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and the domes that help young people trained in those conditions? it's good for the youth of course, they can practise more than they are used to, but many of our players also practised and did not have those domes to practise when they were young players, buti domes to practise when they were young players, but i think we have a good team, and generation of players and all the organisation around the fa, and all the work we have to put in it, this isjust a key, we don't have the best players, but we can only work with the team and this is oui’ only work with the team and this is ourand only work with the team and this is our and what we do and with a leader and head coach like that, he is really good and organised and no consequence, it's a lot of work. thanks very much forjoining us you must be excited and good luck in the tournament. thank you, youtube guys. thanks to him forjoining us, then the top break that includes

argentina and croatia, but at the tea m argentina and croatia, but at the team is taught is one thing before, it's never to underestimate them. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening now it's time for meet the author. two political murders more than three decades apart and a web of conspiracy or so some say. the shape of the ruins takes us into the cauldron of politics in colombia and assassinations in 1914 in 1948 that became emblems for much of the violence and chaos that enveloped the country. the authorjuan gabriel vasquez is also a character in his own book, exploring the history of these bloody events in the labyrinthine story where the truth is elusive in a dark and conspiratorial world. welcome. what made you decide to put yourself in the novel,

as a way of bringing the story to life? yes. the origin of the novel has a very personal direct importance for me. in the year 2005, much as told in the book, my twin daughters were being born in bogota and right at that time i met this doctor who invited me to his house, telling me that he had something to show me, he had something that nobody else had in the world. he wanted to show me this mysterious thing. it turned out to be a vertebra ofjorge eliecer gaitan, a colombian liberal leader, murdered in 1948. and not only that but also a part

of the skull of rafael uribe uribe, another colombian leader, murdered in 1914. so having these bones in my hand and then going back to the hospital to take my girls in the same hands, that was the origin of the novel that suggested the idea of the inheritance of violence. i thought how could i protect these girls from the past violence of the country? and it was such a potent thing that i decided that inventing a narrator to tell this would just ruin the whole idea. you couldn't take yourself out of the story after that experience. exactly, exactly. i had to putjuan gabriel vasquez as a narrator in order not to undermine, i guess, the personal importance the whole thing had for me. one of the powerful things about this story is that sense of,

you know, a piece of information being passed and a quest beginning. yes. which becomes something that has to be satisfied, it has to be completed. it can't be left. yes. the idea of investigation is very important in the novel. my novels are always built in the shape of a quest. but this one much more so than the other ones because it became an obsession for me personally. to know, first of all, how had these human remains, really, the human ruins of a title, how had they been inherited from generation to generation until they ended up in the hands of this person who was able to show them to me? but also the whole novel turns around mysteries, historical mysteries, places where history has lied to us. and so we have to try to use storytelling to shed some light on these dark places. the two impulses i suppose that collide, and people will be familiar with this in other settings, first of all the urge and responsibility to dissect something rationally, to establish the history.

but the second thing is a constant attraction to conspiracy theories, to mysteries, to dark explanations which, to some extent, we all have, to some degree. i agree. some, of course, much more than others. i agree, yes. one of the main tensions in the book is that tension that exists between the narrator, juan gabriel vasquez, who doesn't believe in conspiracy theories, who has a vision of history that relies much more on chance and coincidence and human passions. and the other main character was this guy called carlos carbello, who deeply believes everything happens for a reason. there's always somebody pulling the strings. and that's a very fundamental schism that we find in ourselves. some people have solved it, some people haven't. the other aspect of it,

of course, is that this isn't an investigation that is purely for intellectual interest. it's an investigation into two events. are they connected or aren't they? what do they have in common or not? they had a great deal to do with shaping the future of your country, at a rather chaotic time. so it's one of intense importance to someone of your background. yes. the murder of a gaitan in 1948 really shaped the second half of the 20th century. because he was supposed to be the progressive performer and so on, an attractive figure. the politician who was going to change columbia forever, in a good way. yes. and his murder is, for many historians, this we agree on, is the origin of violence we're trying to finish right now, we're trying to end right now with these negotiations that have been going on between the colombian government and the farc guerrilla. this violence comes in a direct line from that murder. but if there's something that we all

agree upon us colombians, that we don't know the truth about this murder. still. still, still. it's still a mystery. a place of shadows in our past in colombian history. and i think all countries share this, this moment in their past where, in an act of violence, the future is shaped. and but what actually happened there remains in the shadows. it's as if those in charge of telling history were editing the story. and for me, novels have always been a way to try to contradict that falsified the version of history, or try to illuminate it a little bit. and the fact that you've got two assassinations 30 years apart, both of which were pivotal in the way the country developed, and appear to be quite

different in character, but of course it's very difficult not to become obsessed, as you reveal in this story, about possible connections. yes. the idea of obsession is very important in the book. my character and my narrator are both obsessed with the idea of finding the truth behind these murders, but also behind the conspiracy theories that have been used by colombians to explain these murders. we have a deep desire and a need to explain things, even if they are inexplicable, even if the facts are not there to produce an explanation. well, we've got to find them, so we have to import the facts from somewhere else. this is an unavoidable characteristic of societies, of human beings. we'd rather take a lie than no explanation at all. and of course the conspiracy theorists take advantage of this of this...

of this trait of human beings and societies. the feeling that history has lied to us, or that there are secrets or mysteries or dark places in the history, in the versions of history, that we have inherited. and literature, imaginative literature, fiction, just raises its hand and says, hey i know how this might have happened, or i can sell you a version that we may have as citizens to illuminate, to find a little a different kind of truth. it's not a factual truth. it's an emotional truth, a moral truth, about these events ,and this is what i try to do. which means that it's a very contemporary story. i hope so. in a curious way, it always will be because these are impulses that won't go away. thank you very much for allowing me to say that this is not a historical novel about the history of colombia.

it explores the history of colombia from a present, contemporary point of view and in that way it's an investigation about the past and investigation about memory which contains, yes, at its core, a version of colombian history. but it's very important for me to underline that it's not a historical novel. juan gabriel vasquez, author of the shape of the ruins, thank you very much. it was a pleasure, jim. hello there and good evening, over the week a few showers many places try with warm sunshine, like today really, no sign of any rain from the cloud there, we've had temperatures in the mid—20s or so, lots of blue skies but not everywhere, we needed artificial light for the test match

at headingley leeds, but i'm sure oui’ at headingley leeds, but i'm sure our weather watcherjulia had a great day out. more clod across england and southern scotland and storms will fade away and showers in the south also detained, and instead we look out to the north sea where we look out to the north sea where we fill in with lots of clouds and the low cloud missed the murky weather will filter its way further inland overnight. chris guys to the west and generally dry by morning and warm as well. 14 degrees. this cloud to prove stubborn in southeast scotla nd cloud to prove stubborn in southeast scotland towards east midlands and east anglia, sunshine in the southeast and especially the western side of the uk, with that in turn a lifting temperatures could lead to slow moving perhaps heavy thundery downpours. what we see is a range of temperatures much cooler than today for easter private uk. heading into the afternoon we pick up storms here, southwest scotland, out main area of wet weather i think on monday, not farther away from north island. zogby scotland cooler and

grayer and again northeast england, but this time towards east anglia, temperatures lower on monday, maybe the odd showerfor temperatures lower on monday, maybe the odd shower for wales and southwest moving, the equally warm sunshine across other of england. wet weather not far away from near continent are, we see some heavy rain moving north across france, high—pressure to the north that uk, eastern flow as well as he the past few weeks, but this time no two days of the same, we're introducing dry airfrom the north of the same, we're introducing dry air from the north sea for tuesday. the low cloud and misty weather gets pushed to the wells and southwest so cool day here but sunny skies arriving eastern scotland and warmer and sunny conditions across northern england and down to east anglia, so cool to the southwest and a bit warm further east, and at perhaps a few showers but generally dry on tuesday and into wednesday. increased chance of catching a few sharp showers on thursday, but again the most was his drive with warm sunshine.

this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm: one year on from the london bridge attack — a special service takes place at southwark cathedral to remember the victims. eight people lost their lives and 48 others were injured after 3 attackers drove into pedestrians, then stabbed people in nearby borough market. a national minute's silence to remember the victims of the attack was also observed — as floral tributes were laid at southwark needle by the prime minister and the mayor of london. and in other news — the home secretary, sajid javid, promises to review key aspects of the government's immigration policy. doctors say new research means thousands of women with early stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. also in sport — the england cricket team level

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