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or at a subsidised rate is gone for good — warns a leading health think tank. breaking news here on the context, news coming from our political correspondent helen katz, it's political make a new story, not good news for rishi sunak�*s government, he is set to face another by election next year after voters in the constituency of willingboro north antrim sure sit voted to move peter, he was suspended from parliament just last peter, he was suspended from parliamentjust last month for six parliament just last month for six weeks parliamentjust last month for six weeks which triggered a recall petition, having to do with that investigation found that he had allegedly bullied a member of staff and indecently expose himself on an overseas trip. he denies the
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allegations and remains suspended by the conservative party and won his seat back in 2005 and retained it ever since. seat back in 2005 and retained it eversince. back seat back in 2005 and retained it ever since. back in 2019, he had an majority of 18 and a half thousand. 0ver majority of 18 and a half thousand. over 30% of voters voted to sign the petition, about the requirement 1a for him to lose his seat, so there will be a by election, the 20th by election, apparently, iam will be a by election, the 20th by election, apparently, i am told, to be held in this part parliament. we will have more on that later in the programme. left a support centre and catherine has a sport. the nottingham forest manager steve cooper had been living on thin—ice with just one win in the last three months. they had been difficult to beat at home this season, but not in recent weeks and defeat to tottenham at the city ground last friday night proved to be cooper's last game in charge. the former wolves and spurs manager nuno espirito santo has been in talks with the club
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and his appointment is expected to be confirmed shortly. colin hazleden reports. there are moments affable institution when boards new —— and know exactly what is needed to be done, whether managers since the advice or they should move on to make the way for the next person through the doors. that has not been obvious here at nottingham forest, the reason is the connection he has built with the club and with friends. picking them up in the championship, it them to the premier league and getting them to stay there against the odds the he has given whole generations of finds a connection and experience they have never had before. that's how far you have to go back, how special it has been, and that's why there has been the delay. 0ne been, and that's why there has been the delay. one win in 13, not having one since bonfire night would have done for other managers long ago,
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but the board held on to put the sugarin but the board held on to put the sugar in the wake of defeat here against spurs, and now it is about what their decision means. we are sure that new manager will be a nuno espirito santo, the man who worked miracles at wolves, getting them into european come petition in two seasons running but he will represent a change of tone. you can expect less training ground closeness to the players any more 0lympian view of how players should manage, it will be interesting to see whether he can build a relationship with the supporters here. decision has been made, the change has come, whether it's a good change has come, whether it's a good change for nottingham forest, that would have to wait and see. manchester city beat urawa red diamonds to set up a meeting with south american champions fluminense in the final of the club world cup on friday. pep guardiola's side dominated throughout and went ahead through an own goal.
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mateo kovacic added city's second before portugal midfielder bernardo silva added city's third before the hour mark. brazil's fleming nancy had beaten al ali 2-0, brazil's fleming nancy had beaten al ali 2—0, ensuring the 13th meeting between the champions of europe and their south american counterparts in their south american counterparts in the show please match since 2005. it's the quarterfinals of the efl cup in england — three matches taking place. this is the latest picture. everton v fulham. evanson —— fulham are up 1—0, middlesbrough lead 2—0 and newcastle are up 1—0 @ stamford bridge. the final quarterfinal takes place on wednesday at anfield and in all or merely affair.
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it's been a record breaking day in dubai where the indian premier league auction has been taking place with the world's best male cricketers going under the hammer as teams finalise their squads for next year's competition. two australian world cup winners attracted the biggest bids. captain pat cummins has been bought for £1.9 million by sunrisers hyderabad, a record that didn't last long, because his aussie team—mate mitchell starc was then bought by kolkata knight riders for £2.3 million, making him the most expensive player in ipl history. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, and some breaking news coming into us in the last two minutes, we have been talking about the potential un resolution, the guys a draught put forward by the uae for the security council to vote on and allow some sort of sensations of hostilities to allow humanitarian aid, delay has continued. we told you how it had been delayed since
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yesterday, it has now been delayed until it wednesday, 4pm gmt, 11am new york time, that is after the meeting between the council. we are still waiting to hear exactly what the story is behind this delay, but the story is behind this delay, but the news is we are not going to get a vote on this resolution to halt hostilities in gaza until at least tomorrow. there's been intense discussion over the wording of the draught resolution. members of the council wanted to avoid any chance of it being vetoed. something similar has been vetoed already by the us because of the language it contained, so language all another breaking story this hour, peter bone, the conservative mp, he has been removed as mp for his constituency and there was nobody a by election at some point next year for the conservative party. not the
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news that prime minister rishi sunak wanted to hear this close to christmas, helen katz is our political correspondent with the story. political correspondent with the sto . , political correspondent with the sto. , . , political correspondent with the sto . , ., , ., story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected — story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as _ story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as a _ story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as a conservative - story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as a conservative mp i was elected as a conservative mp backin was elected as a conservative mp back in 2005 for the northamptonshire constituency of willingboro, but about one month ago in parliament's behavioural in pa rliament�*s behavioural watchdog, in parliament's behavioural watchdog, they published a report of an investigation into claims of bullying and sexual misconduct and they found he had broken the rules on those. that he had bullied a staff member, physically striking and throwing things at him, and indecently expose himself to a staff member on an overseas trip. what happened then was that parliament voted to suspend peter bone for six weeks which triggered a recall petition, a piece of legislation passed in 2015 which means that if an mp is suspended for a certain
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number of days from commons, a petition is triggered in their constituency and if 10% of eligible voters sign it, they are no longer the mp and a by election is held. that is what has been here, 13.2% of voters in his constituency voted, so as of tonight peter bone is not an mp. there will be a by election next year. it is possible he could stand in that but because he has been suspended also by the conservative party over all this, he wouldn't be able to stand as a tory. he is is is able to stand as a tory. he is is is a statement in the last few minutes, who is squaring the process of this, saying he finds it bizarre that 86.6 -- 86.6% of saying he finds it bizarre that 86.6 —— 86.6% of the electorate did not wish to remove them, he says it came about as a result of inquiry regarding alleged misconduct toward
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an employee which occurred over ten years ago, he said there were true allegations and will have more to say on the matter but at this point is not confirming either a whether he will stand for the by election. thank you for bringing us up—to—date on that story. here in the uk, it is no secret that the nhs is struggling — particularly when it comes to dentistry. a leading health think tank says the traditional model of nhs dentistry is now gone for good — and can't be restored without an unrealistically large amount of money. the nuffield trust report says radical change is needed. dr greig taylor, lecturer in paediatric dentistry at newcastle university can tell us what impact this is having on patients. it's a stark thing to say that traditional model of an interest —— —— dentistry is gone for good, what does that mean for people in the uk
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who rely on that? it’s does that mean for people in the uk who rely on that?— who rely on that? it's a hard thing to fathom that _ who rely on that? it's a hard thing to fathom that members - who rely on that? it's a hard thing to fathom that members of- who rely on that? it's a hard thing to fathom that members of the i to fathom that members of the public in the united kingdom are not able to access a dentist regularly for dental needs, whether regular checkups or in pain. so it's something that is going to get even harder, particularly as we move forward and the impact it would have not only on members of the public but also our paediatric ablation, the population i am in the colour, is going to be tremendously challenging to see. mb? is going to be tremendously challenging to see.- is going to be tremendously challenging to see. why has this happened? _ challenging to see. why has this happened? multiple _ challenging to see. why has this happened? multiple reasons, i. challenging to see. why has this - happened? multiple reasons, ithink there certain — happened? multiple reasons, ithink there certain impacts _ happened? multiple reasons, ithink there certain impacts from _ happened? multiple reasons, ithink there certain impacts from the - there certain impacts from the coronavirus pandemic, and i think the current contracts and reform thatis the current contracts and reform that is required with nhs dentistry is something that is been needed. i think access is becoming harder as nhs dentists are finding it more difficult to run their services and it's unfortunate this is the case
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but these dentists are innate difficult position. in the current weight they are paid and renewal merited, it doesn't necessarily predict for a good high quality dental care, therefore the patients are not getting that under the current system.— are not getting that under the current s stem. ~ . , ., , current system. what is the answer here? i've been _ current system. what is the answer here? i've been reading _ current system. what is the answer here? i've been reading about - current system. what is the answer here? i've been reading about thisl here? i've been reading about this story and we are people who said they haven't seen it dentist for four years which can't be right, surely? in four years which can't be right, surel ? ., , four years which can't be right, surel ? . , , ., four years which can't be right, surel? . , ., , surely? in many cases that is the case, unfortunately. _ surely? in many cases that is the case, unfortunately. lots- surely? in many cases that is the case, unfortunately. lots of - surely? in many cases that is the j case, unfortunately. lots of ways surely? in many cases that is the i case, unfortunately. lots of ways to consider how it can be moved forward, certainly for patients that are the most vulnerable who are most affected by dental disease it can be affected by dental disease it can be a detriment to them because of this, as a think tank mentioned, there are requirements of large funding to be put in the system, which isn't perisset realistic so also is a rethink is needed about the reform
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so the core services are provided for those most vulnerable in society, including children and that, there needs to be where the allocation of resources are focused on it. ~ , ., allocation of resources are focused on it. ~ , . , allocation of resources are focused onit. m on it. why are things so difficult for this country _ on it. why are things so difficult for this country i _ on it. why are things so difficult for this country i suppose i on it. why are things so difficult for this country i suppose other| for this country i suppose other countries like the us? it’s for this country i suppose other countries like the us?— countries like the us? it's a different — countries like the us? it's a different model _ countries like the us? it's a different model in - countries like the us? it's a different model in the i countries like the us? it's a different model in the us, i countries like the us? it's a i different model in the us, others are insurance based or a private situation, and in this country we should be proud of the fact the nhs is available and we should be able to access the recent care. so, i think the need for an interest dentists service is paramount, how thatis dentists service is paramount, how that is delivered and how that looks needs to be more focus on prevention, for example, and making sure that these patients who have their basic dental needs, whether it is pain or simplot restoration or root canal treatments for example,
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are carried out appropriately and to high—quality, but also that the dentist provided these are paid up properly for it. dentist provided these are paid up preperly for it— properly for it. thank you doctor gre: properly for it. thank you doctor greg taylor _ properly for it. thank you doctor greg taylor for _ properly for it. thank you doctor greg taylor for taking _ properly for it. thank you doctor greg taylor for taking the i properly for it. thank you doctor greg taylor for taking the time | properly for it. thank you doctor| greg taylor for taking the time to speak with us. ukraine's president zelensky has called for the mobilisation of half a million more troops in the fight to push back russia's invasion of his country. speaking during his end of year address, he said that ukraine's counteroffensive has stopped moscow from making any military advances at all in 2023. though he said that without extra support from allies in washington and brussels it is impossible to say when the war with russia will end. translation: regarding the reduction in aid, if we are talking _ about weapons and if that had an impact, the fact that ukraine didn't have air supremacy, that had an impact on the southern operation in 2023. we don't control the skies, we don't have enough ammunition, but that doesn't mean that we will not find a solution. but for this, we really need
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support because we simply lack some weaponry. let's talk now to inna sovsun — a ukrainian mp. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the end of year address is something president zelensky obviously wanted to use to build up morale among ukrainians. where do you see the morata standing right now at the end of what has been a difficult year and the beginning of another long winter?— difficult year and the beginning of another long winter? where entering the second winter— another long winter? where entering the second winter of _ another long winter? where entering the second winter of this _ another long winter? where entering the second winter of this full-scale i the second winter of this full—scale invention, and a tenth of the war in general, so you can imagine the society overall is exhausted. exhibit sauce into live through the air raid alerts and the night at sex in the cities far away from the front nine but also difficult for those under front line themselves or those under front line themselves or those whose loved ones are in the
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front lines. people are exhausted and need to see there is a bright future ahead of us and there is a path to victory and truth is right now there is no clear path to victory. it's complicated and going through some unpopular decisions both inside the country and also tough negotiations and diplomatic efforts abroad, and the president had to present this reality to the people without discouraging them but i do same time presenting the reality we are in right now. and thatis reality we are in right now. and that is what he did today in the press conference. he that is what he did today in the press conference.— that is what he did today in the press conference. he said he is confident _ press conference. he said he is confident the _ press conference. he said he is confident the us _ press conference. he said he is confident the us won't - press conference. he said he is confident the us won't treat i confident the us won't treat ukraine, coming after republicans in congress ended up talking a military aid package. how crucial is it it package from the us and continued support from other allies? it is critical because _ support from other allies? it is critical because at _ support from other allies? it 3 critical because at this moment we receive the majority of our weapons from our partners and we are extremely grateful for that. there
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is some progress in that direction. 0ne is some progress in that direction. one of the bright moments in the press conference was the president announcing we are planning to produce1 million drones announcing we are planning to produce 1 million drones ourselves on ukrainian soil with ukrainian reduction capacities next year, so that gives us hope. of course, we are unable to produce fighterjets and tanks at this point of time, so we are still very much reliance on our partners, and that is why we hope the aid package in the us will be passed on him and the willingness of other countries to continue to help, including that of the united kingdom, germany, the biggest apart from the us in terms of hope, hopefully they continue otherwise routine will prevail because he has production capacity, he doesn't care about people so there is no way a smaller country can win against the big enemy without the help of friends. ., ., big enemy without the help of friends. . ~ ., ., , ., friends. talk to me a bit about soldiers because _ friends. talk to me a bit about soldiers because we _
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friends. talk to me a bit about soldiers because we heard i friends. talk to me a bit about. soldiers because we heard from president zelensky talking about potentially half a million more soldiers, where will they come from? that is probably the most difficult question that the societies asking right now because on the one hand there are people who have been fighting for almost two years. they are tired and their families fighting for almost two years. they are tired and theirfamilies miss them and they are exhausted and they deserved rest. that is the question ofjustice in the society, i feel that myself very much, my partner is on the front nine at the world from day one, and i can see how tired he is and how difficult it is to be on the front nine most of the time. on the front nine most of the time. on the other hand, that would require changing people and bringing new people. technically there are enough people. technically there are enough people in the society who can be mobilised but the question is of training, so we need training facilities in huge numbers, is not tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands of people to be trained
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and they need uniforms and weapons, all of that needs to come rather quickly, in the short term to change the people were been fighting for almost two years now. so, that is a big question right now, are we able to produce the number of soldiers the army requires? it to produce the number of soldiers the army requires?— to produce the number of soldiers the army requires? it has been good to talk to you. _ the army requires? it has been good to talk to you, thank _ the army requires? it has been good to talk to you, thank you _ the army requires? it has been good to talk to you, thank you very - the army requires? it has been good to talk to you, thank you very much l to talk to you, thank you very much indeed for talking to us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. it all started the dream of producing the food i was happy eating, but also a real strong connection to the natural world because it started just with a few sounds. it did. and it was a time where you could do that because of farmers. markets were popping up everywhere. so it allowed me to start in a very rough patch of land,
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get some sows, get some fattening pigs, set up a little tiny butchery and go straight to market. what's in the field behind you, jim? we've got some gloucestershire old spots. large blacks, 0xford, sandy and blacks and some saddlebags. and i know along the way that you have well become a bit of a campaigner, really. i mean, you care about the politics in all of this, don't you? completely. 0ur farmers are so important not only in terms of food production, but also dealing with the crisis we find ourselves in with the climate. and we only have to have a look at the war in ukraine and how important producing our own food is. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. some breaking news from france, the ex—wife of a serial killer in france has just been sentenced to life in prison for her part into murders and a kidnapping. 75—year—old monique 0livier i've been in trialfor
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involvement in the rape and murder of 20—year—old joanna parrish in 1990 and 18—year—old in 1988. this lady was also accused of having to kidnap a 19—year—old in 2003, estelle's but it was never recovered. so, to bring it that big breaking news from france, she has been found guilty of that offence, get the of her part into murders and her —— a kidnapping. we will bring you more on that story as we get it on bbc news. when it gets to this time of the year — a week before christmas — we start to see a lot of end of year progress reports trickle in. later in the programme we will take stock of rishi sunak�*s record in meeting some of his key pledges. but first, we are going to look at the eu and see how the bloc is fairing on upholding one of its key policies — the green deal. according to a new progress report from the bloc�*s
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own environment agency, the eu is likely" or "very likely" to miss the majority of its 2030 green objectives. specifically, the bloc is set to overshoot its primary energy consumption targets and undershoot its renewable energy targets. on a more positive note, the report says eu is on track to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 2030 compared to 1990, the agency said. joining us now is simone tagliapietra, seniorfellow at bruegel and professor of energy, climate and environmental policy at the catholic university of milan. good to have you on the programme. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, what do you make of this report? it doesn't particularly make for positive reading, does it? this
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re ort is for positive reading, does it? try 3 report is consistent with previous findings by the european court of auditors or by the eu climate 0bservatory, all of this analyses the fact that the action to the carbonised the european economy, to make green the european economy, we need to sharply accelerate by 2030 in order to meet the targets we have given ourselves. so, we have different voices telling the same story here. different voices telling the same story here-— story here. tell me a bit about where we _ story here. tell me a bit about where we are _ story here. tell me a bit about where we are seeing _ story here. tell me a bit about| where we are seeing emissions reductions happened and where we are not seen them happening, because that's also important, isn't it westmark it remains that improve the —— it remains an important initiative because the eu has set clear targets for decarbonisation. by clear targets for decarbonisation. by 2030. it has unleashed a number
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of legislation to get there and also funding but when it comes to emissions reduction, so far the eu has been critical at the carbonised in the electricity sector, which is that say easier to the carbonised but not so good in the carbonised and other sectors such as transport, building and agriculture. in these so—called harder to abate sensors, the decarbonisation path needs to be accelerated by a factor of two or four over the next few years to get to our decarbonisation targets. thank you, so good to talk to, enters into get a good grip on what is happening with eu policy and the future for the green deal. thank you forjoining us. before we go, let's go live to iceland because these pictures coming into us right now from the
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book ultimate —— book volcanic eruption on bbc news. it is been predicted by scientists, they have been watching this poking up for about three or four months but it does not take a week from the fact that these are absolutely incredible pictures. the area around the volcano has obviously been very much evacuated but there are fears tonight of potential gas pollution hitting iceland as or capital because of the gas emitted by the volcano. in the last 30 minutes or so i spoke to a professor, a volcanologist —— poconos just, so i spoke to a professor, a volcanologist —— poconosjust, about the 2010 volcanic eruption, some of you may not remember it, i've had it few tweets asking about that eruption back in 2010, there was a huge volcanic eruption in iceland, another volcano i would not pronounce the name because i do not want to go viral again because it ——
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the explosion pushed particles up into the atmosphere and many nights into the atmosphere and many nights in europe are in fact i think all flights were cancelled for a period of time. this explosion is a lot less serious than that so our volcanologist, it almost makes me think of star trek when i sit volcanologist, he is clear it is not as serious, there is no danger to life but the pictures are amazing and we will leave you with these pictures as we and this hour on the context on bbc news. you can read more about the 2010 volcanic explosion and this one on the bbc website or the bbc news app from wherever you are in the world, but for now... watch iceland. hello there. it's been quite a poor day today
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across many southern parts of england with a lot of rain around. further north, well, we did see some sunshine eventually across the north of england and into parts of wales, and we've seen a mixture of sunshine and showers earlier in scotland. this was the shield of cloud that stretched across england and wales. you can see how it's been shifting south—eastwards and the rain is getting taken away at long last. following on from that, we've got clear spells through the night. showers continuing in the north, maybe a bit wintry over the hills in scotland and some further rain coming in from the atlantic to northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the night. a bit chilly ahead of that in the north—east of scotland. typical temperatures elsewhere around 6—7 degrees. now, there may not be a lot of sunshine around for tomorrow. we've got this rain coming in from the north—west. now, most of it will continue to affect the hills in the west, where it's going to be very misty and murky with some hill fog. there is going to be a lot of cloud, but it's going to be a lot drier than today in the south and the south—east. and it's a milder day on the whole, temperatures typically 10—11 degrees, but it will turn windy through the day. however, the winds will strengthen
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further on wednesday night and into thursday, and it's during this period that we've got a greater risk of some travel disruption. and it's getting windier because this deep low pressure here, possibly a named storm, will sweep across the north of scotland, heading to scandinavia with the really strong winds wrapped around that. and it will be a windy day everywhere on thursday. widely gusts of 50—60 mph, but it's across northern parts of scotland that we're more likely to get gusts of 80 mph. very windy day in scotland, sunshine and wintry showers to come here. sunshine and showers across other areas, but further south, may well hang on to more cloud and a bit of patchy rain as well. here in those strong winds, temperatures will reach 12—13, but the day gets colder, i think, with those wintry showers and strong winds in scotland. and as the low pressure moves away, we get this push of strong winds south through the north sea, bringing some big waves, some rough seas, bit of a storm surge going on and the risk of some coastal flooding.
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things could be a lot worse, though, if we had some spring tides. now, the winds do gradually ease down a bit on friday. for most of us, we're in some colder air, more wintry showers in scotland, milder air trying to come into the west.
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the context on bbc news. an hour and a half before we were expecting the much delayed un security council vote on a new resolution calling for a pause in the fighting in gaza, that vote was delayed until wednesday to allow negotations to continue. we'll be live at the un. also coming up, rishi sunak gets one final grilling from senior mps before christmas as he answers question from the liaison committee on issues including israel and his rwanda scheme. president zelensky tells the ukrainian people that he is confident they will win the war despite not getting more military funding and calls for half a million more ukrainians tojoin the army. 0n the panel tonight to discuss it all is jack blanchard, who's the uk editor of politico, and esther brimmer, who's a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and has previously worked at the us department of state. negotiators in the united nations
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