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This is BBC World News Today with me, Celia Hatton.

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The battle lines are being drawn in Washington over the future

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of President Obama's health care reforms.

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With just two weeks left of his presidency, the Republicans

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are promising to repeal Obama's signature health care policy

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New images of the main suspect in the Berlin truck attack passing

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through Brussels are released by Belgian prosecutors.

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2017 is looking to be a crucial year for the EU,

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with Brexit, major elections and the rise of populism.

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We gaze into the crystal ball at what lies ahead.

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And spinning his way through old age.

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He may be 105 years old but this Frenchman has set

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With just days to go before he leaves the White House,

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Barack Obama faces a battle over his legacy.

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A political showdown is underway in Washington

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over his health care reforms, with the Republicans promising

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to repeal the legislation as soon as possible.

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President Obama has been meeting fellow Democrats in Congress

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to discuss how to protect the Affordable Care Act,

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It started with a simple goal - to extend health insurance

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Vice-president-elect Mike Pence said Donald Trump is working to ensure

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an orderly transition to a new health care system.

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Earlier, Mr Trump warned Republicans to ensure the Democrats took

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the blame for what he described as "the Obamacare disaster".

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There have been two distinguished guests at Capitol Hill this morning.

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President Obama was here to try to save his key health care reforms.

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And Vice President elect Mike Pence was here to talk about ridiculing

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and replacing it. With me is, written and Bruce Westerman from

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Arkansas. -- congressmen. What are you going to replace Obamacare with?

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I'm not sure replace is the right word. The first order of business

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will be to repeal some of the bad parts as much as possible and then

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it will be a process to put in a good legislation that puts patients

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first and is about a patient's ability to get access, something

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that will not break the bank. We have seen the cost of insurance

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premiums skyrocket, as much as 115% increases this year. For private

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individuals buying their health insurance through employers, we have

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seen deductibles and premiums go up and we have to get this up under

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control and make it more patient centred. You have spoken of the

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problems with Obamacare but you are saying you will not rip the whole

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Affordable Care Act up? Through the reconciliation process there are

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certain things we can wrap up to with taxes and spending and then we

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will have to look at individual pieces of the whole health care

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system, like Medicaid and Medicare. With Obamacare, nobody understood

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what was in it when they got it. What about the 20 million Americans

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who have health insurance that they would not have had before Obamacare,

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will they get to keep it? A lot of those people had insurance and were

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pushed in the exchanges. The rollback process will be slow. It

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took 5-6 years to implicate Obamacare as it is now and we cannot

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just pull the rug out but we have to do it in a methodical process and

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give people peace of mind to do this in a way that allows people access

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to health care but also do it in a smart way, debating individual

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components and issues, keeping what is... Do you think both parties can

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work together on some points? I think so because when you look at

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the failure the increased premiums, people were told if they liked their

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doctor they could keep them, it hasn't been true, we were told

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premiums would go down $2500, not true, increased deductibles were

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out-of-pocket expenses are tremendous, simple things like

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health saving accounts allowing Americans to save money for expenses

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and keep that money for future years, small solutions, I am not in

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favour of one big package to replace what is there now. As a Republican,

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you must be pretty happy with the state your party has found itself

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in. What are you looking forward to under Donald Trump? I am looking

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forward... -- I am going into my second term so I am looking forward

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to getting legislation passed. Vice President Mike Pence was a member of

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this body and is willing to work with us. I think we are seeing a

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common vision that has been mandated by the American people that they

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want the country to move in this direction and I am excited to help

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it move that way. I heard from a Democratic congressman earlier and

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he said he felt quite sad that it may be President Obama's last visit

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to Congress. You have seen both sides within just a few hours but

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the president elect will take his place in just 16 days in the White

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House. The German prosecutor's office has

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confirmed the detention of a second Tunisian suspect in connection

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with the attack on a Officials said the man had dinner

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with the killer, Anis Amri, The man who drove the truck

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into the crowded market, He was shot dead in Milan,

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four days after the attack. Today, Belgian prosecutors have

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released a CCTV image which they say shows the main suspect in the Berlin

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truck attack passing through Brussels two days later.

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To get more on the arrest, let's go to our correspondent

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Damien McGuiness who is in Berlin for us.

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Tell me, what else can you tell us about this suspect and the ongoing

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investigation? Officials said this afternoon that they think this new

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suspect either knew about the attack, that it was going to happen,

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or helped in planning. That is because it seems he spent all

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evening the night before the actual attack chatting in the restaurant,

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as you mentioned, with Anis Amri, and this was described as an

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intensive chat. Indicating they were possibly talking about the attack.

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Right now, police are questioning this suspect and analysing 20 mobile

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phones seized in the refugee accommodation where this man left.

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-- was living. He was an asylum seeker from Tunisia, like the

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attacker Anis Amri, and this started a debate here about asylum seekers

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who do not have their application for asylum accepted in Germany,

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so-called failed asylum seekers. So the ramifications on the whole

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debate about who is a legitimate asylum seeker and who is not as been

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affected by this. Are there concerns that this investigation is widening?

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The difficulty is that we have had a couple of false leads. You will

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remember that the day of the attack the wrong man was arrested and this

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meant that police were going down the wrong route for days and it is

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thought this is one reason why Anis Amri slipped out of the German

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police's grasp. He went to Amsterdam, spending a couple of

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hours in Brussels before going through France to Italy. So there is

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possibly going to be a big shake-up on domestic security through

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Germany, it was announced yesterday by the interior minister of Germany.

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It is not leading to a backlash against refugees, this case, but a

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debate about who is a legitimate refugee, and what to do about asylum

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seekers whose applications were rejected, and how to deport them

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back to their countries. Turkish police have detained 20

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people in connection with the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul

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on New Year's Eve. Earlier, the Turkish Foreign

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Minister said the chief suspect had been formally identified,

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but the authorities have Our correspondent Mark

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Lowen is in Istanbul. Well, it's almost four days now

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since the massacre at the Reina nightclub which left 39 people dead

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and still the suspect is on the run. The Turkish Foreign Minister

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says his identity has been established but we do not

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have a name officially released. And very little information

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has come out about him. Some reports that he could have been

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from a Central Asian country, some video footage that suggests

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he was in the central Turkish city of Konya back in December before

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travelling to Istanbul. There have been detentions, some

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more in the city of Izmir today, of dozens of people suspected

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of having links to so-called Islamic State, which said

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it was behind the attack. As for the gunman himself,

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he is still at large. That is a real problem, of course,

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for the country, for this nation, because they are fearful of any sort

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of follow-up attacks and also they want proof from the people

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who are meant to defend them, to protect this country,

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that they really can close in on this man,

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that he hasn't slipped through the net and possibly

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even left Turkey to go But really those crucial hours

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following the New Year's Eve attack have now gone

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and so could the gunmen have been The president, President Erdogan,

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spoke to the country today, his first public address

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since the New Year's Eve attack, which is very unusual for a man

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who rarely shies away from the limelight, and he said

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that the aim of terrorism is to divide and polarise

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the country, but we will stand tall as Turks, and he said those

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who allege this is an attack on a lifestyle choice in Turkey

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are talking rubbish. That comes from the allegation

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that the Islamist rhetoric of President Erdogan

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and his government has made the secular side of the country feel

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vulnerable and exposed. But really Turkey is now desperately

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trying to find this man and desperately trying to reassure

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a country which has been profoundly shaken by this terror attack

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in the heart of Istanbul. Turkey has warned that

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a new round of Syria peace talks is at risk,

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accusing the government of violating a fragile truce it brokered

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with Russia last week. The nationwide ceasefire

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is holding in most areas but is being threatened by fighting

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near Damascus, in the areas Government forces and their

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Iranian-backed allies are trying to recapture the area,

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which is the main source of water to the capital

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which has been without water The regime and the rebels

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have been blaming each The UN said that the lack

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of clean water in Damascus Any lack of water I think is

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obviously a humanitarian emergency Lack of fresh water leads

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to more and more diseases, As part of our response in Syria,

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the UN has already rehabilitated and equipped a number of wells

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in and around Damascus to cover about one third of daily

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water needs in the city. Since the 22nd, those wells have

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been the sole source of water Israel's Prime Minister,

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Benjamin Netanyahu, has joined those calling for a pardon for a soldier

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who's been convicted of manslaughter for the killing

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of a wounded Palestinian. Sergeant Elor Azaria killed

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Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron last March,

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after the Palestinian had been involved in

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stabbing another soldier. The high profile case has

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polarised opinion in Israel, as our Middle East correspondent

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Yolande Knell explains. It's minutes after two young

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Palestinian men with knives attacked One is dead and one's

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clearly still alive. Sgt Elor Azaria,

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a 19-year-old medic, A single bullet to the head

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killed Abdul Fatah Sharif. Today, the sergeant

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was in a military court, smiling to see a friend

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and his mother. But soon after, he was found

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guilty of manslaughter. Judges rejected the soldiers claim

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that the Palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him

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out of revenge. But Sgt Azaria has loyal backers,

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in a country where most young people They accused the army

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of abandoning one of its own. This guy came to do an attack,

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to hurt about these families. Even the Israeli Defence

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Minister spoke of this Before taking up his post, he made

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clear his support of Sgt Azaria. And that caused tensions

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with the top brass here They have said they command

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according to rules and an ethical Such a high-profile trial

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of a soldier for killing a Palestinian is very

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unusual in Israel. The outcome was welcomed

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by the family of Abdul Fatah Sharif. TRANSLATION: I feel like any father

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would feel after seeing my son It's so hard to see that,

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no-one can endure this. It's still hard for me every time

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I remember what happened. If he died instantly,

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it would've been much easier than to see your son

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executed like that. Sgt Azaria's crime took place

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during a wave of Palestinian attacks, when there was a national

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debate about how to respond. And his case has proved

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highly divisive. When he is sentenced,

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the maximum he could serve is 20 years in jail,

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but he is expected to get far less. Marine Le Pen, leader

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of the French National Front, has launched a scathing attack

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on the Euro, saying that France should go back

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to its own national currency. The right-wing politician,

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who is tipped to make it through to the final

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round of the presidential election, said leaving the Euro

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would help return sovereignty. 2017 is shaping up to be a crucial

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year for the European Union. There's no doubt that Brexit,

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the rise of the far right, and economic troubles

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across the Continent will be among Hello, I'm Chris Morris,

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and these are the top European Elections in several countries

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are set to reveal whether rising populism is a passing phase

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or a new reality. In the Netherlands in March,

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we'll find out how well the Dutch His popularity has faded

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before previous elections. In France, could Marine Le Pen

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from the National Front claim Or will voters from the centre left

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and centre right join In Germany, Angela Merkel remains

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the favourite to win a fourth term in September but keep an eye

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on rising support for the anti-immigrant, anti-Euro

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Alternativ Fur Deutschland. At some stage there is almost

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certainly going to be The antiestablishment

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Five Star Movement is The European Union will hold

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a special summit in Rome in March, to mark the 60th anniversary

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of the treaty which founded Critics say there isn't

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much to celebrate. But March should also see the UK

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triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,

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setting off a process which will see For the first time, the EU

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is about to get smaller, not bigger. Much will depend throughout

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the year on the health of the European economy,

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particularly in the Eurozone. The migration crisis

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will also be closely watched. And then, of course, there are two

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big external actors in Europe. To the east, Russia,

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and the always difficult relationship European countries have

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with President Vladimir Putin. And to the West, a new factor,

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the sheer unpredictability What will he mean for European

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security and for trade? For decades, Europe has

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relied on stable relations Joining me now is Florentin Collomp,

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the UK Correspondent We'll start with a topic I'm sure

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you deal with on a daily basis, Brexit. Where you think we will be

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one year from now in the negotiations? 2017 should be the

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year of the end of the phoney war between the Europe and Britain in

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that matter. Negotiations should start in March and then progress

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throughout the year. By the end of the year, I doubt much will be

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achieved because the negotiations will be interrupted by elections in

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different countries on the continent, the Netherlands in March,

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France in April, May and June, Germany in autumn. Until the autumn

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of 2017, I think the core of the discussions will not have advanced

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much. Elections. The name of the game. The French election, how do

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you think the outcome of that will affect the rest of the EU? It is

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important and it is very open actually. It might lead to

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surprises. You had a report about marine Le Pen. She is one of the

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fixtures of this election but people tend to project what happened in

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Britain, or compare with the election of Donald Trump. I doubt a

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surprise like that would happen in France because she has been a

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permanent fixture of French politics for years, if not decades if you

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consider her father at the head of the party as well. So the campaign

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is very open. Populism will play a part will stop populism is on the

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rise -- a part. Populism is on the rise. How would you characterise?

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The British model and the huge event that Brexit was cannot compare our

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be transferred to politics in different countries like France.

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Actually Brexit has made support for the EU progress on the continent and

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only a third of Europeans are actually ready to leave the EU if

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they were asked to do so. In France, support for the EU is about 60%, so

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it is not exactly the same topics and it is more linked to migration

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in France. This year, Canada is preparing

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to legalise the sale of marijuana. And, with that, a new industry

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will be born and a whole new group of brands hope to redefine how

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future consumers There is a large segment of people

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that are not defined I am who I am, and I might

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use cannabis but it's Just like people who drink coffee,

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just like people who might enjoy We felt like there was no real

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home for the creators, the people who are otherwise able

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to engage in beautiful retail, there was no real home for them

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to buy cannabis products. I had really never been

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in a headshop that I wasn't And he's nothing less

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than a cycling legend. Robert Marchand is 105 years

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old and today he set He cycled well over

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22km in one hour. It was a race against

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the clock in a category the International Cycling Union

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created just for him. Asked why he wanted to set

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a new record, he told reporters he simply wanted to prove that

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there's more to life after 100 Our Paris correspondent

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Hugh Schofield has more. 92 laps, 22.5 kilometres,

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Robert Marchand has done it again. The Frenchman is already

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holder of the hour time trial for centenarians,

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and now he is champion of a new age category, created for

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cyclists aged 105. Robert Marchand has always

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been a fitness fan. In earlier life he was a gymnastics

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champion and a boxer. He never smoked, he drinks only the

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occasional glass of wine TRANSLATION: I do 10-20 kilometres

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every day but I don't With more and more people

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around the world living into their hundreds,

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the case of Robert Marchand Though his coaches

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admit his physique is TRANSLATION: He has

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an exceptional heart. Yesterday we did a 20-minute test

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and all the 20 minutes his heart rate never surpassed 100

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beats per minute. At the end of his latest exploit,

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Mr Marchand said his legs felt fine, His record now has to be officially

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confirmed by international Lovely pictures now from

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Chicago Zoo, where a two-week-old She hasn't been named yet,

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but her birth is already being called significant,

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as her species is considered Keepers hope she will help to raise

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awareness about the threats facing A struggle over Barack Obama's

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legacy is underway with two weeks left in his presidency. The

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Republicans promise to repeal his signature health care policy.

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Temperatures are going to continue to plunge through the rest of this

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evening and tonight.

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