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This is BBC World News.

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I'm Sharanjit Leyl.

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Our top stories:

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In Syria, the first evacuations

begin from a rebel-held

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suburb near Damascus.

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But there's no relief

for the hundreds more trapped

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in Ghouta.

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Record snow falls on the US city

of Erie, burying homes and cars

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under deep drifts.

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You know, it is a little ridiculous

but I keep pecking away at it.

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Meanwhile in the UK,

snow and ice cause widespread

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disruption to travel,

on the roads and in the air.

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Barack Obama urges the responsible

use of social media,

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in his first interview

since leaving office.

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He's been speaking to

Prince Harry here on the BBC.

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Hello and welcome

to BBC World News.

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Aid workers and Syrian volunteers

have begun to evacuate dozens

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of critically-ill patients from

a rebel-held suburb near Damascus.

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Last week, international aid

agencies made an appeal

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to President Assad to allow

the evacuation of seven children

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with cancer.

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The first of the patients were taken

out of Eastern Ghouta overnight

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by the Red Cross and

the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.

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More patients should be evacuated

in the coming days as part of a deal

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between the government and rebels.

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But hundreds more

are in need of treatment.

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The medical situation for people

living in eastern Ghouta

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is desperate after four

years under siege.

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Martin Patience reports from Beirut.

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Seven-year-old Imjy is preparing

for a short journey,

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and it will almost certainly

end up saving her life.

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She is suffering from haemophilia,

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but last night she was among four

critically-ill patients

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to be evacuated to Damascus

for life-saving treatment.

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This is what she's leaving behind.

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Eastern Ghouta is one of the last

remaining rebel strongholds,

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fighting the government

of Bashar al-Assad.

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It's been bombed and besieged

for four years,

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with fighting intensifing

in recent weeks.

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I think it's a combination

of everybody's efforts,

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that at this really low time

in Syria there is a ray of light,

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and it's the children.

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It's the children who are missing

growing up in Syria -

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we must sort them out,

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to give Syria a chance

of a prosperous and peaceful future.

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But food is hard to come by.

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Malnutrition is now widespread.

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Human rights groups accuse

the Syrian government

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of trying to starve

the rebels into submission.

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This evacuation may

have the appearances

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of a humanitarian gesture,

but that's simply not the case.

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We've been told by two sources

that the Syrian government

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only agreed to it as part

of a prisoner exchange.

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The main rebel faction

in Eastern Ghouta agreed to free

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29 Syrian government hostages,

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and in return the same number

of critically ill patients

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are being allowed to receive

urgent medical care.

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But the United Nations says hundreds

of others need to be evacuated.

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Among them, three-month-old Karim,

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who was injured

by government shelling.

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He lost his left eye.

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His mother was killed.

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Despite a prominent social media

campaign, he is not being allowed

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to leave Eastern Ghouta.

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TRANSLATION:

Karim is injured,

he's going to lose his sight.

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Here in the Ghouta

he can't get treated.

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The doctor wants to perform

an operation,

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so that he doesn't

lose the sight in his other eye.

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For some there is now hope,

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but for most, help is not

coming any time soon.

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Martin Patience, BBC News, Beirut.

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Anastasia Isyuk is the

spokesperson of ICRC.

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Earlier she explained

the situation her colleagues

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are facing as they evacuate

people from Ghouta.

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The situation is very difficult, as

you can imagine. Already it was

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clear that the situation was

deteriorating and people were angry.

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Mothers who had to look for food for

their children on a daily basis and

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now as the weather gets worse, with

the lack of fuel and medical supply,

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the situation is practically

impossible the people. The current

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evacuation taking place, carried out

by the searing Red Crescent and my

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colleagues, it is in its very early

stages and we fully realise that it

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is not something that can resolve

all the issues. We do hope it can

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continue but people in eastern

Ghouta need regular at a and an

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unimpeded supply of basic items.

How

challenging is it to get the patient

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is out in terms of getting

ambulances and convoys in Bass well,

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you know, last night we started this

operation with colleagues from the

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Syrian Red Crescent and it has been

a long process and an agreement has

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been reached.

We do hope that in the

coming hours and days, we are able

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to evacuate people according to the

agreement that has been reached so

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far and we hope that in the coming

weeks we can do more.

The evacuation

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is in its early stages but you

hopeful more patients will be

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allowed out and will that entail

more negotiations with the start

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government and potentially the

rebels. -- Bashar al-Assad

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government.

These are very complex

negotiations. To provide guarantees

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to ask, we provide only humanitarian

intermediary and she and we help

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people in critical conditions to

reach hospitals in the massacres. We

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hope that in the coming weeks that

can be more of these and all people

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in need of medical aid can receive

it and more people who stay and

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continue to live in eastern Ghouta

could have access to humanitarian

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aid. This is certainly a positive

step but more needs to be done in

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the coming weeks.

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An arctic cold snap is bringing

sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow

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to large parts of north-east

America and Canada.

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Temperatures have been reported

as low minus fifteen in Toronto.

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While the US lakeside city of Erie,

in Pennsylvania, has had a record

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1.5 metres of snow in 48 hours,

with more on the way.

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DeMarco Morgan from CBS

News has the story.

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A snow emergency in Erie after

record 53 inches of snow in less

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than 36 hours.

You cannot even tell

how bad it is.

So is bearing cars

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and bringing traffic to a halt.

All

I could do was a laugh. It is a

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little ridiculous but I keep pecking

away at it.

As people tried to pick

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out, Moris piling up across the

lakes.

It will not stop.

Emergency

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management say plough drivers are

working around the clock to clear

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the streets.

They have been doing a

fantastic job but with the elements

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out there, it is hard to keep up

with this amount of snow. It is

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making for tough commute. I could

only do 20 miles an hour.

More than

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40 accidents in Missouri on Tuesday.

Three people killed in three

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separate caches. -- crashes. It

could reach 40 below zero in some

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parts of the region today. The wind

is the hardest part. City officials

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are not sure when it they will be

out of the state of emergency but

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are asking everyone to stay inside

until Cruise clear the street. --

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streets.

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Ben Rich from BBC Weather's

here with me - and Ben you can tell

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us why the great Lakes

are particularly badly affected.

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North America is used to cold

winters but they rarely bite quite

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as hard as it is. Temperatures are

well below average and, some places,

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particularly on the eastern shores

of the Great Lakes, have seen the

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huge amounts of snow courtesy of

Lake effect snow, when cold winds

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from the ARC pick blow across the

slightly less cold water of the

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lakes. The moist air rises forming

clouds which are then blowing into

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the eastern shores of the great

Lakes and that moisture is released

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not as rain but as huge amount of

snow. Over the next few days we can

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expect more of these because of the

cold air sitting in place is not

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going anywhere fast and the winds

will still be blowing down across

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the Great Lakes picking up that

moist and slighter warmer air and

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delivering it in the form of snow

across the eastern areas. Any

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further snow across this part of the

world will not be welcomed.

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Let's take a look at some of

the other stories making the news:

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An improvised explosive device has

gone off in a supermarket

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in the Russian city

of St Petersburg.

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The city governor's office says ten

people are in hospital,

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one of whom is in

a serious condition.

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They say the incident

is being investigated as attempted

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murder but that no theories

have been ruled out.

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A court in Bosnia has

sentenced a Croat woman,

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known to her victims

as the "mistress of life and death",

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to fourteen years in prison

for atrocities committed

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during the Bosnian war in the 1990s.

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Azra Basic, a former member

of the Bosnian-Croat forces,

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was found guilty of war crimes,

including murder and the torture

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of ethnic Serb civilians.

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There's been another day of protests

in the Moroccan city of Jerada

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following the deaths of two brothers

in a disused coal mine.

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The mine had been closed for years,

but the protesters said many young

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people have no option but to carry

on working below ground.

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They demanded action

against unemployment and rising

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living costs.

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Snow and ice are causing disruption

in many parts of the UK,

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with thousands of homes

without power and dangerous

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conditions on the roads.

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The runway at Stansted Airport

was closed twice during the day

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with a number of flights cancelled.

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Phil Mackie reports from Kenilworth,

Warwickshire

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in the English Midlands.

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HORN BLASTS.

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The motorway at a standstill.

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It's always busy here anyway,

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but throw in five centimetres

of snow and you've got chaos.

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On the A14 things were even worse.

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This lorry span out of control,

leaving drivers stranded.

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Good morning.

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It's just gone past ten

o'clock in the morning.

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As you can see, we're

stationary here on the A14,

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not going anywhere.

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I've been here for

five hours, and...

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..so have these!

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My name is Tara, I'm

on the A14 trying to go

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eastbound to Northampton.

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I set off from my house in Hinckley

at 6am this morning,

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I've been on the A14

for three hours now.

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As you can see, there's nothing

going in the other direction.

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I'm a bit cross, I'm Canadian so I'm

used to this kind of weather.

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I know you guys aren't.

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In the end, they were stuck

for seven hours

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before the road was cleared.

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Stansted Airport had to close twice

to clear snow from the runway.

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Birmingham Airport had to do

the same for a short while too.

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And the weather kept ground

crews busy,

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as planes had

to be constantly de-iced.

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A swathe of central and southern

England was worst affected,

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from Gloucestershire,

to Warwickshire, to the Chilterns.

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And it didn't just lead

to hazardous driving conditions.

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Thousands of homes lost power, too.

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Obviously the snow came in, it

settles on our overhead conductor.

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Then, with the cold wind chill,

that freezes into ice and therefore

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that takes the conductors down.

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Likewise, it's the same

with tree branches.

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Normally they would not be

near the line

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but they've taken

our conductors down.

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As the snow started to melt,

there was a new danger...

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Flood warnings followed the thaw

as streams became swollen

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and rivers started to rise.

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That meant more hazards

to negotiate,

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and not everyone made it...

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Another warning tonight as

temperatures are falling.

Snow and

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slush beginning to freeze.

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Stay with us on BBC

World News, still to come:

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Towering over Tel Aviv -

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residents of the city hope

this Lego construction

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will set a new world record.

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The most ambitious financial and

political change ever attempted has

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gotten under way with the

introduction of the euro.

Tomorrow

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will in Holland we will use muggy we

picked up in Belgium today and we

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will use the same muggy in France.

It has got to be the way to go.

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George Harrison, the former Beatle

is recovering in hospital after

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being stabbed at his Oxfordshire

home. As 33-year-old man from

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Liverpool is being interviewed by

police on suspicion of murder.

I

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think it was good.

Just good?

No,

fantastic!

That's better.

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This is BBC World News.

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The latest headlines:

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Syrian volunteers have evacuated

the first group of critically-ill

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children from a rebel-held

suburb near Damascus.

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Record snow has fallen

on the US city of Erie,

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burying homes and cars

under deep drifts.

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How do you stop poachers

from devastating wildlife in remote

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parts of Africa?

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One solution is military-style

training and tactics.

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It's being used in the vulnerable

state of Chad, where

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Zakouma National Park has lost 90%

of it elephants over the past 40

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years.

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Alastair Leithead travelled

to the remote park where

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the population is finally recovering

and tourists are now helping fund

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the conservation work.

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They were the herd

heading for extinction.

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But the elephants of

Zakouma National Park have made

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a dramatic recovery.

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TRANSLATION:

Before,

there used to be elephant

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carcasses everywhere.

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So what has been the difference,

since African Parks took over?

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TRANSLATION:

Since African Parks

arrived here, we no longer see

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carcasses of elephants in the park.

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Across the continent, a private,

not-for-profit conservation group

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called African Parks believes it has

the answer to saving Africa's

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disappearing wildlife.

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And it's controversial.

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They are arming rangers and giving

them military-style training.

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In some places, it's become

a war against poachers.

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Adoum Allam is a sniper with fast

response unit Mamba Number Two.

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His father was killed

by poachers in this park.

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He jumped at the chance to join.

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"It's a very dangerous

job but I love doing

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it", he said.

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It's a good income.

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But it's also personal.

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This was Zakouma, ten years ago.

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Decades of poaching killed 90%

of the park's elephants

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and many rangers as well.

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But, today, it's a much

healthier picture.

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They haven't lost an elephant in two

years or a ranger since 2012.

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And last year, the population

started to grow again.

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There were more than 20,000

elephants in this park just

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40 years ago, but now

there are just over 500.

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What's encouraging, though,

is that they've now got babies,

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they're reproducing,

their numbers are starting to go up.

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And if the poachers can be kept

at bay, the population

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is going to recover.

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This is the best way to counter

raids from the heavily

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armed Sudanese horsemen.

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The main perpetrators who've been

poaching ivory here for centuries.

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But now, both sides

have automatic weapons.

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And local communities

are a key to success.

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Schools are being built, kids

are learning about conservation.

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Villagers now often

tip off the rangers,

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if poachers are seen nearby.

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African Parks take

on delegated management

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of protected areas in Africa.

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Normally where public sector has

failed, African Parks will step

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in and, with donor funding,

will then manage protected areas.

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But eventually it

should pay for itself.

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Zakouma is now attracting high-end

adventure tourists who cover one

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third of the park's budget.

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Other, marginal reserves in Africa

will never make money.

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Animals have to be worth

more alive than dead,

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not just to rich Westerners,

but to local people as well.

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Alastair Leithead, BBC News,

Zakouma National Park, in Chad.

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The former US president Barack Obama

has issued a warning

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about the irresponsible

use of social media.

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In an interview with the BBC

by Britain's Prince Harry,

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Mr Obama said such actions

were distorting people's

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understanding of complex issues.

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He did not mention Donald Trump,

his successor, by name.

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But he emphasised that people

in positions of leadership should

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exercise care when posting messages.

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Our Royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell has the story.

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Prince Harry, first of all.

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You are very welcome to our studio.

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Good morning.

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Joining the Today programme

for the day had been

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a big learning curve,

Harry said, but he had enjoyed

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being the interviewer rather

than the interviewed.

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It was quite fun, especially

interviewing President Obama.

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His principal scoop had been

to persuade Barack Obama

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to give his first interview

since standing down as US president.

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The word "Trump" was never mentioned

but may have been in Mr Obama's mind

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when he warned about

the use of social media.

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All of us in leadership have to find

ways in which we can recreate

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a common space on the Internet.

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One of the dangers of the Internet

is that people can have entirely

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different realities.

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They can be just cocooned

in the information that

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reinforces their current biases.

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Harry had also

interviewed his father -

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the main focus had

been on climate change.

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The issue Prince Charles has

championed for decades

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and for which he was

sometimes derided.

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Maybe now, some years later,

they are beginning to realise

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that what I was trying

to say may not

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have been quite as dotty

as they thought.

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I mean, the issue really that has

to go on being focused on,

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big time, I think,

is this one around

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the whole issue of climate change

which now, whether we like it

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or not, is the biggest

threat multiplier we face.

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And then, at the end

of the programme,

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it was time to face questions

rather than ask them.

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First about his fiancee,

Meghan Markle,

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and her first

Christmas at Sandringham.

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She really enjoyed it.

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The family loved having her there.

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And yeah, it's...

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There's always that

family part of Christmas.

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There's always that work element

as well and I think,

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you know, together we

have an amazing time.

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Great fun, staying with my

brother and sister in law.

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Harry's commitment to issues

he cares about like the Armed Forces

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and mental health had

come through strongly.

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So how does he see his future?

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Part of my role and part of my job

is to shine a spotlight on issues

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that need that spotlight,

whether it's people,

0:21:260:21:28

whether its causes,

whether its issues, whatever it is.

0:21:280:21:30

So I will continue to play my part

in society and do my job

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to the best of my ability,

so I can wake up in the morning

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and feel energised, and go to bed

hopefully knowing I've done the best

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that I can.

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Not so long ago, Harry admitted

to having doubts about a royal role.

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Clearly no longer.

0:21:460:21:46

Nicholas Witchell, BBC News.

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We heard a bit from Prince Harry's

interview with former US president

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Barack Obama earlier

in the programme.

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They discussed the dangers of social

media and the spread

0:21:580:22:00

of misinformation.

0:22:000:22:01

They also took time to tackle some

of the big questions.

0:22:010:22:08

Clips from the interview are proving

popular.

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Clips from the interview are proving

popular. You can watch them

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Clips from the interview are proving

popular. You can watch them and read

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more at BBC .com slash news.

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A tower made from Lego bricks has

been built in Israel's coastal city

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of Tel Aviv.

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The 36 metre construction

in Rabin Square is designed to set

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a new world record -

the previous record was set in 2015

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when the Italian subsidiary of Lego

built a 35 metre tower

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for the Milan World Expo.

0:23:320:23:33

Faith Orr reports.

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Brick by brick this huge Lego tower

is painstakingly assembled. It

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stands at 36 metres tall and has

been constructed from over 500,000

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plastic bricks donated by residents

of Tel Aviv. Idiots in memory of an

0:23:570:24:03

eight-year-old lawyer who died of

cancer in 2014. He had enjoyed

0:24:030:24:08

building Lego towers during his

illness. TRANSLATION:

We saw how

0:24:080:24:12

much Lego was in his house and

decided that we need to do something

0:24:120:24:16

in order to remember him. For his

family and friends who suddenly had

0:24:160:24:20

a big hole in their lives. So we

decided to construct a tower. First

0:24:200:24:25

we constructed a ten metre high Lego

tower in the kindergarten.

The tower

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was put together in over 20

community centres around Tel Aviv.

0:24:320:24:35

Everyone from children to senior

citizens took part. TRANSLATION:

The

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most important message from the

tower is unity of all. Arabs, Jews,

0:24:400:24:46

gay, straight, religious, secular,

all are part of this tower and have

0:24:460:24:50

put a small piece of this tower.

Together we did something people

0:24:500:24:53

thought was impossible.

The project

has taken one year to complete.

0:24:530:24:57

Proving Tel Aviv is not toying

around with this world record

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attempt.

0:25:020:25:05

Many of the staff working in a

Belgian zoo spend Christmas Day away

0:25:060:25:09

from their families. It was worth

the wait after one of the zoo's

0:25:090:25:13

Asian elephant gave birth in full

view of everyone. The zoo estimates

0:25:130:25:18

that the baby elephant, yet to be

named, weighed between 85 and 100

0:25:180:25:22

kilograms at birth and there may be

more good news to come for the zoo

0:25:220:25:27

with two more pregnant elephants.

0:25:270:25:30

A reminder now about top story

before we go. Syrian volunteers have

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evacuated the first critically ill

patients from a rebel held suburb

0:25:350:25:41

near Damascus. Aid groups had urged

the Syrian President to allow help

0:25:410:25:50

for the desperate emergency medical

cases. Be a role in an area that has

0:25:500:25:59

been under government siege for

years. -- they

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