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Hello and welcome, this is BBC World News Today

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The German Chancellor says European unity is the best response

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to outspoken comments made by Donald Trump.

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In a newspaper interview, the US President-elect

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called Nato obsolete, and said he expected more countries

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Countries want their own identity. And the UK wanted its own identity.

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The inquest opens into the Tunisian terror attack, when 38 tourists

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And hitting back at fake news, Facebook introduces new tools

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in Germany to highlight stories which seem to be false.

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The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said that

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European unity is the best response to outspoken comments

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by Donald Trump, which challenged some long-standing principles

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In an outspoken interview with the Times and Bild newspapers,

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the US President-elect didn't hold back in his criticism.

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He said the German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made a "catastrophic

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mistake" by admitting more than a million migrants.

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He said he thought Brexit was "smart" and "others will leave"

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as the EU is basically a vehicle for Germany.

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And Nato, he said, was obsolete, although he also insisted

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Little wonder that there have been some terse comments

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from Berlin and Brussels, as our diplomatic Correspondent

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They've rehearsed the inauguration in Washington with a stand-in

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for President Trump, but no one knows quite

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what to expect at Friday's ceremony, still less

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what will happen in the first 100 days with Donald Trump

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What we do know is there will be nothing conventional about it,

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because the President-elect has made that very clear.

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Among his most eye-catching new quotes, Donald Trump says the EU

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is on the brink of collapse, partly because Germany's leader

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Angela Merkel made one very catastrophic mistake with

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I think it's not good, I think it was a big

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Germany's Chancellor was diplomatically

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TRANSLATION: The fight against terrorism is a great

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We see this as a pan-European and a global task.

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I would separate this from the task of helping refugees.

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The majority of refugees have left Syria because of their

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Donald Trump also warned Germany its car companies would have

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Start building them in the US, he said, not in Germany,

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and certainly not in Mexico, or face a 35% tax.

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So what about the most complicated Trump relationship of all,

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Mr Trump will explore making "good deals" with Russia.

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As part of that, nuclear weapons on both sides should be

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It's true both the United States and Russia have more than enough

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missiles and warheads to destroy each other and Mr Trump hinted

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a nuclear negotiation might involve offering Mr Putin the easing

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But Mr Trump was also highly critical of Vladimir Putin's

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intervention in Syria, calling it "a very rough thing."

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The bombardment of Aleppo, he said, was nasty, with troops,

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in his words "shooting old ladies walking out of town."

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So, how to reconcile all that with the President-elect on Nato,

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"Nato is obsolete," he keeps repeating.

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So, what could that mean for America's new deployment

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of heavy armour to Poland to deter any future Russian threat?

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TRANSLATION: At Nato, remarks made by President-elect Trump

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As world leaders gather in the Swiss Alps for their annual

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Davos forum, many will be perplexed, even alarmed, not knowing what sort

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With me is our diplomatic and defence correspondent

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What was the most striking line out of this interview? Was it that the

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President-elect thinks Nato is obsolete? It is a contradiction,

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everything he says. He does saying Nato was obsolete. But, then, he

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goes onto say that it is very for him. He says the European Union is

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simply a vehicle for Germany and is essentially in part setup just a

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rival the United States economically. When asked about US

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security guarantees to Europe, he says, I feel very strongly towards

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Europe. It's those kinds of contradictions. One strange lead

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others haven't picked up but I think when he was asked about this

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question of moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in Israel,

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that's something he appears throughout his campaign to have

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insisted he's going to do. He refused to actually talk about that

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any further. Maybe some sign of a softening on his position.

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Essentially this man was a very unconventional candidate. It's going

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to be a very unconventional president. And I think people are

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gradually realising that perhaps he isn't going to change and they going

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to have to get used to that. What you make of the German response?

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Angela Merkel said he had great respect for her. He also said that

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she made a catastrophic mistake. Her response was that we Europeans have

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fate in our hands. That's what she said. Hers were the most diplomatic

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responses to it. Others were far more critical. The problem is that

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in many areas, the Europeans cannot stand on their own. The continent is

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obsessed now with Brexit and the problems of Britain's withdrawal

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from you. You have crucial elections in other countries, the Netherlands,

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in France the presidential elections which similarly could put a spoke in

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the works of the European project in various ways. As we saw there, in

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James' film report, the US tanks arriving in Europe, fundamentally

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whatever the European nations do in defence, and they do a lot but not

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enough, it is ultimately American security and American forces that

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guarantee Nato's defences. Whilst Europe can talk tough, it is beset

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by problems. It is the set with difficulties on trying to elaborate

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a wider foreign policy at a time when so many countries are looking

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inward to the problems of the EU itself. It isn't sufficient for the

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German chancellor to say that Europe will make its own destiny. You talk

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about contradictions, Donald Trump is known for contradicting himself

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repeatedly. At what point do people like Angela Merkel expect his point

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of view to crystallise? The German foreign secretary said he'd even

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contradicted himself on native. The fact contradicts key officeholders

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in his upcoming Cabinet is, I suppose, not surprising. A lot of

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the test will be when this government gets going, when we

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actually see the US Secretary of State out and about, expressing US

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policy, the policy of the Trump administration. Are we going to hear

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a cacophony of voices with Mr Trump second guessing them? A lack of

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clarity and so on? If that is the case, it will be very serious

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indeed. We have already seen one of the best and most positive responses

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to Mr Trump's comments today in this interview on Nato, which of course

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came from the Russians. They picked up his view that Nato is obsolete.

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They've been saying that since the end of the Cold War. So he has a

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receptive audience in some places but he has to convince America's

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allies and the West and the Middle East that he has their backs and

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that there will be a single, clear and coherent policy coming out of

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Washington. On the evidence so far, that will be a tall order. Thank

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you. In that interview, Donald Trump

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also said that Britain was "smart" to leave the EU,

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and he thought other It comes ahead of a major speech

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on Brexit on Tuesday by the British Prime

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Minister Theresa May. Our political correspondent

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Vicki Young is in Central London. How much of a boost have Donald

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Trump's words about a traitor with the UK coming soon have been for the

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Brexiteers? Well it has been welcomed by Downing Street as

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Theresa May prepares to make this speech, as the UK looks about its

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future. She's going to talk about the need to make global trade deals,

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how she wants Britain to be outward looking, which helps make the

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argument that Britain is open for business, despite the Brexit vote.

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Similar kinds of problems will be foremost in their minds. First of

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all, Donald Trump, he is unpredictable and will he follow

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through with the words he wants this very quick trade deal? Some

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suggesting that he could want it in three months. Some suggest he will

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want America's interest that hard. Can we really get a good deal out of

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America? The other problem is a quick trade deal, it's all very well

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to say that but these things in the past have taken the years. And then

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there's the problem that under EU rules Britain isn't allowed to sign

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of any trade deals until we've left the European Union, and that could

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be two years away. Downing Street saying we would abide by our

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obligations whilst were in the EU although they did suggest they could

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be scoping exercises and I certainly know there are discussions going on

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with countries like New Zealand and Australia. So, in formal talks. But

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I don't think they think this is signed and sealed you.

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18 months ago, 30 British holiday-makers died

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Now an inquest into their deaths has been told that some of the victims

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might still be alive, if local security forces

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The inquest heard that Tunisian officers had "deliberately delayed"

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For them, the inquests matter so much.

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After the anguish and grief of the past 18 months,

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As the hearing began, the names of those who died were read out,

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30 British tourists, murdered on holiday.

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They included three generations of one family, married

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The inquest heard they had needlessly lost their lives.

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Mobile phone footage shows the chaos and confusion during the attacks.

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The families watched it in court, listening to the sound of gunfire

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The gunman was Seifeddine Rezgui, a 23-year-old who was eventually

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But he'd been intent on killing tourists.

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The inquest also watched CCTV footage from around

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The lone gunman on the beach, armed with an automatic

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And also roaming around inside the hotel, looking

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A British police team put together this map of his movements.

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The red arrow indicates where he started shooting,

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near the sun loungers, before moving to the terrorists

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and outdoor pool area, and then into the hotel.

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There were no clear signs of any police or security

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Samantha Leek QC, counsel to the inquest,

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referred to a statement from a Tunisian witness.

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These inquests can't lay blame but they can offer guidance.

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The families here just want to know how their loved ones came to die

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A gunman has killed five people at a club hosting an electronic

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music festival in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen,

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Among those killed are two Canadians, an Italian

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Elections will take place in Northern Ireland

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in March after the collapse of the power sharing executive.

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It follows the resignation of Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness,

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in protest at the handling of controversial energy scheme.

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The Russian performance artist known for protest acts

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like nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square

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says he's fled the country and plans to seek asylum in France.

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Pyotr Pavlensky said he and his partner were questioned

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Upon their release, pending an investigation,

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Mr Pavlensky says they were being framed by the Russian authorities.

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A Turkish cargo plane has crashed into a residential area close

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Local authorities say at least 37 people have been killed.

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The Boeing 737 was en route from Hong Kong.

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Abduljalil Abdurasulov sent this report.

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The plane crashed and hit the buildings of the village,

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TRANSLATION: I heard a strong shot, and after that,

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Of course, everyone got frightened and started to run out

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Nobody understood what was going on because there was a fog.

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Rescue workers arrived at the scene to help survivors.

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There are children among the injured.

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And doctors fear she may lose her baby.

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This accident shocked many in Kyrgyzstan.

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Grief and sorrow were in the eyes of the emergency workers

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as they pulled out dead bodies from the rubble.

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No one from the crew survived the crash.

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The plane was operated by a Turkish company, ACT Airlines,

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which flew under the name of My Cargo Airlines.

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Although it was a foggy day, authorities say that conditions

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for landing were good, since other flights managed

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to successfully land prior to the crash.

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A special committee has been set up to investigate the accident.

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Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread

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The world's largest social network said it would enable users to flag

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up stories which appear to be fabricated.

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The BBC is also assembling a permanent team to fact check

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and debunk deliberately misleading stories.

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With me is our media editor, Amol Rajan.

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First of all, what has brought Facebook to the point it feels it

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needs to do this? Fake news is nothing new but we had in the

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electoral campaign last year, we had some stories which went viral which

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turned out not to be true. Those that claim the Pope back Donald

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Trump. Those that claim Denzel Washington backed Donald Trump.

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There is no evidence to suggest those claims were decisive in making

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sure Trump was elected but they may have been a factor and they were

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read by millions. The point is that new digital technologies, like

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social media, Facebook, Twitter etc, have created the potential for false

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information to go viral, to reach millions of people very fast. Mark

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Zuckerberg initially said it is a crazy idea, there's no way Facebook

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can influence the election but now he realises there is a lot of fake

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news around and he's taking action not only in America but in Germany,

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too. Essentially, what goes on Facebook is going to need some

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editing but how will this be done? Facebook has also been resistant to

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being the arbiters of truth. And, actually, now they've accepted some

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responsibility for the fact they need to do that, they need to make

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editorial judgments. What they going to do is in Germany, with elections

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forthcoming, there is going to be an alarm button. If people are looking

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at something and people think it is dodgy, Facebook will employ

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independent fact checkers, and if they find this stuff is unverified

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or false, there will be a mark that says this information is disputed,

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here's an explanation. It will not get rid of that content from the

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social network, but it is a way of flagging stuff that is suspicious.

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The words fake news are still bringing in the air after last

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week's press conference by Donald Trump but what our media

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organisations doing, like the BBC? All media organisations feel that

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what Donald Trump said last week, when he looked at CNN and said, you

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have fake news, it is an attack on mainstream organisations. And

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organisations like the BBC are saying we believe there is a thing

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such as true news and it is our job to find out the truth and to be the

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people that stand up for it. We have had a reality check service, and

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last week the BBC announced a couple of things. A partnership with

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Facebook to help fact checking on more of the stuff on Facebook. And

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an attempt to make fact checking a bigger part of news stories that

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appear online. It's fair to say the BBC sees itself as being in the

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front line in the fight against fake news, whatever may be. Thank you

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very much. Let's return to the big

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international event of the week, Friday's inauguration of Donald

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Trump. The new President will take power,

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despite taking fewer votes than his rival,

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because of victories Our correspondent John Kay has been

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to find out just why people there are so keen

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on their new leader. Milwaukee, known for its harsh

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winters, for making cheese and beer, and now for its role in America's

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fragile new politics. This is no place for fragile -

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junior ice hockey. This is the Green

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Bay Junior Gamblers. He likes Donald Trump

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because he's different, It just goes back to an alternative

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that's outside of the box, He's a billionaire,

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though, isn't he? He's a TV star, he's

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not exactly every man. No, he certainly is not,

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but I think there's something to be said for him being able to relate

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to, you know, a plumber, The State of Wisconsin switched

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sides in this election. The large white working-class

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electorate normally votes Democrat, They like giving new things a try

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here, even if it's risky. Your gloves and nearly as big

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as my hands, aren't they? After nine redundancy

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threats in six years, he says it's time for a businessman

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in the Oval Office. It'll be nice to have a little bit

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more stability in the job front. I'm hoping, from an economic

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stand-point, that Trump reflects giving that stability back

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to the country. Some of America's top ice athletes

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practice on this rink. I understand you like to do this

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thing, but you're not stopping to do that,

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you're not doing that Nancy was an Olympian

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and is now a coach. She told me Donald Trump

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can bring a winner's Trump makes a decision,

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he gets it done. Do you have any reservations

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about his personality, I mean, the things he's said

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about women, for example? Yeah, I think everybody

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who is behind him has some reservations, because they really

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do not know the truth behind that and they are just hoping

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at this point in his life, Wisconsin may have voted Trump,

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but only by 1% and some here are still struggling

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with the result. This is one of the most

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important jobs in the world, and I'm not certain that he's

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prepared for it. Hockey mum Liela is willing to give

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the new president a chance, even though, as a Muslim,

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she is worried by some I think we have to just wait

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and see what happens. You sound to me like maybe

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you're a little nervous? We heard that a lot here,

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a desire to unite, but an acceptance It's a case that might have baffled

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Sherlock Holmes himself. Who leaked a copy of the final

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episode of the BBC's The fact that it was dubbed

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into Russian is a major clue. But was it criminal

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piracy, done for money? Calmly, Sherlock, or I

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will finish right now. The last episode of Sherlock,

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eagerly awaited by millions, but on Saturday, a copy was leaked

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online dubbed into Russian. It was a spoiler and

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broadcasters don't like those. Everything up to this point has been

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planned with the intention of presenting this programme,

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this very important finale, as a global event, as a collective

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community of fans coming together and very much experiencing it

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for the first time and this has put The Russian version

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was widely shared online. The mystery - worthy

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of an old-fashioned Sherlock Holmes story -

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who leaked it and why? One theory, the episode was put

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online to damage the BBC, which the Kremlin doesn't much

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like at present because the Beeb is increasing its radio

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broadcasts to Russia. Another theory, it's just somebody

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trying to make money out Experts say film and television

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piracy is widespread in Russia. With Russia, it's hard to tell

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and today, the mystery deepened when the Russian state-owned

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television channel who broadcasted the series denied responsibility

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for the leak and claimed But who could the external

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third party be? No one seems to know

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and the conspiracy theorists A wedding is often described

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as the happiest day of someone's life, but, for one bridegroom

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in Japan, it may have turned This is newly-wed Masatsugu Kasai,

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who's about to undergo a traditional ceremony

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known as bridegroom-throwing. His wife, Kiyomi, was waiting

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for him at the bottom, as he was quite literally

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launched into marriage. The practice is meant to bring

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the couple a lifetime of luck. Presumably, once they'd got back

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into some warm, dry clothes. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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says European unity is the best events following controversial

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comments made by Donald Trump. The President-elect has praised the UK's

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decision to leave the EU. Francois Hollande has just replied saying the

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EU has no need for outside advice in its affairs. That's the French

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President in the last few minutes. Thanks very much for watching.

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