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This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi.

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The UN gives the go-ahead to more French and African troops with a

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We speak and the EU's Humanitarian Affairs

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Further reform in the Catholic church - A new committee is set up

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Also coming up: A powerful storm hits north-western Europe.

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Thousands are evacuated as a huge tidal surge threatens

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doubling the number of troops in the Central African Republic to 1200 and

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African union forces are being posted to 3500. This comes after the

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UN Security Council backed their deployment earlier today. They have

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been given a stronger mandate to use all forced necessary to protect

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lives and an arms embargo has also been introduced. The trip's main

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mission is to protect civilians in the face of the violence which has

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been sweeping the Central African Republic. Today, 100 people have in

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killed in the capital, the ayes have it, the ayes have it, according to

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UN official. The latest chaos started when a Muslim rebel group

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overthrew the president, Francois Bozize, earlier this year. Since

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March, many civilians have been under attack and there has been

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retaliation from Chris Chin fighters. 400,000 people are thought

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to have fled their homes. That is about 10% of the population, but it

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is not known how many have died. about 10% of the population, but it

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is not known how many have died Our Africa correspondent says the

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conflict is taking on a religious tone.

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There has been heavy fighting for several hours this morning

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and there was real concern for the civilians caught up in this witty.

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This conflict has increasingly taken on a religious tone.

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We seem to see Christian groups attacking rebel

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This is happening as the French prepare for a huge new deployment

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of forces into this country to try and create stability here.

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Well, Andrew Harding has also been speaking to the

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UN Special Representative to the Central African Republic,

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who spelt out his fears about the actions of the former

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She's the European Commissioner for International Cooperation,

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Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.

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instruments, not even mattresses on the beds. That means enormous

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suffering for people. Even in Bangui, it was not stable. We need

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to recognise that the Central African Republic has been abandoned

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by the world for decades. And the price people are paying is one of

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neglect of their own government. But neglect of their own government But

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also of the international community. On the humanitarian

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side, we have never left the central African republic. But it is not good

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enough to put plaster on the wounds of people. We have to engage. It is

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crucial to restore security, crucial to protect the population. At we

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also need to think of a longer term engagement to turn the fate of this

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country around. Commissioner, tell us what you have been doing. I know

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you have been sharing sessions. You have also been working close you

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with the United Nations humanitarian affairs boss, Valerie Amos. What

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exactly are you doing together at both the UN level and the EU? Our

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aim is to bring more resources and to have a much more systematic

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engagement in the fate of the Central African Republic. Since our

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joint visit with Valerie Amos, we have seen a quadruplet of

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humanitarian funding, and that allows crucial assistance to be made

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available to the population that has nothing. If I were born in the

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Central African Republic, my life expectancy would have been under 50

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years. 20% of kids there do not live to be five years of age. So we have

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a very dramatic situation even without the fighting, but the

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fighting has made this much worse. For the first time in the history of

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the country, Christians and Muslims are killing each other. That has

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never been the case before. So our effort has been directed to mobilise

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life-saving support, but more importantly, to bring attention to

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the plight of the local people. Are you satisfied that you have managed

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to get that international attention that you so desperately see the

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country needs? We are finally seeing the United Nations Security Council

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voting to restore stability, not a second too soon. I am grateful to

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France for taking the lead on that. We have also seen more resources in

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the country. But I want to stress again, when the cameras are off the

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Central African Republic, we must stay for years.

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With me in the studio is the French ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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What is the focus going to be of these French troops, their numbers

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now doubled in the Central African Republic? Firstly, we are

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intervening at the request of the international community. A

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resolution has been adopted unanimously in the Security Council.

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So we now have a clear mandate for an African operation in Bangui in

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the central African republic. The purpose is to restore peace and

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order and protect the civilians. purpose is to restore peace and

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order and protect the civilians The order and protect the civilians. The

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commission has said we are in a tragic situation in the Central

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African Republic, and our objective is to make sure we are going to

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support the African forces. That is the mission of the French forces. So

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you have in given the mandate under chapter seven of the United Nations

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to use all forced necessary to protect civilians? We will be

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abiding by the terms of the mandate, of course. We have a

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mission of stabilising the country and protect things civilians --

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protecting civilians. It is complete chaos, with killing everywhere. So

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we hope these forces will bring back peace and stability in order to lead

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to a political transition as well. So far, the French troops have been

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concentrated around the airport and French interests. Are they going to

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venture further afield? We will see. Obviously, securing the airport

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is a key dimension, protect the foreign community as well, and

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making sure we can secure the key roads. It is important to have these

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objectives, and the mission will be organised. Some people have observed

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that perhaps Bangui, the capital, can be secured, but it is the most

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remote areas where God knows what is going on. That is the real worry,

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that the troops will not go that far, because you need around 9000

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troops. You are right, we have had killings all around the country. The

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killings all around the country The Central African Republic is twice

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the size of the UK, with only 4 5 million inhabitants. That is why a

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key dimension will be to make sure the main roles are secure. But for

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the rest of it, you are right. Killings and riot are taking place

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all around the country. So the mission will be a very important

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one. The forces have the support of the international community. All the

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European countries are mobilised under this important mandate. We are

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all together to make sure it will be a success. Your Foreign Minister has

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said the country is on the verge of genocide. Is that the case? Well,

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they said it was a risk of genocide. There have been killings

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all around the country, and we need to make the violence stop.

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To Yemen now, where a series of deadly attacks at

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the defence ministry have left 9 people dead and many more injured.

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A suicide car bomb blew up at the gates of the complex in Sanaa's Bab

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al-Yaman district while people were heading to work.

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The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil reports from Sanaa.

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A suicide car bomb blew up at the gates of the complex in Sanaa's Bab

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al-Yaman district while people were heading to work.

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scene holds up a bit of shrapnel. Some remains, he says. The suicide

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bombing comes at a critical time here. The government is currently in

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talks with different political parties to draw a road map for

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Yemen's future. This is a city in a state of high alert. Checkpoints,

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armoured vehicles everywhere you go. Security is Yemen's biggest

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challenge and the government wanted to send a message that at least it

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was in control of the capital. But today's explosion showed that this

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is far from the case. The reputation of the Roman Catholic

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Church has been badly damaged by years of scandal of child sexual

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abuse. The Pope has signalled that he wants to do something about this

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and he has called on the article community to tackle sexual abuse of

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children in the Catholic Church as well as offer help to victims.

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Critics point out that the announcement comes just days after

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the Vatican refused a request from the United Nations for information

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on alleged use by priest 's, nuns or monks. The father has decided to

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establish a commission for the protection of children so that the

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commission will be able to advise the father about protection of

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children and the Pastoral care for the victims of abuse.

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They have proved in the past that they have wanted to keep control of

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any type of any investigation. In 1994, 2001 and 2007 2009, 2010, they

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have had papal letter reinforced... He does not seem to be able to let

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go of control over the issue. What he should be doing is hand control

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over to independent authorities such as the police, and civil authorities

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in each country. He should be directing the priests and bishops

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through the world to hand over allegations of abuse to civil

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authorities, rather than the secrecy of the canon law system. If you look

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at the allegations of sexual abuse, there has been a great deal of

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emphasis placed on the judicial aspects of all this, and what it

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means to the Catholic church. Now you need an emphasis on the Pastoral

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and spiritual a lot more. Why should both issues not run side-by-side? We

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do not know how many priests, how many ships have colluded to cover up

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child abuse cases in the past. We have not had access to the

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documentation which is kept by the Vatican, and was overseen for more

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than 20 years by the previous Pope. David Greenwood, we have to leave it

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there. all rail services have been shut

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down in Scotland, and 64,000 homes in Scotland are without power

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because of the disruptions by the storm. The storm is heading towards

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the East and Northern Europe. Parts of the Netherlands are on red

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alert. More than 80 for KLM flights have been cancelled from Amsterdam

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airport. I mentioned a storm surge. What exactly is that? Well, for a

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storm surge to occur you need several elements to come into play

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at once. You need a deep area of low pressure, around that some strong

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winds swirling and independent of them both you need some high tides

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around the coast, and that is what has been occurring. On Thursday, a

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deep area of low pressure passes to the north of the UK in the direction

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of Northway. Low pressure systems are effectively zones of rising air.

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The air is rising, producing rain clouds. If you think about it, if

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the air is rising at any great rate you are lifting a little bit of

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weight off the Earth's surface and the impact is greatest over open

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water. It is around the centre of the low-pressure system where the

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air is rising you get a bulge forming, where the sea level rises

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higher than the sea around it. Low-pressure strong winds then push

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that bulge in the direction of the coast, and in the North Sea that can

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have a huge impact. Certainly on Thursday into Friday, strong winds

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through the North Sea pushing the bulge further south. It meets the

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land straightaway across Holland, but between East Anglia and the

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Netherlands you get a narrowing of the North Sea, squeezing the water

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into a tight space causing the levels of the sea to rise even more.

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That is why, not only are we seeing high sea levels across much of the

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eastern coast, it is towards East Anglia and the south-east, that

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squeezing of the North Sea, where sea levels will have the greatest

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impact and perhaps cause the greatest amount of flooding. Amount

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of flooding. Matt Taylor explaining what we are

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experiencing in northern Europe Two months ago, tragedy struck when a

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boat of asylum seekers overturned near Italy. Now the European union

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has got the proposals to stop another event from happening.

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Matthew Price report from Sicily. To find the dead, you must first

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drive into the heart of Sicilian territory. Emotional, yes. To the

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cemetery at San Biagio Platani, where Alem Mariah, an Eritrean

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living in Germany, has come to mourn at the grave of his brother.

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Bimnet Araya, 37 years old, once a basketball player for the Eritrean

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basketball squad. Why did he want to come to Europe?

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They tried to go out from Eritrea to have a life in Europe or other

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countries, but their life ended When their boat sank, 157 survived.

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366 did not. So, Sicily's tombs are being used to store whole families.

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Some have pictures placed here by relatives living in Europe who could

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come. Most have simply a number. Their

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families cannot get here to identify them. It's the anonymity in death

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which is so sad here, and, along with those above ground, others have

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been buried beneath it. These are their numbers. They are being washed

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away as if they are already being forgotten. When the ship sank, the

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Italian government promised it would do all it could to help the

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relatives of the relative of the victims, yet weeks later there is

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still very little progress being made on getting these people back

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home for the proper burial they deserve. A massive DNA testing

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programme is needed. Alem has the money to come here and do this, but

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he says the whole process is painfully slow. The problem is, the

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Italian government is not ready to help us. The situation is very, very

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difficult, and they know that also, but I don't think they are ready to

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help me quickly. The government would not comment. Alem believes

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local officials are doing what they can, but for those whose relatives

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died out in the Mediterranean, it's not enough.

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The tragedy and the aftermath of the tragedy in Italy. Fans of Japanese

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food note that there is more to Japanese food than sushi. You will

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be delighted to know that Japan s cuisine has been awarded cultural

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heritage status by UNESCO. The only other country recognised in that way

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is France. In Japan, great care and attention is taken to preparing the

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food. It is a process known as... Washoku. We are so excited. Did I

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say it right? What does that mean? It means Japanese food. There is a

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whole thing behind it. It is not. It takes a long time to train and also

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to care about it, and all of us. takes a long time to train and also

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to care about it, and all of us We are looking here at this beautiful

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plate, this bowl of sushi that you brought us. The presentation is

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remarkable. That is an important thing. It is very important. We

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enjoy appearance, and we wanted to feel like summer how do you stay so

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slim? It is satisfying. It is incredibly healthy food as well. It

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takes a very long time to prepare. This bowl here of various bits of

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sushi, how long will that take to make? It is simple to make, but you

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need to soak it in the rice for a couple of hours. It comes down, with

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a vinegar mixture. You make the sushi rice. Then on the other hand,

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you have two prepare the sushi, fresh fish... The fish has to be

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fresh. It is unique. It is not like anybody other food in Asia. It is

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about art. We so care about where the food comes from, how to present.

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It is all cultures. It takes quite a long time. What do you like to eat

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other than Japanese food? Peter? long time. What do you like to eat

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other than Japanese food? Peter X Mac I like all types of food X Mac

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pizza and chips is my X Mac I don't believe that. Yuki Gomi, thank you.

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That is it from world news today. From ask, it is more on -- it is

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goodbye. Now the weather. After a day of ferocious gales

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across Scotland, coastal communities around East Anglia are experiencing

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a threat of serious flooding. It will be making its journey to the

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south here, across parts of the north coast of East Anglia, down

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