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inquiry begins this week, as former subpostmasters tell the bbc those responsible must be held to account. and the life and music of amy winehouse is the subject of a new film, back to black. the bbc has found that in recent weeks hundreds of muslim ethnic minority rohingyas have been conscripted to fight for myanmar�*s embattled militaryjunta. this is despite the fact that rohingyas are denied citizenship, and are subjected to a range of discriminatory restrictions, including a ban on travel outside their communities. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. tell correspondent, jonathan head. me about the peop been tell me about the people you have been speaking to to unearth the story. been speaking to to unearth the sto . ~ . been speaking to to unearth the sto .~ . , ., been speaking to to unearth the sto .~ . .,, story. we have spoken to seven different people _ story. we have spoken to seven different people in _ story. we have spoken to seven different people in different - different people in different counts. millions of rohingya have left, driven out of the dreadful attacks on them in 2017, described
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the united nations as possible genocide. a quarter of those remaining are confined to idp squalid camps since 12 years ago and they can't move. we spoke to seven people in five different camps. the military government has denied the conscription going on and are getting rohingyas prepared to defend their own camps. we have heard the military are going around and telling camp organisers they must provide less of young men between 15 and 25 from each camp each time they came and these men were selected until they had no choice and the families would be threatened by the military if they did not comply and were sent for training and taught how to fire guns and thrown into battle under the state where they are there as i huge amount of conflict between an insurgent army
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and the military which has been pushed back and defeated as a has beenin pushed back and defeated as a has been in many parts of myanmar and it is struggling to fill its ranks through the session and injuries and they are simply using rohingyas instead and they have told of chaotic battles where they suffered injuries and saw other rohingyas killed in the returned home after the battle was over but some of gone into hiding because they were told they might be summoned to fight again. they might be summoned to fight aaain. , ., , , they might be summoned to fight aaain. , ,_ ., they might be summoned to fight a.ain_ , ., they might be summoned to fight aaain. , ,_ ., ., again. presumably no hope of the situation changing? _ again. presumably no hope of the situation changing? mike - again. presumably no hope of the situation changing? mike they - again. presumably no hope of thej situation changing? mike they are trapped. we know of lots of people in myanmar after the conscription law was enforced because the military can't get people to join the army, it is so unpopular, a lot of people fleeing and coming here to thailand are going underground. they are stuck in these camps and completely trapped and it is easy if
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the military to say they have to join. the hideous irony here is the military does not recognise rohingyas as having any legal right to live in maain ma and have pursued that full policies of discrimination under great killings back in 2017 and almost got them as people who just don't belong and no they are enforced to fight military battles. the local buddhist population supports the insurgents and that will inflame tensions between them and the rohingyas when the rohingyas scene unwillingly fighting on the military side so it will stoke up tension for the future. israel appears to be moving to a new phase of its military operation in gaza. displaced people from the southern gazan city of khan younis have
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started returning home, after the israel defense forces said they have withdrawn almost all maneuvering ground forces — leaving just one brigade. much of the khan younis area is now in ruins after months of bombardment and heavy combat between israeli troops and fighters from palestinian militant groups. israeli defence minister yoav gallant said troops have been pulled out to prepare for future missions, including into the city of rafah. sunday marked six months since the start of the conflict when hamas attacked israel on october the seventh, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. let's speak to fawaz gerges, professor of international relations at the london school of economics. let's talk first of all about this troop rotation that seems to be going on in gaza. israel is making it very clear they're still preparing for an offensive and rafah
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—— rafah in rafah. i preparing for an offensive and rafah -- rafah in rafah.— -- rafah in rafah. i think there is no overall— -- rafah in rafah. i think there is no overall change _ -- rafah in rafah. i think there is no overall change in _ -- rafah in rafah. i think there is no overall change in the - -- rafah in rafah. i think there is no overall change in the israel- no overall change in the israel strategy in gaza, they want to have a free hand in attacking whenever they want and benjamin netanyahu says no matter what happens is really forces will have a presence in gaza. it's really forces have been fighting for months in khan younis stop but i think the potential war his brother on the northern front, the northern war between israel and lebanon has
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become an tender box and the danger of igniting our regional war between israel and iran and its allies. the de th at israel and iran and its allies. the depth at which _ israel and iran and its allies. the depth at which israeli warplanes are operating in lebanon is the kind of thing that at other times might be the exact thing we are talking about that because of the situation and gaza attention seems to be taken away from the northern front but israel says it is preparing for war there. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., . . ., there. we need to take into account that is real — there. we need to take into account that is real killing _ there. we need to take into account that is real killing six _ there. we need to take into account that is real killing six rallying - that is real killing six rallying commanders in damascus is a game changer. —— from iran. iran has made it very clear it will respond and this could serve as a trigger for a war between not only israel and iran and everyone is waiting for the kind
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of response iran has promised to basically retaliate so while you and i are talking about gaza and the prospects for a hostage deal it seems to me that israel and hamas are six out of ten close to signing are six out of ten close to signing a hostage deal because the israel prime ministerfaces a hostage deal because the israel prime minister faces having tremendous overwhelming pressure from the president biden administration and the hostage families and security chiefs and hamas also wants to show progress for the palestinians and so whilst we may see limited ceasefire in gaza the danger of all—out regional war has increased from 30% to 50% of this particular moment and everyone is holding their breath for how and when and what target iran will basically attack in the next few hours and the next few days. part of
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the difficulty — hours and the next few days. part of the difficulty of— hours and the next few days. part of the difficulty of course _ hours and the next few days. part of the difficulty of course is _ the difficulty of course is predicting when that might happen. it has not happened straightaway, does that mean there may be a period of time while iran decides exactly what it wants to do? we of time while iran decides exactly what it wants to do?— of time while iran decides exactly what it wants to do? we do not know when and how _ what it wants to do? we do not know when and how and _ what it wants to do? we do not know when and how and what _ what it wants to do? we do not know when and how and what targets - what it wants to do? we do not know when and how and what targets thatl when and how and what targets that iran will attack but the iran national security council has made a very clear they will retaliate. the supreme leader has made it very clear they will retaliate. the reason why they will retaliate as what israel has been doing is to really try to weaken and undermine iran and sure it is a paper tiger and really pushing it to the limits and really pushing it to the limits and killing mangoes. we talk about the last attack on the iran
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consulate but multiple attacks by israel and syria and lebanon. my hope is whatever iran does does not really trigger a counter response on the part of history. the americans do not really want all—out war and the 0rions —— iranians do not want all—out war. benjamin netanyahu as desperate, he has been postponing a hostage deal and gaza. president biden in his last phone call to benjamin netanyahu made it very clear he wants an immediate ceasefire, the first time he used the word immediate ceasefire and
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said you will have to open the land crossing between gaza and egypt and israel and you have looming famine and millions of israelis are starving. i think we are reaching a tipping point of a likely all—out regional war between israel on the one hand and a run and its allies on the other hand.— the other hand. thank you for “oininu the other hand. thank you for joining us- — he's known as the hardest geezer. russ cook from west sussex has earned that nickname by running the entire length of africa for charity. he set off last april from the south africa southern—most tip and covered the equivalent of 385 marathons. he headed north through countries including angola, nigeria and ivory coast before finishing in northern tunisia.
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ellie price reports. only the hardest geezer could do it. cheering. russell cook has just run nearly every day for 352 days, covering more than 10,000 miles. let's go! day three. day four. day six. the heavens have opened. he's run through deserts, rainforests, savannahs, mountains and 16 countries. and so far he's raised more than £700,000 for the running charity and sandblast. bit windy. soon enough, we'll all be in tunisia, sipping strawberry daiquiris on the beach. he's had complications with his health, visas, the weather... he sneezes. highs of 39 degrees out here today. twisted me up! ..and other man—made threats. they said we should go more to the main track. we're going to get blown up over here. really? yes. but he's taken it all in his stride.
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i'm too damn ferocious, boys and girls! in this final stretch, the 27—year—old had a little help from his friends — a few more running mates than he's used to. he's achieved something no—one else in this world has ever managed. and that strawberry daiquiri. ellie price, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
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ceremonies are taking place in both england and france to mark the 120th anniversary of the entente cordiale which paved the way for strong diplomatic co—operation between the countries. this was the scene in paris as british troops joined their french counterparts in a parade outside the elysee palace. french soldiers will take part in the changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. let's cross live to paris and speak to our
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correspondent hugh schofield. it is one of those expressions that has gone into common parlance but i think a lot of people would not know about the origin of the entente cordiale. it about the origin of the entente cordiale. .., about the origin of the entente cordiale. ., " :: cordiale. it came about in 1904 when the british and _ cordiale. it came about in 1904 when the british and french _ cordiale. it came about in 1904 when the british and french sign _ cordiale. it came about in 1904 when the british and french sign this - the british and french sign this deal which strictly speaking brought to an end some rather small matters relating to colonial era rivalry. at the time i don't think they appreciated what in fact they were ushering in, when they signed these deals was the period of friendship and military cooperation which was to last to this day stop and of course the high moments of that with the two world wars when britain and france fought side by side but it goes on today and i think the fact that it goes on today and i think the fact thatitis goes on today and i think the fact that it is being remembered today on this 120th anniversary, not the most
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obvious of anniversaries, is because both sides want to impress on their publics and the world this relationship, particularly in the military and defence sphere is very much alive. brexit has change things and there has been a lot of stress and there has been a lot of stress and strain and the relationship last year we passed new phase with the visit from the king and rishi sunak and both sides keen to make clear that after brexit life goes on and particularly on the issue of defence they want to emphasise a lot is going on that we don't see. so this ceremony with the two armed forces presenting in each other�*s capitals this token forced to take part in the ceremonies here at the elysee and buckingham palace is to short the two armed forces are working very much hand in hand and with ukraine in the background that is
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very important. ukraine in the background that is very important-— ukraine in the background that is ve imortant. , ., ., very important. tells more about the ceremonies — very important. tells more about the ceremonies happening _ very important. tells more about the ceremonies happening today. - very important. tells more about the ceremonies happening today. we - very important. tells more about the i ceremonies happening today. we have had hours, ceremonies happening today. we have had hours. brief— ceremonies happening today. we have had hours, brief but _ ceremonies happening today. we have had hours, brief but very _ ceremonies happening today. we have had hours, brief but very colourful - had hours, brief but very colourful and very unusual. never before have bearskins been seen on the boulevards and we saw a troupe of 16 members of the coldstream guards accompanied by the republican guards down the street to the elysee here and the president came up with the ambassador to watch them and this doctor said the gates era and the choir of the republican guard sank the british national anthem and then the british national anthem and then the french national anthem and then the french national anthem and then the march together where there was a changing of the guard ceremony. something very similar will happen in buckingham palace. the two sides of had to train and practice a bit because their matching styles on the orders are slightly different but the symbolic sign of how the two
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armies cooperate, they cooperated and got it right and it went very well. ., , ., ., , , and got it right and it went very well. ., , . , ~' , well. how is the relationship likely to continue — well. how is the relationship likely to continue and _ well. how is the relationship likely to continue and perhaps _ well. how is the relationship likely to continue and perhaps flourish . well. how is the relationship likelyj to continue and perhaps flourish in future? i to continue and perhaps flourish in future? ~ , , to continue and perhaps flourish in future? ~' , , ., future? i think the test will be on ukraine. future? i think the test will be on ukraine- 0n _ future? i think the test will be on ukraine. on these _ future? i think the test will be on ukraine. on these occasions - future? i think the test will be on - ukraine. on these occasions everyone is talking warmly about how wonderful everything is but there are strains and all sorts of questions to be asked about the level of cooperation and the kind of cooperation. there are certainly a lot of goodwill to make it work but there are a very big questions about how and in what quantities will be sent to your crane.— how and in what quantities will be sent to your crane. thank you very much. sent to your crane. thank you very much- -- — sent to your crane. thank you very much. -- ukraine. _ a new photography exhibition has opened in central london that
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can be enjoyed by partially sighted, blind and sighted visitors. called world unseen, it uses braille and audio descriptions on its artwork and shows the world is seen by the visually impaired, and it sold out before it had even opened. leyla hayes reports. this is how most of us would see this striking photo. but this is how it could appear to someone with a visual impairment. this exhibition in somerset house means that those with sight loss can experience photography in a whole new way. just the little detail in the ears, you know, it'sjust... it's amazing. the images have been printed in 3d, so they can also be touched. it's only raised a maximum of two millimetres off the surface, but yet i can feel the skin of the rhinoceros, i can feel the wound where they cut off the horn. i can feel its mouth and it's eating the grass. all this detail, it's just like, wow. each photo in the exhibition is also accompanied by a full description in braille for those who can't see. campaigners say it's about making
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art accessible to all. we want experiences that we can all share and we can all benefit from, and that's what inclusion is about — offering everyone a kind of equitable experience, notjust, "let's put on something for blind people." actually, what we really want is, let's try and find a way to deliver exhibitions that mean everybody can get something out of it. the new technology has enabled visually impaired mum karen to see a scan of her baby ruby for the first time. it was amazing, like, to have the experience that every other mum that has their scan in the uk is getting to see their baby scan — i got to see mine. i could feel her nose, her eyes, what she was going to look like. and when i first had her, the first thing i did was feel her nose and was, like, "yeah, her nose feels like the scan picture does!" one of the photos was taken by blind
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photographer ian treherne. yeah, it makes it much more inclusive cos a lot of blind people don't really feel like they can get involved, you know, going to exhibitions — so this is, yeah, this is amazing. whether you're blind, visually impaired or fully sighted, this exhibition is bringing photography to all. that was leyla hayes reporting. her talent was indisputable. now the life and music of amy winehouse is the subject of a new film, back to black. it follows her journey to becoming a star, as well as her later struggles with addiction. before this evening's premiere, our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, sat down with the film's director and its star. # tried to make me go to rehab, isaid no, no, no.# amy winehouse, a music legend. # no, no, no... # yeah, baby, and the rest. # tried to make me go to rehab.
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now a new film is telling her story. i was so excited by the idea of, you know, playing and getting in touch with amy — the girl, and then amy the singer — as well as, like, you know, the woman before the icon. and you, physically, transform in the film. you start as this really vibrant young woman and you become quite frail towards the end of the film and just seem so lonely and kind of cut off and let down by people. how did you feel about amy when you were making this film? i felt very in awe of her. when she first came on the scene, we were all sort of blown away by this, like, girl from camden that, like, had a lot to say and wasn't afraid to say it. it's difficult to go through the highs and lows of someone's life. and i think it's just about dealing with those moments with as much sensitivity as a person as possible and figuring out exactly what's happening.
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i don't write songs to be famous. i write songs cos i don't know what i'd do if i didn't. and for you, sam, how hard was it to find your amy — someone that can physically resemble amy, but then can also sing like her? well, really, it was important, mostly, that i could find someone that wasn't going to impersonate amy. there were many brilliant impersonators and people that looked like her or sounded like her. but marisa came in as herself — was the only one in the audition process who didn't try to look like her in any way. earrings, eyeliner or anything. # feel like a lady...# amy's grandma and her mum and dad are depicted in the film, but the family weren't involved in making it. i went to the family, you know, really out of respect that i was making a film about their daughter. and ijust wanted to sort of sit with them and hear their stories
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and then go off and make the film that i wanted to make. so they didn't have involvement, as in they could say what i could and couldn't do, but i wanted them to be able to come and visit set and see what we were doing and just have, again, like i said, a sense of respect that i was making a film about their daughter. a big part of the film is amy's troubled relationship with blake fielder—civil. i didn't meet blake. i wanted to meet blake, but i didn't meet blake. i set out to make the film, like i said, through her perspective. so her love of him, you know, had to be palpable. it had to feel real and we had to understand why she fell in love with him. and so it wasn't about making a sort of one—dimensional villain. we had to fall in love with him to understand why she wrote one of the greatest albums about their love. and... and, for me, really, the villains of the film, you know, it's addiction and paparazzi. and when you actually look back now at the headlines that were written about her, i mean, i was reading one
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that said, "amy goes to see blake in court, but she can't hide the state of her shocking skin." and it's a picture of someone obviously very unwell. hm, yes. do you think now, obviously, what amy went through, what britney spears went through, that maybe we've moved on a bit as a society that people wouldn't be persecuted essentially like that? i don't know. recent news may say different. i felt like we maybe had evolved to this place of maybe that wouldn't happen now, but it feels like it is happening now. # we only said goodbye with words. # i died a hundred times.# what do you think she'd make of the film? i think that she would feel, like, the fact that we've sort of gifted her music back again in a different light, having seen the film, and people sort of feeling like they want to go and listen to it immediately afterwards and, you know, be more remembered for her music than for her tragedy. i feel like hopefully she would feel proud of it and us. and of herself, too, you know, as a catalogue
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of her achievements and what it was that she was able to create as a very young woman. i hope that she would watch it and feel, like, you know, proud of everything that she created. # and i go back to black.# charlotte gallagher, bbc news. back to black is out in cinemas from friday. hello again. we're in for another changeable week of weather. yes, there'll be some sunshine at times, but we're also looking at some wet and windy conditions. it's going to be cooler, especially so on tuesday. and then it turns that bit warmer later in the week. by the weekend, london, for example, could be back up to 20 degrees. now, this low pressure to the northwest of scotland is what's left of storm kathleen pulling away. but we have another area of low pressure which is bringing in weather fronts with rain attached to them.
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you can see a weak weather front pushing northwards, producing some showers. but we've got some heavier rain moving north across parts of wales, northern england and also northern ireland with showers following on behind. they're going to be pushing eastwards, some of those heavy and thundery. the brightest skies across the north of scotland, with the wind continuing to ease here, and temperatures ten to 18 degrees north to south. if you're hoping to see the partial solar eclipse tonight, well, you'll be lucky. it's likely to be in the west, but there's a lot of cloud and rain around. you might see it in the western isles, possibly the west of northern ireland as well. but as i mentioned, a lot of cloud and rain around. temperatures falling away to between four and nine degrees. heading on through tomorrow, then, we've got all this rain, some of it still heavy and persistent, drifting towards the east. for a time, there'll be snow on the mountain tops in the highlands and behind it,
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sunshine and showers, but blustery showers. it's going to be windy wherever you are with coastal gales in wales and the english channel coasts as well. temperatures cooler than today, eight to about 12 degrees north to south. as we head on into wednesday, well, we start off on a bright note with some sunshine, but the cloud will build quite quickly. this is a warm front bringing in rain. behind it, the winds change direction to more of a southwesterly, which is a milder direction for us, so there'll be a change in the temperatures, so going back up. we're looking at eight in lerwick to 15 as we push down towards norwich. into thursday, thursday's looking like a bright and breezy day. there'll be a few showers knocking around and at times large areas of cloud as well, but for the most part it's going to be dry with a fair bit of sunshine, and temperatures continuing to climb, 17 in aberdeen to 19 in norwich and london.
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live from london. this is bbc news. displaced palestinians start returning to the gazan city of khan younis. israel says it has withdrawn nearly all ground troops as it regroups for the next stage of war. the next phase of the post office horizon inquiry begins this week. former subpostmasters tell the bbc those responsible must be held to account. hundreds of rohingya muslims are being conscripted to fight for myanmar�*s militaryjunta, a bbc investigation finds. millions of people are gearing up for a total solar eclipse, which will plunge parts of north america into darkness.
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hello, i'm anna foster. we start in the middle east, where israel appears to be moving to a new phase of its military operation in gaza. displaced people from the southern gazan city of khan younis have started returning home, after the israel defense forces said they have withdrawn all of their maneuvering ground forces from that area — leaving just one brigade. israel's defence minister, yoav gallant, said troops have been pulled out to prepare for future missions, including into the now overcrowded city of rafah. much of the khan younis area is now in ruins, after months of bombardment and heavy conflict between israeli troops and fighters from palestinian militant groups. sunday marked six months since hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and other countries, attacked israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to "crush
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and destroy hamas" so that it no longer posed any threat,

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