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when you could have a thejob. when you could have a national wealth fund to invest in scottish steel and sports. a british jobs bonus to create 50,000 newjobs in scotland's industrial heartlands. a publicly owned company, great british energy, based in scotland, investing in scotland's energy. removing our dependence, bills and cheaper scottish homes, that is the change we deliver for scotland. applause and finally, i would also say this. because if you do want that change for scotland, if you do want this to be more than words, if we are to show you that labour britain and what it can do for your community,
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then we do need the opportunity to serve. maybe for the first time in a long while, that chance, that change, that difference we could make, is on the ballot at the general election. and the power of the vote. the power to build a new scotland rests in your hands. because all around scotland, you can see glimpses of a new future. you can see it in the hydrogen and carbon capture clusters at grangemouth. the marvel of the wind farm outside the city. the innovative billions of the video gamers in dundee. the strength and resilience of scottish rural communities. the restless creative spirits of its cities. the unchanging beauty of the islands. the of these islands. and most of
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all, from the yards of five to the oil rigs of aberdeen and the hospitals that even though in terrible circumstances, still do their best for this nation, you can see the determination and pride of working people. and ambition, their ambition. that we can match in westminster, in power in holyrood, and with it, build a new scotland, a future scotland, a scotland once again the beating heart of britain. because britain once again serves its working people, conference, that is what i would say, that is the scotland we can build together. the future we can get that. the change we can deliver. the argument we take to the streets, communities, the islands of this nation. you to the streets, communities, the islands of this nation.— islands of this nation. you are watchin: islands of this nation. you are watching bbc _ islands of this nation. you are watching bbc news. -
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islands of this nation. you are watching bbc news. that - islands of this nation. you are watching bbc news. that is i islands of this nation. you are - watching bbc news. that is labour leader keir starmer speaking in glasgow addressing delegates at the scottish labour conference. we just lost the picture as he was building up lost the picture as he was building up to the end of that speech. but he did tell the conference that the wind has changed, and that the labour party has returned decisively to the servers of scotland's working people. he also told the conference that he wants to see a permanent end to the fighting in gaza. to help us unpack all of the issues that were raised during that speech, we have the chief political commentator for the chief political commentator for the independent newspaper. what was your response to keir starmer�*s speech? it your response to keir starmer's seech? . , . your response to keir starmer's seech? ., ., your response to keir starmer's seech? ., ,, . , speech? it was a good speech. he is develoin: speech? it was a good speech. he is developing as _ speech? it was a good speech. he is developing as a _ speech? it was a good speech. he is developing as a speaker. _ speech? it was a good speech. he is developing as a speaker. it - speech? it was a good speech. he is developing as a speaker. it was - speech? it was a good speech. he is developing as a speaker. it was well| developing as a speaker. it was well written. it was strongly argued. there was a strong line in their about how scotland, instead of sending a message to westminster, should be sending a government in westminster. that is playing to? �*s
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very strong appeal both against the snp and against the conservatives. which is that if you have a labour government in westminster, then scotland will feel very much part of that. and i think that is his answer to the attacks that come against him from the snp in particular. do to the attacks that come against him from the snp in particular.— from the snp in particular. do you think he will— from the snp in particular. do you think he will win _ from the snp in particular. do you think he will win any _ from the snp in particular. do you think he will win any snp - from the snp in particular. do you think he will win any snp votes i from the snp in particular. do you i think he will win any snp votes with that speech? it think he will win any snp votes with that speech?— that speech? it was interesting, because it _ that speech? it was interesting, because it was _ that speech? it was interesting, because it was a _ that speech? it was interesting, because it was a very _ that speech? it was interesting, because it was a very solid - because it was a very solid working—class speech. he is definitely pitching for the working class scottish vote which is what labour lost to the snp. they lost the middle class vote as well, as we said. i thought it was a very interesting emphasis on class politics. he talked several times about breaking the glass ceiling, a clever sound bite, iam about breaking the glass ceiling, a clever sound bite, i am a fan of
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tony blair which i won an apple politics to appeal to all classes. he thinks that message will go down well in scotland. and i have no reason to doubt it.— reason to doubt it. how big a challenge _ reason to doubt it. how big a challenge that _ reason to doubt it. how big a challenge that it _ reason to doubt it. how big a challenge that it is _ reason to doubt it. how big a challenge that it is there? i reason to doubt it. how big a i challenge that it is there? well, it's all going _ challenge that it is there? well, it's all going his _ challenge that it is there? well, it's all going his way _ challenge that it is there? well, it's all going his way because i challenge that it is there? well, | it's all going his way because the snp is facing the challenge. and the conservatives. so labour is on the advance on two fronts. and i think one of the few issues that is going to cause him problems as the north sea oil and gas industry. he didn't say much about that. he is hoping people will not notice that labour want to shut it down. but the snp, despite being in government in holyrood, in coalition with the green party, is posing as the defender of the north sea oil and gas industry. i think that's going to be an interesting tussle over the
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next nine months.— to be an interesting tussle over the next nine months. another issue, the comments about _ next nine months. another issue, the comments about the _ next nine months. another issue, the comments about the ceasefire - next nine months. another issue, the comments about the ceasefire in - comments about the ceasefire in gaza. 0f comments about the ceasefire in gaza. of course the anti—semitism issue has been looming large on the labour party for some time, earlier this week, keir starmer suspended two of the parliamentary candidates after claims emerged that they had made anti—semitic remarks. he has been under a lot of pressure. do you think the pledge today, the language was carefully selected, do you think that would go far enough to address that would go far enough to address that pressure? h0. that would go far enough to address that pressure?— that pressure? no, it won't satisfy man of that pressure? no, it won't satisfy many of the _ that pressure? no, it won't satisfy many of the people _ that pressure? no, it won't satisfy many of the people in _ that pressure? no, it won't satisfy many of the people in his - that pressure? no, it won't satisfy many of the people in his party, . many of the people in his party, including anna sarwar, who was called for an immediate ceasefire. the snp is trying to embarrass labour by emotion in the house of commons on wednesday calling for an immediate ceasefire. keir starmer can hold to his possession, that he wants a permanent ceasefire. everybody wants the same thing, they are just arguing about how to get
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there. an immediate ceasefire is meaningless because there is no prospect that hamas are abiding by it. ~ ,., ., prospect that hamas are abiding by it. ~ ., ., prospect that hamas are abiding by it. also the vote on wednesday, do ou think it. also the vote on wednesday, do you think the _ it. also the vote on wednesday, do you think the speech _ it. also the vote on wednesday, do you think the speech will— it. also the vote on wednesday, do you think the speech will have - it. also the vote on wednesday, do you think the speech will have any l you think the speech will have any bearing on how that goes? it will be interestin: bearing on how that goes? it will be interesting to _ bearing on how that goes? it will be interesting to see _ bearing on how that goes? it will be interesting to see how— bearing on how that goes? it will be interesting to see how labour- interesting to see how labour decides to vote on that, i assume they're going to abstain. they can't possibly for an snp motion that disagrees with labour's national policy, even if it appears to be in concurrence with the scottish labour party possession. this is a problem that all parties have a devolution. if the national party and the scottish party disagree, they will criticise them for that, and if they agree, the scottish party... you know, you can't win either way. talking about by—election wins, keir
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starmer said the labour party was getting used to that but cannot get carried away only to fight for every vote. there is another by—election coming up where labour doesn't have a candidate. can you explain that came about?— a candidate. can you explain that came about? a candidate. can you explain that cameabout? ,. u ,, came about? after such a success in the rutherglen _ came about? after such a success in the rutherglen by-election - came about? after such a success in the rutherglen by-election where i the rutherglen by—election where labour not only trounced the snp, but they also trounced the conservatives and secured a very good result. and the by—election winner, he was immediately promoted to the front bench of labour which sends a signal to scotland that they will be part of a labour government. in rochdale, in england, in two weeks' time, ten days' time, labour have a serious problem because the candidate, the labour candidate still on the ballot paper listed as a labour candidate because it was too late to change, the situation after the ballot papers were printed, he has been disowned by
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labour for his endorsement of an extraordinary conspiracy theory that israel allowed the hamas attacks to happen as an excuse for invading gaza. ~ ., happen as an excuse for invading gaza. ~ . ., ., ., gaza. we have time for one more, if ou could gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum _ gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum up — gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum up your— gaza. we have time for one more, if you could sum up your main - gaza. we have time for one more, if. you could sum up your main takeaway from the speech. what stood out most to you? i from the speech. what stood out most to ou? ., ., , from the speech. what stood out most to ou? ., ,, to you? i thought it was essentially keir starmer _ to you? i thought it was essentially keir starmer trying _ to you? i thought it was essentially keir starmer trying to _ to you? i thought it was essentially keir starmer trying to cancel- to you? i thought it was essentially keir starmer trying to cancel his i keir starmer trying to cancel his party in scotland which i think he's feeling good about the way things are going. 0n feeling good about the way things are going. on two fronts, i the snp, and the tories. he was trying to warn them against complacency, but it didn't sound very convincing to me. ., ~' it didn't sound very convincing to me. ., ~ , ., it didn't sound very convincing to me. ., ~ i. ,., it didn't sound very convincing to me. ., ~ . ., it didn't sound very convincing to me. ., . ., me. thank you so much for your time, from the independent _ me. thank you so much for your time, from the independent newspaper. we| from the independent newspaper. we really appreciate that. we have been hearing from the labour leader keir starmer who was speaking at the conference in glasgow, you can see the images there as he approached the images there as he approached the microphone. he spoke a lot about
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working class voters there, he addressed the call is there that have been made in scotland in recent days, calls for a ceasefire in gaza. also he talked about by—election wins, he said that the labour party was now getting used to by—election wins, but that it could not get carried away and that it needed to continue fighting for every vote. he also said that the wind had changed and that the labour party had return decisively to the service of scotland's working people. again, you can see and we heard from joan, an emphasis on working—class people. and trying to get those votes. he also spoke about the middle east as i said, and was very careful in terms about the words he used. talking about a ceasefire that lasts, and calling for that to happen, but stopping short of
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appeasing his party as we heard there, he was the chief political commentator for the there, he was the chief political commentatorfor the independent newspaper. he also played up the importance of scotland, labour is not labour without scotland. britain is not britain without scotland. that is not about gaming the election, it is about who we are to served. you can see images from keir starmer addressing delegates at the labour conference in glasgow. he has just finished speaking a short time ago, and you can see there the change scotland needs was the banner very much in election mode and working hard to try and get those scottish votes. we'll be returning now to our global coverage of bbc
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news. thank you forjoining us. ever since the death of alexei navalny, people have been leaving tributes. but in putin's russia, even laying flowers can be risky, if you're doing it in memory of his biggest opponent. whenever anger and upset at navalny�*s death have boiled over, police have moved in. hundreds of people have been arrested across the country, dragged away by police, who have cleared the streets. this is the russia that navalny and his supporters wanted to change. but three years ago, he was poisoned with a nerve agent, then he was locked up. the last time the politician was seen alive, he was defiantly cheerful. this was him on video link from prison to a court hearing, and there were no obvious signs of sickness. but inside his arctic prison, he was spending weeks on end in solitary confinement.
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the authorities say he collapsed suddenly. the cause of his death is still unknown. and when navalny�*s mother arrived to collect his body, she could not find her son. the body of alexei is not there, so alexei's prison just lied to his lawyer and his mother that the body is there, and so we don't have any clue where he is now, and what is happening to him, and when it will be given to the family. chanting. alexei navalny was a rare voice of dissent in russia, where vladimir putin has been crushing political opposition over two decades. the activist could still bring big crowds onto the streets with his campaigns against corruption and against the kremlin. his supporters blame putin for his death because navalny was only in prison for his politics. russia's president is saying nothing for now, going on with business as usual. when navalny was alive,
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putin never uttered his name. but the flowers speak for navalny�*s supporters — a quiet tribute to a man who told them to believe in a beautiful russia of the future. harder for them to envisage now than ever. sarah rainsford, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. england suffered a huge loss to india in the third test as the hosts cruised to victory to lead 2—1 in the best of five series. resuming on 196—2, india's batters punished the english bowlers. yashasvijaiswal, who retired hurt on day three, returned in stunning fashion, ending unbeaten on 214. he and sarfaraz khan put on 188 to take india to 430—4. they set england a total of 557, which they never even got close to and were bowled out for 122 to lose by a mammoth 434 runs. the fourth test in ranchi
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begins on friday. brighton travel to bramall lane to face sheffield united in sunday's early kick off before manchester united's trip to kenilworth road against luton — who are a point above the relegation zone. united are looking to keep pace with the top four — after three league wins in a row, but their boss erik ten hag isn't getting carried away: we are not in a position to underestimate any opponent, we have to play our best, because we are seeing their performances across the season very good, especially the last weeks, they are really improving, so i have a lot of respect for this team and we have to play our best football. in germany — the man some expect to replace jurgen klopp at liverpool next season — xabi alonso — has seen his bayer leverkusen side equal bayern munich's record of 32 games unbeaten after a 2—1 win at heidenheim. alonso's side can break the record if they avoid defeat at home to mainz on friday.
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they were coming in great eight games without losing. to come here is never easy. you feel the intensity they have, the crowd to push really hard, they deserve where they are in the table. but we have done quite well, we play with a lot of control, emotional and in the game, forsure, of control, emotional and in the game, for sure, the first was very important but overall the performance was good, really happy, and we need to keep going. so bayern munich head to bochum — eight points now behind leverkusen with thomas tuchel�*s side hoping to bounce back from their champions league defeat to lazio on wednesday. the roman club are currently in action against bologna — it's — as are real madrid who made the short trip to face rayo vallecano — they need i—0 also in la liga, almeria are still looking for their first win as isjordan henderson in the eredivisis with ajax winless since he joined. at golf�*s genesis 0pen, despite a tricky third round,
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patrick cantlay is in a good position to take the win on his favourite course rory mcilroy fell out of contention for the title after a disappointing opening round — but has been moving in the right direction as the tournament has progressed. mcilroy followed up friday's 66 with a 2 under par 69. we showed you will zalatoris's hole—in—one yesterday — and he built on that on saturday with a stunning six under par round of 65 to sit tied for second on i2—under. he and xander schaufelle are just two shots behind cantlay — who saw his second round lead cut after he could only manage a one under par 70. golfers like that sometimes, i've had some close calls. you know, i had some close calls. you know, i had a year not too long ago where it felt like every close call when my way. lately, it hasn't been like that, the last year or so, but i'm looking to change that tomorrow. i played solid golf today, i did not make any long putts or anything, i did not get myself too many chances,
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all in all, a solid day in a good position for tomorrow. defending champion carlos alcaraz was knocked out of the semi—finals of the argentina 0pen by chile's nicolas jarry. jarry will face local favourite facundo diaz acosta after seeing off alcaraz in straight sets — the first time he has beaten the spaniard in three encounters. the defeat means that alcaraz, the world number two, remains without a title this season. and that's all the sport for now. here in the uk, it's been a tough week for both the opposition labour party and the conservative government. although labour had two by—election wins — with massive swings in the vote from the tories — there have been more accusations of antisemitism as they were forced to withdraw support for the rochdale candidate . for the government, there was bad news as the uk was dragged into a recession. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent harry farley who started by telling me that the government is having to get over its by— election losses.
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those two by—election losses, losing two constituencies that used to have two conservative mps, in the case of wellingborough, a near record swing from the conservatives to labour. in the context of at some point this year a general election that we are expecting. not good news for the government. michael tomlinson was on the laura kuenssberg show here in the uk this morning. he pointed to low turnout as a factor, it is worth saying, though, the turnout on average was roughly typical of recent by—elections. he said the low turnout was much lower than we would expect in the general election. sitting governments often struggle with by—elections which is the case. he pointed to the role of the reform uk party, that used to be known as the brexit party, they got 10% of the vote in the kingswood by—election, that is the seat in south gloucestershire and around 13% of the vote in wellingborough in northamptonshire. particularly in kingswood, the vote for reform was bigger than
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the difference between labour and the conservatives. he's making the point that a vote for reform uk is a vote to put labour in office. the number of people voting for reform, both labour and conservative voters because they are frustrated with the two main parties. a difficult week for the government losing those two big by—elections. and labourfacing a tricky week ahead. they are being called to back a motion in the house of commons calling for for intermediate ceasefire in gaza. the shadow foreign secretary was on the laura kuenssberg show this morning, he refused to say whether they would back it or not, he said it would be through diplomacy and not through a vote in the house of commons. the conflict in israel and gaza, those questions around anti—semitism in the labour party, having to withdraw support and suspend their candidate in the upcoming rochdale by—election which is a seat that labour would have
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expected to win, they are no longer backing a candidate in that by—election at the end of the month and next week, they are under pressure from many supporters and the snp who are tabling a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. labour are not saying whether they will back that motion and i think we can see that this conflict in israel gaza will continue to cause divisions for the labour party. let s get some of the day's other news now. rival groups of eritreans have clashed outside a cultural centre in the hague. dutch police cars were attacked, vehicles set on fire and tear gas used to try to restore calm. long—standing tensions within eritrean communities have recently flared up around the world. a firefighter has died after a house explosion in northern virginia in the us. authorities say at least 11 other people, including 10 other firecrew — were injured in the incident. officials say they are investigating a suspected gas leak. indian farmers unions will hold another round of talks
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with the government today to demand higher prices for their produce. a huge protest march by thousands of farmers towards delhi has been paused while the negotiations continue. it's the british academy of film and television awards tonight. the red carpet is out and the baftas as they are known, will see stars from home and abroad compete for the top awards of best actor and actress, best director and best film. as our culture editor, katie razzall reports, this year it's a very crowded field. a warning that this report contains flashing images. i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. the film to beat. good evening. her brain and her body are not quite synchronized. the one coming up behind. the one that was snubbed, but who will triumph this year at the baftas?
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only an atomic level upset will blow oppenheimer off course. christopher nolan's three—hour epic looks set to win him his first baftas for best director. he's also favourite for best film and cillian murphy for leading actor, one of several irish nominees. your sad face. in a very strong year for female roles. emma stone's performance in the fantastical frankenstein style poor things makes her the frontrunner for best actress. i am bella baxter. margot robbie is also in that race with her cairn. ryan gosling up for best supporting actor. hi, ken. hi, barbie. unlike at the oscars, which ignored robbie's compelling performance in pink at the baftas, barbie, a film that tapped into the zeitgeist and is the first billion dollar movie solely directed by a woman
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isn't up for best film or best director. the only female director to make it onto that list isjustine trier for her dramatic french legal thriller anatomy of a fall. its german star, sandra huller has been nominated for two bafta acting awards for this stop. and the zone of interest, the chilling story of an auschwitz commandant and his family in german, but from the british director, jonathan glazer. the movie is in the running forfilm, not in english and outstanding british film. also competing for best british movie, the haunting, all of us, strangers and saltburn. and here he is. can this social media sensation walk away with the prize? we'll know soon. we will be live on the red carpet as the stars are right. before we go, let me show you these pictures showing king charles and queen camilla arriving for the morning service at st magdalene church in sandringham. the king has been receiving
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cancer treatment in london and is now recovering at his sandringham estate. he postponed all public duties for the duration of his cancer treatment. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it was a very soggy night across many parts of the uk and especially wet in the south earlier on today. but here's the good news. if you want some dry and bright weather, well, it's arriving this afternoon. there will be a few showers around, though. here's the weather front on the satellite picture as it clears from west towards the east, a definitive clearance behind this weather front. but even when the sunshine does come out in east anglia, and the southeast, there could be some showers following behind. now, the temperatures on the mild side once again, we're used to this now — 13 in aberdeen, about 11, though, in liverpool and in the south and the southeast, ia or 15. a clear evening, and then later tonight, another weather front moves in.
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this one's quite narrow, though. could be quite heavy, but i don't think the rain is going to last for very long in any one location. again, a relatively mild night — eight in belfast, six or seven, i think for the most part, maybe a little bit cooler there in aberdeen at three degrees. in the morning, that weather front clears east anglia in the southeast. then this ridge of high pressure moves in. that means lighter winds, clearer skies, plenty of sunny spells. and again, temperatures typically double figures across the board. so that's monday's weather forecast. let's see what's happening on tuesday. another weather front moves in. so spells of rain for northern ireland, the north quite cloudy around the irish sea and pretty cloudy elsewhere — with that also generally winds coming out of the west southwest so mild across the board. double figures expected on tuesday. up to about 12 to maybe ia degrees. and then on wednesday, a more substantial dollop of rain heads our way. this big low pressure there dominating the north atlantic
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and its weather front sweeping across the uk. we think the heaviest of the rain will be in the first half of the day. so that means the afternoon is looking a little bit brighter, but breezy, i think, with frequent showers, especially here in the northwest, and typically around 12 celsius. towards the end of the week, we'll see that milder air pushing towards the east of the continent. a shot of not necessarily cold air, but cooler air arriving. so that means that the temperatures will ease from what's very mild at the moment to something closer to the seasonal norm, and a mixed bag with that as well. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: president biden steps up calls for us law makers to pass a huge package of military aid for ukraine, saying their inaction had left ukrainian troops without enough ammunition. the world health organization says gaza's second biggest hospital is now completely out of service following an israeli raid. the who said it had not been allowed to enter the facility to assess the condition of the 200 remaining patients. the family of alexei navalny call on russian authorities to release his body, accusing them of concealing evidence. officials said the family wouldn't receive mr navalny�*s body until a postmortem examination was complete. thailand's former prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has arrived at his mansion in bangkok after being released on parole. and its british film's big night
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later — oppenhemier has the most bafta nominations but will it win big? samantha simmonds will be here at two o'clock,. now on bbc news, click. this week, we have supercomputers to get our hearts racing, and tech to get us all reading. let's read. automated voice: please take a picture of the text. _ now, don't anybody move!
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