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this is bbc america, and now live from london, "bbc world news." >> hello, i'm david eades with "bbc world news." turkey's prime minister says he's shocked by his country's decision not to commit turkish troops in the fight against islamic state militants. the british hostage john campley appears in another video. this time he says he's in the contested city of kobane. washington looks to end the controversy over quarantine for health workers from ebola affected countries. also malaysia's opposition leader ibrahim makes a final
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appeal against his five-year sodomy conviction. hello, thanks for joining us. why should turkey commit troops to fighting in syria if western states won't? that's the argument being put forward by turkey's prime minister. he says he's shocked at western criticism of his country's approach towards militants of the so-called islamic state in syria. the circumstances surrounding the city of kobane close to the turkish border. >> even kobane is -- retaking kobane -- who will be doing this
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military operation? this is the question. i am really surprised and shocked. expecting turkey to do something should define what turkey should do. i am sure many of these media or international parties will criticize turkey. the only way to help kobane, seems other countries don't want to use ground troops. moderate forces to kobane. what are they? peshmerga. peshmerga is part of the iraqi army. constitutionally, they are part of iraq. but if other countries, americans, europeans want to send their troops, turkey never said no. >> but they've said repeatedly
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that they will not send troops. >> if they don't want to send ground troops, how can they expect turkey to send turkish ground troops with the same risks on our border. so the question is here. it is easy to accuse, it is easy to say something against another country, but they should ask what can we do? and what can we expect from turkey to do? >> could you do more, sir, to stop the flow of jihadis going across your border? because they are going across. >> we never allow any foreign fighters to go inside syria. >> which means they escaped. >> they -- you mentioned some intelligence services. they cannot claim this. there is no evidence that turkey has any link, any cooperation, any support to these types of groups. it is a threat to turkey on our
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border, and turkey declares isis as a terrorist organization last year in october 2013. >> you're obviously angry, mr. prime minister, at washington's new approach, or in fact, its continuing approach to syria. what are you asking of washington now? >> recruit and train free syrian army so that if isis leaves, regime should not come. if isis leaves, pkk terrorist should not come. if isis is being eliminated, massacre should not continue. >> so let me be clear, mr. prime minister. so in other words, to take an example, you will not allow american and other air forces to use your air base unless they're also going to bomb president assad's forces as well as the forces of islamic state? >> let me use a positive perspective. we will help any forces to air
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base or any means, if we have a common understanding to have a new democratic syria and to identifying against all crimes against humanity. committed by isis as a terrorist organization or the brutal regime. >> mr. prime minister, thank you so much for your time with bbc. >> that's lyse doucet talking to the turkish prime minister. as he defends his country's strategy towards islamic state militants, the group continues to release propaganda video. the latest one showing the british hostage john campley walking through the syrian city of kobane. he says that i.s. militants about to capture the town from kurdish forces. bridget kendall has been studying the video. >> hello, i'm john campley, and
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today we're in the city of kobane on the syrian-turkish border. >> reporter: he may look like a war reporter, but in fact, he's a hostage, being held by the militants who call themselves islamic state. >> for a month now, the soldiers of islamic state have been besieging this key kurdish city. and despeet continual american air strikes, which so far have cost nearly half a billion dollars in total, they have pushed deep into the heart of the city. >> reporter: the propaganda message seems clear, denial that american bombardments of kobane has succeeded in pushing the militants back. but it's what john campley tells about himself is significant. compare how he looked in previous videos. very much a prisoner. pale-faced with little to suggest when and where the
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filming was done. it's not clear if he knows that his father, who made an appeal to his son's captors from his hospital dead, has recently died. four other western captives as well as numerous other prisoners held by these ruthless militants have been brutally beheaded. but this time, not only is he apparently in kobane, he also mentions two news reports from the 16th and 17th of october suggesting that this video was filmed within the last ten days. bridget kendall, bbc news. the united states has issued updated guidelines in the face of growing confusion over ebola risks for health workers returning from west africa. people coming back from this recommendation are being
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recommended to be monitored for 21 days. only those in contact with bodily fluids are advised to enter voluntary ice laying at home. the governors of new jersey and new york are still advising compulsory quarantine. this all coming on the back of the case of the nurse kaci hickox here. she threatened legal action after she was quarantined in new jersey on her return from sierra leone. she is now being allowed to continue her isolation at home. the ebola outbreak itself has claimed the lives of 4,922 people. all but 27 of those cases occurring in guinea, sierra leone, and liberia. our correspondent anne soy joins us now in accra. the figures continue to rise. we're at 10,000 cases now being established as far as the w.h.o.
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sees it. in a couple of weeks time, forecasters are suggesting it would be 10,000 a week. is it sort of slowing down? >> reporter: well, the 10,000 figure that we are receiving is as good as the data that can be collected on the ground by the ministry of health. as we all know, the situation on the ground is dire in the three worst affected hours, liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. and they need all the health care workers they have now to tackle the deceased. those who have actually been counted and recorded, there could be even two times more than have been reported. >> are there those being kept hidden away in their homes and there's no real opportunity to get everyone out? >> yes, of course, there are people being kept away at home.
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we have seen cases of patients being turned away from facilities, and patients then die at home. they have no way of knowing exactly who has died. and we also had reports of people being thrown into the river so they are not taken away from burial teams by families who feel that that's not the way their people should be buried. so there's a lot of this being missed here and the figures may well be higher than reported. >> we've seen stories of how difficult it can be to trace relatives once they're taken to treatment centers as well. it's a pretty cataclysmic picture, to be honest. but on the ground, are there an increasing number of treatments being set up? are these huge international efforts beginning to make its mark? >> well, there is a lot of effort going on on the ground. the u.s. and the uk have sent troops there to try and build treatment facilities. we understand that the u.s. has
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just completed at their 25 facilities. talking about a case load of 10,000 people and you have a facility with 25 of those, it really feels like a drop in the ocean. it is a welcome effort, nonetheless. and building a facility, something you do in a day, it takes a couple of weeks. so the influx is -- >> we seem to have had a bit of a freeze there with anne. i think she got the message very clearly over to us from accra. anne soy. now to a tragedy of a different sort here. mexican authorities searching for a group of missing college students have found human remains in a new area. they're being tested to see if they belong to the young men who were last seen in police custody. that was a month ago. investigators found the mass graves based on statements coming from four people arrested on monday, as our mexico correspondent will grant reports. >> reporter: there have been
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dozens of arrests over the disappearances in iguala, yet still no sign of the 43 missing students abducted after a protest in late september by members of the local police. now it seems these latest arrests might have brought some fresh clues as to their whereabouts. >> translator: at this time, they are giving statements about their fate. a group are searching for evidence to corroborate the statements of the detained. >> reporter: the past two weeks have been unbearable for the families. the discovery of the remains inside the mass graves were not those of their missing loved
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ones. as protests have grown in mexico city, the state governor was forced to step down over his handling of the affair. now the president has lent his public support for the governor's successor. >> translator: i hope our actions demonstrate the coordination of our efforts and the peace and order for all of guerrero state. governor, i wish you success, and we are here to assist you with this big responsibility that the people of guerrero have entrusted in you. >> reporter: the president knows the eyes of mexico are on him over the horror. the attorney general said the students were acting on orders of the local mayor. that close relationship wooen betwe -- between the authorities and the drug cartels is at the heart. the protesters continue to call for the safe return of the missing students, but they know
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that with each new grisly detail which comes to light, that now appears increasingly unlikely. will grant, bbc news. time to catch up on the world of business. aaron is here with all of that and with some pretty hefty job losses from lloyd's. >> they've already cut just over 40,000 jobs. this is additional, though. let me explain. lloyd's is going to close over 100 branches. the group has also set aside another 900 million pounds in dollars. that's just under $1.5 billion for the payment protection insurance payout. earlier this year, a separate business basically to appease the union authorities. the group said it would also invest $1.5 billion in digital technology as more customers are doing their banking on the go
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via those mobile devices. it's would have been the reasons they've said that they're going to close a lot of those branches. more of us are doing it online. b.p. one of the world's leading oil and gas internationals reports an increase in its operating cash flow and raises the dividends of payouts to the shareholders by 5.3%. profits have fallen after the energy giant was hit with those lower oil prices around the world. also a slump in earnings from its 20% steak in the russian oil giant. it's down 21% from the same time last year. slumped 80%, $110 million. as sanctions have weakened russia's currency, the ruble.
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in line with what everybody was expecting. also, it is a busy week for some of the social media giants for facebook and twitter. facebook actually reports its numbers later on today, tuesday. its stock has jumped 30% in the last six months and investors are certainly hoping that that momentum continues. and, of course, twitter's earnings, they came out on monday after the bell. they increased the number of monthly users and doubled its revenue for that three-month period. they are focused on the future and that's where twitter is disappointing. there's already warning of slower sales and business growth for the next three months of the year. we'll keep across twitter. talking of twitter -- yeah, follow me on twitter. tweet me, i'll tweet you right back. all the business coming up on the world business report in about 13 minutes time. am i right? yeah? >> you are approximately correct. aaron, thank you very much. and thank you for being with
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you're watching "bbc world news." i'm david eades with the latest headlines for you. turkey's prime minister tells the bbc his country shouldn't be expected to send troops to syria if other countries won't do the same. the latest hostage video from so-called islamic state shows the captive john cantlie saying he's in the city of kobane. >> is it also time that sport pays equal wages for women?
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ronaldo's bank balance is leaps and bounds ahead of his female counterparts and he's favored on the balandor short list. the players pay their respects to oscar tavares, who died in a car accident. all that coming up. malaysia's top court has begun hearing a final appeal by the opposition leader against a sodomy conviction. he was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of having sex with a male aide. he says the case is a move by the governing coalition to stop him taking part in politics. jennifer pack sent this report from the administrative capital. >> reporter: mr. anwar's supporters are taking refuge from this heat under the trees and also selling t-shirts. can i just see what this is? they're selling this one that says rakya hakim negara, which
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means the people will be the june. there's certainly the sense they aren't getting a fair trial and it feels a lot more like a political campaign than one about a very serious sex crime. sodomy is illegal here in this muslim majority country, but very few people are actually prosecuted. mr. anwar is facing his second sodomy trial. his lawyers are going to be arguing inside this court that the evidence linking mr. anwar to his accuser has been tampered with, and more importantly, it's part of a smear campaign brought on by his political opponent. of course, the government has come out to deny this, saying that mr. anwar has had a free and fair trial, that this is a case between him and his former employees. a lot of his supporters don't believe so, so they've come out from other states to support him, and they've been blocked by the police from going up to the
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front of the courthouse to rally, and so they're outside in the barricades here, but the police have also taken precaution by bringing riot gear. we've seen shields, helmets, in case anything happens. here's what's at stake. if mr. anwar is not successful in his appeal against his sodomy conviction, it will mean that he will go back to jail. but more importantly, he will not be able to stand for election in the next general vote, which is due in 2018. mr. anwar is widely believed to be the only person who can challenge the dominance of the governing coalition, who have been in power for more than five decades, so that's why supporters here are very concerned and need to show their support for their leader. >> jennifer pack reporting there. kenya's schoolgirls are fighting back against sexual violence by learning how to box. as part of the bbc's "100 women" series, we meet 14-year-old emily, who describes the challenging facing young women in the capital nairobi, including the threat of rape,
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and how self-defense classes could help her and 200 others. >> i am a 14-year-old girl. i live in nairobi. it's our home. i wake up at 6:00. from 7:00 i prepare myself and come here and we start our exercise. we go to warm-up. we walk around for about two minutes. we start our exercise. my fellow girls, my community, this is my area.
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i want to defend myself, because in our area, there are many challenges, like girls are being raped, girls are being abused. used the way today don't like. others are kidnapped and being attacked. it's something that i like. it's something that i feel good when i'm doing, and i feel enjoyable because it's exercise. it helps me to be fit and be strong. there are many skills. like there is jab. uppercut. when someone wants to do maybe a jab -- my main competitor is michelle. i love michelle because she
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helps me. when i get those skills from michelle, it's enabled me. she's my competitor and also my good friend. to me, boxing -- my other fellow girls like to take action so that they can help them, at least to get their skills, so that they can be able to defend themselves. >> that's "100 women 2014: half the world speaks." we'll have much more on that throughout the week. i want to bring you some breaking news. in the last few moments, there has been a considerable bang coming out of kobane. american air strikes in the
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eastern side of the city. an ongoing and deep-seated fight for the city, which is very close to the turkish border. we've heard the turkish prime minister saying don't expect turkish troops to go into syria unless western troops are prepared to go in as well. but clearly, the battle for kobane going on as we speak. thanks for watching "bbc world news." for a love that can endure any fashion trend,
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twitter reports strong results. so why did the stock lose a whopping 8% in after-hours trading? and lloyd's has shed another 9,000 jobs as the government gets set to sell more of its shares.
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hello, everybody. i'm aaron. welcome to the program. an exciting and fascinating snapshot of all the latest in the world of business and money. we're going to talk more about lloyd's with our very own andrew walker, but first, let's talk about shares in twitter, because they fell as much as 10% in after-hours trading and looked set to open lower, or certainly down anyway, on tuesday. this has all come after some disappointing forecast. the social media network, it said the number of users would grow much slower than in the past. that's part of the problem. the group made $176 million in that three-month period ending in september. but profit wasn't what investors were tweeting about. samira hussain explains. >> reporter: since going public on the new york stock exchange, twitter's share price has seen some highs and lows. but its most recent earnings report shows a company that grew
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in the last three months. monthly average users are up 23% since this time last year. 80% of those users tweet on their mobile phones, and 85% of twitter's total advertising revenue came from mobile devices. these are respectable results. so why did twitter's share price fall more than 8% in after-hours trading? earnings results are backwards-looking. it shows how a company performed in the last three months of the year. but investors are focused on the future, and that's where twitter is disappointing. it's already warning of slower sales and business growth for the next quarter. twitter poplarized communicating in 140 characters or less. but it hasn't really changed much since it hit the social media scene back in 2006.or les.
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but it hasn't really changed much since it hit the social media scene back in 2006. it's clear if it wants to bring back confidence of its customers, something needs to change. bbc news, new york. let's talk about this. lloyd's is to cut another 9,000 jobs. the lender narrowly passed the stress test set by the eu watchdogs at the weekend. we talked about that yesterday. but it's certainly been dogged by costly fines and compensation claims from selling insurance to customers. lloyd's is still part-owned by the uk taxpayer after being bailed out by that financial crisis, but the government is in the process of selling its stake, so is it a good idea for customers and taxpayers? andrew walker joins us to talk bette. always good to have you. there's lots to talk about. but let's start with the money this bank has had to splash out in those compensation claims. for our world audience who haven't been following this kind of thing, explain what the banks have been having to do.
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>> $18 billion -- >> that's for lloyd's. >> the cumulative prevision they had to make in their accounts for money. they have paid out or may have to in the future. this is about insurance that was sold to customers taking out loans. insurance against the possibilities for reasons of ill health, unemployment, or even death. they might be unable to maintain the repayments on those loans. and the great scandal that has emerged is that these policies were often sold in ways that left customers not really understanding what they were doing. they were -- some would argue even deliberately misled. and it cost customers as a result a lot of money that they didn't really need to be paying. and this misconduct is one of the reasons why british banks are having to make quite large provisions in their accounts for compensating customers. >> it's not the only bit of past misbehavior. libel and interest rates as well. >> some of them have been very
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naughty. more big job cuts. since 2008, they've cut something like 43,000. like 50,000 jobs going or gone, or will be gone. interesting to know. with the closure of tease brahe branches, at the same time, they're saying we're going to invest $1.5 billion in technology because more and more people are doing banking on those devices. >> branches still matter for the mainstream banks. that's one of the big selling advantages they have over the newer online-only kind of competitors. but there's no question that some consumers are using their banks in different ways. when we were talking before, i was struggling to remember the last time i went into a branch. i get my cash out of a hole in the wall. i use online services to pay my kids' rent and college. and increasingly, people are using their banking services in different ways and they simply don't need as many people in branches. and when there's a cost savings
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to make, inevitably, they're going to take advantage of it. >> in 20 seconds or so, the international presence. >> yeah, it is fundamentally a british bank. it does have an international presence, but they're cutting that back, making themselves more focused on the areas they know best and making themselves less risky. >> interesting stuff. great stuff from you as always, mate. thank you very much. andrew walker, our economics correspondent. let's move on. bp profits fell, ending in september, all due to those lower oil prices. they still made $3 billion, but it is down sharply certainly from the same time last year. the oil giant also makes a fifth of its money from a stake in the russian producer whose earnings have been hit hard by the plunge in the value of that russian currency the ruble. japanese air bags, several products are being sued in the united states over allegations they sold unsafe vehicles.
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the class action lawsuit comes after millions of cars were recalled over potentially dangerous air bags. h allegations that honda and toyota actually hid the defects from consumers. okay, let's talk about this one. it's a new-look cabinet for indonesia, because the president joko widodo has sworn in 34 new faces, including eight women and a number of technocrats. but will this mixture of professional and political appointees be able to help the president push through his agenda of economics reform? take a look at this. >> reporter: meet the team president joko widodo calls the working cabinet. it includes chief economic minister, a self-made man in his third ministerial position. the finance post goes to a well-respected technocrat.
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most recently a deputy finance minister. while the economic team has drawn some praise, other choices have raised some eyebrows. this cabinet has more professionals than political appointees, but it is already seen as the result of a compromise. but what is crucial for businesses and investors is whether these ministers will have enough clout to push through urgent reforms in the country. experts say it all depends on the president. >> i think the most important thing is the leadership and management by the president and vice president themselves, in ensuring this they get all the ministers, whether they come from a professional background or from the different political parties, that they will all be aligned, driving together in the same direction. the weakness is that people, despite the fact that they're all professionals, they're ready to put this together to a common goal. >> a pressing issue for the new administration is to cut the expense of fuel subsidy. indonesians' addiction to cheap
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oil cost the country more than $20 billion a year. the new president has promised to cut the subsidy and free up more money for health care and education. any hesitation will be greeted with disappointment. bbc news, jakarta. >> there you go. lots going on. you can follow me on tweeter. tweet me @bbcaaron. more coming up next. bye-bye.
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hello there. this is "sport today" from the bbc "sportscenter." coming up on the show, as we try to bridge the gender pay gap in
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the work force, is it time sport also pays equal wages for women? ronaldo's bank balance is leaps and favorites. he's favorite on the balandor short list. the world series takes on a somber mood, as the players pay their respects to oscar tavares, who died in a car accident. welcome to "sport today," where we are putting a strong focus on equal pay in sport this tuesday. a bbc study into sport prize money has found that 30% of sports reward men more than women. and those defending the bigger pay packet say that more lucrative sponsorship deals are partly the reason why men earn more, and that is something that women all over the sporting world are trying to address.
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>> reporter: chasing a sporting dream can bring both glory and riches, depending what sport you pick, of course. for female athletes, tennis is by far the most financially rewarding and it's would have been 25 sports from the bbc's study paying equal prize money for men and women. but ten sports still don't. >> it doesn't make any sense to me. in 2014, that here we sit with these other great female athletes not having a greater share of sponsorship dollars and exposure in media. >> reporter: it's in football where the gulf is the greatest. this year, they were rewarded very differently. when arson wenger's side beat hull city, they received $2.9 million in prize money. two weeks later, arsenal ladies won the f.a. women's cup. they were awarded with $8,000. >> the gulf is enormous. i think the most important thing is we are investing 12 million
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pounds into them this year, but we want to direct that investment where we think it's going to have the biggest impact. we want to build sustainable clubs. we think those are going to have the biggest difference. >> reporter: but football is not alone. golf, cricket, and squash play men and women vastly different amounts. this woman received less than half the amount awarded to the men's champion, but she feels her sport is addressing the imbalance. >> i feel i work just as hard as the men. we play the same amount of games, best of five games, so there's no reason that the professionalism in women's sport now is just second to none, and it deserves a place next to the men. >> there's no doubt that women's sport has made big strides in recent years. however, the fight for equality
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continues. cristiano ronaldo has won plenty of prize money in his career. that along with his earnings and wages off the field make him one of the world's richest footballers. he has an estimated personal fortune of $230 million. he's also regarded by many fans as the world's best, and is once again in the running for the ballon d'or award. the real madrid striker is the favorite to win back-to-back titles. he just can't stop scoring this season. he's had 22 goals in 15 matches in all competitions. joining him on the short list, the four-time winner lionel messi, and his barcelona teammate neymar. germany have six players on the list, the most from any nation, including mario gotze, thomas rodriguez, who won the golden boot in brazil is on there, too, and the english premier league diego costa is nominated. he scored ten goals in all competitions since he's moved from atletico madrid.
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real madrid's garreth bale is the only british player to be named. the 23-man short list will be reduced to three in december before the winners are announced on the 12th of january in zurich. a full breakdown of the nominees on our website, bbc.com/football. now, there was so much pressure on queens park rangers manager harry redknapp, but they finally have their second win of the english premier league season. they've beat aston villa 2-1 with striker charlie austin scoring both the goals to take them off the bottom of the table. it was his fifth successive defeat, and their fifth straight game without a goal. >> we drew here with stoke. beat sunderland. can't afford the performances. but we've come and done it again today. i said to him, it's no good doing that against liverpool and then not doing it the next game. we've got to do it every game. if we do that, we've got a chance. there's nothing in the league, you know, in terms of points.
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hull probably tenth or whatever on ten points and we're three points behind. i mean, there's no panic. it's still all to do. it's still premier games to go and we've still got a good chance. the baseball players fighting for the world series say they're finding it hard not to think about the death of st. louis cardinals outfielder oscar tavares. kansas city and san francisco face off in game six of the world series on wednesday, but they say the news of tavares's death in a car accident is beyond heartbreaking. >> it was really hard to hear, you know, in all the jubilation, the excitement, the joy that we're in, that was really tough to hear that news. devastated, obviously. didn't know him, but obviously we're a fraternity. when you meet somebody who does with a you do and you get the news obviously we got, so it's beyond heartbreaking when you don't even know him. spoke to a couple guys who
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played with him and sent out our regards. just want to make this clear that we are obviously thinking about the st. louis cardinals, the tavares family, and our mlb family. >> you know, this hurts. this hurts everybody. a kid this young, for something like this to happen. i think we were all shocked when we heard about it and we're still shocked. and then you look back on your club, and what if this happened, one of your young players on your club. i mean, you just know what the cardinals are going through. the new york rangers pulled off an excellent comeback against the minnesota wild to win 5-4 in the nhl at madison square garden. jason pominville gave the wild a 3-0 lead here with just over four minutes left in the second period. looked like they were heading for a comfortable away win, but the rangers fought their way back, and the equalizer here for the rangers to make it 4-0. and then just 37 seconds later,
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the haunting icelandic summer, when it breaks through the midst of 24-hour daylight, illuminates pristine landscapes. typically, this is what people do here, and they're coming here in every greater numbers. the biggest tour company operating here says it brought upwards of 35,000 people last year. for some, it's the first time they'd ever seen snow. >> in most cases, many of the tourists haven't observed or seen a glass here with their bare eyes before.
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they have not touched the snow. it's a unique experience. every year, we see the big glass here is shrinking. it shrinks about ten meters every year. that's what we believe. >> this is a few hours northeast of the capital. it's got about 150 years left about it disappears completely. given that, you might think it wise as far as tourism goes to tread lightly. so drilling holes into a dying glass here might sound like environmental madness, but that's exactly what they're doing. this tunnel, due to open next may, will hose an ice bar, exhibition spaces, and a chapel. it will extend 200 or 300 meters into the ice, which the people in charge say will make it the longest manmade ice tunnel in
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europe. as far as they're aware, the world. but can you really drill that deeply and widely without damaging such a fragile environment? it's got at least one of the country's leading lights in this field scratching his head. >> i mean, the glass will shrug it off, as will the earth itself at some point. that's one of the key engineering challenges with a tunnel, the way it's trying to shrug them off. but of course, the controversy remains within, getting people there, getting people in there to create this, it's all fossil fuel driven, of course, and it's all driven by big, heavy machinery. they go to the arctic to experience a disappearing world. and then fueling that disappearance at the same time.
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>> buses will ferry the tourists to the cave entrance. as the crow flies, it's a short distance, but ice holes and mount waters make progress slow. this is just a small service tunnel being built for the main event. right now, it's cold, dark, and rainy. a few workmen and machines here are in the process of being replaced by a much bigger operation, including heavy machinery and oil. there have been reports that the public health authority has raised concerns but organizers are adamant there's nothing to worry about. >> we are excavating or taking out around 5,000 to 7,000 cubic meters. the total size of the glacier is 200 billion cubic meters. so this is only the fraction of the total size of the glacier.
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and fully reversible. we will take all our equipment out. >> reporter: the whole idea is provide tourists with information about glaciers and why ice sheets are receding, so the environmental impact has been thought through. work on the main tunnel itself is just beginning now and it's due to open in may 2015.
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