a number other American held by

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Islamic State militants. They in Syria earlier this summer. When they

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arrived, officials said they not the hostages. , it is race against time

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So, what can Britain and the United States do with the limited

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information they have? President Obama has said he doesn't want

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America to get drawn into a long conflict confronting jihadists. That

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was before James Foley was killed. A killing a former head of the CIA has

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described as the first attack against America. The

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The French journalist Nicolas Henin was taken hostage in Syria in June

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He spent seven months in captivity of them with James Foley.

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Mr Henin's not spoken at length about his experience

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because he didn't want to jeopardize the safety of other captives.

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But after the beheading, he decided to speak to our Paris

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We spent seven months in a very extreme situation together.

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Including for one week we were handcuffed, one to the other, day

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and night. What were the conditions like you and James were held in? In

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In circumstances where you are held captive you have some kind of

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survival instincts. Meaning, for instance, you try and grab

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everything you can find and James was the total opposite. Basically

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everything he could share, he would share it. If we were cold and we

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were missing blankets, he would share his blankets. If we were

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starving and missing food, he would share his ration. Did he cope with

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the conditions better than the rest of you? I would say, yes. Even

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though, being an American he was probably more targeted by the

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kidnappers, by the guards. In what way? It would be... He was some kind

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of scapegoat. Why were you released and he wasn't? Some countries

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negotiate. What they negotiate, I don't know. I don't know if it is

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money, prisoner exchange. Some countries like America, but also

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like the UK, do not negotiate. And, well, that puts the people at risk.

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Everyone who sees that video is horrified. What were you feeling

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when you saw that video? I am just horrified because it's not... It was

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a friend and my best soul mate. How would you like to remember James

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Foley? I will try. I am afraid it will take a few days, but I will try

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to just remember a few, very few opportunities we had to laugh loud.

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The together. It did happen a couple of times.

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Our correspondent is with us now. Bring us up-to-date with what we

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know now? There are three British jihadist whoss have been guarding

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western hostages, held by the Islamic State. Probably in Syria.

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And they've actually even been given nicknames. This was a story which

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came out. They have the names of the Beatles - John, Paul and Ringo. The

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accounts we are getting from a number of people are some of the

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hostages are treated very badly indeed, that they are beaten.

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Clearly these air strikes, these US air strikes in the last few days and

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weeks have infuriated the jihadists of Islamic State. They have checked

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their advance into Kurdistan and started to push them back. Whether

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it is permanent, who knows. It is really upset them a lot. I think

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that has been taken out on the hostages to some extent. There are

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over 20 being held. Probably in different locations. It turns out

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there was indeed an e-mail, a very angry e-mail sent to of Mr Foley's a

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week before he was killed. Killed told them he was going to be killed

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because of the air strikes. The focus is on the men with the British

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accents. What are UK Security Services doing to try and ascertain

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who these people are? There is a lot involved in this. In a way, I am not

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saying it is a pointless exercise, but it will not necessarily lead to

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any great resolution, because unless his killer or killers come back or

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leave Syria and Iraq, they are not going to be brought to justice.

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There's no Government in that part of the Middle East you can go to and

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say, we want an extradition order to get them out. They are in a land

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controlled by Islamic State. So, unless you send in a snatch squad,

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from what we have seen, it has not worked for the Americans when they

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sent in Special Forces. Their intelligence was wrong. They landed

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in the wrong place, the hostages were not there. And it is a city -

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so not easy at all. But the FBI, internationally, are the lead

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agency. The victim was American, so they are doing their best, whatever

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sources they've got, to try and find out who exactly was the person that

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killed him. The video is confusing. It is a horrible video to look at.

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It is not clear whether the voice on there is indeed of the person in the

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black mask, because you cannot see his lips moving. It is possible, in

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my view, that it's been put on afterwards. A really important point

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about this is, obviously there is huge tension in the western media

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because he was a hapless western journalist trying to do his job.

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This is happening to Iraqis and Syrians and it has happened to other

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Arab journalists all over the Middle East for a very long time, but

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particularly in recent times. They are paying with their lives to do

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the story. Arab journalists are bearing the braunt of it. We have a

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lot of interest when it happens to one of our own. But my goodness me,

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Arab journalists have paid a terrible price - whether it is

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Palestinians in Gaza, Algerians in North African, or Iraqis and

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Syrians. This is a tiny tip of the iceberg we are seeing here. In terms

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of the way that Mr Hennin was speaking about it, that perhaps

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James Foley was slightly Worsley treated because of the fact he's

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American - of course the US and the UK make a big deal about not

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negotiating. I do don't. Actuallivy to say that European countries have

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been not honest about this. If you remember the G8 summit more than a

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year ago, that was held in Britain, in Northern Ireland - all eight G8

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countries signed up to an agreement that they would not pay ransoms to

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terrorists who kidnap hostages. Only the UK and the US, as far as I

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know, have actually abided by that. Of course, it comes at a terrible

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price. Their hostages get killed. Others get released. It is easy to

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say sitting in the comfort of the studio, but when your nearest and

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deariest get kidnapped, most people want to do whatever they can to get

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them out. The amounts involved are huge. They have somebody running

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this, in charge. It is a money-making business. One Iraqi of

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source put the figures at $200 million earned by Islamic State in

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ransoming nearly a dozen western hostages. Europeans paid up, the

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Britains and the Americans don't. Thank you very much.

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The armed wing of Hamas says three of its senior

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commanders have been killed in a pre-dawn Israeli air strike in

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Palestinian rescue services say the three were among six people

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killed when a four-storey building was destroyed in the attack.

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The United Nations Security Council is calling for an immediate

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humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza and for peace talks to resume.

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The BBC's Kevin Connolly is in Jerusalem.

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He told me more about the three Hamas commanders

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They are not names that will resonate with western audiences.

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They were key figures in the Hamas leadership. I think there is a sense

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in which Israel has been trying throughout the weeks of fighting to

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pull off some kind of operation like this. It tried a couple of days ago

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to kill the overall military commander of Hamas. It is not

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entirely clear how that operation turned out.

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This, from the Israeli perspective, will be seen as a huge and decisive

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success - a blow to Hamas. And also something designed to make other

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Hamas leaders feel vulnerable, because this, of course, will...

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Excuse me - that they have good, real-time intelligence and has the

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military capability to act on that intelligence. As I say, it is a

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victory of the kind that Israel has been looking to and it will see this

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as a very important moment in the overall conflict. In terms of peace

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talks - of course they have collapsed. What hopes they may bring

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- well, restart? Well, the UN Security Council talks about the

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importance of getting another ceasefire in place, for humanitarian

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reasons. Frankly, that is an aspiration, not a policy. It is not

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really clear who would have the power to get the two sides back to

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the table. The talks appear to have collapsed for the very simple reason

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that the two sides were so far apart on the fundamental issues. Although

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there is international pressure to get the two sides back on to a

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diplomatic track, there's no sign that is about to happen.

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And Kevin, just bring us up-to-date, whether we've had any strikes on

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Israel today? We have had word of rocket attacks in the southern part

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of Israel. Word an empty school building was hit. One Israeli has

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been injured, we understand, this morning and that rocket campaign

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continues. There have been Israeli air strikes in Gaza. We are still

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working to establish the details of exactly what has happened in those

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air strikes. Essentially, in terms of this conflict, day 45 now - I

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suppose for both sides and for civilians, on both sides, it is

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business as usual and very hard to see where a diplomatic solution

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comes from. Where the politicians can do work to provide an

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alternative to the on-going military campaign.

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In other news The internationally-acclaimed

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environmental campaigner Marina Silva, has been chosen

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by Brazil's Socialist Party as its new Presidential candidate.

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She replaces her running mate, Eduardo Campos, who was killed last

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Ms Silva is seen as a leading challenger to President Dilma

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Iceland has evacuated an area close to the country's Baroarbunga

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The area, which is more than 300 kilometres from the capital

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Reykjavik, has no permanent residents but sits within a national

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Geologists have detected about 300 earthquakes in

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Russia's consumer safety agency has ordered the temporary closure of

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four branches of the American fast food chain, McDonald's, in Moscow

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due to what it says are numerous violations of sanitary regulations.

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McDonald's - which has more than 400 restaurants in Russia -

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The agency denied that its actions were politically motivated.

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Why Panasonic is turning its hand to growing vegetables.

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Ukrainian border guards are preparing to inspect

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the first trucks from a huge Russian aid convoy, heading to

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It comes as heavy fighting continues in Eastern Ukraine as government

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forces continue to push back against the pro-Russian rebels.

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MH17 crashed in Ukraine and there has been serious fighting in the

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area since the government sent in troops to take back territory taken

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by separatist gunmen this year. This is the land they used to control in

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April. They have now been pushed back into the orange areas. Who

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controls what? Deserted streets where pro-Russian separatists have

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been surrounded by pro-dash-macro Ukrainian military and the city is

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suffering acute shortages of food and water. The other rebel

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stronghold is Donetsk, where Ukrainian forces are also trying to

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take. They are finding it hard to cut off the separatist supply lines.

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Russia is accused of orchestrating the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.

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The Kremlin denies this but NATO accuses Moscow of supplying them

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with military equipment. Tanks, rocket launchers and the surface to

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air weapons which is thought to have brought down MH17 have been seen

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going across the board. Donetsk says some of its fighters were trained in

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Russia which is thought to have 20,000 troops on its side of the

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border. The UN says around 140,000 people have been forced to flee

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their homes and over 2000 people and rising have been killed including

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civilians, soldiers and rebels. About five hours and have been

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injured, that is an average of 60 casualties a day.

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The US reveals it tried to rescue American hostages in Syria

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earlier this year, including the murdered journalist James Foley.

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As the violence in Gaza continues - Hamas says three of its senior

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military leaders have been killed in an Israeli air strike.

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One of the two aid workers who contracted a bowler in Nigeria are

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expected to be released from hospital. -- Ebola.

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Police in the United States say it's been a relatively calm night

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in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson where there's been almost two weeks

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of protests sparked by a white police officer shooting

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The US attorney general, Eric Holder, has been meeting police

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and residents and says he hopes a thorough investigation

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into the killing of Michael Brown will have a calming influence.

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Our North America Correspondent Rajini Vai-dya-nathan says there's

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a marked change in the atmosphere among the protestors.

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We ask you right now, Lord Jesus, keep us together as one. In Ferguson

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there is a different tone this evening. Anon of the violence we

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have seen in previous nights. Much calmer and more of a sense of a

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vigil. People have candles and they have been saying prayers for Michael

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Brown. Many of the people said they will stay here as long as it takes

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to get justice. These are the hard-core who want to keep their

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voices heard. I am joined by Minister Gary Hill, who has been

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praying with some of the people. Why do you think things are, this

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evening after what has been ten nights of violent protests? First of

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all, I want to say, you give up a prayer to God, because when people

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break, he answers. What has happened is prayers have been cancelled. I am

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going to go into the crowd to talk to some of the protesters. Courtney,

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how long have you been here protesting? Since the first day. How

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long will you be here? Until we get justice, I cannot say. When there is

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justice, I might go home. I have got to stand strong. One of the

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protesters speaking to our correspondent. One aspect of the

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Islamic state emergence has been support from young Muslims from

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Europe. Some have been seen on the streets of Holland waving a black

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flag. The black standard flag is the most

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recognisable symbol used by the Islamic state. It is spreading

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across Iraq and Syria. And now, appearing on the streets of Europe.

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This footage posted on you Tube is said to show IIS supporters in the

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Hague, encouraging vulnerable young people to join them. It shows them

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cutting off heads, you think, I don't have any future, I am going

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there and it is Islam. One person said this is the thing and they feel

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they must go. Many in this predominantly Muslim neighbourhood

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to support the formation of an Islamic state, most oppose the

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brutality of IS. This boy is one who has gone to take part with jihad. He

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has trained with the Dutch army and is using those skills to teach new

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recruits fighting against resident is sad in Syria. I have been

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speaking to him on this instant messenger application. I ask him if

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he is still fighting in Syria? He says yes. Then I ask if he is also

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fighting with a desire to form an Islamic state? He says, which

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fighter from abroad does not want Islamic law? The Dutch security

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services said the threat is mutating with home-grown jihad ease using

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sophisticated, multimedia propaganda tools. They make better use of the

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Internet, social media, of YouTube, movies, we have young men and girls

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aged 16, 17, some of them 14 who want to go to Syria or Iraq. This

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film shows and the Dutch citizen, now understood to be based in Iraq.

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As IS influence spreads, there are fears these foreign fighters will

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return home battle hardened to haunt Europe. It is a time bomb in our

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society. It is not just in the Netherlands, all our countries face

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the same problems from the jihadists who want sharia in the Netherlands

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and will use firearms to achieve it. I am not fantasising, this is

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reality today. Right now, the Netherlands is struggling to find a

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constructive formula to fight the threat within European borders.

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The case of Gammy, a baby with Down's syndrome born to

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a Thai surrogate and allegedly left behind by the

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intended Australian parents, has caused international controversy.

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This year - it's projected that in the UK alone,

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around 200 babies will be registered as being born through surrogacy.

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But it's still illegal to PAY for a woman to have your baby

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in Britain and any agreement drawn up is not legally binding.

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There are calls for more regulation to protect parents and surrogates.

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This is Sarah Jones and had two children. Sarah also has three

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surrogate children and the latest is Elliott with a gay couple, Nick and

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Michael. Elliott is one of the children registered as being born

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through surrogacy. The arrangement is based on trust and they drew up

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an agreement, but it is not legally enforceable. They were talking about

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the children growing up. Being teenagers and still seeing their

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surrogates family. That friendship still being there. I think Sarah has

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given us, obviously a son and a likely would not have, an

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opportunity to be parents. I am hopeful Elliott will be an amazing

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kid and adults from the kind of life we can give him. Sarah has given the

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chance to others. We might not have had that chance otherwise. The UK

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agency that linked together encourages everyone to stay in

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touch. But because there are no contracts, anyone can change their

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mind. The only money that can change hands in the UK is for expenses, but

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that is open to abuse. It was a lack of guarantees that let this couple

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to surrogacy in India where everything is contract did.

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Everything is done professionally over there. When the surrogates

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falls pregnant, she is taken to a nice, clean home for the next nine

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months and we get up dated. We get a breakdowns on the bills. It is well

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presented in India. Robbie and Nicky have spent over ?100,000 having

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Daisy and Dylan in India. She argues you should be able to pay a

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surrogates in the UK. There are loads of women out there who want to

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help couples have babies. But because you cannot put it in the

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papers, it is too closed up. Sarah is against commercialisation in the

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UK but says parents need better protection. More regulation is good,

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definitely. The parents of the child need to be recognised as the parents

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of the child straightaway. It would make it easier. The way it works in

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the UK has its problems, that there is a system that is working, but it

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is not legislated for properly. As demand increases, UK groups argue

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better, legal protection would encourage more woman -- women to

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come forward as surrogates. If you think the company Panasonic

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is an electronics giant you'd be right. But now it's turning its hand

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to growing vegetables. The Japanese brand that built its name on TVs and

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DVD players and has branched out into everything from smart phones to

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cameras is now growing lettuces and radishes in Singapore. It's because

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most vegetables there are imported and so their business plan is to

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make it more food efficient.

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