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President Obama tries again to close contact obey.

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He calls on the US Congress to back a proposal to shut the detention

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centre that he first put forward more than seven years ago.

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This plan deserves a fair hearing, even in an election year.

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We should be able to have an open dialogue on how to ensure

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A huge increase in the number of migrants desperate to reach

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Europe - over 100,000 have crossed the Mediterranean this year.

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There's a massive international recall of chocolate bars

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after plastic is found in a product made by Mars.

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President Obama has announced plans to close the Guantanamo Bay

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He said keeping the facility open was contrary to American values,

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and undermined the security of the United States.

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He also said that closing Guantanamo would save a great deal of money.

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The plan will now go before Congress, where it is likely

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Let's take a closer look at the history behind

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It was opened by the Bush administration in 2002.

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It held around 780 prisoners - men who were termed 'enemy

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Washington said most had been captured on the battlefield in

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Several of those prisoners are high-profile, they include

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - the alleged mastermind

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When he came to office in 2009, President Obama pledged

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Today's announcement is a final attempt to complete the task.

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There has been some opposition to closing on Tanner man. Given the

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stakes involved for our security, this plan deserves a chance --

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Guantanamo. The fact I am no running, Joe is not running, we are

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not on the ballots, it gives us the capacity to not have to worry. Let

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us do what is right for America. Our correspondent is in Washington.

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There is storage opposition to the plans to close Guantanamo. If you

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look at the response, it is completely in line with that. The

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Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says it is against the law and will

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stay against the law. Congress has passed legislation said it was

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illegal to build a prison for these terrorist suspects on US soil. Then

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the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said we will look at the

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plan, but if it involves bringing dangerous territories to the yes, he

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knows what we think about it. Even people like Senator John McCain have

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criticised President Obama for what he offered, saying he has missed a

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chance to convince Congress and the American people that he has a plan.

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It is Moloch of vague menu of options. The response from the

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Republican side has not been encouraging, but President Obama was

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probably expecting that. It was something he promised to do when he

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was elected and he is making a last stand of final attempt to highlight

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the importance of it as we see it. Tell us about those still left

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inside. What is their status. There are 91 prisoners left inside. 35 of

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them have been designated for transfer with the conclusion that

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they no longer or don't pose a threat and said the administration

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is trying to find home countries for them. That bring the number down to

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less than 60. So the proposal to bring them to the US would mean

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there would be less than 60 maximum that would come. Of those, 46 of

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them are being held without indefinite detention. Those cases

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are coming under periodic reviews, so perhaps more of them could be

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deemed safe. There are ten of them who are undergoing legal processes

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through military commissions. That is the breakdown so far. Thank you.

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More than 100,000 migrants and refugees have already arrived

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by sea in Europe this year - that's more than ten times

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the figure for January and February last year.

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Most of them came ashore on the Greek islands.

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The International Organisation for Migration says they've mainly

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come from countries affected by conflict -

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From Greece, here's our Correspondent Danny Savage.

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Crammed onto a rubber boats, singing to keep their spirits up. Their

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first time at sea. No wonder this child looks scared. The Syrians paid

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$700 for a place on board. It's cheaper than recent times, that is

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probably why 110,000 people have done this over the last six weeks. A

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short while later the boat started to sink. Luckily for them the Greek

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coastguard was there to rescue them. Those pictures were filmed by a

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46-year-old English teacher from northern Syria. He says Russian

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bombing forced him out of his country. Most of our houses are

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destroyed. They are not down to the ground by means of bombs, rockets,

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OK? Russian air forces do a strikes every day. He and his children

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arrived at Greece's newest migrant camp. It has only been open a day

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and it is already full. Over the last 24 hours Greece has said it is

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prepared to take 50,000 more migrants although it is debatable

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about how much say it has on the matter, but it wants to move these

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people on the migrant trail and further north there are problems. At

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the border between Greece and Macedonia today a backlog has

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developed. Syrians and the Iraqis can pass, but Afghans are being

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stopped. We can't go back to Afghanistan. If we go back, we will

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be killed. Measures further up the migrant trail to limit numbers

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passing through Austria are being blamed for this latest arbitrary

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decision to stop Afghans. The United Nations says it will lead to chaos

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and confusion along the 1300 mile route. And that is exactly what

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happened today when Afghans cut through the border fence and stormed

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into Macedonia. They are determined to keep moving onwards, undeterred

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by riot police and fences. And now that spring has sprung in

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south-eastern Europe, the numbers are unlikely to drop off. The new

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rush of refugees is anticipated. Belgium says it is temporarily

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reintroducing border controls with France to halt the arrival

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of migrants from the Calais It's the latest blow to the EU's

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passport-free travel area. The French authorities are planning

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to close parts of the migrant camp but many of those living

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there are reluctant to move The BBC's Tomos Morgan has been

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spending the day in the camp. The French government had set a

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deadline of seven o'clock this evening for migrants living in the

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southern part of the camp to leave their premises. They wanted migrants

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to either move into the shipping containers or new settlements or to

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leave the so-called Jungle completely, but a judge has come

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here this morning and she has not yet made a decision as to whether or

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not that eviction is in fact legal. She has 48 hours to draw up her

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report and the security authorities said they will not move in and evict

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the migrants until the judge has made her ruling. And in a further

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development, the Belgian authorities have closed the borders because they

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have already seen a number of migrants tried to cross into Belgium

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to get to the porter Zeebrugge, and other way migrants can potentially

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get into Britain. Evidence that this eviction in Calais is causing

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problems all across the North Coast. The confectionery giant, Mars,

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is recalling millions of chocolate bars in 55 countries It comes

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after a customer in Germany found bits of plastic in a

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Snickers bar in January. The plastic was traced back

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to the Mars factory in the southern With me is our world affairs

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correspondent Richard Galpin. The danger is that there is plastic

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in other chocolate and if they eat it, it is a potential choking

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hazard. Potentially, someone could dine said they have to recall these

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bars. It could run into tens of millions.

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And just one factory is thought to be the source of this?

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Yes and it is massive that treat the South of Holland. It was expanded

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last summer. They poured about 100 million euros in it to expand

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production and it is primarily meant for exports abroad to many different

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countries. If anyone is out there wearing about

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what they should do with some chocolate in the cupboard, what

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should they do? The advice would be to see what bars

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they are and if they are the relevant ones, they need to contact

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the Mars branch in their country. There is information on the website,

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although earlier today it was impossible to get on it. Presumably

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given a bit of time it will ease off and you can look at the website to

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see which brands are affected. Clearly Mars are saying be careful,

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don't eat these particular brands, they must be recalled.

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A study by an international team of scientists says that sea levels

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are rising faster than at any time in the past three thousand years.

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It's the first to cover such long-term, historic levels.

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The report found a clear link between rising seas

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Up until the industrial revolution in the 19th century -

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sea levels rose around 3cm to 4cm a century.

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But in the 20th Century sea levels rose by 14 centimetres.

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Between 1993 and today - the rate climbed to 30 centimetres.

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Scientists now say if current greenhouse gas emissions

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Sea levels could increase drastically - by up

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In terms of exposed populations, these are some of the coastal cities

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scientists regularly highlight as at risk from rising sea levels.

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The cluster in Asia is of particular concern.

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Earlier I spoke to Ben Strauss in New York.

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He's vice president for sea level and climate impacts

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at Climate Central research organisation and was involved

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We are really just a fierce centimetres into a problem that

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needs to be measured in metres. This is a problem that will affect tens

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of millions of people and more in the long run. Where precisely are

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you more worried about? Five out of six people who live on low lying

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vulnerable coastal land live in Asia. We are talking about China,

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south-east Asia, India, but frankly if you live on the coast anywhere,

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this is a concern. You have been talking quite dramatically about

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some of the US cities, Miami, New Orleans. How bad could things get

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there? What we have seen in Miami and Charleston for example or in

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Maryland are just over the last couple of decades a real spike in

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the rate of what we call high tide or nuisance floods. Those are

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increasing more rapidly than sea level itself. They really affect

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people's lives and will do that increasingly. These are witty

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frightening findings. What makes you so sure that's what you say is

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accurate? Well, the study that has just been completed is really

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extraordinary in its breadth and rigour and if you look at the

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pattern over 3000 years, what you see is not so much a hockey stick as

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a capital letter L. There is an incredible spike in the rise of sea

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levels in the last century and we really for the first time have

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quantitatively put a human fingerprints on it. We know that

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this is from us and we are driving it. I know you have testified on

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Capitol Hill and you have talked about the drawing the map of the

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United States and other countries, but what people will be wondering is

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is it too late to do something about it? It is not too late to make a

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significant difference. We can, by cutting carbon emissions we can slow

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down the level rises. But we are going to see a continuing rise no

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matter what we do. The trial of a woman accused

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of abducting a newborn baby nearly 20 years ago, has

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begun in South Africa. The baby, Zephany Nurse,

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was allegedly snatched from her mother's bedside

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in a Cape Town hospital in 1997. She was reunited with her family

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last year after she befriended a younger girl at school to whom she

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bore a striking resemblance. The BBC's Nomsa Maseko

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was in the court. The truth about Zephany Nurse's

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kidnapping might finally be revealed. The trial of the woman

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accused of snatching her from her mother's bedsides started here in

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Cape Town. The woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the

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girl, pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, fraud and

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contravening the children's act. In a key explanation and didn't buy her

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counsel, she alleges the child was given to her by an unknown woman.

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She also claims she thought she was adopting an unwanted baby. The

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pre-explanation goes into detail about the accused's difficulty in

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conceiving a child. The mother of the child took the stand. She said

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she laid in bed in pain with her baby by her side when a woman

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dressed in a nurses uniform asked to hold a crying child. She then

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started sobbing how she described to the court how she woke up to find

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her baby gone. The biological father also testified. He told the court

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how he conducted his own investigation when his younger

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daughter alerted him to a go at her school that bore a striking

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resemblance. We are over the moon. My daughter is back. We are happy.

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Whilst the family are coming to terms with the return of their

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daughter, the accused could face up to 15 years behind bars if Brown

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guilty. It is a child's kidnapping case. You don't even steal another

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person's puppy, let alone a child. For 18 years you have been enjoying

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other people's blessings. It is wrong. It is expected the trial will

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last another two weeks with another nine people to take the stand.

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Donald Trump's call for a temporary ban on foreign Muslims entering

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the US may have caused controversy around the world,

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but it's been popular with many conservative Americans.

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Exit polls in New Hampshire and South Carolina show a majority

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of Republican voters support his ban.

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And Mr Trump's front runner status

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To talk about this controversial policy the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan

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went for an unlikely brunch with a Donald Trump supporter,

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a Muslim refugee from Syria and the Alabama pastor who is trying

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Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of

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Muslims entering the United States. He thinks every Muslim is Isis.

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Everybody needs to feel safe, at home and abroad. The political realm

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in which we live right now is poisoned. It is deeply toxic.

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His statement was not to just eliminate all refugees, he wants to

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put a port to figure out what is going on. That is basically his

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words. I don't think he really wants to stop people like these folks. But

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he wants to for now. That is anyone who is of the Muslim faith. That is

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very extreme and discriminatory. It is extreme, but there is the radical

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Muslim who in portraits which could be a problem. I believe that Mr

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Trump is ignorant of the facts. People who came as a refugee, their

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history has been checked of their life. They know everything they did.

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Even asked when we came, we had to give our papers and everything we

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had. We are about peace. Our Koran does not talk about killing people

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or being a terrorist. There is a certain segment of your religion

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that they refer to as radical Islam. Isis, I have heard that name. I have

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heard Taliban, I have heard all these names that we have been told

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by the news media here that they are out to harm the West. Statements

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made on a political framework to a large broad population needs to be

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weighed very carefully because they have an impact for a long, long

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time. What he has said, what Donald Trump and other politicians have

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said and I are saying will never go away. Once those words are released

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around the world, they have an impact on the soul of every person

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who hears them. There is always a solution for that and by

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communicating with American people, I see what they are feeling about

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me. There is always a solution. That is to be remembered. There is always

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a solution. Always. Here in the UK a major incident has

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been declared following an explosion At least one person has died

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and there are understood to be Daniel Boettcher has the latest

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on this developing story. These images seem to show a section

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of this building has collapsed. It is part of Didcot eight, the power

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station decommissioned in 2013 and is in the process of being

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demolished. On the ground fire crews and ambulances and emergency

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services were called mid-afternoon after reports of an explosion. It is

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still not clear what has happened, but this is being described as a

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major incident. This video posted on social media shows smoke or dust

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rising from one side of the building. Eyewitnesses have

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described hearing a loud bang. I can see the power station from where I

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am. It is only about 400 yards away. At about four o'clock when I heard

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the explosion and rumbling, by the time I looked out of the window

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there was a huge cloud of dust which came to our village. When that had

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cleared, I noticed that half of the old power station were the

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generators were, half of that was missing. There are reports that one

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person has been killed, but that has not been confirmed.

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Both the Syrian government and the main opposition umbrella

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group fighting in the country say they have accepted the terms

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The plan, announced by the US and Russia, calls for a halt

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to combat operations from midnight on Friday.

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But both the Syrian government and the opposition have placed

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And the deal will not apply to the two main jihadist groups

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in Syria, the Islamic State group, and the rival al-Nusra Front,

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which will continue to be targeted by airstrikes.

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The funeral of the celebrated Italian writer Umberto Eco has taken

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He's best known for his blockbuster novel The Name Of The Rose,

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which has sold more than 10 million copies and been translated

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Umberto Eco's final novel will be released on Friday.

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A zoo here in Britain has announced the birth of a baby gorilla

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The operation was performed in the city of Bristol

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after the mother was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia,

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It's thought to be the first time a newborn gorilla has survived

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It's among just a handful of such cases worldwide.

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He's delivered hundreds of babies, but Professor David Cahill has never

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In his hands, a tiny newborn gorilla.

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He was called in from a local maternity hospital by Bristol Zoo

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He was asked to carry out an emergency Cesarean.

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He says the three-hour operation was remarkably similar to dealing

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with a human being, although the end result was a little different.

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Hairier and about two pounds in weight.

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What was that like, holding a baby gorilla that you've delivered?

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I mean I've held lots of babies, but this one was quite special

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because even though it was quite small, it was doing all the things

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you would expect a gorilla to do like holding on to you,

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because they're clearly different to babies.

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It had a very strong grip and he looked at me with those weird

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Mother and baby are doing well, but there were some nervous moments

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The baby female, who has not yet been named,

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11-days-old, she's thriving and being hand-reared by zoo staff.

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It's feeding very, very well and taking several feeds a day.

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It's still quite small, but it's out of danger,

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I think in any sense and it's doing really well.

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When I held it, it had a nice nappy on so I was safe to hold to for long

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enough to be introduced to the rest of the family here.

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When that happens, the zoo say, it will have to be done very

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For now she is being cared for in private.

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No visitors, apart from Professor Cahill, of course!

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President Obama has unveiled plans to close the Guantanamo Bay

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In a televised announcement, he said keeping the facility open

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was contrary to American values, and undermined the security

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of the United States and its standing in the world.

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You can get in touch with me and some of the team via Twitter -

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Good evening. If you thought this morning was called,

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