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This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

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Turkey insists that it will be ready to handle an increase in migrants

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But amid protests against the plan our correspondent finds there's

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Here, they are saying, not in my backyard and that no preparations

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have been made for those who will be sent back here.

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Brussels Airport prepares to reopen - almost two weeks

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after being attacked by suicide bombers.

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We'll explain why a flare up in fighting in a disputed region

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of the Caucuses is making people so worried.

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Tottenham Hotspur close the gap on leaders Leicester

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in the English Premier League, but can only manage a draw

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We see into the Pakistan's tea houses that are dominated by men,

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There are concerns that neither Greece or Turkey are properly

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prepared to begin the return of migrants from the Greek Islands

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The deportations follow a EU agreement to try and stem the flow

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of migrants into Europe from Syria and elsewhere.Our Correspondent Mark

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Lowen has been to the town of Dikili in turkey where there

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They came with a message of defiance. We don't want the migrants

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back! The Turkish town of Dikili will see the first batch arrived on

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Monday, deported from Lesbos. But locals object to any camp and have

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vowed to resist. Here is a beautiful place, in Turkey. When they come

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here, we are not in peaceful, because of this, we are here. And

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they don't belong to year. They don't belong to Turkey.

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TRANSLATION: . Our children feel uneasy. They can

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take them somewhere else, we don't want them here. A burst of

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patriotism, with talk of defending Turkey from another migrant influx.

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The authorities say they will only stay in Dikili temporarily, before

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being moved on. But that is not calming tempers. Patients with the

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migrant crisis is wearing thin. Turkey already hosts 2.5 million

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refugees, more than any other country. But here they are saying is

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not in my backyard and that no preparations have been made for

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those who will be sent back here. So where will the migrants be sent? It

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was thought a registration centre could be set up in this spot. But no

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sign. Once they are back, human rights group are concerned about how

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they will be treated. Many Syrians already here work illegally, 500 of

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the poorest eking out a living picking fruit. It's a sign of the

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crisis Turkey faces even before tens of thousands more are deported from

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Europe. There will be thousands sent back with the beautician --

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readmission agreement. From the east there will be more people and we

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already hosting a huge number of people. It will be difficult for

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Turkey to cope with this crisis. On Turkey's long post, boats part

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with traces of dreams left behind. Those who depart believe it is a

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one-way ticket to safety and a new life. But Europe's doors have

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closed. They are heading back to Turkey, even if it not ready.

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Five Turkish soldiers and one special forces police officer have

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been killed in a bomb attack in the south east of the country,

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province has been blamed on Kurdish militants, according

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The members of the security forces were carrying out a military

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operation when a bomb left by militants from

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Kurdistan Workers Party was detonated, it said.

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Officials at Brussels Airport say it could take several months before

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Zaventem will partially re-open for three flights on Sunday

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after a suicide attack forced it shut nearly two weeks ago.

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The chief executive of the airport said there would be security

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screening for all passengers before they arrive at the check-in.

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A restart of the operations, even only partially, as quick as this, is

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a sign of hope. It shows our strength will and our strength to

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reservists and not to let others down. I want to thank every member

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of our airport community and all departments involved who have made

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this possible. As of tomorrow, Sunday, Brussels airport should be

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partially operational. We should receive the official authorisation

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to start today. We have 3% of flights to start tomorrow, by

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Brussels airlines. So how much impact will the changes

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have on passengers - here's our correspondent

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in Brussels, James Reynolds They will not be able to go by bus

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or train to the airport. They will have to go by taxi or by car. When

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they get there, they will have to go through temporary security

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procedures and also greater procedures. We are still trying to

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understand when and where they will be checked and what will happen to

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their luggage. But clearly the airport feels confident enough to

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offer the promises to passengers on those flights that they will be

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checked properly and their flights will take off. It is a test day for

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Brussels airport and a day that the CEO said is a sign of hope.

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Police removed dozens of demonstrators from the main square.

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And there was a number of far right demonstrators trying to stage a

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demonstration in the Molenbeek district which has a history of

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Islamist activity. The police then had a confrontation with locals,

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mostly of North African origin, who gathered.

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At least thirty people are reported to have been killed in clashes

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between troops from Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Caucasus region

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Its parliament voted to join Armenia, when the Soviet Union

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Both sides blame each other for the outbreak of fighting,

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which is said to involve tanks, helicopters and artillery.

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Richard Kauzlarich is former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

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What has caused this latest escalation? Thank you. This is a

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surprise to the extent that nobody expected this intense series of

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exchanges. The worst that have been taking place since the ceasefire was

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imposed in 1994. Tell us why this region is so strategically

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important? It is to GDP important because it sits astride

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geographically the intersection of both Russian and European interests.

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-- it is strategically important. It is important for Europe and the

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global economy. But there is a long-standing conflict that had been

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frozen since 1994 and it has suddenly taken a turn for the worse.

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The tragic loss of several dozen lives puts us now into a situation

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where we have to worry about how to bring the two parties to the

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negotiating table. Azerbaijan seems to have had this history, as you

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describe. You were an ambassador at a crucial time, tell us your

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experience? I arrived shortly before the ceasefire was in place and my

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wife and I took a trip outside the front lines where we saw the

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refugees from the fighting. Azerbaijanis who had lived during

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the Soviet period and had an uneasy relationship with the Armenian

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neighbours. And when the fighting took place they work pretty... So

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after 1994, while there has been a ceasefire, there have been

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exchanges, military exchanges between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but

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not on the intensity that we have seen in recent days. Thank you very

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much for being with us. The Syrian Army says it has

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discovered a mass grave with around 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra

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according to state run media. The city was recaptured

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by government forces last sunday from the so called

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Islamic State group. Our Middle East editor Alan Johnston

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has more on the grim discoveries that have come to light

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since the city was recaptured. Now that the city has been

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recaptured, they are getting a much fuller picture of what happened to

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the people of Palmyra under IS rule. The Syrian army says this mass grave

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contained local militiamen, and offices in the Army. Tragically it

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seems that some of their civilian relatives were also in the mass

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graves including three children. Some of the victims were shot, some

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were beheaded. Sadly, none of this is any kind of surprise. Soon after

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IS took over Palmeiro, we heard that they were killing dozens of people.

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-- Palmyra. We heard that five men when -- made to kneel on a stage in

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the Roman amphitheatre and then executed. Given that that sort of

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thing was going on, it was entirely possible that more mass graves are

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to be found. It has been almost a week since the

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city was recaptured. Journalists are saying the city is deserted, where

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are they? It is possible that there were very few civilians left as the

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battle for the city raged. But we are hearing that a number of

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civilians left with the IS fighters as they retreated, as they

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retreated, we don't know if any of them went willingly but it has to be

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a real possibility that they were forced to go. That they are virtual

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captives now, a possibility that they are in real danger. But

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meanwhile, the city itself has been basically completely destroyed. The

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fighting may have stopped, but it is obviously going to be a long long

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time before anything like normal life returns to Palmyra. This is a

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major clue for the Syrian army. Momentum on President Assad's side.

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Where does the fight go from here? Losing this city was a hammer blow

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to I S. This was a city with a cultural heritage, the world was

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interested in Palmyra, and at the same time, it is a city in the

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centre of an oil producing area so IS will revenue. It also means,

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strategically, that the Syrian government can think about

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exercising more control. It is a jumping off point for the Syrian

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government to launch other attacks on IS. It IS has to be worried that

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this combination of forces, the Syrian army and the Russian air

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force, might eventually focus on the IS strong gold and judging by what

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happened in Palmyra, it might be hard for IS to hold one eventually.

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Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:

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The threat of nuclear terrorism remains and is evolving. That is the

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word from leaders on the last day of the nuclear Security summit in

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Washington. The UK steel industry is appealing

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for the government to step in after China imposed

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new import tariffs on steel It comes as thousands

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of steelworkers at the Tata plant in Port Talbot face redundancy

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after a decision by its Indian owners to sell their loss-making

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British factories. We are talking about a sector that

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is a foundation, that feeds into a number of key supply chains.

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Aerospace, defence, construction. We also need to remember that we are

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talking about thousands and thousands of jobs. 15,000 people

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work for Tata Steel. Are we prepared to sacrifice all of those jobs so we

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don't upset the Chinese? I don't think so. I think we have a strong

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relationship with China but they also need to point out that this is

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unfair trading. It is dumping steel and the global market in an unfair

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way, below the cost of production. There have been processed in Turkey

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as the country and sets it is ready to accept migrants from Europe.

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it may take at least three months for all flights to resume

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following last month's suicide attacks.

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Well, staying on the subject of the so called Islamic State -

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President Obama has warned that the possibility of the group

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obtaining a nuclear weapon is "one of the greatest threats

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Speaking at the end of a Nuclear Security Summit

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in Washington, he insisted that concrete steps must be taken

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This was President Obama's last big push for global nuclear security.

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But the threat of nuclear terrorism loomed

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The Brussels attacks focused the minds

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of the more than 50 world leaders here, with growing concerns

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It is claimed the group has already used

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chemical weapons in Syria and in Iraq.

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There is no doubt that if these madmen ever got their hands

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on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material,

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they most certainly would use it to kill as many innocent

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That's why our work here remains so critical.

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The single most effective defence against

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nuclear terrorism is fully securing this material so it doesn't fall

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into the wrong hands in the first place.

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More conventional threats were also on the agenda,

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especially North Korea's continued testing of

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It defiantly fired a missile during the Washington

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summit but blamed the United States for the tensions on the

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United States is trying to turn white into black,

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describing as if the countermeasures taken by the government of Korea

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They said that it is a threat and a provocation.

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Much will depend on the attitude of China's president,

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Xi Jinping, North Korea's closest ally.

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He was urged by Barack Obama to increase the pressure on Pyongyang.

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The meetings wound up with announcements of new steps

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to secure or reduce nuclear stockpiles but

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a key player, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, was missing

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from the family photo because of current political

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tensions, a stark reminder of the summit's limits.

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President Obama began these high-level meetings six

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years ago to tackle the threat of nuclear material that could be

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Much has been accomplished but not enough and with

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the rise of groups like Islamic State, the fear of nuclear

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We start with the return of the Premier League

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Tottenham have closed the gap on Leicester.

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The game between Liverpool and Tottenham has finished

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Liverpool took the lead shortly after half time

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Harry Kane cemented his pedigree with 26 league goals this season.

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That is something no other Spurs player has managed

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It is difficult for the teams to get points.

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It is important today we show that we are ambitious

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In a difficult stadium at Anfield against

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Liverpool, we showed that we deserve to be in the place that we are.

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It was an open game, a little bit wild.

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brilliant attitude and both trying to win.

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Now, after five minutes, talking, it seems a deserved draw.

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Rafael Benitez says his Newcastle side still have a chance. Despite a

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last-minute defeat to Norwich. Alex Neil's side took a huge three

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points with Martin Olsson scoring a 93rd-minute winner to send

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the Carrow Road fans crazy. Norwich led twice but Newcastle

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striker Alexandr Mitrovic equalised on two occasions before

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Olsson's late winner. Today was a pity. We conceded after

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the last minute in the first half -- second half. We had control of the

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game and then I'm disappointed because I felt the team was working

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hard and not enough to win the game. I told them that we have seven games

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to play and we have to keep working hard and pushing.

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Also today there were comfortable 4-0 wins for Arsenal,

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Swansea came from two down to draw at Stoke.

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It was goalless between Sunderland and West Brom.

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Ten-man West Ham came from a goal down twice to draw 2-2

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Is the biggest game in Spain, the biggest in the world. Al Classico

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between Real Madrid and Barcelona, is drawing to a close. With

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thousands of fans in the stadium before kick-off, there was a tribute

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to yell Crawford died last week. Barcelona went in front ten minutes

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into the second half. Then Karen Benzema fired in eight minutes

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later. Cristiano Ronaldo gave his team a 2-1 lead.

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Formula One's new qualifying format still hasn't managed to shake up

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the established order after Lewis Hamilton claimed pole

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The world champion broke the lap record

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at the Bahrain circuit to beat his Mercedes team mate

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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third to produce a repeat of the top three

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qualifying result from the first round of the season.

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Throughout qualifying, you do a lap and it

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So to actually pull it all together is actually

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And it actually even more of a pressured lap.

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I had to improve even more than I did the lap

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England's Catton says that England have to embrace the atmosphere.

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We are realistic, it will not be a normal game. Even in the semifinals

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there was a lot of hype around the expectation about playing in the

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final. I want all our players to embrace it. Tomorrow, everything

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will feel rushed to start with. It is important that we are in a good

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frame of mind to slow things down when needed and execute our skills.

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Even before we played West Indies in the group stages, I was firm in

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saying that Chris Gayle was not just the West Indies team. It is

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important that when you are playing against good size, you don't focus

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on one or two players, it is everybody, everybody can hurt you.

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India game, everybody witnessed that. Play with them over the years,

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I have understood them, what makes them tick. How to relate to them in

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different situations. This comes with experience. So if you could

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see, this tournament I have not really done anything apart from

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leading them out there on the field. They are so experienced, I'm letting

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them go out and express themselves because T20 is about expressing

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yourself. And to confirm, Barcelona defeated

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by Real Madrid in Spain. That's all the sport for now.

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Like many aspects of life in Pakistan, tea houses

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But a group of women in Karachi has decided to challenge the tradition -

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simply by visiting the cafes to socialise.

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Their actions are starting to inspire other women to follow

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suit - as Shaimaa Khalil found out when she joined them...

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A typical Karachi afternoon in a traditional teahouse, or dhaba.

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This is one of the most popular hangouts in Pakistan.

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And while there isn't a "men only" sign here,

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it is socially understood that these teahouses are run

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A group of women have now started a movement to change that.

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Deep down, I think, why can't I negotiate my way in public in

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Karachi? It should be okayed to do so. I feel like the more I venture

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out and I am not afraid, then other people -- other women will want to

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do so. You can see why this

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is not a normal thing, and is not a traditional thing,

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because all around us is the men who hang

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out in these places. You know, being bussed from one

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private space to another to another, kind

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of got sick of that. And then you see the shared

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camaraderie of men at the dhabas, I mean, I think it is important,

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because, you know, like, it is this idea that

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as we step out in the world, as women, we have to become

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smaller, and kind of reduce in size So to sit and be, like, OK,

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I am very comfortable in my skin, I am OK with people staring,

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that is completely taking ownership of your city, your body,

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how you negotiate with that. This is something that really took

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off when you started posting We received a lot of photos that

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spoke for themselves, from other countries,

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from India, from Nepal. We have been overwhelmed in some

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ways. It shows that it does

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resonate with people. The best part is that

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a lot of girls were like, oh, my God, you made us think

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so differently about our place in the world, that

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we feel empowered. Shaimaa Khalil there,

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talking to two female members of one Now feathers have been flying

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across the world today...That's That's

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because it's International Battles taking place in more

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than 100 cities, including Taipei, It's one way to release a bit

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of stress, but it looks exhausting. The events is into its seventh

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year and was inspired by the Urban Playground movement

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which aims to get people interacting

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