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tv   Witness  BBC News  April 7, 2018 2:30pm-3:02pm BST

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how do you get all the pieces together in the right place? the answer is an even bigger plane. new airliners mean they're getting busier, and bigger, than ever. our business reporter theo leggett has more. this is the airbus beluga. but it has an importantjob. and takes them to assembly lines in the south of france. it also carries other aircraft parts across europe. just isn't big enough, so now it's building a bigger one. than the current model. the current model can take only one. so how to you go about building something like this?
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that cavernous cargo area. it is an animal. it is a massive bubble on the front... increasing production, particularly of the new a350. the beluga is a vital link in its supply chain. of one wing at a time. of the aircraft. the beluga xl is due to go into service next year. but it won't be the biggest beast in the skies. than the european giant.
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and the great outdoors. henry and baloo a big hit on social media. landscapes of colorado. the pair, who are both rescue pets, are inseparable. on top of henry's head. now, let's take a look at the weather. weekend, but it has had come with vain for some parts. vain for some parts. working its way north has been moved through the day. through the day.
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bleeding in behind that, leaving some brightness in the south—east. some brightness in the south—east. day, eight few bright intervals, highs of 17 celsius. highs of 17 celsius. further north as we go through this evening and overnight. evening and overnight. far north of scotland and the northern isles. northern isles. to see in the next outbreaks of rain moving into the south. moving into the south. south—east, central and eastern part of a unseen rain. of a unseen rain. brightness over wales and the south—west. wales and the south—west. and bandwidth, and damages at a maximum of 13 celsius.
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300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london this weekend. in areas of london this weekend. in shootings stabbings in the last seven days. seven days. over 50 since the start of the year. of the year. high sporty team has crashed in western canada, killing 1a people. western canada, killing 1a people. 1a other passengers were injured when a bus collided with a lorry. when a bus collided with a lorry. sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin. officials close to president putin. those involved in what it calls malign activity around the world. malign activity around the world. holiday—makers losing their money to fraudsters. fraudsters. airline tickets or accommodation that did
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not exist. that did not exist. now on bbc news it is time for witness. hello and welcome to witness with me, razia iqbal. extraordinary moments from the recent past. community in israel. the divisions caused by the bosnian war in the 1990s. reforms in russia in early 1992 led to widespread hardship.
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for implementing with shock therapy. he told witness why he's proud of what he achieved. apparatus, none at all. no national currency, etc, etc. the future looks uncertain. or a soviet union that has been declared dead. hard currency reserves. the country is entering a twilight zone between old and the new.
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of which mr gorbachev has repeatedly warned. power were $25 million. million, while our foreign debt was $118 billion. supplies were imported from abroad. across the road from my moscow home we had a large shop. to buy something to eat. sausages, no nothing. what were
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our options? the old communist price controls? yeltsin was ready to do it, so we did it. rocketed sky—high, this in turn fuelled more inflation. over the year it amounted to more than 2,000%. of course the transition was tough, but that's normal. these boys do a brisk trade as big mac fetchers. as much as their parents earned in a month.
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yes, indeed. people went out and started to trade. the market to develop. dealing in imported goods at exorbitant prices. all of that on their own initiative without central planning or command. but i did away with consumer shortages in this country. adrei nechaev
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in moscow. for the destitute and dying in the slums of kolkata. and to help the poorest of the poor. this woman was a volunteer as a young girl. it was known as one of the poorest cities in the world. their excretions, in filthy clothes, covered in lice. it's took a lot of kindness to
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do the kind of work that they did. of the poorest slums. poorest of the poor. on the way to school. if you like you can come and help at the baby's home. it was quite overwhelming. they had rows and rows of little babies. we went and spent a morning helping to give the babies a
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bath. needed affection a lot, so the babies liked being cuddled. babies from abortion buckets and pails. we once saw a baby thrown into a garbage dump. something that i would ever be able to agree with. i remember thinking that the nuns lived such an austere life.
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so much on earth. i saw mother teresa again many, many years later. she was that much older, a bit more wrinkled. now what do you do? what do you do now?
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it was his choice. in the 19905 was a huge task. what could bring them back together again? to unite people through music. sarajevo was destroyed. people were exhausted. sarajevo for me is a crossroad city. and bosnia generally, a meeting point of different religions.
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difficult to make comparisons. all people experiencing terrible suffering. that is something that touches me deeply. i lived it. of an interreligious choir. we started to sing first of all jewish songs, it was very easy. between these two groups.
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because they physically felt disgust against such music. after two or three months the same people said this is beautiful. they said this is the power of music, it cleanses people. the first time, there were people who could not accept it. but they are so tender in voice and in music. their music is full of play, they dance in front of god.
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songs we are angels. and then comes catholicism. in the flowers, especially in human beings. word, it is a combined word. bridge and soul — bridge among souls.
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on the past, to look in front of them, to hope. with the wolf institute promoting interfaith dialogue. programmes in our online archive. go to the website. ban on landmines. by walking through a live minefield. accompanied her on that iconic walk. when she arrived,
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she was very nervous. she landed in one of the most shot up parts of the world. you need to listen to me. i'm going to give you a safety briefing. these are the things that have been killing a lot of the children. or seriously injured. which is probably not the best opening line to a princess. the red cross campaign for a worldwide ban on landmines. largely neglected issue. specialised in clearing landmines and the other detritus of war.
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off the amazing work we did. of the amount of media that came off planes. i was expecting a fewjournalists. i think there was something like 90 following her around. by british de—mining teams in the former rebel stronghold. excavated out and they've uncovered a mine. for blowing up the princess of wales. campaign to ban anti—personnel mines is a distraction that wasn't needed. by supporting this campaign. do you have any reaction to that?
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on all around the world. that's all. she was caught out quite badly by that question. by how political it became. to highlight a problem. still claimed each day. that litter the country. moved by what she was seeing. she was very engaged on the issue. within the treatment do you cope with the psychological side as well? blown to pieces and were missing their limbs... it moved her, and you
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could see that it moved her. of the problem of mines. not to ratify the treaty. you know, you say a picture paints a thousand words. of the 20th century. cambodia and kosovo and set up halo usa. and palestinians established a unique
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peace community. of the early pioneers. this is a remarkable picture. two 10—year—olds who share a desk at school. they are friends. what is remarkable is that she is an arab and tom is a jewish boy. they are the product of a place called oasis of peace. the community was formed by four families. 0ne palestinian family and three jewish, islamic jewish families. we wanted to try to live in an alternative way. in one piece of land. i am an israeli jewish woman and i came to live here in 1979. i'm a palestinian
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arab. i'm a resident here. we had a big dream. who are enlightened, who are accepting of who we are. you fooling yourself? where it is not really realistic? that it's actually possible because this is why we are here. passed through attending its peace
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workshops. until they came here. it's really powerful to see a moment of change. before is not the reality. and we learned a lot. this is how we started the school for peace. and discussions and debates. compulsory service. you cannot really say no.
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for the other side. because they did not want to fight to be soldiers. crawling together, it feels good. they are not our kids, they are from outside. their parents want them to have our kind of education. this exposure to the other side at an early age. they chose the effectiveness of this community. here, and it can work. now home
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to more than 60 jewish and palestinian families. at the british library. people who witness them. but for now, from me and the rest of the witness team, goodbye.
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temperature is not doing too badly this weekend. this weekend. double figures for most of us, but a mixed bag. mixed bag. through the day-to-day and rain any forecast tomorrow. forecast tomorrow. brighten up across central and eastern parts of england. eastern parts of england. sent him today by our weather watcher in eastbourne. watcher in eastbourne. a bit of blue sky started to peek through. sky started to peek through. outbreaks of rain pour some of that with largely over in the west. with largely over in the west. brighter intervals to bella ping across the south—east. across the south—east. evening and overnight, increasingly patchy as it does so. patchy as it does so. clearer skies developing behind. developing behind.
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some showery fabrics of rain in the early hours. early hours. overnight lows of around 12 celsius in parts of the east. in parts of the east. further outbreaks patchy light rain and plenty of cloud. and plenty of cloud. over in the far north of scotland as well. well. brightness over in the east of scotland, temperatures not too bad. scotland, temperatures not too bad. already 12—13dc, aberdeen and glasgow. glasgow. northern england, wales, and the midlands. midlands. intervals perhaps for southern wales and the self west. and the self west. eastern england, some brightness for wales and
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the south—west. wales and the south—west. brighten up across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. northern ireland and scotland. sunny spells developing. spells developing. for north—west scotland, northern ireland, possibly sharp. ireland, possibly sharp. reaching a maximum of around 13 celsius. celsius. largely in the double figures, some cloud and some rain at times. cloud and some rain at times. also some breaks and sunny spells. this is bbc news.
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in london by deploying an extra 300 officers. to do to keep us safe. some of it is covert work the police will do. other is relying on the public to give information to the police. they need us to be the eyes and ears. but also stop and search is a valuable tool the police use. carrying a junior ice hockey team and a lorry in western canada. this is a catastrophic outcome. to president putin.

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