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Pakistan's state TV channel is back on air - and under army protection -

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after anti-government protesters briefly shut it down.

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As Ukraine moves to boost its defences against separatist

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rebels - the country's president accuses Russia of launching,

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"direct and open aggression" in the east of the country.

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Pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong disrupt a speech by a senior

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Chinese Communist Party official - after China rules there will be no

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And what impact could these stunning solar flares on the surface

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of the Sun have for all of us here, back on Earth?

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Pakistan's national television channel is back on air,

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after security forces removed anti-government protesters

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These are the latest pictures we've received of protesters storming

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the PTV building in central Islamabad, where they're

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This was the announcement made by the presenter, as the demonstrators

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entered the studios, just before the station was taken off air.

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Protest is have managed to barge their way into the headquarters and

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some of the newsrooms, the armed with sticks. We remained calm. There

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is no reason to panic at this stage. We will update you with more news as

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it comes end. -- comes in. The PTV building is now

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under army protection. Its occupation followed renewed

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clashes with riot police as protesters demanded the resignation

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of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Addressing his supporters

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a short while ago, opposition leader Imran Khan appealed for calm

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but renewed his appeal for We say to the Prime Minister he

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should step down now because protesters will come out against him

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across Pakistan, causing damage to property or because he has no moral

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ground to continue as Prime Minister. I asked correspondent

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whether the violence was predictable after weeks of protests? It was

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always possible. We saw quite a bit of confrontation meet on Saturday

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night. Yesterday as well. But what happened today did not make a lot of

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people because the police retreated and marchers were allowed to go on a

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rampage. Hundreds managed to get near the house of the Prime

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Minister. Another set of angry young men carrying sticks managed to get

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into the headquarters of the state television. They got into recording

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studios and cut cable wires and smashed equipment. They were there

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for a good while until the Pakistan army started arriving outside. As

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soon as the army God bear and ordered them to leave peacefully,

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they obliged. They were shouting slogans in favour of the army. Their

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anger is aimed at the Prime Minister, his government and the

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police. They are strongly in favour of the Pakistani arms deal. Where do

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you think this is heading? They are putting a lot of pressure on the

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army, does it look as if the Army is going to have to step up and take a

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more active role as we have seen many times in the history of

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Pakistan? The pressures on the government and the Prime Minister.

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The Army issued a statement last night which urged the government to

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resolve this politically and not use force. That is why we saw the police

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did not retaliate. They did not fight back and that's why these

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marchers were allowed to go on a rampage. This situation has brought

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the government to a standstill. Everyone is keen for this to settle

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in a way which does not do real dog democracy of Pakistan. The Prime

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Minister is adamant he will not resign. He believes he was elected

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in the election last year, despite some irregularities the election was

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seen as credible and accepted by Imran Khan and others. He is

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supported by parliament as well as opposition parties. They do not want

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to see him resign and the government collapsed. Thank you.

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Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has accused Russia of launching

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"direct and open aggression" in eastern Ukraine which he says has

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radically changed the balance on the battlefield. Meanwhile,

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Ukraine is sending military reinforcements to the key

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south-eastern port city of Mariupol to help defend against Pro-Russian

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Speaking earlier Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov insisted

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there would be no Russian military intervention in eastern Ukraine,

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and said peace talks due later in the Belarusian capital, Minsk must

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin said the question of statehood

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for eastern Ukraine must be part of the negotiations.

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But his spokesman was quick to clarify

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that the president was not talking about an actual independent state.

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This comes as the EU threatens further sanctions

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against Russia and key American senators, including John McCain,

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have called for the US to send weapons to help Ukraine fight what

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The BBC's Richard Galpin has the latest from the city of

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Mariupol, where there are fears that a rebel assault could be imminent.

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At the moment it is quiet here. Over the past few days we have seen this

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pro -- new front opened up by Russian separatists where it is

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believed Russian troops have moved across the coast to Mariupol. Since

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then, they have not moved any further. However, there has been

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serious fighting in other parts here in the south east of Ukraine. With

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the rebels claiming they have taken quite a lot of ground back from

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Ukrainian army. So there are several fronts, the conflict goes on and it

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has intensified. The question is, what is going to be the next move of

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the rebels? Will be move on the city, Mariupol? Will be hold tight

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for the time being? What is daily life like for those who are not

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involved themselves personally? Wearing one of the main squares in

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Mariupol and people are going to work. People are walking about. The

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people we have spoken to, there is the sense of fear obviously. You are

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worried about what might happen, whether there will be an assault. We

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know that quite a few people have already left. This is a city of more

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than 400,000 people and we understand thousands have left. The

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majority remain. We have been told for example, one person who has been

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going to work, her colleagues have been coming in with bags packed,

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ready to go in case it is some kind of attack. Some people are on edge.

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Clearly the Ukrainian military has been bringing in reinforcements and

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fortifying positions around the city to try and defend it in case that is

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an assault on the next few days. In Hong Kong,

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police have used pepper spray to stop pro-democracy activists who

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tried to storm an event attended They are in the city

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on a charm offensive to persuade citizens to support controversial

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new rules on democratic reforms. A day after the Chinese senior

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leadership in beginning -- in Beijing chose the selection of the

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next chief executive in Hong Kong, officials have journeyed south to

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justify their decision to the general public. This was the

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unexpected welcome they received. I group of invited guests, including

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high-profile pro-democracy lawmakers protest it, chanting they had lost

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faith in the government. After reading his composure, the top

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Chinese official explained the reasoning behind one of the most

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controversial new requirements for the 2017 chief executive election.

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TRANSLATION: CAP NEXT the goal of the nomination committee is to

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reduce the risks involved in universal suffrage. It reduces the

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risk of political confrontation. It casts the risk of a constitutional

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crisis and three it minimises the risk of populism. But outside the

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venue, the Chinese government position has already created

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confrontation. Here democracy activists try to forcefully enter

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the main stage. They were pepper spray by police. With many other

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groups planning their own protest in response to the Beijing

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announcement, it is clear that political risk in Hong Kong has only

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become more serious. I am joined now by the representative from the BBC

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News service. Do we met -- do we know where this support lies in Hong

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Kong? We can see there are divided supporters for each camp. Some of

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them are and see the main group and support the pro-democracy group and

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others support central government. Some are asking for true democracy.

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What happened yesterday is that the central government set the limits

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about how the chief executive should be elected in 2017. What do those

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limits mean? It means that Beijing will screen the candidates who could

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potentially be the next Chief Executive. The pro-democracy

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campaign said they would like to choose. Beijing said no.

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Pro-democracy are saying they have the nominating committee. Through

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this they can choose up to three candidates. That is what the

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pro-democracy campaign are not happy about. They feel restrained by the

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central government. What will it mean in practice if this change

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happens? The Hong Kong people feel that they are obliged, the Beijing

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government promised them to have universal suffrage. But the Beijing

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government says it is universal suffrage but it is how the

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candidates are chosen. This is an impasse. Effectively, this is under

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daily -- Chinese control, effectively how does this affect

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daily life? They need stability in Hong Kong because it is the

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financial centre. They can see Beijing will not back off. They

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realise how strong their position is. Some of them want to keep Hong

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Kong as a financial centre. If we go through political turmoil, we will

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suffer more. Others say, this is our prize which makes Hong Kong

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different from inland areas and this is the price we have to pay. Doesn't

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look like the pro-democracy supporters will give up easily or go

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on? I think it is a showdown. They say they will not back off in the

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short-term. If not immediately, it will happen soon. Thank you very

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much. Stay with us, much more news to come. The British couple who

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removed their son from hospital against medical advice, are to

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appear before a judge in Madrid today.

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Eating less meat and reducing food waste are part

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of a combination of solutions needed to ensure food security

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and avoid dangerous climate change according to a team of academics.

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Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have written in

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the Nature Climate Change journal saying that meat-heavy Western diets

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will lead to deforestation and an increase in carbon emissions.

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Our Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin reports.

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As people in the world are getting richer, and they are eating more

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It is an inefficient way to make food.

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As cows grow, they transform just 3% of the energy from the plants they

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The surge in meat eating will drive more deforestation

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as farmers seek increasing amounts of land, the study says.

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Cutting forests releases greenhouse gases from the wood and soil.

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Fertilisers create greenhouse gases as well.

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The report says under current trends, agriculture alone will cause

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the world to bust its targets for reducing the risk

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Reducing food waste could help a lot, the authors say, and

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The real challenge is the public's appetite.

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There is a burger restaurant boom in major cities, and people are

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It is not normally mushroom burgers they are after.

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Here in Britain Prime Minister David Cameron is to make a statement

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on plans to widen anti-terror laws. British-born jihadists in Iraq

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and Syria could be temporarily banned from returning to the UK

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under plans being considered by the British government.

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Proposals are expected to include measures to make it easier to

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seize suspects' passports. The BBC understands that UK

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nationals believed to be involved in terror acts would be allowed to

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keep their British citizenship. The new proposals follows increasing

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violence in Iraq and Syria and concerns about British fighters

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returning from the countries. The returning from the countries.

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This is BBC World News. The latest headlines Pakistan's main

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TV station has been briefly taken off air

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by anti-government protesters. The activists -

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who're calling for the resignation of the prime minister - were removed

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from the studios by the army. As Ukraine bolsters its defences

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in the east of the country - its president accuses Russia of,

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"direct and open aggression". its president accuses Russia of,

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"direct and open aggression". The UN says militants

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from the Islamic State group are committing atrocities amounting to

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crimes against humanity. The warning comes as the

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UN's Human Rights Council meets in Geneva to discuss calls

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for an emergency mission to Iraq. This is what its Deputy chief,

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Flavia Pansieri, had to say. It appears that ISIL intentionally

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committed widespread and systematic persecution of these ethnic and

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religious groups, depriving them of their fundamental rights, including

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the right to life and freedom of religion,

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denying them of their identity and compelling many to wander in fear

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in desolate and dangerous areas. These inhuman and odious offences

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constitute a serious and deliberate attack on human dignity

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and human rights and they likely The parents of a young boy with

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brain cancer, whose disappearance from a British hospital triggered

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an international search last week, Five-year-old Ashya King was taken

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out of an English hospital But the parents,

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who may face extradition to the UK, have told the BBC they just wanted

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the best treatment for their son. For a second time in less than 24

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hours, Brett and Naghemeh King The question for the judge,

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whether to extradite We just want the best treatment

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Last night, as they were bundled into a police car in handcuffs,

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they said they wanted the best medical treatment for their son.

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Their eldest son, Naveed, has posted a new video online, saying his

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five-year-old brother had been well looked after when he was removed

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Doctors had said Ashya's life would be in danger.

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We did not change his foods in any way.

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We also had this power cord, which is what

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So he was not starving along the way.

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Ashya King is suffering from brain cancer, but his parents

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They claimed doctors at Southampton General wouldn't agree

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to a treatment called proton beam therapy.

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The hospital insisted it was trying to help the family

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I just want to get on with his treatment.

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And I'm not coming back to England if I cannot give him the treatment I

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Hampshire Police deny they have been heavy-handed.

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Doing nothing, they said, was not an option.

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Medical experts were saying to us that if he didn't get

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the care that he needed, there was a potential threat to his life.

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Faced with those circumstances, I make no apology for the police

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being as proactive as we possibly can to actually find Ashya and

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What happens next is in the hands of the Spanish courts.

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It's not clear when Ashya will be reunited with his

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parents, and whether or not family will be coming back to the UK.

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There are signs of a shake-up in German politics.

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For the first time an anti-euro party has won seats

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Preliminary results show the Alternative for Germany

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Party is set to beat all forecasts, winning 10% of the vote in

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This is the first time an anti-Euro party has won seats

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Preliminary results show the Alternative for Germany, or

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AFD, have come forth in elections in the eastern state of Saxony.

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We are very satisfied with the results, because it shows that

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the AFD is now a steady member of the German political scene,

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and that the Saxony citizens gave us a lot of confidence.

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Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats lead in Saxony by

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Stanislaw Tillich, one almost 40% of the vote, with the Left and Social

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Democrats in the second and third place. The AFD 110%, enough to enter

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parliament. This is big news in a country where support for the EU has

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traditionally been strong. The Alternative for Germany isn't even

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two years old, formed in 28 that -- February 2013 as a protest movement

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against the euro zone bailouts. The party says it is anti-Euro rather

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than anti-Europe, and it wants the break-up of the Eurozone. It also

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wants limits on EU power, with tighter immigration controls and

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other aim. Critics say it caters to nationalistic sentiments and

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attracts right-wing extremist. But it appeals to some conservative

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voters, who think that Angela Merkel has moved too far to the centre. The

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Christian Democrats' state premier needs to find a new coalition

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partner, after the free Democrats failed to win any seats. Stanislaw

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Tillich has ruled out a coalition with the AFD. But the results will

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reignite the debate in Germany over cooperation with the newcomer. The

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AFD 17 seats at the European elections in May, and the next two

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weeks could see more scenes like this. The party is likely to win

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seats in two more state elections. It is on the brink of establishing

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itself as a force in German politics. Over the next four days on

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the BBC, we're going to be focusing on people living around the world

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with a disability. In the first of our series, Ukraine's top Paralympic

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swimmer tells us what it is like to train while surrounded by conflict.

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TRANSLATION: My name is Iaroslav Semenenko. I am from Ukraine. I am a

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Paralympian swimmer and a European champion. I have taken part in two

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Paralympic games. I live in Donetsk, near the airport and the railway

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station. It is very tense in Donetsk at the moment. People are worried.

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I'm worried. We are worried for our lives, and for our homes. Because

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apart from that city, people don't have anywhere to go. It's the same

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for me. I've lived in Donetsk all my life. I used to go outside a lot,

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but since the fighting started, I only go out when I have to train. I

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make up my mind depending on where I can hear the shots coming from. If

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they are close, I stay in. If they are far away, I go out, and I am not

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scared. Well, it is still a bit scary. Training, for me, became 100

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times more difficult, because it was scary to go outside or to train in a

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swimming pool that was shaking. Now, whenever I hear noise or some

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rustling, I think, oh no. Something is going to happen. And then the

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swimming pool where I used to train was hit. The water had to be drained

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out, so now there is nowhere for me to swim. I can only do general

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physical exercise, like sit-ups, and in Donetsk it is really difficult to

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prepare for competitions. I feel supported by everybody. Lots of

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people say I should leave the city, but this is my home, this is where

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my family is. I'm not going anywhere, and I have a great coach

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who understands and supports me. Iaroslav Semenenko there.

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The US space agency, NASA, has released new footage showing a

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series of powerful solar flares. There have been more than half a

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dozen such eruptions on the surface of the Sun last week. Some have

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wanted this explosion of energy might have a serious impact here on

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earth. -- some have warned. For the Sun, it has been a pretty

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busy week, cosmically speaking. Enhanced pictures from NASA's solar

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dynamics Observatory proved the point. You can see here on the

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left, a huge explosion of radioactive material, a solar flare.

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Over the last few days, there have been more than half a dozen similar

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eruptions. Look at this image. Particles of superheated energy

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shooting thousands of kilometres out into space. It is not just about

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pretty pictures. These solar winds travel through the cosmos, and can

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reach us here on Earth. It is warned that satellite communications, power

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grids, even air travel could be affected if the players are

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particularly strong. At the very least, you may get to see a

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wonderful display, like the aurora borealis, or Northern lights. This

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is what happens when solar winds hit the Earth's upper atmosphere. These

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latest solar flares do not appear to be aimed in our direction, so we can

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breathe a little easier. But they are an extraordinary sight

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nonetheless. We're just going to leave you with a

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reminder our top story. Pakistani state television channel, PTV, is

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back on air, after the army removed demonstrators who had broken into

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the station. Anti-government protesters, led by Imran Khan and

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others, have called for the Prime Minister to resign. They have been

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clashing with police in Islamabad. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz

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Sharif has been meeting with the country's powerful army chief. Lots

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