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. hello. a warm welcome. i'm with bbc news. our top stories. police in ferguson say missouri blames continuing violence in part from violence outside state. >> it involves a small number to hide in the crowd and attempt to create chaos. president obama says the kurdish operation to retake iraq's largest dam aided by u.s. air strikes is a major step
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forward against the sunni militants. the number of aid workers killed around the world has reached an all time high. the pakistani schoolgirl moving on after being shot by the taliban tells her story in a book especially for children. hello. a warm welcome. just want to bring you breaking news. a ukrainian commander has been injured. a leading ukrainian commander has been wounded during fighting near linear donetsk region. he's received multiple shrapnel wounds and was evacuated to the
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hospital. you may have seen him appearing on television and social immediate you. the ukrainian interior minister says his condition is stable. that news coming to us that a ukrainian top commander has been injured. now it's been another night of unrest in ferguson, missouri, the u.s. town where a black teen was shot and killed ten days ago. the police officer in charge of rations says criminals have infiltrated the crowds of pr protestors are intent on violence. johnson says some of those arrested for from as far away as new york and california. he stressed the majority of protestors were peaceful. >> anyone that's been at protests understands there's a dangerous dynamic in the night. it allows a small number of agitators to hide in the crowd and attempt to create chaos.
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the bottles thrown, molotov cocktails and shots fired. protestors are peaceful and respectful. protestors don't clash with police, don't throw molotov cocktails. it is criminals who throw molotov cocktails and fire shots and endanger lives and property. >> ron johnson there. we are in ferguson and have this update. >> reporter: it's been another night of violent clashes here in ferguson, missouri. last night was the first night that the national guard was deployed here to help police restore calm after more than a week of protests here. there were armored vehicles on the streets and troops deployed. that didn't seem to make much of a difference. police say 31 were arrested during the course of last night's protest including some
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from as far as new york and california which seem to suggest that these protests are now part of a wider organized network across the country. now what police are tell thing us is that officers were shot at and were fired at. also had bottles and rocks thrown at them. so there was quite a lot of violence during the course of the evening. they say they didn't fire a single bullet. protestors say they have peaceful protests completely broken up, tear gas thrown into the crowd. protestors say they moved on when there was no reason for them to be. and they were denied rights to peacefully protest. the question now is, how will the next night of protests unfold? what police are urging people to do is protest during the day not the evening when they believe the more violent elements are able to come out under the cover of darkness. they're also talking about the
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possibility of having a designated protest zone. it's unlikely that someone that wants to be violent is going to go to a designated area. there's still a huge concern about the violent protest getting in the way of people wanting to make voices heard in a peaceful way. now iraqi forces have launched a major operation to retake the city which is in the hands of sunni militants. the senior official said the push started this morning. south of the city 160 kilometers north of baghdad. tikrit is one of the main targets of the fight back against the move. meanwhile kurdish and iraqi forces have captured the strategic dam north of mosul. the country's largest center for water and electricity supplies. islamic state militants seized it two weeks ago. they're denying government
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forces have control of it. well bbc persian correspondent is in irbil and joining us live. the focus has gone from focus. now the target is tikrit. >> reporter: the iraqi government have launched they tikrit. this is the area of the form they are president of iran. it's symbolically close to iraq and others. very important city for iraq. if the government managed to retake this city, definitely they could push their own troops at the same time and inflict devastating attack against i.s. militants. so far the progress has been slow. the officials say because of mines and booby traps and also
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snipers shooting at the iraqi army, that's why they haven't been able to make fast progress. we have reports from the people on the ground. they say iraqi air force, iraqi helicopters are also involved in attacking i.s. militantmilitant. >> thank you very much. time then for other news making headlines. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in gaza has been extended for another 24 you are los. announcement was made less than an hour before the previous five day truce was due to expire. will there's talks of a long term arrangement. pope francis says efforts to stop militants in iraq are legitimate but says the international community are not just one country should decide how to intervene. he made the comments on a flight
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back from south korea. a new study suggest the number of africa's elephants has declined to a critical point. if the rate of poachers doesn't slow down, the species could be wiped out in a century. asia is blamed for 2350uelling problem. let's get the business news with aaron. you're looking at most livable places. >> down where are it is? >> i think.com. good to see you. the economists have looked at global service grading them based on health care, culture and environment. where is the nicest place to live? they like it so much they water ski in the city.
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melbourne, australia which has been top of the list four years running. the research shows a trend over 50 cities surveyed have seen a decline over five years. look at conflicts in iraq and many stables that are more unstable. we'll have more on this in on "gmt." i'll get four of the top ten cities that are in australia. there you go. just waving the flag a little bit. can you remember what you were doing august 2004? it was a big moment in the tech world because it was the launch of google shares. when google went to the stock market. besides raising $1.2 billion in cash, going to the markets allowed google to take its business to a new level like buying youtube and hiring a lot more engineers. google has been investigated for
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dominance. business is expected to make $67 billion in revenue this year. we're going to have a look at more about the significance of this past decade for the world's biggest search engine. how big is it? 100 billion searches every single month. that's a lot. look out. chinese are coming and want to buy your house. with chinese households getting richer, a growing number are investing in american real estate. buyers are from china and hong kong spent 72% more than they spent the year before snapping up high end homes from lacks of california to new york. i think the second biggest buyers in new york after the canadians. more on "gmt" in over an hour's time on this. lots going on. follow me on twitter. get me @bbc aaron. that's it with business. back to you.
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see you soon. >> thank you very much. now she is the pakistani schoolgirl who survived the taliban attack less than two years ago. she is publishing a new edition of her book "i am malala" aimed at young readers. the 17-year-old now studies in the uk. >> i drove thousands of miles to hear malala to give her speech. today i travel a few miles to hear about her new book. >> i am malala was first published 2013. it tells the story of malala in pakistan and how she was changed when shot by the taliban. the new book is reversioned for younger people. >> a famous leader spoke for
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freedom. she was a courageous woman. she was a first time prime minister pakistan a. she showed the world woman has ability to become a prime minister. she gave me hope to become prime minister one day. my father and mother always encourage know speak for education and never give up. believe in he's. >> how do you imagine your future? what's your aim or dream? my dream is simple. i want to see every child going to school. i haven't decided what job i will have. i hope i get a good job. i'm independent girl by herself and can also help her family. i haven't thought about a job yet. i'm thinking to join my politics and help my country. >> what's your favorite part? >> in the beginning it was quite
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difficult because in my country there are four seasons. here in the uk will there's only one season, winter. it was quite difficult to get used to this new kind of weather. it's a very nice place. people here are amazing. good thing about the uk is that people here follow the traffic rules which is quite uncommon in our country. >> malala is only 17. >> i'm not afraid of anyone. i'll get my education even if i have to sit on the floor to continue. i have to continue my education, and i will do it. >> when i heard your speech last year, one thing that stood out for me was your comment on how one # pen can change the world. so here's a pen. thank you for being an inspiration. >> thank you so much. >> this is holly reporting for bbc news school report. >> inspirational malala. stay with us. still to come, we'll have more
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booking.yeah! hello. you're watching bbc world news. here's the latest headlines. the police chief in charge of operations in ferguson, missouri says the continued violence is caused in part by people from as far as new york and california. president obama says the retaking of iraq's largest dam is a major step forward in the battle against islamist state militants. now we're just hearing fighting is taking place in the center of luhansk in eastern ukraine between government forces and separatist rebels. the rebels have held the town since april. reports also coming in that a leading ukrainian commander has been wounded during fighting in a town in the donetsk region. let's get the latest and join
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bbc's ukraine analyst. let's talk about this increasing violence we're hearing about in eastern ukraine. >> basically what's happening, one of the two main towns in the area, luhansk now, usually has a population of quarter of a million, fighting is going on there. the ukrainian forces seem to be advancing into the center of the city. it's regular army but also volunteer battalions part of the national guard of ukraine which is a new formation can which relies on volunteers. fighting is going on across the area very close to the russian border. there are mutual accusations from ukraine. russia denies that. the reality is that the ukrainian army is squeezing rebels to smaller and smaller areas. as it does so, there's a lot of
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concern in ukraine and also outside ukraine in the international organizations about civilian casualties. there was a report which still we don't get enough details about the convoy of peaceful refugees that were evacuated yesterday from luhansk and came under fire. the government retrieved 15 bodies and blame the rebels. rebels deny involvement in that. this is a situation of how tense, volatile and dangerous it is in the area. >> claims and counter claims doing rounds. it must come as a blow that this top ukrainian commander has been injured. >> he is one of the very popular figures, leading commanders among this battalion. it's formed of residents of this area that do not want to be part
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of russia, do not support the rebels. he was extremely popular. i hope he is still alive. according to the interior minister, his situation so far is stable. he had multiple shrapnel wounds. he's a very vocal figure. he's been appearing on ukrainian television, social media. has very strong political ambitions and certain are youly loss of such a commander even for a short time is a blow to volunteers fighting along side the army in eastern ukraine. >> as you say, it's a volatile situation. that humanitarian crisis continues. >> it does. we don't know the exact number of casualties. certainly we're talking thousands of people who have been killed. many are children. many are women. hundreds of thousands have escaped the area a.
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some into ukraine itself. some crossed the border into russia. the humanitarian situation is very, very dangerous. lots of factories in the area. this is an industrial place. lots of factories damaged and not working. today i saw a video of the city of luhansk allegedly filled yesterday. it looks like a city of lieu happens. it's eerie quiet. the car driving through the town with no residence. >> thank you very much for saying that to us. now the problems of finding a home where prices are going through the roof is shared to by many around the world. in cairo, rising prices have forced too many out of their homes over the years. what is unique in this city? many live in cemeteries. the problem existed for 50s years and one the government is struggling to come to terms
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with. we report now from cairo. >> reporter: life and death meet in this huge cemetery in south eastern cairo. dead bodies buried under the ground and families struggling to survive above ground. she came here 50 years ago. she lives with her unemployed son and two grandchildren on a government benefit of $60 a month. >> translator: my only wish before i die is have a decent house. i don't want my grandchildren to grow up here. they feel ashamed of it. >> she doesn't pay rent. the owners of the tomb allow her to stay as long as she keeps an eye on the place. there are no gravestones here, but dozens of bodies are buried in this yard. >> nearly 2 million egyptians
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are tomb dwellers. that's what officials say. what they don't say is that the people in places like this smell death in every detail of their lives. they feel neglected by government to alleviate their suffering. >> there's very little help available. this charity provides some clothes and occasional free meals for dwellers. >> translator: we have 500 families only. we don't receive consistent donations. we need more money. >> house prices are constantly rising in cairo. poverty is rising too. the ministry for urban development is created to tackle these problems. so far it's not making the tomb dwellers a priority. >> relatively speaking they are
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not under any threat of death or is sewage or unsafe dwelling. it's constructed of bricks and morters. egyptians have lived here the pyramid tomb you know? >> how long will it continue to rely on resting place of dead to provide homes for the living? >> now delivering humanitarian aid to people caught up in c conflict is becoming increasingly dangerous. tax on aid workers has reached an all time high. that's according to figures published to coincide with world humanitarian day. 150 aid workers were killed in 2013. a further 171 were seriously injured. 134 were kidnapped. well already this year, 79 aid workers around the world have
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lost their lives. the bbc world affairs correspondent says the majority of attacks happened in a small number of countries. >> obviously very alarming figures. those figures quoted for 2013 in fact represent 66% increase in the number of victims over the previous years. it does look as if the trend is continuing. it has put down in part at least to the larger emergencies in which aid workers are engaged at the moment. particularly complex ones. one of the interesting aspects of the statistics is that last year numbers represent three countries. three quarters were five countries. afghanistan heading that table of violence against aid workers.
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it is very much about people trying to deliver aid in particularly difficult circumstances. along side that, the world health organization has a interest in this field reminding us there have been threats, harassments, health workers trying to battle ebola in west africa. >> mike reporting there. now just to remind you of our top story. it has been another night of arrests in ferguson in missouri. the u.s. town where a black teenager was shot and killed ten days ago. 18-year-old michael brown. the police officer in charge of operations says criminals have infiltrated the crowds of protestors and seem intent on violence. at the news conference, captain ron johnson said some of those arrested overnight had come as far as california and new york. he said the majority of
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a warm welcome. i'm with bbc world news. the police in ferguson say they blame violence on troublemakers from outside the state. >> dangerous dynamic in the night allows agitators to hide in the crowd and attempt to create chaos. a warning that elephants could be wiped out as they've been declined to a critical
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point. an australian billionaire politician hits out against the chinese government in a television debate. >> they shoot their own people, haven't got a justice system, and want to take over this country. after another night of violence unrest in ferguson, missouri, police have told reporters they came under violent attacks from protestors. ron johnson, the police officer in charge of operations said some of those arrested overnight were from as far as new york and california. well, after the press conference in the past couple of hours, he said criminals had infiltrated the crowds of protestors and are intent on vie wiolenceviolence. >> anyone that's been at the
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protests understands there's a dangerous dynamic in the night that allows a small number of agitators to hide in the crowd and attempt create the chaos. it can be bottle thrones, molotov cocktails and shots fired. protestors are peaceful or respectful. protestors don't clash with police. they don't throw molotov cocktails. it is criminals who throw molotov cocktails and fire shots and endanger lives and property. >> captain ron johnson there. with more on protest temperaturth temperaturthe protests, here is our
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correspondent. >> reporter: a standoff with protestors for hours. a nighttime curfew put in place for the weekend has been lifted. the national guard was sent in to help keep order. they were deployed monday following nights of rioting and looting. the protests stirred by the fateful shooting of black unarmed teen michael brown by the white police officer. the president urged healing instead of violence. >> to a community of ferguson hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek understanding rather than simply holler at each other. let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other. as americans we've got to use this moment to seek out shared humanity that's been laid bare by this moment. >> u.s. attorney general eric holder will travel to ferguson later this week to meet with the
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officials investigating the teen's death. some witnesses say michael brown had his hands above his head when he was shot. it's likely up to the grand jury to decide what happened. they could meet as soon as wednesday to hear evidence to determine whether darren, wilson, the officer who shot the teen should be charged in his death. >> in response, the center has conducted a poll to gauge how americans view what's happened. it shows a country divided along racial and political lines.
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now an australian business men who's launched an extraordinary attack on the chinese government live on national television. palmer called them mongrels that shoot their own people.
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his outburst happened during a panel discussion when asked about his legal battle against a chinese state owned company. >> we've had three judgments in the federal court and supreme court and arbitration against chinese mongrels. they're communist, shoot their own people, haven't got a justice system, want to take over this country. we're not going to let them do it. that was palmer himself. joining us from sydney, that was live television. what prompted him to make those comments? >> reporter: well as far as australia's political discourse goes, this has to be a new low against stiff competition. in the past we had politicians say ruthless things about each other. palmer's remarks have caused problems in australia and china
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as well. the chinese embassy issued a statement saying his comments were both offensive and irresponsible. the statement went on to say that mr. palmer's remarks were loaded with ignorance and prejudice. that's the story taken by australian government ministers. they are not his behavior on television. his comments could inflict huge damage on the australian economy given that australia's biggest trading partner is china. >> that's just it isn't it? china is a big trading partner with australia. they could this quite badly. >> they could. that's the fear of industry leaders here in australia. they do worry that australia's long term commercial ties with china might take a battering because of the clive palmer
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effect. palmer is a federal mp. his comments have certainly caused a large amount of dismay in the business and political communities here in australia. some of his supporters do say he's a breath of fresh air. one thing is if for certain since he was will elected to federal parliament last year, palmer has become a walking human headline. i imagine he has more to say when it comes to his relationship with china into the future. >> thank you for explaining that story there. thank you very much. phil mercer live from sydney. kenya air ways is suspending flights to areas to halt the spread of ebola. flights to ghana and nigeria have not been affected despite reports in nigeria. the bbc dennis is in innairobi
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says this will affect the airlines. >> definite areally west african travelers. government says it's not turning a blind eye to this reality. there have been pressure since the world health organization. they say that kenya was classified as a high risk country for the spread of this deadly virus. well this position definitely doesn't just affect passengers who had flights. kenya air ways say some of them will get a refund. when the suspension takes effect for mid night, no passengers guinea, liberia and sierra leone will be allowed to come in the country. this does not just affect the passengers. the airlines will be affected because they use nairobi as a transit point to other destinations. in terms of business, 60% of west africans who actually use
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nairobi as a transit point to other destinations. in terms of business, it's a big blow for kenya airlines. >> are there other plans to compensate the airlines industry? after all it's they who are going to be affected. >> the airline say they are not suspending flights to west africa. this rational was coming from other countries. they plan to cut huge numbers. locally politicians, medical practitioners this the country including the general public were giving kenya air pressure to stop flights. there's a court case currently by a consumer lobby group in kenya saying they want kenya air to suspend flights to west african countries.
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they fly 44 times a week to west african states. this gives the scale of what this means to the industry in kenya. now which country has the most theater goers in the world? it may surprise you. it's china with audiences 380 million strong. with growing wealth, the country has been building new theaters across the mushrooming cities. it's hard to produce enough great shows to fill all of them. china is look aing a broad. it started to coordinate with the british theater. we have been looking at rehearsals for the show in beijing. >> this is joey, the hero of the fame mouse national show "war
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horse." he's brought to live by three chinese puppeteers. it doesn't go to show another year. the puppetry is the big challenge. china shadowed it before but never had this huge complex puppet to work with. he's got to be brought to life in mind and body. getting inside the body of the horse is hugely challenging. these puppeteers have been spending time in a stable feeding and watching horses and understanding how ever move and every reaction to a scare or to something how a horse behaves. we got a team from the national
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theater in london. he's in charge of this. they're here to work with the chinese puppeteers. they've been here doing this job seven years now since it premiered in london in 2007. it's going to take a whole year of hard work for these puppeteers to get in the role and get the stage set for china. the enormous audiences, the biggest in the world here in china. everywhere in the world it's the year of the horse, but here in this beijing rehearsal room, it's the year of the war horse. >> thank you for reporting on beijing's version of war horse. on bbc, still to come. >> it's rare to see cycling, but we'll see a woman who's braving the traffic. uncomfortable with gurgling. nothing seems to feel right!
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hello. you're watching bbc world news. the latest headlines. the police chief in charge of operations in ferguson says the violence is caused in part by people as far away as new york and california. a study suggests the number of african elements has declined to a critical point. 35,000 elephants are killed for ivory each year. if the poacheriing doesn't slow down, the elephants could be wiped out. joining me is our science correspondent rebecca. a critical point we're hearing. what is causing this? >> this is a really interesting study. scientists have known several years there's been a growing problem in africa. the issue is poaching.
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it's been soaring in recent years. ivory is now worth thousands of for every single kilo. that's been fuelled by the growing command in the new economies within asia. what's interesting about this study is it's put numbers on the problem for the first time really. scientists have found since 2010, elephants in africa, there have been 35,000 of them killed every single year. that means annually, 7% of africa's entire elephant population is being wiped out. these are enormous numbers. it also means basically for the first time the situation has reached a tipping point where more animals are killed than born. the population is now in overall decline. that's really serious. >> we've known poaching has been around for years. we know a lot of people want to get their hands on that ivory.
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what is being done to conserve that species, that endangered species. >> more issues with poaching is it's a multilayering effort. you've got to address on several layers. there's protecting the animals, protecting the elephants on the ground. that requires money and people, rangers, to look out for el pants. there's tough penalties for people doing poaching. these aren't random people. it's big organized crime behind this. the animal trade is $19 billion every year. tougher penalties and laws too. then addressing the demand in the problem. how can you stop people in countries like china, vietnam from wanting ivory products. you can say it's harming the the animals, but that doesn't seem to make any difference at the moment. the black market is growing and growing. >> thank you very much for explaining that to us. thank you. now fight is taking place in
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the center of luhansk in eastern ukraine between government forces and separatist rebels. rebels have helped the town since april. there's a new leading ukrainian commander who has been wounded in the town of the donetsk region. for more on the situation, i spoke to bbc ukraine analyst. >> what's happening is one of the two main towns in the area donetsk and luhansk, talking about luhansk now, which usually has a population of quarter of a million. fighting is going on there. the ukrainian forces seem to be advancing into the center of the city. it is regular army but also volunteer battalions that are part of the national guard of ukraine which is a new formation which relies heavily on volunteers. fighting is going on across the area very close to the russian border. there are mutual accusations
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from ukraine and russia denies that. there's basically infiltration of fighters and heavy armor. they're squeezing the rebels to smaller and smaller areas. as it does so, there's concern ukraine but also outside ukraine in national organizations about civilian casualties. there was a report which still we don't get enough details about the convoy of peaceful refugees that were evacuated yesterday from the area of luhansk. it came under the fire. the ukrainian government retrieved 15 bodies and blame the rebels. rebels deny that. this is indication of how tense, volatile and dangerous the situation is in the area. >> the latest situation there from eastern ukraine. now the son of hollywood actor jackie chen has been arrested for drug related
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charges. jc was arrested along with a movie star. police say both men tested positive for marijuana with more than 100 grams of the drug found at jc chen's home. now a new search started for what's thought to be the heaviest bell ever. it is estimated to weigh nearly 300 tons. in 1608 it's said to to have fallen in a river. despite numerous attempts to find it, the bell has so far alluded anyone who's tried to retrieve it. jenna fisher has this report. >> reporter: the crowds gather to watch this attempt to find the biggest bell the world has ever seen. cast in the 15th century and weighing nearly 300 tons, the bell once stood here.
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legend has it the bell was seized in 1608 and put on a raft that sank sending gold and silver to the river floor. the fate of the bell is one of the great mysteries. there are countless efforts in the past to try and find it. so far, no one has even managed to prove it's down there. many believe the search is cursed. the launch of the latest attempt, the team leader said super natural forces from the buddhist spirit world were stopping the bell from being discovered. >> if we just rely on modern technology, we will face more problems. we must take the bell from those that got it. we need to use traditional ways so that the spirits does not keep hold of the bell. >> we watched as work got
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underway. a team of divers equipped with masks lowered themselves into the moving water. there was no sign of metal detectors or sonar being used. just a monk issuing orders from the top of a boat. let me give you a sense of how difficult it is for these divers searching with the naked eye in this river. you can hardly see anything. they may be looking in entirely the wrong place? because the rivers have changed course. for many like this historian, this latest search is an embarrassment and waste of the public's good will and money. having watched numerous teams both high and low tech fail, he's starting to think the unthinkable. >> maybe there's no bell.
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>> i really hope the bell is real. it would make me so proud of our country. if we look at the three main history books written 200 year afs the bell sank, none of them mentions it. >> this team says they'll keep diving another two weeks. they have no doubt somewhere in the mud is the holy grail. all this week we're looking at the growing popularity around the globe of cycling. it's time to stop off in beijing and cairo to see what it's like to be on a bike there. my bike makes me feel free. it's an extension to my arms and
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legs. >> i cycle everyday to work from my house to work. actually it takes me about two hours and a half with my car. with my bicycle only an hour. >> i started to ride fixed gear bike in 2010. i've grown aftttached to cyclin. in childhood every household was proud to have a bike. >> i feel so many criticisms. people sometimes make bad comments to me. look at this woman. why she's cycling like that?
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she's gone crazy. >> cyclists have to deal with more and more cars on the road. air pollution is a headache. >> the worst thing about cycling in cairo is there's no lane specialized for cycling. it's so dangerous. >> more people see the glamour of cycling as a sport. bikes are more attractive to young people because we take better care of our health. >> however there was a lack of safety awareness among us. people think it's cool and take it to the streets without practice. >> it's good to use bikes, but it means so many problems.
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i wish one day to say people all over cairo are using bicycles and no cars anymore. >> the dangers of cycles. keep in touch with me via twitte
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twitter. hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories. another night of violent clashes in st. louis. police officers come under heavy gunfire. the authorities say criminals have infiltrated the crowds and blamed them for the violence. the fight back against islamic state militants continues in iraq. government troops launch a major operation to retake the city of tikrit. we look at the role of western troops on the ground there.

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