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back in the 17805, london was running out of space. it had nowhere for the dead. and so it created new cemeteries. one of them is here come the next to euston station. and now, more than 200 years later, that land is needed for another purpose. the dead are going to have to find a new final resting place. and this is the reason why. this is where london's high—speed railway station is about to be built. and so, a small army of archaeologists have arrived to move thousands of bodies. how many people are we talking about? the records for the entire area suggest around 60,000 people were interned in the cemetery. of course, some have already been removed over the years, but there's still a huge number of people buried here. you're looking at probably 40,000 individuals but still one of the largest barrier excavations ever to take place. you are excavating 40,000 plots. yes. and this huge tented site
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is only the beginning. where i'm standing at the moment is going to be one of the platforms which will run 500 metres along there. that's what gets you about this site. it is the sheer size of it. 11,000 square metres. but what will happen to all the bodies? the first man to sail around australia is buried here, matthew flinders, and so with bill richmond, one of britain's most celebrated boxers. initially they will be taken for archaeological analysis, so lavatories, stored in a morgue, and that's with the agreement of the and then after that, everyone will be re—buried in consecrated ground. this isjust the beginning, a location near stoke and of, the site of a lost church, iron age, roman and saxon site crisscrossing the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, we will have over 1000 archaeologists. excavating over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big.
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it is the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillitoe, bbc news. people living in england's coastal communities are being warned to wake up to the challenges of climate change. the government's climate advisers say more than one—point—two million homes could be threatened by coastal flooding and erosion by the 2080s. in the worst—case scenario it's claimed sea levels in england will rise by at least one metre, before the end of the century. here's our environment analyst roger harrabin in the eye of the storm — dawlish in devon in 2014, battered by the waves, train tracks destroyed. today's report says more of this will happen as sea levels are pushed higher by man—made climate change. here is another problem that
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the committee warns will get worse. these homes at hemsby in norfolk slipped into the sea as waves ate away the cliff below. the report says maybe 100,000 properties are at risk like this. the committee says the authorities have to get real with people about which homes are likely to be saved and which will be too expensive to protect. the current approach to protecting the english coastline is just not fit for purpose. and we really do need to wake up to the very significant challenges that we have ahead. sea level is rising and that's going to mean that we get considerably worse coastal erosion and indeed coastal flooding. power plants, ports, gas terminals and other infrastructure are also at risk, the report says. it says the government needs to focus on protecting these assets, as well as saving people's homes. and to take seriously the inevitability of sea level rise.
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campaigners for coastal communities say theirs is a shared problem. rising sea levels are a direct result of global warming. now we all contribute to that, not just coastal communities, everybody in this country contributes to that. so the funding for all this should come centrally so we all bear an equal portion of the cost. the government says more sea defences are being built. a spokesman said people would be protected from climate change. roger harrabin, bbc news. i take you to washington now for that press conference. it's due to begin. let's listen in and see what he's saying. a hollywood actor, and at least seven current and former political
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leaders in the democratic party. this is utterly unacceptable. political violence, or the threat of violence is against a vigorous system of self—government, it is a threat to that respect for law, and process that allows our people to accept legislation, elections, court rulings, with which they do not agree. this is the central feature of our system of government, you advocate for your beliefs enthusiastically, but we peacefully and lawfully comply with the results. please note that from the beginning this investigative team has made this matter a top priority. focusing their great talents and expertise on neutralising this threat. they have moved swiftly and professionally, using extraordinary technical expertise to apprehend the one alleged responsible. this is a
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demonstration of the skill, capability, and determination of our american law enforcement. the best in the world. so i am pleased to participate in this announcement, that a suspect is in custody of the fbi, iwant that a suspect is in custody of the fbi, i want to remind everyone that the defendant in this case, as in every case, is innocent until proven guilty. he has been charged today with five federal crimes, including interstate transportation of an explosive, illegal mailing of explosives, threats against former presidents and other persons, threatening instances communications, and assaulting formerfederal communications, and assaulting former federal officers. communications, and assaulting formerfederal officers. he faces communications, and assaulting former federal officers. he faces up to 58 years in prison. these charges may change or expand as the investigation proceeds. this is a
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law and order administration, we will not tolerate such lawlessness, especially not political violence. soi especially not political violence. so i want to thank the fbi director and his team, all of our law enforcement partners who are here, the secret service, the postal inspectors, the capitol police, and new york city police department. the united states attorney on the southern district of new york, and the us attorney for the southern district of alabama, the federal state and local law enforcement officers from across this country responded immediately to the cause, and contributed to this effort. we are proud of each one of them. i wa nt to are proud of each one of them. i want to reiterate the defendant in this case is innocent until proven guilty. but let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will bring the full force of law against
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anyone who attempts to use threats, intimidation, and outright violence to further an agenda. we will find you, we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. now, directory, who has done an incredible job directory, who has done an incrediblejob leading directory, who has done an incredible job leading this effort over the last few days will give us the details of the arrest. as the attorney general has confirmed, we have arrested cesar sayoc, in connection with this investigation. as our investigation is still ongoing, i may not be able to answer questions about his background, or his motive. what i can say is that this was a nationwide investigation of the enormous scope, nationwide investigation of the enormous scope, and of greatest importance. 0ur enormous scope, and of greatest importance. our investigation ranged from new york, to delaware, to
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maryland, to the district of columbia, florida, to california. and as it always does the fbi responded with every resource we got, including joint terrorism task force is, our counterterrorism division, and our world—renowned experts at the fbi lab. but, and i really can't underscore this enough, we did not act alone. as you can see from the agencies and departments represented up here today, the threat of this scope, and this magnitude, requires all of us working shoulder to shoulder. and today's rest is testament to the strength of our partnerships, and what we can do when we all work together. i want to acknowledge the many partners who helped in recovering and transporting these ied is to our lab. this is dangerous and highly skilled, specialised
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work, that requires great care, and we re work, that requires great care, and were incredibly grateful to all those who helped in that effort. they got the devices to our lab from around the country. we can confirm that 13 ied 's were sent to individuals across the country, each device consisted of roughly six inches of pvc pipe, a small clock, a battery, some wiring and what is known as energetic material, essentially potentially explosive material that gives off heat and energy through a reaction to heat, shock or friction. though we are still analysing the devices in our lapidary, these aren't hoax devices. i want to focus for a moment on the amazing work of our folk at the fbi lab. based on their initial analysis, they uncovered
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fingerprints from one of the envelopes containing a device, that had been sent to maxine waters. we have confirmed this fingerprint is that of cesar sayoc. there is also a possible dna connection between samples collected from pieces of two different devices mailed in separate envelopes, and a sample previously collected from cesar sayoc in connection with an earlier arrest in florida. this is phenomenal work, with the greatest pressure, and an incredibly tight timeframe. we see unbelievable work like this on tv and in hollywood, but to see it up close in reality is something to behold. we are so proud of our team at the lab, for their work in keeping people safe and helping us to find the individual responsible. late last night, we also turned to oui’ late last night, we also turned to our partners in the florida
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department of law enforcement for confirmation of this dna connection, we want to thank them for their very quick work. i also want to thank the men and women of the fbi's counterterrorism division who remain oi'i counterterrorism division who remain on high alert every... from harm, and move quickly and efficiently into action. every single time. today's rest doesn't mean we are out of the woods, they may be other packages in transit now, and other packages, we need the help of everyone out there, every citizen, everyone out there, every citizen, everyone in law enforcement and everyone in law enforcement and everyone we've got, to help with this investigation in the days to come. if you've got any information, please call us on our tip line. 0r you can e—mail us. no piece of
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information is too small, every tape could be the one that leads to something very important. and of course, if you see something suspicious, please call your local authorities. we need all hands on deck, we need to stay vigilant. finally, i want to thank our partners, too many to name, from across the country, because we cannot do this work alone. everyone up cannot do this work alone. everyone up here today understands that, and we take that to heart every single day as we do the hard work together to protect 325 million americans. i'd like to turn the podium over to the commissioner from the nypd. thanks, chris. afternoon, everyone. . . thanks, chris. afternoon, everyone... quite frankly, all the people in new york city, i want to thank all our local state under law enforcement partners in the effort.
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that includes the attorney general's office for the southern district of new york. our nypd detectives along with the fbi and many others, are one team on a joint terrorist task force. it was the first of its kind in the nation, and has been in business since 1980. in the nation, and has been in business since1980. today there are 300 investigators from 56 agencies, 113 of them are new york city cops. when it comes to terrorism in new york city, nypd doesn't do anything without the fbi and the fbi doesn't do anything without their nypd. it's a partnership forged on fire. in my 36 years in policing our relationship has never been stronger. this case told that story again. new york city cops were side by side with fbi agents and other agencies in florida this morning. together they brought justice, as they always do. the wide experience of our industry is coupled by expertise and members of the nypd
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bomb squad, are highly trained service unit and intel bureau, our counterterrorism bureau, our patrol cops with predictable were the first to respond to cnn. that all hope to lead to the arrest today. i couldn't be more proud of the work each of them did in this case, and the work they do every day. we said from the outset we would identify and arrest the person or people responsible for this act. we kept that promise because of the confidence we have in oui’ because of the confidence we have in our ability to investigate the deliberate and precise manner. today's rest means that new yorkers are safe, and as the director said there may be more packages out there. everyone still need to take caution. if they see something out there, call 911. i want to thank members of the public who contacted authorities with information

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