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America defends its decision to drop a huge bomb on Islamic State

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militants in Afghanistan, and says the operation

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The enemy had created tunnels and extensive minefields and this weapon

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was used to reduce those obstacles. Another battle against IS -

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Iraqi forces meet fierce resistance as they close

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in on the Old City of Mosul. Is North Korea's leader preparing

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for another nuclear missile test? China warns tensions

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are so high conflict And Canada is a step closer

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to legalising cannabis It was the right

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weapon for the target. America's most senior military

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commander in Afghanistan has defended the decision to drop a huge

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bomb on Islamic State militants in a remote area

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in the east of the country. This is the first time the US

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has deployed in combat the Massive Ordinance

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Air Blast bomb, referred to as 'the

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Mother of All Bombs'. The Afghan government

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says 36 militants were killed and no civilians,

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although the Islamic State A remote valley in a room or

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country. 11 tonnes of high explosive

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dropped on an Isis tunnel complex in the mountains

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of eastern Afghanistan. The weapon used is called a BOAB

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or a massive ordnance air burst, also known as

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the mother of all bombs. This was its first

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time used in combat. This was the right weapon

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against the right target. We will continue to work shoulder

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to shoulder with our Afghan comrades to eliminate this threat

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to the Afghan people, especially the people

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in Kandahar and the people in the entire region and the people

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around the world. Local villagers confirmed that Isis

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fighters had set up bases in the mountains behind them

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and said the bomb had hit its target, but the strike

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was condemned by so-called Islamic State

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and the Afghan former president. How could the United States

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use Afghanistan as its For testing weapons of mass

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destruction on our soil? President Trump's targets now

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include three major problem areas for the US, Afghanistan,

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Syria and North Korea. The massive weapon that the Pentagon

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has used in Afghanistan has intended to send a message

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to its enemies, you're not safe In Syria, the Trump Administration

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will be hoping that that last week's cruise missile strike will deter

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President Assad from any further Mr Trump is hoping sending this

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powerful naval armada off shore will deter

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further nuclear tests. The question is can you manage

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three global crisis It is very possible that if these

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three scenarios come together, Syria, Afghanistan and

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North Korea, that it would overwhelm the policy-making capabilities

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of Mr Trump's Administration. planning capabilities

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of the Pentagon and it resource capabilities

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of the US military. President Trump and his entourage

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now feel they are on a roll, tackling head on the foreign

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policy challenges the previous administration was

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unable to resolve. There is now the risk that racking

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up the rhetoric could lead America into new conflict or in the absence

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of any swift resolutions, Mr Trump will turn his back on foreign

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adventures and focus instead on Joining me from our Washington

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studio is Doctor Kamran Bokhari from George Washington University's

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Program on Extremism. Thank you for joining us. Let's

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start with the ball itself. The general described this as the right

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weapon for the target. What do you make of this? I think that is pretty

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accurate. He would not be using a $15 million a piece weapon

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frivolously. Or just to send a message or Telegraph something to

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the North Koreans or the Russians. I think there was significant

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intelligence about the identity of the people who were in this complex.

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That they were high level operatives of Isis and there is the logistics.

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What kind of weapon will be used in a decisive strike and lead to the

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outcome that is desired? How significant was the target area? We

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are talking about 300 metre long network of caves and tunnels. How

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significant was that link this location? -- heading this location?

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We do not have much intelligence on it but if the decision was taken to

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use this weapon, it means that there was a significant complex that could

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not be taken out by any other weapon, at least not in a decisive

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weight. Of course the people inside were not low level operatives, they

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had to be senior officials who were actually involved in the planning of

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attacks on other countries. Let's focus on those operatives, Isis has

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been operating in Afghanistan since 2015. We know so much about them in

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Iraq and Syria. We have to keep in mind that Isis did not walk or

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travel from its core car to Afghanistan. The Isis in

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Afghanistan, like any other country, Bangladesh or somewhere in Africa,

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consists of local actors who have joined Isis on their own. They were

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there and they had their own presence. They just switched sides.

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They were likely former Taliban or I chi leader. Or both. They had the

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wherewithal to support the Isis cause. -- Al-Qaeda leader. Isis may

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have given them some assistance. Therefore, this is a formidable

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presence. They have demonstrated their ability to target capital. If

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you have the intelligence, you do not sit on it, you act on it. A lot

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is being said about Donald Trump cosmic strategy or a lack of it. --

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Donald Trump's strategy or a lack of it. Is there is strategy or are

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these one of strikes? We talk about strategy. We have to keep in mind

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that a change in Government, in terms of the new political party

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taking office or new head of state, does not mean there will be a new

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strategy. Yes, there will be new ideas that will be brought to the

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table through the new staff of the president trying to deal with the

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same problems that their predecessors were struggling with.

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That's something to bear in mind when we talk about strategy. At this

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point, there is no good strategy. There are a set of options that most

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of them are on it a sliding scale of bad to worse. This is a very

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difficult situation and it does not matter whether Trump is in office or

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if Hillary Clinton had been collected, she would have faced the

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same problem. You take it one day at the time and hence the one off

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strikes and you deal with it not in a... But in a fashion that makes

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sense for the reality on the ground as it falls. A sliding scale of bad

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to worse. We are going to leave it there but thank you very much for

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your expertise. Let's turn to Iraq now

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where government forces are also Iraqi authorities have told

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the residents of Mosul to remain indoors as security forces begin

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encircling the Old City, before Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan

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Beale reports from the front line. The old city of Mosul

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and its most famous landmark, the leaning minaret

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of the Al Nuri Mosque. This is where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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where first appeared as leader of the so-called

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Islamic State. They still control it,

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most of what you can see. We know the enemy is weak

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and on its last legs. A visit to the front line, though,

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tells a different story. For the past few weeks,

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the Iraqi advance Well, these the federal police

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are surrounded on two sides by IS and they are firing

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on their positions. The IS snipers just

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10 metres from this You can see the rounds,

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the IS rounds coming in here pretty Tens of thousands of civilians

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are still trapped, caught Much of Mosul has already

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been turned to rubble. Even in these deserted

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streets, recently secured,

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there is just the debris of war. Here discarded IS uniforms

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and nearby one of But the enemy is not

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just hiding in the city. We joined an Iraqi intelligence

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unit hunting down IS infiltrators and collaborators

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who have already escaped. Now seeking shelter

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and avoiding capture in camps, living alongside

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the innocents of this war

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who fled the fighting. In the camp or in his

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house, in Mosul. The extremists may be

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losing their grip on Mosul, but even if they are defeated,

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IS will not have gone away. North Korea has vowed to mount

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a "merciless" response to any US provocation following comments

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from President Donald Trump that the isolated regime's nuclear

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weapons programme "will be dealt Meanwhile, Pyongyang

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is thought to be preparing parade tomorrow at which its latest

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missile technology Our reporter John Sudworth

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is with a group of foreign journalists invited

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to witness the event. In North Korea, the spectre of war

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looms large over daily life. These girls are singing

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about being soldiers. While, not far away,

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real ones crowd into a shrine to the country's founding president,

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General Kim Il-sung. These are scenes akin

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to a religious pilgrimage. But of course in honour

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of a still ruling family their disposal all of the myths that

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would rival any of the world's great And as the country prepares

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to display its devotion at the anniversary of Kim Il-Sung's

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birth this weekend there is an awareness of the rising

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tension with America. If we do not have

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the nuclear weapons, the nuclear weapons of another

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country will come on our soil. It doesn't matter whether Americans,

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they make the situation on It doesn't matter, we feel safe

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because we have the great This week, the current ruler

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Kim Jong-un held this meeting where his late

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grandfather was honoured. He is also thought to be

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planning a massive military parade as a powerful tribute

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and a message of defiance. This is a country where

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art and armaments are blended in singular purpose,

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to demonstrate to the watching world that its nuclear ambitions

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will not be stopped. Let's bring you up-to-date with some

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of the other news. A vigil is being held in Lagos

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to mark the three years since the mass abduction of more

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than 270 schoolgirls Rallies have also been held to urge

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the government to increase Most of the girls who were abducted

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from the town of Chibok A Japanese woman who murdered three

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lovers faces execution after the Supreme Court

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rejected her final appeal. Kanae Kijima poisoned all three men

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with carbon monoxide after giving It could take years for the hanging

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of Kijima, who has married twice since being caught,

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to be carried out. New Zealand is cleaning up

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after avoiding the worst of a powerful storm that swept

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across the country. Cyclone Cook caused landslides,

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uprooted trees,forced road closures and left thousands

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of homes without power. But the storm moved quickly down

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the country, easing fears of prolonged rain

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flooding low-lying areas. Several thousand people have

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been evacuated from four Ben James has been following this

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story and reports from Beirut. Ready to move after

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a series of delays. Ambulances and buses are taking

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civilians and fighters from the Foua and Kefraya are

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held by the government. Another, Zabadani,

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is also part of the deal. It is thought people

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there will begin to be moved All four towns have been

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under siege for more than But many people did not

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want to leave their homes. We do know know what

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to say at this time. You feel like you're

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leaving your land. We are leaving our lives,

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our hopes our future, our memories, The UN has described

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the humanitarian situation as Activists shared footage last year

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that appears to show people eating grass and leaves

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from trees to survive. People from the Government towns

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were taken to this opposition held area near Aleppo,

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ahead of their onward journey. Critics say starvation is being used

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as a tactic to force deals like this and redraw

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the sectarian map of Syria in the President Assad insists he sees

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the movement as temporary. It is expected 30,000 people will be

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moved in this latest deal, the largest

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of its kind so far. Police in Israel say a Palestinian

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man has fatally stabbed a British The attack took place

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near the Old City where Christians The violence occurred at a time

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of heightened security because of the Jewish Passover

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holiday and the Christian Easter. Our correspondent Tom

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Bateman has the details. The police and the security agency

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Shin Bet here have said that it was a 57-year-old man who lived

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in a Palestinian neighbourhood east They say he has been recently

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released from a psychiatric hospital and suggested he had

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previous criminal convictions. That may shed some light

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at the early stage of this investigation

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as to what went on. In terms of this attack

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itself, we know that this woman was attacked

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on It was running on part

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of the line just outside Jerusalem's old city when this woman

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was repeatedly stabbed this morning. There was an attempt

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to resuscitate her and Two other people were much

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less seriously hurt. A 30-year-old woman who is pregnant

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and a 50-year-old man. It seems either in

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a panic to get away when the tram stopped,

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perhaps rather suddenly. Some more details are now

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emerging about this. heightened security at this time

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of year in Jerusalem, with authorities aware of

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the fact that many more It is the Jewish Passover week

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which means many people in the old city itself and Christian pilgrims

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heading for Easter festivities, too. And has been hurled. Blasphemy is

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punishable by death in Pakistan but the incident has shocked many. A

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quiet dignified funeral begins for a young student whose life was so

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brutally brought to an end. His father buries his son. The latest

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victim to be accused of larceny and then curled in Pakistan. -- killed.

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In this country, there is no freedom of expression. We have killed my son

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and then left the blame on him. I am his father. He used to sit at home

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and speak lovingly about the message of Prophet Muhammad. He had been

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studying at the University. Yesterday, a mob of hundreds of

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young men rampaged through the campus, accusing him of spreading

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blasphemy on line. This is his room where he tried to hide from the mob.

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You can still see on the walls philosophical quotes he had written

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up. From his Windows years he would have seen the mob as they came down

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the path. -- window here. Eventually, they found him. They

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kicked him and beat him and shot him. They dragged him downstairs and

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continued to beat him. All films on video is too horrific to show. Long

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after he was dead, they continued to attack his body. They wanted to set

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his dead body ablaze but the police took action and his dead body was

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protected. The university has been closed indefinitely and a number of

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arrests have been made. Close to 70 people have been murdered in

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Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy in the past years. This

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has shocked many but there has not been the outrage from Government

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officials one might expect. I want justice for my country and I want it

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so that nothing like this happens to any other child. They did not just

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attack my son but by doing it in the university, the challenge the state.

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The state should ensure justice. -- ensure justice. He described himself

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as a humanist. Many are sharing his writings on line.

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Police in Italy have arrested a Mafia boss who absconded from prison

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last year. He had been serving a life sentence for murder and drug

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trafficking. Police followed his wife and spotted him preparing a

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barbecue outside a flat in Tuscany. The Canadian Government has

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introduced legislation that would legalise marijuana next year. It

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would become only the second country after you require it to legalise the

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drug as a consumer product. On Thursday at the Prime Minister

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fulfilled his campaign promise and introduced legislation to legalise

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marijuana in the name of safety. If your objective is to protect public

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health and safety and keep cannabis out of the hands of miners and stop

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the flow of profits to illegal crime, then the law that stands

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today has been an abject failure. The Government says its plan to

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regulate the sale of marijuana will keep kids away from it and stop

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money going to organised criminals. The proposed legislation which has

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introduced today seeks to legalise, strictly regulate and restrict

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access to cannabis and it will make Canada safer. It will impose serious

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criminal penalties that provide cannabis to young people, create an

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illegal market to cannabis and it will protect public health through

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strict requirements for safety and quality. It would set the minimum

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legal age for use at 13. Individual Robinsons will be able to raise the

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age. -- regions. They will be able to possess 30 grams of dried

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marijuana. There will be tougher penalties for selling to miners and

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harsher penalties for those using cannabis and driving. Crossing the

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US border after smoking pot, there are still some areas that need

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ironing out. Every Saltburn country has the ability to make the

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decisions for themselves. -- Saltburn country. It should be

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decided by Canada day. More and more companies are being

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encouraged to bring their pet to work. What are the pitfalls? My

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colleague has been finding out. Brooke, Reggie Max and Peggy our

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office buddies. The foreign's pets at work scheme has proved so popular

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that 100 dogs will have passed an assessment to gain their own staff

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passed by the end of the year. People did wonder how many dogs

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would be coming into the office and whether we would have large numbers

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roaming the office. On any given day, we have a total of 25 dogs in

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an office of 1000 people and it is very rare to hear a dog bark in the

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office but they are there if you want to go and find one to pet. We

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do not just relieve stress and help build office camaraderie. It has

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helped to meet make friends. They come and talk to me. They do not

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know my name but the note my dog. What about that time when she needs

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to go to the toilet? She starts to get up and places a little bit. We

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have had the odd accident in the past. Dog daycare is ?30 a day and I

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have three of them. For me it is a big saving. Have there ever been any

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other fall outs with any other dogs? Not that I have seen. They love

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chasing each other around the park and the odd bar. A good idea or a

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bad idea? I am going to regret asking. Tell

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A cloudy day across parts of the country. Some rain as well. A fresh

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feel to the

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