07/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

:00:00. > :00:12.Donald Trump has defended his position on Russia,

:00:13. > :00:14.saying only fools would think having a good relationship

:00:15. > :00:21.US investigators are trying to determine the motive for Friday's

:00:22. > :00:25.gun attack at a Florida airport in which five people died.

:00:26. > :00:29.At least 43 people have been killed by a huge truck bomb which went off

:00:30. > :00:33.in a market in the northern Syrian town of Azaz.

:00:34. > :00:37.A deal to end the mutiny in the Ivory Coast -

:00:38. > :00:41.the President says he'll accept the soldiers' demands.

:00:42. > :00:44.And how a Wayne Rooney goal seven minutes into an FA Cup match

:00:45. > :01:03.against Reading marks a moment of history at Manchester United.

:01:04. > :01:06.Donald Trump has given more reaction to the intelligence

:01:07. > :01:09.report released on Friday, which accused Russian president

:01:10. > :01:11.Vladimir Putin of ordering the hacking of US political parties

:01:12. > :01:18.On Twitter, Mr Trump said: "Having a good relationship

:01:19. > :01:20.with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.

:01:21. > :01:24.Only "stupid" people, or fools, would think that it is bad!

:01:25. > :01:28.We have enough problems around the world without yet another one.

:01:29. > :01:31.When I am President, Russia will respect us far more

:01:32. > :01:33.than they do now and both countries will, perhaps, work together

:01:34. > :01:36.to solve some of the many great and pressing problems and issues

:01:37. > :01:41.Our correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher, who is in Washington,

:01:42. > :01:43.has been assessing Mr Trump's response to that

:01:44. > :02:00.Mr Trump has been doing most of the news-making, as you could see with

:02:01. > :02:04.his tweet on Russia. He has renewed his calls for closer cooperation and

:02:05. > :02:07.relations with Russia and that is a signal he does not want to change

:02:08. > :02:12.his approach to Russia even though the intelligence report accused

:02:13. > :02:15.Russia of meddling in the election. Mr Trump, after the briefing,

:02:16. > :02:20.appeared to concede that Russia might have been involved in some way

:02:21. > :02:23.but he did not say anything about the conclusion that Vladimir Putin

:02:24. > :02:28.was trying to help them win the election and he very much insisted

:02:29. > :02:33.that any hacking or outside influence did not have any impact on

:02:34. > :02:38.the outcome of the vote and what you are seeing, the underlying factor to

:02:39. > :02:42.his response to the intelligence briefing is one that has been there

:02:43. > :02:48.all along. He said he cannot accept the Russians tried to help him win

:02:49. > :02:50.because he feels this would delegitimise his victory and you can

:02:51. > :02:55.see in his tweets where he attacks the Democrats and says they are

:02:56. > :02:59.driving this because they were sore losers when he says they are at

:03:00. > :03:04.fault for computers being hacked because they had poor defences. He

:03:05. > :03:07.has gone on with that response although he softened his tone

:03:08. > :03:10.towards the intelligence agencies and did appear to concede that there

:03:11. > :03:12.had been some kind of cyber interference from the Russians.

:03:13. > :03:17.Sir Tony Brenton, is the former UK ambassador to Russia -

:03:18. > :03:22.he joins us via Skype from Cambridge.

:03:23. > :03:29.Doesn't Donald Trump have a point that there is at potential for

:03:30. > :03:33.global improvement if the US and Russia can work together? I think

:03:34. > :03:37.that is the case and what is going on in Washington is in some sense a

:03:38. > :03:45.struggle about precisely that point with the agencies who are hostile to

:03:46. > :03:51.any relationship with Russia but you got this report which is accurate,

:03:52. > :03:56.no doubt, but as a weapon to tie Donald Trump dime. Where do you

:03:57. > :04:03.think this new relationship could go? What are your sources telling

:04:04. > :04:07.you in Moscow? Moscow, it has been at the top of Mr Putin's to-do list,

:04:08. > :04:12.establishing a good relationship with Donald Trump. Get -- he had the

:04:13. > :04:14.wrong relationship with Obama and that reached the stage of being

:04:15. > :04:20.quite dangerous this autumn when each side was threatening the other

:04:21. > :04:24.with military action. The obvious area where both can work together

:04:25. > :04:28.isn't dealing with Isis. Both Vladimir Putin and Trump said that

:04:29. > :04:33.the Russians are not killing Americans, Americans are not killing

:04:34. > :04:39.Russians but Islamic extremists are killing both. Beyond that, and other

:04:40. > :04:43.obvious area for cooperation, strangely, is cyber warfare, and

:04:44. > :04:46.seeing the charges against Russia, and we have seen the Americans

:04:47. > :04:52.hacking into the cellphone of Angela Merkel. This is in the area of

:04:53. > :04:58.potential conflict which is very dangerous and in similar ways to the

:04:59. > :05:02.earlier years of nuclear, the ownership of nuclear weapons. And

:05:03. > :05:05.there is scope for agreement there and that is something we could

:05:06. > :05:09.usefully work on together. Some people will find it difficult to

:05:10. > :05:14.take, given the evidence that the US intelligence agencies say they have

:05:15. > :05:18.that Russia has hacked and effected the US election, potentially trying

:05:19. > :05:24.to do the same in French and German elections. But just taking the point

:05:25. > :05:28.on IS, which has been a crucial battle ground around the world, did

:05:29. > :05:35.you think there is potential scope? What about Iran and Saudi in the

:05:36. > :05:38.proxy wars going on in the region? There are all sorts of

:05:39. > :05:45.complications, we had a sharp disagreement about Syria. Yes,

:05:46. > :05:50.Donald Trump said very firmly against Iran, who are working with

:05:51. > :05:54.the Russians, and the Saudis working with the Americans. But the

:05:55. > :05:59.underlining fact is that both Russians and Americans have suffered

:06:00. > :06:05.from the impact of Islamic terrorism. Both have intelligence

:06:06. > :06:10.from either side, both of military assets in Syria which are usable and

:06:11. > :06:14.on both sides are being used against Isis activity there. They are

:06:15. > :06:21.co-ordinated, they can do things better. And the main point is it is

:06:22. > :06:25.important in itself that if they didn't create mutual trust and

:06:26. > :06:30.cooperation, which could lead to closer deals on the difficult areas,

:06:31. > :06:35.most notably Ukraine... Sir Tony Brenton, many thanks.

:06:36. > :06:39.Police in the US State of Florida are trying to work out the motive

:06:40. > :06:41.for Friday's gun attack at Fort Lauderdale Airport

:06:42. > :06:46.The alleged gunman is in custody - he's a former soldier

:06:47. > :06:49.His family says he has a history of mental health problems.

:06:50. > :06:52.The airport has reopened, although part of terminal two -

:06:53. > :06:54.where the attack happened - is still closed.

:06:55. > :06:59.From Fort Lauderdale, Gary O'Donoghue sent this report.

:07:00. > :07:02.This is the man who police say killed five people

:07:03. > :07:04.at Fort Lauderdale airport, opening fire indiscriminately

:07:05. > :07:13.He is Esteban Santiago, a former member of the military.

:07:14. > :07:15.His family said he had been receiving psychological help

:07:16. > :07:21.His aunt said he was never the same after returning

:07:22. > :07:32.Police say that Santiago used a semiautomatic handgun

:07:33. > :07:35.in the attack in the baggage hall, scattering terrified passengers

:07:36. > :07:37.before throwing away his weapon and laying spread eagle

:07:38. > :07:43.on the ground as police moved in to arrest him.

:07:44. > :07:46.As things started to return to normal at the airport,

:07:47. > :07:50.it has emerged that Santiago had been interviewed by the FBI

:07:51. > :07:56.One anonymous source has said that he told agents

:07:57. > :07:59.that the government was ordering him to watch videos from

:08:00. > :08:07.We are hearing that contact, that the agents noted the erratic

:08:08. > :08:10.behaviour and that it concerns them and motivated them to call the local

:08:11. > :08:15.authorities to have him taken into custody and evaluated

:08:16. > :08:21.at a medical facility for his mental health.

:08:22. > :08:24.Questions are being raised about the ease with which Santiago

:08:25. > :08:30.was able to transport and use his weapon in a supposedly

:08:31. > :08:37.It is legal to put a gun in checked baggage in the US as long

:08:38. > :08:40.as it is locked in a case and unloaded but you can carry

:08:41. > :08:56.Earlier Gary gave me more details about some of the victims.

:08:57. > :08:59.Another victim was a man from Iowa who was heading to the Caribbean

:09:00. > :09:05.His wife was shot in the shoulder as part of that and she survived.

:09:06. > :09:11.We're learning about Olga Woltering, who was British-born, she lived in

:09:12. > :09:18.the US for many years, her local church in Georgia posted a comment

:09:19. > :09:24.on their website about her person, saying she was enormously caring who

:09:25. > :09:28.called everybody loves in what they described as the unmistakable

:09:29. > :09:33.English accent. The human cost of what happened yesterday is starting

:09:34. > :09:35.to be made manifest. Gary O'Donoghue there.

:09:36. > :09:37.At least 43 people have been killed after a car bomb

:09:38. > :09:43.The bomb went off in the town of Azaz - a busy market

:09:44. > :09:45.in the rebel-held town that lies on the border with Turkey.

:09:46. > :09:47.Local residents suspect the Islamic State group

:09:48. > :09:50.Azaz has been a key staging post on the supply

:09:51. > :10:02.Alex Forsyth reports from neighbouring Lebanon.

:10:03. > :10:09.Fear, panic and chaos. The aftermath of this morning 's explosion. Many

:10:10. > :10:12.were killed, others wounded by the attack outside a courthouse in a

:10:13. > :10:19.busy commercial district in the centre of the city. TRANSLATION: A

:10:20. > :10:25.car bomb went off in the city centre near civilians, there are no

:10:26. > :10:30.fighters, all of are civilians. As rescue workers search for both

:10:31. > :10:34.survivors and bodies, nobody claimed responsibility for this attack but

:10:35. > :10:38.the city is no stranger to such scenes. Azaz is a stronghold of

:10:39. > :10:42.Turkish backed Syrian rebels involved in a major operation to

:10:43. > :10:47.clear so-called Islamic State from northern Syria. Close to the Turkish

:10:48. > :10:51.border. In recent days Turkish forces and rebels have continue to

:10:52. > :10:57.target IS, which is not included in the fragile ceasefire covering much

:10:58. > :11:04.of Syria. Azaz has become home to people who have fled fighting

:11:05. > :11:06.elsewhere. Today's attack shows that despite the ceasefire, largely

:11:07. > :11:09.holding, people in Syria are continuing to die.

:11:10. > :11:12.Let's take a look at some other stories now.

:11:13. > :11:15.The National Health Service here in the UK has rejected a claim

:11:16. > :11:17.by the British Red Cross that hospitals and ambulance services

:11:18. > :11:23.The charity - which has been helping patients to get home

:11:24. > :11:26.after they are discharged - said more money was needed

:11:27. > :11:28.for social care to prevent people being stuck in hospital.

:11:29. > :11:30.Officials defending the NHS said the phrase "humanitarian

:11:31. > :11:36.The acting mayor of Beijing says a new team of environmental police

:11:37. > :11:38.will try to reduce hazardous levels of toxic smog engulfing

:11:39. > :11:41.The police will look for local sources of air pollution,

:11:42. > :11:43.including open-air barbeques and dusty roads.

:11:44. > :11:47.The mayor also promised to reduce coal consumption by 30% this year.

:11:48. > :11:50.Many residents have been forced to stay in their homes for days

:11:51. > :11:52.at a time over the past month to avoid breathing

:11:53. > :11:59.The former President and Prime Minister of Portugal,

:12:00. > :12:01.Mario Soares, has died at the age of 92.

:12:02. > :12:03.As a left-wing lawyer, Mr Soares was jailed then exiled

:12:04. > :12:08.during the right-wing dictatorship that ruled Portugal up to 1974.

:12:09. > :12:10.Mr Soares became the country's first democratically elected

:12:11. > :12:12.Prime Minister and also served as President later.

:12:13. > :12:14.The former human rights lawyer Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn

:12:15. > :12:18.Several African heads of state were in the capital

:12:19. > :12:24.The peaceful handover of power is being seen as a success

:12:25. > :12:25.for democracy in Africa, where leaders are often

:12:26. > :12:33.Here's what the new President and some of the crowd had to say.

:12:34. > :12:43.We are adventurous people who are in a hurry for success. I have no doubt

:12:44. > :12:48.that the gallops, energy, sense of enterprise and innovation of the

:12:49. > :12:55.Canadians can be harnessed to make Ghana the place where dreams come

:12:56. > :13:01.true. I am sure he will reduce taxes with one district, one tax, he will

:13:02. > :13:06.help create more employment. I think we need to get more investment from

:13:07. > :13:11.others into the country and it has to be very strategic, the way we get

:13:12. > :13:16.investment into the country. Because there is so much helplessness,

:13:17. > :13:18.people need work and we should be working to bring jobs. Some of the

:13:19. > :13:20.voices out of Ghana. A week of heavy rains and floods has

:13:21. > :13:23.left at least 12 people dead and thousands of villages submerged

:13:24. > :13:25.in southern Thailand. According to the country's

:13:26. > :13:27.Interior Ministry, 700,000 Forecasters are warning

:13:28. > :13:32.that the unseasonal downpours will continue for at least

:13:33. > :13:35.another two days. As David Campanale now reports,

:13:36. > :13:37.the deluge has also disrupted beach holidays in several destinations

:13:38. > :13:41.popular with tourists - the islands Heavy rains are hammering Thailand's

:13:42. > :13:48.flood ravaged south, taking the death toll higher

:13:49. > :13:51.and leaving thousands of villages In some parts, the water has

:13:52. > :14:00.risen to the rooftops. The rain is turning roads

:14:01. > :14:05.into rivers, making them impassable. It has also inundated farmland

:14:06. > :14:10.and damaged more than 1500 schools. The downpour is expected to persist

:14:11. > :14:13.for another 48 hours, with Thailand's meteorologists

:14:14. > :14:18.warning of possible flash floods. Its severity is testing

:14:19. > :14:23.the capacity of locals to cope. TRANSLATION: Now we lack food

:14:24. > :14:26.and trending water but the water Many flights and train

:14:27. > :14:32.and bus services have been delayed or suspended,

:14:33. > :14:33.and power lines Boats are being used

:14:34. > :14:40.to evacuate flood victims, while military bases have been

:14:41. > :14:43.mobilised to help in the process. For many, the downpours and flooding

:14:44. > :14:48.could not have come at a worse time. Tourism plays a vital role

:14:49. > :14:53.in the Thai economy and this is usually peak holiday season,

:14:54. > :14:55.with weather are normally both Social media showed some tourists

:14:56. > :15:02.making light of the floods, using inflatable rings to float

:15:03. > :15:05.down waterlogged streets. But others may choose to cancel

:15:06. > :15:09.or cut short their visits, taking away a desperately needed

:15:10. > :15:12.source of income for Still to come: We take a look

:15:13. > :15:24.at the protests in Sri Lanka led by Buddhist monks

:15:25. > :15:52.against Chinese development After half a century of delighting

:15:53. > :15:57.fans around the world, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang are calling

:15:58. > :16:02.it quits. The singer Paul Simon starts his tour of South Africa

:16:03. > :16:06.tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist

:16:07. > :16:10.groups. They say international artists should continue to boycott

:16:11. > :16:14.South Africa until majority rule is established. Teams tried to skew

:16:15. > :16:19.problems of oil as France recognises it faces an ecological crisis. Three

:16:20. > :16:22.weeks ago the authorities confidently assured these areas that

:16:23. > :16:28.oil from the broken tanker would head out to sea. It didn't. The

:16:29. > :16:30.world's tallest skyscraper opens later at it today. It has easily

:16:31. > :16:41.overtaken its nearest rivals. Donald Trump has defended

:16:42. > :16:45.his position on Russia, saying only fools would think having

:16:46. > :16:47.a good relationship The family of a man suspected

:16:48. > :16:52.of shooting dead five people at a Florida airport reportedly had

:16:53. > :16:54.a history of mental The government in Ivory Coast says

:16:55. > :17:02.it's reached an agreement with soldiers to end a two-day

:17:03. > :17:04.mutiny that had spread President Alassane Ouattara -

:17:05. > :17:09.in a televised address - said he had agreed to take

:17:10. > :17:12.into account the soldiers' demands The mutiny, which started

:17:13. > :17:19.in the central city of Bouake, spread to army bases in several

:17:20. > :17:22.other cities, including The BBC's Alex Duval

:17:23. > :17:33.Smith is in Abidjan. There seems to be a complex and

:17:34. > :17:39.changing position. Yes, shortly before the president announced the

:17:40. > :17:44.meeting was over, that the government would take into account

:17:45. > :17:50.the request for pay rises and bonuses that were owed to them, he

:17:51. > :17:55.chided them for having used the mutiny to demand a pay rise. Within

:17:56. > :18:02.minutes of that, we then heard that the Defence Minister, who had been

:18:03. > :18:06.negotiating all day with the mutineers, was being held hostage in

:18:07. > :18:10.a house. That seems to be the ongoing situation so on one hand,

:18:11. > :18:16.here in Abidjan the president says the mutiny is over and on the other

:18:17. > :18:19.hand the man who negotiated with the mutineers is being held hostage,

:18:20. > :18:26.apparently against his will. And gunfire was heard when he was taken

:18:27. > :18:32.to a house. Is it clear why there is this conflicting set of events going

:18:33. > :18:37.on? Is this just about pay and conditions or something else? It

:18:38. > :18:44.does seem that it has come down to pay and conditions, yes. It was

:18:45. > :18:48.surprising to hear the president say with such conviction that the mutiny

:18:49. > :18:51.was over earlier this evening. I had spoken in a few moments before

:18:52. > :18:58.hearing that to a soldier who said there is no way we will accept a

:18:59. > :19:03.deal through the Defence Minister. We want to meet the President

:19:04. > :19:07.himself. So clearly, the mutineers are not all speaking at the same

:19:08. > :19:11.voice and it will take a lot of time to get this message through to

:19:12. > :19:16.mutineers who have spread across the country in different battalions and

:19:17. > :19:20.ranks and from different parts of society. Some of them formal Josh

:19:21. > :19:21.Barro former rebels and some of them mainstream soldiers. Thank you very

:19:22. > :19:23.much. In Sri Lanka, demonstrators have

:19:24. > :19:26.clashed with police over plans to evict thousands of villagers

:19:27. > :19:29.and set up a Chinese industrial zone They're angry at being forced

:19:30. > :19:32.to leave their land, China says it will invest

:19:33. > :19:40.$5 billion in the project around Hambantota port,

:19:41. > :19:42.creating around 100,000 new jobs. Our South Asia editor,

:19:43. > :19:54.Jill McGivering reports. There was a court ban on protests

:19:55. > :19:57.but it did not stop them. Hundreds of opponents to this massive deal

:19:58. > :20:05.led by Buddhist monks showed their anger. Some accuse China of acting

:20:06. > :20:09.like new colonial power. Many are sceptical about how locals will

:20:10. > :20:17.benefit from China's investment and they say and 99 year lease is simply

:20:18. > :20:21.too long. TRANSLATION: Because of this agreement people who were born

:20:22. > :20:26.and living in this area are losing their land and houses. 15,000 acres

:20:27. > :20:33.means 12,000 houses and 35 temples. We want to know where they are

:20:34. > :20:37.sending us. They did not seem to spoil the celebration inside. For

:20:38. > :20:41.China this is a first step towards its own major manufacturing zone in

:20:42. > :20:46.southern Sri Lanka, close to the recently built port which cost

:20:47. > :20:51.Beijing more than $1 billion. It was only alone unless Lansdale is a way

:20:52. > :20:54.of getting the money back. The Sri Lankan government defends the deal

:20:55. > :21:01.and promises to compensate those losing their land. TRANSLATION: We

:21:02. > :21:05.are starting a new journey, we're going to create a powerful Sri

:21:06. > :21:09.Lanka. Nobody can stop the journey to creating a powerful new Sri Lanka

:21:10. > :21:13.which will give a bright future to the young people of this country.

:21:14. > :21:23.China has been a significant investor here for years. And that

:21:24. > :21:24.seems unlikely to end any time soon. Some sport... Jessica has the

:21:25. > :21:26.latest. Manchester United are

:21:27. > :21:28.through to the fourth round of the FA Cup in England -

:21:29. > :21:31.and it was a special day for

:21:32. > :21:32.striker Wayne Rooney. He equalled Sir Bobby Charlton's 44

:21:33. > :21:35.year old record of 249 goals for the club, as he contributed

:21:36. > :21:52.to his side's 4-0 win over Reading. It is amazing because everybody

:21:53. > :21:57.knows that what Sir Bobby means for the history of the club and the

:21:58. > :22:02.history of English football. For Wayne Rooney to score the same

:22:03. > :22:13.number of goals Manchester United is fantastic. The best they will

:22:14. > :22:18.arrive. The team was intense and dynamic, playing well, and

:22:19. > :22:22.obviously, as we expected, they are good with the ball so when we gave

:22:23. > :22:29.him the chance with the ball, they moved the ball and they created not

:22:30. > :22:34.big chances but they created some attacking football. And for a long

:22:35. > :22:36.time the game was still open. 2-0. But I am really happy with our

:22:37. > :22:38.attitude. Arsenal are also through

:22:39. > :22:40.to the fourth round - but they left it late to beat

:22:41. > :22:43.Championship side Preston North End. It took until the 89th minute

:22:44. > :22:46.for Arsene Wenger's side to find The shock of the day was the defeat

:22:47. > :22:54.of Premier League side Bournemouth Bournemouth made 11 changes

:22:55. > :22:59.to the side that drew with Arsenal on Tuesday -

:23:00. > :23:02.and didn't have a shot All the results are

:23:03. > :23:07.on the BBC Sport website. Real Madrid have matched the Spanish

:23:08. > :23:12.record for games unbeaten after extending their impressive run

:23:13. > :23:14.to 39 matches without defeat with a comfortable five

:23:15. > :23:22.nil win over Granada. Ronaldo scored a header,

:23:23. > :23:25.after he was handed his Ballon D'or award on the pitch by previous

:23:26. > :23:28.winners, before kick off. Karim Benzema also grabbed a goal -

:23:29. > :23:31.as Real's relentless run which now stretches back

:23:32. > :23:33.to April, rolls on. Real extend their lead at the top

:23:34. > :23:36.of the Primera Division, but Barcelona can pull

:23:37. > :23:38.to within three points with victory Novak Djokovic delivered the first

:23:39. > :23:44.blow of 2017 to Andy Murray as the world number two beat

:23:45. > :23:47.the world number one in the final of the Qatar Open,

:23:48. > :23:50.to end the Briton's 28 It was the Serb who took

:23:51. > :23:56.the opening set, and who served for the match in the second,

:23:57. > :23:59.but Murray was able to save three match points and force

:24:00. > :24:02.the final into a decider. The match lasted nearly three hours,

:24:03. > :24:07.and as both players tired, it was Djokovic who just edged it -

:24:08. > :24:10.6-3, 5-7, 6-4 the final score but despite that defeat, Murray

:24:11. > :24:19.retains his number one ranking. The two time double Olympic champion

:24:20. > :24:22.Sir Mo Farah finished a disappointing seventh

:24:23. > :24:24.in the Great Edinburgh International The race was won by

:24:25. > :24:27.Amercia's Leonard Korir. It was Farah's first race of 2017,

:24:28. > :24:40.and he admitted afterwards his I am definitely a little bit behind.

:24:41. > :24:44.The last bit of training has not gone as well as I wanted but this is

:24:45. > :24:48.all about the team event and I want to come here and represent my

:24:49. > :24:54.country and help the guys. Earlier on, it was all of those things where

:24:55. > :24:57.ten days beforehand, what do I do? I did a session and I knew from that

:24:58. > :25:01.but it was going to be a hard day. Australia have taken

:25:02. > :25:03.their Test Series against Pakistan 3-nil with a comprehensive 220 run

:25:04. > :25:05.win in Sydney. Pakistan were bowled out just before

:25:06. > :25:08.tea on the final day for 244 chasing 465 runs with Josh Hazlewood

:25:09. > :25:10.and Steve O'Keefe both Pakistan's hopes of holding out

:25:11. > :25:18.for a draw disappeared with the dismissals of Azhar Ali

:25:19. > :25:39.and Younis Khan before lunch. The image was taken from the most

:25:40. > :25:43.powerful telescope that Nasa has orbiting the red planet and if you

:25:44. > :25:48.look closely, the redish feature in the centre of the Earth is slowly.

:25:49. > :25:56.Pretty small but the image is from a long way away! Chip to the opticians

:25:57. > :26:04.beckons for me! That is it from me. -- a trip to the opticians.