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and nigeria says allied forces will destroy all boko haram camps within six weeks but conduct even more attacks. and. >> i'm daniel lack in canada's yukon territory where one of the longest toughest most treacherous races is being conducted, called the yukon ultraand i'll be reporting on it. u.s. president barack obama says he has yet to decide whether to supply weapons to ukrainian forces. the president met german chancellor angela merkel. who says diplomatic measures should be given time to work. the key message: additional sanctions on russia should be delayed. meanwhile the violence in

ukraine continues the escalate. russian backed separatists have attacked over 100 times in the last 24 hours. allen fisher has the story. >> the violence continues in eastern ukraine with people being moved from towns along the border. angela merkel believes a peace plan drawn up with the french and presented to the russians may be drawing out of the crisis. barack obama is coming under pressure to provide weapons to ukraine but is willing to delay for now. >> if in fact diplomacy fails what i've asked my team to do is look at all options. what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus. >> translator: if at a certain

point in time one has to say that success is not possible, even if one puts every effort into it, then the united states and europe have to sit together and tree and explore further possibilities. >> european union has backed stronger sanctions at a meeting of foreign ministers in brussels but delayed imposing them to see if talks in minsk work out. >> we are delighted to begin but until we see russia on the ground withdrawing troops stopping the flow of weapons we can't relieve the pressure in any way. >> vladimir putin's spokesman has warned about imposing deadlines or sanctions. there's still work to be done. >> translator: we're getting ready for wednesday. if within that time frame we can agree on a number of positions that we have talked about in the recent past. >> reporter: the u.s. and german leaders want to believe

that there will be consequences, military support all that could hang on developments in minsk and that becomes a hugely significant and important meeting. >> thank you very much everybody. >> allen fisher, lz, in washington. >> wrom oncewelcome once again to al jazeera. >> thank you. >> president obama says he's undecided about whether to arm ukrainian government forces, saying diplomatic resources need to be given time. how much pressure is there at home to arm ukrainian troops? >> well, certainly from a lot of people in congress not just republicans but also a lot of democrats. it got so bad i was in the munich meeting over the weekend in which angela merkel said she was against the use of military

weapons for ukraine. and three united states senators really beat up on her which was also beating up on obama. so i think president is under a lot of pressure right now to do something to be seen in countering what the russian leader mr. putin is doing to kill a lot of ukrainians. >> are you optimistic at this point that these peace talks can get anywhere? >> i have no way of being optimistic unless you know what's in the mind of vladimir putin. this is a thing where only one person decides. apparently, when the german chancellor and the french president were in moscow on friday they didn't get anywhere. it didn't look as though what happened between the chancellor and the president advanced things very much today. so we'll see. if that meeting takes place in minsk, the capital of belarus

on wednesday with the british the french, the ukrainians and the russians, it is possible putin will say i've got all i want i've made my point i'm back in the big league, everybody has had to kowtow to me, i think i can get people in ukraine to stop or maybe we'll carry on for a while because it's obvious he will say the united states and germ are divided. the president said we are all on this together, we all agree. that's actually nonsense. we don't all agree. >> how widely divergent though are they? >> i think the difference between the germans and the french on the one side, particularly the germans who don't want to use or see arms going to ukrainians and the pressure that mr. obama is underand certainly a lot of the people in congress are very wide indeed. the german case is that

mr. putin is in a better position to escalate. he's right on the border. secondly you are not quite sure what arms you give to the ukrainians. third it's not clear they'd know how to use them and fourth, it's not clear how soon they could be effective anyway. so the germans would prefer to carry on with sanctions. as the economy goes south the russian economy is in really really deep trouble. >> sir thanks for speaking to us. robert hunter, former u.s. ambassador to nato. >> thank you. >> in egypt an investigation has been launched into a deadly stampede at a football match on sunday. at least 40 people died outside a stadium in cairo. funerals have been held for some of the fans killed. as osama been javid reports the blame game has become political. >> reporter: this is funeral of abu a 23-year-old football

fan who died at the air defense stadium in cairo. his family is among those mourning the people who left to watch a football match but came back in body bags. football fans tried to enter a premier match between local club zamalik and mp. but some didn't have tickets. barricades failed to hold back the crowds. >> the police were in front and behind the gate. they fired tear gas this caused panic and people fell on top of each other. >> the confusion resulted in a stampede. the fan association of the zamalik club called it a massacre by the police. but police officers were overwhelmed. egypt foreign minister said, in a statement an increasing number ever fans gathered outside the stadium pushed to 10,000.

climbed walls in an attempt to enter resulting in injury. relations have been tense since the 2010 revolution. football supporters were a part of the mast protest. many had no political affiliations. but the media director at the egyptian football administration accuses the muslim brotherhood for being involved. this is an incident that has happened on purpose. they meant to insult the police and take the country back to square 1. the root of the problem is they are the branches of the brotherhood. >> reporter: but the group's political wing says the government is behind the problems. abdel fattah al-sisi and the military coup gang fully responsible. calluslycalcallously disregarding

the goodwill of the crowd. 21 people were sentenced to death in their part of the violence. after sunday's deaths, an investigation was ordered. the egyptian football federation has postponed all football in the immediate future. russian president vladimir putin is traveling to cairo. he will have two days of talks with egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. while united nations human rights experts are criticizing an egyptian court decision to uphold death sentences against 183 people, they're accused of attacking a police station in the village of kadasa outside

cairo in august 2013. the u.n. statement says that by imposing mass death sentences over the past two years the egyptian court has shown their absolute indifference to right to life. that by imposing mass death sentences, the egyptian court is casting shadow over the impartiality of the country's justice system. >> a senior lecturer, arab and islamic studies he says president sisi is trying to crush opposition, but the presidential has been damaged by recent leaked recordings. >> whether the security establishment, the intelligence establishment the judicial establishment or the media

establishment, the core of this structural crisis really, and will continue either for a while until one side more or less collapses. there is quite a few strikes against sisi now with the u.n. special report you'reeur, and it tells you as well that within the regime there is someone who is able to record these tapes and the presidential offers from the ministry of defense from sisi's personal secretary and then send them away to the media which tells you that there are some people who don't like him within the establishment. >> egypt's retrial for al jazeera journalist baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy is set for thursday. they have now spent 408 days in jail. they are accused ever supporting

the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they and al jazeera deny. on monday mohamed fahmy's family launched a new campaign. asking canadian prime minister stephen harper to intervene. mohamed is a canadian citizen. problems with the initial j including that the case failed to provide mohamed and fahmy had any links to the muslim brotherhood. failed to prove that an act of terror actually occurred and the case did not clarify what illegal brawblghting equipment mohamed fahmy was cuffed of carrying. still ahead in this news hour. >> i'm tom ackerman in the u.s. state of maine where more people die every year than are born. but maine is working on its are

population loss challenge. >> divisions remain. and the new african champions come home to a celebration that's been over 20 years in the making. sana's got details later in sports. to nigeria now where the national security advisor has said that it will try to disrupt all of the boko haram camps and elections have been postponed for six weeks. hara matassa has more. >> convincing officials they can

do it is even harder. forces from chad and cameroon and from the african union they are going to try identify the different camps where boko haram expected to be. they think the boko haram fighters may be hiding and living and from then on once they are contained the situation, people who fled the northeast where boko haram has been the most ferocious will feel comfortable to go back and vote in the national election scheduled for march. they have heard these kind kind of talks from the government before. some are saying the field may be different now. a lot more people are coming in from other african countries coming in to help nigeria. maybe with that force and that back they could maybe be able to achieve a goal of dealing with boko haram within six weeks as they say. >> niger's parliament has voted

to send troops to nigeria to help fight boko haram. they will form a force of 8300 people to fight boko haram. in response to that national force, boko haram's leader has released a video. in it abu baka al shekau makes statements. traveling from the town ever koza to mora near the nigerian border. security sources 12 of the hostages being killed, in neighboring niger an explosion ripped through a market. third attack on niger in the last four days. troops from nigeria and surrounding areas gained

ground followed the incursion into cameroon last week, setting fire and mohammad adow has the story. >> this is the town of gamboro. under the control of chaddian troops. they parole around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area. no one is here now. probably some of the injured are hiding in some houses particularly remote abandoned houses. >> reporter: for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form of islamic law on people of the town. most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon. others escaped to safer parts of northern nigeria.

everyone left in gamboro is a suspect. they are finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle for gamboro has not been an easy one for the chaddian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting with boarm. yetboko haram. yet some say they didn't mind boko haram's ruling of the town. >> the only thing boko haram asked us to do away tell us to teach them the koran. >> a regional force of 8700 soldiers to fight boko haram. that threat posed by boko haram is causing the delay of nigerian elections for six weeks any town and village taken from its fighters will bring the reality

of holding those postponed elections a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera acknowledge lagos. >> abdul lahi was killed near the somalian capital. security remained tight across the capital as lawmakers vote whether or not to retain the old cabinet. 40 ministers, 22 voteagainst. in yemen political rival are meeting for first time since houthi rebels took power in a coup. the talks are brokered by the u.n, and they continue even

though the nassaris party has backed out. jamal el shayal has the story. >> groups sponsored by the united nations one of the participants decided to walk out. >> we'll withdraw because there's no commitment so far that peaceful protests will not be attacked and depressed and also because the dialogue is nothing but a cover for the coup. >> that coup happened on friday. prior to that, the u.n. special envoy jamal ben ahmed. >> despite u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon

assisted that abdel mansour al hadi must be returned to power. it's this that upset several politicians. >> we will not continue in this dialogue unless the constitutional announcement is cancelled. we will not accept this no matter how strong the houthis are. >> elsewhere in the country people opposed to the coup have continued to make their voices heard. in shaboa, shops were closed an public services brought to a halt. and in tais acknowledge people are gearing up to mark the fourth anniversary of the arab spring. so far 18th regime antiregime protests occur. there is a sense among many people here that the freedoms

gained since the uprising have been taken away from them by the houthi coup. there is little hope as to whether the u.n. sponsored talks can in fact restore democracy. tais yemen. >> two bombings in the iraqi capital, both attacks happened in mainly shia neighborhoods. it's the second set of bombings in three days. this comes right after a night tide curfew in baghdad was lifted after 12 years. in syria kurdish fighters are making gains around the border town of kobani. they reportedly pushed i.s.i.l. out of 120 villages. stefanie dekker has the story from lebanon. >> they are making gains they

surround the border town of kobani and the victory of the town has seemed to up the ante. fest battling a common enemy. >> now we're done with the country side of kobani and god willing we'll head to the country side of manbeach city. we'll gain control of manbeach, god willing and then to aleppo. >> that doesn't mean the battle is over. i.s.i.l. has threatened to return and it still holds large areas along by turkey and rah ca toraqqato iraq. four years on a political solution to this war remains a long way off. stefanie dekker, al jazeera

beirut. >> ground offensive to retake territory from i.s.i.l kurdish peshmerga forces are said to be retaking ground from i.s.i.l. ann baueranbar province in iraq, trainers and german italian french dutch and belgian trainers. i.s.i.l. has been running an ambitious propaganda campaign, includes social media and different campaigns tailored to different countries. but fighting back using comedy and art jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> this is one of the front lines in the fight against

i.s.i.l. at state run iraqi television, the videos are part of an effort to counter i.s.i.l.'s wide ranging propaganda. the campaign is aimed at undermining the appeal of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. its most effective weapon a satirical series called stayed of superstition. in this imaginary state the devil arrives to destroy iraq with the help of some friends. the parody, instead of paradise, this one promises would be suicide bombers will end up washing dishes. each of the 27 episodes explores a different segment of life under i.s.i.l. this news anchor struggling to cover her takes interviews a hospital official. he explains that since there was no medical equipment a thousand years ago they use knives and

sewing needles. the effort is to undermine i.s.i.l.'s idea of parody is to say they don't belong among the most sacred but they are a group of people holding a destructive ideology and their understanding of islam is comical. >> there is also a kurdish effort. this production is aimed at demystifying i.s.i.l. inspiring humor instead of fear. in the battlefields for the minds of young people. and a lot of that struggle is played identity in the field of popular culture in all sorts of forms. artist's new project uses the souls of shoes to depict i.s.i.l. fighters. it is hard to imagine a more

serious insult in the arab world. >> there is no need to feign brave i bybravery by saying i'm not afraid. >> he came up with the idea, when he came to mosul a city of art and culture. the shoes he says are as damaged and deformed as i.s.i.l. ideology. jane arraf baghdad. >> still ahead on are al jazeera jazeera, pos reply running out of food next month. and targeting air strips. and find out what sparked tensions ahead of a football match in brazil. sana will have more in sports.

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barack obama in washington. obama says he hasn't decided whether to arm the ukrainian army. angela merkel has come out against the idea. funerals are being held for fans killed in a stadium stampede in egypt. at least 40 people died outside a stadium in cairo on sunday. investigation to find out what caused it. allied forces will try to disarm all of boko haram's camps camps, and nigeria's elections have been pushed back six weeks. facing another food crisis, the united nations say two and a half million people are on a brink of famine and food stocks

could run out in south sudan more than half of south sudan's population need aid. trapped inside camps dominic kane reports. >> at a camp in wy she is around 20,000 displaced people here. like many others, she worries about where her next meal is coming from. >> translator: the big problem is hunger. we need a lot of help, because we don't have anything now. alt we can think about is hunger and if we're hunger hung hungry, we can't help ourselves.

>> valerie amos believes many are at risk of famine, rebel soldiers from the sudan people's liberation army in opposition are in patrol. south sudan internal conflict has forced nearly 2 million people from their homes. the government and rebels have set a deadline of march the 5th to reach a final peace agreement but similar deadlines have come and gone before. >> the message is absolutely consistent and clear which is that the fighting has to stop and the people of south sudan need to be put first. if you put the people first there is a huge impetus to get to a peace agreement which is solid. >> reporter: the u.n. has already raised more than $600 million for aid for south sudan but it says another billion is

needed. dominic kane, al jazeera. >> in that report, we saw forrest whittaker who is the u.n. envoy for peace and reconciliation. he is at south sudan. >> we are at the humanitarian event for south sudan raising moneys for that purpose trying move ahead of it by getting these foods to certain places before the rainy season comes and it's a lot easier for people to be able to access the food in the coming months. i did witness some of the children were malnourished, yesterday i was in wy and which is another civilian camp idb camp and there was a clear problem with malnutrition amongst the children and we are trying to avert that right now. i've been in south sudan working with my ngo for about two years.

we train youths to become peace willedders to become community builders it tfort training and computer training and others, they develop projects within their community, in which they are able to bring peace to their area and community to keep connectivity and communication going between the villages to avert any sort of conflicts in the future. >> at least 29 migrants have died of hypothermia while attempting to cross from north africa to italy by sea. they were packed aboard an inflatable raft that was on verge of sinking. intercepted by the italian coast guard off the coast of lampedusa. hoping to be cleared of sodomy charges, marianna leader

is back in court. >> this is anwar ibrahim. now guilty of sodomy and sentenced to prison for five years he's been on bail pending this final appeal. allegations of sodomy were raised shortly after falling out with the ruling party. it was 1997 and he was the deputy prime minister. charged and convicted he spent several years in jail until the verdict was partially overturned in 2004 when he was released on appeal. he is a cares maltic figure. the government will be concerned if anwar clears his name. >> as long as this case is pending and hanging over his head he probably wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading this country towards chain --

change. he is still seen as the most charismatic political figure to bring this country to change. >> those disaffected with a government that's been in power for over 50 years. often speaking about the change he can offer thousands are willing to listen to him. at gatherings like this in the capital. >> students are future leaders if i'm not going to be here to help them to defend them who else is going to be here? >> no one is writing anwar's political obituary quite yet. if he does go to jail will the opposition fragment? will this clean bill of political health embolden the opposition that have made significant gains in recent years.

it is this court that will have the final say on anwar's future. whatever a final chapter is about to be written in anwar ibrahim's history. the reaction of its people to this event sahil raman, al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> australia's prime minister is determined to do better. tony abbott has just kept his job as the leader of the ruling party pfn. >> tony palas lives and works restoring classic cars in tony abbott's constituency. in 2012 he voted for abbott. >> quite disappointed, yes. because of the policies he pushed and come up with you know.

>> palas is not the only one many in his party have lost faith in him. tony abbott paced what he called a chasening experience, it was less than a convincing win. 61 of his parliamentary colleagues supported him but 39 voted against him. >> obviously i accepted that the last few weeks have been difficult weeks for the government. but they've also been difficult weeks for the australian people because the people expect and deserve a government which is getting on with the job. i am confident that we have put this time behind us. i am confident that as of today we're back at work for the people of australia. >> reporter: but abbott may yet face another challenge. it's all reminiscent of the power struggles forts previous

government. rudd won list job three years later on his second attempt. elected comfortably 18 months ago, part of his problem is his style. facing prices for export commodities, abbott struggled what he considered important cost cutting legislation through parliament. he has had to backtrack on proposed fees for doctors and leave proposals that favored rich over the poor. abbott is seen as gas prone prime minister, he gave an accolade to prince phillip husband of the british queen. australians were aghast. >> i was surprised and shock. tony abbott needs people like tony palas behind him.

they're not. an overwhelming majority don't want tony abbott as prime minister. unless he can turn opinions around fast many in australia think he hasn't ended the speculation, merely delayed the inevitable. andrew thomas, al jazeera sydney. >> they're u.n.'s nuclear watchdog says contaminated water leaking from fukushima are plant is still an important issue. working to decommission the plant which was damaged by an earthquake and state of the union in 2011. energy company tepco was criticized of its handling of radioactive water leaks into the ocean. it wouldn't be able to decontaminate all the water at the site before a a march deadline. u.s. insurance company anthem is being accused of lax security.

the company is now bracing for lawsuits from angry customers who feel that personal information including health records and credit card numbers may be compromised. from chicago john hendren are reports. >> it's been described as one of the worst breaches in history. there are fears the information could be used for identity theft. >> cyber criminals is were able to infiltrate the nation's second largest health insurer to steal income data and social security numbers. >> ann themanthem has been accused of failing to protect its electronic treasuretrophy. on the company's website anthem ceo joseph swedish says based on what we know now there is no evidence that credit card or

medical information such as test results or diagnostic codes were compromised. personal information including my own was accessed during this security breach. previous attacks have famously attacked sony pictures, home depot and target. but anthem has drawn heavy criticism on washington's capitol hill where senators described the scale of the breach unprecedented. >> it's not only breathtaking but mind bending and potentially heartbreaking for consumers who may be affected. >> in the sony hack u.s. authorities suspected north korea, that country was said to be distress angered. but u.s. prosecutors charged five members of the unit of deliberately hacking into the

companies. china has denied hacking and anthem alertits customers to a so-called phishing scam, offering bogus help to those attacked during the breach. john hendren, al jazeera. chicago. main hup in the trafficking of hundreds of tons of cocaine and other narcotics across the americas but as mafer mariana sanchez reports. >> every week, honduran soldiers destroy clandestine air strips. the most active drug route in honduras. the honduran military showed us hundreds of clandestine landing strips. it's a seemingly never-ending

task. >> this is the fifth time army has tried to destroy this landing strip. but look at the damage. the traffickers get local people and in less than 24 hours they repair them. >> mangroves lakes and rivers interfere with patches of land, load drugs on trucks to take inland or speedboats to head north to mexico and the u.s. the honduran military told us many of the local community are involved in the trade. >> speedboats and life plane also drop bundles and the tide brings them to shore. many wait around to try out their luck. >> but officials say they have never seen drugs on the beach. the military says it's reducing the drug flights and last year it confiscated 11 tons of drugs. >> honduras used to be a transit

point, but this past year we have even found that narco-labs. >> rival drug gangs were dumping their murdered victims. >> we had to leave our home, everything, and came here. we're starting from zero. i feel bad but i'll get used to it. >> blanca found a community where residents stay turns owatch out for turf battles and protect their families. soldiers say they're confidence theyconfidentto fight but it covers 17,000 square kilometers. the communities worst affected are yet to see the progress. al jazeera honduras.

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>> hello, welcome back. now dealing with the impact of population growth is a challenge around the world but what about population decline? in the last part of our series on depopulation, the u.s. town of portland, in maine is trying to bring in young people to boost its flagging economy. as tom ackerman reports.

>> for 80 years this paper mill gave the people of bucksport maine a steady living and an identity. but in december it shut down forever, throwing 500 people out of work. >> i could always applied for work now that i got one or not. now there's no mill. >> you think of bucksport you think they make paper that's what they do, that's what bucksport was about. now we have to find something else to be about. >> the decline of this natural resource industries compounds its dilemma. more deaths than births and a slinking demographic due to the most shrinking demographic in the u.s. >> we didn't make enough of them. >> in the city of bangor, the problem is being attacked, by making it a population magnet.

>> we have great housing stock that's affordable, you can buy a house here for $125,000, that's a great deal and combined with other things that young professionals are particularly looking at make for the first time. >> but may short some prime factors for growing population. hispanics whose birth rate is higher than other groups and immigrants from overseas. but in the state's largest city portland hundreds of refugees political asylees and other immigrants have settled from africa. and middle east. >> despite the severe winter, people really love maine. they love this because it's small, people are really welcoming refugees and immigrants here. it's a very safe place. >> it is a good place to raise the children.

>> reporter: safety is one of the reasons that iraqi refugee faisal ali says he's happy to kale kohl there place home. >> i can leave my family alone crimes, there are a lot of crimes in united states but maine we don't have. >> if maine can capitalize on its assets it stands a good chance of reversing its reputation being tom ackerman al jazeera maine. >> sana is with us. >> we start with the new african champions, ivory coast celebrated their victory over the equatorial guinea. the elephants beat ga ghana

celebration that's over 20 years in making. their only prior success came back in 1992. with this being the third final appearance in 9 years. >> you have to understand that things take time. and the time has finally come for us. to be honest in the beginning no one believed in us but today's the day when critics have been siedgessed. silenced. >> over to brazil, sao paulo police clashed with fans, football federation's decision to allow away fans to attend the game. banned for safety reasons. police used tear gas and made arrests with a number of fans throwing bottles and rockets.

no serious injuries have been reported. cricket acknowledge beat sri lanka by five wickets. chris volt got five of 19 as the 122, started with back-smashing 46. down the target in over 23 overs. host australia on saturday. pakistan beat bangladesh by three wickets. ahead of their opening clash he against rivaled india on sunday. pakistan had a series defeat to new zealand the icc has approved nears nasser ajumshed.

>> i hope i'll get the runs to benefit my team. >> alexander another wind-swept donate golf. the longest day of the race, riders set out from al akra. strong winds and sand. seizing the overall leader's jersey with four stages left. one of the world's toughest endurance race in the yukon arctic are ultra. will race up to 690 kilometers across a number of disciplines. diane lack has more.

>> call it organized chaos. the official start of one of the toughest athletic events of all. fat-tire mountain bikers pedal with cross country skiers, long distance sledders, alongside jogging marathoners. leaving the comforts of a small city for a vast daunting wilderness. there's only one reason they race. >> i'm being on the trail look at god. >> i worked very hard to get here and hopefully i can finish. >> hoping to could conquer 690 kilometers of landscape. james binkings a little bemused. >> only because i'm old. nobody took any notice of me when i was 30, you know, and they all think if he can do it

when i'm that age i should be able to. >> all spots in track mode please. >> it's safety first for organizers robert polehammer, who makes sure everyone has a working satellite phone device. a labor of love you might say. >> you have so many different people all ages athletic abilities, it's a mitch chur to see those people perform that's a really fun thing. >> day one over two flat frozen rivers and more mountainous terrain to cross in the days ahead. >> for most of us, 30° of snow, not a great winter's day it's rather cold but if a competitor it's a pretty big day to run in

the arctic ultra. >> it's a final tough slog up a snowy trail for the eventually winner of that event but she got mere with less than two hours with a little help from a furry friend. >> he was out there too if everything went well, that's good. >> and it goes on for many competitors, slept wild in minus 40° temperatures and survived an ordeal that many would agree was a nightmare but to them, it was just an adventure. daniel lack, takini yukon territory. >> that's it for us. we'll have more news for you after a very quick break. break.

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